Vestnik 1967 03 01

Official Organ Of The Sla

HUMANITY

BENEVOLENCE

VOLUME 55 — NO. 9

in Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897.

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MARCH 1, 1967

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QUOTES . . .

This is our 70th year. July 1st will mark the official date of the founding of our fraternal order, the SPJST. As previously pointed out, there are two or three dates one can choose from to mark the beginning of our order, but somewhere along the line, July 1st was agreed upon and it's been that way for quite some time.

Seventy years is a long time for anybody, individuals as well as insurance companies. Our growth has been steady and constant during all these years. Our history and the road traveled by the SPJST is synonomous with the road traveled by thousands of loyal Czech-Americans in Texas. Our existence, like that of our state and nation, has been interrupted by two world wars and one major conflict. (The Spanish-American War was just getting under way when the SPJST was started). But as soon as the storms and clouds of war passed, our progress and growth continued. In this, our 70th year, our ranks are again thinned somewhat by those who are engaged in the struggle in far-off Viet Nam. Some of our members have already made the supreme sacrifice .. .

"I know many rules for success, but only one sure rule for failure: try pleasing everybody."

—Herbert Bayard Swope • • God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it."

--Daniel Webster •

In their recent meeting, members of the Publicity Committee stand behind the idea of putting out a special commemorative issue in July on the occasion of our 70 years of service in the

BROTHERHOOD

A real home is a shelter from the storms of life, a place to enjoy, a place to relax, a place of peace and rest. A true home is the center of all human hopes and ideals. It does not have to be a mansion.

—Dr. Clifford Anderson field of fraternal insurance. If the extra expense is approved by the Supreme Lodge in its April meeting, we hope to put out a special issue consisting of 48 pages (the convention issue is 64 pages in length), and with a special cover. We will be needing contributions from lodges and individual members for this issue. We need to start collecting this material soon. Of special interest will be lodge histories, lodge building programs, 'growth of lodges since they were organized, pictures of past and present officers, etc., etc. In short, this will be similar to our "convention issue," but a somewhat smaller edition. Contributions in Czech

will be welcomed, along with those in English. As much space will be allotted to each language as is necessary to take care of the material submitted, within the 48-page space limit. In the meantime, be thinking of the contribution your lodge can make to this issue.

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Proposed Changes in Austin "The high turnover rate of the state insurance commissioners and key personnel in state insurance departments is lowering the level of competency of state regulation of insurance," the Honorable Frank J. Bennett, director of insurance of the State of Nebraska, and president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, stated in making his report at the recent mid-winter meeting of the NAIC in Dallas. He went on to say that attempts to lengthen the terms of commissioners are important, but are not the complete answer. He suggested that the NAIC inaugurate periodic educational seminars for new commissioners and key personnel. He said he would make such a proposal at the next meeting of the NAIC. He then cited four instances of recent turnovers in state insurance commissioners.

(Delegates and guests at our last convention banquet in Waco will recall that Insurance Commissioner J. N. Nutt was the main speaker at the banquet. Mr. Nutt resigned not too

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VESTNXK

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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 10b, Temple, Texas 76501.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEX Published weekly EDITOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas 76691 Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 — Shop: HI 6-5282 PUBLISHERS CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEX. 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 76691 Deadline for material to be accepted for the following issue is Saturday noon.

Unsolicited material for publication cannot be returned unless sufficient postage is attached. This includes pictures. Expense for publication of engagement and wedding pictures be borne by the sender.

SUPREME LODGE EDWARD L. MAREK, President JOE B. HEJNY, Vice-president R. A. URBANOVSKY, Secretary JOS. KOLIHA, Jr. Treasurer BEN ZABCIK, Financial Secretary Box 100, Temple, Texas 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 308 — 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 77008 ED P. SRALLA, Sixth District Rt. 1, Box 110, Edna, Texas CHAS. HOLASEK, Seventh District 2513 Nemec St., — Corpus Christi, Texas PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE MRS. FRANCES OLEXA, Chairman 6402 Taggart St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL c /o SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFCAK c/o SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas BY-LAW COMMITTEE ROY E. HRANICKY, Chairman Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas LEO KRAUSE, Jr. — Secretary P. O. Box 427, Inez, Tina' 77968

DISTRICT ORGANIZERS DISTRICT I Melvin Skrabanek P 0 Box 270 Caldwell, Texas 77836 DISTRICT II Leonard D. Mikeska 107 Killen Lane Temple, Texas 76501 DISTRICT III Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas, 14, Texas DISTRICT IV Fred Kveton Route 1 Abernathy, Texas DISTRICT V Frances Olexa 6402 Taggart St. Houston, Texas 77007 DISTRICT VI Leo Krause, Jr. P 0 Box 427 Ines, Texas DISTRICT VII Roy Hranicky Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas —SPJST-

YOUTH DIRECTOR James J. Janousek Box 100, Temple, Texas DISTRICT YOUTH DIRECTORS DISTRICT I Mrs. Rud. Matejka Route 4 — Box 562 Bryan, Texas DISTRICT II Mrs. Emily Mikeska Route 1 Rogers, Texas DISTRICT III Mrs. Wilma Nesuda Telico Road Ennis, Texas DISTRICT IV Mrs. Ed Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas DISTRICT V Mrs. Tillie Helmcamp 432 West 32nd St. Houston 18, Texas DISTRICT VI Mrs. Frank Brdecka Route 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas DISTRICT VIII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route 2, Box 151 Floresyille, Texas STATJ

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 long after that 'and is presently Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Members Mutual Insurance Company of Dallas. Mr. Clay Cotten is the present State Insurance Commissioner.)

Here in Texas, State Senator Henry Grover thinks the Texas Insurance Commission should be revamped. He recently introduced a bill in the Texas Senate which would increase membership on Board of Insurance to six instead of the present three. As proposed, Senator Grover's proposal would include a duly licensed independent insurance agent. Three members would be appointed from the state at large without regard for geography; one would be appointed from the northern half of the state and one from the southern half. Except for the one member who must be a licensed agent, the others must have at least 10 years of experience in business, professional, or government activities, or the same amount of experience in any combination of these activities. Grover's bill would require that the board function as a unit. It would prohibit individual members from confining their activities to special fields of insurance regulation. Members would serve 6year terms. They would be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the senate. It remains to be seen whether Senator Grover's proposal is enacted into law.

• ♦ What-Others-Are-Doing Department: The official organ of the CSA is now being published monthly in a new magazine-size format, with only one front cover. The English section is in the front; the Czech in the back, the latter comprising about one-third of the total contents of the magazine.

The back page is now their "insurance page."

Effective Jan. 1, 1967, the name of the SlOvenian Mutual Benefit Association was changed to American Mutual Life Association. Its headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio.

According to the latest issue of the Western Bohemian "Fraternal Herald," one of the issues that will be debated at that organization's coming conven,tion later this year is the proposed change in that society's name from Western Bohemian Fraternal Association to other names, all of which would drop the reference to "Bohemian."

Their English section is likewise in front, with the Czech in the back. Out of 39 pages, not quite 10 pages were

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 devoted exclusively to material published in the Czech language.

Draw Up a Will . . .

Having a will drawn up by your attorney can cut through considerable red tape and assure distribution of your wealth in exactly the manner you desire. A good starter is to make a list of everything you own and how you want it distributed. Your lawyer can then translate this into the proper legal documents. Jointly-owned real estate, certain types of exempt property, and life insurance made out to a specific beneficiary do not, generally, come under the terms of a will.

Consult your attorney on such matters, and make sure you take whatever steps will benefit your heirs the most when it conies time to settle your estate. It's a good idea for both wife and husband to have wills made.

Building An Estate The chief thing most of us can do during our lifetime is to build an estate that will provide maximum financial security for your family. For many of us, the only way to create an immediate substantial estate is through the purchase of life insurance.

Life insurance can create an estate for a family at the stroke of a pen and with the payment of a single premium.

Get in touch with the SPJST organizer nearest you.

—SPJsfr---

Newsbriefs Marie Havelka, 74, passed away in King's Daughters Hospital in Temple on Feb. 5th Burial was in Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in Corn Hill. Sister Havelka was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 80, Holland.

Sophie Morris, 81, passed away in Nightingale Hospital in El Campo on Feb. 9th. Interment was in the National Cemetery in East Bernard. Sister Morris was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 28, East Bernard.

Will Wrba, 63, passed away in Johns Hospital in Taylor on Feb. 12th. Burial was in the Granger Brethren Cemetery in Granger. Brother Wrba was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 20, Granger.

4 Joseph J. Rod, 67, passed away in Wharton on Feb. 12th. Brother Rod was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 50, El Campo.

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VESTNIK Citizens of Ennis, backed by the city's Chamber of Commerce, are sponsoring the first Ennis Polka Festival, to be held in that city April 22-23.

Some of the events are still in the planning stage, but we hope to bring you details on this event as soon as they are available, including a list of the bands you can expect to hear on those two days.

The membership of Lodge No. 146, galveston, has made arrangements for the rental of a building in Galveston, located at 5709 Avenue S. Starting with the next meeting on March 5th, the lodge will hold all their activities at the new location.

Steve Chupick, 83, passed away in a Temple hospital on Feb. 21st. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple.

Brother Chupick was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 87, Temple.

• Item of Interest Bro. Frank Klinkovsky sends us a clipping that states that every hundredth person in Czechoslovakia is named Novak, according to the Czechoslovak Registration Of f ice.

There are 120,729 Novaks in the country. The next most frequent name is Kral with 67,815 persons so named, followed by the Smids and Svobodas. Of the 9,300 Svobodas, 2,500 have the first name Josef.

Our 70th Year--

ENNIS POLKA FESTIVAL NEWS Any band desiring to participate in this year's Ennis Polka Festival to be held in Ennis, April 22-23, should get in contact with Mr. Raymond Zapletal, 803 Loy Lane, Ennis, Texas 75119, phone TR 5-5013 and TR 5-7979. Interested parties should get in touch with Mr. Zapletal as soon as possible, and no later than March 8th.

—Our 70th Year—

LETTERS OUR SINCERE THANKS Dear Friends, We wish to take this means of expressing our heartfelt gratitude to all of you who came to hel p us observe our 50th wedding anniversary. It made us so very happy to know that we have so many dear friends. We want to especially thank the families of Win. C. Sill, Wm. Sill, Charlie Staglik, and Robert Duron, Jr., for seeing to all the necessary preparations. We were so pleasantly surprised that tears Caine to our eyes. Dear friends, we thank you for the many nice cards. We treas-

ure your friendship and kind deeds and we will not ever forget you. Thank you a thousand times! and we wish all of you the best of everything.

Mr. and Mrs. wrank Vodicka 5211 Garland Avenue Dallas, Texas 75223, SPJST

LODGE Na. Ell, WACO

Jan Garber Is Coming Back!

Dear Members and Friends, Due to the large demand for his return to Linden Hall, we have made arrangements to have the famous Jan Garber and his orchestra return to Linden Hall for a one-night engagement Monday, May 29, the day before Memorial Day Tuesday. This should be good news to his many fans throughout the Central. Texas area and to those who love that sweet, music-witha-beat sound. Jan recently told his agent in Dallas that he wanted very much to return for another engagement at Linden Hall, and recalled the wonderful reception he had gotten when he played there about a year ago. He recently autographed a big picture of himself, addressed it to the "Wonderful People at Linden Hall".

This picture, along with those of other famous musical personalities, will join our "Musical Hall of Fame" in Linden Hall.

Since this engagement takes place on the evening of a major holiday, we expect a quick sellout. As always, tickets will be by advance reservation only. The tickets will go on sale about the middle Of April. In the West area, they will be available from Brother Nick Morris at The West News office, or at his home, and in Waco from the Lake Air Record Shop, Lake Air Shopping Center. Tickets will be $4 per person. In addition, the Entertainment Committee is planning special entertainment during the 10 o'clock intermission, which you won't want to miss. Be making your plans to hear and dance to this wonderful group of musicians, loved by so many, and as soon as tickets go on sale, get yours right away, so you won't be dissapointed.

Watch the entertainment Calendar in the Vestnik for your favorite band or orchestra every Saturday night. One of them will surely please you. Bring' your friends out to Linden Hall. You'll like the friendly atmosphere, and remember what Arthur Murray says: "Put a little fun in your life. Try dancing!"

Entertainment Committee

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VESTNIK LODGE NO, 165, MOULTON

Dear Readers and Writers: It is cloudy today and a fresh norther blew in, but no rain yet! Next to good health, every farmer is wishing for a good rain. Where there is faith there is always hope, and we hope the rains will come soon.

Our last meeting was well attended.

Our guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brdecka and son Birdie from Rosenberg. Sister Brdecka is the Dist'let Youth Director of District Six. She spoke briefly about youth clubs and their needs for the future of our SPJST. The children have little inclination to get interested in SPJST activities if their parents show none and don't attend local lodge meetings.

We would like more of our younger members to come to our functions and meetings. Mrs. Brdecka won the door prize.

Our next meeting will be held on the first Sunday in March — the 5th — at 2 p.m. The change is due to the fact that the local American Legion post will celebrate its founding anniversary and all the members want to attend. Keep this in mind. It's hard to go to two places in one day, so we decided to change our meeting date.

We will be discussing some important matters, so we ask you all to be present.

Brother Alfons Korenek is on the sick list. He returned home from John Sealy Hospital where he had major surgery. Brother Pete Mach is in Renger Memorial Hospital in Hallettsville.

We hope that both of these brothers will be well and home soon. Such is God's will that each of us has to bear his own cross, good and bad, throughout life's journey.

That's it for today.

Fraternally, Bessie Fojt —Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 133, SAN ANTONIO Sisters and Brothers: Lodge San Antonio No. 133 was founded on March 18, 1917 — 50 years ago. The members of our lodge will celebrate this historic event on Sunday, March 19, 1967, at the Highland Social Club Hall, 2929SWW White Rr. (Loop 13), San Antonio, Texas.

Program: From 10 to 12, welcome of visitors, registration, and friendly chat; refreshments will be available.

From 12 to 2 p.m. a delicious dinner (Czech sausage, ham with all the trimmings) will be served. During

the lunch hour a local band under the leadership of Brother S. C. Rundil will play Czech songs and music.

At 2 p.m. we will start the celebration.

Our guest speaker will be Brother Edw. L. Marek, President of the Supreme Lodge, SPJST. After the program the band will continue playing famous Czech music.

We sincerely invite all of you and hope you will come and spend the Sunday with us.

Fraternally, James I. Kostelnik, President Jaroslav Kleprlik, Secretary —Our 70th Year Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

LODGE NO. 67, SCHULENBURG Dear Brothers and Sisters: This is to notify all of you that our next regular meeting will be held Sunday, March 5th, at 2 p.m., in the American Legion Hall here in Schulenburg. It is your duty to eftend these meetings so the officers don't have to sit there by themselves and look at the four walls. We'd like to look at your bright, shining faces, for a change. So try to be there, so you don't become total strangers to us.

We will have refreshments after the meeting. Come and bring the whole family.

Fratrnally yours, Frank Holub, Secretary —Our 70th Year— Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

BIRTHDAY CLUB AUXILIARY OF SPJST LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Vestnik Readers: Don't forget the card party and luncheon for members and guests on Wednesday, March 1st. The hostesses for this party and the meeting on March 8th will be Sophie Hruby, Frances Walla, Cecelia Klecka and Anna Soukup.

Anna Hruska, Mary Filipek, Daisy Drab, Anna Elzner, and Claudia Tymel will celebrate their birthdays at our meeting and luncheon.

We invite the ladies to join our club.

If you are a member of the SPJST you are eligible to become one of our Birthday Club group and share in the fun and work and meet and visit with other members.

Loraine Cocek, English Reporter --Our 70th Year— Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 LODGE NO. 126, ROSS Dear Members, There will be an important meeting of our lodge on the first Sunday of March — March 5th, at the home of Charlie Lastovica. The meeting will start at 2 p.m. All members should attend, if at all possible.

Fraternally, Eugene Gerik, ecretary --Our 70th Year— Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

LODGE NO. 146, GALVESTON Dear Brothers and Sisters, The membership drive for 1966 brought 16 new members to Lodge 146.

I want to thank all those who worked so hard.

The following members are requested to come to our meeting on March 5th at 4 p.m. Plaques will be given: Lisa Ann Sevcik — 1 member Bessie Findley — 1 member Travis Jaroszewski — 4 members Steve Bauman, Jr. — 2 members Anton Pyka — 2 members Ira Pearson — 1 member Frank Beran, Jr. — 1 member The total number of policies for our lodge in 1966 was 20. We had 4 members who took out additional policies, so you cannot class them as new members. One was a conversion from a JT to a 240-year policy. My wife, Georgia Beran, gets credit for one member, and I get credit for only 2 members.

That makes a total of 20 members.

I'm sure you all read the letter in the Vestnik dated Feb. 15th from our vice president about the 70th Anniversary Membership Drive. Let's all join him and really make it an overwhelming success in 1967!

You no doubt read that Lodge 146 has rented a building on Avenue S and 57th Street. I do not know the exact address, but if you are driving on 61st and turn onto Avenue S towards town you will see the sign, SPJST Lodge 146." Our opening will be announced later by the building committee, so watch for it in the Vestnik. The credit for getting this building goes to Brother Travis jaroszewski and the Building Committee, who worked very hard to get this place. Members, give them all your support and cooperation they need. They deserve it.

Fraternally, Frank H. Beran, Organizer

Wednesday, March 1, 1 LODGE SLOVAN

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Dear Members and Friends, Our lodge will hold its next frig on Sun.day, March Mb, at 1.30 p.m. at the Olmos Club Building. All members and friends are invited to attend this meeting.

Fraternally, Mrs. Jay S. Cox, Secretary LODGE: NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Members, Even though the weather wasn't as nice as we would have liked it to be, our Second Anniversary Celebration turned out very nicely! The delicious barbecue dinner was enjoyed by the many guests, and much credit is due Food Chairman Annie Vala and her helpers and Barbecue Expert Buddy :Henske and his helpers. The battle dance between the two great bands, Lee ROy Matocha and Ray Jurecka, was thorou ghly enjoyed by guests from near and -far! At four o'clock the beautiful anniversary cake on a decorated stand -Aias wheeled into the ballroom

by President Louis Hanus, escorted by Cute Hanes and Rosa Lee Ruland, and the pretty little Candle girls, Jode Elmer and Vicky Hegwood. Emcee Earley Cox presented our president, who then made a brief talk about the many accomplishments of our lodge during the two years we have been in our new building. He thanked all the members who have worked hard and cooperated with him, helping to make this progress possible.

I can indebted to Annie Vala for the following list of generous donors of Pies and cakes for our barbecue dinner: Margaret Liebscher, Marie Elzner, Annie Zatopek, Della Miksch, Ruby Cernosek, Lowrina Lindemann, Evelyn Mikesim, Pearl Hanka, Mary Fusig, Rosie Mrosko, Viola Cox, Willie Mae Ermis, Minnie Krotky, Martha Kalich, Janie Dvorak, Faye Evetts, Zalesky, Leddie Kadera, Angie Mieulka, Mary Kalousek, Lydia Fiend-ricks, Talita Hilsher, Frances Olexa, Mrs. H. S. Huber, Frances Kadlecek, Arlene Mardian, Rose Horelica, Annie Vrla, Vlasta Stasta s Mabel Guyton, Jos. ephine Pflughaupt, Tillie Helmcamp, Olita Harms, Elsie Roznovsky, Mary Johnson, Irene Slovacek, Estelle Kelly, Shirley Harris, Della Kadlecek, Ann Polnick, Marian Mikes, Matilda Brayenec, Pearl Hilsher, Harriet Allison, Mrs. Thomas Jecmenek, Hortense Faigle, Ruth Martinak, Loraine Cocek,

Margaret Bohac, Annie Sofka, Vlasta Slanina, and Anna. Kilnar.

Once again we have the very popular Herbert Kloesel and his Knights of Dixie for our Chandelier Ballroom dance this Saturday, so you know where ron can go and enjoy dancing to some really good music! Herbert draws such good crowds, and you probably will meet friends from near and far!

We have our lodge meeting this Sunday, March 5th, and we hope you are planning to he there. Our Sunday meetings have really been successful, so come and show your interest in your lodge! The teen and youth clubs also have their meetings, and the youth leaders will be most happy to have your children there. A social hour follows the meetings, and this is when you can chat with your friends and new members while having delicious refreshments.

The youth of our lodge will have its Princess Ball on Sunday, the 26th of March, and this is when our lodge princess and duchess and their escorts are chosen. You can vote for your favorite candidate by buying tickets from her. They will have a good orchestra which will play for the first time in our ballroom, and that is Henry Tannenberger! Other good orchestras we have in March are: Tellstars on March 11th, LeeRoy Matocha on Sunday, March 12th (with the popular "Beer Bust"), and Blu.mes on March 18th (a semi-formal dance).

I want to remind you of that special date in April when we will have that great film of -Czechoslovakia. — Sanday, April 9th. I hope you have circled that date on your calendar. This is a two-hour film narrated by one of the most famous narrators in our country. You can get your tickets from any organizer.

Names in the News: Louis Hanus surely proved to be a good sport again when he got that pie in his face!

Agnes and Rudy Lesak had charge of the Western dance and. their helpers were Faye and Dean Evetts; we had a huge crowd for this dance and many were dressed Western style! Don't forget to ask 'Quentin Hoffman about the horse he drove to the western dance, or did he? Or it may be that Rudy Darilek can tell us about it; well, anyway, they were really enjoying dancing to that good western music of Blay Ruffino and his Texas Cowboys! The many friends of Birdie Hilsher, who was in the hospital the past week, will be glad to hear that she is better and

is now at home! PhotographerS Waldo Kalich and Richard. Schnell were busy taking pictures at our celebration!

Henrietta and Rudy E,"renek of Eninger and their daughter Pat of Houston had a great time at the battle dance!

Marilyn and Ed Kadlecek, Jr., and children of New Braunfels enjoyed our celebration also, and so did Mr. and Mrs. Joe Skrabanek!

Don't forget the Knights of Dixie dance Saturday and the lodge meeting Sunday!

Fraternally, Tillie lielmcamp —Our 70th Year—

LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Dear Members, We at Lodge 84 are happy to report our 57th Anniversary was a success!

So many fraternalists, relatives, and friends visited with us last Sunday, making the clay brighter, since that good ole' sun kept hiding. Toward the late afternoon it let the clouds take over completely, and of course, it started raining. We do hope the outof-town guests arrived home safely and have pleasant memories of this day.

Allan Henzen opened the program with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by our National Anthems (American and Czech), beautifully done by Dorothy Rejcek and Geraldine Becan.

Lodge President Ben Jarma then introduced all dignitaries and visitors from various lodges: President of the Supreme Lodge Edward L. Marek and Mrs. Marek, Supreme Lodge Financial Secretary Ben Zabcik and wife Regina, District III Director Sid Pokladnik and Justine, his wife; Johnny and Hattie Sebetka from Lodge 130; from Sokol Zizka, Walter and Irene Hosek; CSA, Adolph and Betty Janecka; KJT, Charlie and Julie Adamcik; KJZT, Mrs. Anna Pekar; District III President Rudolph Zalman; American Czech Festival Chairman John Bubak and wife; District III Organizer, Arnold and Helen Vila; District III Youth Director, Wilma and Alvin Nesuda; Circle of Czech Women, Agnes Houdek, president.

He then presented our outstanding people for 1966. Wanda Kopecky was the deserving lady taking the honor for her never-ending task of maintaining the kitchen, as well as doing her share to give our hall that "special air." Leonard Baleja was selected at the outstanding man for his great efforts in getting the kind of entertainment pleasing to practically everyone.

VPSTNTK That is indeed a tremendous job. And who do you suppose was presented the special award? Willie Ondrusek! This quiet personality is all action and generosity.

Congratulations to all three and we certainly deserve credit for choosin,g you!

Our guest speaker was introduced by Charlie Adamcik. Msgr. Smid spoke in English as well as Czech. Many Hearts were made happy when he spoke in Czech about his warm feelings of be-, ing a part of our celebration. Our sincere thanks to him and we look forward to seeing him again.

Our own lodge officers were then introduced as well as all the committee members.

District III Director Sid Pokladnik presented our next speaker, Supreme Lodge President Edward L. Marek. This soft-spoken gentleman paid tribute to the past, present, and future workers and their love of fraternalism and sharing it with others. I guess I liked best his expression "when we build— build forever," which can be brought about only by clean living and a fair deal for your fellowman. We are deeply indebted to you, Brother Marek.

President Ben Jarma acknowledged correspondence from Supreme Lodge Vice-President Joe Hejny and August Kacir, State Youth Director James Janousek, and Editor Nick Morris, who through previous committm.ent or illness were unable to be present.

Brother Jarma then recognized the State Queen, Miss Frances Kudrna and thanked her for coming.

Sid Pokladnik then remarked about the important role our organizers play in our lodge. Our hats are off to President Ben Jarma, Emil Petr, Anton Janousek, Glen Kretsinger, Robert Duron, and Frank Steiner.

A short intermission was held and then our youth performed for us. We We have great respect for our youth leaders for the splendid job their students gave. All must admit their program contributed much to this great occasion. Many thanks.

Now, for some news concerning the film "Czechoslovakia," which is narrated in English, and will be shown Friday, April 14. In my previous letter I gave the wrong date. Please erase the circle on your calendar and paint April 14 red. I apologize to all and promise to be very careful in the future. Making this mistake really shook me up. Please come and join us on April 14th at 8 p.m. The admission is

$1 for adults, and 50c for children under 18. This educational film about the Old Country will certainly bring back fond memories, and think of all the knowledge you will gather in 120 minutes. I would not miss it!

Fraternally, Rose Scott, Reporter Keep that SPJST Policy!

LODGE VESELI NO. 14

Dear Editor, Brothers and Sisters: I want to report briefly about our last meeting, which was held at the home of Brother and Sister Ed Vavra on Feb. 12th. Our new president, Leroy Kamas, called the meeting to order at 2 p.m. We had a nice attendance. A get-well card was signed by all those present and sent to one of our sick members, Sister Magdaline Lisy. She was in the hospital at that time, but has now been released and is at home recuperating. Two ladies were appointed to the Visitation Committee: Sisters Marian Adamek and Hermina Vavra.

There was a discussion about the coming spring district meeting at Brenham at the KC Hall. Lodge 169 will host the meeting. There was a donation of $5 to the March of Dimes.

The 70th Anniversary of our Order was brought up. This comes up in July.

My family were the lucky ones to win the prizes given by our hostess. I got the door prize, and my husband got the "booby" prize.

It was decided to have a chicken stew dinner at our next meeting, which will be on April 9th. It wil l be at the Ed Vavra home, because Brother Vavra said he would prepare the chicken stew. All of you remember this date and bring that ch i cken in time for Brother Vavra to prepare it. The ladies are asked to bring pastry on that day.

Since there was no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned, and a delicious lunch was served.

The weather is cold and partly cloudy. The earth and gardens are still too dry to plant anything. The pastures are all dry. We need a good soaking rain. The cattle have little to graze on. The high, dry winds deplete what moisture there was. One day we have strong winds from the south and the neext day we have high winds from the north.

The participation in the World Day of Prayer was very good with the Methodist Church ladies in Industry.

Mrs. Albert Michalik brought us an inspiring message, and the choirs of the

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 Industry Methodist Church and the Industry, Nelsonville, and Wesley Brethren choirs each presenting a song. The attendance was larger than in any previous year.

Time passes so quickly! I hope some of you other readers will write to the Vestnik, so that we may read about some of your activities. Thanks to the editor for printing my letter.

Fraternally, Milady Kamas, Reporter —Our 70th Year— LODGE PRAHA NO, 29, TAYLOR

Dear Members, This is to notify all members of Lodge Praha No. 2;9, that our regular meeting will be held on the first Sunday, March 5th, instead of the second Sunday. The change was made so we all can attend the spring meeting of District 2. which is Sunday, March 12th, at Seaton. Let's all go!

In the last meeting, the date of the annual May Fete was set for the first Sunday in May. The May Fete Queen will be elected in the March meeting. All you teenage sisters come to this meeting; one of you will be the Queen for 1967.

Most of you already know that the film, "Czechoslovakia," will be shown here at Lodge Praha on April 12th, but just the same spread the word around.

There still may be some who did not hear about it. More details on the film soon.

Don't forget the meeting March 5th.

Fraternally, A. L. Boudny —Our 70th Year-LODGE NO. 66, WACO

Dear Members, Our last meetin,g came to oraer at 2:45 p.m. with President Edward Mazanec presiding.

The Pledge of Allegiance was given

by Larry Lesikar, Johnny Engelke, Kyle Tad.lock. They also gave the Lodge Pledge, with everyone joining in.

We had a very good attendance.

All officers were present.

The minutes were read, and with some corrections, were approved as read.

Correspondence: A letter from Supreme Lodge Vice President Joe B. Hejny stating that July 1st marks the 70th Anniversary of the SPJST, and asking everyone to help make it the best year ever; letter from State Youth Director James Janousek s t ating that Lodge 66 will host the State Achievement Day on the third Sunday in August; also a letter about the film on

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VPSTNfic< Sisters are asked to bring food of their choice. Do come and spend an enjoyable business meeting and the social hour following the meeting.

Fraternally, Betty Judea, Reporter and President

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a ery good and dek:=‘.ct reporl, hr o Harms said we were working on plans to have the Jan Garber Orch. in May. Hope they are successful.

The cormnittee is working on plans' for our "Czechoslovak Spectacular" which will be held Sept. 3rd- and they sound very interesting.

The cards that are filled out on Sat-urday night by the peo ple coming to dances have proved to be very helpful. The information on the type of music you like and .the bands you prefer will •help us to give you the type of music you like, so we can serve you better in the future.

Sister Libbie Patricia is very proud of her youth club. They are very active and progressive. They are all working had so they can go to camp this year. They had a very pretty cake baked for everyone having birthdays in January and February. This is a very nice thing to do! We are all proud of our youth club. 'They come out when we clean up or work on the hall and they really help get the job done. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

Bro. Morris had lust returned from an overnight trip to .San. Antonio. He was very proud of the . Glenn Miller dance. It was a sellout and we all enjoyed it, even though • we were all very tired the next day. It's always a pleasure to hear and see these name bands.

New members. Mary Ann Pore.

Hay Leuseliner,N I pl U s p,„:,•, Le ! ;!• James Josepla vr' Va.hrenkamp, Jr., bby ha, Gerald 13,ay ,Eri p ph t, Joe Dye:raiz,.

Organizer . Ray Moo] introduced Miss Mary Ann Nors, who was present.

We are very glad to have you all join • Lodge 96!

Health Committee 'report: Bro. -Benrile Engelke said Tiro. John • Simeik is better, but didn't feel well enough to come to the meeting. Hope you are much better, Bro. JOb..n.• President Edward 'Mazanec went to the liospital Sunday afternoon for surgery. At last Word; he is feeling

--Our 70Lh Year--

Ali complaints about members not having received their Vestniks during the past few weeks should be sent to the Lodge, SFJST, PO Box Texas 16501. Those of you seri; your zit) codes should like.rl that information to the same auoress. y are complaining about their Ve,.iks being stopped.

This is because you failed to answer several weeks of notices, warnings, and a.pneals about sending in your zip codes. This i addled. in Temple. back issues Sorry, at w or. that were M72173147.57..2.Ei

pretty g nod, but is pretty sick. Bro. Ed, we are all thinking of you and hope you do just fine, So take it easy.

President Mazanec will be a 50-year member in March, so he has asked all members to come to the March meeting and_ help him celebrate. The date is March 19th.

Door prizes were won by Norma Pavelka and Mark Mazanec and Kathy Mazanec.

The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

The youth had their meeting, after which a delicious buffet supper was served.

Next meeting will be March - 19th, at 2:30 p.m.

Fraternally, • Annie Rant's, English Reporter .a). I1 d, ROBSTOWN De r it trots, RobstOwn Lodge will hold its regular meeting on March 5th at 2:30 p.m. in the CoJmuunity I ant urging the members to be present for at this meeting, Sister Agnes Hrricir will be presented her 50year emblem by Brother Chas. Holasek, Dist. VII Director. (More information on this at a later date).

Sister Thelma Hrncir, youth leader of Lodge 117, is planning a program for this occasion.

Members, do attend this meeting because there will be a discussion of the Youth Activity Day of District VII and also the Easter party.

LODGE. NO. 130, DALLAS Dear Members, At our February meeting it was nice to see such a good turnout of members and visitors. All who didn't make it missed a delicious supper, served by Helen and Bob Oates.

On March 5th our meeting will be held at 4 p .m. After the meeting, supper will be served by Johnnie and Hattie Sebetka, then a film on the Czech Day at the Fair will be shown, with a game party following the film. Come on out and have a nice time with your family and friends and remember all those present get a chance to register for the big door prize to be given at the end of the year!

Fraternally, Martha Vrla Secretary Our 70th Year— LADIES CIRCLE OF LODGE NO. 92,

FORT WORTH Dear Members and Friends: Instead of the regular monthly meeting on Thursday, March 9th, the Ladies Circle of Lodge No. 92 will have a family night on that same date. Supp er will be served, starting at 5:30 p.m.

Barbecued chicken and all the trimmings is on the menu. The ladies may bring pastry. Everyone is invited and asked to bring their friends. There will be a charge of $1 for non-member adults, and 50c for children under 12.

Gaines will be played after supper.

We wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family of Mrs. Josephine Kuchar, one of our members, who passed away recently.

We hope , to see all of you, plus your family and friends the evening of March 9th.

Wishing all the blessings of the Easter season, I remain, Fraternally yours, Helen Skrasek, Reporter -Our 70th Year

ATTENTION, DISTRICT II The time has passed quickly and the new year is now starting the third month or the spring season, and that brings us just a couple of weeks away from our spring meeting for District II, which will be on March 12, and will

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be held at Lodge 47, Seaton. The schedule for this meeting is as follows: Call to order -- 1:30 p.m.

Pledge of allegiance Welcome by President of Lodge 47 Response Roll call of district officers Moment of silent prayer for deceased members Roll call of lodges Reading of minutes of last meeting Reading of correspondence Officers' reports Recognition of Supreme Lodge Officers, State Youth Director, Editor, and their comments Recognition of visitors from other districts Presentation of 50-year emblems Message to 50-year members Old business New business Election of officers Installation of officers Recess — 15 minutes After recess, there will be a youth program. All the lodges in District 2 will be allowed 15 minutes each for their program.

Meeting adjourned Supper by Lodge 47.

We extend a cordial invitation to all members, friends, Supreme Lodge Officers, Editor, State Youth Director, and members of other districts to come to our district meeting and help us to make plans for a Big Year in 1967, especially since we are celebrating our 70th Anniversary.

Remember the movie "Czechoslovakia," which will be shown at Lodge 29 in Taylor on April 12, at 7:30 p.m. It is being sponsored by District II and Lodge 29. The movie is very educational and very spectacular. It is something you will not want to miss.

Hoping to see all of you on March 12th.

Fraternally, Frank Klinkovsky, President, Dist. II Use Zip Code

LODGE NO. 15, BUCKHOLTS Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our last meeting was called to order by President Patricia Kamenicky.

The minutes from the last meeting were signed as read.

We are sorry to have Bro. Fred Grosek in the hospital. Brother Charlie Kohutek's wife is also on the sick list. We wish them a speedy recovery.

The date for our annual picnic is set for July 9th.

Our next meeting will be held the first Sunday in March at 2 p.m. There is some unfinished business to be discussed that is important to all the members. We urge you to be present.

Don't forget the date — March 5 at 2 p.in.

Fraternally, Vlasta Kamenicky, Reporter —Our 70th Year—

LODGE NO. 146, GALVESTON Dear Members, I want to notify all of you that we have now rented another building for our SPJST lodge meetings and activities. It is located at 5709 Avenue S here in Galveston. Our next meeting on March 5th will be held at the new location, at 4 p.m., so all you members, please come to the meeting.

The youth club will also meet on March 5th at 2:30 p.m. at the same place. All youth club members are urged to attend. Our District Youth Director, Sister Tillie Helmcamp wants to meet with the youth.

See all of you at the meeting March 5th!

Fraternally, Alvin J. Sefcik, President ----Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 27, MOULTON Dear Members and Friends: This is to notify you that our next regular meeting will be held Wednesday, March 8th, at 7:30 p.m. in the American Legion Hall in Moulton. This will be a very important meeting since later this year our lodge will be celebrating its 70th anniversary. At the coming meeting we will make plans for a celebration of some sort, if we can get enough members interested in the project. So, all of you come and give us your ideas. We will also be having "guest night," so each of you bring a guest to the meeting. After the meeting we will have a lunch and refreshments. Ladies, we are asking that you bring some food for the lunch, enough for the lunch and for your guests. We are expecting a good many out-of-town guests, so bring what you want. You all did a wonderful job before and we are counting on you again. The lodge will furnish the refreshments.

Fraternally, Frank C. Wagner, Secretary

LODGE NO. 107, FLORESVILLE Our lodge meeting was held Sunday, Feb. 19. The pledge to the flag was led by the youth present, Jill, Susan, and John Pavliska.

A new U. S. flag was donated to the lodge by Baumann's Grocery Store.

This is greatly appreciated for we have been trying for some time to sesure a flag. Billy Pavliska volunteered to build a stand for the flag and also one for our SPJST banner.

Attention was called to the latest improvements to our hall. The panneling has been completed on the walls of what was the old hall. A closet has also been added in the store room. These improvements were made

by Alvin Hrna, Henry Sralla, Mike Baumann, Jerry and Billy Pavliska. A thank you was extended to these men by those present. Also a special thanks went out to Mr. and Mrs. John Pavliska for providing lunch for these volunteer workers.

A report was made on our sick members, Little Patrick Olsovsky, who is still critically ill in the hospital from injuries received when struck by a truck while departing from the school bus. Mr. Mike Baumann donated a gift to be sent to this little fellow, in the name of SPJST Lodge 107.

Mrs. Barbara Lindly, who lives in San Antonio, volunteered to visit little Patrick in behalf of the membership and deliver the gift.

Clean-Up Day Come one, conic all, to our spring cleaning. We are planning a work and fun day combined for March 5, at 2 p.m. Ladies, bring your men, your mops, and your lunch. The drinks will be furnished. If everyone comes, the work won't take long and the social can be longer, but if only a few come the work will be long and the social will be short.

Easter Egg Hunt The annual Easter Egg Hint will be held at our next regular meeting on March 12, at 2 p.m. We are preparing for a large crowd, with Mrs. Mary McCloskey in charge of eggs and prizes.

Let's all invite the members that we come in contact with, and be sure and bring our children and grandchildren.

This event must be well attended in order to be a success Spring Meeting — April 30 Let's all keep this meeting in mind.

Let's go all-out to improve the attendance. Our district has fallen down so in attendance that there is talk of discontinuing these meetings. Now

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 none of us want this to happen so let's make an extra effort to attend this meeting and see if we can't add a new spark of interest in our district.

Committees were set up to make arrangements for our barbecue for this meeting. You will probably be contacted in the next few weeks for a contribution to this meal. If you happen to be missed and would like to make a donation, just contact one of the officers and let them know what you would like to do.

Attendance was not too good today, because some of our members were reported to be sick with colds and flu.

We are hoping for a better attendance as the weather gets warmer.

Fraternally, Mrs. Wm. Pavliska, Reporter Keep that SPJST Policy!

CZECH PLAY AT LODGE NO, 88, HOUSTON

Dear Friends: Here is some exciting news from the Dramatic Club of Houston SPJST Lodge 88. Brother Rudy Sefcik called a meeting on Feb. 15th to elect officers of the club and lay plans for 1967. The meeting convened, with Brother Sefcik presiding. He greeted the assembly and expressed regrets at not having been able to spend any time on dramatic activities during the past year, but he promised that he would be glad to help in any way possible in the future.

The election of officers took place and the following were elected: Anna Svestka, chairman; Mary Johnson, secretary; Miroslav Karel, director; and Frances Olexa, reporter.

Brother Karel informed the members that he would like to present a favorite play, if at all possible. the play is "Le starych mlynu" ("From the Old Mills"), which met with such favorable response in the past. It was very successful and was beautifully performed. We will keep you posted as time goes on.

I now have the privilege of informing you that Brother Karel has all the parts of this play assigned and in good and reliable hands, and rehearsals will be gin Wednesday, March 1st.

Lodge Pokrok No. 88 will present a color film, "Czechoslovakia," at our lodge on April 9th, at 2 p.m. We are selling tickets in advance for this film.

It is a very special film, so be sure and get your tickets early.

Frances Olexa Reporter

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Reports DISTRICT TWO JANUARY SALES

Dear Fellow Workers: Sales for the first month of 1967 indicate a good start. There were 34 members written for $87,500.00.

The top organizer for January was Willie Hejl of Beyersville, with the large sum of $38,500. Tying for second place were Amelia Pokorny of the Taylor Lodge and Frank Klinkovsky of the Seaton Lodge with $10,000 each.

Other good producers were: Willie Dusek Of Holland Lodge with $6,000; Enil Hejl of Seaton Lodge with $5,000; and Jerry Mikulas of Seaton Lodge with $5,000.

Let's keep in mind that 1967 is the 70th Anniversary of our organization.

May we all work together and make this a record year, not only in sales but in Fraternal work as well.

Fraternally, Leonard D. Mikeska, District Organizer, Dist. II —Our 70th Year— PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. MEETING HELD IN TAYLOR

The SPJST Publication Committee meeting was called to order by Chairman Sister Frances Olexa on the 12th of February, 1967, in the SPJST Rest Home in Taylor, Texas. The meeting started at 10 a.m., with Brothers Hugo Schefcak and Rudolph Troubil present, along with Editor Nick A. Morris, and Supreme Lodge President Edward L. Marek. Brother Frank Olexa of Houston was a visitor.

Sister Olexa opened the meeting with a few appropriate remarks to the small group, appealing for fraternal harmony and understanding.

On behalf of the committee, she expressed condolences to Brother Schefcak upon the recent losses of both his wife and son. Then the minutes of the last meeting were read, which was held in Dallas on the 13th of February, 1966. The minutes were approved as read and signed by all members of the committee.

There were fewer letters with objectionable content this year than last year — a total of 9. All of them were published, with slight changes or deletions.

The question was raised as to why our editor had not yet inserted the signature of the Supreme Lodge President at the bottom of the insurance page devoted to the sale of SPJST insurance, since such a recommendation

was made to him at the last meeting.

Brother March answered this question by stating that he does not feel he can affix his signature to something he did not personally prepare. (The insurance page in the Vestnik is changed every three weeks. This page was originally prepared by Vice President Joe B. Hejny, but Editor Morris has been doing this task for about three years now). The committee decided to defer this question until later and will make its recommendation to the coming convention.

The coming 70th anniversary of the SPJST was discussed briefly. (July).

The committee suggested to the editor that we have a somewhat enlarged issue in July with a special cover, provided the Supreme Lodge approves the additional expense. Brother Morris announced that work had already started on such an issue and that he will endeavor to make it a special and historical issue. It was pointed out that he will be needing a lot of copy for that issue and all lodges and individuals are urged to make a contribution to this special issue.

The Publication Committee was unanimous in its praise and recognition of Editor Morris' work with the fraternal organ. President March added that our Vestnik is now at a very high level.

Several matters were discussed and settled to everyone's satisfaction.

There was some discussion of the coming convention. It is fast approaching and it will be necessary to start getting ready for it.

Brother Marek extended greetings from the other members of the Suprece Lodge, to the members of the committee and to Editor Morris for their conscientious handling of our fraternal organ.

Sister Olexa thanked all those present for their cooperation, and the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

The Publication Committee extends greetings to the entire SPJST membership, and wishes them good health and prosperity in the year 1967.

Fraternally, Hugo Schefcak, Secretary —Our 70th Year— Ground has been broken for $10,000,000 Institute of Texas Cultures Building at San Antonio's HemisFair '68.

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VESTNIK YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT DAYS —

DISTRICT IH COUNCIL MEETING A meeting of the District III Council will be held Friday, March 10, 8 p.m. at Lodge 25, Ennis, The presidents and secretaries of all lodges in District III, or their representatives, should be present, in addition to the District Director, District Organizer, District Youth Director, and, of course, all district officers.

Rudolph P. Zalman, President, Dist. III ---Our '10th Year—

56 CHORAL GROUP Our next rehearsal will be Thursday, March 9th at 7:30. Our attendance last time was not too good. Let's all be there this time.

— Our 70th Year LODGE

Schedule — "CZECHOSLOVAKIA" April 9: Lodge 88, Houston 2 p.m. Admission — $1 for adults; 50c for children 12 and under.

Chandelier Ballroom seating capacity 1200 to 1500. Czech sausage dinner from 11:30 to 2; adults $1.25, children 75c.

April 10: Lodge 4, Hallettsville 8 p.m. Hallettsville Recreation Hall. Adults $1 — Children 50c.

April 11: Lodge 17, New Tabor 8 p.m. Admission $1 for adults, and 50c for children 12 and under.

April 12: Lodge 29, Taylor and District 2. Film at 7:30 p.m. Admission — adults, 16 and over $1; children, 6 through 15, 50c; Lodge Praha, east of Taylor.

April 13: Lodge 66, Waco 8 p.m., in Linden Hall, Elm Mott.

Admission $1 for adults, 50c for children 12 and under. Children 6 or under admitted free.

April 14: Lodge 84, Dallas 8 p.m. $1 for adults, and 50c for children under 18. 2625 Floyd Street, Dallas.

Our 70th Year— 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.

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ATTENTION, LODGE 887 You can make reservations for Saturday night dances in our Chandelier Ballroom by calling UN 9-5767. Reservations will bra held until 9:45 p.m.

District I — August6th District II — July District III June District IV — District 'V July 9 District VI Juno 18th District VII — July 16th State YAD August 20th..

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SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS District I will hold its spring meet-. ing in Brenham, at the KC Hall, on Sunday, April 16th. Host lodge will be Bluebonnet Lodge No. 169 Brenham.

District II will bold ing on March 12, 1W. k• Lodge No. 47. Seaton.

DiStrict III will hold its spring eeting on Sunday, April 9th, 1967. Host lodge is Lodge No. 35, Elk. 0

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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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NOTICE: DISTRICT HI LEADERS In the next few months the youth of the district is invited to participate in craft activities. Where desired, these will be taught during my visits to your lodge. If your group wishes to learn a special craft, please contact me and state when you wish to meet so that we can schedule your activity. A demonstration with youth participation will be presented.

If you have someone available locally to help you with craft activity you are encouraged to do this. Any help you may require will be gladly given.

We hope to encourage as many of

Dear ime,,11.?.,rs, As most of you know, -we are having our 50th anniversary celebration on March 19th, so we will be having our S1.7, Mardi Ht1: - on the 2nd • . 1 of the t 1.nda..y, as g ave egg hunt children at cl. . Inceting, so come and bring the children to enjoy the hunt.

Camping is set for June c',. through 24th at Mission Valley Gucst Ranch in Nev,Y P,raunfels. We ha y a .,-.1;out seven children eligible. It i.e.' . ; s only 75 points for teenagers and for subteens, 6-13. It's so eas.7 in points.

We had a lot of fun is v ,ar on the trip. We all hope you can come join us this year. We went on a hayride, went swimiting, horseback- riding, dancing, and iust had a ball. Hope to see you all at our next meeting.

Fraternally, Mary Val char, Youth Leader

--SPj GE N41 Dear R.eaders, Hello everyone, once a 1.! These days axe. passing by so fast that it will he time to start plant'- . (orn and cotton soon. I heard that s,ueie farmers have planted their corn and maize already. Hope it doesn't fro g ze. it was 30 degrees this morning:. Tuesday evening about 6:30 we had some sleet that lasted about a raim:te and a half. It was kinda spoo lyv because it wasn't very cold, but I P.CR:S this is Texas, so any thing goes. Ha! Our youth club. and the n2other lodge changed our time for our )neetings to start at 1 p.m. on the secure1. Sunday of every month. Remember that on March 12, after our meeting, about 2 p.m., we will have an Easter egg hunt for the younger girls and boys. Each boy and girl is to bring four colored egos and a basket. Then we will have a lunch. Everyone is asked to bring one dozen sandwiches and something sweet. Tea and coffee will be furnished.

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 I hope all the boys and girls are working on their talent for our YAD, because we will have a talent show to be judged on April 9. We have great interest in all the contests this year.

I must say how proud we are of Carolyn Sabrsula. She competed in the El Campo Cotton Clinic where she modeled 100 per cent cotton sports wear and a formal. She looked real nice, and even though she wasn't a winner, we are proud that she took part in it.

Larry Kalina entered his Brahman heifers in the San Antonio Livestock Show Feb. 8-19 and we are proud to say he did real well. He had the Reserve Champion Brahman Febale of the Junior Show. He will take them and a steer to the Houston Fat Stock Show Feb 27 - Mar. 4. We wish him luck. Will write and tell you what he received after the show.

Fraternally, Mrs. Julius Kalina, Jr. Youth Leader —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 47, SEATON Dear Readers, At the regular meeting in February, our youth club members decided to bake cookies for the residents at the SPJST Rest Home in Taylor as a special treat for Valentine's Day. We thank Mrs. La Verne Vanicek and Mrs. Georgia Sodek for taking these cookies to Taylor for us.

The wiener roast and costume party which was held on Feb. 17th by the juniors of our club was well attended and enjoyed by everyone. There were so many different types of costumes, such as a clown, Indian, hobo, George Washington, beatle, a go-go girl and others too numerous to mention. The winners in the prettiest group were: first, Anna Marie Jakubec; second Frankie Novosad; third, Pamela Jeter.

In the funniest group, Ralph K ohutek won first, Gary Pavlica, second, and Karen Kahutek, third. The ugliest group had three entries who were Bruce Vanicek, Frankie Klinkovsky and Brian Vanicek, the winners being in that order. A sincere thank you to Frank and Irma Klinkovsky, Johnny and Georgia Pavlica, and Willie and Adeline Kohutek for helping me with this social.

On the afternoon of Feb. 18, a nice group of members and youth gathered at the lodge hall to plant shrubs. Several youth club members went home with blisters, but they said it was fun working so hard and seeing that the

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premises look so much nicer. It was wonderful of you club members to come out in such large numbers and take part in this project.

A few brief reminders: One, club members, discuss with your parents if you will want to learn to dance the Beseda which would be taught by the State Youth Director, James J. Janousek; second, learn your parts for the Easter program which will be held on March 5th after the adjournment of the adult meeting, and also please be present at our regular meeting on March 5th at 2 p.m. because we must rehearse a skit for a district meeting for the following Sunday. An Easter egg hunt will follow our program on March 5th. This hunt is for all children who are members, or whose parents are members of Lodge 47, so don't forget to bring your baskets.

Fraternally, Vlasta Hruska, Youth Leader --SPJSTLODGE NO. 29, TAYLOR Dear Members, I would like to let everyone know that at our meeting on March 5th we will take pictures of our youth club again. Some of our youth were absent at our February meeting. Let's all come and get in on the picture. We will also have a door prize. Bring your friends and have them join our club.

Fraternally, Amelia Pokorny, Youth Leader SPJSTYOUTH CLUB, LODGE NO. 107 February's activities at Lodge 107 included two Valentine parties. The teen club met at the SPJST Hall on Monday night, Feb. 13, and from there they got into cars and motored down to Kenedy to try their skill at bowling.

Some of the youngsters had bowled before; for the others it was their first try. Regardless, they all had a good time and were reluctant to leave. We all know that we are going back to see if we can improve our scores.

Many thanks to Mrs. wm. Pavliska for offering her car and coming to the Bowlrama with us.

The junior club met at the SPJST Hall on Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. The short business meeting was presided over by John Pavliska. He also passed out the Valentines from the Valentine box, which was made by Billy Pavliska, John Pavliska, and Ray Lamberth. All enjoyed a treasure hunt. The winners were entertained by the losers. Games

11 of pinning hearts on a clothesline and dropping candy hearts into a bottle were also played. These events were won by Larry Hrna and Billy Pavliska.

Ray Lamberth, Billy and John Pavliska were in charge of entertainment.

Janet, Beverly and Cindy Johns, Bobby, Wayne and Diane Sralla, and Ella Kay Kolenda brought cookies. Punch was furnished by Ella Kay Kolenda and Susan Pavliska. Jill and Pat Pa y -liskabroughtndwices.Thankto all the mothers who came to our party and helped with everything. I think everyone had a good time.

The adult lodge will have an Easter egg hunt after their next meeting for all the youngsters. Be sure and watch the Vestnik for time and all other details.

Mrs. Joe Pavliska, Youth Leader —Our 70th YearLODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear Members and Friends, Here is a little bit more on our annual Easter egg hunt that will be held Sunday, March 5th, right after our lodge meeting and of both clubs. Please remember the adult meeting will begin at 1 p.m., so all of you try to be on time. We went to get through with the meeting as soon as possible. During the clubs' meetings, we will be waiting for the Easter bunny to arrive. We just wonder where he will hide the eggs this year; there is no green grass anywhere. The area is still dry. This will probably be a surprise hunt for all of us, but I still want to remind all the youngsters to be sure and bring their baskets, and as always, the youngsters will be divided into different age groups. There will be three prize eggs in each group. Those who find them will receive a prize.

Since this will be our annual lodge Easter Day we are inviting all the members, their families and friends to come out and enjoy themselves with the rest of us on this happy Easter day.

Following the hunt supper will be served to all present. All sisters are kindly asked to bring a covered dish of their choice, such as salads, meats, and some sweets. The lodge will furnish the bread and drinks. We would like to make this meal a little special in a way for this day. After supper we will have games and I hope you will stay with us and not rush off.

We would like to invite all of you members and friends to come to the` following dances at our lodge hall: The

12 first one will be on Saturday, March 4th, good ole' Slim Haisler and his Playboys of Temple will play for us. I don't need to say more about Slim's music because everyone in Texas knows the kind of music he plays. lie will be with us again on Saturday, April let.

We hope you can and will come to these dances and enjoy his music. I was told he was quitting sometime this year. I hope I heard wrong. He would be missed by everyone after being around the area for so many years.

I would like to say thanks to Bro. and Sis. Jerome and Hattie Kaska for their thoughtfulness by donating their prize to the youth clubs that they won at our tacky dance, held recently at our hall. These two people are good sports in everything.

Here are a few words about our bowling party that took place on Feb. 17th: I am very glad to report that 15 adults and 35 youngsters went. I need not say more about how much we all enjoyed this event. With 50 people it just can't be too dull. I am sorry that some of us did not get to play more than one game. Maybe next time we can reserve more lanes. There are just too many people who like to bowl! I was very glad to have Bro. Johnnie Soukup come out to help me with the boys and girls by teaching and showing us the bowling tips to improve our score. We sure did appreciate this. Thanks a lot, Johnnie. We hope you can come and be with us again.

I am asking all the members of both clubs to be sure and come to this meeting and Easter hunt. We will take pictures of all you members so we'd have them for our club scrapbooks. In case of rain or cold weather the hunt will be postponed to a later date. We are especially inviting Bro. Nick Morris and his family to come to our Easter Day party. We hope you can come.

Well, I'll see you Saturday, and Sunday, March 4 and 5. I'll be there.

Fraternally, Ruth Krizan, Youth Leader NOTICE! Effective immediately, we will not publish identical letters from several members of the same household. In the event we receive such duplication only ONE of the letters will be chosen for publication, and the others will he discarded. Please let us have your cooperation. —Editor.

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VAC 0 Dear Readers, Lodge 66 held its monthly inceuing on Feb. 1,9t1a. Patricia Stanislav led the pledge. Since -Sean Spence was absent, Barbara Gaidusek presided.

There were 26 members present.

Teresa Tillman was our guest.

Mrs. Purina appointed Norma Hensel as temporary secretary until April.

She also appointed Mike Kutni, Beverly Gaidusek, and Cindy Moore to find out how much a rock n' roll band costs. The teenagers are planning to have a dance.

VVe will get new outside. equipment.

Such as: basketball, basket. bats and a volley ball.

The youth club is planning to go to Hilltop Lakes. We are also planning to have a graduation party for Elaine Pavelka and Beverly Gaidusek.

We are going to contribute some money to the Easter Seal Fund. Mrs. Parma suggested that we contribute some money to the mother lodge for new silverware.

The youth club is baking a cake for everyone who has a birthday during that month.

We will have an Easter Egg Hunt at our next meeting on March 19. We will elect officers on April 16. See you there!

Fraternally, Donna. Gerlich Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Readers, The time and date for our Easter egg hunt will be in the Vestnik, so watch for it. We will have a kite contest on that day. Bring your kites.

Any kind will do, as long as it will fly.

There will be prizes.

I sure hope there will be some wind blowing that day.

Fraternally, Stephen Brodie (10) Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH Dear Friends and Members, After our next meeting we are g oing to have an Easter egg hunt. Come and bring a friend.

Fraternally, Millie Jo Waters —Our 70th Year-----

LODGE NO. 81, NEEDVILLE Dear Readers, Hey, kids! Please note our new meeting date on Tuesday night on March 7, at 7:30, at the lodge hall. Let's all

try to be there becatme we will have our group n i cig -crs ta l .ease don't forgot to prin.0' tiln veterans.

We wil l a toucbPs Don't acs ay night, eciee,ting on Su y. See you there: Fraternally yo urs, 'Harvey Bryson CI Our 70th Year--

LODGE NO. ELM MOTT Dear Members and Friends, The youth club has many activities coming up within the few mon.At the Mel:eci the r(r..s will „be an. e youngSt. -corn 10c to ftc for Mrs. Parma and her assistant,. Me Pavelka, are also planning a .groduation p:a-ty.

April 13th, at 8 p:m., there is aoing to be a special feature film, "c,zechoslo y akia.7 This film lasts two hours and should be very intere,;tin • . The youth are helping sell the l i ekH s. They are $1 for adult and 50e fo .• i child.

Children through six will be admitted free. Buy your tickets now!

A project to benefit the -lodge is also being planned. It was decided that instead of having a birthc;.-ly club that a different member of the yol.kla club would bring a birthday cake at each meeting to reco gnize 'those who had a birthday that month.

These are just a few of the many activities that are approaching. I will keep you posted on others.

Fraternally, Elaine Pavelka, Guide Our 70th Year-

LODGE NO. 43, Dear Readers, The Hillje youth club had its monthly meeting Feb. 1 ,1th. After the meeting the youth and parents enjoyed the music by Annette and Terri Priesmeyer. Then we had refreshments and also celebrated Patricia Fiala's birthday.

Our next meeting will be en ",larch 14th. I hope we have a good attendance.

Fraternally,

Pat Reck (13), Treasurer LODGE NO. 13, DliM7 17 7K Dear Readers.

We had our regular meeting, on Feb. 19th. We discussed our meeting and where our Easter egg hunt will be held. Each person will bring 2 or 3

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 boiled colored eggs. I hope we have good weather.

We worked in our scrapbook. We had fun putting pictures and letters in our scrapbook.

Our next meeting is March 19th. I hope everyone will be present.

Fraternally, Rita Jane Kubena (10) —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX

Dear Readers, We had our monthly meeting. We discussed our old business, and talked about new business. We have planned what we are going to do at our district meetings. We planned our Easter egg hunt for Good Friday. We started our scrapbook and got a few pictures in it. We only put letters that are of importance in the scrapbook. After the meeting we had refreshments. We had a nice time.

Fraternally, Deborah Kubena (12) —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 4'7, SEATON

Dear Readers, Our next meeting will be held on March 5th at 2 p.m. We will present an Easter program later in the afternoon, after which there will be an Easter egg hunt. We also will practice the program which we will have at the District II meeting on March 12 at Seaton Star Hall. Let's all try to come to the meeting.

Fraternally, Janette Hruska —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX

Dear Readers, We had our monthly meeting on Feb. 14th. We discussed our Easter egg hunt on Good Friday. I hope everyone will be there.

Fraternally, Kay Horak (0) Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX

Dear Readers, Our youth club met on Feb. 14th in our SPJST Hall in Dime Box, with 10 members present. After the pledge was recited we discussed what we are going to do for our district meeting.

Our youth leader gave each family a copy of rules for our camping trip.

Everyone was excited about it.

After the meeting refreshments were served by Mrs. Schielack. We all had a good time.

Fraternally, Marlene Horak (12) President

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Dear Readers, We had our youth club meeting on Feb. 14th. We worked on our scrapbook. We don't have too, many pictures yet, but I think we will have more in the future. I am looking forward to our camping trip in July.

Fraternally, Albin Horak, Jr. (10) —Our 70th Year-LODGE' NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE

Dear Vestnik Readers, Our February meeting was very well attended. First, the adult meeting was ppened by President Erwin Holy. Then the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Victoria Vasek. Then old and new business was discussed. After their meeting the youth club had ours. We have a charity program for the old folks here in Halletsville rest homes.

They thanked us very much for the nice Valentine gift.

Under new business, we discussed having some games and an Easter egg hunt. Easter will be early this year.

Don't forget the next meeting March 12th. We will have a social.

Fraternally yours, Alvin Mikush, Jr. (12) —our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 40, HILLJE

13 LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Members, "The Results," all members of our youth club, will appear on the "Tuff 'n Nuff" show over KCEN-TV in the near future. Our entire club intends to go out and be on TV. Anyone who would like to go please mail your reservations to the Tuff 'n Nuff show, 306 Professional Bldg., KCEN-TV, Waco, Tex. 76701.

Be sure and specify the "Results" show. The tickets are free but you must have reservations.

Fraternally, Joan Schiller (12) President ----Our 70th Year LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Readers, On Feb. 21st, the Taiton SPJST youth gave a surprise party for Mr. John Fiala. He celebrated his 50th anniversary in the Adult Taiton lodge as secretary. He has done a very good job during all his years of service. He has also helped the Taiton youth in many ways. All the youth took part in a program for Mr. Fiala. All the mothers brought food, which was very delicious. The members gave Mr. Fiala a gift, which was a pretty shirt.

Here is a reminder that the next meeting will be on March 6th at 4:30 p.m. All members bring baskets or bags because we will have an Easter egg hunt.

Fraternally, Eugene Bubela, Jr., Reporter

Dear Readers, In my last letter I forgot to mention that my grandmother, Mrs. Frank Sablattira, made a dinner for me since it was my birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Sablatura and family of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Waters of El Campo, my great-grandfather, and my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fiala, were also present.

It was a nice dinner. My grandmother had a wonderful dinner. For lunch we had cake, cookies and lots of other good food to eat.

I had a wonderful time all day long.

Fraternally, Patricia Fiala

Dear Readers, I am a member of the East Bernard SPJST Youth Club. I enjoy being a member because of the different things we will do. After our last meeting we had cake, cookies, and sodawater.

Fraternally, Gregory Valigura

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LODGE. NO. 40, HILLJE Dear Readers, I guess everyone is getting ready for the Science Fair on March 6. I am entering the contest, and can't wait until it's over. I am eager to see who will win.

I am also anxious for camping time to arrive. This year, all of District VI is going to Bastrop State Park.

Fraternally, Renee Kaiser (10) Vice-President

LODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE Dear Readers, We had our regular meeting on Feb. 12th at the Legion Hall. Charles Strode called the meeting to order.

Everyone was present, except one member. The youth club made Dutch boots for the ones in the Rest Home for a Valentine gift. After the meeting we had games and refreshments.

Our next meeting was set for March 12th.

Marcie Lee Holy (11)

—Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 28, EAST BERNARD

14 LODGE NO 58, HUNGERFORD Dear Readers, The Hungerford school is pretty busy this week because we have six week's tests. The lodge meeting will be held in March. We will have to present a talent number for our April meeting and then we will compete with each other and see which one goes to the YAD. Fraternally, Patsy Kalina (12) —Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 58, HUNGERFORD_ Dear Readers, It is awfully cool these days. Six week's tests are coming and going by real fast. I am slowly trying to get some type of talent for the YAD. Hope to see all of our members at our next meeting, March 12.

Fraternally, Geraldine Kalina (13) Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 58, HUNGERFORD Dear Readers, I am trying to decide what talent to do at our April meeting. We'll decide who goes to district by all of us being judged. I'm happy to be duchess of our youth club. I must go do my homework now.

Fraternally, Peggy Kalina, (9) --Our 70th Year- LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Readers, On Tuesday, Feb. 21st, the Taiton youth club gave Mr. John Fiala a party for being an officer of our lodge for 50 years. It was held at the Taiton Community Center at 4 p.m. We also practiced the songs that we will sing at the Oak Manor on March 5th. Afterwards, some of the members sang songs and played instruments. After the entertainment we had the refreshments the mothers brought. Then everybody went home.

Fraternally, Marian Dorotik (12), Youth Club President --Our 70th Year-LODGE NO. 48, EEYERSVILLE

Dear Readers, We invite everyone to be with us Sunday afternoon, March 5th. We will have our Easter prOgram after the meeting. There will also be an Easter egg hunt. Then we will have refreshments. Everyone is supposed to bring painted, decorated Easter eggs for the egg tree.

Fraternally, Bruce Stalmach

VESTN K LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Members, Tuesday, Feb. 21st the Taiton SPJST Youth Club gave a party for Mr. John Fiala, serving 50 years in our lodge as an officer. Before the party we entertained him. We sang some songs and I played my saxophone.

Refreshments were served after the entertainment. The refreshments included, sandwiches, cake, cookies, potato chips and punch.

Fraternally yours, Jimmie Fucik, Treasurer Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

LODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE Dear Readers, We had our lodge meeting. After the lodge meeting we had our youth club meeting. After the youth club meeting we had games for adults and children.

The ladies played their games first.

The games were not too easy. After the ladies' games the youth club had their games. We pinned the "Valentine" on a piece of cloth. And then for the school children and pre-school children we played games. We had refreshments. AE ter the refreshments were served we had lunch. Everyone enjoyed it.

Fraternally, Sandra Sue Holy (9) Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 28, EAST BERNARD

Dear Readers, The East Bernard SPJST Youth Club held their first meeting on Feb. 5th at the SPJST Hall after the adult meeting. We elected officers and they are as follows: President — Birdy Brdecka Vice-Pres. — Dennis Kovar 'Secretary — Alice Valigura Treasurer — Mark Horelica Reporter — Diane Kelner For refreshments we had cake, cookies, and soda water. Our meeting was then adjourned.

Our next meeting will be held on March 5 at the SPJST Hall in East Bernard, after the adult meeting.

Fraternally, Alice Valigura, Secretary —Our 70th Year— Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

LODGE NO. 40, HILLJE Dear Readers, On Feb. 14th we had a Valentine party and a short meeting. There were 18 members and 9: adults present. The club received a letter from the Old Folks' Home in Hillje, thanking us

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 for performing for them. At our meeting Annette and Terry Priesmeyer played their accordions. We all had refreshments.

Fraternally, Nora Schwartzkopf (11), Secretary —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 29, TAYLOR Dear Members, Let's not forget to bring some popcorn or cookies to sell at our meeting March 5th. Don't forget your basket for your Easter eggs. I hope we will have lots of fun. Try to come.

Fraternally, Antonitte Pokorny (11), Reporter —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE

Dear Members, This is to remind all of you to be sure to come to our meeting this Sunday.

We will be selecting our May Fete Queen, so all girls interested in trying for this honor are asked to attend.

After the meeting there will be an Easter egg hunt for the children.

When they are thorugh we will have a lunch, so everyone is asked to bring something to eat.

Let's all come out and join in all the activities. See you all Sunday.

Fraternally, Gin,ger Shill er, Reporter —Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Dear Readers, On Dec. 16th, 1966, the first official meeting of the Junior Youth Club of Lodge 84 was held and members were signed up.

Sunday, Jan. 16, 1967, our second meeting, the following officers were proudly elected: President — Ronald Petr Vice President — Monty Olson Secretary — Cindy Horak Treasurer — Sharon Petr Reporter — Cindy Becan Sergeant-at-Arms — David Vrla Our last meeting was on Feb. 12th.

A Valentine party followed, so as not to interfere with the dinner hour. Refreshments were served by the mothers.

After the party our meeting was called to order. A letter from the president of our mother lodge was read. We also voted on having an Easter party on Saturday, March 25th, so mark your calendars, kids!

On Feb. 19th the Junior Youth Club, along with some of the members of the

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 Teen Club, presented a program to help celebrate Lodge 84's anniversary.

To those who were unable to come, you missed a really big show!

To the youth club members: I have been told a treat is in store for you at cur next regular meeting for a most deserving performance. The next meeting is to be held on March 19th, so come one and all!

Fraternally yours, Cindy Becan (12), Reporter —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 38, SMITHVILLE Dear Readers, Our youth club held a regular meeting on Feb. 12. Only nine members were present.

After a short meeting, we had Cokes and Valentine candy and played a game of "Twister."

Our next meeting will be on March 12th. We will have an Easter egg hunt and a social.

Fraternally, Robert Susen (11)

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CAMPING 1967 District I — July 5-7, Bastrop State Park District II — June 23-25, Hilltop Lakes Resort District III — June 10-13, Hilltop Lakes Resort District IV — August 21-22, Elm Guest Ranch, Bandera District V — June 16-18, Camp Mani, son bistrict VI — July 10-13, Bastrop State Park District VII — June 20-24, Mission Valley Guest Ranch, New Braunfels.

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Dear Vestnik Readers, The SPJST youth meeting of the Taiton youth has been changed. It has been changed to March 7th, at the Taiton Community Center. The time has not been changed but the date has.

Fraternally, Madilyn Merta (12) Secretary

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

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LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Editor and Friends in West, I would like to praise our fine staff of the Vestnik for their outstanding work in making the Vestnik what it is.

We all benefit from their hard work in keeping us in communication with each other.

They always take an active part in finding out "what's coming off" in the world. They keep us informed on the whereabouts of our fine brothers in Viet Nam and abroad.

Gentlemen, I salute you all for your fabulous job!

Fraternally, Randy Dodgen (Thank you! —Editor) Our 70th Year

LODGE NO. 107 FLORESVILLE. Junior Youth Club Our youth club met for our regular monthly meeting on Feb. 14th. We had a Valentine party at our meeting. We played three games. One was a scavenger hunt, one was dropping hearts in a milk bottle, the latter being won by

Lodge No. 88, Houston Second Friday of each month — Youth and Teen meeting in our Lodge S8 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. 142, Houston First Sunday of each month — Youth meeting at the lodge hall, at 4:30 P.mDISTRICT VI Lodge No. 4, Hallettsville Sunday, March 12 — Youth Club meeting at 2:30 p.m., followed by an Easter egg hunt.

Lodge No. 30, Taiton Every first Monday — Club meeting, at 4:30 sharp, Taiton Com. Center.

Larry Hrna. The other game was a relay of pinning paper hearts on a line with clothes pins. Next, we had our Valentine box. The cards were called out by our president, John Pavliska.

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The entertainment committee and the refreshment committee were in charge of the party and I think they did a great job.

Fraternally, Billy Pavliska, Reporter —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX

Dear Members, We had our regular monthly youth meeting on Feb. 19th, following the adult meeting. Mrs. Horak gave each of us a set of camping rules, and a paper telling what we're supposed to take. We discussed our District One meeting which will be in Brenham. We worked on our scrapbook. Refreshments were served.

Fraternally, Vince Schielack (9) Reporter Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH Dear Members and Friends, At our next meeting we are going to have an Easter egg hunt. There are to be prizes for a decorated egg and others. I hope we have good attendance, so everyone come.

Fraternally, Karen ,Spindor (12) President —Our 70th Year— LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH

Dear Members and Friends, Our next meeting will be on March 12th, after the mother lodge meeting.

At our last meeting we played games and had a drawing. The prize was a box of Valentine candy and I won.

Fraternally yours, Carol Spindor (10), Reporter Saturday noon is Vestnik deadline

LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Readers, Since I neglected to put in my report last week the birthdays for the month of February of our club, I wish to do so now. The birthdays were: Eddie Hurta, Belinda Bartek, Earl Engbrock, and our Youth Leader, Mrs. Frances Bartek. Hope all of you, had a nice birthday. In case I missed anyone, our greetings are extended to you also. Remember our youth meeting — Friday, March, 3 3:30 to 5 p. m., at the lodge hall. We urge all the members to attend, because we have several things to discuss and plan.

Fraternally, Carla Engbrock, Reporter

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LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSV1LLE Dear Friends and Members, The youth club is a very nice club.

Through this club you can get a type of education, like being a good citizen.

You enter events with other people and do your best. Since the youth club has camping trips you can also improve your health. In the couple of years I have been in the youth club I got to know and make friends with people I would have never met. I sure do like the youth club because of this many other things.

Fraternally, Larry Matoska, Youth Treasurer Our 70th Year

LODGE 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Members and Friends, We have our monthly meeting on March 5th The youth club meeting is after the elders' meeting. At the adult meeting the May Fete queen for 1967 will be chosen, so all girls who are planning on competing please come I would like to urge the members to come, too. All votes are important. All members of the youth club remember to bring your decorated ;egg to the meeting. Hope to see a lot of you there.

Fraternally, Diana Matoska, Youth President

monthly meeting date has been changed. We will have our March meeting on Friday, March 3rd at 8 p. m., instead of the usual first Sunday of the month.

Everybody dress Western and be at the meeting on March the 3rd.

Don't forget the date, and let's have everybody there.

Fraternally,.

Paul Veselka, 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."

—Our 70th Year—

Please note that we cannot publish anything that in any way has to do with raffles, bingo, ticket sales for raffles of any sort. These are postal regulations, an,d we must abide by them. You can't get away with this by indirectly inferring or implying any such activity. If you need further clarification, ask your local postmaster for details, or ask him for the POD bulletin on the subject. —Editor.

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LODGE 142, HOUSTON Dear Members„ March is turning out to be a very busy month for the youth at Lodge 142. A decision was reached by the officers to hold the 'next meeting on March 3, at 8 p. m. The decision for the change was caused by the large attendance of the adult meetings on the first Sunday of each month. So remember ,the next monthly meeting of the youth club will be March 3 at 8 p. m., at the lodge hall.

It was also decided for all those who wish to go Western, may do so. It is strongly urged that everyone do so, because that way it is more fun.

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Dear Readers-, On FebruarY 26, we had family clean-up day at the lodge. The candy we had ordered came in so all the members received the boxes of candy to sell. We have not quite decided but we will probably use the money to buy chairs for our new hall. The boxes of

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candy are 50c apiece and each member is going to try to sell about 2 each. If any of you readers would like a box be sure and get in touch with us. We certainly would appreciate it.

Fraternally, Carmen Engbroek (14) Sergeant-at-Arms

GALVESTON LODGE NO. 146 Dear Members, Our next meeting on March 5 will be at our new SPJST home at 5709 Ave. S, Galveston. The meeting will be at 2:30 p. m. all youth membersr should be present for the meeting. Mrs. Tillie Heinicamp will be here to discuss plans about Camp Manison. Be sure to be there.

Fraternally yours, Ronald Sefcik, District V King, Youth President Our 70th Year--

LODGE 130, DALLAS Dear Readers„ Our next meeting will be held March 5 at 3 p. m. After the meeting there will be a "game party". Bring a game for your age group.

On Feb. 11 we had a bake sale, which was very successful. We want to thank all of the ladies who baked for us.

Don't forget March 5! All who can, please come because we have a lot of future plans to discuss.

Fraternally, Teresa Vrla, Secretary —Our 70th Year—

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Dear Readers We took pictures at our Youth Club's birthday party which will be placed in our club's scrapbook. There are several good pictures; one is of Mr. Zatopek trying to cut the plaster of paris cake. We think taking pictures of your activities and placing them in your scrapbook will be very interesting to look at in the future.

Fraternally, Pamela Engbrock (12) Treasurer --Our 70th Year

LODGE 142, HOUSTON Dear Readers, I have been informed by our youth club President. Patsy Tumis, that our

After the Clouds, the Sunshine After the Win ;,r, the ;.:;•)•ing, 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.

RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY Brother W. A, (Arnold) Wrba, a former merchant of Granger, passed away in a Taylor hospital on Sunday, Feb. 12th, 1967, at the age of 63 years.

Brother Wrba was born March 21st, 1903, in Lockhart, Texas, moving to Granger with his parents at a very

young age. He was a member of the Granger Brethren Church and a member of Lodge Komensky No. 20, having been admitted as a member on July 18th, 1920.

Surviving are his widow, the former Fannie Martinets; two daughters, Mrs. Martin Rister, Dennison, and Mrs. A. J. Tramupo, Dickinson; one sister, Mrs. Frank I. Janak, Sr., of Granger; and six grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 13th, in the Granger Brethren Church, with Rev. Frank Simcik, Jr. and Rev. Josef A. Barton officiating.

Interment was in the Granger Brethren Cemetery.

RESOLVED by the members of Lodge Komensky No. 20, Granger, in the premise represented by the undersigned Special Committee, that condolences and deepest sympathy be extended to the family of our departed brother.

Dated and signed at Granger, Texas, this, the 20th day of February, 1967.

Jno. P. Trlica.

F. J. Mikulencak R. F. Holubec —Committee EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of Lodge Columbus No. 58, Hungerford, Texas, in behalf of our membership, hereby wish to express our sympathy to the family of our brother, ALVIN WASICEK, who passed away Jan. 29, 1967, at the M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, at the age of 42. Burial was Jan. 31, 1967, in Evergreen Memorial Park in Wharton.

Surviving are his wife, Rose Mary Wasicek, and four sons, Anthony, Kenneth, James, and Michael, all of New Gulf.

May our departed brother rest in eternal peace.

Carolyn M. Sabrsula Robert Holmes Adolf Sabrsula —Resolution Committee RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned members of the Resolution Committee of Lodge Primori No. 143, of Inez of the SPJST of the State of Texas, in behalf of all the members of our lodge, do hereby wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy to

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the bereaved family of our deceased brother, EDMUND ROHAN, who passed away at McCloskey Hospital in Temple, after a long illness, at the age of 76 years. He was a member of the SPJST since Nov. 28th, 1915.

Brother Rohan was born on Oct, 26th, 1890 in Hallettsville. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion.

Funeral services were conducted at McCabe-Carruth Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, with Rev. James Carlson, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment was in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Our compliments to him and his beneficiary for their promptness in meeting the financial obligations of the lodge, and the SPJST. Surviving are his wife, Sophie; two daughters, Mrs. Olga Balfanz and Mrs. Mary Ann Zandonatti; three sons, Alton, Norman, and Leonard Rohan, all of Victoria; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Pearson of Yorktown and Mrs. Agnes Voelkel of Nordheim; two brothers, Jim and Phillip R,ohan, both of Yorktown; and 18 grandchildren.

Be it further resolved that we cherish his memory, that we express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and friends, and that a copy of these resolutions be spread on our minutes.

Dated this 22nd day of February, 1967 A.D. Leo Krause, Jr. C. L. Janecka Leroy Repka —Resolution Committee -SPJST--

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DRY SPELL FOR RESEARCH DEER A deer at Texas A&M University's Ranch Experiment Station at Sonora is making like a camel and in the process is spoiling a research test.

The deer, a sleek doe, has been fenced in a pasture surrounded by a seven-foot deer fence for over two years — and there's absolutely no sur:LONG

face water in the pasture.

As far as anyone knows, she hasn't had a drop of real water for two years except when it rains — and that isn't often in the dry Edwards Plateau country.

The deer probably gets a little moisture from leaves and other forage it eats, says Leo Merrill, A&M range scientist at the Sonora Experiment Station.

The deer was frightened into the pasture by several horseback riders.

She didn't jump over the fence, but between the wires — she probably couldn't do it again unless frightened again, says Merrill. But he's sure she hasn't been out of the pasture for over two years.

Merrill says the high fence around the pasture is to make an exclosure rather than an enclosure. The idea is to keep all livestock off the pasture to see how much range improvement occurs under the continual deferment as opposed to deferred rotation grazing systems.

"Just the one deer won't really ruin the test," says Merrill, "but all the same, she's not supposed to be there."

He has opened the gate and tried shooing the camel-like deer out — but no luck. He tried, rather half-heartedly, since the deer has become kind of a pet, to shoot her during hunting season — again no luck.

Meanwhile, the deer stays put — waiting for the next rain, or something.

--SPJSTMILK QUALITY NO ACCIDENT When you pick up a carton of milk at your doorstep or grocery store, you are selecting one of the best food values available today, points out A. M. Meekma, Texas A&M Extension dairy specialist.

"Many consumers have little appreciation of the high sanitation standards observed on Texas farms," Meekma said. "People may not realize that dairy farms are rigidly inspected by both state and local health departments," he noted.

"No other country in the world produces milk under such strict supervision. For these reasons, high quality is taken for granted in the United States. In few other countries is this true," he said.

Among the careful procedures that must be followed before milk can be sold to customers are: 1. Dairy cows are fed balanced rations of high quality feeds.

18 2. They are checked regularly for infectious diseases.

3. They are mechanically milked in sanitary milking parlors.

4. The milk moves from the cows to the cooling tank through stainless steel or glass pipes.

5. It is immediately cooled to prevent bacterial growth, and pumped from the cooling tank into a stainless steel tank used solely for hauling milk.

The truck delivers the milk to modern dairy plants, where it first passes through a standardizer-clarifier to bring it to the proper condition for bottling. The milk is then pasteurized and homeogenized before being bottled in either glass bottles or plastic cartons.

All along the processing line, rigid bacteriological and other quality standards are maintained. The end prod-. uct is milk, bacteriologically safe, free from unpleasant flavors, and with a storage life that has been tripled in the last 15 years.

Despite this marked increase in milk quality, which has added to the costs of production processing, the price of milk has remained surprisingly uniform during this period, Meekma pointed out.

Milk production remains fairly constant seven days a week, the specialist added. Consumer demand for milk varies considerably from day to day, with the heaviest demand on Wednesday and Saturday. Either the processing plant or the dairy cooperative must provide storage facilities for carrying the milk over the periods of lo wdemand. This adds to the cost of operation, but this extra cost is not reflected in the retail price of milk, Meekma said.

Most retail stores handle milk from several processors under several difberent brand names. This provides the housewife with greater brand selection, Meekma pointed out.

Rigid sanitary inspection, stainless steel equipment, and refrigerated cooling tanks enable the housewife to pick .up at the grovery store or have delivered to her door, a dairy product which is unsurpassed in quality and very reasonable in price, concludes Meekma.

-SPJST-A TAXPAYER'S BEST FRIEND IS HIS ADDING MACHINE Man's best friend at income tax time may well be his adding machine, if he makes out his own return, says one of the nation's top tax consultants

VESTITIK who has built a nationwide business of being the taxpayers' friend.

"The Internal Revenue Service finds some kind of error in at least one of every five of the 70 million income tax returns filed annually," says Richard Block, who heads over 1,500 tax offices in 45 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii.

Most errors made by individuals in their returns are "mechanical," Block reports — simple mistakes in arithmetic.

Such errors are more critical now for taxpayers, says Block, because of the increased use of computers in ,checking individual returns. The mechanical marvels speed up the process, but they are more apt to "spit out" returns that are incorrect. Computers can't "see" that a figure is on the wrong line or detect simple errors at a glance.

Of even more concern are the "undetectable" errors which cost the taxpayer himself money. Three of four taxpayers actually cheat themselves in declaring deductions.

Part of this is because of the confusion felt by the average layman when he faces an income tax return form, and his lack of knowledge as to what deductions he is entitled to.

"If the government simplifies income taxes one more time, they'll get so complicated no one will be able to make out a return," Block quips.

To help taxpayers understand what deductions they may take, Block's firm has designed a special form as a reminder to the customer. They've also designed a special desk pad for ready reference to all tax tables, so it isn't necessary to go thumbing through the tax book with each customer.

Among legitimate deductions which slip most taxpayers' minds, are property losses, failure to file joint returns, not listing all contributions, sick pay exclusions, hospital insurance, child care exemptions or retirement income.

A man may list expenses for medical and medical care but forget transportation costs to the doctor totaling much more. Or he may overestimate sales taxes but forget to deduct personal property tax. Or list cash contributions and forget $100 worth of clothing donated to the church.

From his own company's experience, Block lists another unusual "friend" of the taxpayer — the coffee pot.

Block offices keep a pot brewing at all times and company, records show

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 that harried taxpayers consume some 40 tons of coffee between Jan. 1 and April 15. Block consultants will also give out some 100,000 lollipops and coloring books to youngsters.

Most of the H & R Block work will fall into the last 100 days before the April 15 deadline, Block. reports. In that time the offices will consume over 40 million sheets of paper weighing 400,000 pounds, more than 15,000 "lifetime" mechanical pencils and over 1,080,000 inches of pencil lead, in figuring federal and state income taxes for customers.

There's no record, however, of how many aspirins are consumed by Block personnel and customers.

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

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

Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood Saturday, March 4 — Dance; Slim Haisler Sunday, March 5 — Lodge meeting at 1 p.m., followed by Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, March 19 — RVOS meeting Saturday, April 1 — Dance; Slim Haisler Sunday, April Z — Lodge meetings.

Lodge No. 35, Elk Saturday, March 4 — Fiddle Swingsters Saturday, March 11 — Al and His Rhythm Pals Saturday, March 13 — Slim Haisler Saturday, March 25 — Sam Weaver and His Musical Pals Saturday, April 1 — Vaughan Smith and the Moonlighters Sunday, April 9 — District III Spring meeting.

---SPJSTLodge No. 40, Hillje Saturday, April 8 — The Traits Saturday, April 22 — The Jades SnSSTLodge No. 48, Beyersville Saturday, March 4 — Revised Edition Saturday, March 26 — Farrells —SPJSTLodge No. 49, Rowena Sunday, April 30 — Jimmy Heap —SPJST---Lodge 66, (Linden Hall) Waco Saturday, March 4 — Hi-Tappers of New Braunfels Saturday, March 11 — Slim Haisler Saturday, March 18 — Otis Beck and His Melody Five Saturday, March 25 — John Griffin Easter Sunday, March 26 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Monday, May 29 — Jan Garber Orch.

Tickets go on sale Oa April 15th.

Tickets will be $4 per person. (This is the evening before Memorial Day). ..-.—SPJST--Lodge No. 80, Holland March 26 Easter Sunday — C j & The Jewels

VP,STNIK Lodge No. 84, Dallas Supday, March 19 — Meeting; Game and Fun Night Saturday, April 1 — Baseball Dance; Polka Peppermints Saturday, April 15 — Music Masters Meeting; Game Sunday, April 16 and Fun Night Saturday, April 29 — Vrazel Polka Band —SPJST Lodge No. 88, Houston Fednesday, March 1 — Birthday Club Card Party and Luncheon .

Thursday, March 2 — Social Night for you and your friends.

Friday, March 3 — Teen Dance; music by the Count Down Five.

Saturday, March 4 — Dance, Herbert Kloesel and his Knights of Dixie of Schulenburg.

Sunday, March 5 — Lodge, Teen and Youth Clubs Meetings. Free snacks and refreshments served after the meetings.

Wednesday, March 8 — Birthday Club Meeting and Luncheon.

Thursday, March 9 — Social Night.

Friday, March 10 — Teen Dance; music

by The Glass Cans and The Coachmen with special guest. Budd y McGregar of KNUZ. Saturday, March 11 Dance: Telstars of Schulenburg.

Sunday, March 12 — Dance 6 to 10 p.m. with LeeRoy Matocha of Fayetteville. Free beer at Beer Bust from 7 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 16 — Social Night.

Friday, March 17 — Teen Dancie; music by the Glo-Coats.

Saturday, March 18 — Semi-Formal Dance; Blumes of La Grange.

Sunday, March 19 — Teenage Spectacular — 2 to 6 p.m. Big Battle of the Bands featuring The Coastliners, The Liquid Blues, and The Blox.

Thursday, March 23 — Social Night.

Sunday, March 26 — Easter Egg Hunt for the children starts at 3 p.m.

Princess Ball at 6 p.m. — Music by Henry Tannenberger of Houston.

Buy your tickets from your favorite candidate.

Thursday, March 30 — Social Night.

Friday , March 31 — Teen Dance; Music by The Inquisitions.

—SPJST Lodge No, 92, Fort Worth Thursday, March 9 — Ladies' Circle family night. Supper will be served starting at 5:30 p.m. $1 for nonmember adult plate; 500 for children under 12 years; games after supper.

Wednesday, March 1, 1967 Sunday, March 12 — Regular lodge meeting 2 p.m.; youth club meeting 3:30 p.m. annual Easter egg hunt 4 p.m. Supper will be served after egg hunt. $1 adult plate, children under 12, 500.

Saturday, April 1 — Dance; Hi-Liters from West.

Sunday, April 2 — Regular lodge meeting changed because of Dist. 3 meeting on April 9.

Thursday, April 13 — Ladies' Circle meeting 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 22—Dance Sil Krenek from Wallis Sunday, May 14 — Regular lodge meeting at 2 p.m. Mother's and Father's Day program after meeting 4 p.m.; youth club meeting after program.

Thursday, May 11 — Ladies Circle meeting 10:30 a.m.

—SPJSTLodge No. 130 — Sokol Zizka, Dallas Saturday, March 11 — Aurclbark Oral.

Saturday, March 25 — Polka Peppermints Saturday, April 8 — "April in Paris" dance; music by Eric Honza (Sponsored by Junior Sokols) Saturday, April 22 — Music Masters Saturday, May 13 — Spring semiformal; Eric Honza Saturday, May 27 — Polka Peppermints Saturday, June 10 — Johnny Mensik Orch.

Saturday, June 24 — Music Masters Our 70th Year- --Lodge No, 133, San Antonio Sunday, March 19 — 50 Anniversary Celebration; Highland Social Club, 2929 SWW White — Loop 13.

THE AMERICAN CREED I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their liv es and fortunes.

I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

—Written by William Tyler Page, Clerk of the House of Representatives, in 1917; accepted by the House on behalf of the American people, April 3, 1918.

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, yreAtf " "YOU LOSE, EVEN IF YOU WIN."

The life insurance skeptic will tell you this. He may even say, "you have to (tie to collect, don't you? And then what have you got?" A lot of people may share the same opinion of life insu rance. The fact is, though, that your SPJST policy benefits you from the very start. In addition to providing immediate protection for you and your a

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values. These sums can be rasNI by YOU to pay for a needed education, help during retirement, and several other things. Call on an SPJST representative to explain these features to you. You can't lose.

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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: suritEmE LODGE, sr.isT, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501

1. BBEZNA 1967

OD REDAKNHO STOLKU BUDE NAM BRZY 70 LET.. .

Jak jit bylo hiateno, 701ete jubileum nagi SPJST pripada nam tento rok v eervenci. Jak jiZ bylo psano jsou asi tki data ze kterych by si elovek mohl vybrat jako zaeatek na gi Jednoty, pc) nekolik let bylo ustaveno oficielne, 1. eervence jest datum na geho zaloleni.

Sedmdesat let bratrske prate na texaske pude.. . . Je to dlouha doba, jak pro jednotlivce tak i pro spoleenost jako je nage bratrska jednota. Cesta byla dlouha, a take nekdy trnita, ne bez prekaZek. Prace na ge byla preruSena dvemi svetovYmi valkami. (Tzv. gpanelska-americka valka na Kube tepry zaeinala, kdyZ se zakladala nage SPJST v roce 1897). K tomu jsme take pfekonali valku na Koreji. A nyni mame zapas nekolik mocnosti ye Viet Namu .Ale jakmile mraena hrozicich vdlek pkeletely na ge prate pokraeovala dal. Nekolik nagich mladgich stoji v gikach vojinti ye Viet Namu, nektefi z nich jiZ polozili svilj Zivot na tamnelgi pude krvave. Doufejme, Ze se vgichni vrati gt'astne doanu.. .

Tiskoveho v;c7boru bylo u sneseno, ze jubliejni cislo Vestniku by melo hcrti o nee° vet gi se zviagtnim obalem. Podle v geho, bude se sklaclati 48 stranek, a budou-li schvalene finane ni qlohy s tim spojene Hlavni ilfadovnou, budeme potfebovat Bost hodne latky, jak Ceske tak i anglioke. Bude to eislo podobne sjezdovemu eislu, jenom

ne akorat tak velike. (Sjezdove eislo byva, o dvakrat tak velike jako normalise, totit 64 stranek). Bude-li toto zvetg ene 'Oslo . schvalene Hl. irtadovnou v dubnove schuzi, musime pilne na torn pracovat, aby bylo vtechno upraveno yeas. Proto tadame eleny a tady, aby nam poslaly brzy jejich ptispeyky j ako nap. dejiny zadu, jmena zakladajicich elenn, obrazky piivodni tadove stavby, obrazky nynejti tadove budovy, rust zadu a pea elenti harem poslednich par let, a vtechno jine, co se vztahuje na dejiny zadu. Laskave Zadame o vati pomoc a spoluprace v tomto projektu, aby cela veiejnost byla upozornena na to, co a kdo jsme.

Co delaji jini. fficedni organ bratrske jednoty 6SA (Oeskoslovenske spolky v Americe) jest nyni vydavan jednou mesiCne a to v magazinskem formatu z pouze jednou pfedni stranku. Anglicka Cast organu jest v ptedu, eeska v zadu obsahujici asi jednou ttetinu celeho easopisu. Zadni stranka jest yenovand prodeji pojistek one jednoty.

Od 1. ledna t. r. bratrska jednota nosici nazev "Slovenian Mutual Benefit Association" zmenila svoje jmeno na "American Mutual Life Association".

Hlavni fdadovna one jednoty je v Cleveland, Ohio.

Posledni eislo utedniho organu bratrske jednoty Zapadni-Oesko Bratrske Jednoty navazuji na otazku, ktera se bude probirat ye sjezde one jednoty pozdeji v tomto roce, a to, ze take pfijde

na to, aby se zmenilo jmeno jednoty beze slova "Bohemian". Anglicka Cast organu jest vptedu, Ceska v zadu. Z 39 stranek ne celYch 10 jsou venovane Ceskemu jazyku.

• • Posledni Vide Sepsani posledni vide jest v dnetni dobe didetita vec. Kdyt je posledni vale nenastanou rime neptijemnosti a majetek je rozdelen podle pkesneho zearuleho. Doint zaeatek je, kdyt Cloy& udela seznam vteho majetku a vteckeho co vlastni a donese to pravnikovi, jent ptipravi pattiene a Utedni dokumenty do posledni yule.

Majetek, kterY vlastni mantele spoleene, ani tivotni pojistka kde je jasne nvedene jmeno aneb jmena adieu, nespada do ramce posledni yule. V tom to mute presne poradit pravnik. V kat-dem ptipade jest ale zahodno dat sepsat posledni vuli, abychom majetek se mohl rozdelit podle pkani zesnuleho a ,bez neptijemnosti v rodinnem kruhu.

Jest take zahodno, by mantel i mantelka dali sepsat posledni vuli. Porad'te se u pravnika.

• • Majetek znamena vAechno to, co si elovek uspotil a nadelal, at' je to movity majetek anebo nemovity majetek, penetni itspory. Nejlepti a nesnadnejAi zpirsob zaloteni osobniho majetku jest prosttednictvim tivotni pojistky.

Tim si 'Oen zaruei budoucnost svoji 1 rodiny, abychom na svirj pokroeil'y vek mel nejakou finaneni zalohu, na kterou

Ve stiedu 1, bf:ezna 1967

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AEDNI ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORUJICI JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS Vychazi tYdne REDAKTOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas 76691 Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 — Shop: HI 6-5282 Vydavatele CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEX. Predplatne $3.75 Zmeny adres zasilaji se do Hlavni fitadovny Box 100, Temple, Texas Predplatne a oznamky bud'te2 zasilany na Vestnik, West, Texas 76691 Latka na ovetejneni y e Vestniku must bYt1 dodana v sobotu dopoledne.

NevyZadanou latku neuschovavaine a nevracime. Obrazky se vraceji jen kdyZ' je p0'Mo y ne priloZene. Uverejneni zasnoubnich anebo svatebnich obrazku must si elenove sanal. hraditi.

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VEDOUCf MLADE2B James J. Janougek Box 100, Temple, Texas Seznam vedoueich mladde OKRSEK I. Mrs. Rud. C. Matejka Route 4 — Box 569 Bryan, Texas OKRSEK II. Mrs. Emily Mikeska Route 1 Rogers, Texas OKRSEK III. Mrs. Wilma Nesuda Telico Road Ennis, Texas OKRSEK IV. Mrs. Ed. Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas OKRSEK V Mrs. Tillie Helmcamp 432 West 3 2nd St. Houston 18, Texas OKRSEK VT. Mrs. Frank Brcleeka Rt. 1 -- Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas OKRSEK VII. Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route 2, Box 151 Floresville, Texas

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se mule spolehnout, by nehyl odkazan na Stedrost jinyeh. Zavolejte si organisatora od naSi. SPJST a nechte si vysvetlit vYhody takove pojistky. Nebudete toho litovat. * Jarni schilze Nyni nastava doba jarnich schnzi naSich okrskti. Prvni takova schtlze bude shromaZdeni elenn II. okrsku a to 12. bi-ezna u radu 6. 47 na Seaton. V dubnu se budou konati etyri schitze okrskove. Zarid'te sve zale'Zitosti, abyste se mohli dostavit do techto Budou predneseny otazky dhlaite, otazky tykajici se naMi Jednoty, take dost mnZna, priStiho sjezdu, ktery se kvapem bull. Ten rok utcee co nevidet a sjezd bude za dvetnn, jak Je to povinnost kaZdeho uvedomeleho Clena, se informoval oe se jednã a proe.

C Drazi pratele!

Touto cestu yam v'Senn srdeene dekujerne, Ze jste pri gli a oslavili s nami to nape 50:lete jubileum. PoteSilo • e mame tolik pratel. Take dekuto, Z jem rodinam Wm. C. i1l. Wm. '8 ill, Charlie Staglik, a Robert Durori ml., Ze se o to jejich manZ'elky a deti tak pekne postaraly. l3yli jsme s tim tak pi'ekvapeni, le nam a2Z oei slzely. Tel srdOenY dik za ty pane karty pratele, VaZime si toho a budem mit vzpominku al do te naSi posledni chvile. Dekujeme yam Veen], tisickrat a prejem vain vSe to nejlepAi. ManAele Vodiekovi Rad Penelope els, 167 Mile sestry a bratri.

Tak zas jdu s nekolika kadky bych oznamila naSi radovou sell-Uzi 5. brezna v Community Buildin g, tak doulam, Ic naS'e sestry a brati'l se v hojnem poetu dostavi.

Porad kdesi jinde pr gi, kde ill ani deSte nepotrebuji, a my zde v Sirokem Itoh potre:bujem dobreho deAte. Nastaeas seti korny, maiza a jimich ne pienin, tz je eas no s(1! :..eni brainbor, ale nic neporoste v torn velikem such u.

Minulyr tYklen jsme u nE5:: 1?-1611 vellee .milou navevu. sleenu Houdkovou 11 jejim velice pi. atelskYm bratrein Willie tak jsme si od srdce povykladall, Sc eas v tom pi'atelskem hovoru tak utekl, Se jsme se ani nenadali a bylo k veeeru, kdy nose ulna navWe-

Ve stiedu 1. brezna 1967 va se chystala k odjezdu. Doufame, to neni ponejpry ani naposledy a ze se k nam zas brzy za,stavi.

21. ledna jsrne byli v Corpus na svatbe nak prvni vnuCky Helen BartoSove, dcery to naSeho nejstaikho syna Eugena. Mela velice peknou svatb y v kostele Krista Krale pak velkou 'meal a veeer tanec pri IVIa,jko ye budbe v Moravian sini. Sesli jsme se tarn, zas s nak rodinou a prateli, ale ne se vSemi, neb tarn, ten eas radila teZ flu a nachlad, ale preji jim vSem hodne zdra yieka. A nak vnuece Helen Jean II Walter prejem hodne Stesti a Bok PoZehnanr aby je laska provazela na jejich ceste Zivotem.

Pritelce Stepance Pustejovske, ktera se podrobila operaci„ prejem brske a 1:1pine uzdraveni a panu Emil Poppovi a cela rodina necht' prijme nak uprimnou soustrast nad ztratou nadejneho unladen° vnuka, syna a bratra, 'je to smutne pro rodiee, kdyZ maji hledet syemu diteti do hrobu.

Necia mi to abych neprala manZeltim Vodiekovym k jejich 501etemu manZelstvi naSe nejlepk co si sami prejou by se ye zdravi, lasce a spokojenosti a Stesti doekalt diamantove svatby. Caste na Vas vzpominam, ale vy uZ se na mite nepamatujete, ja jsem slouZila s Annou Zavodnou nyni pi. Bigonovou z Granger u Dr. Woodsona v Temple a vZcly skoro kaZdou nedeli jsme s vami odpoledne besedovali u vaSich znarnYch, ale na jmena si nemirkt vzpomenout, oni pochazeli s Damboric, jestli se nemYlim neb meli obrazek ze svatby s Damboric a v nem moje dye sestrenice jsem poznala. No uZ je to diouho skoro 50 rokii, ale dobre si Vas pamatuji. Moje jmeno bylo Marie Manova,.

Nemyslila jsem„ ze budu psati tak dlouhy dopis, neb se necitim jeSte mot dobre neb jsem dostala hroznY chlad aneb flu to byla, neb jsem si po par dni poleZela,. Tak vSem nemocnYm brzke uzdraveni. Nezapomerite na schilzi 5. brezna o 2 hod. odp.

Se sesterskym pozdravem Marie Bartosh, tajemnice _sp.Ts-r-Od Birthday Club lad cis. 88 v Floustor'?"...

Ctend redakce a mill etenari: V mesici breznu budem °pet pore,Cat Card party jako vZdy p-rvni stredu dne 1. bir'ezna„ zaeatek v 9:30 rano a v poledne chutnY °bed. KahlY jest uctive zvan.

Mesieni schrize nakho Z • enskeho klubu bude jako valy druhou stredu v

VASTNIK UPOZORNENA PH zasilani nove adresy na Hl. fikadovnu do Temple, jest velmi nutne, aby eleni poslali sytij drivej gi Zip Code zaroyal s novym; taktei aby poslali starou adresu s novou. Neni-li tak ueinen°, posilani Vestniku bude o delgi dobu opozdeno. Zmeny adres se posilaji na Supreme Lodge, SPJST, PO Box 100 , Temple, Texas 76501, ne na redakei do West.

Prieina neobdrieni Vestniku behem poslednieh par qdmi jest ta, ie eleni neposlali sve Zip Code na Hi. urado y deli dobu ia--noudTempl,jakbyo dine. Zpateeni eisla nemnieme posilat. ® red. mesici dne 8. brezna, zaeatek v 9:30 rano a v poledne °bed. Nay.Stevnici jsou vZcly vitani.

Hostitelkami pro mesic brezen budou sestry: Frances Walla, Sophie HrubY, Anna Soukup a Cecilia Kleeka. PoSuSkam yam do ouSka, co budeme mit k obedu pri Card party a sice peeend broilovana, kurata, ktere jsou vkly ye velke oblibe kdyZ jsou chutne dobre pravene a k tomu ty jine dobroty, teg k tomu dostanete domaci peeivo a chutnou kavu, tak jen prijd'te v hojnem poetu ,vAem kterYm jest vam to moZno. S pozdravem na vSechny a za cely Birthday Club posila ses. Sophie, HrubY, dopis.

---SPJST--it ad C. 67 v Schulenburgu Sentry a bratri!

Timto yam davam vedet, ze naiSe pravidelna, schrize radova se bude konati v nedeli 5. brezna o dvou hodinach odp. v Legion halu. Hled'te se vSichni dostavit, aby nas bylo pint, sin.

Nezapomente na to schrizi 5. brezna.

Po schilzi budeme mit nejake °beerstveni.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Va'S' stall/ tajemnik Frank Holub --SPJSTitad San Antonio Cis. 133 Sestry a bratri: Dnes 18 brezna 1967 bude tomu 50 let co byl zalolen rad San Antonio Cis. 133. Tuto historickou uddlost oslavime v nedeli, 19. brezna 1967 v sini Highland Social Club, 2929 S.W.W. White Rd. (Loop 13) v San Antoniu.

Porad: Od 10 do 12 hodin vitani zapisovani do• pametni knihy, pratelsky hovor pri podavanem °beerstveni.

Od 12 do 2 hodin odpoledne obed za

3 vyliravani aeskYch pisni a melodii zdej g i kapelou za rizeni bratra S. C. Bundila.

Ve 2 hodiny odpoledne bude nasledovat slavnostni program, po programu bude kapela poluadovat ve hrani popularnich deskYch pisnieek.

Slaynostriim 1.'eenikerri bude bratr Edw L. Marek, predseda Hlavni iitadovny SPJST. Uprimne Vas vgechny zveme a te gime se na shledanou!

S bratrskYrri pozdravem James I, Kostelnik, predseda Jaroslay Kleprlik, tajemnik.

—SPJST-fait(' Slovanska Lipa. e. 66 Mile sestry bratici a etenari!

Prestole v nedeli 19. Imora pr gelo seglo se zas v nagi schazi peknY1 podet coZ nage, nredniky te gi, kdy2 vidi jak eleni se zajimaji, co se v rade kona.

Bratr predseda Edward Mazanec, adkoliv jeg te ten samY den mel se odebrat do nemocnice na operaci, schtzi zahajil a yedl. Slib americke vlajce a riag i Jednote SPJST predrikan eleny rnladeZe Larry Le gikar Johnny Engelke, Kyle Tadlock a vgemi pritomnYmi. Sestra tajemnice Annie Hariu g pkeeetla protokol, kterY po male oprave byl prijat.

Bratr predseda ustanovil bratra Johna Kutni by zastupoval bratra Johna 8imeika, kterY je nemocnY co parlamentarem. ,Cteny deploy od bratra J. Janougka ohledne eeskeho filmu a dopis od bratra J. B. HejnYho, v nemt pile, 2e Jednota v tomto roce slavi 70. vYroei a nabada naSe organisatory by v tomto roce hlecielt ziskat hodne nov'Ych Menu.

Bratr Frank Miller za zbor reditelu podal dobrou zpravu z jejich schtze a 2e rad dobre pokraeuje a ze mtdou dat dobrou splatku na Bratr Otto Hanu g oznamil, zahava pri ktere hrala Glen Miller orchestra se dobre vydarila.

Finaneni tajemnik lar. Johnny Gaidugek podal svoji zpravu a upozornil eleny by si svoje prispe yky platily spravne a nenechavaly to dlouho neplacene neb pak must Glen bYt uporzornen, 2e bude suspendovan. Nagi ftrednici to neradi delaji, daji dost easu elenum by se vyrovnali.

Br. Otto Hanu g za, zabavni ySrbor eznamil, 2e budou hledet dostat brat do na,4 sine Jimmy Dorsey orchestru nekdy v kvetnu, co2 bylo schvaleno. Bylo schvaleno, jestli se nava nepodari ziskati tento orkestr, aby jsme ziskali

4 orkestru Jan Garber. TeZ oznamil, ze s bratrem Nick Morrisem vypracovali pro gram na. naS "Ceskoslovensky den', kde bade vetSinou vSe Ceske jako zpevy, tance, hudba Ceske a mora yske kolaee, chleba, a jine. Balk bode oznameno ye Vestniku pozdeji.

Vedouci mladeZe ses. Libby Parma oznamila, ze naS club mlacieZe dobre prospiva a, ze asi 30 elenti jsou dobrYmi pracovniky, Ze je na ne hrda. TeZ, Ze brzy budou prodavat vstupenky na banket od koncilu mladeZe. Tak preeetla jmena vSech olenti co men narozeniny y lednu a &mut, bylo jich hezka, rada, vyzvala je by Sli na jeviSte ze bratr predseda Edward Mazanec mel te2 narozeniny podala mu sestra Libby krasnY a sviekama osvetleny, dort pro vSechny oslavence a my vSichni jsme jim zazpivaly "Happy Birthday".

Za nemocensky vYbor bratr J. Engelke oznamil, ze bratr John Simeik je nemocny-. VAichni mu prejem brzke uzdraveni.

Br. Morris oznamil, Ze ve Ctvrtek 23. imora v pill wine mime zkouSku zpevu a Zadal by se dostavili vSichni kterkm je moZno. TeZ byli ustanoveni bratki na prodavaini vstupene,k, na CeskY film, ktery bude ukazovan v naSi sini 13. dubna o osme hodine weer. Pro West a okoli ma vstupenky v pfedprodeji be. Morris v tiskarne westske a neb v jeho domove. Ve Waco prodasaji listky be.

Johnny GaiduSek a ses. LibuSe Parrnova. Tak krajane prijed'te a uvidite krasy vaSeho a vaSich predkil, kraje jeho zvyky, kroje, tance, krasne kostely hrady a mnoho jineho. Bude to za to stat to vCe uvidet a bude to v barvach.

Dvekni ceny vyhraly dospeli Norma Pavelka„ a od mladeZe prvni cenu Mark Mazanec, druhou Kathy Mazanec.

Bratr predseda oznamil, ze v bkeznu bude Clenem Jednoty 50 rokti a tak pri to prile'Zitosti daruje obeerstveni po elenky donesou nejake jidlo ku spoleene vdeeki a tak to s bratrem predsedou Mazancem oslavime a pkejem mu by se vratil brzy domit z nemocnice zdray.

Br. John Kutni te.2 oznamil, 7ze v dubnove sclatzi fad da elenfm ve6eil a obeerstveni. Sehtize skonCena a niladd mela svoji schazi, zatirn sestry pravovaly veeeri.

Prig ti schtize bode 19. bi'ezna o pill tteti odpoledne.

Se sesterskYrn pozdravem Marie Janeeka

VEsTN Kovar, Texas Bratri a sestry: Nase pravidelnd schitze byla konana dne 12. anora o dvou hodinach odp.

Bylo pekoe poeasi. Predsecia Batina zahajil schAlza a vernost vlajce odevalana. NavSteva byla dobrd. Odbor mlacieZe Ronal svoji schnzi take. Tajemnik, Stepan preeett protokol, take pieced dopis od mistopredsedy HejnYho ohledne ziskard novych elenti v tomto naSim 701etein vYrocli.

Sestra Amalie Barinova, manZelka na g eho prectsedy je nemocria, Prejeme ji .brzke uzdraveni, by rnohla nam nomoc pripravit nejake to hnizdo pro ty velikonoCni vajieka, Po priSti schtizi bode svaeina hleclani vajleek pro deli.

Sestry maji donest neco na still a nejake to malovane vajieko. Dal maji z toho velikou radost„ a kdo najde jich nejvic clostane cenu. Co toto piSo se pane mraei, tak moZna nam prijde dent.

Pi Cecilie SiSakova jede dnes do Houstnou tak se s ni povezu, aby ji bylo veselek,i. Nezapomente na priSti schitzi.

Se sesterskYrn pozdravem, ' tepan, dopis.

Mary S —SPJST itad Veseti e. 14 VaZena redakcc, bratri a sestry: Tak varn zase neco napiM o to naSi minule schitzi, ktere, se konala 12. enora v domove Ed. VavrovYch. zahajil nos novy predseda Leroy Kamas. VSichni jsme podepsali a poslali kartku nemocne sestre Magdalene Lisove. Tehdy 'byla jeStel v nemocnici, ale ted' je uz Coma. Zvolili jsme d ye sestry k navAtevo yani nemocnYch a jsou to Marian Adamek a Hermina Vavrova.

Mluvili jsme o priSti schnzi okrskove, kterd se bode konat pti Brenham, hostitelem bude rad C. 169. Mame nekolik deti, ktere by mohly nejake eislo prednest na programe. Doufam, Ze se nam to yydati.

Darovali. jsme p et dolard na March of Dimes. NaSe pristi schuze se bode konat 9. dubna. Bylo usneseno, Ze hudem.e mit cluSanY slepiei obed pri teto sclatjzi, kterd se bode zase konat u Ed Bratr Vavro, pHpravi obed, tak mu doneste kurata yeas, aby w7;eelmo pHpravit.

Take bylo pffpomerreto„ ze tento rok slavi;ll once 701ete,s jubileum zolOcui 11,'701 jednoty, Tim byla selatize, ukoneend a Cleni si pochutnal.i na dobre sva,Pamatujte na priSti schtizi a nezapomente na ty slepky bratru Vavrovi.

sttedo 1. bkezna 1967 Dale neco mimo schtze. Poeasi to 'name porad suche a hoclne zima. Mivame nekdy velikou rosu, ale vlahy v zeini neni. Pastry j sou suclie a v zahradkach je take mai() co kde videt.

Nekde uvidite hla ykove zeli, Cesnek a eibuli. A kde je troSku vlahy tak to zas vetry vysuii. Rolnici oraji a ptipravuji zem na seti. Ovocne stromy zaeinaji vydavat pupence, jestli to jeSte hiraz nepokazi.

Minule Vanoce jsem mela listek od pi. Fannie Malabove. Dekuji Vam a pkijed'te se k nam take podivat pies vYkend, a napiSte take neco do Vestniku, neb jak naS redaktor nedavno psal, ze si steZuje, Ze je Indio CeskYch dopistl, ale Zadnemu se nechce psat.

Bylo by aspon co upravit do to Ceske easti. Jsme si sami vinni. Ja take bych redo od nekterYch z vas eetla dopis, tak jako vy muj. Edda jsem si preeetla dopis od pi. Beliekove v "Hospodaki", co nam br. Vavra dodal. Pro dneiek bode to dost. Budu se teSit zas na vase dopisy. Preji vdm vSem hodne zdravi.

Se sesterskYm pozdravem, Milady Kamas —SPJ1:3T

divadlo u radii Pokrok Houstonu. é. 88 Drazi pratele!

Za dlouhou clobu jest zde zprava od krouZku Hlahol od redo Pokrok Houston C. 88. Ve streclu 15. Unora byla svolana schtize bratrem preclsedou Rudy Sefeikein za neelem voleb a programu tYkajici se roku 1967. Tato schtlze byla vYroeni schtize krouZku Illahol.

Bratr predsecla Rudy Sefeik zahajil schtizi a promluvil k pi'itomnYm &ennui krouZku, ze lituje, Ze mu nebylo mobio venovat Cas posledni rok, vgak doufa,ze kronZek znovu o2ivne a ptednese nailenni eeskemu obecenstvu krasne Ceske divadla jako v minulosti. Zaraven lituje, 2e mu nerd man° venovat tome Cas jest ale ochoten vypomoci podle mo'2nosti.

Ihned pi• kroeeno k volbe a zvoleni byli nasledujici nrednici kroOku: Sestea Anna . vestkova pfedsedkyne, sestra Mary Johnsonova tajemnice, Bratr Miloslav Karel raiser a sestra Frances Olexova. dopisovatelka.

Bratr Karel zaroveri oznamil, ze se bode sehrati krasne divadlo "Ze starych rol3"Tnii", ktere bylo v minulosti poclano s velkYrn Uspechem a pkijmuto obecenstvern s velkYm eske

A nyni oznamuji, ze divadlo "Ze starYch mbina" jest ochotniky obsazeno a zkonly zapoenou ve stkedu dne 1.

Ve stredu 1, bfezna 1067 brezna. Baskave sledujte dalSi zpravy tYkajici Se teto krasne veselohry o trech jednanich.

Dne 9. dubna u ijadu Pokrok Houstonu é. 88 bude pkedvaden barevny film z Ceskoslovenska ye 2 hodiny odpoledne. Listky jsou vpredprodeji a vypada, e navSteva bude velka a proto si zajistete listky ku predu, litovat nebudete.

Ze sesterskkm pozdravem, Frances Glexa SCHUZE PLEIHTEIAT SLOVANSKEHO V'ZAJEMNE POJISTUJiCill0 SPOLKU PROTI OHNI A Bouiti (SLAVONIC MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION)

Schtize reditelu SVPS konala se v San Antonio, Texas v Hlavni uradovne spolku na 1611 West Ave, ye dnech 16. 17. a 18. itnora tohoto roku.

Vsichn elenove toho vkboru byli pfitomni, jinenem, Chas. Holasek z Corpus Christi ,pfedseda; Vladimir Bily z Houstonu, prvni mistopredseda; John E. MenSik z Rosenberg druhy mistopredseda; Jno P. Trilca z Granger piaklaclank; Reuben B. Leeikar z Temple, pravni radce; Jaroslav Kleprlik z San Antonio, tajemnik; a za deetni vYbor, byl Carl W. Zich z Fort Worth, Ivan C. Parma z Granger ; a Will A. Nestida z Dallas.

Pied kaZdou schuzi fieetni vkbor se sejde aby prehlednul ite:ty a majetek spolku, a ve schtlzi padal zpravy o jeho sta,vu. fleetni vkbor shledal, ze sta y majetku je jak zde uvedeno: CelkaVk prijem za, poslednich 6 mesled, od 1. ledna, 1967, ze v§ech pramenil je $239;075.30 a celkove vydani: — kody vyplacene $37,374.94, (lane a vSechno kancelo,rove y ydani obnaSelo $20.080.38, a ptijeky na, majetek a vklady ✓ bankdch tvorily $121,520 . .00, tak nyni majetek spolku obnaSi; Vklady na etyfech ,bankach $100.348.96 Time certificate de posits — 290,000.00 1110eno v deveti Building and Loan Associations — — 90,000.00 — 10,000.00 1 vladni bond — — — 1,200,00 • olkevy rajetel Tllokno v na majetek 400,087.20 lokno v Public Utility Deposits 58a.00 Colko“r majetek — 4952,216.34 Milos poi tens v platnosti 1. $82,727,230.00 ledna 1967 Z teto zpravy je videt, se nos spolek dobije pokraeuje a rozMijuje pramen sveho pojfAt'ovani, tak ze za posledni

VESTIlfIC rok pribylo 53/4 milionft pojiSteni platnosti a cela rada novkch Ve schtizi se probiralo mnoho novkch zalelitosti, a delaly se pripra,vy k pitAtimu sjezdu, kterY se bude konat v Houston, Texas ye dnech 21. — 22. a 23. srpna tohoto roku. TeZ se probiralo odporueeni oprav naSich stanov, ktere pak budou predlolene naSemu stanovnimu vkboru, kterk se ma sejit 23. a 24. cervna leto gniho roku v nag Hlavni firadovne na 1611 West Ave v San Antonio, Texas.

Te2 bylo doporueeno, aby se nab fispory ukla,daly vice do majetkovYch pfireek, neZli do Savings and Loan Associations a neb Time Certificate Deposits, Ze tyto majetkove piijCky vice vypomahaji nakmu lidu.

S bratrskym pozdravem, Will A. Nesuda

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, niZepsank resolueni vkbor radu Karel Jona& Cislo 28 v East Bernard, timto vyslovujeme hluboce citenou soustrast pozastale rodine nad ztratou jejich matky, babieky a prabableky a naSi spolkove sestry,

—SPJST —

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Oznameni fidu° schtize 9

Od Birthday Club fad is 88 Card party prvni stredu dne 1. brezna. Posluhovat budou kuteci °bed se vSim prisluSenstvim. Kakly jest uctive zvan.

Mesieni schaze Birthday Club druhou stredu dne 8. brezna. NavStevnici jsou vkly vitani.

Sophie Hrubk, dopis.

—SPJSTJARNf

SCHUZE NnSICH OHRSHITJ

Jarni schilze I. okrsku se 'bude konati dne 16. dubna v KC halu pH Brenham. Hostitelem bude rad 6. 169 v Brenham..

Jarni sciaiize II. okrsku se bude konati 12, brezna 1967 u tadu C. 47 na :Seaton.

Jarni schfize III. okrsku se laude konati u radu C. 35 v Elk dne 9. dubna 1967.

VkroCni schtize a Dan mladae IV. okrsku se bude konati 23. eervence 1967 u fadu C. 73 v Seymour.

Jarni schitze V. okrsku se bude konati dne 21, kvetna 1967. Priblaeky idna hosteni teto schfize milk)u bYti poslany kteremukoliv okrskovemu feciniku. * Jarni schtize VI. okrsku se bude konoti 23 dubna 1967 v Recreation Hall v Hallettsvinu. Hostitelem bude fad C. 4 v T-Iallettsvilln.

Jarni schilze VII. okrsku se bude konati 30. dubna 1967 u tacit' C. 107 ye Floresville.

SOPHIE MORRIS, jenZ' zeinfela dne 9. imora 1967 po delAi nemoci ve stati 81 let. Byla pochovand, 11. Unora z Triska-Urbish Chapel a katolickeho kostela svateho kijih v East Bernard na Ceskonarodnim hititove.

Zadugni. mSji svatou slouZil Rev. T. W. Kappe, tez vykonal obrady na hrbitove.

Zesnula sestra Sophie Morris byla elenku u Jednoty SPJST a naAeho kadu pres 60 let, byla dobra elenka, vZ'cly dbala svkch spolkovych povinnosti.

Zanechala zde eetnou rodinu 4 decry, jednoho syna, a nekolik vnoueat a pravnouCat; dale 3 bratry a jednu sestru a mnoho spolkovYch pratel.

Pozilstala mila. rodino,my vime, ze klite jejiho odchodu, ale budi2 yam ittechou, ze i my spolkovi bratil a sestry soucitime s vami. Zomfele sestre prejeme klidne odpoCinuti a veCne svetie at' ji sviti. eestnou pamatku ji zachovejme.

'Sperlik • Annie Fojtik ranzelina galar'Sula resolueni vYbor Dano dne 18. finora 1967 v East Bernard, Texas.

Trebochovice p. Orebem. Znarnk bechovickk Betlem, yzacne lidove timelecke dilo z druhe poloviny minuleho stoleti byl prinraven k expeclici na cilouhou cestu lodi do Montrealu. Jeho 400 pohyblivkm figurkam se budou letos obdivovat nadtevnici svetove vSrstavy v 6eskoslovenskein pavilonu.

VASTNfK pro zdravi. do Bechyne Kdy jsem se pied, kratkym Casein segel se syYm pritelem, kterY se prave vratil z leeebneho pobytu z Bechyne a vypravel mi o tomto,, v pravem slava, smyslu, kouzelnern mesteeku a jeho nich, rozhodl jsem, ze toto mesto navgtivim, abych se presvedeil na vlastni oei. Od umyslu nebylo daleko k cinu, a tak obtekan, turistickYin batohem a fotografickym aparatem jsem se vydal do mist, se kterYch vznikla tato reporta2.

Lze bez nadsazky iici, ze z jihoeeskYch lazni patii Bechyne mezi nejstargi a pacienty velmi vyhledavane Krasne prostfedi, iipravne parky, romanticka poloha lazni vysoko poloS'enYch na skalnatem ostrohu, pod nimZ jako stribrny pas se vine fidoli ieky LuZnice, prijemne prostredi, eetne pametihodnosti a svla gtni klid do nehoZ je zahalena cela, zdej gi krajina, vytvoiily mimotadne priznive podminky pro lazenskou leebu.

Historic mesta Bechyne saha daleko do stredoveku. Hradi gte tu stadia jiZ kolem roku 800. Mesto hrolo i vYznamnou ulohu politickou, ponevadS bylo sidlem Zupy a pozdeji kraje. Prvni saznamy o leeivem vyznamu bechyriskYch vod jsou ze 16. stoleti. V eetmich zapisech z 'poloviny 17. stoleti jsou jiZ zminky o tzv. Libu ginych lazniclr. Archivni listina z roku 1727 potvrzuje, to lazne byly jiZ tehdy hojne nav gtevovany.

Pftvodni lazenska leeba v Bechyni spoeivala na vytiliti pramenti mineralni vody, jejit leeebne fleinky daly podnet k zaloteni lazni. Hdy2 v gak bylo s fispechem pouZito jako leeebneho prostredku sirnolelezite slatiny z bohatY-ch nalezi gt', rozprostirajicich se v bliskem okoli, nastal novY smer ye zdej gi lazenske leeebne metodice. Leeive, sila sirnaelezite slatiny spoeiva y e velmi dobrYch vlastnostech fyzikalnich, chemickYch a biologickYch. Poaiva, se ji k pfiprare slatinnS7ch koupeli, zabait( a obkladd. Ke komple yni lazenske leebe patti jests moderns vybavend elektrole6ba, vodoldeba, pl'isadove koupele uhlieite, Wove a sirne, masa2e rueni a podvodni, inhalace„ leeha terenni, medikamentOzni a Webn.Y. telocvik.

V kratkosti Ize Ned, ze bohate lee'ebne ftspechy, podenftne navic mnoha lelv-aPskrui zku genostmi a sousjavne sclokonalovanou lazenskou leebou za pouZiti nov3"Tch vedeckY-ch poznatkft stabilizovaly indikaeni rozsah nemoci zde leeenSTch. V soueasne dobe jsou be-

chryliske lazne indikovani pro leeeni nekterych nemoci ponyboveho dstroji.

Z nich se s itspeohena stavy po sanetlivem infekenirn revmatismu, pogkozeni chrnpavek kloubu (artrozy), nemoci patere s nervoyymi projevy ischias), pogkozeni dne, projevy' na svalech, glachach a povazka,ch, a stavy po tirazech.

Byli bychom ale nespravedlivi, kdybychorn pri vysloveni jmena tohoto mesta se nepozastavili nad vYsledky budovani, kterYch mesto docililo v obdobi po druhe svetove valce. Velkeho rozvoje dosahlo predev gim po roce 1950.

Byla to naptiklad vYsta y ba zavodu na sanitni keramiku, postaveno nekolik set bytovYch jednotek, vybudovana vodovodni kanaiizaeni cistici stanice, nova east kcramicke gkoly s nejmodernel gina vybavenim a dokoneena stavba nove devitilete gkoly. Vybudovana byla i nova jidelna lazni,, opravoval se hotel "LuZnice" a roz giren byl i provoz figuralni keramiky v dosavadnim zavocle.

Nezaponmelo se ani na opravu zam ku a vYsta ybu Domova duchodcu. Dobrovolnou praci mistrdch obeanil se uskuteenily desitky akci, jejichZ celkova, hodnota eini vice net etyri a pill miliony korun.

A plany do budoucna? Je jich opravdu mnoho. Pi'edne je to dokoneeni spoleeenskeho domu v hodnote pies ctyri miliony korun, vYsta yba Ustredni kotelny pro nove bytove jednotky, stavba dal giho leaebneho pavilonu, internal pro uene keramicke gkoly a dalgi akce. Poeita se i s vYsta ybou obchodniho strediska s mnohYmi tpravami mesta pro jeho zkra.gleni.

Ostatni krasy, ktere navStevnik v tomto mesteeku nalezne, jsou pfepoeetne. Cele okoli Bechyne, obklopene CetiVat lesy, skS.Tta pfilekitost k mnoha krasmim prochazkam. V romantickem irdoli i7eky Lutnice je eldorado milovnikt rybai-skeho sportu, a tech, ktei'l ye zdejtirn stanovem tabae na bf-ezich pi.ekra.sne reky travi svoji dovolenou, kaZdoroene pribYva. Milovniky kulturnich a historickch pametihodnosti mtiZeme upozornit na stavbu kldgterniho gotickeho chramu z 15. stoleti se yzacnou sklipkovou klenbolf na zamek (kde nyni sidli Akadenne 'ad), ve kterern jsou zacbovane 400 let stare malby pod omitkou renovovAny. Je zde v gak celd Pada dal gich zaji-mavosti, ktere stoji za zhlednuti. v Bechyni je co k videni a stoji za, to pro2it zde dovolenou by mo-

Ve

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hly podat sve svedectvi desitky tisic turista nejen z eeskosloyenska, ale i Be'glean& Hola,nd'ane, Anglieane, Nem ci„ Francouzi a z jinYch sem kaZdoroene prijikdeji. Kouzelne me steak ose stejne kouzelnYm prosttedim. dovede znovu pillakat kakdeho, kdo je jen jednou navStivil.

Vlastimil Votrnba, "Csl svet" -SPJSTGoldene Stadt v Mniehove Ceska i slovenska, kuchyne je dnes svetoznama. Potvrdil to zajem o nak jidla nay stave v Bruselu a kaZdoroene to pot yrzuji zahranieni host& kteti okusili ut u nas vYtvory mistrit kuchakskeho kemesla.

Dobrou propagaci nak gastronomie jsou take 'Ceske, restaurace v eizine.

Nejsou dnes jen v Rakousku, ale temek ye v'Sech metropolich sveta. V Mnichoy e je napriklad velikSr restaurant "Zlate mast() — Goldene Stadt"'.Jejim zakladatelem a majiteleni je Cech DuSan Hubdeek. Jednou se ho tazal jeden reporter, pros opustil svou vlast. "To, co vam odpovian." kekl pan Hubdeek, "odpovedeli by i v hotelu BrezeckSr v ve Va,Satovi v New Yorku a snad ve vSech lokalech pet kontinentt, kde vladnou eeSti kuchafi: "V 6eskoslovensku je eeskSrch restauraci dost, ale tady byla aspori jedina nutne poti.ebna."

Mniehovska restaurace ma na nieku 66 specialit eeskSrch jidel. Wade tu vladne eistota i decentni kvetinova vYzdoba. Na stenach jsou obrazy s motivy Prahy. Velka rytina, Karlova mostu, olejomalby staroprakskYch Celkem je tu 17 zamestnanct. MaSefkuchak a eignik jsou Oat ' VS1chni jsou obleeeni podle tradice, na leye strane prsou maji vySitST znak Praby a nad znakem jsou napisy: Goldene Stadt. Tento znak je vytiAten i na jemri ch papiroch ubrouscich. .8efkuchakein restaurantu je Jaroslav Prochazka ' — jeho specialita? "PrakskST labuknickSr kotlet".

0 jeh oprakskY"ch a eesICYch jidlech psal nedavno jeden &ink mnichovskr list ,te jeho mnohotvarne a kultivovane kuchafske umeni dela Menu Prahy eest.

V eem spoelva vlastne toto um'eni?

Vezroeme tfeba, obyeejnSr eeskk houskovy knedlik nebo koprovou omaeku nebo docela proste topinky. Recepturu na, jejich pilpravu maji i nernecke restauranty. Pan Proehazka se smeje: "To ie to eeska, alchymie, ktera se da te2ko napodolait."

Ukazuje zapisy v knize host& Ta-

Ve stiedu 1. brezna, 1967

V P., S N 1 K

kovYmi se nemilhe lined tak kandy po- ni a nezaslouhl smilavani."

"Zab tedy napted me," zavolala vaSchlubit. Jeden .popularni nemeckY huclebni skiadatel misto chvalohpevu na nive a skoeila pied helm. Zachvel se, hebkost a krelskost eeskYch knedlikti okamhik jako vy vahal ,ma-li ji odslohil do reeene knihy "Bbhmische streit, ale potoni mu ruse klesly a tehKnotlel Polka". ce oddychuje, dival se na Franka vstaV tel.° knize jsou mimo jmena vrchvajiciho a hrozebne se sem divajiciho. niho mnichovskeho starosty uvedena i "At' tedy odejde," vyntitil tehce zhla jmena vYznamnYch lidi z cele Evropy boka vydlechuje. ze zamoti, ze sveta umeleckeho, poll"Ano, on odejde," prisveciella rozhodtickeno, hospodarskeho i. diplomaticke- n.e a popoSla, k sini. "Zapoineh, ze jsi ho. A u Mien pripsana vhdy jen slova zde byl a co jsi. havoril," povidala mehie Fraiska pohledern pinYm dtistojnochvaly a spokojenosti.

V jidelne restaurantu je misto pri- 'sti a sebevedomi. "PrijdeS-li po clruhe, blihne, pro 120 lidi. K pravidelnYm ho- baclu s otcem chranit nazi test. Jdi." stUrn se da, pocitat vice neh 400 lidi.

OteViral usta, aby rieco tekl, ale cite V nekolika radio letech si mnicheyske sam, he prohral a he eins dele setrva, "Zlata Praha" vydobyla yYznarn-neho tim -velSi potupy dojde, se Spathe tamista v mezindrodnim svete gastro- jenou zlobou se uSklibl a vySel yen. nomie.

Noha,, na kterou padl, ho bolela, ale Marie Mlejnkova, zastrel to a sexed na dvdr, zalniril ke svemu koni. Na okasishik za yahal, spa"Csl. svet" --sP,ISTthy od pily prichazeti Dumata, ale pcJEHO ZIVOTA tom ueinil nekolik rycblYch krokii, a odvazuje kone vyhoupl se do sedla.

Roman.

Noha bolela, byl by rad zaklel, ale pied Dumatem nechtel projeviti ani Napsal bolest, ani hnev. V teto chvili zalomROHUMIL ZARRADNiK-BRODSKt covala jim nenavist take vtlei Dumatovi.

Pokraeovani Frank bezdeene ustupoval, ale i v "I s tebou se vyporadam„" povidal nem kypel vzdor. Citil pohaneni a ura- sam k sobe vztekle, pobizeje kone ke hena jeho jeSitnost se v nem zvedla. trysku. "Ano, i ty mi za dneSni den Bylo mu j'asno, he sam vSechno zmin- .zaplatiS, tulaka! Beztoho ty ses k ni kou o Holmesovi pokazil a prave toto vloudil, ty ses zalichotil, a k viii tobe vedomi pinilo ho vztekem. ona me tak potupila. Oh. jak se s va"Nejsem pes, abych se dal vyhnati," mi se vSemi yyporadam," sliboval krieel rozuren. "Nic zleho jsem neuderostoucim rozeileti, "jak vans odplalal a nechceS-li, nebudu s Holmesem tim dneSni den. Me vyhodili! Za to, he vubec hovoriti. Co se tak na nine sajsem chtel je vysoko povznest a obohapeS? Mohu za, to, de lide tiznavaji, jak tit! Za to, he jsem se tolik pokoroval!" smutn:;7 divot Mabel vecle? Jak ses o Uhodil kone a2 se vzepial a zdekni postaral? Co jsi pro ni aSetril? Jako ne se dal do behu. Bil kone znovu a divoSka zde zila, za posmech svetu byla, znovu, az koneene, unaven v sedle se a kclyh se p rihlasil sluSny mud; aby ji nahrbil a jeho nervy ochably. Neveueinil poctivou henou, chceS se prat. del, kudy jede, protok jeho mysl byla Ja se vyhnati neciam a ciobre, he vim uprena k jeclinemu predmetu. aim dale o tvem timyslu pilu zapalit. Ptijdou sem jel, tim jasnen se mu ;evil°. jeho zklapolleiste a pouch -O., co srniS delat s ;mini a pokoreni. Ani bolest v noze ho cizim n-iajetkem. Jk se tve hrozby. • ." tak nebodala, jako vedomi utrpene poDale nedoSel. Jako dravec skoeil Para& Y, a kdyby 'bYval moll se mstiti, dok po nem, sevrel ho do svYch pahi, byl by se instil. A bude so mstiti, sunijed byly jako helezne, a Frank °diet' oh naval si. Na vSecb. Geld, Padokova far-do otverenYch dveri. V Still padl na ma, Padok, Mabel, Dumat, stroje, to pocliahu a Padok lanai se za nim. aby vie mush pocititi„ he Frank Terrier neni se znovrt nail vrbk Mabel sk0,i- bah se kterou je nuAno zahravati. la otce a za,vesivAl se na jeho Dvakiat musil na,:a 'Holmes volati, rause, strhla, ho zpet. neh si uvedomil jeho hias a 7,vechAnv "Bost uh, ()tee," volola veliteisky.

3;:, nernu hlavu pochopil, C,c farrad,:i"Pust krieel rozvzteklen a ciouBylo mu to nop.Mjemtio, a mei pcmal dcerou, aby sve ruce uvolnil. "MukvAeni nedtati a ujeti, ale vzponarel sim tomu spojenci Holm.esovu uka,zat, si, he take Holmes byl patupen. Znal he Padok nezapomnel a nikdy nezapo- ho a vedel, he nesnese urahky a dovemene. Zabiju je oba, protohe jsou stejde se mstiti. Nebude tedy sam, dva bu-

'1 vypodou, a svet se dovi, jak sve rattan. "jak jsi pochodil?" tazal se Holmes pairave se nun divaje ,aekoliv tined z jeho vY • azu pochopil, he Spathe.

"Vyhnali me jak otrampa," pronesl jizlive. "Na konec se Padok na me vrhl a vyhociii me do sine, ad me noha boll. To proto, he jsem se zminil„ jak jsi schvaloval muj timyst."

"IVIluvil jsi o nine?"

"Ano, chybil jsem a snad bych Oval jinak dobre pochodil, trebahe Mabel byla jako clivoka, koOka a nechtela o nieem slySeti. Padok zdal se miti chut' vyhoveti, ptal se, Co iika otec, a kdy2 jsem licit, he I proti vuli otcove se ohenim a se y e svete za pomoci svych znamYch uchytim, jmenoval jsem tebe.

A tins to zaealo. Myslim, ze ma Padok stale jeSte chat' to zabiti."

"At' zabije, bude-li moci. Zapomnel jsern ti rici, aby ses o mne nezminoval, ale cod na torn, at' zuri a hrozi, jednou mu piece zuby vylameme. Je tedy po v.Sem? ZC.dna nadeje nezilstala?" aidisvjjp Rinebhjo. xejrBz kzrker. pvy "Zadria. A ani si toho nepreji. Do smrti nezapomenu na dneAni den a phi prvni prylehitosti budu rovnat tidy.

Se vSemi. S Padokem i s Mabel."

"Mabel ponechaS nine," rekl Holmes se studenou rozhodnosti. "Padokovi zaplat'„ jak je ti libo. Da yno ud met kdo ho odstranit, ne elovek, ale divoke zvire to je a jako divoke zvire ma bYti odstrelen. Ale jeSte nee°, Franku. MaS Mabel skuteene tak rad, jak povicla?"

"Mam-li ji rad? Svfij divot a svtij majetek bych dal, kdybych ji motel dosici. JeSte ted', kdy dosud citim potupu, s jakou se ke mne chovala, na vkamo bych zaponmel a vratil se k ni pokorn3i a odpouStejici. Ale ona je jako ja, ona, sve slovo neodvol5,."

"Kdo vi. Zkroti se l gka, zkroti se ona. Dokud .je u otce, neni na to pomySleni. Taklale kdyby byla od otce oddeleria, zvykla by si. Hm. snad bychom to mobil nejak udelati," povidal jako pro sebe a svraStiv eel° prernYSIel. "Ana, to je jeclinY• prostredek, vyrvat ii z rukou toho nevtora. Davno mne to melt) napaclnout, chybou bylo, 7.e jsem ji u nelso tak dloubo nechaval. 'Ty snad viS, he neni jeho dcerou?" jscm to eastokrdte, ale co mi na tom z001, je-li Padokovou nebo tvon?"

"Zcela spravne. 0 Mabel jee, a Mabel je krasne device, a bude mile devee„ jen ad se dostane ze drapti toho divocha. .Skyostem se stane, svet se ji

8 bude obdivovati a rozkvete jako severni tate. Promluvime my dva spolu jak omuti a co si tekneme, zdstane mezi nami. Souhlasig?"

"Zde je ma ruka," natahoval ochotne pravici.

"Udelano. Nastane boj, o neint nikdo mime nas nic nezvi. Postaram se, aby Mabel pti gla z Padokovy farmy.

Ja sam to provedu, protote ty bude pozorovan. A at bude v bezpeei, potom bude tvou."

"Neublitig ji?"

"Ja? Mabel ublitit? Spi g komuf jinemu„ net ji. Ani vlasu ji zkiiveno nebude, odstranim ji odtud a tam se jeji duge vtkrisi. Musi poznati jinY svet, aby pochopila, te to, co nyni protiva, neni tivot, ale vezeni. Pod milj vliv se dostane a ja, jeji srdce povedu. Jak to dnes odmitla, tak te pa druhe piijme.

Talc, Franku, kdyt boj, tak boj a v torn boji dotletujeme stare nay. Jed' domu klidny a neprojevuj tadneho rozClient Tv-dj otev je chytrY a snadno by neco postiehl."

"Dozvi se jiste, 'te jsem zde byl," prohodil zasmugile.

4110 "At' se toho dovi. Na tvem miste bych se k tomu sam priznal a kekl, te ses chtel presvedeiti o lasce Mabeline.

A ted', ,kdy jsi byl odmitnut, v geho dal se zilikag. Bude-li nutno, svol k sriatku se svou neteti. Vytadej si nejakou dobu k ptiprave, nebo se s ni oteri. Co na torn? Jako se oteni g„ tak se rozvede g. Ona nebude einiti namrtek, a ty ji rozchod nejakYm penizem osladig . Nezapomniej, to jsem s tebou take ja a te mam dosti, abych obetoval pro lep gi budoucnost sve dcery, Ceh obude treba. Ano, to bude spravne, tak to udelame, a divim se„ te jsem davno ut na need takoveho nemyslil.

Stale jsem Cekal, 'te si Padok srazi nekde vaz, nebo 'te ho nekde v lesich zabiji, a potom ze bude Mabel volna.

Davno jsem mel zasahnouti a nemazliti se s trim opilcem. Ovgem, staral jsem se, co by si Mabel pak poeala, ty ses nikdy nezminil, te se ti a hledal jsem nekoho, kdo by byl vhodnYm mupro ni. Co se nestalo drive, stane tem pro se nyni. Vidis, jak sam osud nam poInaba. Zanlive nahodou jsrne se setkali, ale nebyla to nahoda. Net mesic uplyne, budeme moueltejgi."

"Zabijeg" Padoka?"

"Nevim, co se stane," pokreil rameny a jeho vYrat zristal nehybny. "Vim toliko, te Mabel u neho nezustane. To ti snad dostaei, te?"

"Do,stael, strYee," iekl vesele a zasmal se kratkYm, suchYm smichem.

Ve stredu 1. biczua 1967

VPSTNIK "Myslim si take tak,"prkYvl a zdhadny tismey ptelet1 jeho rty. "Na pile neni nic noveho?"

"Nideho jsem si nev gimal. Ten Dumat, je mi do du ge protivny a vyhriul jsem se mu."

"Je to z ylagtni patron, nerozumim dobi.e, co v nem je. Ostatne„ ten se nas netYka, at' s itete sva prkna a trainee a hleda nekoho, kdo by mu misto Mabel. Nu, synku, kekli jsrne si, co bylo nejdilletitejAi a pfijdeme katclY po svem zamestnant Jed' donu a hied' odstraniti vgechno podeztent Kdyby bylo nutno, abychom spolu hovorili„ pogli nektereho spolehliveho eeledina a napig , v kolik hodin a kde budeg.

Ja rovnet tak ueinina. My dva si rozumime a my dva neutsoupime, te?"

"Souhlasim," pkikYyl rozjarene a stiskl pevne jeho ruku. phavciln tylkizj gg oL-jhon X. armak Terner vide' Franka odjitdeti do Padokovy farmy. Anit by synem pozorovan, s yYm bystrYm pohledem ho zahledl uhaneti a hned mu bylo jasno, co syn podnika. V prvem, okamtiku hney jinn zatetelil, a ut se chytal uzdy, aby paid' kone k trysku za synem„ ale v zapeti strhl kone a volnYm krokem pokraeoval v objitdce ohrad. At' dela, co chce ,na konec se stane, co on, otec, urei. Tu gil, te pkicha,zi rozhodna chvile,, kdy bude nutno pevne, uchopiti otete, aby cela budova jeho domova se neiitila kamsi, kde by h okkala zkaza. Da yno uz mei bezdeene vedomi, to v du gi synove dtimaji spodni proudy a zvedd se zvla g tni divokY vzdor ochutnati tivota podle jeho vlastniho piani. Pozoroval, to syn se odklonil od jeho zasad a hledri nove testy. To svet ho tak zkazil, nebylo v nein onoho pevneho zakladu, jak si on privet' ze sveho domova, a ztratil eisty a jasnY nazor na tivot a jeho tee'. Kdyby bYval mel vice dett, byl by leheeji pke gel pies starosti, jet mu Frank ptisobil. Ale ve starem Ternerovi byl stale tivY pocit jihoCeskeho sedlaka, lnoutiho k Ode s temek posvatnou laskou, a ,pevne tivotni zasady, ktere byly spojeny s celYm jeho tivotem a jeho svedomrin. Nemohl bYti jinYm, net byl. 2eleznou ptieinlivosti nabyl krasneho majetku, a jeho srdce bYvalo dojato, kdyt pattil na krasny svuj maletek. Kdyby bYval mohl aspori polovinu farmy ptenesti do eech, byl by bYval optekot se vracel pod rodne nebe. Nebylo to Wak motno, zde ut zapustil sve selske koteny, a easto ye svem premYgleni si rikal, te to vytvoi'i malk kou-

sek vlastniho kra,lo-vstvi, y e kterem bude titi podle starych zasad. Proto tolik Frankovi od Cetbdch pavidal, sve nazory a tivotni zkugenosti mu vgtepoval a vedl ho v duehu vzdalene viasti.

Zdalo se, te ho syn pochOpil a te jde v jeho glepejich, trebate obeas vy glehovaly plamenky, ittere prozrazovaly, te tam uvniti hlasi se stare proudy a odbojne se dotaduji prvenstvi. Vgechno zmohn, rikal si, jen co syn uzraje a 0teni se. Ain't o torn Frank vette", dlouho jit ohne' se po vhodne neveste.... Tu i onde zdalo se mu, te na gel, co hledal, ale kdyt pdtral blite, byl zkla,man. Presto neztracel nadeje a met pevne ritesvedteni„ te jednou piece najde, po eem touti. se

Kdyt tYcien pczoroval Tere/ti, reklo mu srdce, ze ma, eeho si preje. Jente nechtel lined zatinati, aby chvatem vec nepokazil. Ti' se Tercza i Frank napied sezndrai a sbliti, a ve vhodne chvili zasanne, aby se sktueenilo jeho davne touteni. Byl by eekal je gte do zimy, kdyt navgteva pity ho upozornila na hrozici nebezpeelenstvi. Polekal se vy glehnutim synovy ndrutivosti a uminil si„ te rozhodne hned. Odpor symay ho nelekal. Byl pkesvedeen, te ho ovladk, a na konec zlonn jeho vzdor. 0 Terezu se nebal, vette", te se podda, prave proto, to v ni bylo Ceske selstvi tive a zdrave a te SVSIM rozumem pochopi, jaky je fieel jeho Kdyt ted' viclel Franka bez jeho yedonal ujitd.eti k pile„ mel jasne ptesvecteeni, ze odpor syndy je silnejgi, net za to mel. 1-3y1 Mabel okouzlen a jede ji to Piet Bude li device soulalasiti, jiste se odhoclid provesti svuj imaysl 1 za cenu ripineho rozvratu s °teem. To by bylo ov,kna stra glive, ale Terner neztracel ani v torn pripadu Dojde ke sake, znaeti sve sly, a bud' povoli syn, nebo at' dojde k roziomeni pomera. Ted', kdy je zde Tereza, ye ktere je vista ternerovska ho titi tivotern podle jeho chuti, aby si v novem tivoLe ulamal sve valorne rohy a po Case se kajicne vratil k otci.

Nemel nenavisti k Mabel, Byla mu dosti ptijernna a litoval ji jeSte drive, net se osudne vpletla do jeho rodiny.

Ale knou jeho syna a matkou pokoleny na jeho farm csil raeueloa 1.0-;ite To by znamenalo zkazu, 1 al eby jell krev pronlkla do 211 Ter-neni. Je nevyehovand., divoce rostla veclle eveho otce, spustivtibo se a tijiciho tivotern po tulnych nevazancil, ktere tak dobte zde poznal. K jejirnu obrozeni bylo by

Ve stredu 1. brezna 1.907 Una velike price a velike trpelivosti„ a jeSte by nikdy nemel jistoty, nevzplane-li Ye chvili, kdy se toho nikdo nenadeje. A i kdyby se dala vesti, nebucle to ut krev predku vatne se divajici na tivot a jelaci poslani.

Ne, nic •akoveno neni motno a prekazi to, rekl si pevne, obraceje hone k farme. Ted' promluvi s Terezou. A potom, at se Frank vrati„ promluvi s num. Jasno musi bYti no vSeclany strany a take bude. Nesnesl by nejistoty a jeho 'sta.:a nepripouMelo kolisani. Nastala osudova hodina a to ho musi nalezti pe yneho a neoteseneho.

S hlavou vztyeenou a s jasnym pobledem dojel dome a nominal se spathy Terezu pied domem. PriMa mu prave vhod a pokynuv ji na pozdrav, dobracky se usmal.

"Nechej na chvili s yYch starosti a pojd' se mason," povidal seskakuje s kone. "Frank neni doina, budeme si moci neruSene, pobovoriti."

"Nebylo by lope, abychom svou rozmluvu odlozili o nekolik dni 'pozdeji," navrhoy ala tunic, o eem asi chce strYc S n. hoyoriti.

"K eennt to? Co md ,bYti o at' je lined.

V tobe je take nak krev, a vie, to neradi chodime cliouh okolem horke kak."

Pousmala se, davajle mu v duchu za, pravdu. I ona byla takova,, 'Ave si vzpon-mela, jak naraz zruMla sve, zasnoubeni a jak se pustil ado sveta, aekoliv nikdy predtim nemela taclne touhy po cizine. °statue, ma, stryc pravdu. t.ekne m.0 poctive, o Corn s ni Frank hovokil a co ona soma o tom solidi. Verila stryci joke vlastninau, otcl, a byla bezpeena, te nebude chtiti nic„ co by ji pasobilo bolest.

"Nejak se usmivaA, jako bys vedela, co ti chei kick" povidal, kdyt veMi do svetince a bezdeene se take rozve"Ovkm, to vim," prisvecleila. "Main si vziti Franka."

"On ti to rekl?"

"Ano, rekl o eem jste spolu hovorili a tidal me, abych mu povolila lhatu. Dal bud' nektere fine slovo, nob() oeekava jeji odpoved'."

"Asi," povidal se z yla,Mnim posme'AnYin prizvokem. "Ma ted' na cheat, a co je pri tom nejsmeMaffSi, zapomnel nil tom zeptati se otce, co ten tome rekne. Dnes si jel pro odnoved', myslim, te za nejakou, liodinu bude zde potom se dovi o tom ostatnim. Ty si ho, Terezko, vezm6, te?"

"Hides-11 si toho prati, snarl," prisvecleila vatne. "Vim, pros to mdm,

vtsTNIF: a te je to velmi didetite. Ovkm, Le ho nema narada, vynasnatila bych se vsak, abych byla poradnou tenon."

"Bohudiky, zbavujeS nine velike starosti," pravil uleheene. "Nerad bych ti pUsobil bolest, a vim, to to delis k viili mne. Ale vet mi, poznai jsem tivet, dival jsem se tisickrat nail hodne zblizka a piesvedeil se, to laska piijde tam, kde je poctivost. To, co mladi lido laskou nazYvaN je jen var krve, a jakmile ten prejde, prejde ldska. Ty mi rozumiS, pros o Franka main starost. Neni ut celYm Temerem, a Ternerove melt vtdy posvatnou Uctu k zerni, k pade, ktera je tviila a na ktere pracovali. V nejhorSich Utiscich byla to zeme, ktera je zachranila. Ty selske rody, ze ktereho jsme ja a ty vyMi, budou tak cllouho ziti, dokud zfa.stanou verily pude. Nerad bych, aby tato ma pftda byla zproneverena, protote bych nerad, aby muj rod zmizel a on by zmizel, kdyby sem neptiSla Lena, ktera rozumi, co to je vlastni zeme.

Tady v Americe je modlou dolar„ ale dolar, je kulaty, zakutali se a prijde vina jinYch lidi a pohlti vkchno, co drive bYvalo. Nevim, jak bych ti dobre vysvetlil sve fizkosti, a proe bych si to peal ne pouze za netek, ale take za snachu."

Bias se mu chvel a starost mu sedela na eele.

"Dobre ti, strYeku, rozumim a bez bazne ti vyhovim. At' me Frank nema rod, donutim ho, aby si me vatil. Vynasnatim se bYti jako tva maminka, o ktere rikavali, te si dedeeka brala bez lanky, a piece na konee zemrela steskern, kdyt dedeeek urnrel."

"Vidg, tak tome. j e, prove jsi to uhodla," prisvedeil radostne. "Chvala Bohu, radostnej ibudu elYchat. A bude to Frank, ktery mi jednou podekuje. Nechej nos hovorit o samote, on ut je vice Amerieanem, net 6echem a nerozumeli byste si dobre. Ja si odbudu vtechno sam a reknu ti, man-11 s nim take promluviti. Myslim, ze by ' bylo lepe dnes s nim nemlviti, on se usadi a potom prijde vhodna chvile k dojednani. Week° bude dobre, volneji se mi dYcha. Had bych vedel, eim se stalo, to prove Mabel si vybral. Znal ji nrece dobre, vi, jakeho je rodu, a at dosud vtdycky na sebe drtel. Nerd to samo sebou, nejaka eertovina v torn je" "Mobil je velmi zajimave (-levee a nemyslim, te je gpatml. Neni vychovand, a kdyby se dostala do ciobrYch rukou, byla by z ni hodna Lena-."

"Vidg , jaka jsi, jeMe ji clavalfg,"' dur-

9 dil se laskave. "Nerikam, to by byla Apatna o div je, te se nezkazila na pustine. Kdo ji vs'ak nla vychovavat?

Frank? Ten sam potrebuje pevne (-YU," te. At by se ji najedl, utekli by od sebe a tivot obou by by1 zmaten. Moje farina neni vyelvavavachn itstavem Padok nebude mYm pribuznYm. Ty to tedy vin, to se po ni Wei?" "lined veera jsem to zpozorovala."

"Ja take. Arci, tenske oei jsou bystrejM, a ty man bystre oci. Inn, jsi Ternerova," dodaval s jakousi pYchou.

"Dej mi nee° jisti, elovek s hladovYm taludkem nema dosti klidu a ten muslin miti."

Odbehla„ aby mu predlotila nee° k snedku. Byla vatna a starost se ji honila hlavou. Nebyla si jista, je dobre, ale jak strYc rekl, byla v ni ternerovska krev a sla za ideou, ktera ibyla silnejS'i net fivahy o lasce.

Mela radost, to strYc je spokojen, ale piece jen se strachovala, co na konec rekne Frank. Nasilim se mu vnucovati nebude. Dostal-li od Mabel ureity slibo bude •pit nem stati, a strYc ut najde nejake vychodisko. Nenadala se, kdyt s Frankem do Kanady jela, te vlastne bude jeho nevestou, a nikdy se ji nic takoveho ani nezdalo. Stale se ji zjevovaly, a i ted' nevoldnyse zjevily oei Dumatovy, ktere ji pritahovaly zylaStni moci, ktere i pies svou silnou vuli podlehala. Jedne chvile byla tato predstava tak silna, te preslechla otazku strYcovu, ale on si to vysvetloval po svem zpfisobu jako dusleclek navrhu, aby se stala Frankovou tenou. Je to prirozene, to ma starost, myslil si blahovolne, ale at se to stane, bude z ni klidna tena a vyborna hospodyne.

Celt' okres se podiva, jaka tvrz na jeho farm& vyroste a odola ligern vinam cizoty. Tereza se ut potom postara, aby eeska, krev se nekazila, a aby se jeji potomci nedopustili chyby, teniti se s cizozemel, jako to, bohutel, on sam udelal.

Jedl s chuti co mu predlotila, a pri torn, aby ji jaksi dodal easu k uklidneni, vykladal„ co na sve objitdce nakl, co bude trebta opraviti a dopiniti, jak jednou se farma stane malYm velkostatkem, kterY by nemenil za taclna panstvi kavalira z tech, na net kdysi se zavisti se dival. Hne y proti Frankovi ho opuonel a byl si tak jilt ye svem srdci dobrym vYsledkem, te kd yt zaslechl dusot Frankova kone, pousmal se a na Terezu y Yznamne zaMlhal.

"Ut se vraci z namla y," povidal balsky. "Najdi si nejakou praci venku, promluvim si s nim sam."

10 "Bud' nan hodnY a nezazlivej mu jeho lasku," zaprosila srdeene. "Kdo vi, nepreneslo-li by to i tobe neco dobreho."

"Dobre, dobte, bud' beze strachu, `Y'Sak je t onnij jedinY syn. On ma ptilii lasky a ja ptiliS mnoho rozumu, nejak se ul domluvime."

Vstal, otoeil se k ni zady, naznaeuje, ze bude dobre, kdyl odejde. VySla tine yen a vklouzla do sve svetnice.

Jen se za ni dvere zavrely, kdy do sine vstupoval Frank. Patrave se ohledl po jejich rverich a potom odhodlane vstupoval do svetnice, kde bezpeene otce tuSil. Videl jeho kone venku uvazaneho, a minil, ze se vratil z objild'ky.

"Nu tak„ jak je na pile?" zaeal otec sotva dvere za sebou zavrel.

"VSechno je tam v poradku," odpovidal ,nezakryvaje prekvapeni, le otec o jeho navSteve yodel, "Skoda, ze jsi mi nerekl, kam jedeS, byl bych tam neco vzkazal. Posad' se, mame si vSelicos i ci. Jak jsi pochodil u Mabel?"

Neopanoval se a s illasern se na otce ohledl. Vi snad neco? Rekla mu Tereza, o eem s ni hovoril? A co mu asi rekla?

Ziost se v nem hnula, ale opanoval se.

"Jak to vg, ze jsem k ni jel?"

"Al budeS tak stark, jako jsem ja, nebudeS se ptati. Dostaei, 'le to vim.

Videl jsem to tam rano jeti, a vypoeital jsem si, proe jsi tam jel. MCI bych se hnevati„ ale nemelo by to iteelu, protole se take po dobrem srovname. Dala ti Mabel slovo?"

Prekvapeni Frankovo rostlo. Otec dnes hovoril jinak, zdalo se, jako by uz od sveho odporu ustoupil a prieital to vlivu Terezine. Col, aby mu 11M :inane yg echno rekl? Kdo vi, nepomohl-li by mu, a jeho pomoc by u Pacloka zmohla vice nel co jineho. Ale bezdeeno ebava ho zdrlovala a chtel je'Ste zkot&tl, jak daleko otcova Ustupnost saha..

"Nejednalo se o slovo." vytdeel se, "ona byla prekvapena a take Padok je divoch. Vedle takoveho otcc teao mule devee se rozhodnouti hned. Ostatne ti claci Mei, le jsem se n6hodu setkal na ceste s Johnern Rolmesem hovorili jsme o torn take. prk,j6 nrotn, le Ude ho stale iivadeji y SOUvir;100 s Mabel. cho p hwti A'lecbehi ti jeii vvsvobozeni z jeiiha svizeln(Tho postaveni. Je ochoten, 0(3por PJadoktiv, postouniti ml veljkou ohradu, kde me hi'ibata, a p ole s obradou sousedici. Myslim, le to neni pro

VESTNIK nas k zahozeni. davno ill sis peal ziskati tyto pozemky."

"Slaka, Holmes chysta pro svou dceru vend," povidal pololertovne, polovane. "A nebylo by k zahozeni, jenze ses zminil .o torn, 'le bude nutno lamati odpor Padokil y. Podle toho to jako zete rad nevidel a naposledy Mabel take ne."

"Zna.S, ty poniery a viS, jak teZko je s nimi jednati. Na to musi bYti eas.

Ostatne nine tolik na to nezaleli. za lepSi, abych si vzal Terezu, poslechnu te. Viak se budoucnost ukale."

Farma se nan chvili pozorne zahledel. Prekvapovaly ho nahledy Frankovy, tuSil„ ze se v jeh oslovech skryva cosi jineho, tajneho, a prave proto, si nebyl jist, fizkost ho pojala, aby se nodal nejak podskoeiti.

"To je tak, Franku," povidal zvolna, "vezmei-li si Terezu, nie ti nebude budoucnost ukazovati, o to se uz postaram. Dali ti podle vSeho koSem, a Frank Terner se nebude snilvoti, aby se dolebraval. Vidal jsem to drive hrdela°, nekdy to bylo vice, nel ti slux Selo, ale nebranil jsem ti, protole hrdost dost je jako itit, ktery chrani od potrisneni. Pohrdal bych tebou, kdybys ted' delala opak. Oni to tedy odmitli, ano, ci ne? Chci primou odpoved'," dololil prisne.

"Nu, ano," doznaval mrzute.

"Tim je vec doreSena. A kdyby Holmes daval Mabel venem celou svou farmu, at' ji da nekomu jinemu. Ostatne ja se Padoka n ato zeptam. Motel bych se zlobiti ,, ze jsi bez meho vedomi a primo proti me vuli tenhle pokus konal, ale budil. Bylo to k neeemu dobre, aspo fijsi dostal za vyueenou ze sveho dobrodrulstvi. Ted', doufam, jsi zmoudrel, a bucleS pristupen moudrym radam. Hovoril jsem s Terezou, a ona k vuli rnne je ochotn se za tebe provdati."

"To je velmi smutne titecha, kdyl si me chce vziti ne k vul mine„ ale k tobe," prohodil jizlive.

"Nebudg jedovatY, v'Sak viS, co jsem chtel ti mrici, a dekuj Bohu, ze takoye device dostane'S. Za deset let budeS velebiti okamllk, kdy ses pro ni rozhodl. Ona neni Mabel, a bude-li tvou lenou, na pne viechny silly ; abvs nikd y nenarikal, ze sis ii vzal. Nebvla to nahoda, ze sem prisla, samo nebe ji sem priveclo. Tak tedy jsme vlastne hotovi. Ty jsi dostal ko g em, ale zoufat si pro to nebude g , a John Holmes se nebude bati, is ztrati neco ze sveho majetku, protae Ternerove a ye leny

Ve stredu 1. brezna 1967 ye etrnacti si nekupuji. dnech mule se snatek konat, le?"

"Co zaridiS, vie bude spravne," odpovidal s Useenou nechuti.

"Bude to take nejspra ynejSi. Potom se ti z hlavy vykouri, co ti dnes v ni bolesti. Vyhledej Terezu a domluv se s ni o vecech, o kterYch obvykle si snoubenci sami povidaji. A oeeka yam, Zeted' a do pily neptijdeS, to ul bych tak lehce nesnesl, jako jsem snesl dneSni. vYlet."

"Bud' bez starosti, rozmyslim si dobre vydati se takovYm vYkladtim, jako bych byl nedospelY? chlapec."

"Pro rune jsi stale takovYm chlapcem, nic se proto neeerti. Al budei miti sve deti, vychovavej je podle syYch. zasad. Ostatne ti niohu rici, le jsem celkem s tebou spokojen. Mai riizne chyby, ale ty koneene ma kaldY, ale dosud jsi me vane nezarmoutil, a doufam, ze i priSte me nezarmoutil, lee le by se tva duSe zvrhla. Vld.ycky, kdykoliv se domniya, ze ti ubliluji, pomysli si, ze jsem tvtij otec a 'le main na mysli tve dobro. Dovedel-li cizim hdem vyhoveti, snal se vyhoveti mne, budu ti za to vdeeen, a vdeenost otcova neni v livote k zahozeni."

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