HERALD Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897. BENEVOLENCE
VOLUME 55 — NO. 10
HUMANITY
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, FOB 100, TEMPLE, TEX. '76501
MARCH 8, 1967
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
THOUGHTS . . .
This has been the driest winter since 1908 for some parts of Texas. The prolonged dry spell has left small grain crops in very poor condition over the western two-thirds of the state. Since October of last year, most of the state has not received enough rainfall to take care of minimum agricultural needs. Ranges look very bad, and stock water is getting low. Only sections of the middle and upper coast have had rain. All the farmers need is some warm weather and a lot of moisture to prepare for spring planting. The northers and cold fronts have been, for the most part, dry. About the best thing that could happen to Texas now is a good, slow, soaking rain. Here's hoping we get it — and soon. Let's hope and pray we don't have a repeat of the drought of the 30's. • •
When someone says, "Don't rock the boat," or, "Don't make waves," it sometimes means that that person feels that any such motion will knock him overboard. • • There are no superior or inferior nations. There are only nations whose time has passed, whose time is here, or whose time is yet to come.
In getting ready for the Jubilee Issue in July (our 70th year), it occurred to us that it would be appropriate if we could get brief lodge histories of the first 22 lodges, the original 22 lodges that were represented at the first SPJST Convention in La Grange on June 20, 1897. Twenty-two delegates represented 22 lodges at that time. Since that time, however, Lodge Na. 3, Novohrad, has ceased to exist, and the
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"Despite all our riches and comforts, we live in an age of dehumanization such as never before existed in history. In many respects, the bushmen of Central Australia live more humane lives than do the majority of inhabitants of our cities and towns in 'civilized' America." —Robert H. Snow original Lodge No. 5, Ammansville, also disbanded and their number was later assigned to Lodge No. 5, Tioga, north of Dallas, in District III. There is no Lodge No. 3 at the present time, since we stopped the practice of assigning the number of defunct lodges to newlyformed lodges. Nevertheless, it should be possible to get a short history of even these two long since disbanded lodges — namely of the original members, officers, etc. SPJST DIRECTORY IN THIS ISSUE
We are, therefore, asking that some members in the above-mentioned lodges, through Lodge No. 22, Cat Springs, probably the secretary, take it upon himself or herself to supply us with a brief rundown of their lodge's earliest history, with pictures if possible. Most of this information can be obtained from the first minutes of the lodge. There were other lodges organized after June, 1897, but technically, they are not considered charter lodges of the SPJST. Please keep in mind, however, that we welcome lodge histories from any and ALL lodges for our special jubilee issue; we simply want to emphasize the original 22 lodges that met in La Grange back in 1897, if at all possible. • • Obesity and Mortality There doesn't seem to be any time limit to the deadly effect of an oversize waistline, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. A new actuarial study indicates that people who are even moderately overweight today will continue, as a group, to have a significantly higher death rate as they age 30 or more years. Thin people tend to live longer. And the new study found they continue to enjoy below-average mortality for many years. Overweight people often find it difficult to take off excess poundage and