,flmsz ;fieratbOfficial Organ Of the Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897. BENEVOLENCE
VOLUME 56 — NO. 6
HUMANITY
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, FOB 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501
FEBRUARY 7, 1968
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
THINK IT OVER ...
Fraternalism In Action. It is a known fact that hundreds of our members go quietly about doing good and exemplary deeds throughout the year. Each of these deeds is a monument to the institution of fraternalism, even though so many of them go unnoticed by most of us.
Someone once said: "When all else fails, try reading the directions." There is a smile in that for many of us. For thousands of years the wise men of the world have been telling us how we should behave. Their wisdom is in the Bible, in Shakespeare, and in familiar quotations. We like to tell ourselves that times have changed, but the fundamental rules of behavior and success have not changed at all. They are still worth trying.
Occasionally, however, there are events that command the attention of a large segment of our membership and the general public. Such was the case of the recent benefit dances for the widow and daughter of the late Brother Jerry Adamek, a victim of a auto accident. Lodge 88 in Houston collected over a thousand dollars for this worthy cause. (See picture this issue). Lodge 47, Seaton, where Brother Adamek was a member, followed suit with a similar benefit, and a like sum. Now we are told that Lodge 80 in Holland is planning a similar benefit in the the latter part of February. Does anything speak so eloquently of our fraternal spirit and action? ♦• Printers' Spook. One of the most troublesome (and most evasive) little critters that plagues all newspaper establishments is the printer's gremlin or "spook." Anyone who thinks they can be licked has had very little ex-
perience in the newspaper business. There is absolutely nothing these demonish little critters like better than to find an editor's correction on the proof sheet and play havoc with it. While the error is being rectified the gremlin gleefully goofs up another letter in the same line of type. They get double fun out of that. He often eludes the second proof corrections and even the third. Curses upon them! A fortune awaits the party who can gremlinproof any newspaper print shop. • • Placing The Blame. A lot of people have the habit of placing the blame on some thing or somebody else when things don't go quite the way they'd like or the way they were "supposed" to turn out. Rare, indeed, is the per-
son, who, after careful introspection and self-appraisal, admits that the fault just may lie with him and not with someone else. People do not like to assume blame for things when they don't go well, and spend a good deal of time and trouble casting about looking for the perennial scapegoat to shoulder the blame. People are wont to point an accusing finger at a scapegoat. In doing so, however, they should remember that while the one finger is pointing straight out, three others are pointing backwards. • • Delegates and Reservations. Delegates to the coming convention are being notified by Supreme Lodge Secretary Bro. Urbanovsky about making their hotel reservations at the Baker Hotel in Dallas. Delegates are urged not to postpone this matter too long, so that they may get the best accommodations available. • • The good ole' days tomorrow. Almost everyone looks back occasionally and reminisces about the easy-going days of yesteryear. We also wonder if those days did not bring a sense of peace and well-being that is lacking in this modern world. We feel that today's tentions are uncomfortable. Will those days ever return? There is very little chance that they will.