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Official Organ Of the Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897, BENEVOLENCE

VOLUME 56 — NO. 52

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PLE.„JGE C__■ 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."

Time Come. s the last editorial I will bring to -.the readership of this fine publication.

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We all We have tried to do m have our failures and Ca uti,; 11.121 I believe that T mn, aware of Ieine...1 halve always tried to do that "little something extra," if it was at all possible, I; meant an inconvenience even in the 111:H 1 khop. I have to us tried to .make our Vestal It:aim:nal Organ worthy of repres , rning our great mu proud to Society, the SP,MT. have had the 11.1nur of editing your paper. At I:lure were many other things that 1 coidd have been doing, but editing and getting this paper out took first priori i v. There were funerals and weddings I. would have very much liked to have attended, but; tlept me here. the demands of, the I trust people inider ,,od that,. the coopera1a1 most gra tH.Lii al]. our tion and these past; ,, writers and contributor; few years. I apprtel :: LS pAienee with me. I especially :ippreciate the work of those who have helped keep the Czech section going. .l ids Iles not always been easy, but barring; unforseen circumstances, it should be with us for some years yet. There's been talk of its going under for thirty or more years, but it's still with us. am thankful for the cooperation of printshop personnel, especially Brothers Jerome Kopeeky, shop foreman, without \\thorn we could not maintain the Czech section, Ernest Tobola, pressman ant.. floor roan, and John Ripley, English linotyl:e operator, plus the other employees here who bave been helpful in so many ways.

Publisher Brother Joe Holasch .. has always been a.s helpful as his buv time

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 and interests would allow.

To the new editor, Brother Rudy Sefcik, I extend my best wishes for a successful tenure of office. I have confidence in his abilities. He has a lot to learn, just as I did back in the winter Of 1962, but he is also a "good student" and should have no trouble with the duties here. I ask that all concerned extend to him their cooperation and considerations, as they have to me these past years. I know that he and the Publication Committee will have a fruitful association.

The address of the editor and Vestnik will remain the same: PO Box 85 here in West. Remember the deadline is Saturday noon.

Elsewhere in this issue, retiring Supreme Lodge President Bro. Edward L. Marek imparts his farewell message to the membership in his capacity of Supreme Lodge president. Be sure and read it and be mindful of the message he has for all of us.

And next week, I will speak to the membership in a new capacity. It's been a distinct pleasure these past six years. Thank you all for everything.

We'll be with you a g ain next week.

And have a Very Merry Christmas!

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VESTNIK as. Brother Findeisen was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 29, Taylor. . .

Albino, Urban, 82, passed away in Caldwell on Dec. 4th. Burial was in the New Tabor Cemetery. Sister Urban was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 17, New Tabor.

• • Brother and Sister Frank and Frances Olexa of Houston paid us a nice visit to the printshop last Friday. They had been in Temple on business and stopped in Taylor on their way back to Houston. Sister Olexa is the chairman of the Publication Committee.

Sister Olexa reported that, Brother Felix Krotofil of Lodge 88 is confined in St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston.

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Newsbriefs Miss Jill Elizabeth .E'arl c ield and 'rroy Lynn Pruitt were married in Holy Family Catholic, Church in Fort Worth on Nov. 23rd. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Jess Stanfield and :we . :Framer I), Pruitt. all of Fort Worth. Troy Lynn awl his parents are all members of SPJST Lodge 154, Fort Worth.

John M. Kopecky, 84, passed away in Houston on Dec. 11th. He was the brother of Dr. Joe Kopecky of San Antonio, one-time Chief Medical Director for the SPJST. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in Houston. He was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 28 East Bernard.

Joe C. Balusek, 78, passed away in Holland on Dec. 7th. Burial was in the Holland City Cemetery. Brother Balusek was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 80, Holland.

• • William. J. Findeisen, 73, passed away in the `VA Hospital in Temple on Dec. 5th. Burial was in Coupland, Tex-

MY FAREWELL MESSAGE

Dear Brothers and Sisters Of Our SPJST: How time flies! Here at the close of 1968, I wish to come before you with my farewell message. Time is closing in on the work I loved so much during the many years I have been in the Supreme Lodge.

My feelings compel me to state that all these years were pleasant and joyous years filled with good work, done in understanding and in a spirit of fellowship for the good of all of us.

These were happy days of my life. I shall always treasure the pleasant associations that we have had hi our

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I thank you all most heartily for the honors you have bestowed upon me by letting nte serve in the capacities in the Supreme Lodge. Your kindness and your patience were an inspiration to me during all these years.

Without these, I could not have done as well It has been my privilege to work in harmony with members of the Supreme Lodge during all these y(irs with men who were devoted to their work and sincere in their efforts: and it is my satisfaction to know that the leadership of our Society will be in the hands of men who are capable, .1aeere, and devoted to their -cons, and 1 do not question their sincerity.

In conclusion, I thank you all for everything you have done to make my stay in office a pleasant; one. I enjoyed my work during all these years.

Serving you was an honor and I 81m11 continue to serve you as your Honorary President to the best of my abilities in the future, I wish our Society every success in Ole future, and may we meet on many more pleasant occasions.

And now, may I please include my loving wife who shared these happy years with me and state: we wart to wish all of you a Merry Christnias and a .Ha ppy New Year. Our p rayer is that the blessed peace of heart and mind descend upon you and yours and remain with you alwa y s, and may the Cloud Lord Nee,: and keep you.

Fra ternally, Edward L. IMatek, PreelJeut, Supreme Lodge, SPJST MEH.P . Y C1317,ISTMAS -

Features LILLIAN KRUSF RECEIVE NALU APPOINTYIENT

Mrs. Hazel L. Kohring, Chairman of the Public Relations Caea .aittee , yea. men Leaders Round Table, Natioael Ass'n of Life Underwriters, has alvisecT us that Sister Lillian Kruse 01' flIafc4T Lodge 111, Sugar Land, was recently appointed chairman of the Com/c•.:Heel Coordinating' Committee of NALU by the Women Leaders Round Table. According to her dispatch, there are only 427 members in the entire wmid belong to this distinctive organization.

Sister Kruse has attended all conventions of the National Association

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LILLIAN KRUS,.. of Life Underwriters from the first year in which she qualified as a member of The Woman Leaders Round Table in 1963. Last Se p tember she attended the 1963 convention in San Francisco where this convention coordinating responsibility was assigned to her. The next convention will be held in Houston next September at the Shamrock Hilton.

Her initiative and dedication have promoted Sister Kruse to one of the highest levels of assigned responsibility in the National Association ever held by a representative of any fraternal benefit society. Her preparation for excellence in the life insurance field comes from the application of a great deal of hard work and study.

Sister Kruse is a graduate of the Life Underwriters' Training Council Course in life insurance. A two-year course of intensive study, with. a weekly schedule of classroom instruction and discussion, it was established by the American life insurance industry to train those interested in presenting life insurance to people for their greatest benefit.

Sister Kruse is our only organizer to write more than one million dollars in any one year. She is extremely proud of her Czech heritage, and her husband and son have consistently supported her while she has devoted her capabilities to add to the prestige of our SPJST.

SPJST REST HOME, TAYLOR Dear Members and Friends of the SPJST: Christmas is here — the season of the year that Cu many people look forward to. It is indeed a wonderful tine' of tile year for both young and old.

And before we know it, the New Year will be with t18.

At this time of the year, we pause to make an accounting to ourselves and count our good fortune and blessings. All of us here in the Rest Home are very grateful for everything the SPJST has clone for its older members, both in the form of loans and generous donations. All of that made this rest home (and the planned new one) possible. This is a very confortable and pleasant place to live, The administra.tors, 'Mr. and Mrs. Ed Craida greatest! They are so kind, patient, and thoughtful, and they see to our every need. The Rest Home Board of Directors certainly made a wise choice when they chose this couple to manage the rest home.

It is a good thing that the delegates' to the last convention voted to construct another rest home down south.

We hope it won't be too long before we add the additional wing to the home here. I know that I speak for all the residents here when I say we are happy here, and above all, thankful to our chief benefactor, the SPJST. With the coming of January 1st, we will have a partially new administration in our Supreme Lodge in Temple.

(We are also looking forward to dedicating the new Supreme Lodge office building in the near future). I am confident that the two new Supreme Lodge officers, President Bro. Nick Morris and Treasurer Bro. Leonard Mikeska, and Editor Bro. Sefeik, will serve us well and ably. I have all the confidence in the world in all of them, as well as in the older officers. We all hope that they will all work together as a harmonious and strong team for the good of the entire SPJST. We expect great things from all of them and only cooperation will make this so.

There is no reason why the SPJST cannot be the top-ranking fraternal society in this part of the United States.

We wish our leadership good health and much success in leading our won-

Wednesday, December 26, 1968 derful SPJST. To the eetiving officers, we wish many more years of continued good health and enjoyment.

In closing, may all of us here wish all of you the Lest of Pverything This Joyous Christmas Season, g Ito may the New Year 1969 be one of tne best for all of you, And when Olt of you are through 'faylor, stop by to with in We'll be glad to an' you. iterie)hy Hugo Sc he 1S1 LODGE 13( Dear Members, Those who didn't attend the Lodge 130 meeting Dec. 1,, really missed a delicious turkey dinner prepared by Sis, Hattie and Bro. Johnnie Sebetka.

It really helped put us ill the mood for the holiday season.

Election of officers was held, They are as follows: President Helen Oates Vice President EIW,P1W Parma Secretary --- Martha V r1:J Treasurer Bob Oates Financial Sooty — Hattie Sebetka Youth Leader — Frances Novotny Ele Assistant Y. Leader Skrabanek.

NameS were drawn for the big cash door prize. Remember, you had to be present to win. Those drawn, but not present were: Marilyn Mills Nesucia, Albina Vrla, Anna Inge, Antoinette Vance. Melvin Novotny, and 1 arol Sue Ondrusek. The winner who was present was Helen Joe Vrla. So you see, it "paid" to come to the meeting.

The winners of the $95 bonds were: Hattie Sebetka and Rose Parma, and in the youth club, Anthony Parma was the lucky one.

Lodge 130, Sokol Ziske, and the Circle of Czech Women held their annual Christmas party Sunday. Dec. 15th at 4 p. m. A delicious supper was served. Hickory-smoked hem, Spanish rice, salad, toasted rye bread and lots of Christmas cookies and pastry. Afterward a program was held, wiil.h Christmas carols being sung and the decorating of a Christmas tree the "old fashioned way," with candles, cookies and etc. Next, and best of all for the little ones, Santa made •his appearance to give out all the goodies.

In closing, let me wish each and everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Fraernal]y, Martha Vrla, Secretary

Wednesday, December 25, 1961 LODGE 39, BRYAN Dear Brothers and Sisters and Friends, Starting with our January meeting of Lodge 39, I will be serving as your lodge president. I consider this a great honor and I pledge to do my best to promote friendship and welfare among our members and our SPJST as a whole.

For our next meeting in January, we also are asking that our good ladies bring a dessert for luncheon to go with the coffee that will be provided. We want all of our members to come back to our meetings, especially the older members. I like to see these elderly people visit with us and take part in our activities.

In the past year, we members who attended the meetings are tired of each other. We want to see new faces and have new ideas presented. I promise as your president that every member will have an opportunity to express his or her ideas on any and every issue.

Remember that the majority rules and as I have said many times before, 'if you can't beat them, you should join them,' because this is the only way any fraternal organization can and must must cooperate and strive for one goal.

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally yours, Lillie Matelka President, Lodge 39, for '69 — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE STEFANIK 142, HOUSTON Dear Brothers and Sisters, Then on Dec. 31st, we will have a new Year's Eve dance. Music will be furnished by Mike Tomcjak and his Playboys. Brothers and sisters, come out and enjoy yourselves.

Our next meeting will be held Jan. 5th at 2:30 p.m. We will elect our bar manager, board of trustees, and our committees. Please try to attend this me et ing, and I will see you then.

Fraternally yours, Dorothy Beyer Secretary - MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE MEMBERS OF LODGE NO. 165, MOULTON The monthly and annual meeting of • Lodge 165 will be held late this month — Dec. 29th. It will convene at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Members in this area are urged to attend and participate in the proceedings. The major issue after the monthly meeting will be election of officers and committees and make plans for the

Lodge Officers and Chairmen, Lodge ., Seated, L to R: Financial Secretary Rudolph Zalinan, Vice President Bob Kimball, President Henry Breitkreutz, Secretary Albert Band:, Treasurer John Mach, Second Row: Youth Leader Rosemarie Banik, Chron. Rudolph Vicha, Kitchen C1111111. Dorothy Banik, Bar Chairman John Stueltly, Kitchen Chinn, Lydia Vidal, Kitchen Chinn. Marie Third Rely : Floor Chinn. Eugene Pavellta, Par Chmn. Irwin Dieterich, Bar Chinn. Charlie Favelka, Clean-Up Chmn. Ernest Barak, Kitchen Chinn.

Ruby Favelka, Reporter Peggy Dieterich. (The trustees and all officers and committees will be installed by Brother Nick A. Morris on January 12th).

Board of Trustees, Lodge 35, Elk. Seated, L to Inez Zalinan, Gloria PaYellta, Vernon Hillock, Bill Haney, Standing: Alvin Niekamp, Albert Banik, and Fred Mach. year 1969. Changes and other proposals for the good of the lodge. Be present and give your views as you would like to have them, Fraternally, Emil V. Krejci, Pres.

Adolph A. Wagner, Secy.

- MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO. 1 54, FORT WORTH Dear. Members and Friends: Meetings will continue to held on the second Sunday of each month at 3 p.m.

We will have a New Year's Eve dance. The Polka Tones of Dallas will furnish the music. Make reservations at CE 7- 1500.

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year..

Fraternally, Mary Renfro Secretary - MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO. 47, SEATON Dear Members and Friends, The next week, the 28th of December, the popular Cloverleaf Orchestra of New Braunfels will play, so plan to come out that night for a real good time. • Dec. 31st, New Year's Eve dance: music by Otis Beck and his Melody Five. The lodge hall will open at 5

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p.m. Dancing will be from 7:45 till 2?

Price will be $5 a couple or $2.50 per person. Snacks will be served. This is a surprise about what those snacks will be, so you all come out and see.

This will probably be my last report for 1968, so thank you everyOno for a job well done for the paSt year.

It really has been most enjoyable to work with such harmonious people.

We're looking forward for even better times next year.

Our next lodge meeting is on Jan. 5th at 2 p.m.

See you at our elmrices Fraternally, Ruby (Pavlica) Bolton — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS

Members, It's probably hard to get a moment to sit down and read the Vestnik if this is the day before Christmas at your home, and if it's the day after, you are still picking up wrapping paper and ribbons, not to mention all of those pine needles embedded in your carpet. At our house "e•ambling" is a dirty word, but putting up money -whether the 1,T estnik. will arrive Tuesday . Wednesday or Thursday gets real exciting, especially if you can get the postman in on it Bro. Sid Pokladnik is our new president, and Bro. Bob Wright our vice president. Bro Frank :Elenzen continues as our secretary. :lister Carlyn Ondru:Tick is our treasurer; Annie Steiner is our financial si,Tretary„ferome cek our setigianteatea ails, Sister sic Par is our youth leader, and • Alan Pen/a n is our flag 0, rer, press our sincere gra Li' ! He to oin retiring 1. drat,. .Bro. 7:‘, ••i) :Iirma and Vic. •.cident Bill for a job well t.: • e• •.

Our eolith and teens presented a short but beautiful program after the meeting. last Sunday. The leaders are hard and determined workers and the children with the beautifid costumes were is tie hining stars. All deserve praise for a wonderful evening.

Of course, Santa Claus came in with a big ho, ho, ho. Poor Santa couldn't get the attention of anyone parked in front, with all the excitement -inside. Many stockings were given out by him, and then cookies and punch were served to all Ifave you ever seen so much delicious sweet stuff?

During December, we welcomed as

new members Richard Andreason, Shelly Davis, Shelby Davis, Paul Kastner, Michelle Marek, David Pool, Connie Sudcieth, Joyce ,Suddeth, and Ginger Wagner.

Good news: Brothers Bill Gaiser and James Greer continue to feel better after being involved in accidents, and Bro. John Baleja continues to gain strength but is still hospitalized. We Sure miss you around the lodge, Bro. Baleja.

Make your plans to attend the January meeting on the 12th (the second Sunday; instead of the usual 3rd) of the month. Remember that change of date.

The Peppermint Orchestra will furour New Year's Eve music. Are you coining early? Your friends are!

Fraternally, Rose Scott — MERRY CHRISTMAS -LODGE NO. 146, GALVESTON

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py New Year.

I would like to ask all of the iiternmj bership of the SPJST to support all cur newly-elected officers of the Supreme Lodge so that they may serve! us faithfully and with delight in their) work for the next four years and manyl more, so that our Society may con-1 tinue to grow and grow. !

To the retiring officers, I say thanks and may we remember you forever in our SPJST. Thank you.

Fraternally yours, Alvin J. Sefeik, Pres., and president, Dist. V MERRY CHRISTMAS —

NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Members, You can still get your reservations; for the New Year's Eve dance, but do!

-hurry! I can't think of a nicer way to welcome the New Year than to do so among your own friends -- the friends! you've worked with and the friends you have enjoyed being with on special occasions! Popular Lee Roy Matocha will be there playing the kind of music you like from 9 n.m. on till who knows?

D!--1't forget that 7 • on hill Set free your t v73, "-our favors, and a!1 irte”tiOcsi:ous! sravics Jud ging from what I hear, the Ray Jurecka d' nee on the 28th is sure to be a mighty good one. Ray's smooth music is drawing bigger crowds, so co — e and hear how gm:0 he really is!

All yon have to dO to make a reservation for lists dance is to pick up the phone a n d e ali the lOCI rt'e --- UN 9-5767!

This Thursday we have a chill supper, aiid that will be good homemade chili! It will taste mighty good after all that turkey on. Christmas!

So for some real enjoyment during the holidays, come to our Thursday chili supper and social, our Ray Jurecka dance. Saturday, and our New Year's ,Eve- dance with Lee Roy Matocha!

Merry Christmas to each of you!

Fraternally, Tillie Helmeamp -- 'I'OII 1 Y CHRISTMAS LODGE

Dear Members: I wish all of you. could have been with the first Fund?y in December. Orr. that date. we had our Christmas party 9,i0-i dinner , and :everyone enioyed it! VIe also had our meeting and election of officers for the coining year. I .declined nomination, and all the officers were elected as follows: Frank Penn, Jr. — president Robert Conway ---- v i ce oresident -1, !y elyn Mattes _ secretary Pess i n 'F i ndle y --- financial scerelcry Billie Portacei _ treasurer They will be iie-Aalled at nil' next rei,mlar ii-heeting Jan. 5th, at 4 Pin. at 11111 and, Sis. 3a111 Porta:eel's borne, 6'123 Iteards lane, request all of you to atten...1 thei.ineetinp.,- and support .

C'J''" officers and your lodge.

We will have to elect a youth leader and the board of trustees for 1969. served your lodge as president for the last three years and it was an enjoyable experience. We gained in membership, and I hope we continue to grow. I will be glad to assist any of the officers in any way that I can.

Do not forget our next regular meetLOIDG I.: NO. 81, NEEDVILLE ing, and if you cannnot attend, please Dear Members, mail your dues to Mrs. Bessie Findley, We had a good attendance for our 4712 N IA Rear, Galveston, Texas.

December meeting. Pres. Charlie MaSome members have been sick and Leek opened the meeting at 3 p.m. The some still are; I wish all a speedy reminutes were read and stood approved covery, and good health for Christmas. as read, I wish to take this opportunity to New members to join our lodge are wish the entire membership of the Elizabeth Mary and Julie Anne, 4-monSPJST a Merry Christmas and a Hap- th-old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 Floyd Graeber, Grace Leona Matula, your help and cooperation. Members, and Felix George Maresh, Jr. this is your lodge and those of you Two more members serving in the who have not been coming to the Armed Forces are Charlie Matcek Jr., meetings. I would like to invite you to whose name was accidentally left out come out to all our activities. I believe of last month's report, and Clarence you will enjoy yourself.

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After our meeting on Sunday, Jan. Sis. Mary Werner was elected our 5th, I will have a free venison barbenew secretary to replace Sis. Bessie cue with trimmings for you lodge memTeranek who twined due to tier healbers, and especially for you members th. and friends who have helped throu ghHelen Itryson agreed to serve as out the year with the construction and youth leader for the time being. Bro. the operation of our hall and in all Victor Werner was elected to the other ways when help was needed. Our building committee to fill the vacancy meeting will start at 2 p.m. We will left by Bro. Frank Veselka. The Vestry to make it as short as possible, so elkas moved away from our midst, that the supper hour will be around back to Corpus Christi.

5 p.m. Thank you, and I wish each Reports from the Rules and Regulations Committee and Building Com- and everyone of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous mittee were postponed till later.

The time for our adult meeting to New Year. begin has been changed to 2:30 p.m.

Fraternally, instead of 3 p.m. The youth will still J. L. Vanicek have their meeting at 1:30 p.m. on the President same Sunday.

- MERRY CHRISTMAS The cash door prize was won by Katherine Stasney, and Brian Graeber was the winner of the plate of homemade cookies donated by Sis. Anne Matcek. The meeting then adjourned and SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS — 1989 the youth club presented a short proThe spring meeting of District I has gram: "God's Music" - A poem by Ann been set for April 27th. 1969. Place and other details will be announced later.

Hausler • • "Thirty-Two Feet and Eight Little Tails" -- A song by Gayle Hausler.

The spring meeting of District II has "Oh Welcome, Holy Night" - A poem been set for Sunday, April 20, 1969.

by Joan Pesak.

Host lodge will be Lodge 80, Holland.

• • Then the whole group sang several Christmas carols, closing with "Jingle The District III spring meeting will Bells," at which time Santa made his be held Sunday, March 23rd, 1969. entrance and talked to all the yOungHost lodge will be Dallas Lodge No. of goodies sters, and passed out bags • 130. to all. A social followed.

Here's wishing everyone a very The District V spring meeting will Merry Christmas and a Happy New be held Sunday, March 16th, 1969. Host Year! lodge will be Lodge No. 88, Houston.

Fraternally, • • Helen Bryson The District VI spring meeting will - MERRY CHRISTMAS — be held March 30th. Host lodge TO THE MEMBERS OF LODGE 4'7, will be Lodge 63, Sweet Home. The SEATON: meeting will be held in Slovacek's The year 1968 will soon be history. Ballroom on Hwy. '77-A between YoakIt seems like yesterday that you memum and Hallettsville.

- MERRY CHRISTMAS — bers elected me as our president. This ATTENTION, LODGE 88: was an honor and I sincerely enjoyed working with all of you.

Make your reservations now at the If we stop and look back, much has lodge for the New Year's Eve dance been accomplished this year. The en- with popular Lee Roy Matocha! Reserlargement of our lodge home, the vations are $15 a couple, and you get youth room', everything fully air- the ice, set-uns, and favors free, and conditioned and heated, was needed. snacks at intermission!

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YOUTH SECTION FROM THE LODGE YOUTH LEADERS

LODGE 117, ROBSTOWN Dear Mem bers Eighteen members and their guests attended the Young People's Concert held at Del Mar Auditorium Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14. The presentation was an operetta, "The Little Sweep", presented by an area cast. 'roe members have purchased tickets tot the series and will attend another concert in January and one in March. The last concert was wonderful and helped acid to the children's cultural development. Sponsors for the trip were Mrs. William Pattillo, Mr. Dick Cermet., and I. The youth club presented a Christmas program on Dec. 1 at the Show Barn, The first part of the program consisted of poems and recitations, followed by a style show presented by the 10 girls who have just completed a Charm and Self-Improvement Course sponsored by the club. Mrs. Charlotte Knesek was the teacher and mist •essof-ceremonies. Following this, the Diving Club, under the direction of Mr. Dick Germer, presented a demonstration and skit, telling of their activities of the year. There was singing, an acrobatic dance, and music by a combo made up of club members. Refreshments followed.

All the club members wish to . express their appreciation to the adult members of Lodge 117 for providing the good bags of fruit and candy to each one present, for the good refreshments, and for being such a kind and cooperative audience.

Fraternally, • Mrs. Thelma Hrncir Youth Leader - MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGES 56 & 79, CORPUS CHRISTI Dear Readers, what a lovely enjoyable evening was had by all who attended the Youth Club Christmas Party! We had our regular Friday night practice. Just as we were finishing with our practice, Santa paid us a surprise visit. The children knew of the party, but Santa's visit was a surprise. I had contacted Santa earlier in the week and asked him if he could come. He was so snowed under with work, but he felt our children had worked so well and

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Santa to come. Santa came sailing in with a jolly glee and a large bundle of gifts on his back for all (children, adults and all there.) Need I add the joy of the children at seeing Santa and talking to him. We finally persuaded the children to let Santa pass out the gifts since he could not stay long. His reindeer were waiting . on the rooftop and he had many more appearances to make. What a happy feeling Santa left us with when he bid all goodbye and dashed away. Thank you so much, Santa, for the joy you brought all and please do come again.

Children, Santa did tell me that he would be back our way to see us on Dec. 22nd. After all the excitement. of present opening and exclaiming was over, the children once again tried their skill at "Break the pinata" What fun and laughter all of us had!

After the pinata was broken and all goodies which fell out of it stuffed into the children's pockets, we adjourned to the kitchen for a lovely feast of all sorts of goodies. It was the perfect touch to a lovely evening.

Our kind-hearted youth children, plus others who are near grown but used to belong to the youth, surprised me with a lovely pair of slacks and blouse. Children and all of you, — from my heart, thank you! My great crop of lady helpers gave me a beautiful coral colored gown. Girls, thanks I love the gift very much; mostly thanks for your kind thoughts. Then Mrs. Adele Sijansky, one of our youth's mother and a great supporter, gave me and all of the assistants a delicious home-made strudel. Need I add that mine is already eaten? Adele, thanks so much; the gesture was so like you and it was out of this world.

My husband got a lovely cologne gift from Randy and Ronnie Majek for which he thanks the boys. Boys, he really liked it; we both think the container is adorable. When I first saw it I thought it was an alarm clock. So, as you can see, Santa was so very good to 118. Once again, thanks to all for everything.

Sorry we did not get to attend the meeting in Beeville, Maxine. We had planned to come, but something came up. Please let me know what was decided on, it I need to know.

In closing, let me again express my deepest thanks to my marvelous hel p -ersandthmorlsuptevryon

has given us. I am very proud of our youths — as we all are — and I think they deserve a bow from all for being so faithful and attending all we did, be it work, meetings, practice or parties. Children, thanks and I've had fun working with you and do enjoy it all.

OM' family would like to extend Season's Greetings to all. We pray the New Year will bring peace to the entire world.

Fraternally, Anne Elzner Spencer Youth Leader — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO. 47, 'SEATON

Dear ReaderS, Although this will probably be my first and last letter to the Vestnik for this year, I simply had to use this Means to get a note to all of the youth members of our lodge and say thank you to them for the very pretty and thoughtful gift that I received from them at the Christmas party at Seaton on Dec. 15th, Thanks loads, you "Cottonpickers"! It was such a surprise and so thoughtful of you. I didn't know what to say that night, so here it is in black and white for all of you to see. Also, thanks to all of you for coming through for us once again in the wonderful way you all performed and produced such a great Christmas program. I'll have to admit that at the rehearsal on Thursday night the 12th I would have never thought that the prmnelm. would ever shape up. but it did, and boy, bow it went over! Thanks again, youth club; you are just grout!

Of course, we have our one and only Mrs. Kohutek to thank for most of the work; you know, I slipped off to the deer lease and left all the work to Sweet Adeline) and we could have never made it if Mr. Fricke wasn't there to help, so we thank them too. Also, I mustn't forget that Mrs. Kathy Janousek at the piano was a great asset.

Thanks, Kathy!

This Friday night, the youth club will _meet at Ferguson Park a!; 6 p.m. and go caroling to some of our elder members and our shut-in friends.

Of course, as you read this letter, we will already have done all of these things, had our Christmas dinners, opened all the mysterious packages under the tree, and we will have had our holiday ball, so instead of a Merry Christmas to all, now we will have to say, Happy New Year.

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 Dec. 30th will be our next Happiness Committee meeting, so please everyone try and be present because we have to get all those hats ready for the big New Year's Eve Dance.

One more reminder to everyone: Now is the time of year to begin thinking of all the New Year's resolutions we are going to make and try to keep for at least a few months, before we slip back into our old habits! If this happens, don't feel bad, because we all want to improve our faults, but it seems, after awhile, either temptations or just plain laziness seem to take over. I, for one, am the world's worst at this thing of trying to improve myself — but the point I am trying to make it this: if you are a member of SPJST, please make a resolution to attend more meetings of your lodge.

You are needed. Offer to belt) in one capacity or the other at' least 4 or 5 times a year; (no schedule is too full for this small assistance). And .make an effort to attend some of the functions held during the year by your lodge. Who knows, you may have such a good time that you will want to be there everytime the doors are open!

Believe me, I know this can happen, because that is exactly what happened to this very family. If you are a youth member of the SPJST between the ages 6 through 19, resolve to join the youth club and discover all the fun you have been missing. Our next youth club meeting will be Jan. 5th, 1969 at 2 p.m.. Hope to see a lot of new faces there.

Also, congratulations to di:;ter Adeline and Brother Willie Kobutek for having been named "Mr, and Mrs. SPJST of Lodge 47" for 190a: .11 couldn't have happened to a more deserving couple. A job well doge by both!

Fraternally, Mrs. Jerlene Balusek Asst. Youth Leader — MERRY CHRISTMAS -7LODGE 135, ENNIS Hello Readers, All the Christmas Season rush is over and enjoyed by everyone. Everyone has expressed hismsel f to loved ones with gifts and cheers to celebrate this wonderful season of the year. Now we have the new year 1969 to ring in with some extra thrilling parties.

Several boxes of toys for Christmas were presented to an orphan ironic in Waxahachie by the youth club. They

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topped the toys with candy and other goodies. Youth attending this event with me were: Danny Bouska, Bobbie Moucka, Claudia Moucka, and Marvin Patak. Acts of charity make the less fortunate so happy, and in turn, make the youth feel so honored to have a big part in their Christmas.

I surprised the youth club with a Christmas party held at the Sokol Hall with about 40 guests present. I had planned on a complete surprise and my assistant youth leader, Doris Jurica, in turn, secretly advised a couple of girls of the youth club to surprise me with a Christmas gift from the youth club. We were all surprised.

Each youth was presented a Christmas gift individually. Decorations carried out the Christmas theme. Refreshments were served and I was assisted by Mrs. Tom Valek.

On Friday, Nov. 13, a group of 35 went to Dallas Love Field Airport to board a Christmas In-the-Sky Flight, sponsored by American Airlines. This was actually a 30-minute flight, over Dallas and Ft. Worth area to view all the beautiful Christmas decoration.

The entire scenery was beautiful, but I must admit Ft. Worth was the prettiest. Each building downtown was outlined with red Christmas lights.

The captain narrated the entire flight.

We even had a view of Ennis. When he announced Ennis, the youth expressed such cheer and their faces lit up like Christmas trees. All of the group had a wonderful time and didn't care to return to the airport. This makes me me feel wonderful to see the youth so excited after all their hard work.

The youth club joined with the Sokol Juniors and the WBFA Lodge in a Christmas program. Each number was presented very nicely. After the program, Santa Claus made his appearance and presented bags of fruit and candy to each child. Also at this time the youth exchanged gifts for the drawing of names.

At our last meeting. it was announced that Morita Novak resigned as reporter. Jimmy Nickel was elected until the next election.

Mr. Edwin Laznovsky donated his yearly salary as lodge vice president to the youth club in memory of Brother Wesle y Laznovsky. This was deeply appreciated by the youth club.

At this time, I want to thank the mother lodge t for the gifts they gave me. I was quite surprised and appre-

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dated it very much.

We have worked hard this year in our club and I want to thank everyone from the bottom Of my heart for all the understanding, cooperative and hard-working youth, and this especially goes to their parents. I want you to know I have the most wonderful group of parents to work with. Everyone keeps telling me what a fine group of children I have and this is true, but my adults deserve a tremendous amount of credit for they are the ones who create their children to Abe the leaders of tomorrow.

Happy New Year To All! Fraternally, Mrs. Joe A. Slovak Youth Leader - MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE 48, BEYERSVILLE

Dear Readers, The last letter for 1968; no, I won't say, 'My, how time flies,' but it does, and here we are about to embark on a new year.

The youth club members showed much enthusiasm and Christmas spirit for their last program of the year on Sunday, Dec. 15th. I want to thank everyone for all the lovely gifts which were given to me. Thanks also to everyone who helped decorate the lodge hall, and helped in any way with the program.

Monday night, Dec. 16, we gave our program at the SPJST Rest Home, and as usual, enjoyed visiting with the folks.

Remember, our next meeting is on January 5, and be sure to attend.

Best wishes for the New Year!

Fraternally, Leona Stalmach Youth Leader - MERRY CHRISTMAS LODGE NO. 153, LA SALLE

Dear Readers, Our last regular meeting was held as scheduled. We were honored to have our District Youth Director, Sister Elsie Brdecka and husband attend our meeting. We are most grateful for her inspiring words and her interest in our club.

Club members were saddened by the news of the sudden passing of Mr. August Trojcak of our community. His children, Frances, Billy, and Frankie, are members of our club. Our members voted to contribute to the Community Fund for flowers.

The club is grateful to Mrs. Virginia

Kolar for sending candy, and to Mrs. Sralla for cooking for our refreshments for the day. After singing a few numbers, gifts were passed out and every one departed for home.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all !

Fraternally, Martha Sembera Youth Leader - MERRY CHRISTMAS LETTERS FROM THE YOUTH LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR

Dear Readers, On December 7, the SPJST youth had their regular monthly meeting.

The meeting was called to order. The pledge was said. Then the roll was catled. The minutes were read and approved. There were 17 members present.

There was no discussion under old business. Under new business, the members honoring birthdays in October, November or December will be given a party. There was one visitor, Rudy Ricks. There were junior and teen door prizes. The junior winner was Edward Zavodny, and ten winner was Susan Zavodny. The meeting was adjourned. All members decorated the hall, and refreshments were served.

Fraternally, Carol Trcalek, (13) Reporter - MERRY CHRISTMAS -LODGE NO. 39, BRYAN Dear Readers, We had our Christmas play on Dec. 8th. We sang Christmas carols. They were "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night."

"Deck the Halls," and many others.

Then we exchanged gifts with each other. Santa Claus gave us apples and oranges and some candy.

After the play, we had refreshments that consisted of sandwiches, drinks and sweets.. We are having more fun every clay in our SPJST youth club.

There is only one problem: we need more members, so come on out to our next meeting and you will have balls of fun.

There is one other thing I would like to say: our youth club leader, Mrs. Shirley Vytopil, is doing a great job. We hope she keeps it up because it's fun having her work with us.

Fraternally, Daniel Matcek (12) Reporter

10 LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX Dear Readers, We had our Christmas party on the 14th of December. All the members were there with a few visitors that were invited. We played volleyball, and we also played SPJST football and my team always lost.

Deborah Kubena played the saxophone and we sang a lot of Christmas songs.

When we played SPJST football, I beat Mrs. Kubena every time, except once. That was when the score was 14 to 14 and we were going to 15.

She beat me, so their team won.

The visitors were Allen Horak, Gary Iselt, Wayne Iselt, and Helen Spitzenberg. After all the games were over, refreshments were served.

Fraternally, Albin Horak, Jr. — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX Dear Vestuik Readers, We had our monthly meeting on Dec. 14th. The meeting was called to order with nine members present and four visitors. The pledge was said by all. The secretary read the minutes, then we had the roll call an dthe treasurer's report. Under old business it was reported that we gave clothes then we had the roll call and the money to the FIot Food Fund for the Caldwell hospital. After the meeting we had a Christmas party, I had a lot of fun, Our next meeting, will he on Jan. loth. I hope everyone will he there.

Fraternally, Kay Horak (10) — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO, 81, NEEDVILLE Dear Readers, Our regular monthly meeting was held Dec. 8th, After our adult meeting, we had our Christmas program. All of the youth sang songs, and some children received Poems.

The president of our adult lodge spoke on the barbecue dinner that will be April 20th, 1969. District Five is sponsoring it. It will be at the American Legion Hall in Needville.

There will be a dinner, games to play, and nice delicious pastries to buy.

So please bring a friend! It will be an all-day affair ,so conic one, come all!

Fraternally, Ava Toon Reporter

Vt..STNiK LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Members, Jan. 5th will be our next meeting date, the first one of the new year.

Everyone has heard the old saying, "start the new year off right"; well, let's start this one right by coming to the meeting at 3 p.m,, Sunday, Jan. 5th, 1969.

The Christmas party we had last Sunday was a great success. We were so glad to see so many of our members and their invited gu e sts . The food was just wonderful. You ladies are great cooks.

The children were thrilled by Santa's visit and by the bags filled with Christmas goodies.

Our youth club did a grand job of decorating too. All in all, it was a wonderful, enjoyable party.

See you Jan. 5th, at 3 p.m. at Lodge 48, Beyersvilte.

Your friend, Beverly Wiesner Reporter — MERRY CHRISTMAS -LODGE NO. 135, ENNIS Dear Readers, On Friday, Dec. 13th, 35 of us had a thrilling adventure. We took our first airplane ride on an American Airlines Astrojet. We flew over the surrounding cities of Dallas. We concluded that Fort Worth had the prettiest Christmas lights. Everyone enjoyed it a lot.

Our next meeting will he Jan. 12th, Hope to see you there, I'm sure you won't want to miss it.

Fraternally, Bobbie Moucka MERRY on:PTgrrmAs _LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD Dear Readers, On Friday, the 20th of December, we practiced for our Christmas play.

We also decorated the hall. Be sure to come on Dec. 22nd for our Christmas play. I'll see you there.

Fraternally yours, Michael March (11) mviTRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO 6, COTTONWOOD Dear Readers, I guess you're looking forward to Christmas. My youth club and I are having a Christmas program on Dec. 22nd. We will have a play and sing some of your favorite carols. I'm sure all of you have some sort of plans for Christmas. It is a busy time for everyone and we must all remember the meaning of Christmas.

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 We have had a wonderful year with our meetings and all our activities.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Fraternally, Debbie Uptmor (10) — MERRY CHRISTM `S — LODGE NO. 0, COTTONWOOD Dear Friends, Our monthly meeting was held Dec. 1st. We said the pledge and the minutes were read. Our Christmas program was discussed. Our youth leader said we would have practice the following Wednesday at 7:30. We had a good attendance. Our door prize was won by Eddie Hykel. After our meeting was over our posters were judged. We had several and they were all good. See you at our Christmas program.

Fraternally, Doug Uptmor (8) — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE 66, WACO Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Dec. 15, we held our monthly meeting. We had a real nice turnout.

It was election day for our mother lodge. I want to say congratulation to all our new officers. I know you will do as good job as our outgoing ones.

Brother Nick Morris and his lovely family were with us for a while. We hate to see Brother Nick leave, but we know he has an important job to do and will do it well. Good luck, Brother Morris. Come back and sec us real often. meetOur youth club had 8 ing, We made stuffed anima Is for toys for tots and brought no lot' the needy. We tried on our outfits for our Christmas program which will be Dec. 21st.

I know everyone will enjoy themselves and have a good time. Our little ones enjoy a visit from Santa.

I didn't get this letter mailed in time so I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, so I'll say I hope everyone had a wonderful and Happy New Year. lire tcrnally, Julianne Slovak (11) — MERRY CHRISTMAS — LODGE NO, 66, W.ACO Dear Readers, Our last meeting was held Dec. 15.

We talked about our Christmas party on the 22nd of Dec. We received our costumes for the Nativity Scene. Everyone made stuffed animals for toys for tots. We brought cans of food for Christmas

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I would like to wish everyone a happy New Year, Fraternally, Patricia Stanislav (10) — Mr.ua y CHRISTMAS LODGE 153, LA SALLE

Dear Readers, On December 1, the adults of Lodge 153 had a quarterly meeting. At this meeting, the youth made ornaments and decorated a Christmas tree for the La Salle Parish Hall. Later, we entertained by singing Christmas Carols.

The youth then presented Bro. Sralla with a token of appreciation .for his many kindnesses.

On December 3 our youth club had a monthly meeting at; this meeting, we exchanged gifts, offered a prayer for Mr. Trojeak. (He had passed away the night before and was a resident of La Salle), and voted to contribute to Mr. Trojcak's flower fund.

We also had a guest speaker — our District Youth Director, Mrs. Brdecka.

Our club would like to thank Mrs. Sralla and Mrs. J. B. Kolar for providing us with cookies and candy at our meeting.

We then exchanged gifts.

By the time this letter is printed Christmas will be over, so 'Happy New Year!

Fraternally, Sally Sembera ri%.IAS — — LODGE NO.. 30, TAITON

Our last meeting was held on December 1st. The prayer was led by Josephine Krpec. The pledge was led

by Clarence Kahanek. Visitors were Mrs. Silvan Dluhos. There was no old or new business discussed. Refresh-. ments consisted of sandwiches, cakes, and soda pop. We made crafts, played games, and opened presents given to us by the club.

Fraternally, Marian. Dorotik, 14 Reporter — MERRY CHRISTMAS —

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Dear Readers, On December 1, the Taiton SPJST had their monthly weeting. After the meeting we made crafts. The older members made a centerpiece. They made the centerpiece out of egg cartons, candles, plastic deer, and artificial flowers and leaves, The other members decorated hangers by tying. pieces of net astound the hanger. After we made crafts we played games. Then we had our refreshments. After this we

7 ITI-ITNt.r, got gifts given to each one from the club. Each girl got a purse or billfold. The boys got billfolds. We also got bags of candy from the club. The refreshments were furnished by all the mot hers.

Our next meeting will be on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 2 p. in. at the Taiton Com'MILO ty Center.

Fraternally, Karen Dorotik (11), Seely.

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Dear Members, We had our monthly meeting on December 14. Our junior door prize winner was Edward Zavortny. Our teen. door prize winner was Susan Zavodny.

After the meeting, we rehearsed our songs for the social the next day. All members were present. We also had a visitor. Mrs. Vavra told who was winning in the junior group. She had not found out who was winning in the teen group. We discussed having our birthday party in January of 1969.

After the meeting, we had refreshments. After the meeting, we decorated the hall. Everyone had a very good time.

Fraternally, Harold Schielack, (10) — MERRY CHRISTMAS —

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Dear Members, Our youth club held its regular monthly meeting on Saturday, December 14. After the meeting, we rehearsed our play for, the social and supper the next, day. We decorated the hall and put up a Christmas tree. We had refreshments. We handed ,out gifts. Mrs. Vavra gave each of us six pencils with "Merry Christmas" engraved in gold on each. I think everyone had a good time. I wish we could have more parties like this. They are really very much fun. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally, Vincent Schielack (11) — MLR;Ev CHOISTMAS

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Dear Members, On Dec. 15th, the mother lodge had their monthly meeting. They elected officers for next year. Except for the reporter, everyone stayed the same, Mrs. Vince Schielack took Mrs. Ethel Zavodny's place as reporter.

Our next meeting will be held on the 12th of January. The youth club

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EXPRESSION OE SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of Novy Tabor SPJST Lodge No. 17 at Caldwell, Texas, in behalf of our membership, wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family on the death of our beloved lodge sister, ANNIE HAISLER,

who passed away on Wed., Nov. 27, 1968, in Goodnight, Memorial Nursing Home , Sister Ifaier was born in Cermna, Czechoslovakia on April 29, 1877, daughter of Bernard :loci. Katherine (Rapkai Heil. In 1381 she came lo the U. S. On Dec. 26. 1898, she was united in marriage with Emil Haisler in the New Tabor Brethren Church, with the Rev. Anton Motycka performine . the eery-111011y.

Sister Haisler was a member of the New Tabor Brethren Church and a 51year member of the SP1ST of New Tabor.

Survivors include three sons, Joe B. of Denton, Edward of Seymour, and Emil of Bryan; three daughters, Mrs. Frank Lornica of Pasadena, Mrs. Joe Faust, and Miss Vlasta, Holster of Caldwell; one brother, William 13.

Hell of Houston.

Interment was in New Tabor Cemetery under the direction of BowersHarvey-Schiller Funeral Home.

May our departed rest in peace.

John W. Vavra Melvin R. Skrabanek Willie II. Trcalek Resolution Committee

VES TNfK 71SIMISMZ IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. AND BROTHER, WILLIE KAFAVIK, who passed away two years ago this December 20th. He was so good, kind, and gentle to us, and we miss him so. We think of you constantly, dear Willie, and we will never forget you. May your eternal sleep be a peaceful one., Mrs. Mary Kapavik, mother Mrs. Dorothy Moore, sister Marl.- White SPJST---

EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the Resolution Committee of the Novy Tabor SPJST Lodge No. 17 at Caldwell, Texas, in behalf of our membership, wish to exPress our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family on the death of our wile, mother, grandmother, and our beloved lodge sister, ALBINA URBAN, who died on Thursday, December 5th, 1968 in the Goodni g ht Nursing Home in Caldwell. Sister Urban was burn in Burleson County on December 5, 1885, and she was the daughter of John and Katherine Blinka Machonn. She was a lifelong resident of the county.

In 1903 she was united in marriage with Joe Urban, Sr., in Caldwell. They settled on a farm in the New Tabor community where they lived until their retirement in June 1958. At that time they moved to their present home at the northern edge of Caldwell on Highway 36. Mrs. Urban suffered a stroke about eight years ago and was confined to her bed since. The last two and one half months she was confined to a rest home. She was baptized and confirmed in the New Tabor Brethren Church. She was a member of the Christian Sisters Society and Lodge No. 17.

Sur'Ovors include her husband, Joe Urban, Sr.; sons Joe Urban, Jr., and Fred Urban of Caldwell, Henry Urban of Snook; daughter, Mrs. Delphine West of Houston; one brother, and four sisters, _Her son, Arnold Urban died in 19 ,15, Rev. Henry Beseda and Rev. H. J,

Kostohryz officiated at the funeral services in The New Tabor Brethren Church. Interment was in the New Tabor Cemetery.

To the loved ones and to our beloved lodge sister, we wish eternal rest and may her memory be honored unto eternity.

Resolution Committee: John W. Vavra Willie H. Trealek, Melvin Skrahanek ---SPj

CAROLS EXPRESS YULE ECHO1NO ACROSS THE ACES Voices rise in songs of joy and praise.

As the joyous season arrives, the vibrant sound of carolers is heard in churches, at family gatherings, in groups going from house to house to celebrate with song.

Carols are as much a part of the Yuletide as the tree,. gifts and Santa himself, It all began with the first carols in the, 13th century, says the '11neyclopatio, Americana. car were co: by or cou-1, musicians, ''imple tunes af.d stront,„ rhythms were characteristic, and the musical form featured a rer , ain, to repeat, before and after each ,i-anza.

Words ‘ ,..,re written, gene the Englfill vernacular or hi `m;'caronic" form a combination of English and Latin, The first printed collection of carols appeared in 1521. It included the "Boar's He.ad Carol," still sung during Christmas dinner at Queen's College, Oxford, England.

Even then, however, the practice of passing on carols orally, from generation to generation, Con tinned . Among thee" were carols in ballad -form, such as "I Saw Three Ships" and "The Cherry Tree Carol." .

C'.iroling fell into disr Jae ire the 17th century, and carol singing was forbidden by the English Puritans.

Those who colonized America carried this clisapprovA with them.

After the Oration, in 1660, caroling was once :pain permitted and the custom slowh; revived.

Some of the most popular carols elate from the 18th and 19th centuries.

These include "Adeste Fiddles," possibly by Francis Wade; "Hark! The

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Herald Angels Sing," with words byl Charles Wesley and music by Felix' Mendelssohn; "Joy to the World," with words by Isaac Watts, music by George Frederic Handel.

Probably the most popular of carols is the 19th century "Silent; Night," with words by Joseph Mohr„ the village priest of Hallein, Austria.

Many stories are told about the way; this carol came to be written. Onel legend says that on a snowy Christmas) Eve in 1818, Father Mohr went to! bless the newborn baby of a poor! parishioner.

On that night he was so inspired by the beauty of the mother and child that lie wrote the poem "Silent Night."

— MERRY CHRISTMAS — SANTA, 8'6 YEARS OLD, MADE IN U.S.A. Claims to the "new look" have conic from various quarters of the globe,] Paris and its Dior included, but the one indisputable fact emerges from all claimers of fame for the naming of the tag, and that is, Santa Claus was the harbinger of the "new look" back; in 188'2 with a "Made in U.S.A," label indelibly stamped on the seat of his! pants.

That doesn't mean to say that the spirit of Santa Claus isn't a composite one, nor that his very make-up isn't COLEtiii Lion of many things from ill any lands beginning with St, Nicholas throtigh the Germanic Kristkindl and back to ancient and even times.

But it's the round-bellied, jovial, ruddy faced character with the flowing white beard driving his reindeer-I drawn sleigh across the night sky cn Christmas eve, to which reference is made, and this is definitely as American as turkey and apple pie.

It started, however, with Santa as a severe looking character, tall and and to boot be was riding a tall, thin horse. A far cry from our present day conception of the old boy.

Then followed the name, and the English children borrowed the Christmas ,Saint from the Dutch, but it became a problem for the small-fry as well as their parents pronouncing his name, and through trial and error, many variations came to pass until the name Santa Claus was adopted to remain for all time.

Irving, an early chronicler of Amer- ! icon Colonial days was, of course, in-

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 fluenced. by the early Dutch settlers in New York and what came out as a result of his efforts was a Santa Claus that wore a broadbrimmed hat, sported big baggy breeches and smoked a long stemmed pipe. Very Dutch.

To top it all off he had his "Santa" driving a wagon, which too, was symbolic of the early Dutch settlers in New York.

Then came the year 1882 and with it two men who were destined to change the entire concept of Santa Claus in America, and who were responsible for the "new look" of the old gentleman and Christmas that has swept the world.

Clement Clark Moore, a professor of divinity at a New York theology seminary, sat himself down one day and began a poem that went, "T'was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; . . " Of course it was a poem that became famous overnight and has retained its popularity 'through the years. The name of it is, "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and is known in every English speaking nation in the world.

It was Moore who described Santa Claus as a. round-bellied, twinkly-eved jolly old man with rosy cheeks. But that wasn't -the end of it. He also added the sleigh and reindeer.

When Thomas Nast, a famous cartoonist for the Hearst newspapers, read the poem, he was inspired to illustrate it And it was his creation of the Santa Claus we know today that took hold of the imagination of the people and was firmly established as the accepted Santa Claus, pot-belly, rosy cheeks, twinkling eyes, flowing white beard, reindeer, sleigh and all.

Actually, Santa Claus — U.S.A. version — is only 80 years old, but the "new look" created in our time has come to be accepted throughout the Christian world, and even if he isn't the giver of gifts in all countries, he nevertheless is as much the symbol of Christmas as anything else at Yuletide.

— MERRY CITIIIOTMAS — KNOWN IN 1!Al COUNTRIES Products of the Czechoslovak glassmaking industry are at present known, under the nomenclature Bohemian Glass and Crystal, in more than 12,0 countries all over the world, to which they are now exported. This refers not only to table and household glass,

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The oldest documents corroborating this statement date from the eighth and tenth centuries.

In the fourteenth century, there were already nine glassworks operating in the territory which is now Czechoslovakia. However, the greatest development of Bohemian glassmaking occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; at that time , Bohemian glass couquered world markets. It became an article of fashion and was not to be missed on the table of any European monarch.

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At that time, the famous engraver Caspar Lehmann, who lived at the Prague Court of Emperor Rudolf II, discovered in Bomemian glass a material which could be processed by cutting. Works of thisis great engraver are preserved in the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague, and in the South Kensington Museum in London; with their technical and artistic qualities, they belong among the finest examples of art handicrafts.

hardly have been able to keep this magnificent position, if its creators had not sought ever new means of expression, if they had not endowed. their products with an artistic character. It is especially the high artistic standard of Bohemian glass and its handicraft character, which are most appreciated in the world. This is proven, on the one hand, by medials and diplomas won at international exhibitions, e.g. in Brussels. Milan, New York, Sao Paulo and, on the other hand, by the hundreds of thousands of visitors who admire Bohemian glass at many exhibitions , and the trade fairs all over the world.

"Glass of Icings, Kin,?; of Glass" This saying, referring to the Moser brand of Bohemian glass, is attributed to the French writer, Honore de Balzac; it is certainly no exaggeration, if one considers that during the hundred years of its existence the Mosier Glassworks in Karlovy Vary has delivered numerous luxury table sets to state, The suctomers include even Pope Pius XI, Elizabeth II, Queen of England, owns the "Splendid" set. Haakon VII, King of Norway, and England's Edward VII purchased the "Royal" set.

Another Another set, "Malikoff" was delivered to former French President, Rene Coty.

During the several decades following its birth Bohemian crystal witnessed a powerful expansion, outshadowing even the Venetian glass which until then had reigned triumphant, Bohemian crystal, beautifully and artistically engraved, painted or cut, appeared as the customary complement of halls and chambers in royal and noblemen's palaces all over Europe.

One of the first great explorers of Bohemian glass was engraver and painter Jiri Frantisek Kreybich, who in the years 1682 to 1721 undertook some thirty business trips, opening the world markets for Bohemian glass. In important commercial centers of Europe, permanent stores of Bohemian glass were founded and these were installed even in overseas centers, From Petersburg, Reval, and Riga, to Constantinople, Genoa, Livorno, Palermo, and Naples; from Rotterdam, Lisbon and Bordeaux, as far as Baltimo•e and New York, extended the network of the Bohemian glass trade. Its exclusive position culminated in the middle of the eighteenth century.

Bohemian glass, however, would

Nowadays, table sets are often ordered by prominent menibers of the world culture. These include a famous cinema actress, who recently ordered at the Moser Glassware one of the finest sets, named "Maria Theresa."

— MERRY CHRISTMAS GYPSTERS AT CHRISTMASTIME' Gypsters with free prizes, bait adverti9ine and special deals circulate more freely during the holiday season, warns an Extension home economist at Texas A&M University. A few racketeers knock on doors with a package to deliver to a neighbor who is out at the time, says Mrs. Myers. They ask for the amount, due suggesting you collect later from the neighbor, says the home management specialist with the Texas Agricultural EXtelasion Service. But the neighbor didn't order the item and the money is lost. ti s. My ers also warns about bait ads and fictitious prices, common at Christmas. Bargains, usually nonexistent, attempt to draw customers into a store to purchase more expensive goods.

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ginal" prices which are dramatically cm.. she says.

Christmas is the season for follow ups on the cards you dropped in the box at the fair hoping to win a free sewing machine. A letter will wish "Congratulations! Your .name has been selected to win first prize . . . " All you tiave to do is buy an "inexpensive" cabs, et or a five year service policy, lVtrs. Meyers adds.

1Ply-hr -! • ght merchants set up shop the selling a variety goods y Tht'll guarantee free exchah.,c t ;ifetime of service. When you reL in. „he store is closed and the merch has left town. Deal with an firm, the Extension spec.iah:.4./ises, 1Vta .ler misrepresentations offer fantasti,, bargains in -everything from mink stoles to wahthes, but the items may be worth only a fraction of the price.

Mrs. Myers cautions that these are only a few of the deals that may upset your budget and disposition and suggests that you be sure before you buy.

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YESTERYEAR'S CUSTOMS LIVE AT YULETIDE,

Candles and carols, trees and treats, gifts and greens — and Santa Claus, of course. Whenever Christmas is celebrated, these symbols seem to appear, In the modern era of mulct commitni.cation, there is a growing, uniformity in the wa ys that peo p le everywhere choose to mark the holiday.

Yester year's customs , however, still ha ve their place in modern celebrations. It'P a (-- se of "the more things charpse. the .mor,e tbev sta y the same."

P0 1 0) 17.7's, comp unities and individms to cherish and nreserve their own s pecial holiday traditions. .Some of these traditions, as treasured in memory or Lent alive in holiday ritual, are comoiled in the following para granhs, according to information from the editors of Encyclopedia International.

It's a Mystery fvfvstetirms thin gs barmen on Christrrins Ei79 sa y countr y le gends of Switzerl ",nd, ',.?"coing pconle ma y foretell the fdure. if th r-nr drink from nine t . 'ouritains while the roldnight church bens chime. Then, if they hasten to the church s,tens, their fuitY,:e mates will await them there.

Somewhat less romantically, older folk seek to predict the weather for the coming year, using onion peels filled with salt.

Dow Many Holidays?

Traditionally, Belgians celebrate three holidays at the Christmas season — beginning with St. Nicholas Day. Dee, 6th, when the good saint brings gifts for children.

Then comes St. Thomas Day, Dec. 21st. It's a sort of "trick or treat" day -,for school children, who try to play tricks on their teachers.

The third holiday, of course, is Christmas, Wrapping Gifts When Gerinan tradition is followed, unwrapping a Christmas gift can be an amusing but complicated process.

One .may have many consecutive wrappings, each with 0 different name on it, and the final wrapping may reveal not a gift, but a card telling where the gift is hidden.

Other cards in other hiding places lead to a treasure hunt, ending in the discovery of the gift.

Picturing Nativity The Christmas crib or presepio is an especially treasured part of the Fortugese holiday celebration. Every Dome and church seems to have one, and some of those in the churches are masterpieces of art.

Especially famous is the presepio in Estrella Church, Lisbon. This Nativity scene depicts the people of Bethlehem, in terra cotta figures. Unique among the crowd are the fige ,,, s of an elephant and bagpiper.

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Four years of high school on the average will return 16 ner cent more income at age 21 and 38 per cent more income over a lifetime, re ports an Extension hom.c management specialist at Texas A&M. University.

The average income in 1960 of 21year-old men who had com pleted high school was $3,021, Accordin g: to Wanda Meyer expected lifetime income for the high school graduate was $341.000' and for the elementary school graduate. $247.000.

At 18 the high school graduate has the disadvantage of no work exnerience, On the average, the snecialist reports his income is below that of the elementary school graduate who has been working' for some time. TTowever, at age 19 the high school grad-

Wednesday, December 25, 1969 uate may anticipate income nearly equal to that of elementary school graduate, and from 20 on to have considerably higher income, reaching a peak of $8,387 at age 48.

This contrasts to peak income for elementary school graduate of $6,054 at age 44, says Mrs. Meyer.

CASUALTY PI EFT LOSSES ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE,

Taxpayers who suffered losses from theft or casualties, such as hurricane, flood, storm, fire, automobile accident, shipwreck, lightning, airplane crash and freezing, may be able to claim their losses as an income tax deduction, reports James Willett, Extension farm management specialist: at Texas A&M University.

The amount of the tax deduction is the loss in property value, but is limited to its cost or basis, and must be reduced by the amount of insurance or other :compensation received or expected to be received, he says.

Proof of loss should be documented soon after the casualty occurs, says Mallett. You should be prepared to show: 1. Values before and after casualty (pictures, appraisals, and signed statements by persons familiar with the circumstances, before and after are pertinent evidence); 2. Nature of the casualty and when it occurred; 3. The loss was the direct result of the casualty; 4. The cost or other adjusted basis of the property, evidenced by purchase contracts, deed, etc. (improvements to the property should be supported by checks, receipts, etc.); 5. Depreciation allowed or allowable, if any; G. The amount of insurance or other compensation received; and 7. You were the owner of the property.

Business or farm property damaged or lost is deductible as a business loss.

Each item of real or tangible property damaged by casualty or lost by theft is considered separately in determining the deductible business loss. No deduction is allowed for the loss of crops, livestock or produce raised for sale. Costs of producing these items and the cost of livestock, crops or produce purchased for resale are ordinary business expenses and therefore deductible

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 You may not deduct the first $100 loss to property held for personal use.

Improvements to personal real property such as your residence, trees, shrubs and ornaanentels are considered as an integral part of the property. A single loss is calculated by comparing the fair market value of the property as a whole before the casualty with its fair market value following the casualty, even if several items of personal real property are damaged. Damage to tan gible personal property like autos, clothes, furniture and household eqUipMent is evaluated separately from personal real property, explains the specialist.• Deductible casualty 'losses do not include, (1) expenSes incident to a casualty such as teMporary housing. travel, or moving expenses, (2) expenses incurred by reason of injury to yourself or others, (3) loss through misplacement of cash or other Pro p -erty,and(4)mgsbutoresion.

Costs of cleanup, repair, replacement and restoration are not deductible.

However, these costs may be used to measure the amount of damage suffered if (1) they are necessary to restore the property to its per-casualty condition, (2) the amount spent is not excessive, (3) they do not more than take care of the damage suffered, and (4) the value of the property after repair is no more than its value before the casualty. You are not required to repair or replace the property to qualiV f the tax deduction.

Get the proof and supporting evidence of your loss, says Maliett; your tax -practitioner, accountant, attorney er the Internal 1Z:even-no Service can assist you in claiming the deduction when you file your tax report.

NON-EDIBLES RAISE GROCERY DILL

The champion of all purchasing agents, t he American homemaker, is frosting that more and more of her grocery bill goes for items that do not feed her family. About a fifth of the avera ge g ro cerY bill buys something to wear, read, listen to, cook in, or clean with, reports Wanda Meyer, Extension home management specialist.

For every dollar's worth of food that goes into our' supermarket basket, we put in 20 cents worth of laundry soap, insecticides, children's socks, potted plants, paper towels, hi-fi records and

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even multi-volume encyclopedias or children's classics, says Mrs. Meyer at Texas •&M University.

About 90 per cent of all sales of cat and dog food go over the supermarket checkout counter — along with about half of the hair spray, aspirin and toothpaste.

WHAT MAKES FOOD PRICES?

Food prices vary from, month to month, week to week and day to day for many reasons weather, labor Costs, selling practices, season.

Is food more expensive?

Today it is one of the best values, according to Gwendolyne Clyatt, Extension consumer marketing specialist.

Although a lof of bread no longer costs a nickel or sirloin steak 59 cents a pound, wages have gone up more than food costs.

Americans now spend a smaller part of our income for food than ever -about 17 per cent after taxes, says the specialist with Texas A&M University.

In the "good old days" around 1914, a factory worker toiled and hour to bring home less than a pound of bacon. In 1939 the hour's work would buy two pounds of bacon and more than 31.2 pounds today.

Time-saving conveniences in food usually adds cost. Since 40 per cent of American women have jobs they buy more foods that arc pre-mixed, prepackaged and pre-cooked.

Some convenience foods are cheaper than fresh forms because they are more compact to ship and store, and they have a longer shelf life. Canned and frozen peas, for example, points out Mrs. Clyatt, cost less than fresh peas.

Food's long journey from the farm to the store increases the cost. The farmer gets less than 40 cents of each dollar we spend for food, says Mrs. Clyatt.

The rest goes for shipping, transpo • -taion,prcesgditrbuon,packaging, advertising and depreciation. .Season and weather effect food prices. adds Mrs. Myatt. Bad weather can dama g e or destroy a whole crop.

Smaller supplies can mean higher prices.

Food in season costs less because it is most plentiful during harvest. Today, thanks to advanced transportation and storage, you can buy fresh fruits, and vegetables the year around.

But they cost more when supplies are

smaller and costly transportation is necessary.

But, cautions Mrs. Clyatt, a fifth of most people's grocery bill isn't groceries at all. It is something to wear, read, listen to or clean with.

HUNTING FISHING POPULARITY SHOW INCREASE IN TEXAS

The number of hunters and fishermen continued to climb last year as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reported the sale of almost 2.2 million licenses.

As of Aug. 31 when all hunting and fishing licenses expired, there were 854,693 resident hunters and 1,231,134 licensed fishermen, an increase of 56,847 hunters and 91,165 fishermen over the same period ending Aug. 31, 1967, according to Robert G. Mauermann, .deput y director of the 'Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Altogether, the Department; handles 43 kinds of licenses ranging from resident hunting to commercial bait shrimp boat licenses. Sales of shooting preserve, commercial fishing, fish dealers and shrimping licenses made up the bulk of the remaining licenses sold.

All 254 comities of the state reported sales of Intriling and Reining licenses with the four heaviest populated counties accounting for more than one-quarter of all licenses sold. Harris, Dallas. Tarrant and Eexa • Counties accounted for 613,793 licenses.

Even sparsely populated .17PVing County h lees than 14 persons reP orte (' e ight lus=ter,, one of whom was either under 17 or over 65, and I fishermen.

Of the total rew-t2nt is es sold, 176, 456 were the buyer was onr-Thr over 65 years ofr,ge. end wanted to hunt turkey or deer , or hunt outside his home county.

Even thou g h there was no special program to attract out-of-state hunters to 'Texas. there was a 13.5 per cent increase in the number of non-resident hunting licenses sold in 1067-68. The out-of-state huntru . accounted for one license for every S8 resident hunting licenses sold.

Manermann attributed the steacv increase over the year; to the three million plus deer herd and the quality of hunting in the Stirlen Part of this year's increase can also be attributed to the nine ads placed in three national outdoor magazines by the 'rex-

ti as Tourist Development Agency during the early part of the hunting season.

HoWever, white-winged dove hunting in the Lower Rio Grande Valley also attracted a sizeable number of out-of-state hunters who purchased the special five-day migratory bird hunting license. Hidalgo ..County, con. sidered to be the center - of whitewinged dove runting...in the county, sold a p liroximatelyone --third Of all of the fiv 'day migratory bird hunting licens), Duck. and goose hunting areas alsti accounted for a good number of fiveday migratory bird hunting licenses with Harris County leading and followed by Jefferson, Colorado and Nueces. :Department authorities attributed the ingli number of five-day migratory bird hunting licenses to the, quality of waterfoWl hunting within a two-hour drive of the most populated area in the state.

A good portion of the other counties in the eLtte had sales of five-day migratory bird licenses ranging from one to a dozen. Department authorities attributed these sales to casual visitors, either vacationers or businessmen, who happened to be in Texas during mourning dove, duck or goose season and wanted to hunt before returning home.

Kerr County led all others in the sale of non-resident hunting licenses with 407 and was followed by Llano, Harrison 1 d Harris. Generally speaking, Edwards Plateau counties accounted for the bulk of the non-desident hunting license sales due to the heavy deer populations.

However, Department authorities said that the sale of hunting or fishing licenses in a particular county does not necessarily indicate the amount of hunting or fishing in that county.

Many West Texas counties, with little or no public waters, have a higher than usual ratio of fishing licenses.

To understand this. you'd first have to understand that the West Texans love water, and that many will drive 400 miles to launch his boat and fish, Harris County, with a 1.25 million population, reported sales of 263,206 licenses of all kinds, or one license for every five persons.

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Carson Coimty , with a minimum of jublic fishing water, reported more than twice as many fishing license sales in comparison to hunting lcenses.

However, 21,500-acre Lake Meredith is jUSt outside the northwestern corner of the county.

LiPsen inh and Ochiltree Counties, in the, extreme northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle, reported almost three times as many resident fishing licenses as hunting licenses, yet neither has rivers or major reservoirs. However, Lake Marvin, east of Canadian, is within a two-hour drive of residents in both counties.

the carcass or parts when transporting either from the field or after holding in cooling storages at hunter's camps or commercial facilities to his residence.

(2) Tags from hunting licenses. properly completed, should be attached to antlers where buck deer are handled as above, and a foreleg of an antlerless deer with the tag from the hunting license and the antlerless permit should accompany the carcass or parts of an antlerless deer t. ,;r the some time and under the same conditions as described in ).

IMPROPER TAGGING BRINGS 'VIOLATIONS

The main factor in chinch bug control with chemicals is proper application, members of the 23rd annual Texas Turfgrass Conference (Dec. 2-41 learned at College Station.

Phil Hammon, Extension Service entomologist at Texas A.LM University, said there are a number of effective insecticides on the market, but none will do the job it is supposed to do if carelessly applied.

He described chinch bugs as "prbbably the biggest problem on home lawns and golf greens in southern regions of the -United States," of insecticide applicatim is important. In the College Station area, peak g uild-ups of the bugs are 1)1 May and June. Tests last, year showed that chemicals applied in a-lid-April and odd-July hit the pests about right.

Harriman said a thorough "good old fashioned irrigation", also is important after the chemical is put on t h e crass.

This is necessary so that the material is washed clown through the thatch to get at the hugs. Just sprinkling the chemical on ton of the grass will do little if any good, The current standard chinch hug control recommendation for Texas is ethion, I nithiorl, diazinon or aspon, he said. Diazinon is recommended only in granular form.

Hannan pointed out that the hug prefers Saint Augustine grass, but it also has hem found to attack centipede, zoysia, bahla and fle:"J'ncia

The Texas Parks and 'Wildlife Department has received many requests for information concerning proper tagging of deer and the tag requirements as they apply to transporting and processing the carcass, says J. 13.

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"Game laws provide that it is unlawful for any person to have in his possession at an y time the carcass of any wild deer that does not have a deer tag attached to it," he says. "The deer tag must hear the date and place of kill and the tag must remain on the carcass until it is finally processed."

Regulations provide for the use of antlerless deer permits and require that the completed permit and tag from the hunting license be attached to the foreleg of an antlerless deer until the deer or carcass is finally processed.

The following conditions would meet the requirements of transport or holding a legally killed deer according to Phillips: (1) Evidence of sex of a deer should be retained with the deer, or carcass, or parts, until the hunter has returned to his residence (as opposed to a temporary abode) or for final processing and subsequent storage in a commercial processing facility. This would not preclude a hunter from skinning, quartering, or even packaging his deer in smaller portions in the field; but in order to implement our responsibility in connection with a determination of the sex of a deer, the antlers of a buck deer or evidence of an antlerless deer should accompany

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Nikdo neastern. Nekeiy stance dobre p0ti'eba znatne laity zaeloeitY eat, nad, J,ialll sviti nein nuakem, 1)01 pitt;dou Dad naSiati blavamt bourc a rOna za nittott na ra'is dopada. Neen zivota tak blaMneho, aby easem netrpel trnent toiiLoVe ob .,/ 1:-.ott'etteje testi, It vi' Cl)” la , rut= tioeV, al a ztYpti. ton bait". , _taom V tech na10,11 hadech, jsme 'yytrvale praeovali pro dobro spoleette, abychom hodni bypotechy, ktcrou 111101 prine8e. A li

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‘10 .Van: 0 (101,16 Va0.0e. ne V rodaw . kde otec chal rodino o(L'izanou na, 51010 v ldavy stola v:ttnotcr j sou " se to stat kdyko j est ltrazt1.-,11', liv, jak tomu defun easopisy dosvedA kdyZ peijde z nenadani smrt, varadovani jest najednou u kunce

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noeni doba, jez ma bYti doba veselosti, se starie doba mrzutosti a smutku.

V takovem pripade, 2ivotni pojiSteni alevi finaneni rani a starosti poznstalYch. 0 techto vecech se nerado mluvi, i kdyJ2 je to svata pravda. I kdyZ "name nyni dobou vdnoeni pinou radosti a veselosti, musime si vzpomenout na. stinnou stranku 2ivota. Ude, ale radeji tnysli o vecech p •ijemnejSich. • .

Za rok budou zase vanoce. Jste na ne piqpraveni? Jak to bade a vas vypadat v padu funtti otce anebo matky behem nastavajicich dvanact mesici? A bade-li t.azidle prazdna za, rok, jak to bade s rodinu?

Proda yae eili organisator n na:Si jednoty hraje roll 'MikalaSe' po celY rok.

Pomaha rodietim za •icht pevnou domacnost a thedi, aby ka2cle Vanoce byly ruclostne, vesele a bez starosti. ♦ K. J. Erben: g ted0 den IIoj ty StedrY yeeere, ty tajemnY svatku!

Coe koala dobreho neseS na pamatica?

1',1 TNtK At' sviti do chudoby (Teti, viva eista ,je jak snip, at' za •i do Sera i do tiny za z yuka pisni vanoenich.

At' promlouvaji do svedomi a zhiJeji srdce studend ye jmena lasky, ktera slattern Wadi jak ovoce ztracend. vEsr:r:fo,

Jedna vrba hrbatd tajne cloth kYva, kde se modre jezero pod ledem Tu pry divce v pillnoci, pH lane pochodni, souzenY se zjevi hoch ye hladine vodni.

Hoj, mne palnoc nelelta, ani lithe Vedy: vezrau sekeru, prosekam ty ledy.

Frant. VelkoborskY: Vanoeni stromky 'M pa roce zas do most tahnou na vozech tine le2ice.

Podt'ate ye vzclalenYch lesich, vuni hor pini ulice.

Uz stavi ty z nick nejkrasnejgi na chladnou dlathit namesti a v Idehicych sklech za,kleta svetla, doveclne kladou pod klesti.

vfibec nemam to nejmen'gi pochyby, Ze Brady nebudou schopne zastoupeny, Ku konci chci Vain vein podekovat za vSe, co jste pro nine udelali aby moje prace v tirade byla zajimava, S radosti jsem v tirade slotill. Sioniiti jako p •edseda poslednich 20 let, a v jinYch it •adech pied tint v Illavni tiradovne byla pro nine velka nest', a budu hledet slouiiti dale jako vas odstupujici eestnY predseda the moje nejle0i schopnosti.

P •eji na!;i jednote to nejlep;:;1 v Imn,,trenosti a preji si se s vami schave• pri innoltych milYch utialostech.

Nyni prosim, dovolte nine i moji mile manielce, ktera proiivala tyto vescle leta spoleene se mnou, vain vSein prati Vesele Vanoce a zdravY yeselr Nov Rok. NaSi modlitbou, je aby sic vs chni pestovali mir ve vte;cto srdei i v mySlenkach a at' tr yti s vami Ha. a at' vas Rai vidy opatruje a S bratrskYin pozdravem, Edward L. MarchPredscda, Ill. O•atlovny —

Oddil dopisovate 1

Hospoda •i aedrovica, kravam pa vYslitke, kohoutovi eesneku, hracha jeho drake.

Ovocnema stromovi od veeefe kosti, a zlatouSky na steno tomu, kdo se posh.

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MOJE POSLEDNI DitEDNI POSELSTVI Waal a sestry na gi SPJST: Jak opravdu eas utika! Na sk/onku roku 1968, preji yam si poclat moji zpravu na rozloucenou. NAS tatieek eas ,zavira dvere na ton praci, kterou jsem tak miloval po tech mnoho let v III. tiradovne natii jednoty Moje uprimne city mne nuti abych se priznal, ie moje leta, tak vesele, byly pine uprimne prace, dorozumenim a v bratrskem duchtt ye prospech mis Viech a ja si opravdu toho To byly opravdu vesele leta mojiho iivota, a celY iivot Inidu si vzpominat na naSi bratrskou praci v nasich fadeeh.

Dekuji vain "tr ient za vagi thiveru 7a ty leta mojeho plisobeni v Hlavni dovne. Va : e laska a trpelivost nine fitly povzbuzovala v tou doba mojeho iivota, a bez toho pochybuji, ze bych byl Uspe:z;ne, vykonal svoji Pracoval jsem F solitaire s itiedniky oddanYmi, jejich Brady vidy poctive zastali, a jsem jist5' ze naAe jednota je v dobrYch rukou pro dafgi vzriist a

Od Birthday Club radii eis.

Ctena redakce a mill etenai• Neth •iv s pi• nim went vanoenich svatka a te2 At'astny Mist vajici NcvY rok. NaS'e pfiSti schuze jiz zapoenou v novem roce. Nak schfize tento meSic prosinci byla pane zastoupena, slo hodne nav:itevnikn, co ?2, nas teSi. Uchystan byl chntnY vanoeni (Med, elenky mely zdarma.. Jidla bylo dust pro vkchoy.

Nak piciAti card party Nude jako raly prvni sti.edu v mesici, ale ponevad piipada svatek noveho roku, tak bade card party ve etv • tek 2. ledna, zaeatek v 9 hodin rano a v poledne °bed. Kandy jest naive zvan.

Nase mesieni schitze bade jako v2tly druhou stfedu v mesici tine 8. ledna, zaeatek v 9 hodin rano ke schrizi pobaveni a v poledne °bed.

Toto jest nai'ie vVroeni se.hrize I volby tak se hled'te dostavit co v neivetg;irn poetu. Navaevnici jsou vhly vitern.

Hostitelkami pro milsic leden •sou Annie VrIa, Sophie Hai-noel, Anna Seekup a Millie Altman. Sestry, ktere slavi sve. narozeniny v mesici ison: Mary Tillich a Millie Altman. CeljJ'/. kiub jim pi• eje vesele narozeniny a daliiich ye zdravi se doekati. Nova elenka

20 liila ses. Agnes Lesak. Vitame ji mezi. nas. Doufame, 26 dostaneme jeSte vice novYch elenek. S novYm rokem nam hastava novY redaktor, a mu prejem aby mel Uspech v nove praci, jen trotku ?Matt na zaeatku ne2 si zvykne a piljde to. Tak prejerne oboum jak br. Rudy '8 efelkovi tak br. Nick Morrisovi ttesti v jejich nove praci.

Preji vtem vesele svatky i zdravi a Stesti v novem rote.

Sophie HrubV, dopisovatelka — VE3E1,2 VANOCE — Kovar, Texas VaZena redakce, brari a sestry: Pozdrav vtem etenartim. Nate schitze sc konala v nedeli o dvou hodinach, navtteva byla dobre, setio se hodne elerM a pratelti. Byl peknY den, jen bylo trochu chladno, cot nevi tak Spatne jako dent a zima dohromady.

Schnzi zahajil br. predseda Batina.

Brute August Hajdik podal etvrtletni zpravu, za eel mu bylo dekovano. Konaly se volby vYborit a sice: na resoluenim vYboru j601.1 Mary Stepan, Emma Stalle, -Lillie Lvieic; dopisovatelky Cesky Mary Stepana a anglicky Lillie Evieic.

Preciseda Batina pekne promluvil o vyznamu vanoenich svatk y, de se davaji darky, kvetiny, ale je take dobre prokazati lasku jeden k druhemu, druhe a hiavne nemoene potetit a zachovat se slutne jeden k druhemn. Lituji, ze ja se nemohu tak pekne vyjaait jako on. Diky ,jcmu. Potom 8C p1: :111Y prispe y ky a schOze byla p o satiOzi moly pripraveny:pek ny program sestry Bonnie a Genneli Sakti_ 'Mely okratlenY vanneni stromeeek a pektY program, ani Mikulat nesehazel. Mel bocine na rozdani. Po torn vtem, melt' sestry pripravenou dobrou svaelnu, horkou kavu ,dobre to chutnalo pri to rime. Deti mely sodovku a chlapi pivo, jenZe bylo na pivo trochu chladrio, lepti byla kava a u hrivaku sedet. Na to jsme jell vtichni domu.

2. prosince se roznesla smutna zprav. , Ze zenirela pi. Agnes Vinklarkova, Klementa Vinklarka. Zemree la Boma na srdeoni zachvat. Pochavan-i. byla ve stied'," 4. prosince 119, cisteeii = ketii kat, hthitove.

A ye st •edu byla take pochovana pi.

Viktorie Pteneikova, manZelka Antona. Zemrela v nemocnici v Gonzales, clopravena do Marrs Funeral Home ve Smithville, poltreb z kat. kostela na Cistern a pochovaria tam na farnim bititove. DoZila se 81 let. Ted' bydlell nejakY gas v San Antonin, ale

ITESTNiK pied Lim celY 2ivot na Cistern. Zanechala zarmouce-neho man2ela Antona, iri decry Marii, Anitu, a Bertu, vtechny provdane; jednoho bratra Richarda v Houstone; sestru pi. Anastasii Vinklarkovou v Cistern, nekolik vnoteat, innoho pratel.

Druha smutna, uclalost se roznesla v ntery rano v pet hodin, 2e zemrela pi, Lillie Pteneikova, man2elka Emila Pteneika v nemocnici ye Smithville.

Bylo ji tepr y 59 let. Byla pochoyana z kat. kostela na Barton's Creek hrbitov.

Zanechala zarrnouceneho man2ela Emila, dva syny Edwarda a Vilema; dve decry Leonettu a Gladys, a maminku Emili Vackovou ve Smithville; jednoho bratra Adolfa Vacka v Columbus; sestry pi. Marii Vinklarkovou v Muldoon, pi. Annu Hajdikovou ye Flatonii, pi.

Alice Freytagovou v Austinu; nekolik vnoucat a mnoho prateln. Vyslovujeme cele iodine natl. uprimnou soustrast a at' odpoeiva, v pokoji.

Preji vtem etenarilm, nredniktim Hl. radu, redaktorovi bratru Nick Morrisovi a cele jeho rodine vesele svatky vanoeni a St'astny Novy Rok 1969, a k tomu dobre zdravi ka2clemu.

Se sesterskym pozdravem, Mary Stepan, dopis.

— VES:62.11,E VANOCli Slovanska Lipa Oslo 66, Waco

Nate prosincova schtze byla zahajena br. Emilem Hanutem predseda nateho radii v 2:15 odpoledne za pritonmosti 55 dorostlYch Clem a 25 miaclYcli, Byl eten protokol z minule schtize a ph)at jak byl napsan. Nayttevnika jsme ua.c19 pana Louis Machu, a doulame, 2e nas na yStivi zase. Cest vlajce cdevzdaly sestry Cindy Locke, Barbara Gaidukk, Dnna a Kay Gerlich.

Nove 'deny jsme prijali Kyle Wayne Stuckly, Dennis Frank Pavlieek, Edw. J. Kasper, Sarah Jo Dudik, Alvin V. Dudik, a Mary Kathryn Haveman.

Pristoupili k nam Daniel a Leona Nors.

Doularne. i'"!,e se jim bude u rids libit.

Byly 'aerie clopi.sy a uety a navrhnuto aby se fifty zaplatily., Byla Zaclost nit Salvation Army, aby jsme jim yenova li zbytek nateho blahobytnelto fondue Stane se tak, jak obye,ejne. Br. John G-aidutek se tazal ohledne obtioveni rnesienich ),P stupenek, natich elenti k tancilm, Bylo njednano aby se obnovily.

Br. Frank Miller podal zpravu od recliteln, Ze jsme zase uclelali splatku na, nas dluh cot bylo radostne prijato.

Sestra Libby Parma podala svoji zpravu za vYbor nalade2e a birthday klub.

Ve stredu 25. prosince 1968 Narozeniny meii tento mak Chris Spence, Paula Reground, Janette Smith, Dorothy Moore, Steven Stanislav, Laurie Slovak, David Slovak, Deborah Galler, a Tana Kutni upekla narozeninovY dolt a chutnY. Zazpivali jsme jim Happy Birthday.

Po kratti debate bylo usneseno abychom v prittim roku zvolili nate factoye nredniky v listopadove schnzi a nastolili je v prosincove schtizi.

Br. Nick Morris k nam pekne promluvil eeho2 si va2ime a prejem mu mnoho zdaru v jeho novem povoll.ni jako nas predseda hlavni Uradovny.

Br. predseda podekoval vtem za vykonanou praci pri eitteni a okratleni sine. Bylo vyplaceno atedniktim jejich sluZne. Na nemocnem listku nebyl 2adnY, ale naeli jsme za minulY mesic nemocne Br. Eddie Mazanec HI (byl operovand ale je u2 vzhuru; dale, be. Chris Spence si poranil ruku prdei a musel si to nechat zaSit, ale je take uZ lepti. Dale jsme 2aciali dobrovolniky, aby nam pritti sobotu prink pomoc pripravit sin na banket anebo Christmas party.

Pak se prikroeilo k volbe nredniku a byli zvoleni tito na ptitti rok: predseda Emil Hanut, mistopledseda Henry Slovak, neetni Darlene Engelke, tajemnice Betty Slovak, pokladnik John Kutni, prtivoclei Bill Korenek, vedouci mideote Libby Parma, reditele Frank Miller, Bennie Engelke, Leon Hensel, Leslie Dunagana, Fr, Parma. Na Zabavni vYbor Otto Hanut, Rosemary Spence, Libby Parma, Annie Haunt, Glenna Dunagan, Marie Brews, Betty Slovak, Sophie LeSikar, a Laddy Nors. Na, stiZnostni vYbor byli zvoleni br. John Sim.elk, Herman Drews, Laddie Nors, Geo. TrefnY, John Gaidutek. Cesky dopisovatel Otto Hanut, anglicka Annie Hanut. Ostatni vYbory budou jmenovany v plisti schnzi.

Dverni cenu v dospelich vyhrala Bernice Pankonien, a v mlacle2i vyhrali David Slovak a Barbara GaiduSek. Jeliko2 nebylo cialSiho jaclnani schnze byla ukoneena a jell jsme clown.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Otto- lianti'g — VESELE VANOCE Krouiek Cesk5,ch J.,en v Dallasu Nate prosincova schnze se nam pekne vydarila i pies to, 2e z rana bylo eitelne zima, pozdeji vtak se vyjasnilo a byl krasnY den. Pi-Itomno bylo asi 50 osob asi 6 hostn: pani Anieka Troubilova, z Taylor, pi. Bezdekova z Mesquite, a pi. Albina Herren z Dallas a panove janeeka, Letikar a Nos-

Ve stredu 25. prasince 1968

ka. Wechny hosty zveme aby zase brzy. V teta schilzi se nam pOeet Clenek z yYSil o 4 nove, take v pritomne dobe mame asi 83 sester v kroukku.

Nave jsou: Frankie Curry (deem sestry Kozove), Alice Roberts (rozena.

TupY a sestra nakch sester ZVolankoye a 8ebestikove). a Julie Hubik (rosena Prikrylova,) a Marie Kowalova. Ny ni mame 3 sestry Prikrylovy .a 3 sestry TupYch, coZ je jiste zajimave. Vitame vSechny mezi nas a daufame, Ze se jim bude v krou2ku libit. Stoly bilymi ubrusy pokryte a velmi vkusne zdobene vanneni zeleni a ritznYini ozdo-, by a sviceini, .ktere pri zaeatku schaze byly rozZaty a to ovsem dodalo to praye va,noeni kouzlo cele ()slave. Sestry Kartousova a Kopeakova si s tim zdobenim daly praci a opravdu to dapadlo krasne. Sestra Anna Zvolankova prinesla pekny stromeeek a pod ten se polo2ily darky ureene k vYmene a jelike+t i ten byl krasne okraSlen, vSe bylo skvastneho raze. Inu, jsou Vanoce!

Schtize byla kratk — preeteny svateeni pozdravy ad sester Dolfi Stranske, Anny Pokladnikove, Kankrlikove (ktera prilozila StedrY penelitY dar) a te2 sestra R.. Kopeekova darovala, rovne2 peknY penelitY dar na ucteni pamatky sveho man2ela. Pak pozdrav od sestry Bessie Prochazkove z Ft. Worth ye kterem pile, ke nebylo ji moZne se sitCastnit skrze nemoc sve snachy Josefiny, (kterd se dobrYm vYslecikein podstoupila operaei a citi se jiZ lepe). sla paclekovani ad ntanZeln. Edward CiaidovYch z Taylor a pozvani, aby krouZek zase brzy prijel na navStevu Doinova odpoeinku; a sestra Marie Kope'ekova poslala pozdrav elenkarn kroui ku a zaroveli Zridala sestrii predseclkyni Houdkovou aby dart elli kejk "Fruit Cake" byl vS'etn pritorrmym podan (kterY ona zakoupila). Sestra Helen Oates pak oznamila, ze priSti den veeer bude program v sokolovne a pak 15. 2e bude vanoeni nadilka a sestry z krou2kit aby prinesly peeivo. JeSte ne2 se Slo k obeclu tak sestra Millie Noskova obdr2ela proSivanou deku, coz ji vSechity prejenie a bude mit peknou parnatku. Na to byla schnze oclroCeria aC po abode. Obed byl chutny a v.C>elio bylo dost a peeivajako v2dy cele hrornady, takle si rnolal kaZdy poslou2it. Taky nas pohostily vinem, abychain mely tu svdteeni naladu. Po abode se rozdaly clarky a zda se, kaZdY spok9jen s tiro co mu bylo nacleleno; bylo pino smichu, veselosti a hoclne Stebetani -- a jak' div ktly2 se

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sejde batik Zen Yell, Ze? Narozeniny v prosinei maji sestry: Ploy Pokladnikova, Adela Lekkarova a Evelyn Ccchanova, Pekne jsme jim zazpiyaly "Happy Birthday" a popraly vSeho dobreho. Hastily peelvern sestry: Helen Vriova ml., Helen Vrlova st., Marta Vrlova„ M. Stranska a Anna Zvolankova, VSe bylo chtitne a dekujeme. A jeliko2 sestra , Marie Kopeekova si prala ten nejlepSi Fruit Cake tedy jsem jeba a2. do Corsicana do to zname pekarny kde peCou ji2 beta a leta ten elivalne znamy jejich kejk. A co me nejvice prekvapilo, 2e tam je zaniestnana krajanka pi. Holy, rozena St'astna z Kaufman a to me tak pekoe soma Cesky oslovila, 2e me u srdce zahralo.

Divila jsem se, jak me zna a ona me odpovedela, Ze pry me videla s panenkami v Ennis. Je to velice mila pani, UsluZna a taky pekna a tolik tchc peeiva tam prodavaji a musim rici Ze velice dobre je. Z toho vidite, re krajani jsou vSude a ja main nejvetSi radost kdy2 o nich mohu tier jen to pekne a takove co nam dela test.

Chvili jsme jeSte ye schuzi besedovaly a. pak jsme se rozloueily s pranim St'astnYch a veselYch svatkft vanoerich a toho Novella roku 1969. Podekovala , jsem vkin sestram ktere me byly napornocny cely rok v praci krou2kove a rekla jsem, 2e si preji, abychom v priStim race se zase ye zdravi °pet s6ly a pracovaly vSechny pro dobro naSeho krouZku eeskYch Zen. Tak zas jeden rok se ztratil a vice se jiZ neriavrati, nee° bylo v nem dobreho a no:co 'taky Ile ale to jiZ je beh 2ivota a nezmenime na torn niceho. Musime jen doufat, 2e 'Lento novY rok bude lepH aneba treba aspad tak dobry jak byl tenta a bYt spokojeni. Nekdo chee to a to ale nejlepii poklad se vseho je zdravi, kcly2 to acab tak nejsou ani penize nic, ba ani nekdy to zdravi za ne nelze koupit, nemam pravdu?

Jeli.koZ se 13110,i daba kdy nas navy redaktor p. Seteik prevezme vedeni Vestniku, jiner.-WM naSeho krau2ku iel vitam a preji inn vSelio dobreho a teSim se, Ze budenie spolupracovat pro dobro nas vSech. Preji mu taky hodne trp(livosti a sliboji, 2e mu v.,;'ernoZne Withu vstric lVfyslitn, ze jako dopisovatelka budu s Min te2 vychOzeti dobre jako jsem vychlizela s predeSlYm redaktorem p. Morrisem.

Prave co into pill naSe sestra gala:lova, se pripravuje odjeti z Dallas a stehuje se do Netnecka 19. prosince„ kam2 byl jeji man2e1 slu2ebne preloikn na delk cas. Nerady ji ztracime,

avSak prejerno Gale radine innolm Stesti a claufame, Ze zas nekdy se vrateji k nam do Dallas a do krotiZku. Sestra Kolafova slibila psdti nam a tak se teSime na zpravy z tak cialeka.

Mile sestry, nase priSti schnze bude se konat 2. ledna a tak nezapomerite pitit do schnZe, bude to heed druhY den po novem race. Na shledanou 2. ledna. KaZdernu preji vse dobre a mnoho zdravi. S pozdraverd, Ane2ka Houdkava vEsELE Domov Odpo,einka Taylor Bratri a sestry oak SPJST: Vanoce uz jsou tu, na ne2 jsme se tak dlouho tesili a na ne Cekali. Jest to kouzelne obdobi a ka2dY, jak mlade2 tak i staff., se raduji a jsou veseli. A ned se nadame, novY rok tu take bude.

0 tomto ease ka2dY rok, mell bysme ueinit s y tij osobni neet a pohlednout zpet na rok rlinuly a zpoeitat sve vYhody a si uvedomit, ze na4.: Zivoty jsou stale pine Stesti, za eeZ mance bYti vdeeni a dekovat Bohn za vSechno nam ueineno. My vSichni zde v SPJST -Canine jsme velmi Vdetaii za to, co nak mila SPJST vykanala pro nas .starSi Cleny, jak ptijekami tak i kedrymi dary. To v'o'cchno umanilo postaveni teto i nove Atulny schvalenou poslednim sjezdem. Mame se tu opravdu dobre, mame same pohodli a je to docela uprimno. Na s•ravce domova br. Ed. Guide a jet-a) nil La manZelka Hattie jsau velan dubiq, snaZivi a staraji cc stale a aby tiara Mc neschazela. Sbor j'edi eh) nest Utiany zajiste ci Vy 1,701i1 nejlep,'3itio spravce v osobe bratra Delegati udelali dobre, Ce v posledpdstaverii. nim sjezdu jedne utulny P.: torch neba .l nebude dionho a batle pi , ..iacane nove nynejMniu demo- zde v Taylor, nebot,' je toho treba. Vim, 2e mluvim pro vsechny abyvat ele na,§eho domovu, kdy2 t y rdini, 2c ;,a tu ;name dobre, jsme to y escli, r 11:1,YVi';1`, nt0,i .91'JST, ktera vSe tom v,nila Zaeatkein noveho roku budenie v Hl. rade easteene 1:101./Oli administraci. (Take se tHime na den. 1 Div nifi2eme slavne odevzdat a venovat pleni budavu nekde v Templa) svedeen, novY Nick Morris, navy br. i nard Mikeska .

Rudy Sefeik, nam budou dobi'e a ,a.sone slouZit v jejieb rirfidech.

Jsou velnii schopin, eneraieti a 1Trili to pathene nadSeni pro ;JOH). zodpoved-

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A/c st • edu 25. prosince 1968 Jarni schtize IV. okrsku se bude konati 30. brezna 1969 u radu c. 63, Sweet Home. Schtize se bude konati v Slovaeek's Ballroom na silnici 77-A mezi Yoakum a Hallettsville.

VE'6E1,2 VANOCiE

CO NAM JOSEF LIDUMIL LESIKAlt NEZAPSAL (Pow. red. Pied nekolika, tiny, nam privezla do redakee dopis sl. Aneika Houdkova z Dallas, jei ona obdriela od pana J. J. Stalmacha ze Smithville.

Dopis byl jemu poslan z Cecil panem FrantiSkem Silarem. Dopis, delSiho obsaint, .pojednava o rodu LeSikarit z vesnice Cermne v severnich Cochach, hlavne o Josefu Lidumilu Le-Sikarovi, jeni se seal jeden z nejpr y nej g ich y ystehovaleft z one vsi do Ameriky (do Texasu) v roce 1853. Dopis budeme uvekejnovat na pokraeovani. Diky panu Stalmaehovi za piljeeni toho dopisu historiekeho yyznamu a sl. Ilmulkove za dovezeni.)

--- Pise FrantiSek Saar z (-Jeeh —east druha — Svatbe meli ve druhe polovine roku 1805. Zapis v matrice jsem nenaSel. Vdovci josefovi LeSikarovi bylo pit jeho druhe svatbe 38 let. Nevesta byla o 12 let mlaxtSi. Narozena byla 8. listopadu 1779, otec se jmeno y al Jan Prokop, matka Zuzana. Nevesta Rosalie se vdavala y e 26 letech. 18. kvetna 1806 se Josefovi a Rosalii LeSikarovYm narodil syn Josef, kterY o 40 let pozcieji prijal druhe jmeno hidunlil. Fri krtu 30u byli za kmotry domkar ignac Se SVOli 'Zenon AM-10ti. Narozcni a krest je zapsan hned y e dvou knihach. Jo to kniha narozenS T ch eyangelickeho sboru v Oermne, mimo to i v kopii kniby narozenYch iinasko-katolicke fary ✓ Cotkytli, ulolene ve st'atrilm archive ✓ Olomouci. Uvadim to proto, ze psani elankft o Jos. Lid. LeMkarovi dochazi lcckdy k omyliim. Tak ve vYroenim eisle "Hospodare" z 1 ledna 1963 je psdno v clanku "TexaskY vlastenec" na strand' 22 toto: "AC man, zaznamy • llorni (1ernme u LanSkrouna y e vYchednich Oechach, nemohe • ici s jistotou, zda se LeSikar narodil prim p v vesne(;ertnne, nebo v sousedni V broalfe `'Listy Orce Nepomuky." lickeho musea" z roku 1906 je clank o vyste.hovalectvi do Ameriky v padesatYch letech minuleho stoleti. Pis atel elanku se zminuje 1 0 J. L. LeSikarovi a tvrdi, ze byl synem Martina LeS • ikara. z NepOmuk. Opakuji zde jeSte jednou, ze Josef Lidumil LeSikar se na-

VfISTNIK. rodil v Herboticich a jeho rodiee byli Josef. LeSikar a Rosalie, rozena Prokopoya.

Otec Josef a Lidninila nemohl jit sna':;eti mnohe Utisky od sousedn, roku 1817 prodal svuj rodnY statek Vaclavovi Matejkovi z Bystriee a odstenoval se na Moravu. V in6ste Napajedlich koupil 10. tijna 1817 od Fabidna Verbika grunt eislo 195 za, 1700 zlatYeh. Ke gruntu patril dem, stodola, zahrada 37 ludic poll. (asi 18 akrt). NeSt'astna povaha jej ()pet pudila no. jine rnisto.

Jiz za rok po svem pristehovani, 16. li stopadu .1818 prodal J. Leikar grunt Vaclavovi Stopkovi pro jell() syna. Josefa Stopku. Pr.i prodeji utrpol yelkou ztratu. Grunt prodal za rovnYch 1000 zlatS/ch. Zapis je uveden v pozemkove knize mesta Napajedel na fol. 134 a 164 v. Pozemkova, kniha je ulolena ye statnim archivu Brno y e sbirce C 17 pod C. 12845.

JeSte jcdnou zkusil stcsti, kdyZ po navratu ke s y Ym pratelum do Corinne, koupil hospodarstvi v Ostrove u LanSkrouna. Zde, mezi sam'ni Nemci, odkoupil 12. zaki. 1820 od Karla Anderle za 3025 zlat4;ch statek eislo 68. Pattito k nernu 29 jiter poll, 7 jiter louky, 9 jiter pastvin a 2 jitra lesa.

Blouho v:sak v Ostrove nebydlil. 17. listopadu 1821 urnrel. Podle knihy zemrelYch evangelickeho sboru v aermne zemrel na se, q ost vekem. V matrIce je psano ; ze byl star 53 let. -ve skoteenosti bylo tepr y e 54 let. TYrdY Zivot mu do Cola napsal vice lot, ii s. li .0041 nos' syVeli bedrach, 14011)1 en byl 20. listopade 1821 na, brbi to y V Cermne. Evangelic:kV farar. Josef itory kazal nad jell° larobem na tout: Pans v 3, 6. "Zdall treuki r.e nieste, lid se strachent co z„ ZdaZ kcly'Z se ma Hospodin toho mama eini2" V dova Rosalie se patrn6 odstebovala z Ostrova do Herbortic. tyto seurozence: Josef Lidumil 1.) Toresii, narozenou roku 1190, hyl z prvniho manZciAvi oi,,; 1)1 a S Authat Markovon. Roku 1812 provda la za Frantli,, ka Jeka. Bydhli v ne C. 202. M6li 8 rich. 7 ?3 h potorael jsuuusazeni t 1 r sku.

I?ruho nevla,

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$1la:ca. ManZele Jan a Katerina, Silarcvl meli 5 (UAL Teresie se provdala do nodu Balcarn v Cermne. Z toho rodu se pozdCji y ystehovali do Ameriky: \Tin° cenc Balcar, kterV byl ienat s Josefou 11/1a,tejjakovou ze aveboho y a. Vystehovall se 13. dubna 1868, presne pied 100 lay. Dale se vystehoval pra-pravnuk teto Teresie, Dr. Blahoslav Balcar a je profesorem na y ysoke Mole v Kalifor1111. potontkO, kid" zUstali y e stare vlasti, jmenuji FrantiSka Balcara, tele na evangelicke eirkevni Mole v Krab6icich pod Ripen. 0 jeho polelmanem Zivote 1)sal n',, c/C1 Vaal, y e sve knize vr,Tominek. "Pod ilZinem!" Bratr vystebovaneho Blahastava, Balca.ra je evangelickVna fararem Praze-S Jmenuje se Labounr a je literarne einnV. DruhY boatr Blahoslava a Ltbomifa, prolesor Josef Balcar je varbanni virtuos a znamenitV znalee Zivola a dila, Dr. Alberta Schweitzera, l: hate a misionake v Africe. Josef Balcar o 11601 east° predna10 a napsal i 1P ranti g ek, syn Jana Silara a 'feresie LeSikarove, EC sta.] evangelickVm far ,i.;:em v na Nora,ve pak senlorem v Kralo y ci v i'rusku, Neo'zienil so. Dcera se pro y dala do rodu Markova V aernme.

Jan se o'>;01)il I-01A:Nekuii p0101 7,1 1.; It so vy:;talovato za hranice. \ideal Sitar byl vdmi nadatm evangelickOn 1R)'0)')'01 a redaktor .Anlerice.

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vadal pozdejSiho nepornuekAo r;ic y lo to zdvojene pfibuzenst y o. Katei.ina byla nejen nevlastni sestra Jos la Lido inila, nVbr2 i jeho , : vagrovou. Josef

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Ire sifedu 25, prosince .i3I'3 Lelikara, ve kterem je L6ikorovo museum. Z rodu Jana 8ilara-Martinkil pochasi i Rosalie A. Shiller ze San Angelo a jeji sestra Louisa Maresh. Rosalie A. Shiner je historickou rodu o kterem pile knihu.

4.10tvrt9m nevlastnim sourozencem Josefa Lidumila LeSikora byl bratr Jan, norosen9 30 zari 1796. Cienil se roku 1822 s Rosalii Silarovou z Nepomuk. Do Nepomuk so take odstehoval; kde koupil chalupu eislo 8. On byl jedin9 sk9 potomek herbortick9ch ktery i se svLni syny odolal lalcani dalek a zustal v Cechach. Av$ak no p6:eatku tonoto stoieti se presto vystelmvolt potomci tohoto Jana, a to 6 sourosencti: Emil, Hubert, Vincent, Josef, Rosalie a Teresie.

Pokra eov ni vivsELEvnNToor PROTOK01, XX. SJEZDU SPJST Protokol XX. genera Iniho sjezda, SPJST lona nett° v Laker hotelu v

Dallas, Texas, 10. -- 14. eervua 1968 Pokrae.ovani Br. Lad amajdolka (1) sde il, le mel radost se saeastneni se prvniho sjezdu V9sledek volby predsody byl prinesen bratrem E. J. Kadleekein, precisedon I/91Juni volebnich tajenmildi: Nick Morris — 10,960 Raymond UrbanovskY - 10,128 Souhrn 21,003 hlasii.

Nick Morris byl zvolen predsedou.

Br. Eric Motteka (135) nominuje br.

Joe B. liejn9ho za mistopredsedu hlavni uradovny.

Br. John. Kutni (66) nominoval Br. Melvin SkrabAnka. so mistopredsedu hlavni Aradovny. Br. Melvin Skrabanek uStoupil ve - prospech bratra Joe B. HejnVho. Br. Ernie Hanka (88) podal navrh na ukoneeni nominate, pociporovano br.

Erwinem Hol9m (47). Prijato.

Br. Joe B. Hejn9 byl zvolen mistopredsedou hlavni Pradovny aklamaene.

Br. Ernie Hanka (88) nominoval br.

Raymond Urbanovskeho so tajemnika hlavni uradovny.

Br. Emil Horelica (88) podal navrh na ukoneeni nominate. Podporovan br.

Raymond Zapletalem (25).

Br. Raymond Urbanovsk9 byi zvolen tajemnikem aklamaene, Br. Chas. Holasek (66) nominoval br.

Leonard. Mikesku (24) za pokladnika hlavni uradovny.

Br. Jos. Koliha, Jr., (26) podal navrh na ukoneeni nominace. .Podporo-

van hr. Ernie Llankou (88). Prijat.

Br. Leonard Mikeska (24) byl zvolen pokladnikem Idavni Pradovny aldamae ne.

Br. Louis Hanul (88) nominoval br.

Ben 2abeika (24) za. finaneniho fleetnika hlavni uradovny.

Br. Ben Jarma (84) podal navrh na ukoneeni nominate. Br. Jerry Milan (154) pociporoval. Prijat.

Br. Ben 2abeik byl zvolen finanenim Peetnikem hlavni uradovny oklamadtie, Br. Alvin Sefeik (146) nominoval br.

Ernie Hanku (88) za p•avniho radce.

Br. Fr. Steiner (84) nominoval hr.

Aug. Kaeii'e sa pravniho radce.

Sestra Lillian Finn (88) podala navrh no ukonceni nominate.

Pociporovano sestrou Helen Hegwood (88). Prijat.

Konala se volba pro Arad prOVniho radce.

NovezvolenY predseda b y. Morris byl predstaven predsedou 8ablaturou.

Novezvolen9 predseda br. Morris predstavil svoji manlelku a jejich deft Projevil le byl ohromen a rekl, "le bode telko nahraditi predsedu bratra Marko, ale s pomoci Boll a vali bude se snaiit vykonavat sve povinnosti dle s y Ych nejlenSich schopnosti."

Bratru Morrisovi byla vsciana pocta povstanim.

Predseda Sablatura, predstavil stopredsedu HejnYho, kterY se vyslovil, "le je dikem zavazan a cal se bYti pocten b9ti zvolen aklamaene."

Predseda Sablatura predstavil tajemnika Raymonda Urbanovskeho, kterY gratuloval bratru Nick Morrisovi a slibil spolupraei bratru Morrisovi.

Dale sdelil, le bude nestrann9 ye vykonavani sv9ch povinnosti dle sv9ch nejleplich schopnosti."

Predseda Sablatura predstavil novesvc)leneho pokladnika Leonardo Mikesku.

Br. Mikeska podekoval a predstavil svoji manlelku. Sdelil, "Ale vAichni maji pied sebou velikou praci a lie se bode snalit to nejlepe vykonavat svoje povinnosti."

Predseda S ' ablatura predstavil finaaniho Peetnika Ben Zabeika, kter9 se vyslovil, le je ‘St'asten a vdeenY za podporu mu udelenou, sdelil le bude pracovat ze v.iech sil pro dobrou jednoty.

Predseda :';'ablatura predstavil hr.

Jardu c:"'ernYlao (111).

Br. Cerny predstavil b y . Emil Bore-

PROTOK01. XX. SJEZDU

lieu (88), ktery kratee promluvil o sue organisdeni prnei, Br. Cerny (111) predstavil sestrou Lillian Kruse (111), ktera zaujima rekord v prodavani pojilteni, .neb byla prvni organisatorka, ktera, prodala million . dolarti pojilteni za jeden rok.

Sestra. Lillian Kruse scielila, le to byla radost pracovati mezi (deny SPJST a le je hula na svilj Oesk9 pilvoci. Podekovala svemu manlebt Lowman, ja.rdovi Cern9mu, a br. Joe B. HejnYmu za v9pomoc.

Br Calvin Chervenka (69) Cell a navrhl no prijeti resoluce, ktera uznava, nose predky.

Resolute Pooevadl, nisi predkove Ceskeho voclu zaeali se stehovati do Texasu : v prvnich mesicich roku 1850; Ponevadl, tito precici podstoupili ter"4,ke saeatky jako pion9ri v tan cizi, kdy nepratelske zemi; Ponevadl, tito pion9H videli do budoucnosti a zalozili nisi Slovoriskou Brat •skou Podportijici Jednotu Stahl Texasu, (SPJST), a jine bratrske- vzajemne podporujici spolky, ktere prestoly skoulku easu a tell se velike (jblibe does; Ponevaa, tyto organisace mail vlech s y9ch v9sadnieh listinach a stanovach, za prune bratrske, lidske, a dobroeinne Peely pro ktere byly zalolen9, a podporovani vzcielani, eeskou ree udrleni eeskYch zv9kft; Ponevadl, tyto organisace pracovali. lc dosaleni teehto cili.i za telk9ch za pasu o livot a rozvoj.

Ponevaclit, Proven nadbytku teto nali jednoty a elenstva vzrostl do to v9le le (Ines mil/eme obetovati vice easu mo2nosti pro kulturu a Ceske declictvi, ktere na.S1 predkove privezli se sebou; Ponevadl, je z y9len9 narodni zajem o kulturni aesthetickou predpojatesti; Ponevadl. , tento sv9len9 narodni zajem je zrejmy' v Texasu savadenim musei, z y9gen9 zajem v okresnich historick9ch spolcich, a zavedenim staleho "Institute of Texan Cultures" na Hemis Fair v San Antonio, Texas; Proto my, delegati SPJST shromalcleni v XX. sjezdu v Baker hotelu Dallas, Texas v tento den 14. eeryna 1968, opet propagujeme nal" zajem o dalli rozAireni Slechetn9ch Peelfi nalich predku a jako na pamatku jim. temito nasledu,jichni doporueenimi ve sjezcie a prosime eleny aby je podporovali: (a) Doporueeni postaveni nove budo-

DOKONCENI V TOMTO (ISLE

Ve stredu 25. prosince 1968 vy pro hlavni Uradovnu s mistnosti pro museum a knihovnu, a archivy (archives). (b) Doporueeni pro novY domov odpooinku a pristaveni noveho kridla pro ty jegte stargi eleny nagich predkit je g -teZijci. (c) Pro zvY geni nageho programu einnosti pro nagi mlade2, ktere nastoupi vedeni po nas. (d) Dar pro vy ggi vzdelani, zvlagte pro vyudovani deskemu jazykuDale, my rozhodli a Zadame 'deny SPJST vgude pro podporu techto a jinych podobnYch podniku, ktere nage hlavni titadovna, okrsky, a mistni rady podniknou.

Doporueeno: Calvin Chervenkou.

Br. John Kutni (66) podporoval. Phj a t.

Br. E. P. Sralla .(153) navrhuje abychom vzdali Best na gim hochin, ktedali sve Zivoty ye valce ye Vietnam, vgichni vstali a vzdali jim test.

Predseda Sablatura poladoval nomiilaci pro misto sjezdu v rote 1912.

Br. Ernie Hanka navrhuje Houston, rad 88 jako hostitel.

Podporovano ses. Mary Hale (154).

Prijat.

Predseda Sablatura zadal nominaci reclaktora.

Br. Jerry Prochazka (65) nominuje br. Rudy 8 efeika.

Br. Ernie Hanka (88) noininuje br.

Stepana Valeika (88).

Br. L. J. Zatopek (87) nominuje br.

Calvin Cliervenku, kterY odeprel nomiminaci.

Br. Nick Morris (06) sdolil, de jest to nepsane prani aby redaktor prebYval v miste kcie se vydava Vestnik.

Br. Stepan Valeik (88) sdelil, Ze on by se do West nestehoval a odeprel nominaci, Sestra Lillie Mafejka (39) navrhuje pro ukoneeni nominate.

Podporovano br. Otto Hanu gem (66).

Prijat.

Br. Rudy 8 efOik byl zvolen rcdaktorem aklamaene.• 13r. Scfeik scleluje ze je rad, Ze intiZe poslouhti na gi jcdnote a slibuje, ze bude verne konat sve povinnosti.

Vybor pro konani volby ptines1 vSr -sledkvolbypravniho dce.

Br. Hanka 9,893.

Br. Kacit 11,316.

Souhrn vgech hla.sil 21,209.

Mistoptedseda Pokladnik pi'edstavil pr, vniho radce Kacire, kterY podekoval delegattim.

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Br. Ernie Hanka (88) gratuloval be, Kacih.

Br. Stepan (88) podal navrh aby predseda a mistoptedseda jmenovali 5-diennY tiskovY vYbor, podporovan° bratrem Arnold Vrlou (130) ph.jat.

Okrskove schtize a volby reditele byly konane v tomto ease.

Okrsek 1 reditel — Br. John A. Kubena (1) br. Ernest JaNahradni reditel kubik (19) br. Ben Trealek Stanovni vYbor (17) D. A. Nahradni stanovni vYbor Juren (51) br. Henry Vitek Okrsek 2 reditel (20) br. Rayinond Nahradni reditel Holubec (20) Stanovni vYbor br. Anton Moil (47) br. Ted Nahradni stanovni vYbor Marek (165) br. Cyrill PokladOkrsek 3 reditel nik (84) br. Johnny HraNahradni reditel bina (25) br. Jerry Milan Stanovni vYbor (154) br. John Nahradni stanovni vYbor Murphy (92) Okrsek 4 reditel br. R. E. BroZ (160) br. Emil Holub Nahradni reditel (95) Stanovni vYbor be. B. W. Paylieek (77) Nahradni stanovni vYbor -- Angeline Kristinek (157) Okrsek 5 reditel — br. Ernie Hanka (88) A. L. Hilsher (68) Nahradni reditel br. Sidon Tumis Stanovni vYbor (142) be. TomNahradni stanovni vYbor my Lo:-;Pak (139) br. E. P. Sralla Okrsek 6 reditel (153) Nahradni reditel — Br. Paul S ablatura (40) br, Jerome Vagek Stanovni vYbor (165) Nahradni stanovni vYbor Felix juilea (63) Okrsek 7 reditel — br. Jos. Koliha, Jr. (26) Nahradni reditel br. John ManickY (152) br. Roy HranickS7 Stanovni Nlibor (152) Nahradni stanovni vYbor ses Thelma Mutat (117)

Navrh podan bratrem John Kutoim (66) podporovan be. Tom Caraway (88), a non-notice vSech pitata.

Br. A. M. Vrla (130) podal easteanou zpravu vyboru na dary a platy, a navrid ku peijeti navrhu.

Podporovano br. Ernie Hankou (88) a be. Otto Hanu gem (66).

Prijato.

Zpriva vyboru na dary a platy $200.00 Rogers stredni gkole, jedind stredni g kola v celem. statu — inoZna v celYch Spojenych statech, ktera, vyueuje &sky jazyk jako sploomocnenY kurs jak bylo oznameno nedavnym eizojazyenYm prehledem.

Tech $200.00 jest upottebcoo na ueebnice a jinY material.

PonevadZ, Edward L. Marek, na g odstupujici predseda hlavni itradovny SPJST po 36-lete slObe a za kitatk6 existence nael-to vYslWneho kterY nevi dost dostateenYm k vyplaceni primereneho prijmu pro vyshftu, je doporueeno timto vYborem: By jeho mesieni prijem vYs1J0,nelto ze stavajiciho fondu byl dopinon obuosem aby celkem einil $250.00 mesiene, tent() navish podletui k projednani. v naSem XXL sjezdu.

Neni pranim tohoto vyboru zavadeti prednost.

Podava VYbor na dary a platy A. M. Vrla Raymond Holubee Tim Kostoni Edwin Koval' R. E. Reo'i, Br. Ernie Iltinka, (30) opravil BAIA vyeok Ze rad cislo 142 spolu s radem 08 hudou hostit sjezd v rote 1972.

Br. Marek podekoval delegatitin a sdelil , je s Muni a hotov valy vYpornoc.

Predseda Sablatura oznamil plena elenti tiskoveho vyboru: 1. Eranees Olexa (88) 2. Prank E. Hejl, jr. (47).

3. Wm. Mieulka (27) 4. Ed Mazanec (66) 5. Stanley Vrla (130) Br. A. L. Hilsher (88) podal naval k prijeti, a sestra Anna Milanova podporovala.

Prijat.

Br. Nick Morris (66), predseda 3. okrsku preje si zaroven s delegaty 3. okrsku vzdati dik vyboru planovacimi za jejich praci spojenon s XX. sjezdem.

Predseda _"lablatura prijal resoluci pro Rogers stredni gkolu.

Resoluce PonevadZ, Rogers stredni gkola, na-

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Do dneSni doby nasich priblaS'ek a obchodu nerd jeSte dust aby se vynaklaPo.,; dalo na vydani tohoto rozvrhu tome.

Take nevi spravne vziti 1015)111 0 Hon jello fun , kterd je ohsluhovati inocni"‘• kie.1 potrebuji ,jeho shr%.1)-y.

Y. 1(1102 109717 jest zyoteo t lento &ad uvoluje se vykoll.);11 ;.)0kOje1 1 1 s Ieth•neu, .110:41 1-0E10t.0 etyr vynovel uslanovenou nahradu. Tad) :ay'•ot,d " o Ve Staili z-Ostal tad byla pretrasavand v postednint byla oonzo jedna prodnektere applikace nerd aeba 'prenti011311(1 •ceska east Zeti, a '20 kciyZ se nekolik applif(aci na01 is an •lickou, a aby eeska hromacli, 1.%:e se rat&) pozvati kterYkoliv Thine zUStala. Jo -joke dust lekar k provedeni funkci. elentl-etendra, kteri dyTo zni dobre, ale ja se 9(111111, organ kaZdY t*- hlavni Uradovna mela by hochle hlavy so mely zavest nejake boleni z toho. Ja Vint, Z : e lekari 1111151 varovai bych, aby se pracovati diouhe hodiny tak jok jit, a schopnost 'ad n vatele rebeluji proti nepra y idelne lhul 110 a east, Die a who lidpraci, 1-31-20 by byl problem dostati nynejk. yydavatelska spoleenost kare k prehMeni applikaci, a nahrada Wishing Co. .c• West za to by se z yYSovala a eleni ilebo dele:cdavat, naS gati by nerneli pravo ustanoyovati 0boj'c'11 .jazytrolu. sti nejvic nain Proto ja myslim, e lento Urad by budo eeskYch sazeeu, 1091 zustat volitelnY. Dale VyZ9. A't 111 Ilo v Americe. Po vsechny eleny-lekare SPJST kdo by si 11r. prace se inuze I1)o-vrh ab prali vykonavati tutu funkci tohoto konat ve West. Radou-li oledr is Er 0 niacin by se sileastnili sjezdu v Dallas tazky ,vy„s radosti na aby delegati meli prilkitost si vybrati itif) ocipovi: mnoho vrchniho lekare pro budoticnost. sj jl -1Spkhtl. a 2.iarn pro or; Treti: Oprava stanov byla doporuCe1' br::' pozdravy, 1. 4 ,1•0- I (St) na aby mistni rad met pravo odpornNick A. Morris 7. Cal .,' E1 i_1ber y,,oka (09) eit prijeti elena na $500.00 pojiSteni, red. Vest oiku 3. Leo Kran'''. tj -0 elen byl zavrZen vrchnim lokarem -.13r. nebo nlavni fireclo ynou. Ja bych chtel zde podotknout, '20 mnoho informaci Zadatele jsou cluverne a takoveho stavu, ze Hovel( tento jest nezadouci ,jako delegdtfim: den na5eho bratrstva. Informace to-, yule awl podek.ovat vSern delega1 1H (Sicl) Poklad • ik ho druhu nejsou zndnly rnistni a minulYcla sjezciti, od roku 1952, za sjezdovY taj. nisatorum, a proto radovi Nord nemojejich podporn a zvoleni mne vrchnim raj. hu ve?.'dy spravne rozhodnouti kdo by lekarem SPJS1F. T3v10 uane radosti tajel byl vhodnY den. va.111 co y rchni lekar od 1. ledna V 'Clete 1953. Sd, jsem se snaZil valy yarn sloe-' Marvin J. LeS:ika , M. 11 2:iti a, vYkonavati .s ye povinnoSti die me 11ej"lepsi schophosti.

•• Drulle: Upozornuji na chileNtou Yee Selifive tliskovelm vVhavu v 0 1110 vkchny deny a cielegaty SPJST tohoto Temple, Texas, 21. ledna 1968 promyslili dobre donOrueeni SchUse byla zand.jena predsedkvni vztahujici se k role_ sestrou Frances Olexovou v hiavni Urasole roisto volenedovne, pritomni byli bratri Hugo Scheledk a Rudolf Troubil, oba clerk 0 V rainulem sje.zdtiskoveho v ,Vboru; br. Nick Morris, replat luailm lekare pro claktor, bratri Jos. Holasek a Jerome upojiSt'ujicich spoleeno- ltopecky od aechoslovak Pub. Co. z ,11:1„avi v jest v obnosu $30,000.00 roene. K West, a pravni radce August Kacir. lqty nano 0 ele:m. tone jolt)' blavrd firadovna musela by Tajemnik SchWak preeet1 zapisky z Se chteji vyja .'ti., zariditi ftradovnu a dodati sekretd-rku posledni schfize. Nastala diskuse o vy-' (T011

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Ve stredu 2b. prosinee 1968 davani Vestniku, k vuli jake doporudeni udinit do p •iStiho sjezdu. Pozvani byli take eleni O&A. vYboru aby se podileit na doporudenich. Onen vYbor tCz v ten den konal svoji schuzi. Byla diskuse o vyclavani Vestniku no, lepsim papire. Br. Holasek sdelil, Ze papir by z yYS11 cenu asi o 10 pro-cent (jenom o cenu papiru). Br. Holt,sek sdelil, Ze yydavani Vestniku kaZdY druhy tYden nebo jednou mesiene by byl krok dozadu; Ze bratrske organy y ydavanY na zapade a severe siouk jenom k oznamovani zprav o elrinosti, ktere se ji2 konaly, net co se ma konat. To ale by Dam nevyhovovalo Texasu, prom 'Ze nein vZdYcky moZno planovat tak daleko dopredu, Dale te po'Stovni ra,Ze je pora.d zvYSoYana; za,mestrianci stoji vie a tiskarna jakou on operuje by nemohla pustit delniky jeden tYden a zas je najimat zpot na druhy tYclen. Sdel.il Ze nak jednota dela velikY pokrok ye yzriistu poetu clean vice net jednoty na severu, a hlavni pridinou jest tYdeoni ko111,1111ikace Vestniku se eleny, ktere je sbli2uje.

Br. Troubil polikazal na dUlaitost udrZeni Ceske cacti y e "Vestniku, a 2c flat organ jest napomocnY k dostavani noy Ych Omit. Poukazal, e dolarove 11:7;etteni vydavanim organa kaMY druhy tYden by nebylo vynosne. Br, Helasek take real, Ze vyclavani Vestniku (Offset) by y yZadovalo velkelio nakladu.

Tiskovy vYbor a redaktor navrhli otisknout kratke upozorneni, eas od ea--proSpech eeskYch etenatO, k(ty(i, su 'lobo vynechni 1701tria ah;Si aby udelal, inisto pro vice dopisy a zpra yy elenn.

Bylo dopc,rueeno, ze vydavatele nesu do sjezdu rilzne druhy papiru k posouzeni delegatrun.

Pi'edseda irvhirek se pIipojil a niluvil y e prosn&11 lepsiho papiru ye prospech deske easti, bylo donoru-

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Doporudeni: Aby Vestnik byl posilan take tem elentint, kteti maji vyplacenC (paid-up) a nebyl jim zastaven.

Doporueeni: Ze dopisy, ktere byly odepteny 1c uverejneni byly ofotografovane a vracene pisateli Dined, ,Doporueeni: Zmenit driveTh doperedeni tiskoveho vYbora na zbaveni redaktora Uradu: Ze doporudeni na sezaseni musi prime prijiti jednonlasnYin souhlasem vS'ech elenti od tiskoveho vYboru, na to predaji toto doporudeni hlavni nradovne, ktera to rozhodne dvoutrelinovou vetMnou.

Deporudeni: Ze reclaktor ma pray() sec: striovali se -vS'eeh schuzi blavniho radu, a nahradu za milovne a jidla.

Pridavek k elanku 59 ---- ze cleat t;skoveho vYborti dostanu nahradu $50.•0 za schuzi a milovne.

TiskovY vYbor uznava, Sc nektere z jejich drivejLeh doporuecni nehyly priznive prijaty nekterni 'deny, kteri se ohlasili ve Vestniku. Proto shera uvedene doporueeni byly navriutute a prija te.

Sestra Olexova dek oveIa vent pritomnYm za neast, a vYporaoc a spolupraci, a odroeila schnzi peed 12 hodihou.

Z. tisko y Y vYbor Hugo Sc7betEkk, tajemnik Sett. Frances Olexa Br. Hugo Schef:...ak Er. Rudolph Troubil

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But IVicHaney feels that thrno.;.,,;11 the combined efforts of all those. a:; .......... ed with agriculture, the elialichge to provide an agricultural abundance for this expected large population increase can be met.

The United States has bad a strong agricultural economy 'for many years, and through effi.eient anyieultu•al production, has been able Lit release workers to other industrio in order that they might produce the other needs and wants of our people, he explained.

Farmers and rancho?-:: look to maillinery and fuel !Ir0.;' their power rather than r w';). ; This is only on.peothug plc in, tow11:3 a' done more of the jot )1e a on the farm or also a part try, ho emph,a., The nnnuf-.1.1 value of 1,1,11 production 171 To said, `„eta • :,c •• ds either the to: ,1 ction in?; payroll, the total , payawards, or thc total fetal. roll.

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

Lodge No. Cottonwood Wednesday, Dec. 2,i — Soukup party Saturday, Dee. 28 — Hutyra m Arnatt Wedding Tuesday, Dec. 31 —. New Year's Eve 1.)ance Sunday, Jan 5 SPJST meetings at 3 p.m. Sharp.

—SPJ ST— Lodge No. 15, Buckholts Wednesday, Dec. 25 ---- Vrazel's Polka Band; 7 til 11 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 New Year's Eve Dan y e _____ 8 to ?I); 'Vrazel's Polka Band Sato , Jan 11 -- Otis Beck and Ills Me !od y Sunday, Jan. 19 Leroy ocha; 6 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 25 — Vrazel's Polka Band lodge No. 25, Ennis (National Hall) Tuesda y , Dec. 31, New Year's Eve Music Mwheats entertainment every Sunday o.m.)

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Xi, Elk Paturda Dec. 23 — Two-Steppers Tuesday Dec, 31 (New Year's Eve) — Western Strings Saturday, Jan. 4 (1969) --m Randy and The Rockets from Brenham Sa y, Jan. 11 -- Two-Steppers Sunday, Jan. 12 -- Lodge meeting IF,9 ge

Lodge No. 39, Bryan (New Management) Saturday, Jan. 11 Vrazel.Polka Band Saturday, Tan. 25 -- Fritz Ilodde's Fabulous Six ----SPJST-Lo dge No. 40, Hillje

December 25 — Continentals Saturday, Dec. 28 — Barons New Year's Eve — Jades Saturday, Jan. 4 -- Free Wedding Dancei Saturday, Jan. 11 — The Barons Saturday, Jan. 25 — The Jades

e No. 47, Seaton (Star Hall) Saturday, Dec. 28 — Stoebner-Tomastik Wedding Dance; Cloverleaf estra of New Braunfels.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Ball; Otis Beck and his Melody 5.

Saturd ay , Jan. 4 --- Dance; Temple Rhythm MaSters Sunday, Jan. 5 ---- Monthly SPJST meeting; 2 p.m. Free barbecued venison supper for members; 5 Saturday, Jan 11 — Dance; Lee use from New Braunfels Tuesday, Jan. 14 — Choral Club rehearsal Saturday, Ja x. 18 -- Dance; Cloverleafs of New Braunfels Tuesday, Jan. 21 — Board of Directors meeting at 7:30 p.m, Saturday, Jan. 2-5 --- Dance; Otis Beck and His Melody 5 Tuesday, Jan. 28 _ Choral Club rehearsal —SPJSTLodge No. 54, West

Wednesday, Dec. 25 Joe Mynar Family Christmas Dinner Saturday, Dec, 28 — Wedding Reception --- No donee Sunday, Dec. 29 ----- Frank Ma.rek Family Dinner Tuesday, Dec. 31 __ New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Victor and His Melody Masters Sunday, Jan. 5 -- Monthly lodge meeting and installation of officers Tuesday, Jan. 7 -- American Legion meeting. All members urged to attend, Saturday, dart -__ tunters' B119, Ball. Free dance at night. Public invited.

Sunday, Feb. 2 -- Regular lodge meet ing Saturday, Feb. 15 — Wedding recep',,ion and dance.

Lodge 80 (Lincien Hall), 'Waco Saturday. Dec. 28 — Otis Beck and His Melody Five Tuesday, Dec. 31 ----- New Year's Eve; West Polka Band of West Otis Beck and His Saturday, Jan. Melody 5 Hi-Toppers Saturday, Jan. 11 Saturday, Jan. 18 -- West Polka Band of West Saturday, Jan. 25 — Wedding party (private) Saturday, Feb. 1 — Otis Beck and his Melody Five —SPJSTLodge No. 80, Holland New Year's Eve — Bohac Sisters

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 Lodge No. 84, Dallas

Dec. 31 — New Year's leanee; music by the Polka Peppermints Jan. 18 — Dance; Gil Baca Jan. 19 — Lodge meeting at 4 p.m., followed by Family Night Feb. 1 — Dance; Six Fat Dutchmen Feb. 15 Dance;Music Masters of Ennis Feb. 16 — Lodge meeting at 4 p.m., followed by Family Night.

—SPJSTLodge No. 88, Houston

Thursday, Dec. 26 — Supper and social Saturday, Dec. 28 — Dance; Ray Jurecka of Weimar Tuesday, Dec. 31 ---- New Year's Eve Dance; Lee Roy Matocha.

SPJST-- m Lodge 92, Fort Worth

New Year's Eve Dance — Music by Frank Mazzon and The Five Notes.

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Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Ball; Eric Honza.

Lodge No. 135 — Sokol Ennis Tuesday, Dec. 31 — Dance, The Westerners Family entertainment every Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

—SRI STSokol Fort Worth SPJST Lodge 154 New Year's Eve Dance — Polka Tones of Dallas; Reservations: CE 7150.

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