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BENEVOLENCE
VOLUME 57 — NO. 9
The State Of Texas, Founded 1897. BROTHERHOOD
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FEBRUARY 26, 1969
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK The year of 1969 is almost two months old after all of the regular noisy welcomes. We look forward hopefully with an optimistic outlook for the future, for life ahead of us. Somehow, deep within ourselves as fraternalists, we look forward to 1969, as being the year that, we will finally find peace in this world of ours, where the blood of our youth will not he shed on other soil.
If a man sits all day on the banks of a lake with a pole in his hand, people respect him as a " patient fisherman." If he sits on his porch thinking things over, he becomes "that lazy guy down the street."
would it not be a wonderful year, that, before it reaches its conclusion in December, we could say that we have arrived in an era of peaceful atmosphere among mankind, and live for the benefit of his existence rather than use his innovations for his own destruction? Today, we are nurturing, or if you will, helping keep alive the idea that our fore-fathers had in mind when they founded our Society. They felt that they wanted to found and establish a benevolent and fraternal organization that was humanitarian, and with a foundation of brotherhood and a financial investment in case of need and necessity. I am sure that they had no dream that our Society would reach the financial stability that it has as of this date. • We sell life insurance, and all of us are aware of the fact. However, with
Proberb No. 1001: After all is sai and done, more is said than done.
Ad in a weekly paper: Lawn mower, ptell tyne. Used very little, and when used, pushed very slowly.
the life insurance we sell; we sell more than just assurance that someone will get paid in case of their death; with it we include a fraternalistic and friendly atmosphere, a brotherly helping hand when it is needed, and a fellowship that each of us desire to find as we walk down this path-way of life from the day that we are born to the day that we, in finality bid farewell to this life on earth. • • Your editor was too short on time this week to translate a letter that he wishes to from Bro. Hugo Shefcak at the rest home. I hope to have it in the English section next week. Those who can would be well-advised to read it in the Czech section.
Newsbriefs Word was received late Sunday that Bro. John Nemy passed away at the age of 88 in Liberty, February 22, 1969. He was a member of one of the Crosby lodges. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Sterling Funeral Home in Dayton; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Dayton. • • Brother George J. Peshak, II, of Dallas, succumbed January 25 at the age of 18, and was laid to rest in the Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas. He was a member of Lodge 84. • • Brother Edward D. Seitz, age 37, of Yoakum, died February 15. He was a member of Lodge 45. • • Sister Lena Motis, age 90. of West passed away February 13, and was buried in Bold Spring Cemetery, West. She was a member of Lodge 54. • • Brother Wade Holland Reed, age 74, of Houston died January 20 and was buried in the Resthaven Cemetery, Houston. He was a member of Lodge 88. • • Brother Carl A. Johnson, age 73, of Thrall, Texas, passed away February 8, 1969. He was a member of Lodge 29.