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

HUMANITY

BENEVOLENCE

VOLUME 57 — NO. 48

BROTHERHOOD

aster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies 0: SUPREME LODGE SP3ST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501

NOVEMBER 26, 1969

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Many Years Have Passed since the first Thanksgiving Day, so beautifully described in the American history, was observed by the group of 10• Pilgrims, who on September 6, 1620 landed at Plymouth Rock and founded a colony, which became the basis of the New England states.

These many years have been good and had years; years of challenge and great achievement and almost unbelievable progress. Through the centuries that followed, the spirit of the first Thanksgiving Day has prevailed in all its solemn magnificence.

The histori lsacl roe of Ti,e.t ksgiviog Day reminds us that initiative one of the vital keys • THANKSGIVIN Tila„Wifial for wonderZNI years that have flown.

Like beautiful blosso s faded and gone. sunshine and summer a e. .d ra Thankful that, wrong can be righted again.

Thankful for friends that are true and :;incere ; Thankful for each precious day of the year.

Thankful for more than I know or can see; Thankful for all Thou has given to me.

—Bert Gamble.

SPECIAL PHOTOS IN THIS ISSUE

An American cannot but compare his way of life with the many less fortunate nations who still live in oppression and dictatorial servitude. As a result of such a comparison, he must be thankful-for the gifts of life.

In spite of all the sacrifices our nation has made in the past and is now making at this present time to preserve and keep the flame of freedom and human dignity burning, the world seems to remain unlearned, the swords that were to be beaten into plowshares, continue to be a dangerous weapon.

We Americans are being forced to partake in a paingul struggle for freedom, for which we pay an incredibly high price daily. Nevertheless, by bringing this supreme sacrifice, we manage to maintain and defend the

VASTfiffIc VESTNiK

(Herald) Entered as second class matter January 3rd, 1033 at West, Texas, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1922.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEX Published weekly EDITOR R. J. SEFCIK — Box 85, West, Texas 76691 Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. 446-5989 -- Shop: 446-5282 PUBLISHERS CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEX. Subscription $4.25

f.IUPREME LODGE, SPJST Temple, Texas AC 817 773-2151 & 773-2152 100, Temple, Texas 76501 NICK A. MORRIS, President Res: 985-2115 JOIE B. HEJNY, Vice President Res: '778-1785 A. IJRBANOVSKY, Secretary Res: '773-3846 BEN ZABCIK, Financial Secretary Res: 985-2472 LEONARD MIKESKA, Treasurer Res: '778-3720 AUGUST KACIR, Legal Adviser Res: '773-3658 Office: '773-2171 PO Box 845, Temple Dr. Marvin Leshikar, Medical Director PO Lox 410, Taylor 76574 AC 512; 352-5251 Honorary President Edward L. Marek 2603 N. 13th, Temple DIRECTORS John A. Kubena, Dist. I AC 713; 968-3251 (Office) Res: 968-3937 PO Box 308, La Orange 78945 Henry Vitek, Dist. H AC 512; 859-2549 PO Box 43, Granger 76530 Cyril! (Sid) Pokladnik, Dist. fit AC 214; 741-1874 (Office) Res: 824-8072 2924 Elm St., Dallas 75226 R. E. BroZ, Dist. IV AC 915; 655-2164 Rt, 3 — Box 320, San Angelo 76901 Ernest J. Hanka, Dist. V AC 713; 227-0883 (Office) Res: 362-5744 W:59 Cindy Lane, Houston 77003 Ed P. Sralla, Dist. VI AC 512; 657-2651 Rt. 1 — Box 110, Edna 77957 Jos. Noliba, Jr. Dist. VII 409 W. !Win, Kenedy, Tex 73119 AC 512; 659-3535

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE FRANCES OLEXA, Chairman 6402 Taggart Houston, Texas 77007 ED. G. MAZANEC, Vice Chmn.

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6641 Patrick Dr. Dallas, Texas 75214 FRANK E. HEM, JR. Rt. 4 Temple, Texas 76501 WM. MICULKA PO Box 297 Moulton, Texas 77975 BY-LAW COMMITTEE ROY E. HRANICKY, Chairman PO Box 455, Sinton, Texas 78387 JERRY MILAN, Secretary 6208 Lakeside Dr, Ft, Worth 76135 STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR James J. Janousek, Box 100, Temple, Texas -- Ph. res. 778-4519 DISTRICT ORGANIZERS DISTRICT I Ernest Jakubik, PO Box 52 Snook, Tex 77878 -- Ph.: AC 713; 272-4129 DISTRICT II Lad J. Zatopek, 1004 So. 31st Temple, Tex 76501 -- AC 817; 778-3067 DISTRICT III (To be appointed) DISTRICT IV Emil Holub, 808 W. Oregon Seymour, Tex 76380 — AC 817; 888 2652 DISTRICT V Mrs. Evelyn Mikeska, 10126 Moorberry LN. Houston, Tx 77066 — Ph. AC 713; 468-3126 DISTRICT VI Leo Krause, Jr., PO Box 427 Inez, Texas 77968 — Ph. AC 512; 657-4678 DISTRICT VII J. L. Elzner, 1301 Prince Dr., Corpus Christi, Tx 78412—Ph: AC 512; 991-1746 DISTRICT YOUTH DIRECTORS DISTRICT I Mrs. Lola Vavra, 3806 Woody Ln. Bryan, Texas 77801 — Ph: AC 713; 822-0643 DISTRICT II Mrs. Jerlene Balusek, 2810 W. Ave P Temple, Tex 76510 — Ph: AC 817; 778-7439 DISTRICT III Mrs. Wilma Nesuda, Telico Road, Ennis, Texas 75119 — Ph. AC 214; 875-7790 DISTRICT IV Mrs. Ed Heisler, Route 1 Seymour. Texas — Ph. AC 817; 888-3309 DISTRICT V Mrs. Evelyn Mattes, P. Box 273, Hitchcock, Ten 77563 — AC 713; 986-7027 DISTRICT VI Mrs. Frank Brdecka, Route 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Tx 77471 — Ph. AC 713; 662-2085 DISTRICT VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska, Route 2, Box 151 Floresville, Tex, 78114 — AC 512; 393-2030 Unsolicited material for publication cannot be returned unless sufficient postage is attached. This includes pictures. Expense for publication of engagement and wedding pictures must be borne by the sender.

Changes of address and correspondence concerning delivery of Vestnik must be sent to Supreme Lodge, Box 100, Temple, Texas.

Paid subscriptions and advertising matter should be addressed to Vestnik, West, Tx 76691 Deadline for material to be accepted for the following issue is Friday noon.

Wednesday, November 26, 1969 freedom within our own shores.

For this priceless possession — not for anything else — yc cannol; buz bow Our- heads in a silent Tharil:sgiving.

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We received a short lette letter Thursday from Bro. Jos. Koliha, Jr., stating tha; he had the misfortune of having hi.; car back up on him some three weeks ago, and the accident fractured three of his toes, some of his ribs on hi;; right side and, evidently hurt his hand for he writes that he wrote the note, with a swollen hand. He is recuperating at his home in Keriedy and wishes us to tell our members and rc enders of the Vestnik who have written cards sympathy and sent consolations to him at the time of the death of his wife, Hattie, a short tin-ie ago, that , as result of the, mishap, he 1ms been unable to answer them, cicA asks that they hear with him. E to. is out' SPJST District VII Dh:eei oh. We wish him a full and speedy return to flit: health.

Bro. Koliha's address is: 409 Wes; Main Street, Kennedy, Texas '18119.

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Via the SPJST grapevine, we have heard a very small amount of information about our District VI Director Bro. Ed. P. Sralla having been Lospitali7cd recently, and that he is doing better.

We are certain that the information was correct, and wish him a full ane., careful return to health also.

We enjoyed the Czech Oay in Houston SUnday, November 16 and meeting all of our friends. We will write more about this in the future, and also the grand opening of the new hall at Lodge No. 24 in Cyclone which we will have attended by the time you read this.

May We call your att g tion to this November 30th, also a :7,unclay, and the official dedication of our newest lodge in our SPJST Society, Lod ge Rozkvet Pasadena No. 172. The prcgram is ir the Vestnik, so let us try to help send them onward to success by being present.

ATTENTION, ALL ; AND laEAIDir Donations for fur'nis'hing one room in the S.P.J.S.T. R;--4 .,)c). 2 in Needville, Texas, arc accepted now. The cost of furnishin for one gu e st is $400.

Please send donations to: Mr. Charlie Matcek Route 2, Box 213 Wharton, Texas 77488

Wednesday, November 26, 1969

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Phone 532-3681.

This information was forwarded to your editor by the Rest Home Board of Directors. The Rest Home has already received several donations.

ball, Lake Tawakani, relatives, friends, and a good time at Lodge 84 just to spend some time crouched behind a clump of brush waiting and watching for this unsuspecting deer to get thirsty or hungry and head for water or food. The agony these men go through just to keep the meat budget down.

We wish to call the attention of our contributors of written material the published in the Vestnik to the new deadline on page 2, bottom of column 2. Our sincere thanks for your cooperation.

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Bro. John Svododa, Jr., age 47, died Oct. 29, 1969, in Houston, Texas. He was placed to eternal rest in the Floresrifle Cemetery and was a member of Lodge Rozkvet Zapadu No. 107, Floresville.

Sister. Annie E. Miller, age 55, succumbed Nov. 8, 1969, in Dallas, Texas.

She was interred in Hillcrest Cemetery in Vardaman, Mississippi, and was a member of Lodge PokroL:, Dallas No. 84.

• o Bro. Adolf Valek, age 83, passed away Oct. 10, 1969 in Shiner, Texas, and was a member of Lodge Texasky Mir No. 10, Shiner.

Bro. William M. Robinson, age 67, died Nov. 1, 1969, in Elsinore, Calif.

He was a member of Lodge Fort Worth No. 154, and was laid to eternal rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth.

Bro. Anton Pecha, age 66, departed to the great unknown Oct. 31, 1969 in Ganado, Texas. He was buried in the Gana do Catholic Cemetery and was a member of Lodge Elmaton No. 148, Blessing, Texas.

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Bro. Joe Blazek, age 74, passed away Nov. 7, 1969 in Wheelock, Texas. He was interred in the Wheelock Cemetery and was a member of Lodge Dennice No. 94, Wheelock, Texas.

-SPJST -Official Dedication of Lodge No. 172, Nov. 30

-SPJSTFeatures TWO SPJST YOUTH SELECTED BY GOVERNOR SMITH Governor Preston ;Smith selected Janette Hruska, Lodge 47, Seaton, and Marilyn Plasek, Lodge 89, Rosebud, to be part of a 10-member Texas delegation to the President's White House Youth Conference, which was held in

JANETTE HRU;ilf„A Tulsa, Okla., Nov, 11-13, 1969.

Janette, a student at Temple High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hruska.

Marilyn, a student at Temple Junior College, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Plasek of Rosebud.

LETTERS LODGE NO, 84, DALLAS Dear Members: With such a good crowd at our Nov. 15th Music Masters dance, one has to believe the cool weather stimulates our members and prompts them to head for 2625 Floyd Street, for an evening of good music and dancing. Of course, there were a few of our regulars whose absence was noted, but then that group will forsake football, basket-

The next big happening at our lodge, which interests everyone, is the AfterThanksgiving Dance. Everyone is anxious to hear the Peppermint Orchestra directed by Stanley Vrla and to also have a chance to win a big turkey with your admission ticket. Wine will also go with the three lucky numbers.

Circle Saturday, Nov. 29 for this one.

Dec. 20th is our Christmas program, preceded by a dinner for lodge members. If you plan to attend, will you bring a side dish of food which can be served along with ham, cheese and potato salad and which the lodge will furnish. We sure would enjoy some of your wonderful pastry, too.

Dec. 31st is our New Year's Elie Dance with Charlie Aciaincik's band on stage; however you will hardly recognize him and his group! Several musicians have been added for this one event to make his musical numbers sound really great from 8:30 p.m. Dec. 31, 1969 to 3:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 1970. It's $3 per person - which includes favors.

This year the entertainment committee will serve breakfast, starting at 1 a.m.

Start making plans immediately for these big dates - Nov. 29, Dec. 20, and Dec. 31. You have only yourself to blame, if you do not take advantage of a pleasant evening, which was planned for your enjoyment.

Fraternally, Rose Scott.

Ent. Comm. Secy.

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LODGE NO. 51, ELLINGER Dear Members: This is a reminder that our regular meeting will he held at the Eilinger Chamber of Commerce Building on Sunday, Dec. 7, and will be called to order promptly at 1:30 p.m.

Don't forget that this is also the annual meeting at which election of officers and other matters will take place. Let us try to come out to this meeting. Make it at least once a year!

Fraternally yours, D. A. Juren, Secretary

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MR. AND MRS. CHAS. HOLY Hallettsville — Mr. and Mrs. Charles holy of the Vsetin community celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Oct. 19 with a dinner given at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Wilbert (Anita) Hagens, and her husband in Yoakum. Close friend,, and relatives attended the celebration. Besides Mrs. Hagen, the Holys have four other children. They are 1:ildon Holy and Mrs. Vernon (Vivian) Chudej of Houston, Mrs. Cliff (Charlene) Chatham of Pearland and Lester Holy of Austin. (Brother and Sister Holy are both longtime members of SPJST Lodge Karel Havlieek No. 4, Hallettsville where Brother Holy has served as lodge secretary for several years. Information and clipping from SPJST PR Office. —Editor).

NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF LODGE POKROK AQUA DULCE 152: A meeting will be held Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2:30 p.m. at the residence of Brother and Sister John Hranicky at Orange Grove, Texas, for the purpose of considering the voting on whether or not to consolidate with Lodge No. 117' at Robstown, Texas.

Fraternally, John Hranicky, Secy., Lodge 152

-SPJST--LODGE NO. 28, EAST BERNARD Dear Members: The Kailel Jonas Lodge No. 28 monthly meeting will be 'Stunday, Dec. '7th, 1969, at two o'clock in the afternoon.

At this meeting we will have election of officers for 1970, so don't forget to come and do your duty as a member and elect officers of your choice.

I also want to let you know that the Christmas program will be Dec. 21st at 7 o'clock in the evening. Mothers, please help the youth leader with the children. After the program Santa will come with all the goodies and he will have lots of them. Come one and all, enjoy the evening with your fellow members and Santa.

See you at the meeting.

Fraternally, Carrie Bohacik, Secretary

Wednesday, November 26, 1969 LODGE NO. 1, FAYETTEVILLE Members of Ledge Pokrok No. 1, Fayetteville, Texas: Kindly make an effort to be present at the Dec. 14th meeting of our local lodge. Election of officers for 1970 will be held; meeting to commence at 1 pm. sharp.

Edwin F. Kubena, Financial Secretary r LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Members and Friends, The monthly meeting which was held on Nov. 2nd, was called to order by President B. C. Stalmach. The minutes were read by the secretary and stood approved as read. Reports were made by the treasurer and the financial secretary.

The election of officers came next.

They are as follows: President -- B. C. Stalrnach Vice President — Charlie Brinkmeyer Secretary — Alfred Gensler Treasurer — Richard Batla Financial Secretary — Ann Gensler Guide -- Olin Biar Youth Leader _ Leona ;Stalma,ch Asst. Youth Leader — Ann Gensler.

The Board Of Trustees consists of Charlie Brinkmeyer (c hairm a n), Clarence Staufiter, Herbert Weisner, and Frank Kovar.

Several committees and their chairmen were elected. They were: Entertainment Committee — B. C. Stalmach, Richard Batla, and Alfred Gensler.

Kitchen Committee — Doris Weisner and Vivian Stauffer.

Resolution Committee—Sadie Turek, Charles Brinkmeyer, Doris Wiesner.

Floral Committee — Ann Gensler.

The lodge would like to send their congratulations and best wishes to Miss Beverly Weisner, our last year's reporter, who became Mrs. Jim Langenegger last Saturday.

The lodge has also set a social for its members and their friends on Nov. 30th. Beginning at 4 p.m., the youth club will present a program and following that, a covered dish supper will be served, so everyone bring a little something so we can all stuff ourselves. Then at 7 p.m. there will be a dance at which Ken and the Starlighters will play. The dance will be free.

Let's not forget this social on Nov. 30 and our next meeting will be held on Dec. 7th.

Diana Matoska Lodge Reporter

Ye stfedu 26. listopadu 1969 LODGE NO. 81, NEEDVILLE Dear Members, Our regular annual meeting was held Sunday, Nov. 9th. The meeting convened at 2 p.m. with President Matcek presiding, Sister Kalisek led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Sister Werner read the minutes and they stood approved as read. Treasurer Mucka gave his re port. Youth Leader Gloria Janke reported on the youth club and said a short Christmas pro gram is being planned and will be presented Sunday, Dec. 14 along with the adult meeting. Santa shall make his appearance with bags of goodies for all the children present.

Members reported in the hospital were Sisters Ella Suchma and Helen Heiman, Brothers Henry Hurta and Marvin Lenart. Sister Josie Oridrej was brought home from the hospital and is improving very slowly. A letter was read from Roy Franek from Harlingen giving a report on his mother, Sister Albina Franek, who is in a hospital there.

Bro. Arnold Franek gave a report on the purchase of the tables and also stated that if there is to be a garbage pick-up at the hall, smaller containers will be needed. Bro. Kunz offered to see about getting a 30 gallon drum.

Members who helped with the lodge hall clean-up were Bro. and Sis. John and Elizabeth Kalisek, John and Emily Kolaja, Arnold and Bessie Franek, Stanley and Matilda Slacalek, Annie Bushnell, Winnie Susan, Natalie Silhavy, Charlie Matcek and Albert Svec.

It was agreed to send Christmas gifts to our members in the service.

Sisters Kolaja and Kalisek were chosen to take care of it.

A motion was made and passed to pledge to furnish a room in the new rest home when it is completed.

Several reports were given on the District V meeting from members who attended, and also on the dedication of the Taylor Rest Home new wing.

Then we held our elections. All officers were re-elected as follows: President — Charlie Matcek Vice Pres. — John Kalisek Secretary — Mary Werner Financial Secy. — John Kolaja Treasurer — Adolph Mucka Building Fund Treasurer — Arnold ranek Youth Leader — Gloria Janke Mrs. Hall Manager and Custodian John Kalisek Historian — Mrs. R. C. Toon Sick Members — Mrs. John Kolaja

VPSTNIK Reporter --- Helen Bryson Committees: Rules and Regulations --Edwin Susan, Helen Bryson, Rosie Schwettman, Aug. Schwettnian and Victor Werner.

Resolution --Mary 'Werner ., Bessie Franck and fella Mucha Boned of Trustees — John Blinka, Sr., Arnold Franck and Lad Shefcik.

Auditing Committee — Edwin Susan, Helen Bryson, Rosie Schwettman.

Building Committee — Arnold Franek, Edwin Susan, Louis Teykl, Helen Bryson and Victor Werner.

With the . election concluded, refund checks were passed cut.

New members issued policies are: Donald Louis Reinecker, lances Allen Stewart, Carolyn Anne Stewart, Louis Eolf and John Paull Zeta took out ad, ditional insurance.

The door prize was won by Bro. Charlie Matcek. Meeting was then adjourned and followed with a covered dish luncheon.

Our next Meeting will be Dec. 14th at 2 p.m. with our Christmas program.

Fraternally, Helen Bryson Official Dedication of Lodge No. 172, Nov. 30

tiro s•rLODGE NO. 4. 6, WACO Dear Members, Meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by President Emil Hanus.

Locke, Julia Slovak, and :Melanie Bonus gave tim Pledge of Allegiance. and Lodge Pledge. sill officers were present. Minutes of the October meeting were read and approved as read.

Visitors were: Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Woods and sons, Mark and Vernon, Jr:, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bann: and children, Cynthia, Denise., Charlotte, Eddie and Darren, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest BanMr. and Mrs. Vernon Dulock and sons, Galon and Steve, all are from Lodge No. 35, Elk; Mrs. Pat Gugliatto, Andy Pardon, Tommy Towery, Mrs. Anton Mazanec, and Mrs. Joe Gaidusek. We were glad to have you all come out and visit us. Hope you all come back again. Visitors arc always welcome to Lodge 66.

A thank-you note was read from Mrs. W. W. Cantrell of the incites auxiliary of the Elm Mott Volunteer Fire Department for the use of Linden Hall on Sunday, .3 cv. 9, to c.' 21.se funds to get a new lire truck A.hd to everyone who helped them. tAr. and \(.l. 17S. Otto Hanes and It":•:.;:.; • . •,lovak, who gave so much of their time and effort.

We were all glad to be of any f,.•-• o once to this fine group of 1-,)aopie

worked so hard to put on this Event. t was very successful, for whicia we are ail very grateful to eVeryOnE who made it so.

A letter was read from Supreme Lod ge President Nick Morris, re;:inding pis to .t the lodge youth leaf is elected at the annual election of odge officers, and that their term star.:s on June 1st for one year. He also explained rules and regulations the youth leader must do and carry out fo, e the best interest of their club.

Bro. Leon Hensel read the misautes of the Board of Trustees meeting, held on Monday night, Nov. 3. A new roof is being put on the hall and the torage room is ready and is already beg to use. They plan to do some Ling and repair work, inside and cut side, as soon as the materia arrives. There is always plenty of work to be done to kee p up the building and premises.

Sister Libbie Parma gave her report.

She said the youth had a fund-raising project and the money taken in would be used to make donations to some charity. There were two prizes.

Sister Parma said the youth club would not meet after the lodge meeting since they planned to meet on a Friday night to hold a workshop.

Several of the youth club officers were helping their school and church and could not be present. Sister Firma asked the youth to be sure and acing canned goods to the December meeting to put in the baskets they plan to deliver to a needy family. She also thanked the youth who brought .cakes to be used in the cake walk, the Elm Mott Fire Dept. event. She also announced that Thomas Gaiter won 3rd place on his poster at the District III meeting in Ennis.

Financial Secretary Darlene Engelke gave her report. She also has some more refund checks in. She gave out a number of them. You members be sure and cheek with Sister Engelke.

You may have a check waiting for you.

New members are: Carolyn Ann Jez, Nora Jean Jez, Bobby E. Mayes, Bertha Marie Mayes, Willie C. Adamcik, Regina Anna Adamcik, Lori Ann Filar, Dori Ann Filar, Donna Jean Gerlich, Richard L. Burney, Ora Lee rlu rney, Dorothy Ann Gerlich, Johnni :, E. Cloud and fondly (family i s ins.), Runes F. Gugliatto, John E. Ougl:atto.

Welcome, ail of you to Lodge No. ;E.G. Transfers out were:, Paul J. Christensen, Mark Christmsen, to Lodge 84, Dallas.

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Health Comm. report. Sister Agnes Mazanec reported that Sister Dorothy Moore had fallen and injured her back, but is well now. Sister Georgia Pavlicek has had ear surgery and was in the Baylor Hospital in Dallas. She is at home and doing fine. She was at the meeting Sunday and we hope she continues to' do well. Sister Mary Simcik was in an auto accident. She was reported to have had a whip-lash. We hope it is not serious. We missed you,.

Sunday, Mother Simcik. We hope Mrs.' Margaret Parma, who was with Sister Simcik is all right and was not in jured.

Sister Millie Korenek has had minor surgery, but is feeling better.

We are glad to hear that Brother Eddie Parma is at home and doing fine. Sister Rose Parma said he still has to rest a lot. We all hope he keeps on improving.

We wish to extend our sympathy to Bro. Don Schroeder, on the loss of his mother, who passed away recently. We are very sorry to hear of this family's great loss of their loved one.

Congratulations go to Brother and Sister Elmer Brem on the arrival . of their baby boy, Jerry Allen. Sister Brem is the daughter of Brother and Sister . Otis Ceska. Jerry Allen was born Nov. 11, and has a sister, Karen Marie.

Best wishes to the proud parents and grandparents.

Bro. Otto Hanus reported on the Christmas party, which will be Saturday, Dec. 20. He read the menu, and said Tommy Chudej and his Rhythm Tones would provide the entertainment. The youth club will have a program and, oh yes, Santa will come by, too. Watch the Vestriii ,-, for details. The party will be for members and their families only and special guests. There will be no letters sent out, but notice will be printed in the Vestnik, so watch for it.

Bro. Otto also said they would start singing again on Wednesday night, Nov. 19. Bro. Rudy Sefcik will come out and direct the group; so all of you who like to sing, come out and join in.

Sister Agnes Mazanec, said the Welfare Committee planned to make up "Good Cheer" baskets to take to our elderly and shut-in members. They were given a fund to carry out their plans for their Christmas project.

Due to the absence of Brother John Simcik, p resident Hanus appointed Bro. Ed Mazanec to act as parliamentarian.

Lodge 66 new officers for 1970 are: President — Henry Slovak

Wednesday, November 26, 1969

Vice-President — Silas Smith Recording Secretary — Betty Slovak Financial Secretary _ Darlene Engelke, Treasurer — Emil Harms Youth Leader -- Libbie Parma Guide — James Pavlicek Flag Bearer — Michael Galler Trustees — Frank Miller, Frank Parma, John Kutni, Bennie Engelke, George Trefny English Reporter — Annie Hanus Czech Reporter — Otto Hanus Grievance Comm. — Eugene Gerlich, Silas Smith, James Locke, Bill Jost, Weldon Galler.

Entertainment Comm. — Jeanette Smith, Betty Slovak, Gloria Locke, Libhie Parma, Otto Hanus, Hama Macha, Rose Galler, Sophie Leshikar, Annie Hanus.

The winners in the youth club drawing were: 1st, Marie Drews; 2nd„ Emil Banns.

The youth made $15.40 on the project, which goes to a project for Christmas donations.

The door prize was won by Arthur Schiemenz.

Those having birthdays in November are: Frank Parma, James Locke, Patricia and Janice Stanislav, Cindi Locke, Henry West, Frank Nors, Bertha Vahrenkamp, Georgia Pavlicek, Daniel Nors, Betty Slovak, George Trefny. Happy birthday to each of you.

The lovely cake was made by Michael Galler.

President Banns introduced Brother Vernon Woods, who is the new District III president.

The meeting adjourned at 6 p.m. with everyone then enjoying the good cold beverage donated by Brother Frank Parma and the delicious sandwiches chips and kolaches.

Congratulations to our new officers.

I know they will do a good job, but they need your support to help them, so come on, let's get behind them and work toward a successful year, 1970.

They need you, me, and all the rest of us to lend a helping hand. Sure, it's long hours and hard work, but what job isn't? Nothing is gained by letting your leaders stand alone. They need your assistance, not your faultfindings, gripes and criticisms. A pat on the back hel p s more than a sharp tongue. Do a lot more giving than taking and the tasks won't be so hard to do. Think about it!

I would like to thank all of you who re-elected me as your English reporter. I hope I can satisfy everyone.

I'll do the best I can. I enjoy doing this job. I know I slip up and make mistakes sometimes, but no one is perfect. I'll always try to do the best I can. Again, thanks a lot.

The next meeting will be Sunday, Dec. 21. Time and details later.

Remember the Christmas party Saturday, Dec. 20. The time and details will appear in the Vestnik soon, so watch for it.

Fraternally, Annie Hanus, English Reporter - SPJSTOfficial Dodication of Lodge No. 172, Nov. 30 SPJSTATTENTION, ALL MEMBERS OF

LODGE ANTON J. CERMAK NO. 56, CORPUS CHRISTI:

This is to inform you that our annual meeting will be held on Sunday, Dec. 14th at the Sokol Hall, at 2 p.m. I would also like to announce that in this meeting there will be more refund checks to be given out, so come to this meeting to hear some reports from your officers and committees.

Please try to attend this meeting, and elect your officers of your choice, and this includes the youth leader. It's your lodge too, so take a part in the activity and help build it up. Every member should attend the meeting at least once a year to accomplish his duty. After the meeting, there will be a social supper served, so please, if you want to take part in it, bring the favorite meal (covered dish) with you as usual.

The Christmas party will be held Dec. 21st at Sokol. Hall in connection with the Sokol organization and SVPS Chapter 30, Corpus Christi. Everyone try to attend, This will be a joint program of all three organizations since we are all fraternally cooperative with each other.

Fraternally yours, John Stasa, Secretary --SP J STNEEDV1LLE REST HOME NO. 2

Would like to acknowledge the following names of donors, who have donated to the Rest Home No. 2 at Needville, Texas.

They are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Vaterion Matcek, Lodge 81 -- — — — $10.00 RVOS Lodge No. 70, Needville $100.00 Mr Chas. Holasek and Daughters — — — $1,000.00 New Tabor Youth Club — — $10.00 Hillje Lodge No. 40 — — 400.00

Wednesday, November 26, 1969 From now on any donations that will be received will appear in the Vestnik at later dates, so please send your donations to me as quickly as possible.

Many thanks!

Fraternally, Charlie Matcek, Rt. 2, Box 212 Wharton, Texas — -SPJST OfficialDedication of Looge No. 172, Nov. 30 —SPJST

LODGE NO. 160, SAN ANGELO

Dear Members, December 14th is drawing near. If you have not alleady circled this date date on your calendar, please do so right now. This will remind you and your family to join in the fun that is in store for you in our lodge from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. on December 14th. The place will be the Volunteer Fire Department Building in Wall, Texas.

More details will be announced next week.

Fraternally, Mrs. Laddie Socha Mrs. Betty IVIika Mrs. Ed Michalik Mrs. Louis Pelzel, Jr. LODGE NO. 35, ELK

Dear Members, The monthly meeting of Lodge 35, Elk was called to order on Nov. 9th at 2:30. Brother Henry Breitkreutz presided.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by members of the youth club.

Bro. Albert Banik read the minutes of the last meeting and Bro. John Mach gave the treasurer's report.

Sister Rosemarie Ba.nik, youth leade• reported on the activities of the youth club. She reminded everyone about the Thanksgiving day dance that the youth club will sponsor. The music will be by Tony Chudej's band.

Then she asked Charlotte, Denise, and Cynthia Banik to give the lodge a review of their performance for the Texas Fraternal Congress. Everyone enjoyed it.

Members having birthdays in November were: Sisters Inez Breitkreutz, Helen Dulock, and Peggy Pavlka.

The new member accepted into membership was Tammie Lynette Hand.

Under old business, the time for the Christmas party was set at 4 p.m. on Dec. 14th. It was also decided to honor our senior members at the Christmas party, again. We hope to

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The lodge is going to furnish the turkey and dressing for the party and all the ladies are asked to bring the trimmings. It was suggested that everyone bring enough for their own family.

Remember that the monthly meeting for December is moved up to the first Sunday, Dec. 7th. This day we will elect new officers for the coming year. If there is an office you would like to run for, come on out and let the nominating committee know.

The winner of the door prize was Steven Dulock.

There was no further business so the meeting was adjourned.

Fraternally, Peggy Dieterich, Reporter LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR

Dear Members, On November 9, New Tabor Lodge 17 had their regular monthly meeting.

It was called to order by President John Vavra. The Pledge of Allegiance was said by all. Bro. Melvin Skrabanek read the minutes from the Oct. meeting. They were approved as read. Bro. Skrabanek read a resolution of sympathy for Sister Anna Kubin.

The members decided to get additional chairs and tables with the money we received from the ads which were sold. The new ad signs should be finished sometime in Dec. Bro. Willie Gloyna volunteered to fix the plaque to honor our deceased members. Bro Gloyna and Bro. Havel volunteered to pipe water out to the barbecue pit. Water is always needed and has to be carried out there.

On Dec. 14, we will have election of officers. This is a very important meeting, so everyone please t ry to be there.

We also will have our annual supper for our members. Bros. Andrew Vavra, Willie Trcalek, and Willie Gloyna are on the stew committee. We are asking all ladies to please bring something sweet.

We will also have a small memorial service for our deceased members.

Fraternally, Rita Schielack, Reporter SPJST---

LODGENO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Members and Friends: Once again, as a Czech tradition, the Dramatic Club Hlahol of Lodge No. 88 presented a Czech play, Sunday, Nov. 16, entilted "Brides for Sale". It was a good comedy and the perform-

ance was excellent. Hope to see another fine play in the near future.

Tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 26, plan to attend the Western Dance here at Lodge No. 88. Julius Victor and The Suniland Cowboys will furnish the music. This fine group are weilknown all ever the city as they play at some of the weliknown Western Ballrooms here in Houston. You may dress western if you wish. The dance is from 9 till ?

Saturday night, December 6th, is Lodge No. 83 Appreciation Dance, free to members and guests. Music will be furnished by Clarence Baca and his group of, jolly musicians. There will be NO reservations for that night, so plan to come early to ,get your favorite table.

NAMES IN THE NEWS: Mrs. Gerald Ray White, daughter of Brother and Sister Frankie and 0!adys Sembera, received a telegram notifying her that her husband, SP-4 Gerald Ray White was wounded in Vietnam. The latest report is, he is recuperating in a hospital in Japan and should be arriving in Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio soon.

Get well wishes go to Sister Sebesta, ill in the hospital, Sister Angelina Miculka in the Northwest Memorial Baptist Hospital, and Bill Malek who had a tonsilectomy. Glad to see Karl Lindemann home from the Spring Branch Memorial Hospital. We missed you Karl.

Min and Mrs. Steve Madera celebrated their 50th Wedding anniversary at a reception and dinner s . v rn by Dr. and Mrs. Geor ge Kadera, Sunday, Nov. 16 at SPJST Lodge No, 88. Mr. and Mrs. Kadera were recognized and honored recently as being 50 year members of SPJST. They have a son, Dr. George S. Kadera and four grandchildren. We extend our best wishes to this fine couple.

The Blue Room Committee is Ple as -edtoanucethorfavitebtender, Juan Castellano is back to serve you your favorite drinks. Step by and say hello next time you come by, Juan will be happy to see you.

Fraternally, Evelyn A. Vornsand SPJST-

largest apartment house in North America, until 1882 at least, was built and occupied by Indians; had some 800 rooms, and was located in north-western Now Mexico (Pueblo Bonita).

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AN HISTORIC, MOMENT. This was the scene Thursday,October 23rd, as the contract for our new Home Office bldg. was signed in the amount of $569,000, L to R: Mickey Goolsby, representing TemTex Constr. Co.; Architect Charles Voelter, Financial Secretary Ben Zatcik, Treasurer Leonard Mikeska, President Morris signed for the SPJST, District II Director Henry Vitek, Attorney August Kacir, Secretary R. A. Urbanovsky. The picture of the new building is in the middle, and the whole scene is reflected in the glass of the conference room table. Former Secretary and the late J. R. Kubena seems to be watching the entire transaction.

Texas 75119, as District Organizer of District III, effective January 1, 1970.

I am satisfied that Brother Nesuda is well qualified for this position. He has many years of experience in fraternal life insurance sales and is a devoted and conscientious fraternalist.

BRO. ALVIN NESUDA Organizer of District Three Dear Organizers: It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Brother Alvin Nesuda of Telico Road, Ennis,

Brother Nesuda assured me that he will devote all the time possible to help promote fraternalism in our SPJST Society and assist you at any time you may need information or assistance with your life insurance sales.

He will always be glad to come and visit with you and your lodge by appointment.

At this time, I would once more wish to express my sincere thanks to Brother A. M. Vrla, our past District Organizer; under whose leadership this district maintained a steady sales production.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny, Vice Pres.

Supreme Lodge, SPJST

Reports DISTRICT 7 ORGANIZER'S REPORT During October, a total of $32,000 was sold to 27 new members. This brings our total sales for ten months to $342,500, which is 85 per cent of our quota.

We have $58,000 to go — only 15 per cent — and we can relax a little and get ready for 1970.

Three districts have already met their quotas for the year. Of the four districts still struggling — may it be said that District 7 will not be the last.

Congratulations to Sister Thelma Hrncir (117) for being high in the district with $13,000 and also 12 new members; also to Brother John Hranicky (152) who sold three special policies. This is a good time of the year to sell this type of policy;. they make otitstanding Christmas gifts. (If you have nut done your Christmas shopping, yet, see your local SPJST organizer). ;Sales for October were as follows:

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Supreme Lodge President Bra. Nick A. Morris turned the first shovel of earth at the site of the new building on Saturday morning, October 25th. Behind him, L to R, are: Treasurer Mikeska, Vice President Fejny (barely visible); Honorary President Marek, and Fin. Secy. Zabcik. (The bald head behind Bro, Morris is that of a Mr. Mitchell, who represented TemTex that day).

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$32.000 With the year fast coming to an end, I ask of each organizer in District 7 to put' forth extra effort so that our quota will be met as soon as possible.

I wish to extend to all a very happy Thanksgiving.

Jerry L, Elmer, District 7 Organizer Official Dedication of Lodge No. 172, Nov. 30 —SPJST--

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DISTRICT MEETING CALENDAR FOR 19 10 District I's spring meeting will be held on March 22, 1970 at Lodge No. 39, Bryan.

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• • Lodge No. 49 Rowena will host the District IV meeting for 1970 on the fourth Sunday in April — April 26th.

YOUTH SECTION YOUTH ACTIVITY CALENDAR

District II YAD will be held Sunday, June 28 — place to be announced at a later date.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR NEW CONTESTS FOR YOUTH Two special contests are being offered for the youth of SPJST. For juniors (age 6-12), the topic is, "How to Improve Youth Activities."

This composition or essay should be 500 words or less.

For teenagers (ages 13-19), the topic is "History of My Lodge," in 500 words or less in length. Research for this topic should consist of digging into past lodge records and minutes, plus enterviews with your lodge's pioneer members.

All compositions should be typed and

9 double spaced and sent to the office of the State Youth Director not later than February 28th. All participating youth shall receive points for contest participation.

In addition, there will be $5 first place prizes awarded in each contest on the district level, provided an entry is received from the district meriting a first place. There will also be $15 state awards given to the outstanding junior and teen entries. The winners will be announced at the district spring meetings.

Now is the time to get bwy and start working on your entry. This is a great challenge, to you youth and wish each of you success.

Fraternally, James J. Janousek, State Youth Director sp,rsT FROM THE LODGE YOUTH LEADERS LODGE NO. 135, ENNIS Dear Members, On November 2 I had planned a craft party at my house. At the last minute the craft party had been changed to attend the Shrine Circus at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas.

This was all a surprise and the youth and adults enjoyed the circus thoroughly. Many thanks go to Brother Hennig for making preparations for the group. I want to recognize Brother and Sister Hennig, Brother Jerry and Sister Bessie Laznovsky, Brother Bob Trojacek, Brother Valek and my assistant youth leader, Adell Valik for helping out with cars. Several youth went as our guests. We love guests since our club is not very large.

The regular monthly meeting was held at the Sokol. Several items were handled. The youth decided to do nate a gift of money to the Sokol Building Fund for their new hall in Ennis.

Candy money was turned m by some of the youth. Youth who didn't turn in their amount, please do so by Dec. ist.

The sales canvass will continue but we must make our payment for the candy. Results of the money turned out this first time was good. I must say that some youth are not doing theh share, though. Please get out and try to sell your best way of salesmanshipa Various charity projects were discussed and planned for throughout the Christmas season.

SPIST quiz contest took place after the meeting, The three highest scores

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at the groundbreaking ceremonies were, L to R: He nry Taylor, mayor of the City of Temole, Dist. HI Director Sid Pchladnilt, 'SE Secreta ry Urbanovsky, Dist. I Director Jo hn Kubena, SE President Morris (with shovel), 'L Fin, Secy.

Zabeik, Vice President Hejny, Attorney Kacir, Dist. II Direc tor Henry Vitek, Dist. IV Director Bob Broz, Dist. VI Director Ed S •alia, SE Trcasurer Mikeska. It was a great day and a nice number of members and well-wishers turned out from Czte Central Texas area. (Photos by Walt Hawkins and Temple Daily Telegram).

LODGE: NO. 35, ELK Dear Members and Friends, Our Thanksgiving dance is tomorrow night. I hope to see all the youth club members and their parents, this will make our bank account grow. If you are having company for a Thanksgiving dinner or supper do bring them along to complete the clay, with dancing, seeing and meeting old friends.

The youth club members will draw names Thanksgiving night, at the dance, in the kitchen for our Christmas tree.

The yowl' ger generation Was represented by (next to Bro. Morris ), Edwin Joe Pechal, Kohutek, and Johnny Pokladnik. Edwin Joe and Gordonare from Lodge 17, 3eaten, and John is from Lodge 114, Dallas. were Danny Bouska, Bobbie Moucka Dec. 6. and Claudia Moucka.

To the youth members, watch your schedules carefully and see you on

Fraternally, Patsy Slovak, Youth Leader

The Christmas committee asked the youth club to have the same type of Christmas 'play we had last year. If anyone would like to be a certain character in our nativity scene please let me know. We also will have the audience participate in singing some of the more familiar Christmas carols.

The committee also decided to meet on Dec. 11 with EVERYONE who wants to come out and help decorate the hall, trim the tree, etc. As your leader I want all the club members there then, too, so we can go over our play.

This means all 30 members. I hope to see all the good adult members out at Elk on Dec. 11th getting in the Christmas spirit, and we do have some great

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Mr. Frank Mayborn, member of Lodge DM and owner of the Temple Daily Telte.gram, Radio Staaion Ai.TE-31, and KCEN-TV, was on hand to say a few war • after turning a spadeful of earth. Bro. Morris hands him the micro-, phone, and Bro. March stands 'behind. adult members at Elk. I wish the entire SPJST could in some way meet cur bunch in Elk, they would surely agree with me.

Now, I hope the Friday after our Thanksgiving dance I won't have to find out how hard it is to clean a big hall all by myself. In case anyone is interested I will be at Elk Holl at 6 p.m.

Friday night.

See all you dancing dudes, Nov. 27th at 8 p.m.

Fraternally, Rosemarie Banik, Youth Leader SPJ S T —

LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR, Dear Members, I would like to thank Mr. Cecil Dickson for his wonderful and educational speech he made at our supper on Nov. 9th. He showed movies on.

Pakistan. I think the youth all enjoyed it. It gave them some idea of how fortunate they are to live in a country like America. I think they would like to see more of your movies, Mr. Dickson.

All youth club members be sure and make some Christmas decorations for our next meeting. We will decorate the hall with these decorations.

On Nov. 26th we have our youth club dance and on Nov. 28th we are all invited to Dime Box. ' Remember the time is from 4 to 7. if anyone can and wants to help at the domino tournament, remember it is at 1:30 on Nov. 30th. We can always help the mother lodge at these tournamen ts.

Fraternally yours, Rita Schielack, Youth Leader

'CONNIE SRALLA Dear Readers, Congratulations to our immediate past-president and member of our youth club, Ronnie Sralla. The highest 4-H Club award presented in the county for outstanding work of a 4-H boy was presented to him recently at the annual 4-H Club banquet. He is a member of the Industrial 4-H Club and the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Sralla.

The Gold Star recipient has been active in 4-H Club work for 8 years. He has served as president and vice-president of his community club, a junior leader, council delegate, vice-chairman of council and is now chairman of county council. Major propects include beef, swine, poultry, and leaderRonnie has won awards for grand champion breeding heifer, g r a ri champion steer, grand champion barrow, 3 county medals for propect work and also participated on livestock judging teams.

Ronnie is a senior at Industrial High School, an outstanding athlete, and plans to 'attend college upon graduation. He represented District 6 at the recent YAD at Seaton and there he was awarded the title of first runnerup in the State Ring's Contest. We are honored to have him as an active member of our little youth club and are proud of his accomplishments.

Our club members spent the recreation part of the meeting time painting with Tri-Chem at our recent regular meeting. Each member has been busy painting a panel to match the one they had previously painted.

We were happy to have Jackie Dug-

VP.,STNf an and Joyce Hadash visit us at the meeting. We look forward to both of them joining us again.

Fraternally, Martha Sembera, Youth Leader ----SPJ ST LODGE ,1-8, LEYM,SVILLE Dear Members, As per schedule, we met with Mrs. Jerleae Balusek at the Granger lodge hall on Nov. 19. It was decided go to camp next year near New Elraunfels. I am still trying to figure out 'Scoop" Klinkovsky got the; fast. camp meeting in tile Vestnik The social at the lodge hall v„ 11 be Nov. 30, at 4 p. rin Everyone as any guests as they wish, just as long as they bring enough food for them. We will all join in a covered dish :upper. The lodge will furnish the drin1s. We will have Ken and the StarLghters to play for dancing during he evening. Hope to see many memOers and friends there.

Fraternally, Leona Stalmach, Youth Leader SPJST--

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Dear -Vestnik Readers, I want to remind the youth of our Club of our Thanksgiving party on NOV. 23th from 3 to 7 p. in. Mrs..Schielack, youth leader of New Tabor informed me their club plans to attend, so let's all come out and have a good time.

I would like to thank the person from Smithville, who sent me a clipping from the Vestnik, dated Sept.

19, 11;62. It was a write-up of the District One meeting at Dime Box on Sept. 9 ; 1062. I enjoyed reading it very much. I remember being at the meeting, but since our Lodge didn't have a youth club at tic time, all the -youth in the program were strangers to inc.

Since then, my being a youth club leader, I know these youth personally now. It just goes to show you how our youth clubs help our great organization to get better acquainted, not only on district level, but all over the state, I wish the person who sent the lipp.ng would have signed thename 30 I could have written them. I can snly .dope they will See my lett,er and ,now how much I appreciate it.

Th ks again, Fraternally, Mrs. Mildred Horak, Y6uth Leader

_LODGE NO. 47, SEATON

Dear Members and Friends: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day and we should all be reminded that we should be thankful for life, food, health and freedom; just to name a few. As we all go to see our friends, our loved ones, and have OW festivities, we should pause for a moment and remind each of ourselves for the things we are thankful for.

The juniors had their social last night and they went skating. I will give you a report on that next week.

Toni ght, November 26th, at 7 p. m., the teens will again work on the Christmas float and hope we can finish it. All of the teens, including the ones who worked last Friday night, :ray come to help. The float has now been moved to the Neil County Agriculture Building on North 23rd Street, in the south building, and our float number is "18", so we shall see you there.

Just a reminder to ALL children who will be interested in attending camp next summer. To be eligible you MUST attend at icast one-half of the club meetin gs, one-half of the activities and must have become a member before October 31, 1969.

I would like to congratulate our neighboring Lodge No. 24, Cyclone, upon the completion of their new lodge hall. We are happy for them and wish them much prosperity in their new lodge home.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving day, I remain, Fraternally, Frank Klinkovsky, Youth. Leader SPJST

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O. 29, TAYLOR bowling social in fun. .After we finwe ate in Taylor at the

On Nov. 18 we visited the S.P..T.S.T. Home in Taylor. The youth gave of cookies for 'Thanksgiving. We songs in Czech and English.

The folAs at the Lest Home are very svTeet folks, the youth like to go and visll. nod sing for them and . talk with he:n ,Our youth club meeting will on Sunday, Dec. 13th, at 1 se.cioc exchange gifts at our nd decorate our Christmas tree.

We trill :have a covered dish supper on :Dec. 14th, at 5 o'clock and a program_ and adult meeting: Let's -don't forget Santa Claus, for he will give goodies to all good children. See you on

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Dec. 13th at 1 o'clock when we will practice for our program.

Fraternally, Amilia Pokorny, Youth Leader roo ------

LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear Members and Friends, Zome of you may be wondering why I haven't written in the past few weeks. Well, nothing has happened to me but I thought I would save some space for the others.

We are still progressing well at the lodge. Our Wednesday night work and social meetings are turning out real good. We usually do our work first, then if we have some time left everyone joins in for fun and games.

I would like to invite some of the youngsters of the lodge who have not participated so far in our Wednesday work nights to come this next Wednesday night, November 26 at 7 p.m., and join in with us. We are trying to finish our painting of Christmas ornaments so that we will be able to put them together and have them ready to hang on the tree whenever we decorate the hall. On this next Wednesday we also will start to give out parts for our Christmas program. We hear that Santa Claus is coming to see us again this year, and we would like to put on a good program for him. So let's all do our part and participate in this year's program.

Our Christmas program will be held on the same day as the lodge's Christmas party, Sunday, December 21. Supper will start to be served at 5:30 p.m. consisting of a turkey supper with all the trimmings. The program will follow with Santa Claus and a Christmas tree for those who wish to have one.

We hope to see as many of you as possible on this day, so mark this date on your calendar, Sunday, December 21 at 5:30 p.m., as the date of the lodge's annual Christmas party.

Also don't forget this Wednesday night at 7 p.m. We will look forward to seeing you there, too.

Fraternally, Ruth Krizan Teen Youth Leader e-wJ ST— LETTERS FROM THF. YOUTH LODGE NO. 29, TAYLOR

Dear Readers, Our youth club of Lodge 29, Taylor, held its monthly meeting Sundry, November 9, at 4 after the meeting of the mother lodge. The meeting was then called to order by the president,

Wednesday, November 26, 1969 Antoinette Pokorny. The Pledge of Allegiance was then led by Peggy Leshikar with the roll call by Cindy Tallas following. Valarie Eulenfeld then read the minutes after the roll call. After the reading of the minutes and roll call, the members then decided when and where they were to go bowling. It was decided to go to Dart Bowl in Austin on Saturday the 15th of November.

After the long discussion on when and where to go bowling, the group leader brought up the subject of the poppy sale that was held Saturday, November 8. She added that with the help of many of the helpful members, they were able to raise $70. After the talk about the poppy sale the secretary then read a letter stating that we should elect two older members of the club to take part in a discussion that was to decide where we would go to camp. The two members selected were Michael Kaspar and Peggy Leshikar.

After the meeting the members then enjoyed sandwiches and pies which were prepared by women from the mother lodge.

Please try and come to our next meeting which will be in December.

Fraternally, Peggy Leshikar (14) SPJST--LODGE NO. 66, WACO

Dear Friends, Our last meeting was held at Linden Hall on October 19, We talked about having a teen-age club dance and a Christmas party, We had a game for the ones 11 and over and a game for the youth under 11. We had a very good supper. Then every youth sold raisin boxes for the youth club's harvest game.

Fraternally, Patricia Karen Stanislav, Age 11 LODGE NO. 25, INNIS Dear Readers and Members, On Nov. 9th, we held our monthly meeting. We had a very good attendance. Our guests were two of the Hejny sisters and our state king, Robert Urban. We all said the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Michael Prachyl, our president. Since our secretary wasn't there, the treasurer's report was read

by Rita Krajca. Then the old business was discussed. The new business was that we will plan to have a Christmas party after our next meeting on Dec. 14th. After our new business, Mr. Marek gave us a wonderful talk about the future and our SPJST life for us. The meeting was then adjourned by Cathy

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Prachyl and Rita Krajca. After the meeting we had a gypsy party.

Before our youth meeting, Society No. 25 met for its dinner occasion, a program was given by Marlene and Rita Krajca, and Cathy Prachyl. The master of ceremonies was Alvin Nesuda; Brother Marek, Brother Stout, Brother Calvin, Brother Pokladnik from Dallas, and Sister Nesuda gave a little speech to all those present. Then State Queen Janice Haskovec and the State King Robert Urban told us now they will try very hard to represent us through the year of '69-70. We also honored Brother Kudrna, Brother Haskovec and Brother Nekuza, who was not present, with a certificate on a plaque.

After the dinner and the speeches we elected a new manager for the National Hall since Milton Martinek resigned as of the first of the new year.

At the first of the year Ladis Novotny will be our new manager. The rest of the officers will be elected at our next meeting on Dec. 14th.

Fraternally, Linda Martinek, Reporter SPJST

LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear Readers, We are going to have and plan our Christmas program and we hope to see that everyone will take part.

It will take time and practice, but it will be fun so everyone take interest and plan to be in the program.

We have social night at our lodge hall every Wednesday night and we really do enjoy it. We want to thank Brother Joe Sumbera for making a shuffle board for us at our lodge hall.

We noticed our parents enjoyed it as much as the teen and youth clubs.

Fraternally, Debbie Uptmor (11) LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear Readers, Our last meeting was held Nov. 2nd.

The pledge was said and the minutes were read.

Under new business, we decided to have a Christmas program and draw names to exchange gifts.

We had three new members to join Our youth club. We are happy to have them. We welcome you. Our birthdays for the month were Darrell Uptrnor and Eddie Hykel. Our door prize was won by Robert Hykel.

Fraternally, Douglas Uptrnor .(9)

BRO. ROBERT URBAN LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS

Dear Members of District III, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the $75 Royalty Scholarship you presented to me at the last District III meeting. I was very honored to accept it, and I assure you, most grateful. The money will help me with my college expenses a great deal.

Since winning the title of District King and the title of State King, you have been exceedingly kind to me. This kindness and consideration means a lot to me. I hope my reign as State and District King will reflect my gratitude. I consider it a privilege to represent you and I 'will do my best to represent you honorably.

So, to everyone who helped make the Royalty Scholarship possible, and to every other member of District III, I extend my sincere thanks for all your efforts to make my reign as king a success.

Fraternally yours, Robert Urban, State King, 1969-70 --SPJST-

PGE NO. 21, CYCLONE

Dear Readers, Our monthly meeting was held November 9 at 2. The meeting started off with the roll call and then the minutes were read.

Our new business concerned a hayride which will he held November 29, at 5. The youth will meet at Flag Hall.

After the hayride we will roast marshmellows and have hot dogs to eat. I hope to see everyone there.

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Our next meeting will be December 14, at 2. At this next meeting we'll meet in our new hall.

Fraternally, Debbie Zavodny, Reporter ST

LODGE NO 25, ENNIS

Dear Readers, Our lodge held its annual Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 9. The dinner began at 12:30 and the program followed.

Our Supreme Lodge Past President, Brother Marek, District Judge A. H. Stout, and District Director Sid Pokladnik spoke. The State King and Queen were present. The Krajca sisters sang a song and I played the piano.

We held our youth meeting after the program.

Fraternally, Cathy Prachyl, Vice President --SPJST

LODGE NO. 25, ENNIS

Dear Readers, At our last youth meeting on Nov, 9 we were honored to have. as guests, State King Robert Urban and the Past President of our Supreme Lodge SPJST Brother Marek spoke to us and told us to appreciate the world and the people around us. He said that in later years we would look back to our youth club days with warm feelings.

Don't forget our next meeting Dec. 14.

Fraternally, Michael Prachyl, President LODGE NO. 66, WACO

Dear Readers, The third Sunday our meeting date, the youth didn't have a meeting because the adults had elections of officers which .took up the afternoon.

Mrs. Parma said that we'd probably meet on a Friday night for out' meeting and we would have a workshop too.

After the election sandwiches and chips were served.

Fraternally, Becky Schiemenz (11) Reporter SPJST-LODGE NO. 35, ELK Dear Readers, While it is getting colder, I am getting slower in writing letters. First, I would like to thank everyone who helped in letting us perform at the Texas

Fraternal Congress. We really enjoyed performing.

Everyone is having fun with liquid embroidery. Every age likes it. Some parents have bought pictures for the children to do.

The Christmas party is going to be very exciting as usual. Everyone wilt be In their Sunday best. The Chrtstmas program is highlighted with the youth club's program. Then, as usual, the delicious meal. Santa Claus always is the delight of everyone.

With a lot to look forward to, I hope to see you at the next meeting which is December 7. See you then.

Fraternally, Cynthia Banik, Reporter SPJST-

Wednesday, November 20, 190 ence with the tubes.

Refreshments, consisting of KoolAid and cookies were then served and near the hour of 4 p.m., all departed for home.

Fraternally, Sally .Sembera (13) Youth Club President --SEM ST

LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR

Dear Members, At our last meeting, on Nov. 9th, we had our meeting, played football, and went on a. hike. In our meeting we made a motion to have a dance on November 29. We had a guest speaker, Mrs. Lola Vavra. She talked to us about paints. We boys played football for awhile after the meeting. We went on a hike. We played football again when we got back. We had a supper for our parents, We then saw some home movies. We have our next meeting on December 14. I hope to see everyone then. I know we'll all have fun, Fraternally, Vince Sohielack (12)

LODGE NO. 66, WACO Dear Readers, On Nov. 16th, our mother lodge held its regular monthly meeting. It lasted so long the youth didn't get to have a meeting. We did sell chances on two door prizes which were won by Marie SPJST- Drews and Emil HanuS. LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR The mother lodge held their election Dear Members, and from the youth: congratulations We are going to 'have our next monto all who won. thly meeting on Dec. 14th. We are goOur youth club will hold a meeting ing to discuss our Christmas party. on Friday night, Nov. 28th and the We will also draw our Christmas mother lodge will have a little getnames. Everyone is supposed to bring together. We're to bring canned foods a Christmas decoration which they for the Christmas basket. See you made. After the meeting we will use then. the decorations we made to decorate Fraternally, the hall. On Nov. 26, we are going to Julie Slovak (12) have a dance. On Nov. 28 we are inTeen Reporter -SPJST-vited to a Thanksgiving party by Lodge 13, Dime Box. Last Sunday, LODGE NO. 153, LA SALLE Nov. 15, our mother lodge's president, Dear Readers, Mr. John Vavra and his wife celebratThe last time our club met, on Nov. ed their golden wedding anniversary. I 4, was our regular meeting. Besides saw a lot of people I had never seen behaving our regular business session fore.

I had a very good time, of the meeting, one of the highlights Fraternally, of our gathering was painting with Harry Schielack (11) Fri-Chem paints. It was also made -SPJST-known that on October 26, when our LODGE NO. 29, TAYLOR. youth club went trick or treating for Dear Friends, UNICEF (United Nations International The weather is getting colder evChildren's Emergency Fund), we colery day, so now all the youth can lected $32.72. sit down in the warm, and write a I would also like to add congratulaletter. All the youth enjoyed bowling tions to Ronnie Sralla, a member of' in Austin Nov. 15th, we bowled for two our youth club who received the Gold Star award for his outstanding work hours, and then we ate in Taylor. It was the first time I have gone bowling in 4-11. and my average was 78, not as good as Later, on Sunday, November 9, sevsome of the others, but I thought it eral members of our club, their mothwas pretty good for the first time. ers, and other guests all met at the La Salle Recreation Hall for a Tri-Chem Everyone would like to go again.

At our last meeting we talked about party. After the guests were introduced to Tri-Chem, they painted as if making us a float for the Taylor they have had a great deal of experi- Christmas parade. We are undecided if

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sister, Marlene, and I sang a song and we want to make one now or not, We enjoyed visiting the folks at the rest Cathy Prachyl played a number on home. We gave them a bag of cookies, the piano for entertainment. Many topics were discussed. each, for Thanksgiving. We also sang Then we had our meeting. Mr. Marsome songs in Czech and English for ek gave us a little talk about our them.

Our next youth club meeting will be future. We decided to have a ChristDec. 13th at 1 o'clock. Don't forget, we mas party at our next meeting, Dec. 14. I would like to urge more of you will exchange gifts, and the adult meeting will be Nov. 14th, at 5 o'clock. to come, not just to our parties but to We will have a program and, of course, the meetings also. We need a larger atSanta Claus will be there for all the tendance at our meetings. I would also children and will give them some ; like to say, King Robert Urban attendgoodies. We will dance the Beseda on ed our meeting. We had two guests, Dec. 7th at 6 o'clock in the rest home.

Terena and Allison Hejny.

Don't forget it, because the folks at After our meeting we had a gypsy the home really enjoy it. Don't foiget party with fortune telling, games and to come and`help decorate the Christa lot of dressed up people! Everyone mas tree at our lodge at the youth had a nice time with all the excitement and laughter. Please conic to our hub meeting: See you then. next meeting, Dec. 14.

Fra ternally , Antoinette Pokorny (14) Fraternally, President Rita Krajca (12) Treasurer SpJST-NO. 84, 1 LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR Dear Readers, Dear Members, Attention all SPJST teenage memOn Nov: 9. the New Tabor Youth bers in Dallas and Fort Worth and othClub had an appreciation ,supper for er pear-by cities: the parents. It was held at our hall.

We, the Teen Club of Lodge 84, are We had barbecued chicken, potato !oing; to have a Christmas dance at our salad, green salad, pickles, cakes, pies, idge ball and we would like you to tea, and coffee. My father was the be our guests. one who barbecued the chicken. After Our lodge is located at 2625 Floyd the supper Mr. Cecil Dickson was our Street, Dallas. The combo to play will guest speaker. He showed everyone a be the Stone Creek; there will be an movie. It was about how people live in admission fee of one dollar per perEast and West Pakistan. some live in son. The dance will last from 8 o'clock boats. Some live in villages. The poor to it midnight, refreshments will be live on one side and the rich live on served. another. Their best crop is rice. This On November 2 we had a get-togethwas a good movie. At our next meeting er at Kathy Maisdak's home. There we we will have another guest speaker. were served punch, listened to records Fraternally yours, Ind just simply enjoyed one another's Ronnie Schielack (10) , i,ompany. Then we went on a scavenger 'hint. only to return cold, but full of Portland, Texas rapp:ne.ss and warm feelings.

RIOTING Then on November 16, we had our A riot is an outbreak of disorder and monthly meetin g . We did have a good usually develops because people be:irowd. How about keeping up the good lieve they have been wronged. All over work and attending all meetings and the world, and especially in the United activities?

States, students are lighting the poDon't forget the Christmas Dance lice, universities, and the government. ,p ow. We will be looking for you there.

Many schools and colleges have been Any questions on directions to the closed because of these outbreaks. I Christmas Dance write me at 2904 think it is in order for today's youth to Inwood Road, Dallas, Texas 75235. engage in an orderly demonstration of Fraternally, Protest, but I do think it is wrong to Cherri Petr demonstrate in a violent manner which 'flee President ignores the basic rights of others. Today's youth have engaged in both Dear Reade:s, peaceful and violent demonstrations.

At the last adult Meeting we had a Wily are students (or today's youth) Thanksgiving dinner. The food was having these riots or outbreaks? My delicious, thanks to the ladies. My belief is that the shortest word in the

dictionary, which is ,I, is causing the trouble. Many people believe that what they say and do is right and they will not follow a leader. When I say that a person will not follow a leader I mean that the person wants things done his way and will not (follow) listen to anyone else. There are many people in the world like that today. Even though there are riots and disorders of all sort, I still think we have a fine country with sonic fine people in it.

Marsha Elzner —SPJST--

EXPRESSION OF N YMPATHY

We, the Resolution Committee, in behalf of the entire membership of Lodge 88 Houston, wish to express deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of EDWARD F. HALUSEA,

who passed away on Sept. 8, 1969 in Memorial Baptist Northwest Hospital.

Bro. Haluska was born in Ellinger, Texas on Jan. 24, 1900, and lived in Houston at the time of his death. Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Albino. Haluska; sisters, Mrs. Bess Urban of La, Gran ge, and Mrs. Rose Janek Of Crosby; a brother Jerome Haluska of Ellinger and several nieces and nephews.

He was a member of Hous to n Brethren Church.

Services were held in Heights Funeral Home with Rev. Gene Kotrla officiating and burial was in Brookside Cemetery.

May our departed brother rest in everlasting peace.

Resolution Committee: Mary Kalousek Anna Kilnar Anna Svestka --SPJST

EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY

We, the Resolution Committee of Lodge No. 94, EP.IST, of V7 :ealock, Texas, wish to express, in behalf of our entire membership, our deepest sympathy to the bereaved wife, daughters, and relatives of JOE BLAZEK,

who passed away on Nov. 7, 1969, at his farm near Wheelock.

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Brother Blazek was a veteran of World War I and a member of Lodge No. 94 since 1921. He was very active in Lodge affairs, having held several offices during his membership.

Survivors include . his wife; Mrs. Vlasta, Blaze.k, two daughters; MrS. James W. Stegall of , Bryan and Mrs. Robert L. Chuoke of Darien, Conn.; a sister, Mrs. Tom Wentreek of JourBanton, and four grandchildren.

May, our departed Brother rest in eternal peace.

Resolution Committee: Mrs. Joe E. Scasta Mrs. Cecil M. Dickson EXPRESSION OF .SYMPATHY

In behalf of all members of Lodge Praha No. 29 Taylor, Texas, we, the Resolution Committee wish to express our 'sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed brother, WILLIE ROBERT KERLIN,

who passed away Nov. 2, 1969, in an Austin hospital at the age of 60. He was born December 3, 1°93, in Richland,-Travis -Co. He is survived by his wife, Mrs, Alma 0. Kerlin of Pflugerville; two daughters, Mrs. Arman Wendland of Pflugerville and Mrs. Marvin Barthold of Converse; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Roeglin and Mrs. Amanda Gonzenbach of Pflugerville, and Mrs. Julie Hess, of Austin; three brothers, Eddie and Bennie Kerlin, of Taylor, and Herbert Kerlin, of Austin and three grandchildren.

Funeral services were held November 5, 1969, from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Pflugerville, with the Rev. Donald Luckemeyer officiating. Interment was in, the church cemetery. Condra Funeral Home of Taylor„ was in charge of arrangements.

May our departed brother rest in peace.

Resolution Committee: Jerry E,. Tallas Jerry J. Mucha A. L. Boudny — SPJSTEXPRESSION

OF SYMPATHY

We, the Resolution Committee of SPJST Lodge No. 24 at Cyclone, Texas, in behalf of our membership, wish to express our , sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed brother, VINCE F. SALAC

whose sudden death on Nov. 5, 1969, just the day before' his 92nd birthday shocked everyone in the Cyclone Community.

Funeral services were held Nov. 7 in Et. Joseph's Church at Cyclone with the Rev. Patrick Johnson officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

Having joined our lodge in 1902, Brother Salac was our oldest lodge member at the time of his death, and also the oldest in age.

BrOther Salac was born and reared in Czechoslovakia, • When he was 10 years old the family moved to Texas and settled: in Milani County.

His wife, the former Miss Marie Manak died in 1951.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Edwin C. Schiller and Mrs. Charlie Bartek e both of Zabcikville, Mrs. Joe R. Schnieder and Mrs. Johnny E. Elsik, both of Cyclone; two sons, William Salac of Cyclone, and Adolph Salac of Dallas; eight' grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Henry Mares F. W. 'Wartime E. J. Bedrich --Resolution Committee CrI2

EXPRESSION OE SYMPATHY

We, the Resolution Committee of the Novy Tabor SPJST Lodge No. 17 at Caldwell, Texas, in behalf of cur membership wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family on the death of our beloved lodge sister and your mother and grandmother, SISTER ANNA KLMIN, who died Sunday, Sept. 21, 1969, in a Bryan Nursing Home. Mrs. Kubin was born in Washington County on Oct. 7, 1885, later moved to Burleson County and resided in Brazos County for the last 25 years. She was a member of the Catholic church. A rosary was recited at the Hillier Funeral Chapel and the funeral services were conducted frOm St. Joseph Catholic' Church in Bryan. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. J. Valenta conducted the burial services at Mt. Calvary and the arrangements were under the direction of Hillier Funeral Home. Sister Kubin is survived by one son, Tom W. Kubin of Texas City; nine grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. 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. Trcalek Melvin H. S,krabanek

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In Memory of t.:DWARD KOTBLA

who passed away November 190.

How often he comes before us.

His face so dear and true.

Resting now in peace in heave Loving hearts still long for you.

We think of him in silence, No eye may see us weep.

But silent tears are shed Woen others are asleep.

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Driving by bus or auto is -a very intima le way to savor the land wherever you travel. We spent tv\ oi::; .hts in Vienna, and on our first nis;ht the group drove to Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna, to a quaint Austrian restaurant to sample last year's wine and cat a delicious meal, with native musicians serenading us with Austrian and even Czech melodies while we ate.

It was lovely evening spent by the group.

The next day we were off to see the city and its landmarks. To me Vienna, and Austria as a whole, has the Old World charm and made to order for the nostalgic, lovers of chocolates and rich coffee. Despite the traffic jams and modern building, always around the corner there is a glorious, well preserved monument to another day, a palace, a church, a majestic plaza, a countless treasure of architectural art and sculptural importance. The prevailing mood is Baroque, like it is in Czechoslovakia, so if you, are a lover of Baroque, Austria should be a special bonanza for you. In Vienna the very air seems Baroque, the Illielburg is one example, where the I-:apsburgs lived in splendor. Then there is the Sc.honbrunn Palace, castle of Moriti Theresa, a great queen who still dominates the Austrian scene. The Belvedere is another grand place to visit, tile gardens

Wednesday, NoVeMber 26, 1909' overlooking the city of Vienna.

Salzburg is a delight on every count, being smaller than Vienna, I prefer it. The old town is charmingly medieval with the Salzburg Castle high aloof overlooking the city. The Castle and the Winkler Hotel are a good point to view the city below, especially when it's illuminated with lights at night.

This is a city of dirndls, as every lady, young and old, and even little girls wear their native costume. They are very stunning. Not far from the hotel, we visited a block long open air market, which are in European cities, where the Austrian families display their food for sale. We shopped for sausages of all types, hung up in the booths, and chickens, too, by their necks and beef also without any refrigeration. To see all types and sizes of breads to go with the sausages was a treat snack on the bus. The European breads surpass our American bread any time. Fresh vegetables and fruits and their beautiful flowers can be bought at the market also. The Austrian housewife in her dirndl was busy shopping for her dinner with her bag over her arm. The last evening was spent exploring the city, listening to an outdoor concert, and meeting old friend8 and reminiscing over the Austrian coffee and a torte. The tempo of living in Austria and as a matter of fact in all Europe is a bit slower than in the United States.

The next morning we were enrout.e by autobahn, their freeways, to a village in Bavaria, of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Our morning coffee stop was made at a wayside alpine motel off the autobahn. This was a very modern motel, a ski lodge in the winter. We had our drinks on the terrace overlooking the city of Murnau.

As we embarked on the bus to continue, on the meadow was a wagon full of hay, pulled by an oxen. There was much picture taking at this time, as we have seen the oxen many times while traveling, like the chimney sweeps. Our first chimney sweep was seen in Czechoslovakia, and we all clamored to have a picture taken with a Czech chimney sweep. He didn't mind to be photographed.

As the sun was setting we arrived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, this quaint town surpasses all other Alpine resorts. It's world famous and surrounded on all sides by beautiful mountains.

The houses and buildings are painted with religious frescos and murals, big

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The flowers on wooden balconies decorate the home. The population wears the Werdenfels costume. The men wear embroidered leather shorts in summer, with a grey coat; and the Wadel stocking (which are stockings for the calves only) and are very funny to see.

The women wear, over a black bodice laced with a silver chain, a pale flowered silk shawl with tassels matching the apron and skirt. This region is rioted for its yodeling musicians.

As Rudy and I were viewing the beau7 tiful scene from our sunny balcony, the snow peaked Alps in the background with the church steeple. predo,‘ minating the scene, we heard bells, like cow bells, and sure enough there were several milk cows walking by the hotel from pasture outside of the town.

Each one filed off to go in its own stall by a house, right there in the heart of town. This is the land of the famous Berta Hummel figurines, intriT cate wooden carvings, exquisite painted china and beaver hats.

An entertaining evening was spent with the Charlie Adamcik's of Dallas listening to a Bavarian band and their singing at the Bauer Cafe and sampling the local wines. In fact, Rudy and Charlie were asked to get in the "floor show".

As we traveled the next morning out of Garmisch we were in the Tyrol district. We drove through Innsbruck, Landeck, and had our morning coffee at the famous ski resort of St. Anton, then to St. Christaph, another ski resort. We were climbing higher in altitude, as it was visible the vegetation was getting barer as it gets might cold here. The famous edelweiss flower, native to the Alps, grows here and is getting to be rare and cannot pe picked lawfully.

Our lunch stop at noon was at an outdoor restaurant terrace in the small principality of Liechtenstein, which lies between Austria and Switzerland, in the valley of the Rhine River. It's a postage size country. The Liechtenstein Castle towers over the valley of the Rhine. It is famous for its magnificent scenery and noted for its engravcl postage stamps and cheapest Hummel figurines in Europe.

July 4th we arrived at Lucerne, Switzerland which was. Our home for two nights. Our hotel overlooked Lake Lucerne and the Alps in the background could be seen through the haze.

The next morning everyone was up

17 bright and early and anxious to go shopping for Swiss watches, which are the best in the world. Watches and clocks are often up to 50 per cent cheaper than they are elswhere. Other typical souvenirs are wood carvings, carved musical boxes and intricately embroidered blouses and linens, as tablecloths. A tour of the town was taken by some of the group and also a tour to Mt. Pilatus, 7000 feet in elevation by electric train. A mangificent view of Lucerne and its beautiful lake; the surrounding Alps and even the Black Forest. At the Pilatits Kuhn are charming restaurants and hotels and- terraces from which the breathtaking panorama can be enjoyed to the full. A visit to Mt. Pilatus should be in your itinerary.

The last afternoon was spent relaxing and sipping coffee on the hotel terrace with Father Kukral as an afternoon rain came and dampened our adventure. I also met a friend here from Czechoslovakia and her husband, who both escaped and settled in this beautiful country. They both speak languages and are professional people, and are employed and well r.leased and happy in their new home.

The Swiss scenery is almost unparalr led. as you travel and the tiny villages in the Alps look like toy towns beside the steep mountains. Many charming villages dot the countryside, with the church steeple dominating the view with their clocks on the churches and other buildings too. Here in Texas we usually associate the county courthouse with a clock only. Czechoslovakia also has clocks on buildings of prominence. The river brooks that run parallel with the road are most inviting for a swim or casting your rod in the crystal-clear briskly-running waters from the melted snows off the mountains.

To Baden-Baden, Germany we traveled through the Black Forest area, which is noted for its mineral springs.

Baden-Baden is a resort city near the edge of the Black Forest. The Black Forest received its name because of its dense forest of dark fir. Our hotel, we stayed in, was built in 1689. The people of the Black Forest area manufacture carved cuckoo clocks and many were bought by our group here and in Lucerne. The German, Austrian and Swiss farms are well-tended, much grain is grown and beautiful cattle graze the pastures. Their farmhouses are built of stone or stucco with ad-

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jacent barns for their stock, and neatly stacked cord wood for their stoves antI fireplaces are ready to be used.

Tractors were seen in the fields with the whole families working.

At our destination for departure to Houston, at Frankfurt, Germany the next day, we assembled with the, rest of the group, which left us at Munich and traveled independently for a final dinner on foreign soil.

Sleeping snuggly that last night and anticipating a good flight home, we were awakered by a knock on the door.

When T asieti, "who is, it?" The answer ■\ as: -It's the (loath- of the'house, Dr. Watzlaviek of Schulenburg." What a surprise in the middle of the nightl Dr. Watzlavick and his wife had just arrived in 'Frankfurt for a three-week tour of Europe and wanted to bid us adios, as both were originally slated to go on our tour.

After a 12 hour delay of our scheduled flight; We were all hosted by World AirwaYs for a night's lodging at the new Airport HoteL Finally, we were in the air and homeward bound and during ' the non-stop 10/, hour flight, many of the group , became'acquainted with the other : tour abmpanions . and we en-, joyed the delicious meals served by the attentive World Airways stewardesses.

As we were about to 'land Rev. Hybrier led us in a thanksgiving song, "God Bless America."

We were a weary group of Americans as we arrived at Intercontinental Airport in lioustoi, but ha ppy to be home safe and greeted by anxious families and 100 degree weather. We embarked laden with unsurinountable extra parcels of every size and description, went through customs and homeward bound, each ,to their destination, and unfor7 ettatle .Inomories o -2. 25 days in Europe including C: -akia and in cur thoughts mak:r3g pla.is to return again, someday.

September 24, 1969.

Mrs. Henrietta Klccka, P. 0. Box 28, East Bernard, Tx 77435 Inc End.

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Fit•to graphs, legends, and tall tales they all g with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's newest park acquisition — Hueco Tanks, a

738-acre tract 22 miles northeast of El Faso.

The Parks and Wildlife Commission recently accepted title to the site culminating several years of effort by El Paso citizens to preserve the unique area.

Hueco Tanks had an attraction which could not help but destine it to a colorful history — water. Depressions in the limestone make natural "cisterns" which store a great amount of water during the wet season. In this parched country any quantity of water at all draws men and beasts like a magnet, and Hueco Tanks is the only watering sit for many miles.

Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches camped: here and left behind cave drawings telling of their adventures and sorrows, their triumphs and their superstitions. For not only is water there, but the giant igneous monoliths, with labyrinths of caves and tunnels, form an excellent fortress.

Sandals and basketware found in the caves furnish evidence that an early Pueblo tribe called the "basket makers" : inhabited the area around.

300 to 500' A.D. It was here the last great Indian battle in El Paso County was fought when some early settlers tracked marauding Apaches across the dessert to the tanks, beseiged them in their caves and slaughtered them.

The tanks served as a watering place for the Butterfield Overland Mail.

With its stony jumbles jutting upward 200 to 403 feet from the desert iloor, Hueco Tanks is a distinctive landmark in the area. 'Geologists say the rocks which form the tanks were once a seething puddle which boiled and :..;ubbled up through a weak spot .earth's changing crust, much as is squeezed from a tube.

The glowing mass did not reach the surface, but after it cooled and hardened, erosion cut the softer rocks from around it, leaving it exposed. Further erosion formed depressions that filled during rains. These made the Hueco Tanks a good source of water in a hot, bone-dry -country.

As intriguing as the geology is, though, perhaps the most important features of the site as far as preservation is concerned are the pictographs, outstanding' examples of Indian art are both perishable and imMovable.

They are on the solid rock walls.

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his book "Picture Writing by Texas Indians," published by the University of Texas.

"This is one of the best known pictograph sites in Texas. Located at a famed watering place, in a desert region where water is scarce, it has been a favored camp site from early prehistoric times.

"Huge overhanging boulders, located adjacent to natural reserviors or tanks furnished shelter to wandering tribes who came there for water.

"The place has long been famous for its 'sweet' water reservoirs in a land of salt and gypsum. The water in most of the so-called tanks is supplied by occasional heavy rains. 'Sometimes in periods of prolonged drouthe the water is exhausted in certain of the pools. One, however, is said never to go dry."

Jackson goes on to say that the walls and low roofs of the numerous small shelters were decorated with many pictographs. The, pictures have been preserved fairly well because of the durability of the rock.

Blowing sand has done some damage, but the greatest damage has been due to mutilation by vandals.

The pictures are of varying sizes.

Some are over 33 inches tall., Some must have been painted by an artist lying on his back.

Forty-two per cent of the paints are in white. Other colors used are red, black, and green. cme of the larger paintings are described as: A conventionalized human figure wearing a headdress, known locally as a vinegaroon, or whip scorpion.

Dancing figures possibly symbolizing the rabbit dance.

Dancers, a man on horseback and three right hand prints.

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Pro nas Den dikilvzdani jest vice, net vzpomenout ptiletitosti, o ktere se Pilgrims shromatd'ovali ke slavnosti, aby oslavili sve usazeni na pncle Ameriky.

Pro nas Den dikuvzdani stal se ptiletitosti k rozjimani, abychom vzdali diky za ty nespoeetne veci, jichZ se dostane lidu Ameriky rok co rok.

Vzdavame diky za stalou a hojnou sklizeri, za eilou prnmyslo you einnost a za ty mnohe veci, ktere v bajeene kombinaci poskytuji nam krasne ziti, typicke naSi semi.

Pro nas eclaoslovaky a es. potomky Lento den znamena vzciani diku naSim ptedkfun za jejich kuilturu, kterou zanechali pro nas jako poklad, za jejich odchovani nas, abychom se stall raznYmi a poctivYrni obeany teto velkolepe zeme.

PODZIMNI Zailoutle slunee na zapadu sp•ada tesklivou na S'eda nebesa, a strtutny pitsvit haluzemi pada na svadlou travu do lesa; prochladnYm vzduchem listi skravene se sneti na zem' izvolna tiepeta, nad vr;ky stromfi houf se ptalta gene a v teplo Phu odleta, a ze vkho, kam jen tvfij poltled padne, a ze Vkho, to v /mho §elesti, ted' jimas tony, barvy, zvuky ehladne, ticoty, zmaru, bolesti.

Irk preha, pomiji, vse hasne, sehazi, kvet, sila, far i zelen, zpev a eas, na trosky vkho jen se mlha sazi, rub: era je kryje rrtraz, Den dikil yzdani je narodni svatek, jeho historic jest pomerne mnohem vetAi davnovekosti. Jako za mnohk jiny zvyk dekujeme I za tento onen ptisnYm puritanin, kteti pfiR1 do zatoky

Massachusettske, aby zpusobili trvalY vliv na spoleeensky livot noveho sveta.

Osadnici v Arnerice vzdali po prve hromadne v tento podzhnni eas diky ptirode za prvni sklizenou ftrodu na pude Noveho sveta v roce 1621. troda byla hojna a uchranila je pted dalSim hladem a nedostatkem, kterYm pted Lim ud znaene trpeli. Byli to tak zvani Otci Poutnici, kteti pro pronasledovani za vernost vise evangelicke opustill btehy Evropy a vydali se po lodi Mayflower do Noveho sveta, aby si zde zalotili sve domovy.

• • lestiednim svatkem stal se Den dineineni za easu bojit severoamerickYch osad za svobodu a nezavislost. Otec vlasti a prvni president SpojenYch statn. Jiti Washington vydal prvni proklamaci k slaveni tohoto svatku, ustanoviv atvrtek 26. listopadu 1789 za den pov§echneho vzdani clikU po cele zemi. irsiho vYznamu dostalo se svatku tomuto v roce 1864 proklamaci presidenta Abrahama Lincolna, ktery vyznaail posledni etvrtek v mesici listopadu jako den, kdy vkchen americkY lid ma se spojiti v projevu dika za vkchno dobre, elm v roce ulynulem byl obdaten, za peknou arodu, za dravi a za v§echno ostatni, co Zivot jeho zkranlo a zlepSilo.

-SPJST-- Neoblomni a neistupni pokud Aiku neptatelum svYin hledime v tvat, dejme lasce a svornosti panovati ye sttedu svem. — M. Tytt.

-SPJSTTake v orchestru iivota pronikaji trouby.

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dopisovatelii Ellinger tad eislo 51 Mili bratti a sestry: Timto vas uvedomuji, 2e budeme odbyvati naSi pravidelnou tadovou schnzi y e Ellingerske Obchodni komote (CofC) budove v nedeli, due 7. prosince, a zapoeneme presne v 1:30 odpoledne.

Nezapomente 2e toto bude take naSe vYrodni schti•e ye ktere dobe se budou volit Utednici (tadovi) a rozhodovat o rtiznYc,h jinYch tadovYch zalet2itostech. Pkijd'te dle mo2nosti alespori jednou za rok.

S bratrskYm pozdravem D. A. Juren, tajemnik —SPJS'ittedni uvedeni iadu 1S. 17Z, 30. listopadu

ád Anton Anton J. C'ermak, C. 56 Corpus Christi Cteni bratti a sestry: Ta doba se'zase pIbiii1a kdy se budou konat zase ty vYrodni schnze spolkove. Nekde je maji ji2 v mCsjcj listopadu, ale vetSina tou povinnost konaji v mesici prosinci. Pokud jest mi znamo, ná S tad Anton J. Oermak, vcidy vYrodni sclanze stanovil na niesic prosinee. Tak bylo v minule schfai listopadove usneSeno i letos miti tuto schtizi druhou nedeli v prosinci, a sice 14.

(December) 1969.

Schtze bude zahajena ye 2 hodiny odpoledne ye ktere budou zase rozdany bankovni poukazy tem co jejich certifikaty nesou datum Rijen (October). Mame nekolik 2adosti o Clenstvi a ptipojiSteni, k toniu podavani spray Urednika a vVboru a volby firednikir a vYboril. pro rok 1070. Oeekava se, ae nektera spolkova sestra prijme UprazdIlene misto jako vedouci klubu mlade2e. Clenstvo je 2adano aby uriSli do teto schfize a zvolili ntedniky dle sveho pfani. Tato schfize je planovana na cele odpoledne, a pa schnzi bade spoledna veeete. Napodobne jak bylo 16. listopadu ye schrtzi sokolske, kde jidelni listek pozfistaval z toho co si elcni pravili cloma a donesli pak do kuchyne. Vanoeni nadilka bude spoledna se sokolem a spoikem SVPS dne 21. prosince jak obyeejne.

S bratrskym pozdravem Jahn StaSa, Taj. --SPJST 0(1 iiidll Komensl&S,C. 20, Granger

Mill bratti a sestry: Nak vYroani schtze dne 16. se nam dobte vydatila, schfize zapoeala v dye hodiny odpoledne, schazi zahajil ptedseda bratr Henry E. Vitek. vyzval

tomne 'deny ku povstani, a byl dan slib viajce USA. Tajemnik, bratr Raymond F. Holubec preeeti protokol z minule schnze kterY byl ptijat a podepsan. RadovY pokladnik podal finaneni zpravu za mesie tijen, a majetkov.9 vYbor podal jeho zpravu. Schnze bylo ptitomno asi 60 Nein', a take jsme meli nekolik hostü z jinYch tadtl: Predsedu od radu Oslo 87, bratra Lad Zatopka, a take co Organizatora II. okrsku a sestru Geraldine Baluskovou, teditelkou nalade2e, (Youth Leader) II. okrsku, tento bratr a tato sestra • k nam povedet a vysvetlit, jak Si muZern zaloZit odbor miade2e pti naSem Hide. Bylo jim podekovano za tento pokyn, a 2e se budem sna2it odbor mladeZe si zaloZit, nebo kdy2 je u tacit" odbor nalaclek2e, tak schtize jsou moc zajimavejSi a vice Mena ptijde do schnze.

Schtze byla ukoneena v 4:30, a pak zabavni vYbor mel pro vSecky ptipravenou yeeeti, kde nas u bylo asi 110 ptitoronYch. Po yeeeti priSla jedna na6eska, orchestra z nasiedujicich Bratr Frank Zurovetz, a bratr • Louis Kind, oba z Taylor, br. Edwin Kubadak, br. Lad Baea, a bratr a sestra Ed Naizer, z Granger, kteti nam velice krasne ty Ceske valeiky hrali, kteti jsou milovnici tance, tak se v kale vytandili, ale ne jeden proti druhemu skakali jak to tad' vidime na televisi. Tak Vy elenove co jste do OW schfize nepliali, tak vidite co jste ztratill.

Vasi Urednici by si pfali aby jste do kaale schnze v vetSim poetu, nebo oni neradi podavaji jejich zpravy a eteu protokol prazdnYm lavicam. Nebo Cim je vice elenti ye schtizi, tim se vice udela dobreho u tadu a cele nail SPJST. A zde yarn podavam jrnena tednikil pro rok 1970, a jsou to tito bratri a sestry: Arnold Zrubek, ptedseda Henry E. Vitek 1, misto-pied.

Henry- V. Marek, 2 misto-pied.

Raymond F. Holubec, tajemnik Sestra Norma Cavanaugh, neetni Jno. P. Trlica, pokladnik MajetkovY vybor. — Alfred Vitek a Lee Bruner UCetni vj?bor — Gilbert Strmiska, J. D. ShirodskY a Raymond P. Beaty.

VYbor zabavni — Gilbert Strmiska, J. D. ShirodskY a I. C. Rozacky.

Resolueni vYbor — Raymond F. Holubec, F. J. Mikuleneak, st. a Jno. P. Trilea.

Tak na zdrave shledani v pri gti schttzi 14. prosince.

Ve stfedu 26. listopadu 1969

S uptimnYm a bratrskYm pozdravem jsem ten samy.

Jno. P. Trlica, Olen nejdele u tádu, od 8. fmora 1903.

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ád eisio 47, Seaton Texas Mili bratti, sestry a etenati Vestniku: Zas je das na psani.

Dnes jsme tu mall velikY mraz, je zmrzle a i dosti dobrY de g, jsme meli.

Nak posledni scinize byla dobte zastoupena. Na yStevu jsme rneli sestru Mary Kalfus. Nemoene eleny mame bratra Jerry Dana a sestru Frances Krcha, oba kteti se u2 pozdravuji doma. Nove deny jsme ptijali: Walter Winkler, Shirley Winkler a Hudson Lynch. TOZ jsme meli volby fitednikti: Zvoleni byli jak nasleduje: Piedseda -Johnnie Vanidek, Misto ptedseda John Kohut, Tajemnice — Ruby Bolton, I.Jdetni — Willie Kohutek, Pokladnik — Louis Kohutek, deska dopisovatelka — Annie Jakubec a anglicka dopisovatelka — Dorothy Pechal.

Na majetkovY vYbor pro ptiSti rok jsou: Johnnie HruSka, Albin Sodek, Clarence Sodek, Frankie KlinkovskY, Anton Motl, Jerry Pechal a Woodrow Marek. teetni vYbor jsou Frank KlinkovskY, Anton Motl a Jerry Mikula.A. Gratulujeme vSem temto fftednikiim. Jsou to vSichni dobti pracovnici, a te2 dekujeme sestte Ella Haisler, ktera se sveho Utadu vzdala. Ona byla noSe tajemnice po mnoho rokO, a v2dy svou praci sveclornite konala. Te2 mame noveho organizatora Frankie Novosad.

Nate Christmas party budeme mit 14. prosince. Kuchyn, budou mit bra. a ses. William KoSarek, tak kclo chcete vypomoct v kuchyni ptihlaste se u nich. Take sestry jste 2adane donest pedivo co ktera chcete.

Dvetni cenu dostala sestra Rita Forney. Nate ptiSti schtze se butte odbkvat 2. prosince 0 dvou hodinach. vase dopisovatelka, Mary Haisler Rad eislo 38, Kovar Va2ena, reclakce, sestry, bratti a ateJak se mate? To jsme ale dostali peknY mraz v sobotu rano a v§eeko co bylo zelene je nyni 'Carrie a na to dnes pekne zaprklo a vitr od severu fouka a tak vSechny ty vyorane burske ofechy (peanuts) pekne obeschnou a budou se moct mlatiti (tr6ovat) a vozit domn.

Nate tadova schtize byla konUna v

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nedeli odpoledne pri dobre navSteve.

Preciseda Vacla y Batina zanajil schtizi a byl vzdan slib vernosti naSi vlajce.

Tajemnik preeet1 protokol a dopis ohledne mladeiZe. Sestry Mary S : tepan a Lillie Evieie podaly navrh na poradani programu a miti stromeeek v priSti sclnizi, ale navrh neprokl. Zato diky ze nemocenskY yYbor nemel co oznamit. Bylo placeni prispevku a nastaly volby Urednikt. Zvoleni byli vkci stati, jen Frank 8tepan, kterY se vzdal sodovku proclavat. Zvoleni byli jak jsou jmenovani zde: Predseda, Vaclay Bakina; Mistopredsedkyne, Mary Stepan; Tajemnik, Jerry 8tepan; Ueetnice, Lillie Evieie; Pokladnik, Felix Voleik; Majetkovy vYbor, August Hijdik, John Stalle a Karel lifibek; Domovni a Intltovni, Karel a Berta Kalena a do nalevny prodavat pivo, Willie SuSen a sodovku, Karel Kalena. Ostatni se budou volit a2 v pristi sellUzi a schtize byla ukoneena aZ do priai.

prijeli k nain a pribrali pi. Emilie Kret a to rids velice peteSilo a pekne jsme si pobeseclo-vali. Dekujena za navStevu a prijcd'te zas jak pojedeto do Cis-tern.

Minule pondeli prijeli p. a pi. Ludvik SabiS= tilovi z Wharton a take jsme si pobesedovaii. Oslavovali jsme "Armistice Day". Na veeer jsrne vkci sedli do jejich auta a spolecne jsme jell na yeeer k rodine p. a pi. Ernest Hofferek a tam jsme se moc dobre meli. Poliostill nas dobre za co jim jisto dekujern a pravili ze jeSte maji hodne persimonti (datloYYch sh y ) a ze prave ted' jsou moc dobre, jak iraraz na ne prijde, spadnou a ae jsou moc sladke.

Den dikilivzdani je ye Ot yrtek, tak preji vkin yelikelio noraka a dobre zdravi, protole to je to nejlepSi. Velice nine teSilo viclet zase pi. FrantiSku Barnovu z Guy, nebo jsme se nevidely od to doby kciyZ se odtud odstehovali.

Mary 8teipdn

Na Kovar v patek 7. listopadu byla pochovana sleena Vlasta Hijdikova z kostela Ceskomoravai Bratri. Fai F. J. Kostohryz z Temple vykonal politebni obrady v kostele i na hrbitoye.

Zemtela byla ulolena k veenemu odpoeinku vedle rodiett. Zanechala v zarmutku dva bratry, Ludvik Hijdik, Smithville a Alex Hijdik v Giddings.

Mnoho pribuznYch a prate' Zell jejiho odchodu. V nedeli, 9. listopadu v automobilovem neStesti (wrecku) priSla o Zivot sestra Vinci &Irina ve staki 81 let. Pochovana byla ye stredu z Marrs Home do kostela katolickeho ye Smithville, kde yip. Henry PSeneik vykonal polarebni obracly a ulolena k yeeneinu ocIpoeinku byla na larbitov "Oak Hill".

Take predseda Vacla y Barina pane promluvil a za spolubratry a spolusestry se rozloueil za nas vkchny. Zemkela zanechala jednoho syna, George (Jai) Barinu v Staten Island, New York; jednu dceru, Vlastu Kimpel ye Smithville; jednoho bratra, p. Frank Tomeeek v Cistern a dve ynoneata. Zesnula sestra byla dobra elenkyne Patin dislo 38 a dobrou oktrovatelkou po mnoho let. Moc tech starYch lidi opatrovala a vSeci ji men radi neb byla ke kaalemu uprimna. Va.Zila si svou Ceskou ree a Pane, promluvila s kaZdYm. ZemrelYm yeene ocipoeinuti a svetlo at' sviti a portistalYm rodinan , naSe uptiunia soustrast.

Onemocnela a musela do nemocnice pi. Marie Kulak, a prejem Ti abyste se navratila domfi zdravi.

P. a pi. George Korteff z Fort Worth, besedovali na Cistern a v okoli a take

Moulton, Texas Vartoeni hra, jednami druhe Osoty: Sv. Josef, patina Maria, Jezulatko v jeslich, andele, pastyri, dratenik, dva sirotci a Svati -al Kralove, KaSpar, Melichar a Baltazar. JeviSte promeneno v betlemskY ehiev. Cela scena je osvetlena bengalskYm rudVin svetlena. (VSichni pritomni nesinele se divaji na vYjev pied nimi.) Andele zpivaji: "Sldva budiZ Bohn Vkmocnemu, pokoj lidu ykinu pokornemu, v noel presvate tajemne, zrodil se spasitel v Betleme. V pokore lido pokiekni misto kcle stojis svato jest hle v teto citud.e jeskyni, Bah s nebe se ti zjevuje, se mu zem, i nebe lem. Rezvue Se diva-1y hlaholem." Pa. M-aria k lidera:, "Lidicky pojd'te jen bliZe podivat se na maleho JeliSka, nebojte- se, on ma odd hodne lidieky a zajiste ho ter de jste k nemu priSli." St. (Sv.) Josef jen. phkyvuje. VSiclani pristupuji bliZe, klekaji a zpivaji: "Jak si kra.sne Jezulatko, prespanile pacholatko, pied tebou padame, dary sve sklaciame. Ja ti nesu velikeho beranka ze stada sveho, s Dim si mazes hrati, libe Zertovati." DrultY pastYr: "Ja zas trosku mlicka, by kvetia tva Dratenik: "A co ja chuclY dratar tobe JeliSku zlatY mam darovat kedy sam nie nemant? Ale piece neeo ti velkomocnY panko claruji (sundaya vonioku ze svCho kloboueku), hel p Jezusku zlatV (ukazuje a trepe JeitiShovi pied oeilna) einci pekna to mno moje matera Bala za klohouk kedy sem del do sveta na reineslo." Strka, vonieku do risky Jc ■ZiSku a zpiva: "Ja som clo. brY clratenieek ste trciieinske

21 stolice, ja znom dobre drato yati hence, randlice. Ja soul bohae preveliky, het main ciratu tri funty, bruch mom pasern prepasany a kabat same lunty, halenu main jeSte dobru vsak sem si ju nekou-pil, tu mei tat'ko pri oltatu kdy2 se s materu Zenil, a ja ju maul likes trice! let a jeSte je jak nova. AZ ja zase kdysi umtem bude zase synova." Pi. Marie k ustraSenYm sirotkiim: "A cod vy dva brouci mali, pristupte taky b1it k JeliSkovi a take mu nee° zazpivejte, vklyt on se na kaLleho smeje a male ditky jako vy, ma velice rad."

Sirotci pristupuji k jeslim nesmele a zpivaji cl yojillasne: "Prebudil na tiSe ze sna bilY anclelieek a vk se lined ojako od hvezdieek. Povidal /lam o clet'atku zrozene-m v 13etleme, ce je mu tam v jeslich zima a zrnizel tajemne. S duSi zbanou v touze svate o JeliSku zlatY, poklonit se jdeme Tobe s chude Ceske chaty. Prosime to nas JihOku yyslyS prosbu cleckou, ze ` li mil- a pcttehnani v tu drahou zem A ecskou." V zadu hluk a vSe utichuje.

Tu svati tri kralove ptichazeji a za scenou zpivaji kdyZ vchazeji na scent-1: "My tri kralove jdem k Vain Stesti zdravi prejeme yarn. 8testi, zdravi dlottha leta, my k Vam jdeme tez zdaleka. Flvezdu tvou jsme uvideli, od zvestu jsme uslyseli. Ze se narodiS Betlerne a .vykoupiS, lidske pleme." Cerny mluvi: "Putujeme pouSti dalnou sem za hvezdou preskvelou, k tome jdeme krali sveta poklonit se s pokorou. Zlato nesem, v °bet krali i kadidia vonnY dyne, myrhu trpkou prijmi v obet a polelinej sluhUm SVS7M." (Kla,rieji se a sve dart' davaji) Dratenik VSecku Lou kralovskou nadheru obdivuje aZ 1c Ceche-can krali pristoupi a tale cc: "VelkolnociV panko, od Cello je cierna t yar tvoje, ty nejsi slovan jako ja. JO su ze Slovenska od Treneind a oclkud ty prichazi'?" Kral: "ad 17Ychodu a slunce je toho prieina, ze ma tear je opaiena." (Zapalene prskavky) Dratenik ukazuje vSern na oblohu: "Divejte se vSeci na to svetlo blizka ye, jeSto sem nevidel tak blizko hveZdieky se trepeta,t! VSichni zpivaji v torn osvetleni:" "Narodil se Kristus pan veselme se." Konec jednani drulieho opona jde dolu. bratre prosim mej s tim trpelivest, bude to pro Vestnik neco noveho. OvSern nak mladeZ z toho miti lace nebucle, ale tern kteiii Cesky rozurni, mohou to jejich maminky preeist. Jak jsem jiz uvedl na- zaeatku tato vanoeni hra byla u nas vine rod, ne vesnici v Palkovicich na Mera,ve

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22 sehrana, kdyZ mne bylo dvanact rokU, tedy pied gedesati etyrmi lety. Hra jde nekde do vala gskeho nareed, vZdyt' moravgti vala gi si prisvojuji k jsou priori potonici betlernskYch pastyku a tak, do sloveneiny, jinak byto nebyl ten dojem. Sloveneina je libozvuena fee a hezky se posioucha. Bud'te vgichni zdravi a ta pozdrav na ygecky.

Va g , Ferda Mieulka friedni uvedeni MAIL Ns. 132, 30. listopadu SPJS r ita.d Pokrok 6. 88 v Houston

Nag kroukk Hlahol sehrdl v nedeli 16. divadlo "Nevesty na prodej", za velmi velke ueastr, obecenstva. VSechna test naSim neinkujicim, vyznamenali se a byla radost je poslouchat.

Dakaz toho je, ze obecenstvo se cho• valo tine a ten kdo rozumi eeske reel, tak se musel uprinme zasmat, neb eely dej je propleten komickYmi vYstupy.

NeobYeejnY karakter je B. Melounek, bratr Jan Schroif a jeho drand polovice Laura, pani Vera Sekerkova. Take Mary Johnsonova je na jevi g ti jako doma, Vgechna Cest v gem neinkujichu, hrozne se to v gem libilo.

Krasne jste to zehrali, ja ae jsem neueinkovala s Vann, teZ se mezi vas poeitam. Frances Olexova, Ty jsi ta nejhlavnej gi, Zadmi. Te sice nevidi v to boucle, ale hraje g "nejhlavriej gi Ulohu".

Mali jsme to pote geni vide t Rudy efdika a jeho milou pani, velrni nas to petegilo. fteenik pied divadlem byl pozdrav z kraje, Dr. Vaclav Hunaeek.

Malem bych byla zaponmela na bratra Tima Kostom, ktery maskoval a vZdy je hotovy priloZit ruce k dilu.

Nyni clarkyne na bazar:— Junena: Frances Olexa, Mary Johnson, Harriet Allison, Rosalee Kosturn, Frances Dvorak, Mrs. Baca, Anna Kulr.ar, Anna Svestka,, Helena VaJeik, Ida Hanka, Pearl Hanka, Wilhemina SimeZek a Della Kadleeek.

Doufam, ze jsem nikoho nevynechala.

Dekuji vgem darcam, a milYt na y -kevnitmdval.

Jsem s mnoha pozdravy, Vae Anna Millar

tegila na,vSteva v gech hostil a zveme je, aby zas. brzy pI isli. Mame opet novou Clenku sestru Doris Foit (bYvala Tupd, z Ennis a sestrenka elenek Zvolankove, Sebestikove a Robertsove). TeSime se, ze se ji bude u nas licit a rada bude mezi nds dochazet. Pottebujeme tu inlaciou krev, nebot' star g i sestry nam ocicliazeji a nutno zas miti za ne nahradu — v2ciyt' ten nas` krouZek musime ineciet uctret co nejciele, jinak nam zanikne v geclano to Ceske mile, jen2 ty zakladajici naSe sestry mely tak rally a vytrvale udrZovaly.

Pe ystanini jsme uctily parnatky naSi zesnule sestry W. Jureikove, ktera tak nalile ode gla do neznama. Letognim rokern nam ode glo trojice sester v kratke dobe za sebou a je to pro nas velkd ztrata. Bohuzel, necia se proti tornu nie deldt. Sestra predsedkyne vyridila pozdravy oct sester naSich v Domove ocipoeinku se nalezancich a podeicovdni od nick za naSe vzpoininky na pozdravnych listku, ktere jim easto- posilame.

Obdriely jsme nekolik penaitYch darn na ucteni pamatky sestry Juraikove od sestry Konakovske, HouZviekove a manZelti Jos. jarnekovYch z Ennis, za ktcre uprimne ze srdce clekujerne.

Vyrizeny pozdravy od pant Trou-biloye a sestry P. Novotne, (ktera nyni bydli v Houstonu) a test nas, ze si na nas vzponmely.

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Dokoneily jsme plipravy na na gi vanoeni party ei veselici pro pri gti sciiUzi 4. prosince. Vytahovaly se jmena sester pro ktere mame koupiti ciarek na vanoeni podarovzrini, kterY se ma prinesti s jmenem sestry pro kterou je ureen na vrchni strance bali .au a s jmenem darkyne na zadni strane. to bYti neco uZiteeneho v eerie $2.00.

Tri sestry nam pekne pripravi a okragli stoly a _druhe pripravi stromeeek pod kterYrn se uloZi ptinesene darky k vY7 mine. D ye jine sestry se uvolily, prinesou vino na pripitek k tern milym svatkUm a s pranim, abychom po novem roce se zas ve zdravi se gly yespolek. Tak jiz je v ge ujednano a jen si prejeme, aby poeasi nam pralo a bylo hezky na ten den na gi party, a mely jsme velkou neast.

Ceskych L r en v Dallasu Nage listopadova schuze byla dosti eetne nav gtivena, nebot' bylo pritomno 35 Clenek a 8 hostu: sleena Albina Jareshova, pi. Bezdekova, pi. Herrenova, pi. Zabojnikova (tato jest dcerou zname dopisovatelky do jineho easopisu pi.

Jos. Urbanove ze Smithville); pak take byl etverliStek panfi: Le gikar, Noska, ebetka a Vilem Houdek, Velmi nas

Sestra C'' echanova prinesla start obrdzek elenek yzatY pied lety a sdelovala, 0:e ji2 11 jich za tu, dobu . odeAlo na yeenost. Obrazek darovala krou2ku a bude uscho yan na pamatku. Srdeene diky sestre Oechanove.

V listopadu maji narozeniny sestry: Nesudovd, Prikrylova, M. Koneekovd, Koneakova, Kamasovd, B-urranova, R. Parmova. Zazpivaly jsme jim vkin

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sttedu 26, listopadu 1.909 popraly hodne zdravi a 'Stesti. Hostitelky byly sestry: H, Vriova st., H. Vrlova, ml., M. Vrlova, Kathy Pottkotter, Valeikova. Maly opravdu dobrY °bed a vgeho dostatek, za eeZ diky.

Na nemoenem listku se naleza mantel na gi sestry HouZviOkove, ktery je prove v nemocnici. Doufame, ze se brzy zas pozdravi a nebude stonat.

Na ge sestra Zvolankova °pet zvitezila na vYstavce kvetin zde porddane na. Walnut Lane Recreational Center minuly tYden. ObdrZela 7 modrYch stu,h (celkern ddvali 10 a tedy vetginu ziskala ona) a pak je gte tak zvanY "Green Thumb Award", a za inimoradnou cenu dostala zelenou Rosette Cili kterd byla poprvne ddvana ;otos za kvetinovou vYsta yku pokojovYela kVetin. Na takovou vYhru musi miti nejrnene 95 bothe a na ge sestra meld 97 bodth Ona vystavovala "Bird of Paradise" v kvetinaei — jenZe bohu2e1, ja nevim jak se to rekne eesky.

Myslim, Ze mtiZeme pravein bYti hrdi na krajanku Zvolankovon, ma opravdu uglechtileho "konieka" eili "hobby".

KaZdYm rokem nekolikrate ziska mnoho cen na kvetiny a ma, jid tech stub. celou radu. Srdeene gratulujeme nagi sestre a prejeme mnoho dal gich itspePrave co toto dopisuji bylo me retieno, ze zemiel p. Jerry Henr,Zal, syn nagi sestry AneNw Hem2alove,, a take bratr sestry L. Kartousove. Krotikk vyslovuje svou uprimnou soustrast obema sestram a zesnulemu necht' je zeme lehka po Vgem trapeni.

Mile sestry, nezapomente na nagi prigti schtizi dne 4. prosince, a prijd'te brzy, abychom mohia se seinize odbi ti a pak abychom mely vice Casu na pobaveni a pobesedovani mezi sebou. Taky nezapomente prinesti neco od peeiva, nemusi toho bYti hodne ale a.spoit na talirek neco chutneho. Sestry hostitelky se postaraji o krocana o pHkrmy a ,ostatni sestry pririesti neco od peeiva. Stromeeek bude Cekat na reeky, ktere se poloM pod jeho vetvieky a ty se pak rozdaji die jmena. A je g -tencokra,setbudak gt'astna a ponese si domd tu prekrasnon deku kvilt) zhotovenou sestrou Miloslavou Noskovou, a to jiste bude krasnY darek vanoeni! Tedy prijd'te vSechny a bud'te na Cas. Na shledanou 4, prosinee v sOkolovne.

S pozdravem Ane'Aka Houdkovil Mai clobr3i Z'aludok bYva lepe miti dobre srdce.

Ve stPedu 26. listopadu 1969 TAK ATELICOS Aneika Houdkova MinulY tYden jsem byla pozvana bratrem Vilemern do Ennis na posvicenskY abed nekolika pritelkynemi do sokolovny tamni. Ennisky Sici krouZek v ten den poraclal svuj vYroeni posvicenskY obed pro elenky a jejich man2ely, a ty vdovy, ktere neinaji man2e1a, si mohly pczvati hosta. Tedy tetieka Bettie Houdkova, Marie Kopeekova nas obe pozvaly. Ale ja u2 taky byla pozvaiaa drive i pant Frank MaruSakovou — a tak bylo tolik toho pozvani tak jsein tedy se osmedila a jell jsme. Wak je to piece jen ten start' dcmov a davne piatele -- a kdo by nerad jel mezi sve zname? Kdy2 jsme tarn dojeli tak ty enniske yeelieky ji2 pracovaly pinou parou na dece taky ji pak odpoledne docielaly. Ji2 tolik roktl stale proSivaji a porad maji co cleat. Pani W. TIAN, zas dela ty maStitka eili peroutky a penize vkly odvede jirn do kasy, a ka2clY cent je dobrY. Volaly pak k obedu -- no, vlastno bych mela iici k hostin g — nebot' tam je vZdy deho prichysta.no jako na svatbu. Byla tarn nadteva dosti velka a meli jsme se Mice dobre. Pa obecie mely sestry schnzi, ye ktere si delaly vanoeni plany. 'raky jsou to sestry dobroeinne, nebot' odhlasovaly, 2e pied posvicenim donesou koSi.ky ovoce do enniskeho Domova odpoeinku. TC, jest peknY a chvalitebny ein a jiste budou chovanci tamnilio Doinova potOeni, 2e si na ne nekdo vzpomerte — treba2e se maji tarn dobre. Vzpominka je ale prece jen vzpominkott a cliikazem, rte nezapomina elovek na no. Deka se pak do hotovila a zaealy se nide sestfieky rozchazet, k clornovu. Byl to peknr- den ztravenY y e spolcenosti tech davnych prate', ktere jsme kdysi znavali. Dekujerne dobrYin lidera za skvele pahostinstvi a snad nektere sestry prijedou se sestrou Kopeekovou narn do schuze se podivat a budeni lileclet tit. JeSte se musim zminit, rte prave ten den, co se konala schuze meta narozeniny nose sestra Marie Kopeekova, ktera je elenkou 1,62 enniskelio spolkit a tecly oslavovala sve narozenlay dvakrate — zde i tarn v Ennis. Byly jsme poeastovany velice dobrYm keikem ei dortem "Birthday Cake". za cck° srcl".ne dekujerne. Bylo to vie velice pekn,1 a mile.

Jedna moje znania mi nedavno rikala, 2e se zda, 2e ja neustale jen trajdam po svete) z rnista na mist°.

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kdybych m am nejezdila? Zpravodaj cili reporter musi stale nekam jezdit a ty zpravy "chytat", protole any samy za elovelcem nejdou, 2e .ano? A ty vydaje el expense musim si sama hradit, nebot' ty nil 2adny neplati. Ale je to pro bratrskY spolek a pro dobro naSich star:sich Henn., kteri nemeli prileZitost se naileit anglicky a tak proo neudelat neco pro ne?

V Milwaukee, Wisconsin budou svuj vYroeni."Holiday Folk Fair" ve dnech 21., 22. a 23. listopadu. I7uzne radrodnostni skupiny budou predvadeLi sve narodni tance a zpevy, a ta ,skupiny cieti techto (asi 20 natocinostnich skupin) ukaZe sve umeni; budou naprOdej i ozdoby vaneeni razna jidla darky. Zajedou tam 1 nav4evnici z Kanady, Ohio, a odjinud. Z Kanady man prijet sloveriSti taneenici v krasnYch krojich a z Chicago. prijedou castnici na, nekolika husech. Skoda, rte je to daleko, jak ra,cla bych to vie vela!

V Peden 23. listopadu se bude konat v New Yorku, v notelu Statler Hilton, oslava 35 leteho trvani C61. radicveha programu. Prvni vysilani zaealb v rote 1933 na stanici WWRL Ve Woodside a . zakladatelem byl krajan SloVak p.

Karol Mik0, a prvnim hlasatelem byl, Josef Kobylka; daHdrai byli Barney Peiant, Bob BystrickY, Janke Schwartz a v pritomne dobe Jan Petlieka se slovenskou hlasatelkou Ludmileu Koreekovou a anglickYm iciasatelem Rudy Moro. Tento radiovy program jest pry velmi obliben., nebot' jest jedinYm pra, menem informaci, ktcrY seznamuje vSechny posluchaec rUznYch spolkti orga,nizaeich se vSim, co se v krajan skem 2ivote, deje a taky s poradanim spolkevYch a narodnich oslav a zabay.

ObzvlaSte pro iT,y nove nrijete (a i Pro na,vSt(vniky ze stare vlasti) me tento tesky program volkou unit, nebot' pamaha pristehovalcam itajiti zaniestnani, a byt a seznamuje je se vSim, jenZ nreli by vedeti o teto , jejich neve viasti — ha, i umoth jim cestovani do lecktcrYch mist, aby seznali kde vSucle byclli krajani a sciruovat je vespolek.

Vysilani se deje ka2de UterY' a stredu v 7 laodin weer no stanici W=OW. Program mono zachytit ve vetN easti stain New Yorku,NeW Jersey, CormecHaiti a Massachusetts. Krala.nam tarn on vYchode srdeene gratulejeme doff 't0, Ze ,;cite clionh,„ HIs bude prey' ona sloe it krajaninn tamn _ .

Jaka to )."skocia, rte p. Frank Holub se nedoekal tett) oslavy, nebot' ac 831ety, stale rnel obavu, aby radiovY program

23 tento nezanikl -- a sam chudak nodd yno odeSel do neznama, a ji g se nebude moci Haiti Osl. rozhlasu.

Minulou sabotu hrali v sini Linden Lull radu 66 nasi pratele Majkovi z Corpus Christi a tak moji bratri a ja jsme se jell podivat a vyposlechnout jejich vYteenou hudbu. Na.vaevu melt velikou, vie bylo zapineno a kaZdY se dare havil. Litujeme, rte jsme tarn nemobil se zdrZet art do posiedka, nebot' tak' pane hrali k tanci i k poslechu.

Jsou to veseli hail a radi se v2dy vidime s nimi. Musela jsem se zasmat Janovi Majkovi, icdyt zaeal vytrubovat pisen "Svestkove knedliky" proto2e bude to jeSte dlouho treat budu, moor jim uvarit ty knedliky z iierstyYch Svestek. Bvestky jsou v sezo)-46 art na, podzim, (v srpnu a zari), a ted' je to give listopad. Tak John, aO mate ty. knedliky tale straSne rad, monte si za tim jen brousit zuby. m u, tort je 2ert, 2e ano?

Mill etenari, zda-li pak jste si preCeti" v anglicke easti oven nekny nek od p. Krakory? Bylo to pojednani o nail povinnosti jako potoinci eeskYcla pianiru k naSeniu narodnimu de• Je to velice pekrIV elanek, kter kaki* American Osl. ptivodu by si pozorne piTeisti a pak si jej dobi'e pamatovati. A zda-li pak jstc mill 'C'tenaki si preeetli onu krasnou basnieku ✓ Ceske easti Vestniku z 1. rijna? Ta je. taky pravdiva a stoji za preeteni, pro torte po mnoho let jsme meli jaksi malo to ndrodni hrdosti, a to je nan prave nyni velmi potreba. Rada jsem slySela,, e je tolik 2akti zapsanYch na :skolcii a universitach kcie se sestina vyueuje, a doufam, 2e i jin(le budou prikladu nasieclovat. Wdyt' i Rase vlada Amerika se samotnd stard o to, aby se vyueovala CeStina v naSicla , 3kolach, a povclala sem Dra. Vaclava Hundeka z Praby k tomu aeelu. Zale2i tedy jen no naSich krajanech aby projnili jem o vvueovani slovanske reel zde v Texasa. A veera jsem eetla ye zdejkich veeernich novinach, rte nekterYch hotench jako Statler Hilton a j. zaenou priSti tYden zamestnavat kteri avladaji vice jazykii — 4 at 5 — k vuli temu, aby zvYSIli zajem o torism. Budon prY oznamovat v asi 20 zemi, rte se" budou maci vykazati lidmi mluvicimi, jejich Peel. tak aby zajern o ces(ovC ii jejich sem k Darn do 1),))•eriky.

Tecly uva2ujte mill krajani 0 tom, jaicon viYhodou by to bylo pro Vak deti,. kdyby umeli mluviti eesky a mohli domluviti s Udall i jinf7c11 skYch narodti. Kdo miuvi cesky tak se

VPSTNA IC lehce domluvi polsky, chorvatsky a jine. To same plati i v jinYch zamestnanich a v jinYch itradech i vladniciaprotole v nynejS'i dobe jest stale zapotrebi vzdelanYch, kvalifikovanYch vSude. Jsem tak vdeend svYm rodietim za to, ze se u nas mluvilo stale eesky a hodne eesky eetio, a nasleOkern toho jsem se natiella psati eesky a nyni Van mohu skoro kaZdY tYden non naSkrabati do Ceske Oast" Nikdo z nas nevirne, kdy nun nee° bude k dobremu! Tak jig jsem toho naSkrabala dosti a likoneirn. IViejte se vSlchni dobre.

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OKRSE.OVt KALENDAR leg() 1970 Jarni. schuze II. okisku bude se konati a tacit' eislo 47, v Seaton (Star Hall), 12. dubna, 1970. kad disk) 49, Rowena bude hostit schnzi IV. (or tyrteho) okrsku etvrtou nedeli v mesici dubrm. v race 19A. —SPJST-

RESOLUCE SOUSTIIASTI Sestry a bratri tadu Osveta Oslo 38 v Kovar projevuji uprimne citenou soustrast portistale rodine nad Umrtim je7 jich maminky, starenky a na,Si spolusestry, VINCIE BAftINA, ktera, narn na y .dy odeSla 9. listopadu 1969 ye staid 81 let. Zemkela v karovem neS"testi (wrecku) a poln'eb mela vypraven z Marrs kaple do katolickeho kostela ve Smithville. Vlp. Henry Neneik vykonal poln'ebni obrady na mestskem hibitove Oak Hill. Na hrbitove take pekne promluvil predseda Vaclav Barina, ktery se rozloueil za spolusestry a bratry ze zenirelou spolusestrou radu neb ona byla vZdy dba.la a dobra elenkyne. Vinle poznstala rodino, te2ce nesete odehod vaSi mile ale i my sestry a spolubratPi velice &lime jejiho tak nahleho odclaodu a prejeme ji klidny veenV spanek a Best budii jeji parnatce zachovana.

Resolueni vYbor Mary Stepan Emma Stalle Lilli

Dr. M. R. Atefanik v Chicagu v r. 1917 Dr. Andrew P. Slabey Dna 14. oktobra 1917 Dr. Milan Rastislav Stetanik bol v Chicago, Ill. v 'Oeskej, sokolovni na Lawndale Avenue. Sokolovna bola nabyta eeskYm a sloven-. skYm obecenstvom. Ako sa Stetanik objavil vo dverach, o'oecenstvo zatichlo a hudba spustila Marseillaisu. Na Oele sprievodu bol UradnY zastuyca Frantie, potom L. J. Fisher, predseda deskeho Narodneho ZdruZenia a mnozi vynikajnci eeski pcacovnici za svobodu naSho naroda. Ned' Vystnpili na javiS"te, ozval sa brtrlivY potlesk. Dr. Fisher pred stavil Dr. Stefanika a Medzi inym povedal: "Dr. Stetanik je muZ, ktoreho by skutoene mohil CeSi Slovakom zavidiet', keby nebolo tej okolnosti, 4'te: Dr. '8 tetdnik dokdzal nie raz, ale tisic razov, ze srdce jeho bije tak za Cechy, ako za Slovakov." Po tomto nasledovala ree M. R. Stefanika: "PriSel som, aby som vyhovel volt naroda. Robili mi yYditky, ze odkedy som tu, v Amerike, eSte som sa vetejne neukazal. Ale vVeltka tato je neopravnena. No teraz som tak urobil, aby som trial skutoene dokazi, ze vetev eeskoslovenska neni vetev sucha. Mojim hlavnYin Ukolorn bolo, aby som pracoval vo Washingtone, vo VladnYch kruhoch, za naSu vec, a toto vysvetli, preCo som chodil tak malo medzi obecenstvo a tak pozde som prisiel do Chicaga."

"Do Ameriky som aby som po hYbal zakladnou pochnienkou na S . ej samostatnosti u washingtonskej vlaciy...

Aby som jako zastitpca tesko-Slovenskej Rudy ziskal svolenie americkej vlady na utvorenie samostatnej eeskoslovenskej armady, v ktorej kaZdeniu z vas by bolo unio'knenm konat' na."Su povinnost' . Musime si povedat', v Com je dielo. . . Odpust`te, ze hovorim slo vensky, vSak mi nezazlievate." (Ne! VYborne. Rozumime!)

"Ja verim, ze sme jeden narod. Rozcliel rneclzi nami je malt'. Anthropologicky je dokazane, 2e sine jeclno, rozdiel je len reeovY. A v 'red si tozuinieme. Sest'roene Ceske a .:lovenske dietky sa dorozumejit."

Vtedy Slovenska Liga vydavala pre ,'Auderitov mesaenik, Slovenska za redakcie Rev. P. Jamarika, ktorY tutu rea reportoval a uvetejnil v aisle 1, 15. novembra 1917).

Gen. tefanik o i'eskoslovenskom narode "Main tak rad ten na g flared, ze to ani nemusi hovorit'. A to azkost/ive rozdelovanie na ecllov a Sloviikov ne-

ye stredu 20, listopadu 1969 nie dobre. Pre Irina sir Cesi Slovaci usadeni v echach a na 1Vlorave a Slovaci sit Cesi usadeni na Slovensku."

Tak zmYSPal Steianik pred 50 roky, ale dries by znaySl'al inak, povie niekto.

Nepraycla. Stefarrik nebol oportunista, "Pam i vetor tam plaSt'." Stefanik bol charakternY, rozumnY, sveta zkirsenY elovek. Veril v heslo: "Vo spojeni je sila." Ten by nencal dnes Co pred 50 roky postavil. Stefanik dobre znal,ze pre Slovakov je najlepSie drZat' sa neochvejne, pevne a svorne s bratmi techami.

Gen. Steianik o ministrech Ked' sa M. R. Stefanika spytovali, kol'ko mat' Slovensko vo vlade ministra y, odpovedal: "iadnych a vSetkYch," a vysvetlil to takto: "Ak bude mat' Slovensko dostatok najschopnejAich bude mat' ministroy vS'etkYch. Chcem, aby sa Slovak tak citil doma v Plzni, jako sa ma tech citit' doma v Nitre." Nie mu nebolo protivnejSie ako ilzkoprsY a kratkozrakY separatizmus, ktorY je hroborn slavianskej vzajornnosti. teltinik bol skutoonY cc hosl ov k telom i duS'ou. A kto pik ako sine s pohorSenim, tIe vraj "techoslovakismus posmrelkava", ten urala blaha pamietku nacho bohatiera Generala Stefanika.

My verni Cechoslovaci — a nas je eRe hodnY poeet — oslavujeme celeho Stefanika a nielen to, Co sa nam pael.

Vieme i to, ze keby dnes zii, postavil by sa proti rozdvojeniu Ceskosiovenska na dye republiky a na dva narody. I spolane sme malt' narod. Potrebujeme jeden druheho. Stefanik sa dobre znaSal 6 techrni, naueme so, tak i my.

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Pnl milionu nav gavnikit na olomoucke Floie 69 31. srpna skoneila letni etapa celostatni vYstavy kvetin Flora Olomouc 69 s poeetnou zahranieni naasti. Obe etapy, jarni i letni, dohromady dokazaly, ze zajem na gich Wanti o kvetiny je Pr zaveru byly take nejletAim pestiteltn predany medaile, ktere ziskali v souteli o nejlepH vYpestky. Mezi nejnspegne.0i vystavovatele v letosni letni etape path]. narodni podnik Rekultivace Ostra ysko-karvinskeho reviru v Havi •ov6 Suche na Karvinsku. V samotne expozici tohoto podniku, ktera byla vysoce hodnocena odborniky, bylo oceneno z 21 prihlaAel4ch vYpestMI 18. Pracujici havitovskYch skleniktt n. p. Rekultivace tak ziskali 8 zlatS*ch 5 stribrnYch a 5 branzovYch medaili.

ye sttedu 26. listopadu 1969 VSETINT SRDCE VALASSRA KdyZ" se telme Vala gsko, tak se yarn vybavi ptedstava hornateho kraje se za lesnenkmi kkeerami a holkmi grfmemi, se gt'avnatkmi pastvinami, se stady krav a ovci. Vsetinsko neboll Vsacko, to bkvalo odedavna rajem oveakn, ozvenou se tahly melodie fujar a dolehaly a.2 do fidoli vesnieek a mest. To jegte v kolibach vonel ovei sYr, Brynza a aineica. RoZnovskY skansen ma bkt upominkou na tyto doby a folklor Valagska. Obyeeje, pisne a tance se zachovavaji jegte v narodopisnkch souborech. Pastevectvi, chov dobytka a lesy se staly jests dodnes obZivou obyvatelstva, i kdy zemedelstvi ustoupilo deroucinm se prnmyslu.

Turista stojici na temeni Radhogte nebo Javornin stek uveti, Ze krasy Valagska byly pro girgi vefejnosti objeveny teprve narodopisnou vkstavou v Praze roku 1895. Ale je tomu tak, nadbernk kraj Mora yskoslerskkch Beskyd a Vsetinskkch (Vsackkch) vrcht, oddelenYch od slovenskkch Jeseniku frdolim Beevy, objevili nav gtevnici mest a obci, jako i pegi turiste teprve v tomto stoleti.

Jsou Valagi od Valagskeho Mezitioi, nebo, od RoZnova pod Radhogten, ti tteti jsou od Vsetina, kde je sidlo okresu. Ale vgichni dohromady zpivaji tu znarnou valagskou hymnu "My jsme jedna rodina. . ." a dovedou se rozveselit pti sklence ohnive palenky nebo slivovice. (V gak to jedne dali nazev "razula" podle karlovickeho pralesu.) Valagi maji sviij dialekt, o jejich pilvodu jsou dohady, 2e se phistehovali na Moravu (zname Valachy v Bulharsku, Rurnunsku). Maji vlastni tradice, historii. Nikoho nenapadne, Ze by nepattily k entograficke skupine obyvatel Moravy, nebot' od nejstargich doby byli straZci jeji bezpeenosti a hranic, jako i bojovniky proti vettelcilm; Turkfun, Tatartm, Kurucfun a dalgim.

Mesto Vsetin (prvni zminka je z roku 1308) se stalo strategickkm mistem pro tento kraj v frdoli Beevy uZ na zaeatku 14. stoleti, kdy tu byla ktiZovatka kupeckkch cest, a proto tu vznikla i straZni tvrz v roce 1464, ktera, bdela nad klidnkm Zivotem obyvatel a kupeckkch karavan.

Vsetin se stal sttediskem odboje proti Vald gtejnovi a cleat' v dobe ttisetilete valky, vala gska povstani zaeala v roce 1620 a skoneila v roce 1644. Telmer 200 povstalcil bylo popraveno na vrchu " ibeirraku. I to .dokazuje chrabrost a bojovnost Valachu, ktera ptipomind Cho-

VESTNIK dy, at' uZ glo o boj proti cirkevnimu nebo cisatskemu panstvi, proti nadvlade deskYch nebo uherskYch pantr. Habskurkt.

Pokud jde o vliv cirkvi, to si mfdeme ovetit na zachovankch pamatkach, tak naph, po vyhoteni dteveneho kosicia venoval hrabe Jill Illeshazy cirkvi budovu noveho zamku (vybudovaneho v roce 1610), kterk vyriistal na troskach bYvale hradni tvrze. Byl tu silnV viiv evangelikit, kteri predali v race 1780 cisati Josefu II. petici, take o rok pozcfeji vydal 1 Valachtim toleraneni patent. Na na.vrM stoji dva evangelicke kostely — jeden patril augsburskemu, druhY helvetskemu vyznani.

VYznainnSrm meznikern je sloueeni Horniho a Dolniho Mesta v race 1849, tak2e tu vzniklo sidlo okresniho a berniho uradu i soudu. k.emesla, jejichZ rozvoj za feudalismu byl svazan cechovnimi predpisy (nejstarSi artykule Sevcti a krejeich), ziskala Zivnostenskou svobodu v race 1860, a na druhe strane podlehala stale vice konkurenci vznikajiciho prinyslu. Tak napt. v roce 1810 tu bylo 114 soukenikti, v race 1880 jenom jedenact.

NovS7 rozvoj mesta, zasaZeneho take valka-mi, podminuje vYstavba Zeleznieni trate na Slovensko po prvni svetove valce. I ye Vsetine bylo vgelijakYch pant na zamku, at' u‘Z z belgicke spoleenosti z Bruselu, nebo znami vSirobci nabytku Thoneti, nakonec i Marie Bat'ova, vdova po Toma§i. Od to doby se datuje i rozvoj prumyslu, kterY ovlivnil vVstaybu Dolniho mesta. Vznikaji nove zavody, obchody, trusts. Z Kohnovy tovarny na sirky, zalolene jie v roce 1861, se stala tovarna na ohVbanY nabytek a pak zanikla v dobe hospodar ske krize v race 1932. Namisto ni tu vznikla tovarna na kabely, ktera zanikla v roce 1950. Od roku 1883 tu mela tradici Bublova tovarna na no2e, pozdeji znarodner0"r Sandrik, kterY take BYvala Sousedikova tovarna 119, elektromotory slavi nyni pillstolete jako Severomora yske elektrotechnicke zavody MEZ. Stejne tak .stare jsou i sklarny, ktere se specializuji na osvetlovaci sklo. A kdy2 pripoeterne vsetinske strojirny, ktere zahajily provoz pled valkou, drevai'ske zavody s dlouhou tradici, staroby1S7 pivovar (zalozeny roku 1610), pak se nam vybavi mikrostruktura priimysloveho Vsetina jako pod rentgenem, i kdyZ historie nezapte, he trpel nejhilte z cele Moravy za prvni republiky, kdy stoupajici nezamestnanost byla dfisledkem uzavirani zavod y a omezovani vkroby. Vse-

25 ting ti museli hledat praci v pnkch parmyslovkch mestec,h ye Zline, v Ostrava, riebo i jinde, dokonce odji2deli za praci i za more, do Ameriky.

Prumysl lakal obyvatelstvo z chudeho venkova, rozvijela se tak proletarizace a radikalizace delnickeho hnuti, vznikla socialne demokraticka strana (1897). V race 1899 zakusili VsetinSti stielbu eetnikti do protinernecke demonstrance. Krome socialne demokratickeho spolku Pokrok tu ptisobil jeS"te narodne socialistickY spolek Kos. V obave pled radikalizaci delnictva se stal Vsetin v race 1909 sidlem okresni politicks spravy. V roce 1900 byl vybudovan Delnicky darn, kterY mel konzum a knihovnu. Od roku 1921 se tu -konaly schtize KSO. Dye pametni desky pfiporninaji 1)0krokove tradice z obdobi mezi dvema valkami. Jedna z nich path novinati Juliu Fueikovi, kteri prijel sem v roce 1931, aby v Lidovern dome prednes1 sve balmy o tests do SSSR. Druha, path FrantiSku Moudremu, elenti okres niho zastupitelstva za Komunistickou stranu Oeskoslovenska, kterY hajil zajmy lidu v letech 1935 1938 a zernrel v koncentraenim tabore v Mauthausenu.

Vala gska, krev se vzbourila v dobach boje proti faSisticke okupaci, kdy 500 vsetinskch vlastencd bylo vezneno a 150 popraveno nebo umueeno.

Ve stinu Lidove hvezdarny, odkud lze pozorovat hvezdnate nebe ci Mesic, na kterS7 vkroeily u2 nohy prvnich kosmonautd, krei se malt' hrbitov, kde odpoeivaji es. vojaci, kteri padli v boji o Vsetin. . . Pripomina, to i parnatnik odboje. Na tyto tradice jsou obeane hrdi.

Drulta svetova, valka zabrzdila rozvoj mesta. V dalSich letech se opet mesto probouzi a jeho budovani se dostava do tempa. V roce 1949 se prieiriuji k mestu dal S . 1 obce — Rokytnice a Jasenka s ratibofskou easti semetinskeho doll. V Rokytnici bylo zaloleno Jednotne zemedelske drastvo. Vsetinske strojirny a elekt •otechnickV zavod zaznamenava,ji prudky rozvoj 14roby. Vznikaji dalSi podniky. Priimysl ovlivnujc vVstavbu nov3ich sidlist, zvlb:Ste na Travnikach v Rybnikach, v Lulu. 13uduji se nove gkoly, obchody, jesle. Desetitisicove mesto se Tozrostlo dvojnasob. Vydali jsme se na projAd'ku s pfedsedou Mestskeho narodniho v3"713oru V. Knofliekem. Mohl jsem uvidet /hest° na vlastni oei z nejvyggich bodd, jakymi je padesatimetrova vyhlidka ze zamecke vo&, a dvanacteho

26 patra vYSkove.; budovy, lama so inontuje a posleze i z vysoke horske strane u lesa, odkud je viclet na panorama Javornikti. Pro turistu je tedy nezbytnYm vybavenim nejen fotoaparat, ale i dalekohled, aby dojern byl jeSte silnejSi a zustal i na deli dobu v -parneti.

V centru mesta se odehrava prove ruSne drama jako na platne valeenYch filmy. V oblacich Sedeho prachu se hrouti stare budovy, aby ustoupily novYin. Staei pametnici se totko louei a obrazky stareho Vsetina, ktery nendvratne mizi. Jenom v letech 1900 at 1067 bylo asanovano pees 15 starYch domti, dalSich 27 donut eeka stejnY osod. Jejich archivni fotografie se pollzUji. Prove se hrouti peed naSima oeiMa tovarni objekty a zbytky zavodniho klubu strojiren, ktere peipominaji manufaktury. "Na tomto miste," eika starosta, 'Toth se ut nove mesto, obchodni centrum. Cbchodni dum to bode do tei let."

Meat° se me rozrust v rote 1980 na 30,000 obyvatel. Stoupd zajem o rodinne &inky. Pro jejich vYsta y bu je vyhratena cela etvrt'.

Strojirny vyrateji na 200 druhti vYroblai, na export dodavaji nape. komundlni naeadi, pletaci a tryskove stavy, (Mini rozbnaky. NovY stroj Zakar obstoji y e svetove konkurenci. Vyrabeji stroje pro tkani pletenin i z novYch druhu vlaken, ze skla, acetatoveho hodvabi. Elektrotechnicke zavody MEN Z vyvateji do sveta elektricke toeive stroje a trakeni motory, nape. pro nejrychlejAi peedmestska kolejova vozidla (Praha -- Pardubice), nehluene keennkove svateeky, vulkanizaeni a vstrikovaci lisy, ty jsou novinkou. Exportni zvuk mail i sklarny, z y lEste jejich s,elnodraselne vlotky do izolaenich lahvi a termosek, ktere jdou do Svedska, Francie, Italie, stejne tak sklenene cylindry do petrolejek, ktere yyvateji do asijskYch zemi a ye spolupraci s Nemeckou spolkovou republikou planuji instalaci automaticke linky. Dalt stvo sklaffi-invalidu se proslavilo svYmi vanoenimi ozdobami.

Nad Vsetinem vyrrista nova dorninanta patnactiposchod'o ye budovy, nova symbolickY monolit, kterY bude hotov do'roku 1971. Jednotliva, patra si kupuji podniky. Statisice peispivaji vody i na novo autobosove nadvati, na komunikace, kluziae, sportovni a hutturni zaelzeni.

Vsetin je je'gte neobjevenou Mekkou cestovniho ruchu, jelio Mirada i kulturpamatky. Nejsou to jen rybolovne

Vt a'Nfl< bystelny a • ieky, nebo zimni sjezdovky, nebo valaSsky Olymp Solari, ham se sjitcleji maliri, literati, umelci. Spisovatelka Marie Glazarova to psala svuj Advent, v bilzke Kelci se narodili skladatele bratri Petr a Jaroslav Keiekove, ale i filmovY raiser Vojtech Jasny, idmarl to Weill finny PortaSi. Devucha Beskyd, Advent. Pochazeji odtud herci Vlastimil BrociskY, FrantiSek Hanus, klaviristka Mirka Pokorn y, houslistaprimarius Beetsilav Novotny. Krajina okouzlila maliee Aloise Snajderku, Jana Kobzane, Karla Hoffmana, Franticha PocleSvu. ye Vsetine pobYval i Mikuida Ale2S, kter1 to zanechal sva sgrafita no tosadO Obeanske zalcitny. Fasadu zameckYch budov vytvoeil slovensky arehitekt DoSan Jorkovie. ValaSske soubory Jasenka a Vsacan jsou manly v zahraniei, soubor Jasenka zvitezil na folkloristickem festivalu v Agrigento v Italii, kde ziskal cenu Zlaty chram.

A ze Vsetina na bury neni daleko, autem c.i autobusem se vySplhate at do VelkYch Karlo y ic na valSskY Semerink, kde je moderni hotel Razula, na Bystrieku do kraje portaSti a vodnich sportti, na Dolni Beevo do radhoSt'ske taple za yalaSskou Madonou malite A. Liebschera, za sousoSim Cyrila a Metodeje, do Noveho Hrozenkova za valaAskYm. folklorern a pohostinstvirn, na Pustevny ye vYSi 1018 metro, kde je o sto metrii 'yYSe RadhoSt' s Raclegastem.

A talc naslaleclanou na. ValaSsku, ye Vseti tie !

Mirko Inrrich est. Svet twedeoi loch 4,as. 172, 30. listopadu SP1ST—

otit..Y.ena ROMAN Bohumli Zabradnik Broilsk, Poksiralseoryani Nedo

Arm, to si ponryslila. Kdyt o §tedrem dnu sluha ze Sucletic prines1 darky, napeed byla nemile prekvapena a zaratena. Cd rena byla podivne dojata a pei kraSleni yanoeniho stromku vzpominala minuleho roku, Icily Domin spoleene s ni zdobil symbol rodinne intimni slavnosti a ye q'astne nalade ji sliboval, Ce pa , druhe budou jeho ky bohaterai a hojnejSi, protot letos most nyni zbavili poslednich sbytku dlulni.1.(dvi%, se 0 vSe postaral, ocleSel, a ii no-,h1 va net vzpominka na dobrou to dui. Proto ji bylo zasahovani Bohaeovo do jeji rozechvele nalady nemile a skoro s odporem rozdelavala balieek.

Pohled na podobiznu ji napeed pee-

Ve sttedu 26. listopadu 1969 kvapil, a .v'Secko, co v jeji dust bylo trpkelio, zmizelo. Ano, vtdyt' je to ona, jeji podobizna, na kterou davno zapomnela. To se tehdy dala fotografovati ad potulneho fotografa, kterY chodil po vesnicich a opravdu (lost slo gne pracoval. Upamatovala se, jak ji tehdy jeji prvni podobizna teSila, nemohla si vaak dati jich vice delati lee tti, z nicht dye odnesly si jeji sestry a teeti dostala od ni Vera. Casty si peala, aby mela nekterou z nich, ale ye shorn' nikdy se k tomu nedostala.

At ted' ji ma. A jak je hezka. a jak se krasne vyjima, v rameeku, kterY hori odrazem rudYch paprskti. Anit si toho byla vedoma, divala se na sebe a vzpominala na telidejai svuj tivot, na, sve sny a touhy, na sveplany do budoucna a na dychtive nvahy, ktery so znamYch miadYch moth se bude o ni uchazet a ktereho bode prvne libat.

Cele radostrie a svetle mladi vystupovalo peed jejima oenna a jeji sny dale. Tehdy ji nenapadlo, co v;. -Je protije a na konec Ce bude pani v TomaSoye, .na svete nezavislou, matkou to a vdovou v talc mladem veku.

Kroh vzpominek peirozene dospel k Bohaeovi a u toho se zastavila. Je skuteene velmi jemnY a velmi citlivY. Jeho darek svedei, jak na ni vzpornina, jak touti a jak pri torn se dovede ovlaclnouti. Peimo pokorne se ridi jejimi pokyny a nevnucuje se nasilim. JinY na jeho miste by byl uraten, Mal. by si prava a utival rtiznYch triku, aby se veteel a aby jeji odpor zlomil. Mist° toho vSeho on &Ica, trpelive a oddane, a cela jeho mysl patei ji.

Muj Bote, co mom delati, povzdychla si uptimne. Nemohu na sveho mute zapomenouti, nemohu pe gtium mutt dati cele srdce, a troskami ho odbY vat byl by neyclek a byla by jista zka,za priStiho Civota. Snad nezastane ona stale svobodnou, snad ji pomery donod, aby se pozdeji provdala, ale to si vybere klidneho mute, kterY nebude einiti jinYch narokt, net aby byla hodnou hospodyni dobee vedla dam.

A piece by ji to nedostaeovalo. Znala se 1)MM dobee a vedela, Ce by byla neSt'astria, byl-li by mut lhostejnY a melkY. Nic ji takovy VSedni, SedivY a jednotvarny tivot neteSil. Jeji duk ji 'Sepala, Ce vedie Bohdee jji srdce rozkvetalo, Ce by znovu navazala peetrtenon nit svych sad a s yYch vroucich, nyni jen pia, eas schladlYch cite. Ale ted' to neni motno. Diouho jeSte bode bolest bolet a vzpominky se hlasit. V jeho vlastnim zajmu must zachovat sve odmitave stanovisko a eekat. Pocky-li on, snad by jednou mohla pomY gleti na

Ve stkedu 26. Ilstopadu 1989 neho jinak, ale ted' nem-0e.

Napadlo ji, jak jeho darek rozjasnil jeji pochmurnou naladu. On jiste bude traviti 8tedrST veeer sam a sam.

Litost nad nim sev •ela jeji srdce; uz ji napadalo, aby ho telefonicky pozvala, ale hned se ziekla tohoto napadu.

Dnes sem nesmi piijiti, to je bezpochnineene nutno. Ale nektereho jineho dne by snad ho mohla pozvati. Nebyl v TomaSove od sve prve navStevy a take Bohunku nezve, aby ji neobtetioval.

Kdyby zase jednou pkiSel, snad by to nebylo nikomu napadno a jiste by vycitil, tie neni proti nemu zaujata. Na pkildad o Novem roce by mohl pkijiti k obedu nebo k veeeti. Radeji k vedeki, protole za dne ma tolik prace a starosti a jeji mysl byla by rortkiStena.

Sta.la chvili nerozhodne, potom vgak se sama na sebe rozhnevala. K eemu tolik rozpakii a fivah. Je piece jejich piitelem, mnoho pro ne udelal a vtidycky se velmi slaSne chova. Nesmi pied nim vypadati jako obmezena tiena, ktera se skrYva, aby zakryla svou vSedni mysl. Na NovY rok s nimi po yeeeki, ona se s nim o rtiznYch hospodakskYch yecech poradi a ph tom mu naznadi, jeji vzpominky na mutie jsou stale tiive a tie nemini je potladovati.

Aby se jinak nerozhodla, Ma k telefonu, a zavolayM ho, dekovala mu viele za jeho kresnY darek.

"Velice jste mne potaeli, mean opravdu radost z vaat pozornosti a budu miti radostnejk 8tedrSr weer. Nemam v'Sak nic, cum bych i ja yam radost udelala."

"VaSe potekni je mi nejinilejSim obdarovanim, i ja budu miti vesely StkdrS7 den," volal dojate.

"Bohunka se yam za tolik knih podokuje sama. Budete o Novem roce volnY?" "Bezpochyby, nemam kam jeti."

"Nepohrdnete-li, pkijedle k nam pcveeeti."

"Dovolite-li, velmi rad. Zaeina krassanice. Kdyby se Bohunka chtela projeti, mohla by zajeti sem pro mne."

"Byla by yyjikl'kou ()span, a rada bych, aby byla Gila. M jindy pfijmu rada vane nabidnuti. Tedy na Novy rok pa 'Seste hodine na shledanou!"

"Na shledanou, pani keditelova. A dnes si na mne s Bohunkou vzpomente, bude mne zde leheeji."

"Vzpomeneme a rady. Je gte jednou vam dekuji, jste opravdu velmi hodnY." Prudce zavesila sluchatko a vgecka rozpalena popoSla pokojem. Uvedornila

V

STNIK

sl, tie hovokila prili vkele, a citila vYeitky. Ale s jakousi odvahou odhanela sve vYeitky a chvatala po ostatnich starostech domacich. Musila to udelati, hajila se ye sve duai, je tim povinna Ara& muM, kterY vklycky jenom dobre pro ne konal. Tim se piece k nieemu nezavazuje, kdy ho k sobe naveeeki zve a oplaci mu trochu pozornosti. ; Kdy2 Bohunku potkala a oznamila ji, ee strYeek se Sudetic na Nov' rok u nich bude, dite za ni behalo a zahrnovalo otazkami, kdy ten NovY rok je, kolikrat se do to doby vyspi a pros nepkijede hned. Pohrozila ji, tie ji pleskne, nepkestane-li, a teprve yeeer v pohnute nalade, kdy byl stromeeek rozsvicen a kdy dite v'Sechno dukladne prohledlo, sama se znovu o Bohaeovi zminila a nakazovala ji, aby se strYekovi potom pekne podekovala.

"Hm, vezmu ho kolem krku a dam mu Stipanou pusieku, to on rad," pHkYvlo deck° a uti zase oteviralo knihu za knihou a tiadalo, aby ji matka vysvetlovala, co ty obrazky znamenaji.

Pant Bohunka se bala, tie bude miti smutny 8tecirSr weer, ale byl veselejM, nea se nadala. Vzpominky brzi byly zatlaeeny rozjakenim s ditetem, a kdy ulotiila dite ke spani a sama se chystala take ke spanku, vzala ye ztichlem pokoji zaslanou podobiznu, a zadivavgi se na ni, zaeala se usmivati. Vzpomina Bohac take v tuhle chvili? Co si as mysli?

Povzdychla si v jakemsi stesku a usinala s jeho pkedstavou. Rano byla end, ku podivu svetii a pobihala po dome. Slui?,ky chtely odpoledne odejiti ke znamYm a pomahala jim, a.by bylo vae jak v kuchyni, tak s aklidem yeas hotovo.

Uprostfed prace pki gla za ni slutika a oznamovala, tie nejaky pan pkiSel a pfeje si s ni hovotiti.

"Jaky pan?" tazala se mrzute. "Neni to snad pan Bohae?"

"Ten ne, toho jo. znam. Cizi je to pan, neco lep gilio. Ma sktipce a ko2ich."

"Zaved' :ho do salonu, ae pfijdu fekla kratce a odhodiv gi kuchyriskou zasteru, brala si eistou thsterku. Asi nektery fifednik nebo znamY statkaf jde prat radostne syatky, myslila si; udelal by lepe, kdyby napsal. Nu, dlouhe feel s nim nepovede, ma co delati a nebude se ani navgteve tim tajiti.

Zazniiila k salonu a otevfeygi dvefe podivala se na ptichozfho. Okamdik ho dobie nepostkehla, prototie jeho oblieej byl ye stinu, ale ted', kdyZ se obratil a

2'7 o krok se k ni pHblizil, tdasla. Byl to Jaromir Berka, tYti, kterY byl jeji pr y -nilaskou,terYbylocmjeihprvniho ditete a jend ji, svedenou, opustil.

Najednou se v ni zvedla vAechna hoikost a vSechen jeji hnev, ktery zdanlive v jeji du:ai umkel, ale pki jeho objeveni vzplanul Zivelnou mod. Videla, tie se usmiva a UZi se k ni vztahuje °be ruce vstiic.

"Oeho si pkejete?" tazala se bkitce a jeji oei zaleskly se chladnYmi blesky jako ocel.

"Jdu vas nav'Stivit, abych ye vas prohudil stare, sladke vzpominky. Byl jsem v okresnim meste na navSteve a tam mne kekli, tie jste vdovou. Ani snad nevite, ae i ja jsem vdovcem. Na Ate Zeno zemkela a jsem sam a sam."

"To mne, pane Berko, nezajima", povidala suae, "a nemate-li mne nic iineho zavazneho kici, neni tteba, abyc.hom travili eas zbyteenYm hovorem," "Chci yam kici zavaznejai veci, ale napked vas prosim, abyste odlotiila sytij hnev. Chapu, tie jste mela pkiainu bYti rozezlena, moje jednani nebylo spra y -ne,alkdytipovaeSchnyoklnosti, musite se mnou souhlasiti, jsem jinak jednati nemohl. 'Octa k roclietim velela mi poslechnouti. Snad jsem se mohl houdevnateji braniti, ale moje matka trine mela tolik rada a nebyl jsem schopen udelati ji bolest.

Ostatne, bud'me upfimni, yam moje zdanliva chyba pkinesla gtesti. Jste dnes samostatnou pani ..

"Main velkostatek a pan okresni soudce si mysli, ge by nebylo gpatne, aby se stal spolumajitelem takoveho majetku, Ne, pane Berko, v jednom mate pravdu, ze bylo pro mne gtestim rozvazani naseho pomeru, a sice v torn, jsem byla yyledena z viry ye viA charakter. I kdyby bylo ke sriatku doglo, byla bych vlastne mela peklo, proto‘ae nic neni stra glivejelho, nez bYti pfipoutana ke eloveku, nemajicimu v dui ono male koleeko, jemu2 se ilka poeestnost."

Zaeala se rozeilovat, ale pfi torn byla jeji mysl jasna a skoro byla rada, 2e se objevil, aby mu mohla fici vgechno, co si inyslila a co tolikrat se v jeji dui opakovalo.

"Toble povidate nine?" ptal se tonem urat,ene bolesti. "Tomu, ktereho jste mela tolik rada, ktereho jste libavala a do jeho 'Aimee se tulila? Snad i vy b7Ste mohla o svem jednani pronest takovY nemilosrdnY posudek, jakYm mne z eista bez pfleiny a duvod9 uctivate."

"Mate pravdu, ani ja nebyla, poeest-

Ve stfedu 26. listopadu 1909

28 na," prikYvla s dustojnou uprininosti.

"81a jsem dal, ne2 se cla omluviti, Jake obyeejne vesnicke devee, ktere doveluje svemu milenci za sebou oknem do komurky lezt, takova jsem byla. lyleizla ke sve omluve rick ze jsem byla nezkuSend, ie moje krev byla nepukojna a vy ee jste nine, jako tihlazeny inestskY pen, svYni chevanim a zevnejSkem omraeoval. A take jste nine 0p,ijel sliby; mohla bych vane doslova 0pakovati vase Septy, kdy2 jste nine svadel. Ta stove jsou ypelena do me due a nikdy jich nezapornenu. Cosi tehdy ye rune volalo, abych byla opaabych s vami neSla za letinho pody eeera do iesa, nesedala vedle vas, nedovolovala, byste mi Septal nesluSna slova a netrpela vase nestyclate dotyky. Ale moje krev byla vaSi 2.1,'sluhou a vinou rnledi ye varu, a kciy2 jsem se nejvice desila, jeclind mySlenka rnuj odpor zlomila. Je to vzclelanY mu2, je to souelce, ktery soudi a tresta Spatnost.

Ten to neopusti, ten dostoji svym slibum a nesmiS ho svou ostYchavosti 0delmati. A tak jsern, pane okresni somlce, za toho osudneno yeeera zhreSila.

A ten hrich mne na dui pall. NebyI vykonan z bujnosti a z lehkomysinosti. rtak hreSi tisice a tisice jinYch, jen2e ty to ukryji nebo to ukryje snatek.

Tim jsem se uteSovala i tehdy, kdy2 jsem s vami obtakala. A tehdy jste projevil celou podlost sve duce. Ano, podlost to byla, proto2e jste dchre -veal, 2e si nemohu eeledina vziti a lepg mu2 2e se ke nine nepribliCd, lee 2e by chtel u2ivat rozkoSe, jako jste vy u2ival. A nikdo mime mne neposondi one velike peklo, ktere jsern pro2ila, ne2 mi nebe poslalo Domina. To byl vzacnY mu2, ktery jasne porozumel me duSi, a polirdnuy lidskYmi predsudky, vysvobodil mne z hrczneho utrpeni. Jed nou jsrne hovorili o vSem, co se ml s vami prihodilo, tak otevrene, jako to otevrene povidani yam, a to mtij mne rekl slova, jich2, co Civa budu, nezapomenu. Kdyby se stale a ja nekcly =fel, nikdy mu never, povidal tehdy prorocky. A kdyby ti nebe na zemi sliboval, pomysli si, 2e bude lhat, ,jako lhal tehdy. Svedomi eloveka jednou zka2ene necia se premeniti a vyleeiti jeho svedomi zustane v2dy Spatne. Prejete si jeSte neeeho, pane okresni souclce? Chvat{im, rnam nmoho starosti."

Vychrilla vSechno to jako jecin im dejako by se bala : aby ji nepreruSil a on neztratila nit svych mySleLek. Byl to pro ni yzacnY po2itek, 2e mu mohla vSechno rici, a citila, jak se lehce zveda a jak je ji blaze, jell

Ze mime tuto sladkou mstu napinit. Dival se na ni alma Siroko otevrenYma a -asty pootevi'enYmi, jako by se ocitt pied netuSenYm tajemstvim. KdyZ ackoneilaâ&#x20AC;&#x17E; stal jete, chvili jako v omameni a nebyl schopen ani slova, ani pohybu.

"Zneuctila jste nine, jako nine jeSte nikdo nikdy nezneuctil," ozval se koneene chvejichn se hlasem. "ProtoCe jste vSak Zeno, a 2eny bYvaji nekdy vaSnjve, chci yam to vSechno odpustiti, clevolite-li abych za rnesic mohl zase."

"20 vdm neni stidno," rekla se yzneKenou pohrdavosti. "Sam pravite, jsem vas zneuctila, a vy se do2ebravate stale. Ne, pane Berko, mtij dam. je pro vas ne na rnesic nebo rok, ale na cely pivot uzavren. Budete-li nine znepokojvati, posteram se jinak, abych byla uSetrena,. Opakuji, 2e nemarn pokdy ani chuti k dalSim haverilm."

NachYlil trochu hlavu, jako by uva2oval, potom se vSak otoeil a zamiril ke dverim.

"Je to posledni vase slovo?" ptal se zastaviv se u dveri a pootoeiv se k ni.

"I3ohudiky posledni," zasmala se yesele, a aby nezavdala prieinu k nave.zeni hovoru, veSla do sousedniho pokoje a zavrela za sebou dvere. Zaslechla, jak i on civere otevrel a zaverl, a pastaviva se za zaelonu, divala se na prostranstvi pied zameekein. Vida, na sanich phijel. Nektril vYloh, poeitaje, 2e se mu tyto vYlohy dobre zpene21. A nezpene2ily. Prudce usedl, pies nohy si prikrYvku prehodil a kohl pobidl kone.

Episoda jako by jeji duSi laisila a jako by stare stesky mizely. Bylo pro ni zaclostiueinenim, ze mohla tuhle polovieku sveho 2ivota yyporadati, a citila zviCCtni jarost i sve2est. Posledni stiny mizely a objevovala se ji obloha, kterou dosud jako zasmuSilYm prikrovem si predstavovala, v jasu a klidu.

Ne, jeji 2ivot neni dokoneen. Neni tak stara, aby se oblekala v roucho jeptiSky a mueila sve srdce. Bude jeSte jednou ziti, ale ted' jeSte ne, ted' spini Cestne zavazky vdCi svemu muid, jem112 je to povinna, a take jeji dcera, a2 jeclnou bude dortstat a vSimat si predeSleho 2Ivota mateina, nesmi na ni nalezt nic, co by vrhalo oSklivy stin na povahu mateinu, Ted' IA neni nezkuSmYm cleveatkem a zkuSenost ji zoaby dovecila s yYm nervtim 1 syym pokuSenira vdorovati.

Male, Bohunka, ji vytrhla z rnySlenek.

Vebehla do vnitr a chytivSi ji za sukni ptala se, nebyl-li to zde tatieek?

"LJZ jsem ti rekla, abys pana Bohaee

tak nejmenovala," napominala laskave. ``Ne, on to nebyl, nekdo jinY to byl.

Pan Bohde prijede aC za tYden."

"Ja bych radsi, kdyby prijel postesklo si dite.

"Oekej, doekaS se. Kdy2 mne bude hodne zlobit, dam to nalo2it do sani poSlu to do Sudetic."

"To me poS"li treba hued," teklo Bite bez rozpaka a uraZene odchazelo.

Meta na rtech ostre napomenuti, ale potom se bezdeene pousmala. Citila, Z.e je vaei diteti bezmocna a Ze vlastne dite ji vleee tarn, kam nemela oclvahy miriti. Ale presto se snaCila potlaeiti v sobe kaZdou mySlenku na Bohaee.

Moje duSe musi zilskati nebrAtikovi verna, rikala si nekolikrate za den. Jen2e slava byla slaba, aby pfekonala nepokoj, ktery obeas ji zachvival.

A zylaSte kdyZ o Novem rote k ni yeeer vesel. Ze svYlch sklenikt1 kytici nadhernYch kvetti prina,Ael, a kdy2 ji je podaval se na ni takovYm prosebnym, pokornYrn pohledem, 2e se zapifila a upadla v rozpaky. ZakrYvajic, je, obliCej do kvetil ponotila a ssala jejich "Jsou pfekrasne, main z nich radost," povidala trhave. "Sebe jste oloupil a u mne povadnou."

"Vykonaji vetS1 poslani, yam trochu pote geni, ne'k" aby bez fleelu povadly. Kdybych vedel, ze se nebudete, jako obvykle, horSiti, easteji bych je poslal. Dovolite?"

"Pro kvety se hnevati nebudu," pronesla, s itsmevem, ktery byl jinY, jindy bYval. Podival se na ni pozorne a i jeho vYraz se jasnil.

"Dekuji vam," rekl proste a jeho rty se pousmaly. "Kde pak je moje mala dceruSka, privez1 jsem ji, trochu sladkosti".

"Nekde vedle si hraje, ale uvidite, ze zde bude lined. Aspori stokrat byla uz u okna a starala se, kdy se ozvou zvoneeky. Je s ni kfik dokonce ml posluSnost vypovida a hrozi, ze uteee do Sudetic!"

Vtom se dvefe otevrely a Bohunka letela k Bohaeovi. Razem byla v jeho naruei, chytila ho kolem hrdla a zaeala ho libati.

"Cote jsem to neslYAela," vytYkala hladic ho po viasech. "Kudy jsi to pHjel?"

"Kominem.

"Kominem? `V.4v,dyt' nejsi Cerny. Kominik, co leze do komina, je Cerny jako bubak. Ale ty jsi ptijel. A pfivezls mi neco?"

"Bohunko, co to mluvi.§ .>" okfikovala ji matka ka ave. "StrYeek sem jen.

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se pouze na nak deveata." proto jezdi, aby ti stale vozil!?"

Odchvatala a ted' teprve nabylo dite Dite se podivalo na matku a na Boodvally a zaealo avatlat a hrat Si s jehaee, napted zarakne, potom Oak se ho vlasy, s vazankou i manZetami. Muzaealo usmivat. sil ji povidat, jake to je, kdyZ se je"Neco jsi ptivezl, vid'„ deptala mu de na sanici, a India ukrutnou radost do ucha. `Id to vim a matinee to neae nektereho dne pro ni ptijede povim." a venku povozi. Sludky vebehly, aby "Ad pc* yeecti to dostaned, ted' by sis nesly jidlo, a malieka na nd volala chlu zkazila aaludek a nemohla bys vekteti. bic se, ae bude jezdit na sanich a Ze Postavte ji na zern, valyt' vam daty popojede daleko, daleko. Smaly se a Bomadka." hunka, rozkladala, jak ji deveata s ko"Nechejte ml ji jedte chvilku vdak peeku u zamku na sanich povozila a vratna daty preZeli," adal vdecek dt'asten. Plinio ho tukni, ae v dudi Bo- jak jedna se svalila a cela se snehem pomonenila. huneine nastava obrat, a ttebak se bal Ti veeete sedela vedle Bohade a Bouvetiti teto sve mydlence, piece jen hunka patric non obdivovala se, s jajako by jeho dudi ktidla narnstala. kou neanou trpelivosti ji vyhovuje, jak "Celou ji zkazite,!' zahubovala rastarostlive nejlepdi sousta vybira a jak dostrid. "Dovolte, ptijdu hned, podivam

ji napomina, to ei ono Ze nesmi jisti nebo delati. Poslechla ho na slovo a pani Dominova, rozumela tomu velikemu vlivu, jeja na dite ma.ftekla si v duchu, ae dite potrebuje pevneho vedeni mukva, a ae by ona sama ji nedobre vychovala, presto, ae India nejlepSi vidi a snahu. Nic ji nemrzelo, de ji Bohde vlastne k vdli diteti zanedbava.

Vddyt' ma aspen eas, aby se sama uklidnila, a dite se unavi a nebude potom vaZnY hovor ruditi. A koneene, to Cite je odkaz mudUv, je v ni east dude muZovy, a prijima-li Bohdee tak s jasotem, jiste I jeji otec, at' kdekaliv jeho dude bloudi, nezavrhl by sve kdyby sve srdce k nemu ptiklonila.

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-SPJST Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood Sunday, Dec. 7 — SPJST meeting; 3 p.m.

Sunday, Dec, 21 — Annual Christmas Party of Lodge No. 6; supper 5:30 p.m., program follows.

Thursday, Dec. 25 — Christmas Party for Soukup Family.

(Social and work night every Wednesday, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.)

S' I -Lodge No. 15, Buckholts Saturday, Nov. 29 — Vrazel's Polka Band -----SPJST--Lodge No. 25, Ennis (National Hall) December 31 — Music Masters, Ennis.

Reservations: 5-7448 or 5-7979 Family entertainment every Sunda) at 6 p.m.

-SP TST--Lodge No. 35, Elk Thursday, Nov. 27 — Toney Chudej's Band (sponsored by the youth club) Saturday, Nov. 29 — Otis Beck and His Melody Five Saturday, Dec. 6 — Randy and the Rockets Sunday, Dec. 7— Lodge Meeting, 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13 — Fritz Hodde and the Fabulous Six Sunday, Dec. 14 — Lodge Christmas Party Satut day, Dec. 20 -- Fiddle Swingsters Saturday, Dec. 27 — John Griffin's Band New Year's Eve (Dec. 31) — Rickey and the Rebels --SPJST-

No. 39, B yan Nov. 29 — Fabulous Six December 6 — Dance; music by The Trail Blazers Friday, Dec. 26 — Dance; The Ellinger Combo New Year's Eve reservations can be made by calling 822-4724 or 823-5566 Bryan, Texas.

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Lodge No. 40, Hillje Wednesday, Nov. 26 — Barons

Saturday, Nov. 29 — Monarks Saturday, Dec. 13 — Barons Thursday, Dec. 25 (Christmas) — Continentals New Year's Eve. Wee. 31) --- Jades Saturday, Jan. 10 — Barons Saturday, Jan. 24 — Jades Saturday, Jan. 31 — Continentals -SPJST__ Lodge No. 47, Seaton Saturday, Nov. 29 — Dance; Gilbert Kautz Saturday, Dec. 6 -- Dance; Fabulous Six Sunday, Dec. 7 — Lodge meeting; 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 9 — Choral Club rehearsal Saturday, Dec. 13 — Dance; Slim Haisler Sunday, Dec. 14 — Annual Lodge No. 47 Christmas party for members and invited guests, beginning at 4 p.m.Hall opens at 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 16 — Board of Trustees' meeting Saturday, Dec. 20 __ Dance; Music Masters of Ennis Tuesday, Dec. 23 - Choral Club rehearsal Sunday, Dec. 27 — Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wells' 25th wedding anniv. dance; music by Otis Beck and His Melody Five.

Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; Temple Rhythm Masters Lodge No. 54, West Sunday, Dec. 7 — Regular lodge meeting and election of officers Wednesday, Dec. 24 — Zahirniak family Christmas party Saturday. Dec. 27 — Kofnovec and Bounds wedding reception, dance Sunday , Dec. 28 — Gerik Urbanovsky wedding reception Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; music by Victor and his Melody Masters.

Sunday, Jan. 4 — Regular SPJST lodge meeting Sunday, Jan. 11 _ Deer Hunters' Ball.

Dance at night.

SPJST---Lodge No. 66, Waco (Linden Hall) Thursday, Nov. 27 _ Vrazel Polka Band Thanksgiving dance Saturday, Nov. 29 — Petter Polka Band (A wedding dance) Monday, Dec. 1 — Board of Trustees and Entertainment Committee meeting Saturday, Dec. 6 — Gilbert Kautz Orchestra Saturday, Dec. 13 — Otis Beck's Melody Five

Wednesday, November 26, 1969 Saturday, Dee, 20 — Lodge 66 Christmas party Sunday, Dec. 21 — Regular lodge meeting Saturday, Dec. 27 — The Cloverleaf Orchestra of New Braunfels Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Battle Dance — Petter's Polka Band of Dallas and Slim Haisler of Temple. Free favors.

-SPJSTLodge No. 84, Dallas

Saturday, Nov. 29 — After Thanksgiving Dance; Polka Peppermints Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; Charlie Adamcik -SPJST--Lodge No. 88, Houston Wednesday, Nov. 26 — Pre-Thanksgiving Western Dance; music by Julius Victor and the Suniland Cowboys, 9 p.m. till ?

Thursday, Nov. 27 — Supper, 6 p.m., Social, 8 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 28 — Teen Dance, music

by Elastic Prisim Saturday, Nov. 29 — Dance; music by Joe Patek Wednesday, Dec. 3 — Birthday Club social and card party. Lunch served at noon.

Thursday, Dec. 4 — Supper, 8 p.m.; social, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 5 — Teen dance; Board of Trustees and Entertainment Committee meetings.

Saturday, Dec. 6—Appreciation dance; Free to all members and guests.

No reservations. Music by Clarence Baca Band.

Wednesday, Dec. 10 — Birthday Club Sisters regular monthly meeting and social.

Thursday, Dec. 11 — Supper, 6 p.m.; social, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 12 — Teen dance Saturday, Dec. 13 — Dance; music by Vernon Drozd.

Sunday, Dec. 14 — Annual Christmas party. Free program, also Santa will be there. Dance from 5 to 9 p.m., music by Randy and The Rockets Thursday. Dec. 18 - Supper 6 p.m.; social, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 2.0 — Dance; music by the Cloverleafs of New Braunfels Thursday, Dec. 25 — Merry Christmas social, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 27 — Dance; music by Ray Jurecka Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; music by The Danceables: Advance reservations $15 per couple; $7.50 per person, price includes ice, set-ups, and favors.

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- SPJST Lodge No. 135 — Sokol Ennis Family entertainment every Friday at 8 p.m.

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