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

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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501

VOLUME 59 — NO. 10

MARCH 10, 1971

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK A reminder that our spring district meetings are here and we did not even realize it. The spring meeting of District V will be held Sunday, March 14 (this Sunday) at Lodge Stefanik No. 142, 5508 Nokia St., Houston. Will you be present? It is your democratic privilege and, frankly, your obligation in your editor's younger days they used to say, "If you're one of the bananas, join the bunch."

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Sunday, February 21 we took a ride to Ennis for the dedication of the new Ennis Sokol Gymnastic Center which is also the home of Lodge Volna Cechie (Free Czechia) No. 135, SPJST. Many of our readers may wonder where the word -Czechia" came from and how it originated. We will pause here with the dedication reporting and attempt to explain. Many of our readers will remember the word from World War II when the daily papers carried such 11/2-inch-high bold headlines: "Hitler's words Invade Czecnia." The word quite naturally comes from "Czech" the inhabitants of that part of Czech7 tslovakia which is more commonly Inown as Bohemia. This used to be the habitat of the Bohemes, now an extnct tribe of people. The word has. become so much a commonly used name that even the maps call that province of Czechoslovakia Bohemia.

Of course, present day correct usage

THE INNER MAN

By Estelle McConnel He says "I seen" and "I have saw," "To boil" conies out "to bile."

But when someone needs a helping hand Ec is there with a cheery smile. wears old clothes and a battered hat, De has no cash to spend.

But he'll walk four miles in a blinding rain Just to comfort and help a friend.

Don't judge him by the clothes he wears, Or the way his words are said.

If you would truly know a man Look into his heart instead. would be "Czechia." It is probably the same as has become with our American word "aint." So much for that.

Sokol Ennis can justly be proud of their new Center. It is beautiful and spacious and very appropriately constructed to meet all various needs. The Flag Raising at 1:1 am. was very MIpressive with the Pledge of Allegiance r.3cited by all to the Flag which had Levin over our U. S. Capitol at one tme. Although the wind was cold and :rither brisk, it did not dampen the festive mood of the audience. After a delicious dinner served after the . red, white and blue ribbon had been cut by

Ennis Sokol President Edwin Laznovsky, Southern District President George Prevratil, President Stanley Barcal of the American Sokol Organization (ASO) of Chicago, the program was presented. The program was well arranged and presented by MC Brother Jerry Laznovsky. The National Hymns

by Sister Bernice Hamilton, addresses

by Brother Edwin Laznovsky, Mr. Lloyd Adams (representing the Mayor of Ennis), Brother Sid Pokladnik, District III Director of SPJST (who presented the SD Sokol with a $1,000 check from the SP.IST). The Ennis and Corpus Christi Sokol units will, of course, receive a share of this in 'helping rebuild their homes. SPJST VP Joe B. Hejny, SD President George Prevratil and ASO President Stanley Boreal. A gymnastic program followed 'which was enjoyed by all; with a dance following. We delayed this write-up waiting for the "cuts" of the pictures to arrive. They appear in this issue. We were happy to meet all the people from all over the U:S. and especially the wellrepresented lodges from all parts of the State of Texas.

We congratulate Sokol Ennis and Lodge No. 135 and wish them much lack in the future.

We will very soon be dedicating one more new lodge into our circle of fraternalists. That is our newest addition, Lodge Fort Bend 175, in Ras-

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(Herald)

Entered as second class matter January 3rd, 5.933 at West, Texas, under the Act of Corigess of August 24, 1922.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THF, SLAVONIC FENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEX Published weekly EDITOR R. J SEECIK -- Box 85, West, Texas 76691 Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telco lone: Res. 446-5939 — Shop: 446-5282 PUBLISHERS PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEX. Subscription $4.50

JUPREIIII.■] LODGE, SPJST Temple, Texas AC 817 77345'75 100, Temple, Texas 76501 A. MORRIS, President Res: 985-2115 JOE B. HMV, Vice President Res. 778-1785 R. A. UR ANOVSKY, Secretary Res: 773-3846 BEN ZABCIK, Financial Secretary Res: 985-2472 LEONARD MIKESKA, Treasurer Res: 773-3720 ATIGITST KACIR, Legal Adviser Res: 7734658 Office: 773-2171 PO Box 845, Temple Dr.

Leshikar, Medical Director Box 410, Taylor 76574 AC 512; 352-5251 Honorary President Edward L. Marek 2603 N. 13th, Temple DIRECTORS John A. Kuliena, Dist. I AC 713; 968-3251 (Office) '•: 96873937 0 pox J, La Grange 78945 Henry Vitek, Dist. II AC 512; 859-2549 L) Box 43, Granger 76530 Pokladnik. Dist. fl 214; 111-18-74 (Office) Res: 824-8072 2921 Elm St., Dallas 75220 Emil Holub, Dist. IV AC 817; 888-2652 808 W. Oregon, Seymour, 76380 Ernest J. Hanka, Dist. V 227-0883 (Office) AC 862-5744 77007i VI Rt. 1 :!na '77957 jos.

Jr. Dist. WI 509 Apache Street, Temple 76501 AO 817; 7784303

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE

FRANCES OLEXA, Chairman 6402 Taggart Houston, Texas 77007 ED O. MAZANEC, Vice Chmn.

Rt. 9 — Box 387 Waco, Texas 76705 STANLEY E. VRLA, Secy 6641 Patrick Dr. Dallas, Texas 75214 FRANK E. HEJL, JR Rt. 4 Temple, Texas 76501 WM. MICULKA PO Box 297 Moulton, Texas 77975 BY-LW 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 Alvin Nesuda, Telico Rd. Ennis, Tex 75119 — Ph. AC 214; 875-7790 DISTRICT IV Raymond Pavliska, 505 Cedar Seymour, Texas 76380, Ph. No. 817; 888-2707.

DISTRICT V Mrs. Evelyn Mikeska, 10126 Moorberry LN. Houston, Tx 77055 — Ph. AC 713; 468-3126 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; 822-0642 DISTRICT IL Mrs. Jerlene Balusek, 2810 W. Ave P Temple, Tex 76501 — Ph: AC 817; 778-7439 DISTRICT III Mrs. Wilma Nesuda, Telico Road, Ennis, Texas 75119 — Ph. AC 214; 875-7790 DISTRICT IV Mrs. Ed Haisler, Route 1 Seymour, Texas — Ph. AC 817; 888-3309 DISTRICT V Mrs. Wanda Elsner, 6006 Dryad, Houston, Texas 77035 — AC 713; 723-3780 DISTRICT VI Mrs. Frank Brdecka, Route 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Tx 77471 — Ph. AC 713; 232-2085 DISTRICT VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska, Route 2, Box 151 Ploresville, 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

followin g louo is FriclaY. noon.

Wednesday, March 11, 19171 ,enberg, Texas. It will be in the Rosenberg Civic Center Sunday, March 28.

Here we see, again how our Society continues its progress forward.

• In the last issue of the Vestnik, our SL President mentioned that your SPJST editor now has an office immediately next to the printshop here in West. That is a fact which the excerpts of the minutes. in this issue reveal, and although we do not have everything in perfect order, yet, it is much more desirable for a ,Society the size of our SPOST tlian it has been in the past. If any of our members or readers happen to be passing through our "metropolis" of West, stop by and you will generally find us here.

Of course, on Tuesdays and/or We d -nesdayourwkisnotapreigs usual, and we may have to take care of details elsewhere. We will write more about our office, later. Our Publication Committee has been striving to obtain an appropriate office for quite some time and it finally became a reality.

It is very handy and efficient, being immediately next to where the Vestnik is actually printed and mailed. Yaur editor understands, that as far back as the time Brother Frank Moucka became the editor and the Vestnik was 'moved here in 1933, the then SL Secretary Brother John F. Chupick desired that the SPJST editor have his own office. However, those of us who knew him, know how thrifty and fraternal Brother Moucka was and he did not press the issue. Yes, he was just like so many of our thrifty forefathers and their wives. Maybe we should take a sincere lesson from ! them, at times; they provided us with the means to do what we are accomplishing at the present time.

In today's issue Of the Vestnik is an article under the heading "Features" about an extraordinary couple. The photo and information were forwarded to our office by Brother Adolf NHculka of San Antonio. This is, indeed, ,something special: to hear of a couple who have been married long enough to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary! Certainly we speak for all of our readers when we wish them the best of health and hope to see them celebrate their 75111 anniversary! Our nearfelt, sincere well wishes for the future to this couple and a sincere thank you to Brother Adolf Miculka for all his assi$ance,

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 The first two columns on page 2 of our Vestnik are printed in each and every issue. Addresses of many members in responsible positions of our 'SPJST Society are on that page and are kept current in reference to addresses and telephone numbers, including changes of names of newly-elected officers. e At the bottom of column 2 are 4 paragraphs, and although they are in small fine print, they contain very in1formative irip'ormatO.or4 Please read them. They answer many questions, you will find.

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V ESTNt3e; Brother Eric J. P0 17,111 , age 80, s"cumbed Febrauary 28, 1971 in Taylor, Texas. He was interred in Taylor City Cemetery and was a member of Lodge Praha. No. 29, Taylor.

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Broil (-Brother Charles Kopecky, age 74, away rebauary 17, 1971 in climbed Round Rock, Texas. Interment was in "Tex,.

Forest Park Lawndale, Houston, Texas.

He was a member of Lodge Pokrok mu, ,svilie.

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District I S.P.J.S.T. Rest Homes Director Melvin Skrahanek and his mother Sister Skrabanek of Caldwell, members of Lodge Novy Tabor No. 17, paid us a very enjoyable visit at the new office Thursday, March 4.

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Franelgie (Birdie) Brdecka, 17, son of Frank and Elsie Brdecka, (Sister Brdecka is DYD, Dist. VI), passed away February 28 as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident on January 10, 1971. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 2 in Beasley, Texas.

SL Pres, Morris, SYD Janousek, and Brother Dan Balusek attended from Temple. Birdie was a member of Lodge Karel Jonas No. 28, East Bernard, and was active in his lodge and in youth activities of District VI. (SPJST PR. Office. —Editor).

Dr. B. M. Svoboda of Czechoslovakia who is here on a three-year visit in Dallas with the Dallas Theater Center visited with us at the office for some time Thursday, March 4. We found his visit very informative and enjoyable.

It is very refreshing to exchange views with a person who has such a broad outlook on life and the entire world in general.

• • Sister Frances Hiavenka, ago 71, passed away March 5, 1971 in West, Texas. She was placed to eternal rest in St. Mary's Cemetery and was a member of Lodge Jaromir No. 54, West, Texas.

Sister Anna Trampota, age 85, passed away February 28, 1971, in. Houston, Texas. She was placed to eternal rest in White Cemetery in Crosby and was a member of Lodge Prapor Magnolia No. 65, Crosby, Texas.

BROIL -LER _ . . . 70th Anniversary: Brother Florian and his Ivife anniversary Sunday, January 17, ' • They are the parents of six children. and Mrs. Julia Varga. They were join•l 'Weed( on January 14, 19111, The 11. urek. Brother Kosarek is a aember of ou (Photo and information salaultted by "1 think that this is the ,naarriage." Our thanks to you Oroeveryday occuranee. -11ditor).

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LETTERS DISTRICT V SPRING MEETING ..

Registration — 1 p.m.

Meeting called to order — 1:30 p.m.

Presentation of Colors by District V and Lodge Flag Bearers Pledge of Allegiance Respect for Deceased Members Program by District Youth Welcome by Lodge 142 President, Bro. Alvin Melnar Welcome of Honored Guests Reports of District Officers, as listed: District Director District Organizer District Youth Director District Rest Home Director District Secretary District Treasurer Audit Committee Report Old Business New Business: Proposed change in meeting schedule Election of new officers Installation of elected officers.

Introduction of Main Speaker — topic to be announced Meeting Adjourned.

Harry L. Rice, President, District V —SPJST-

NO. 173, GALVESTON SPRING DANCE AND BARBECUE Dear Readers, A combination barbecue and spring dance will be given by Lodge Galveston No. 173, SPJST, on Saturday, March 20, at the Brewery Workers's Hall 7201 Heard's Lane (Avenue P1/2). Music will be furnished by The Texas Dutchmen.

Barbecue serving will be between 7 and 9 p.m. Dancing will be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are $2.50, which includes barbecue and the dance„ Fraternally, Mary Cordray LODGE

LODGE NO. 24, CYCLONE Dear Members and Friends, Just a reminder that our regular monthly meeting is coining up this Sunday, November 14. Please note that the time has been changed from 2 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. We set the time earlier so we can also attend the District

II Youth Day activities at Seaton Star Hall. I hope many of you can attend, since I am sure it will be interesting as well as a lot of fun.

Secretary E. J. Bedrich will be giving out January issued premium refund checks. There has been some confusion about this, so please look at your policy and see if it was issued during the month of January. Some of you may want to pick up your check at the meeting, but if it is impossible to attend, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: E. J. Bedrich, 1203 North 12th St., Temple, Texas 76501. He will then be glad to mail it on to you. We will be looking for a good attendance.

Our social for this month will be on.

Friday, March 19, at 7 p.m. Make your plans to come. We all enjoyed a social last Friday, February 26. Everyone brought delicious salads and sweets and the hall furnished barbecued chicken and coffee. It was certainly a treat for all of us. Some played games and others enjoyed fellowship. Thanks to all of you for coming.

Allan Ray, the little son of Vallie and Eugene Haisler, has been in King's Daughters' Hospital for several days undergoing tests. I hear that he is home again and feeling fine. We are so glad to hear it was nothing more serious. Also, Emma Kovar has been in the hospital. We sincerely hope she is much better by now and we all wish her the best Of health. I was sorry to hear about Louise Psencik's accident. She will have to put up with a cast on her hand and arm for several weeks.

Congratulations to Sharon Schiller, daughter of Jimmie and Evelyn Schiller, for winning a second place ribbon at the Junior Bell County Fair and Livestock Show. She won the honor by making her dress and modeling it before judges. It's a very pretty dress and it is understandable why she won.

Our opening on Sunday, February 21, was truly a success. Thanks again to everyone who had a part in making it successful. We would like to thank Otis Beck for the use of his loud speaker system during the auction sale and also want to thank him and the members of his band for playing at

Wednesday, March 10, 19'71 ' the opening. Everyone always enjoys dancing to his good music.

The board. of trustees held a meeting on Wednesday night, March 3.

That's about all the• news as of now.

Will be locking for you at the meeting this Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Maternally, LaRita. Macek, Reporter SPJST-

NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Brothers and Sisters, Looks like mother nature went on a destructive rampage again. This time through the air. Tornadoes ripped accross Mississippi and two or three other states causing at least 91 deaths, many people were hurt and homeless, and millions in damages, but strange as it seems, some people read about these tragedies and probably remark, "Isn't it just horrible!" and then go right on creating destruction of their civn burning buildings, etc, Cu'- wonders if that is what they learn in colleges now.

Corning events — Saturday, March 13, you can dance to a good variety of music by Lee Roy Matoeha (Cottoneyed Joe, toe).

Saturday, March 20, we will once again have the Bay City Dutchmen of Corpus Christi. Besides dancing, you can even stomp to their lively music.

Sunday, March 21, we will have a big day at Lodge 88 — W. 15th and Beall a barbecued chicken and sausage dinner from about 11:30 on. I am sure 'there will be some goodies for dessert.

From 2 to 9 there will be a big battle dance, with music by the polka experts: Rudy Kurtz from Shiner (Lavaca County), and Lee Isle of Ellinger (Fayette County). This ought to be a good one!

By the time this gets in print, the Birthday Club Sisters 1st and 2nd Wednesday functions will be over for March, but don't forget the big Thursday night social. Home-cooked spaghetti, hamburgers and pastries, from 6 to 8 pan.; 'games start promptly at 8 p.m.

Oh, and don't forget the District V meeting at Lodge No. 142; a good dinner will be served before the meeting.

Comments and News: The Adolph Haln.er dance was a complete sell out.

It sort of reminded one of a New Year's Eve dance, but we did not get away with as much. The Vrazels dance was also sold out, up to standing room only and all that in spite of a big rodeo at the 'Dome. Perhaps. more people.

LODGE

Wednesday, March 10, 1971

VESTN K Mrs. Helen Grayson and Lydia Bar- an awful lot of help and work to put on this day. tek of Baytown, Brother and Sister Think about it, then attend the Otto and Matilda Hanus of Waco, Brother and Sister John and Marie, meeting, put in your vote, and make Simcik Of Waco, Brother and Sister a decision with the membership, don't Willie and Gladys Trealek of New Tab- leave it up to a handful to decide: yr, Lodge 17; Dr. John Skrivanek and Friday night, March 19, at 7 p.m.

Fraternally, some of his family and his brother, Dr. Annie Hanus, Joseph Skrivanek from College Station, Secretary, Joseph Muras of Shiner, Mrs. Mary ---SPJ ST— Spacek of Tomball, Ludvig and Nola LODGE 4, ILII,LETV,WILLF. NO. Hanak from Baytown, Joe Peters and Dear Members, from Scaly, the Starcaleks front fam ily This is a reminder that Lodge No. 4 Caldwell, Mr and Mrs. Jim Tesar of will hold its regular monthly meeting Katy, Mrs. Joe Stibora, Mary Ann on Sunday, March 14, beginning at 2 Kucera of El Campo, Lydia Kubena of East Bernard, Anna Peters from Corpus p.m.

A birthday cake will be given to a Christi, and Annie Thompson from member with a birthday in Marsh.

Waelder, Texas. I am sure that I missAll members are invited to atenel ed some — my apology. the meeting and the social that folThe donors of 'pastry for this oclows. casion Avere: Sisters Tillie Helmca,mp, Fraternally, Dorothy Whitsitt, Mary Tilich, EvePatsy Zabransky, lyn Mikeska, Helen Valcik, Hose }loreReporter lica, Birdie 'Usher, Liddle Kadera, Sophie Hruby, Iviarie Elzner, Mary LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON Johnson, Pearl Hanka, Minnie Kratky, Dear Sisters and Brothers, and Mrs. Frank Slanina. Thank you The following contributions have ladies. been made to the Memorial Fund, At our social night, February 26, the Lodge No. 88, Houston. supper Committee surprised Harley To the memory of Brother Joe Skrabanek signed at Cox for his birthday with a cake and Mr. Walter Jakubik: least one member a month for 108 all; have many more Harley. We also $10.00 months, taking first in that contest. had visitors from Galveston on that Mr. and Mrs. 'Ernest Hanka To the memory of Congratulations and best wishes to social night; Alvin and Evelyn Sefcik.

Mrs. Kathy Dixon Sanders: both of you. Brother and Mrs. Alvin Sister Wanda Elzner suffered a pneu- Miss Susan Schenburn $ 2.00 Nesuda from Ennis were visitors and monia attack, but is reported doing Total: $12.00 guests at the banquet. Some of the fine. Brother H. J. Jarisch underwent These love gifts to perpetuate the organizers remained for the Vrazels surgery in Northwest Baptist Hospital. memory of our departed brother and dance and had a nice time. Evelyn, Wish them all a speedy recovery. sister are greatly appreciated. well done, and thanks.

Members and friends in the Victoria, Fraternally, On Sunday, February 28, we replayed Texas, area: please mark your calenVlasta Zalmanek, the operetta "Muziky, Muziky" at Lodge dar for March 28 and pass the word for The Memorial Fund, 88, but not before a good Czech din- !around that the operetta "Muziky, Lodge 88, Houston ---SPJ ST-ner was served, with goodies for des- Muziky" which was played in El CamLODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH po, recently to an overflow audience, sert. The play was well attended, espMarch 3, 1971 ecially considering the big attraction in will be played in Victoria. More deDear Members, town that day, and also having played tails later.

It is that time again, to let you all Fraternally yours, here once before. Mr. Jan Pech, the know that the regular monthly meeting E. H. Horelica, organist who was ill for quite some —SPJST-will be held Sunday, March 14, betime, came back strong and performed NOTICE: LODGE NO. 66, IVACO ginning at 2 p.m. in National Hall. All like only an expert could. Thanks for members are urged to attend the meetyour donation to time and talent. Dear Members, There will be a special meeting held ng and to come on time. After the Same goes for the director, Sister Birdie Hilsher, and everyone else who help- on Friday night, March 19, at 7 p.m. to meeting, lunch will be served ar d we ed in anyway with the play. Kitchen discuss the Czech American Festival. ore asking the good sisters to please helpers you are real great people and This is the year for the Czech day, so bring some pastry. Our hostesses proI mean it. Also, without the audience, please come out and voice your views. vide the remainder of the lunch.

Do you wish to have this day or In the la_' in.eeting Pnna, we would only have a rehearsal so not?

You can vote to have it or vats VaprAar, charter room e; of the it takes everyone to make it a success. Some of you folks came a long not to have it, just remember, it you and mother of i'.'resitieni. Jo, vote to have this affair, you will have sin, wa .. > report :id to hove 4the way to see the play and we were very glad to have you. Hope you enjoyed to work, too, not leave it up to the misfortune of falling again in her home and was taken to All Paint's Hospital yourselves. I have some of the visitors committees. If you vote, you work; it is your project and it is going to take where the doctors fonnd she had Woo names:,

realize that dancing in a nice place is not only good physical exercise, but also good mental relaxation, as well as a lot of fun On Saturday, February 27, from 4 to 7 p.m., Sister Evelyn Mikeska, our District V Organizer, honored all the organizers in District V and their spouses with an enjoyable banquet.

Brother Joe B. Hejny and Mrs. Hejny were present for this occasion. First we had cocktails, and was Otto, Evelyn's husband, busy mixing them up; pretty good bartender! Next, we were served a delicious meal, whereupon the plaques and other recognition were awarded to the organizers by Brother Hejny. O. J., son of the hostess, helped with the distribution of the awards, while her other son, Gene Mikeska, was the photographer. The little grandson was just having fun. I will only pay tribute to two top winners since there will be more coverage on this from another source. Sister Helen Hegwood has the honor of being the state winner in insurance written and number of members for 1970, and also first in the weekly contest, signing at least one member per week for 304 weeks.

6 broken ribs. They put her m a cast and kept her in the hospital several days. Then she insisted on going home Where her daughter, Sister Anna Juran, took care of her. Last Saturday, Sister Paprskar fell again and this time she has a broken neck. She is in St. Joseph's Hospital, where they put her in a cast. Her condition is very serious at her age.

Brother Paul Foyt, who has been ill over 2 years now, was taken to the Osteopathic Hospital and is also in serious condition.

Brother William Strnad has been in St. Joseph's Hospital for the past two weeks now, where he underwent an operation this morning.

We wish all of them a speedy and complete recovery.

In my last letter I wrote about our people from the Russian Ukraine wno immigrated to Fort Worth and that there were only four of us left. Today there are only 3 --- my brother, John, Anton Tick, and me.

Sister Josephine Miller passed away last Saturday at the age of 84 years.

She died after a short illness in St. Joseph's Hospital and was buried Mon;clay morning, with services from the Lukas Funeral Home. in ivlount Olivet Cemetery. Sister Miller is survived by two daughters, Christine Cave of Fort Worth, and Lillian Jacobson in San Antonio; three sons, Edward H. Miller, in College Station, Robert L. Miller, Fort Worth, and Walter Miller, in Long Beach, Calif.; two sisters in Czecho,slovakia; 9 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

Walter served 20 years in the navy and then he re-enlisted again. At the time of his mother's death he was somewhere on the Pacific Ocean and he did not ,get home in time for his mother's funeral.

To the bereaved family we extend sincere syrnpa thy from our lodge brothers and sisters, and also our own.

May bur departed sister rest in peace.

In my last letter, I forgot to mention one more Czech from the Ukraine, Adolph Krupka.. Ile was in the Rest Home for two or more years and he also passed away on Saturday just a few hours from Mrs. Miller's death. Mr. Krupka was buried just one hour earlier Monday and only a short distance from Mrs. Miller. Mr. Krupka was 87 years old and he is survived by a son, Alvin Krupka, a daughter, Florence Merlik; one sister, Anna Fojtik of El Paso; two grandchildren and 5 great-

VESTNfK grandchildren.

We extend to them all, our sincere sympathy. May the departed rest in eternal peace.

If there are any Czech people who came to this country from the Ukraine, I'll be glad to hear from them. Just 'write me: Joseph Becan, 1214 South Jennings Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 70104.

I was asked to put my phone number in the Vestnik, so here it is: 332-3575.

Fraternally, Joseph Becan.

Your Reporter SPJSTLADIES

CIRCLE, FORT WORTH

Dear Members, Just want to remind you of our meeting of March 11 at 10:30 in the morning in National Hall. Hope you all attend.

We had 36 members present in our last meeting and two visitors, Mrs. Mary Ann Kozel from here, and Mrs. Mary Short, from Colorado, and 13 men.

Mrs. Mary Bylsma, president opened the meeting; the secretary, Mrs. Myrtle Guerin, read the minutes and correspondence. Mrs. Donna Hubenak, treasurer gave a report on our financial condition.

Birthdays in February were celebrated by Mrs. Marie Juran, Angie Polasek and Myrtle Guerin. We sang them "Happy Birthday" and wished them Many more. Three members went to Temple for the dedication of the new home of the SPJST and gave reports on it.

The door prize was won by Inez Krivanek and the beautiful flower bouquet was won by Mrs. Marie Prell.

It was donated by Tillie Gillis and Mrs. Bylsma donated a beautiful Valentine plate made by her, and it was won by Mrs. Anna Langer.

Mrs. Anna Langer made a motion for the club to help needy members.

The motion carried and Mrs. Langer was elmted chairman of it and if she asks any member to• help her, they should do it without hesitation.

A delicious lunch was served by the hostesses and afterwards a game was enjoyed by all.

Hostesses for this meeting will be Mesdames Marie Prell, Eva Dockney, Inez Krivanek, Anna Langer . and Clara Cohen.

Your Reporter, Aloisie Becan

Wednesday, *arch 14, 19111

DIST. V SPRING MEETING Dear Brothers and Sisters of Dist. V: This is to remind each of you that the spring meeting of District•V will be conducted on March 14, hosted by Lodge Stefanik No. 142, Houston.

Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the importance of any district meeting because the seven districts were established for a purpose; viz: the promulgation of fraternal ideals; promotion and perpetuation of tenets to sustain the true meaning of humanity and brotherhood; and to bring together the lodges throughout the district to foster a better understanding among the brothers and sisters of the various lodges.

In addition to reports by the District Director, District Rest Home Director, District Youth Director and District Organizer, new officers will be elected and other important matters will be discussed.

Stefanik Lodge will serve a delicious noon meal preceding the meeting.

I urge each member to remember March 14, is the date Of the meeting at Lodge Stefanik No. 142, 5508 Nolda Street, Houston, Texas. Phone 862-0079.

It may also be well to remember an old, old saying: United we stand, divided we fall. See you at the District V meeting.

Fraternally, F. A. Kadlecek, District V Secretary SPJST-

NO. 23, MORAVIA The next meeting of Lodge No. 23, Moravia will be held' on Sunday, March 14 at 2 p.m. at Moravia at the SPJST building. We would appreciate a large attendance Of all members at the meeting. Guests are 'welcome.

Fraternally, Hattie Brossmann, Secretary LODGE

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LODGE NO. 49, ROWENA Dear Members and Friends, Our next regular meeting will be held Sunday, March 14, 1:45 p.m. We will have our meeting as usual, which should not take long and the rest of the afternoon will be spent playing cards or dominoes. If you do not wish to play then you may help me make coffee. We will have cold cuts and the pastries that you sisters bring; we always have a good meal.

I'm hoping to see you all at the meeting, and showing your personal interest.

Mrs. Julie Lisso

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 LODGE' NO. -84, DALLAS Dear Members, Our membership invites you to come celebrate our 61st anniversary. You could say "Happiness Is . . . " arriving at 2625 Floyd Street early enough to visit with your lodge brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, before you sit down to a wonderful meal of turkey and deessing, cranberry sauce, green beans, slaw, pastry, bread, coffee or tea, all for $1:50 adults and itic for children 12 years old and under.

Afterward, find a comfortable place (with a good view of the stage), and wait fer the action to start.

We're all anxious to know who the "Brother and Sister of the Year" will be, so that moment of excitement will come early in the program. Happiness is the theme of the youth prigram and it will get everyone's attention.

Our guest speaker is our own past president, District .III Director Sid Pokladnik, who will leave you enlightened on any subject that he speaks on. The Choral Group will put you in a wonderful happy Czech. mood with a song or two or three.

We are looking forward to seeing the Supreme Lodge officers, our editor and their families to come spend Sunday, March 14, with our families at Lodge 84. This is your special invitation.

I am reminded by the kitchen committee, to once again appeal to the wonderful pastry cooks to donate something for our anniversary dinner will you?

Fraternally, Rose Scott, Reporter

-SPJST.FREE MOVIES AT LODGE NO. 88 Dear Readers, Colored movies of Czechoslovakia, narrated in English and with music, will be shown at Lodge 88 on Friday, March 19. These are beautiful movies and are different from any that have been shown here. Choral Club Director Tim Kostom and his group of talented vocalists will start the program at 7:45.

This will all be free, and there will be no request for donations.

Parent8, this would be ideal for your children, for it surely would help them in their geography, so bring your family for an enjoyable and educational evening at Ledge 88 on Friday, March 19, at 7:45.

Fraternally, Tillie HeImmup

VESTNtK LODGE NO. 25, ENNIS Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our next regular monthly meeting will be held on Sunday, March 14th at 2 p.m. in the Old. Sokol Hall. We have rented the hall for the annual Polka Festival, which is held the 1st weekend in May, and will hold any and all our lodge functions there until the completion of our new lodge home. See you at the meeting.

Fraternally, R. L. Vitovsky, Secretary, Lodge 25 -sPJST-DINNER AND BATTLE DANCE AT LODGE NO. 88 — MARCH 21 Dear Members, Lodges Nos. 88 and 142 will have a special event for your enjoyment on Sunday, March 21, at Lodge 88. It starts with a delicious dinner of barbecued chicken or barbecued sausage with all the trimmings; this will be served from 11:30 on throughout the day.

There will be a great battle dance between Lee Ilse of Ellinger and Rudy Kurtz of Shiner from 2 to 9 p.m.; that means seven hours of dancing to good music for the charge of only $1.50 a person! These are both very popular orchestras, and if you don't dance, you will enjoy listening to their polkas, waltzes and popular numbers.

All you good cooks, your donations of pies, cakes, kolaches and strudel (coffee and sugar, too) will be greatly appreciated. Be sure to register your donation.

• Here is your chance to enjoy good food and dancing to great music, so plan to come for a day of fun at Lodge 88! The officers and committees of Lodges Nos. 88 and 142 extend a special invitation to each of you to come and help make this a big success; they surely will appreciate your being there. Please tell your neighbors and friends but it.

Fraternally yours, Tillie Helmcamp -SPJ 6 •1 — LODGE NO. 160, SAN ANGELO Dear Members, This Sunday, March 14, at 2' p.m.

Lodge 160 will have it's regular quarterly meeting at the Wall Fire Department Building. This is an important meetin g because we will be 'making final plans for our district meeting which we will be hosting in -two weeks on the 28th.

The youth club will hold its regular monthly meeting this Sunday at the

same time and at the same place. It's very important for all youth to be pre8_ ent because they will be discussingtheir program that they will present.' during the district meeting.

Every family please bring either sandwiches, cake, pie or kolaches for the social after the meeting:..

Fraternally, Mrs. Louise Pelzel, Jr., Financial Secretary

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LODGE NO. 172, PASADENA Dear Members and Friends, We wish to inform all of you good' and patient people that we will give away the carport (or patio cover) at our next regular meeting on Tuesday, April 6. Please turn in all of your ticket stubs, money, and unsold tickets, immediately. You can mail them to President Gordon Hrabel, 9522 Telephone Road, Houston, Texas 77034.

At. our last regular meeting, one_ March 2, the American Legion Post No. 521 of Pasadena presented our lodge with an American Flag. The ace: companying ceremony was very moving We will give Old Glory the care, honor, and respect that it deserves. We are most grateful to the American Legion for this fine patriotic gesture: Please come to our next regular meeting on Tuesday, April 6, at the San Jacinto Motor Bank at 7:30 pm. and enjoy the company of some finepeople.

Thank you for being so patient.

Betejst_Matusek LODGE NO. 154, FORT WORTH Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our regular monhly meeting in February was called to order by our president, Jerry Milan. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by John Becan,. vice president, and recited by the members....

The minutes were read and approved as read. The meeting was well attended.

Our next meeting will be held March 14 at the Sokol Hall at 3 o'clock. I want to thank my nephew, Joe Milan, Jr., his wife and their lovely daughter Merlin for taking me with them to the opening of the new Sokol Hall in En= nis. I know all of you folks in Ennis are proud of the Hall; it is lovely and it was nice to see our editor, Brother Sefcik. It was nice talking to you. Everyone there had a good. time.

Please don't forget the SPJST meeting Sunday, March the 14. I hope to see all of you at the meeting.

Mary (Hejl) Hale

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Wednesday, March 10, 19i71

DEDICATION OF THE ENNIS SOKOL GYMNASTIC CENTER, rEBRUARY 71

Sokol Ennis Ball, Front, Taken From a Distance OWzek Sokolovny v Ennis sebren z

SP.IS7 lge 3.)e B. Hejny, originally from Ennis and a Sokol sup porter, made a few appropri:: 'e remarks to the attentive listeners.

to R; Brother Jos. Vytopil, Ennis; Mayor Pro- r -ii Lloyd Adams; Brother Edyin Laznovsky and ASO President Stanley Barcai of Chicago.

L to R: Maser of Ceremonies Brother Jerry Laznovsky after having introduced SPJST District Hi Director Cyril' (iSlid) Pokladnik.

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e Youngest Girls Who Participated in the Program, with their Directors.

Dallas, Texas March 4, 101 Rear Editor and Fellow Members, In a letter which appeared recently in the March 3 edition of the Vestnik, on page 10, a very nice compliment and thank you was given me for which I am most grateful and appreciative.

However, errors are often made when reporting, of which I have been guilty :at times, so I would like to correct or clarify the statement wherein reference was made to my resignation as

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The Ennis Sokol Gymnasts Immediately Prior to the Exhibition

Soi.thern District ASO President George Prevratil, 1,:oallas, addressing the audience.

L to iii: A photo taken on the spur-of-the-moment: Sister Mary (HOD Hale, Fort Worth; Sister Annie Milan, Fort Worth; two sweet little ladies and Sister Mary Renfro, also of Fort Worth. All are wonderful fraternalists to know and your editor did not take time to get the names of all the beautiful ladles and handsome men in the background. assistant youth leader.

I have enjoyed my work with the youth and those associated with the SPJST youth program, and having two of my children still active in the youth club, I was willing to continue on as an assistant for another year.

However, on January 27, this year, I was notified that I could not serve as an assistant junior youth leader with the SPJST youth if I also extended niy services as teen youth leader in a joint ca,pacity with my husband in another fraternal society of which he is a member, othy Reznik -SPJST

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LODGE NO. 81, NEEDVI

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I want to remind all members .that our March meeting is changed to the third Sunday, March 21, instead of the second Sunday. This will give all the members a chance to attend the District V meeting held Sunday, March 14 in Houston at Lodge No. 142.

I also want to thank all the members who donated pastry for our chili supper, and all who helped with it.

Don't forget our meeting on Sunday, March 21.

Fraternally, Mrs. Mary Werner Secretary -SPJST--

Jefferson wrote his own epitaph, but failed to mention that he had been President of the U.S. Thomas

LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD Dicer Members and Readers, We are going to have initiation for all of the new members who joined Lodge No. 6 within the last six months.

All of you new members be sure and come to our meeting on March 14, at 3 p.m:, for the initiation. The other members are also welcome.

Our congratulations go to Patricia Jane Dudik, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dudik of Penelope, and Jerry Lee Mechell, son of Mr. and Mrs Emil Mechell of West upon their approaching marriage. They plan to be married on June 12, 1971 at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Penelope. Jerry is a member of SPJST Lodge No. 6.

Our congratulations also to Karen and Jerry Janek of Arlington, members of SPJST Lodge No. 6, on the axrival Of a baby son, Jeffrey Reed, on February 24, 1671, born at Arlington Memorial Hospital. Jeffrey was welcomed home by an older brother, Br ley Wendell, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Frank Janek of Alvarado, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Briggs of Dallas. Also, our congratulations to Dorothy and Richard of West, members of Lodge No. 6, on the arrival of a baby son; Jeffrey Allen, on February 9, 19'71, born at Hillarest Hospital in Waco. Orandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sehuetz of West, and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hykel of Abbott.

Don't target to come out to the dance on March 13 with the Bill Mangum band furnishing the music.

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oratng Mule Gymnasts —

R: Sister Sylvia Laznovsky, director of women, SD ASO and Brother Larry Laznovsky, director of men, SD ASO. These young people spend many hours of their time developing "sound bodies to contain sound II-011AS." Cur C'ur Friday night socials are turning out real nice with about fifty members present. The youth are working on their hie decorations which are Very nice.

Oie teens are working on the District scrapbook. After they finish for the :night everyone enjoys the snacks. The adults enjoy playing cards and dominoes. We would like to see more of

you come out on. Friday nights for our socials at 7 p.m.

Don't forget to come to our meeting on March 14, at 3 p.m. for the initiation. The youth will have a kite-flying contest.

Fraternally, Edward R. Ilykel, Reporter

Wednesday, March 10,-1, February 24, 1971 Dear Members, Well, the dedication and opening of the new SPJST Headquarters Building is history now, and it definitely will go down as one of the biggest happenings in the history of our Order, if not the history of the State of Texas.

A look at the list of people who sent telegrams and flowers can prove that.

Senators, gavernors, and other organizations congratulated the SPJST for doing something truly remarkable.

Just as turning over a new page in a history book, so did our Order comparably by moving out of the old building into a fully-modernized plant. That is quite an accompliShment. I think this could not have been accomplished if not for two things: the close-knit relationship of fraternalism by our members and the continuous sincere dedication of our officers and directors.

This combination 11•1:t proved to he the test formula for keeoing the organization on top.

To Brothers Morris, Dejny, Urbanovsky, 'Zabcik, Mikeska, and Kacir, and Directors Kubena, Vitek, Poldadnik, r the late Brother Broz, Hanka Sralla, and Koliha., and the office staff and editor — you have done extremely well in everything you have striven for. And, of course, to our Honorary President, Brother Edwin L. M.arek, without whose help and guidance, the SPJST could not have done what it has these , last few years.

To all of these people and the faithful members, that building will grow to a monument. It was built to withstand any type of exterior punishment, just as our organization was founded and built on the principles of withstand interior and exterior harrassment. In this matter we dbne remarkably well.

To Brother Hanus, curator of the Museum and Archives, you have done a fine job in assembling and displaying some beautifUl momentos of our past.

That is something we menibers can be proud of for a long time.

Members, we have done something here that is a landmark in the annal8 of time. Let'S be proud of it add respect it as we respect our offieers, directors, and most of all ourselVesk I am just sorry I coil -Id:ha have heen there for the dedica i d but just read_ ing about it in the V:. •.ttii,! .. has been a real treat. here's .wisbin;-everymae: the best from Sunny Northern California.

John C. Pokladnik

Wednesday, March 10, 1971

SPJST Bulletin Board DISTRICT SPRING MEETINGS

The spring meeting of District I will be held April 18 in Snook at Lodge.

No. 9 at 1 p.m. Important meeting — election of officers and presentation of proposed by-laws.

—Carlson Jakubik • ♦ The spring meeting of District II will be held April 18 in Holland, Texas at Lodge Tyrs No. 80.

• • The spring meeting of District III will be held April 18 at Lodge No. 154, Fort Worth. Lodge No. 154 will be the host lodge.

—SPJSTDistrict III officers' meeting will be

held on March 28 at Lodge No. 135, Ennis, Texas.

John J. Kutni, Secy.

• • The spring meeting. of District IV will be held March 28, in the St. Anibros Parish Hall in Wall, Texas, hosted

by Lodge No. 160, San Angelo.

• • The spring meeting of District V will be held March 14 at Lodge Stefanik No. 142, 5508 Nolda St., Houston. Lodge No. 142 will be the host.

F. A. Kadlecek, Secretary • • The spring meeting of District VI will be held April 4, in the American Legion Hall in Moulton. Host, lodge will be Lodge 27, Moulton.

—Frank C. Wagner

• The spring meeting of District VII will be held April 25 in Floresville at Lodge Rozkvet Zapa,du No. 107.

Pauline S. Pavliska, Secy.

• • S.P.J.S.T. REST ROME ADDRESSES: S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME NO. I

500 East Lake Drive P. O. Box 850 Taylor, Texas 76574 • • S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME NO. II P. 0. Box 347

Needville, Texas 77461 —SPJ ST- — LODGES 88 and 142 are sponsoring a

barbecued chicken or barbecued sauSage dinner at Lodge 88 on Sunday, March 21, from 11:30 on. There will be a battle dance between Lee Use of Ellinger and Rudy Kurtz of Shiner from 2 to 9 p.m.

FREE MOVIES -- Lodge 88 will show beautiful colored movies of Czecho-

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slovakia on Friday, March 19, at 7:45.

Our talented Choral Club, under the direction of Tim Kostom, will entertain you before the movies. No charge for admission.

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EXCERPTS OF MINUTES OF THE FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE SUPREME LODGE, SPJST HELD ON JAN. 19, 20, and 21, 1971

The meeting was called to order on Jan. 19th at 11 a. m.

All members of the Supreme Lodge were present, Honorary President Edw. L. Marek was also present.

Bro. Jerry Valchar was present and congratulated the board on the new building and wished all well on behalf of the RVOS. Secretary Urbanovsky read the minutes of October 7 and 8th. The minutes were adopted with two minor corrections.

It was agreed to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the special meeting held on Dec. 9th.

It was agreed to adopt the minutes of the special meeting as written.

Convened at Recess at 12 noon 1:30 p. m.

President Morris briefed the board concerning the program for the formal opening on January 31st.

The editing of the Vestnik was discussed at great length, and it was decided to take this matter up with the Publication Committee in their meeting on Jane 23rd. President Morris was asked to try to contact Editor Sefcik and have him present during Wednesday's session.

Charles Welter was called to the meeting and asked to get a cost estimate on new show cases for the museum and he stated that we could have some cases built size 3 ft. by 5 ft. for $103.00 each, and some pedestals 3 ft, square at a cost of $16.00 each, and 2 ft. square $12,00 each. He stated these could all be completed in time for the opening.

It was decided to have the show cases constructed.

It was decided to permit Radio Station KTEM broadcast the formal open-

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ing ceremonies.

President Morris reported that he received a letter from James Krakora, President of the Czechoslovak Nat'l Council of America, in which he explained that the "Denni Hlasatel" is about to go bankrupt and that they are trying to save it, and they offered to sell the SPJST some stock in it.

It was agreed to table this matter.

The historical marker in La Grange was brought up and Director Kubena reported that no progress has been made.

Vice President Hejny reported that he was very pleased to report that over 8 million dollars of insurance was written in 1970, which is a new record.

He reported that only four districts reached their allocated quotas and they were Districts Nos. I, II, HT and V. Vice President Hejny reported that he appointed Bro. Raymond Pavliska District Organizer of District No. 1V, effective Jan. 1, 1971.

Vice President Hejny reported that Leo Krause, Jr., organizer of District No. 6, resigned as of Dec. 31, 1970.

Vice President Hejny reported that he was appointed to serve on the constitution, resolution, and by-laws committee of the National Fraternal Field Managers' Assn. It was agreed to permit Vice President Hejny to attend the meetings of this-committee.

Vice President Hejny pc .rented the proposal of rules for local lodge organizers. It was agreed to approve Vice President Hejny's proposals with two minor changes.

Vice President Hejny suggested that when a new lodge is organized that the Supreme Lodge financial secretary attend the initial meeting and instruct the elected local lodge financial secretary in preparing the lodge reports.

It was agreed to make it mandator y for the Supreme Lodge financial secretary to personally and physically instruct the new organized lodge •financial secretary.

Vice President Hejny expressed that he is very much displeased with the Lidice Cross being hung above the reception desk. Long discussion followed in which several members took part. Matter to be discussed further.

The meeting recessed at 5 p. m.

Meeting convened at 9:15 a. ra. —• Jan. 20th.

The matter of publishing the V tnik was discussed at great length. Bro. Jos. Holasek and Sister Frances Olexa appeared before the board. Bro. Holz-

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sek explahled printing with his letteroperation and printing with an stated that he cannot cost that it offset equip-ti not in any position to • • U equipment for offset punting. that the Supreme Lodge pay that he would print the per p. excused from ission followed. that we mal<e. an offer oJ. subscriber per annum for print' o.

Vestnik and that the the postage. This le Lod is to be „ 1, 1971 and end31, 1972. (This will effect a of 74c annually per subscriber, ,a2f, • . .imately $10,00. 0.09 a Y ear The Lodge is currently 'Paying' Company $4.12 slovak Publish • ..hich includes •...ibscriber y, na • $69.75 per pos'. plus an aTh. for postage incteases for 1370).

Bre-Holasek was summoned,' and after the Supreme Lodge offer was explained, he accepted the offer. Bro. Holasek requested that Attorney Kacir : draw up the contract and that he would sign it.

By. mutual consent, it was agreed tha,t the Supreme Lodge would pay the $75.00, plus all utilities, monthly rental for the editor's quarters and that agTeement be drawn up effective Feb. 1, 1971 to Dec. 31, 1972.

Ole • ra slated that the letter -ny was published without any knowledg.' of it by any inember of the Publia Committee. She further state p ,d it been presented to ' you'd. never have been m11,11. ;: lengthy ;emso th,,1, • 23:1

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of the 1 ..2 members, be a response to both Fm. Car• ntler and Editor Sefcik's cernTi lls letter would appear in the k. President, Morris re ported, at this :point, that lie had called West and • was told that Editor. Selcik had not berm her in the office that morning s were Url not

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•. :y of the 4 days (reed to run an ad in the Teltyram on Sunday, Jan. 24th nviting the public to the formal open01 P

ing, at the cost of $51.80.

Vice President Hejny presented an agreement for the full-time field underWitte:cs. It was agreed to adopt the field organizers' agreement, as propos,-• eu by Vice President Hejny.

It was agreed to authorize the Supreme, Lodge officers, on the advice of our actuary, to pay premium refunds to members, not to exceed 1 1/2 Ii of the certificate reserve.

It was agreed to remove the Lidice Cress from above the receptionist's desk and hang it in the museum.

Secretary Urbanovsky read a letterfrom L. W. Hoskins, member of a stenotype company, offering their services for our next convention. It was suggested that we 'keep in contact with the tiny!.

Eeeretary Urbanovsky read a letter from .Ero. L. M. Matocha, Lodge No. 64, requesting permission to merge with Lodge No. 106 in La Grange.

It was decided to grant them the permission to merge.

Secretary Urbanovsky reported that he has been elected tc the executive board of the Fraternal Section of the National Fraternal Congress in the convention in Atlanta, Georgia, and that he was also appointed to the credentials committee for the coming National Fraternal Congress convention in Denver, Colorado, and that he accepted the appointment with the consent of all the officers of the Supreme Lodge.

President Morris read a letter from James Files, a student at Texas University, thanking the SPJST for the $100.00 scholarship.

It was decided to allow a discount on of old members as provided in Art. 40.

It agreed to authorize the officers of the Supreme Lodge to transfer money from the General Income Fund into the Expense Fund.

It was decided to make daily deposits of receipts in Texas Bank and Trust, and to keep the checking account in the First National Bank, and to transfer toads from Texas Bank and Trust to the First National Bank in order to maintain a sufficient sum on balance in each bank. ' P ••,adent Morris read a letter of Inv:, to the Ennis Sokol formal • on Feb. 20th and 21st. 'Vice Prc:. , dont Hejny stated that he also had a letter of the same nature.

Financial Secretary Zabcik referred to his written report and stated that prconiums

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3rd he Made a trip to Rosenberg, Lodge No. 175, where the lodge had some difficulty in securing a financial secretary for their new lodge, Vice President Hejny reported that a new financial secretary, Mrs. Patricia Parma, had been elected at Lodge No. 175. on Jan.

Director 'Hanka inquired about destroying old records, and when Bro. Zabcik explained which records had been destroyed he was satisfied.

Treasurer Mikeska referred to his written report and commented that we now have a record sum of money invested in mortgage loans.

Treasurer Mikeska reported that we do not have any concrete offer on the sale of the old building.

It was agreed to extend the exclusive contract with Elbert Aldrich for 6 more months for the sale of the old building.

Treasurer Mikeska reported on the income and expense of the old building and the rental problem, stating that there are several vacant offices in the old building due to our home office move.

He repOrted that he prepared an inventory of all our furniture and fixtures which will be used for depreciation purposes. Treasurer Mikeska reported that $493.25 was saved on the move by doing it on an hourly basis, instead of a firm bid.

He also reported that several hundred dollars were saved because the officers and employees did much of the work in packing and getting ready for the move.

It was agreed to pay the employees time and a half for the 4 hours' work during the move since it was on Saturday.

Treasurer Mikeska reported that two employees were hired for the janitorial service: Bro. Edwin Kohutek and Henry Ilaisler.

Treasurer Mikeska presented a list of delinquent mortgage loans.

Treasurer Mikeska invited everyone to the dedication of the addition to Lodge No. 24 (Flag Hall) on Feb. 21st.

He remarked that we should all be proud of our new home office and try to live up to the dignity of the building, and it should Mark the beginning of tremendous growth and progress for the SPJST. Attorney Kacir checked with the directors on pending loans and it appears that a great number of the loans will be closed within 30 days.

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Director Kubena said it is great to be in the new building. He stated that we have the respect of the people in Temple, that everyone is talking about our new building.

Be also stated that he is glad that we came to terms with Publisher Joe Holasek.

Director Vitek said that we did the right thing in constructing a new building and that everyone speaks well of the project, He also remarked that he is glad we made an amicable settlement with the publisher of the Vestnik.

Director Pokladnik reported that Treas. Mikeska, Director Vitek and himself, together with the architect and construction foreman, made an inspection of the new building and made notations where any touch-up work is to be done.

Director Pokladnik commented on the picture of our building with the picture's of all members of the Supreme Lodge in the picture and it was decided to take the pictures during the April meeting. It was decided to have a permanent picture of the building framed with all the members of the board in it, It was agreed to have President Morris arrange to have •the picture made, which is to be hung in the Archives.

Director Pokladnik asked Attorney Kacir whether donations to SPJST lodges from banks or other commercial institutions would be tax free, and he said that he would have to check on it.

Director Pokladnik expressed appre7 elation for the harmonious work with all the members of the Supreme Lodge and the staff. He commended President Morris on his statements to Bro. Holasek, concerning the work of the board. He said that he enjoyed the meeting very much.

Director Broz stated that he had nothing to say but that he is ready to go home. He stated that we have accomplished much in a short time and that we can all be proud of what was accomplished and what can be done when we set our minds to it.

Director Bros invited all to the District IV meeting at Wall on March 28th.

Director Hanka also stated that they found several sizable telephone tolls and requested that a letter be written instead of a telephone call whenever possible, or in matters that do not require urgent attention.

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V ESTNfK Director Hanka also referred to lodges that are delinquent, that all efforts be made to keep the lodges in current status. He commented that the officers are very cooperative and courteous and also the office staff is always courteous and helpful. • He stated that we may be criticized for spending so much on our building but •that he believes in going firstclass, and predicted that in a short time we will be the largest fraternal Seciety domiciled in Texas.

He stated that most of the visitors will be overwhelmed with the beauty of our new building. In conclusion, Director Hanka thanked all for the cooperation and if he can be of any service to anyone, to please call on him.

President Morris presented all the employees to the board and thanked them, in their presence, for their splendid work and cooperation, and stated that the staff was very helpful during the move. He then told them about the raises being approved by the board.

Director Sralla said that so much has been said about the new building that there is not much that he can add.

He remarked about the comfortable chairs, and that he did not get tired during this meeting. He gave Director Pokladnik and President Morris credit for selecting the nice furniture for the building. He further stated that if we will all put our shoulders to the wheel we are bound to show good progress in the future. He wished all well during 1971.

Director Koliha thanked all for keeping him on the board during his serious illness. He stated that he would try to do the best that he is able. He reported that he is moving to Beeville and invited all to visit him when they are in his area.

Vice President Hejny announced that he has been appointed by Mayor Clements to serve on the City Planning Advisory Board and that he accepted the appointment.

State Youth DirectOr Janousek referred to his written report and proposals. After some discussion, it was agreed to allow the awarding of plaques as outlined in his report.

President Morris brought up the appointment of a 3-member Youth Camp Committee to report to the next convention. According to the convention proceedings, the SUpreme Lodge in their 1971 January meeting, should appoint 3 members to this committee.

The Supreme Lodge nominated several

members. The following were elected: Frankie Klinkovsky, Sid Pokladnik, and Pauline Kalina. Alternates were: Dan Balusek and Wanda Elzner.

It was agreed to allow the members of the Youth Camp Committee 10c a mile for travel, per diem of $35,00, plus meals, not to exceed $5.00 per day, and lodging, when tile; hold their meetings or engage in work li ;..11._ this committee.

In his closing remarks, President Morris stated that since we were about to make our last big hurdle (the dedication), our next big objective would involve the coming convention in 1972, and that a lot of work was going to have to be done in preparation for this convention. He asked the body to start making notes, if they haven't already, on what changes should be considered by the SL, and that such changes must be accompanied by reasons therefor. He emphasized that unity was absolutely essential to our progress.

Since there were not further comments, Bro. Morris wished all a safe journey home, and hoped to see everyone on January 31st.

Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p. in.

R. A. Urbanovsky, Sec'y --SPJST--

YOL TH SECTION YOUTH ACTIVITY CALENDAR

Youth Achievement Da ys, 1971: District 1 — August 1, (entry deadline: July 12) District 2 — July 18, (entry deadline: June 7) District 3 — June 27, (entry deadline: June 7) District 4 — June 13, (entry deadline: May 24) District 5 — July 11, (entry dead line: June 21) District 6 -® July 18, (entry deadline: June 28) District 7 — July 25, (entry deadline; July 5) State YAD — Craft, Talent & Reseda — August 22 tember 12 State YAD Royalty Pageant — SepYouth Camps, 1971: District 1 — August 9-12 at Camp Val Verde (application deadline: July 20) District 2 — August 6-8 at Camp Val Verde (application deadline: July 27) District 3 — August 1-5 at Camp Val Verde (application deadline: July 12) District 4 — August 9-12 at Camp

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11 Val Verde (application deadline: July 20) District; 5 --- Camp Mainsail at Friendswood (dates' pendng) District 6 ---21-2; at Bastrop Stale Par , Juno Dist - August 1 i at Camp Val Verde. for the a oeM, who will camp w Pict ID. Application deadline: July 12).

District 7 Jcnlors will c`, , inp at Camp Vat Verde Aive YAP: apliea (low, e) will be a leaders deadline ed by yoar ,14

in tile then' is no contact y (name of rd YOU':

and page tr>rirle.

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— 5 p.m.

District 1: .1.V...ey 8, 9 p.m, District 2: May 3, 0 — 5 p.m.

District 3: April 24, 0 a.m.

District 4: April 14, 9 , a.m. --- 5 p.m. at 100' Hall, 10G) Fir„ St., Abilene District 5: May 1, 9 a.m.

District 0: April 37, 9 am, — 5 p.m.

District 7: May 5, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.

Location of each conference will be made by each DYD, who will inform the Vestniki Plan to attend. It will be worth your time! The conferenc,es are Cpen to all youth leaders, assistants and any interested adult members of a lodge where there is no youth club.

Fraternally, James 2. Janousek, State Youth. Director

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2. The ,stand how inep of their

them. may not underthe deve.eument ;elation . ars

to their success and happiness.

3. The individuals may not have learned to distinguish between the differences in ideas, and the differences in personality.

4. The individuals may feel insecure and, therefore, are excessively shy or eggressiVQ. 5. There may be a generation gap or la:cie of communication. between the group and others.

SOLUTIONS: 1. Discuss the basic motivation of 1.l ' o P l e and why we act the way we dun and how to adjust to frustrations.

2. Diseuss what a person can do to help another person fuel wanted, secure, and important.

3. Encourage the members to pledge themselves to feel wanted and needed.

4. Write down, the problems to be discussed with the members. State them as clearly and objectively as pose. Give the people a copy and ask them to suggest what, might be done about these problems. Discuss the ideas without indicating anyone , is at fault.

5. Work to develop mutual underinding arid trust.

'6. Attack a problem as soon as it occurs. Do not let it develop into someN g bigger or more serious.

—SPJSTFROM THE DISTRICT

YOUTH DIRECTORS Di STRICT TWO YOUTH DIRECTOR. Dear Members of SPJST and Dist. II: Please consider this your personal invitation to attend the District II, Mardi Gras Blast, and International Fair, to be held at Seaton Star Hall, Lage No. 47, March 14, beginning Promp t ly at 3 pin.

This is a special affair, for the whole district, including adults and youth. There will be competitive activities 'between both age groups.

If your lodge has a meeting on this .Sunday, it is hoped that you will eith,er change your meeting day, or have ,a, sliOrt meeting', and still make an effort to attend this gala event. We will need your attendance at this affair, so that our youth know' that we are behind them 100 per cent.

There will be four pavilions at the fair that you won't want to miss.

There v,,ill he the German pavilion, the Czceti pavilion, the Swiss pavilion, and the Spanish pavilion. We will have a concert by the Czech choral groups Seaton and Taylor, promptly at 3 p.m. As for refreshments, we will have

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 German black beer, Czech kolaches, Swiss cheese, and tacos from Spain.

Other activities you won't want to miss are: Roman charriot races, French can-can, Spanish flamingo, the beer drinking contekst, scaling the Swiss Alps, Dutch fantas y , crossing the Berlin wall, Transylvania transportation, international succor, Czech glass blowing, world's fair of bust, American moon jaunt, and the parade of the floats.

Be sure and wear comfortable clothlug. Slacks for the ladies are preferAble, and rubber-sole shoes are the best. You will want to be able to get around!!!

See all of you at the Mardi Gras Blast and International Fair on March 14, at Seaton — 3 pan.

Fraternally, Jerlene Balusek, District II Youth Director —SPJSTDISTRICT V YOUTH DIRECTOR NOTICE

Dear Readers , This is to inform the readers of District V that I would not be running for District V Youth Director, due to the fact that my husband wishes me to travel with him and the dates are conflicting with that of YAD and camp.

I feet it would be unfair for me to accept the position. I wish, to thank everyone at this time for a very good year.

Fraternally, Wanda Elzner —SPJSTFROM THE LODGE YOUTH LEADERS LODGE NO. 33, BLEIIHERVILLE

Dear Readers, We will have our meeting on Mar.01.

14. District I DYD 'Vas. Lola Vavra will come and show us some craft ideas. We plan to invite Lodge 14 (this is a new' club), to come and participate in the fun. It it is possible, bring a pair of scissors. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.

Fraternally, Jean Mikeska, Youth Leader -SPJST-

LODGE NO. 29, TAYLOR

Dear Members and Friends, This is a reminder that the youth club meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 9, at 7 p.m.

Please make a special effort to attend this meeting so we can discuss our project. We also will have a guest

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 speaker. Remember the date, March 9, at 7 p.m.

Fraternally, Amelia Pokorny, Youth Leader 5P5sT-LODGE NO'. 87, TEMPLE Dear Members, I want to remind you of the new time of the meeting this Sunday. It will start at 1 p.m. so that we can go out to Seaton Star Hall for the District II social which starts at 3 p.m.

This will give all of us a chance to seeall our friends in our district and have barrels of fun.

YOu members, please remember this meeting at 1 p.m. and make plans to go out to Lodge 47, Seaton.

Our last meeting was a very nice meeting and the youth club sponsored a hot dog supper afterwards. Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves. Let's try and have a good turnout on March 14 for our meeting.

I must make this letter short, and I am hoping to see everyone on the - second Sunday in March.

Fraternally, Judy Shenkir, Youth Leader —E3P„IsTLETTERS FROM ME YOUTH LODGE NO. 33, BLEIBLERVILLE Dear Readers, We had cur youth club meeting Sunday, February 14. We had a short meeting before the adult meeting, bemuse. we wanted to go bowling.

We will do more things in our next meeting on March 14. All of you youth members come, so we can get more ideas on what to do.

Bring your friends, maybe they will Want to join. .7.Pr a tern al y, Paula Folsom (11) ---SPX8T LO it GE NO. 130, DALLAS Dear Readers, One February meeting was attended by 15 members and 7 guests. We made tray favors for a rest home and they were decorated as Valentines.

Our March meeting date has been changed to March 14, at 2 p.m. We Plan to have a kite-flying contest.

Fries will be awarded, so everyone get cur kite assembled and bring it out.

This should he a lot of fun, so bring your friends, too.

Fraternally, Robin Sparks

VESTNIIC LODGE NO. 33, BLEIBLERVILLE Dear Readers, The youth club held their monthly meeting February 14. The meeting was called to order by the president.

All of us are supposed to think about something to do to raise money for cur youth club and bring our ideas to our next meeting, March 14. After the meeting we went bowling. We all enjoyed it.

Fraternally, Stephen Folsom (8) LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR Dear Readers, On February 14, we had our regular club meeting. We had 13 members attending the meeting. After the meeting, we had a Valentine party. Each member was to make a Valentine Decoration. We had three winners. They were: Dickie Dusek, Ray Ann Ceciidda, and Harry Scinelack. At the party, we played games and then we had refresh_ men.ts of sandwiches, cookies, chips and cake. We drank soda pop.

We also had a game party on February 26 from 7 to 9. We had refreshments of cookies, chips, dips, and soda pop.

Our next monthly meeting will be on March 14. After the meeting, we will go skating at the Rockdale Skating Rink.

Fraternally, Susan Trealek (11) SPJST-LODGE NO. 35, ELK Just a reminder that our regular monthly meeting will be held on March 14 at 3 p.m.

If you haven't made it to a lodge meeting lately, come see what makes your lodge go. See you there.

Fraternally, Gloria Pavelka Your Reporter LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR Dear Readers, On February 14, we had our regular monthly meeting. The meeting was called to order by our president, Teddy D'usek. The pledge was said by all present. The roll was called and we had thirteen members present. The minutes were read and stood approved.

There wasn't any old business.

Under new business, a motion was made and seconded to have a game party on February 26, starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 9, p.m. The Snook Youth Club was invited.

For a charity project, we will give

15 some money to the Mw:cli. of Dimes. At our next meeting we will 1.1:..o.c a guest speaker„rohn Vavra. A an:Jinn was (»a be made t,-; •i si nt : ny. first Sund.y we Could ewer rations from 4 to 6. The C.ate 1 ,.as then set and it will be March 14, at Roskdale. The Dime Box Youth Club is invited. The treasurer's report was given.

The meeting was adjourned and we had the adult meeting, followed by our Valentine party.

Fraternally, Carol /rcalek 05) Secretary —SPJST- -- I. LE LODGE NO. 33, L' Dear Readers, We are going to to have our meeting on March 14 at 2 p.m.. After air meeting, we plan to serve rci::::‘;Th.n.r.-its and play some games. b-ce icw mem1.1"i' name is ber and a new seereH Kathy 1''acat.

Rita IN.Cke::1; Vice-Presi dent S.e.T ST---LODGE NO. 20, GRANGER Dear Friends, Well, I haven't written in a long time, but this explains itself after I tell you what we have been doing.

In December we had ulif monthly meeting and singing practice. December 27 we went to the Taylor s.p.J.s.T. Rest Home. We decided to go to the rest home after Christmas to sing because it is always a little dull just after Christmas when all the relatives are gone and there is nothing to do.

I think everyone there •joyed the songs we sang and really put joy into everyone who sang and listened. After We sang we went back to Granger and had a Christmas party.

In January we went to see Patton, which all enjoyed, and in February we Uniwent to see coo third nisy at This 'versity of 7. , :nns time we went to ' : : • 0 Ts to :7,iclies".

Evedyone enjoyed the pniy and I think everyone learned a 1iHde more about being kind and sharing. After kie play we stopped at MacDonald's bra had a 'refreshing treat and then hedeci for home.

Well, it has been nice telling you everything the Granger Youth Club soon has been doing and agaia, as I close this let t; so God bless you Fr a tc: er, <Tom Reporter (Continued on page 18)

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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1971.

Mortuary Umrtni

RECEIPTS: Mortgage Loans Certificate Loans Annuities - (Retiremetit) Income from RMO -- Premiums - - Interest on Certificate Loans Interest on Mortgage Loans Return Premium on Reinsurance - Dividend on Stock Rent from SPJST Building Appraisal Fee - -'Sale Of Lodge. Supplies -

100,560.09 2,251.36 233.87 2,086 57 74,346.73 1,445.74 48,875.09 8,112 00 83.25 6,393.00

Total Receipts Cash Balance - January 29, 1971 -- -

244,387.70 250,694.33 495,082.03

Expense Vydani

juvenile Detske 1,020.86

Total Souhrn

680.65

101,580.95 2,251.56 233.87 2,086.57 126,511.97 1,445.74 49,555.74 8,112.00 83.25 6;393.00 1,239.00 26.00

52,089.75 99,106.27

2,442.00 20,245.25

299,519.45 370,045.85

151,736.02

22,687.25

669,565.30

12,000.00

90,139.29 12,183.00 250.00 27,315.00 31.25 21,.45 5,081.67 76,104.54 3,381_06 15,09 2,888,52 558.00 '7.40 4'72.95 2i,203.30 1,817.81 350.82 562.14 876.03 979.18 1,105.49 16,326.24 2,710.00 186.82 1,062.60 33.00 1,52.5.13 1,727.50 322,90 5,75 3,924.68 580.72 502.51 4,.r. 00.00 525.35 36.00 701100 1 000.00 3,595.89 5 ,633.33

51,424 75

740.49

1,239 00 26.00

DISBURSEMENTS: Mortgage Loans Certificate Loans Annuities - Paid Off - - Death, Claims Death Claims to Minors Death Claims to Minors Interest Matured Endowments New Office Building Surrender Value - --Bond Expense Reinsurance Escrow Museum Escrow Account Returned Premiums and Bonus SPJST Building No. 2 Maintenance SPIST Building No. 1 Maintenance Actuary Advertising Appraisal Expense Attorney's pee Museum --Commissions Contributions - - District Youth Directors Furniture and Fixtures Freight & Express Fraternal Activities Medical Exams Non-Medical Exams Notary Fee Official Publication Vesimik Postage Office Maintenance Office Rent Organizational Expense Postage Salary, Directors Salary, Editor Salary, Employees Salary, Officers

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78,139.2.9 12,183.00 250.00 27,315.00 31.25 21.45 5,061.67 16,104.54 3,381.06 15.00 2,888.52 558.00 7.40 149.18 2,203.30 1,817.81

323.77 350.82 562.14 873.03 979.18 1,165.49 16,826.24 2,710.00 186.82 1,062.60 33.00 1,525.13 1,727.50 â&#x20AC;˘ 322.90 5.75 3,024.68 580.72 502.51 4,501.00 525.35 36.00 700.00 1 000.00 3,595.89 5 633.33

Wednesday, March 10, 1911 Salary, State Youth Director Stationery and Supplies Supreme Lodge Meeting Tax, FICA Telephone and Telegraph Travel Expenses, Officers Youth Activities Youth Camp Total Disbursements Cash - February 26, 1971 - ASSETS: Cash Bonds Mortgage Loans Certificate Loans Stock SPJST Building Real Estate Owned Other Assets Furniture and Fixtures SPJST Building No. 2 (New)

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575.00 507.76 193.76 622.63 823.22 252.40 323.35 25.00

575.00 507.76 193.76 622.63 823.22 252.40 323.35 25.00 - -

210,126.47 284,955.56

51,755.20 100,040.82

12,323.77 10,363.48

274,205.44 395,359.86

495,082.03

151,796.02

22,687.25

669,565.30

284,955.56 1,109,942.44 13,971,960.99 614,507.35 48,721.50 100,000.00 60.00

100,040.82

10,363.48 1,972.46 201,199.18

395,359.86 1,111,914.90 14,173,160.17 614,507.35 48,721 50 100,000.00 60.00 73,639.11 893,582.16

213,535.12

17,410,945.05

73,6' 9.11 893,582.16

- -

17,023,730.00

173,679.93

S bratrskYm pozdravem rraternally yours - Ben Zabdik, Financial Secretary ({16etni) INCOME FROM LODGES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1971 Lodge Amount 1 578.17 4 1,695.69 5 125.32 6 1,077.16 7 314.43 9 3,521.16 10 49.74 11 101.16 12 7.28 13 36.92 14 413.26 15 1,406.49 16 81.95 ' 17 1,110.10 19 130.48 20 851.87 152.04 21 623.07 23 , 3,084.95 ' 24 25 1,322.55 26 302.78 27 494.59 2,232.26 28 29 6,566.42 30 403.09 31 168.55 435.78 32 2,413.95 33 4,431.73 36 139.99 36 1,349.89 38 2,260.37 39 40

1,270.63

41 42 44 45 47 48 49 50 51 54 56 57 58 60 63 64 65 66 67 72 73 76 77 79 80 81 84 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95

142,02 69.60 212.00 416.66 4,570.89 752.71 1,354.30 1,675.49 625.15 981.69 2,088.39 93.29 1,339.05 113.32 737.83 40.07 1,179.52 4,796.77 44.75 572.17 52.97 211.93 33.75 1,600.53 1,973.97 2,180.28 2,500.31 1,705.37 19,984.16 1,489.52 3,890.94 2,316.54 149.98 365.98 222.88

97

269.48

106 107 112 113 114 116 117 118 122 125 127 12.8 129 130 135 137 138 139 141 142 143 147 148 151 153 154 155 157 153 160 161 102 164 166 167 168

276.77 1,624.42 562.82 39.06 390 39 153.32 527.15 613.12 89.14 12.80 :)0.39 52.07 189.88 888.56 82,2.05 843.52 293.49 2,455.27 559.98 1,959.48 330.90 243.81 796.82 403.50 1,359.53 2,724.53 444.21 1,000.00 87.96 1,592.30 951 37 23.03 87.75 562.47 292.40 393.92

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18 778.40 104.09 512.26 1,153.13 218.26 149.08

109 171 172 173 174 175

126,511.97 Fraternally, Ben Zabcik, Financial Secretary (Continued from page 15) LODGE NO. 4, DIALLETTSV1LLE Dear Members and Readers, Our youth club held its meeting on Sunday afternoon on February 14. We had a nice attendance.

Chairman Marcie Holy called the meeting to order. The secretary and the treasurer gave their reports and correspond , o'e was read. We had a discussion, ,J1- orx :.r ,r;ri-s equipment, the pun.-,.'_h. of ;! "1;'..:y-a-part" book and the picnning of 1. program for the Spring meci.dag. We had a short meeting far the mother lodge.

Our members spent the evening selling tickets for our Valentine project, 'painting with Tri-Chem, and making fish-shaped book markers for four poster paper hearts.

Youth Leader Mrs. Mi&ush won the adult door prize. and Ve •nell Zak won the children's door prize. Mr. Henry Spanihel won our Valentine project prize. Mr. Charles Galetka won the heart-shaped birthday cake.

Lunch and refreshments were served.

Fraternally, Sharon Mieulka (12) Reporter -8PJST-

SYMPAT7' 7 S We, the undersi ed. :;:tesolution Com_ re -membermittee, in behalf liouston, offer kthip of Lodge `N"• % our sincere syn!p y to the bereaved brother, family of KOPECKY, Brother Kopecky passed away

ruary 17, 1971, at the age of 74, in Round Rock, Texas. He was a resident of the Trinity Lutheran. Home in Round Rock for the past eight years and a previous resident of Houston.

Be was a member of the first Lutheran Church of Pasadena and a member of SPJST Lodge No. 88, Houston.

He was a retired pumper for Sinclair Oil and Refining Co. He is survived by a. daughter, Mrs. Pat Ladner of Arlington, Texas; sisters, Mrs. D. L. Boston, Mrs. M. A. Haggett, both of Pasadena, Mrs. F. W. Flirt, Bay City, Mrs. Anton Domarad, Palacios; brother, Joe Kopecky, Blessing, and one grandson, Patrick.

Services were held at the First Lutheran Church, Pa5Adena, Friday, February 19, 1971, ,,at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Don Liscum officiating; burial was at Forest Park La wndale Cemetery.

May our departed brother rest in peace.

Fraternally, Margaret Allbritton Ellen will Mary Tilich --Sad L-EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY

We, the undersigned Resolution Com_ mittee, in behalf of the entire membership of Lodge No. 88, Houston, offer our sincere sympathy to the 'bereaved family of our departed brother, STANLEY ANTON PAUL, Brother Paul of Route 2, Franklin, Texas, passed away February 22, 1971, in Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Mary Paul; son, Eugene Paul of Houston; daughters, Mrs. Douglas Parsons, Houston, Dorinda. Paul, Franklin; mother, Mrs. Frances Paul of Caldwell; brothers, Fred and Raymond Paul of Houston; sister, Mrs. Frank Mecham of Caldwell; grandson, John Edward Paul of Houston.

Services were held Wednesday, February 24, 1971 at 10 a.m. at the Bowers_ Harvey-Schiller Funeral Chapel in Caldwell with Rev. Eugene Kotrla officiating. Burial was at the New Tabor Cemetery near Caldwell.

May our departed brother rest in peace.

Fraternally, Margaret Allbritton.

Yten CR11 Mary Tilich 14,;,q OH SYMPATHY In behalf of the entire membership of Lodge Jaromir No. 54, West, we, the

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 undersigned Resolution Committee, wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed sister, MRS. TOM (AURELIA) BARTOSII, age 7(l, who died Wednesday, Febraary 24, in a Waco hospital, and was buried Friday, February 26, from St. Mary's Catholic Church of Assimilation in the Catholic Cemetery.

She is survived by two daughters, four sisters, three brothers, several nieces and nephews.

May her soul rest in peace.

Rosie J. Cocek Bennie Soukup —Resolution Committee i'

Couldn't Sleep of Pain My whole body had been crippled by arthritis, all my :joints and muscles were inflamed. I suffered such great pain that I couldn't sit or lie down and for almosit a whole year I slept only about 2 hours every night. My doctor was afraid that I would commit suicide because of the pain. Then a countryman from Wisconsin recommended a combination of BOLVEN tablets and ZDRAVI-TAMIN capsules to me. I take both every day and already I have better circulation in my fingers and toes. I can now dress myself, I 9leep all nignt and can even drive a car again.

That's why I too now recommend both of these miraculous drugs to all my friends. —Frank Kohout, Petersburg, N.Y. Don't put it off until tomorrow; order today. Small combination for 5 weeks is $6.88, or larger size,only $9.88.

Also highly concentrated MORAVIA liniment for 1 pint liniment $3.50; for 1 quart $6.00. DANUBE laxative tablets) made from medicinal he bs, one month's supply $1.50, 3 months, only $2.98, postpaid with guarantee. Enclose cash, rn. order, check; no COD. EUROPEAN DRUGS, B. Jelinek, European pharmacist, P.O. Box 927, Laguna Beach, Calif. 92652.

These medical aids can also be ordered from Mrs. Adolf E. Metal, 2207 Poplar, Victoria, Texas 77901. -- Plus Tax, .4 Stcha zpasobd je mokno nejakou vee delati kaathe dobre jet). jednim.

--SP,TST

Kdo dice 2iti pro umeni, nesmi chtit 42iti z neho.

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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies RO(NiK 59 — ('iSLO 10 to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P011 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501 Pripominame ze jarni okrskove jsou jil zde; le jsme se ani nenadali. SchUze okrsku pateho (V.) se bude konati jil v nedeli 14. bkezna u tadu 8tefanik eislo 142, 5508 Nolda ulici v Houstone. Hled'te se zueastnit — je to vase pkilelitost i povinnost, ♦ • Jii zase bude venovani noveho tadu do na. eho stkedu a to nas" nejnovejAi kad Fort Bend Oslo 175 v Rosenberku.

To bude v 'Rosenberg Civic Center" v nedeli 28. bkezna. Tak zase vidime, je stale dal a dal pkirilstek k nak Jecinote.

• V nedeli 21. finora jsme zajeli do Ennis, Texas na fikedni venovani a a odevzdani nove Sokolvny. Sleena AneAlka Houdkova mela program velmi pane popsany v poslednim aisle Vestniku dne 3. btezna, tak nebudu dale mot popisovat. Nezmirioval jsem se o torn dtiv proto le jsem aekal na stocky (cuts) ze sniinku az p •ijdou. Jsou v dneSnim Navkevu men velkou, a ti'eba vitr byl chladny a mnoho foukal, nalada veselosti byla vklde jak uz to vlastne ma, IDYL Sin je pekna a prostorna, a co se dalo uvidet, postavena byla aby vyhovovala pro kaale sejdeni a za.bavy. EnniskV Sokol a tad Volna Oechie eislo 135 SPJST mail na, co byt hrdi. Sin je domovem pro oba spolky.

Gratulujem yam a mnoho Uspechu v budoucnosti ptejem. Radi jsme se se:qi s krajany s celSr ch Spojemich state, zvlaSte ze ifech koutu Texasu.

OD REDAKCNIHO STOLKU murk VECER Den odegel spat za borove lesy, za okny v parku Oita eerna Una, jen mleenim a beztvarnosti desi jak v;e, co peeet' zrady ma.

Sam sedim o &rue tme a myslitn na tu, co odegla na veky spat, na tu, o nil ted' vice nevim, jen to, ze na ni muslin stale vzpominat.

Maminko blizka, sedim tady y e tine, vgak v dusi nahle pino svetla main a zda se mi, jak mluvila bys ke mne... a nahle navidy vim; nebudu nilcdy sam.

Vposlednim eisle Vestniku predseda HI. U •ad. br. Morris v anglicke easti v jeho zprave se zminil, le vaA redaktor ma kancela • ihned vedle tiskarny zde ye West. Ano, je tomu tak, a tieba nername je gte v'Se v pokadku je mot lepk nel to mohlo byt doposud. Kdyl zavitate do naSe "metropole" West tak se stavte v utery anebo ye stkedu nas nekdy prate povola do Waco. Vice varn popik pozdeji. 0 kancelati pro redaktora se zajimal nas tiskovS, vYbor dobu, a koneene se to stalo skutkem.

Snad jeAte za dob bratra F. MouOky redaktorstvi se 1:o r valk ta.jemnik HI. fad. J. F. Chupick zajimal o to aby redaktor naAeho organu Jednoty mel sviij kancelat. Dale yam popik as pozsviij kancelak. Asi wife jaky S'etrny a skromnY elovek byl br. Moueka a nikdy neladal aby Hi. Ufad to zajistila.

Inn, byl jak mnoho z nakch AetrOch

10. IskEZNA 1971

staxich clenu. Berme si z rich p •iklady!

V dneinim aisle Vestniku je snimek (obrazek) pod "Features" v anglicke Zasial jej nom bratr Adolf Mieulka. ze San Antonio. To je neco zvlaS . tniho kdyi spolumanZele mohou oslavit 70. vYroai manZelstvi, le! Mantelnm KoSarkovym vyslovujem srdeene uptimne, bratrske blahoptani a uprimne podekovani bratru Adolfovi Mieulkovi za vSe co poslal.

• Kdyi rano vstavate a vkcko vypada zasmuSile, kdy2 nemate chuti do stadne prate, kdy2 se yam zda, ze Zivot nema ceny, potom se naskYta, prilelitost, utkati se s neptitelem. Spotadejte se s nim na miste. Rcete sobe: "Nesejde na tom, jak nn jest; chci pohlUeti na jasnou stranku vet. Nedopustim, aby mne does ovladaly ehmurne my'Alenky. UkaZi temto maim nepratelnm, ze si vyeistim svou dOevni dilnu."

• • Nekdy se stava, Le kritika zaboli ty. proti nimI je natnirena. Kritika je nekdy jako tiiska zapichnuta pod nehet, do nejcitlivejSiho mista. AC kritika je demokratickY zpilsob napravy, vec docela obyeejna, nekteri pracovnici jsou na kritiku velmi nedntklivi. V bratrskYch spolcich je teto necnitklivosti hodne vice neZ v Ovote verejnem. Tim se take stava,ze v bratrskYch kruzich nedovedou tak snadno odpustit a zapomenout, zatim co dva soupefi v obaanskem flvote snadneji podaji si ruce.

PRECTETE SI OZNAMEN1 0 MUSEU OD BRA. HANUSE

BO Fri psani teehto sloupeekft zpravidia vzpominam 2e na gi etenati jsou rortrougeni po ohrmne oblasti Texaske a2e kaZdY ma rad neco jineho. Tak jako vYkladni pekarske, sktiri, skyta dorty rohliky, housky a i vYrobky ze glehanou. smetanou, tak se snali vas redaktor aby v Organu bylo, die moZnosti, co nejvice rozmanitosti, aby ka2dY se.h1 Po torn co ma, rad. A mejte strpeni, neni-li v jednom eisle buchta s rnalem v podobe va gi oblibene stati atd., najdete tam krajieek potreny s maslem, kterY mo2na bude chutnat zrovna tak chutne, ne-li vice. Proto preetete si vge, a najdete mnoha zrnka k premY gleni a k strave.

Svet az dosud marne eeka na zrozeni mute aneb deny, kteri by byli prosti chyb. Mame je konec koncUm vgichni, jeden vice, druhY mane, nekdo vaZne, jinY lehei — v torn spoeiva celY rozdil.

Stare Ceske prislovi pravi: chybovat je lidske, s chybami je nutno se smiriti.

Ka20 na tom svete ma sve bolesti, a snad kahly rad se o ne deli s jinYmi. Ale vyvaruji se stale opakovati v mojich fivahach takkka. .. naSe bolesti. Tote2 thema se znechuti a lid& pak vyhledavaji jinou spoleenost.

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Oddil dopisovatelfi Rad eislo 92, Ft. Worth 3. bfezna 1971 Mili bratri a sestry: Zas yam davam vedet, 2e na ge pravidelna mesidni schtize bude pri gti nedeli 14. brezna ye dye hodiny odpoledne v nagi radove sini. Dostavte se v g ichni a na eas. Po schfizi zase bude svaeina na kterou prosirne na ge sestry, aby donesly pedivo.- Na g e hostitelky se postaraji o ostatni.

Ve schfizi nemocna byla hla gena sestra Anna Paprskar, zakladajici elenka nageho spolku, 'ktero, tipadla v jejim ciomove a zlamala si tri Zebra. V nemocnici All Saint's ji o getrili a pobyla tarn nekolik drii a zase ji dovezli domn, neb nechtela jit k dceri, sestre Annie Juranove, jeji deera, ktera ji chodila trikrate denne o getrit a jidlo uvafit. V necleli v gak zase upadla a to tak negt'astne, 2e si tentokrate zlomild krk.

Nyni je v nemocnici St. Joseph's, kde ji dali do sadru ale jeji sta y je velice va2nV, zvla gte pri jejim stari.

Take bratr Paul Foyt byl dovezen do nemocnice Osteopathic a jeho sta y je te2 velmi va2nY. Bratr William Strnad je ji2 14, dni

172STNIK v nemocnici St. Joseph's kde snad ma bYt dnes operovan. Vgem tern nemoc-. nYin prejeme trpelivosti v jejich nemoci a brske a trvale uzdraveni.

Posledne jsem Spal, ze jsme tu etyri krajane z Ruske Ukrajiny a dnes zdeluji, ze sestra Josefina Millerova ji neni mezi nami. Doprovodili jsme ji k poslednimu odpoeinku v pondeli rano.

Zemrela v sobotu po krat gi nemoci v nemocnici St. Joseph's a v pondeli byla pochovana z Lukas pohrobni kaple, na hititov Mount Olivet. Byla dlouholetou elenkou nageho spolku Cis. 92 a sanechala v zarrnutku d ye dcery, ppi Christinu Cave, tady a Lillian Jacobson v San Antonio; tri syny; Edward H. Miller, V College Station, Robert L. tady a Walter Miller, v Long Beach, Calif.; dve sestry ye stare vlasti; 9 vnoueat a 13 pravnotteat. Walter po odslout2eni 20 let u nernornikil, dal se znova k -nim a byl nekde na Pacifickem mori z jeho posadkou a se ani nemohl dostavit v eas na matein pohreb. Cele portistale rodine vyslovujem jmenem radu i nasoustrast' a zesnule prejesi me klidny spanek. Cest budi2 jeji pamatce.

Te2 jsem minule zapmonel, 2e tu byl je gte jeden Cech z to Ukrajiny, p. Adolph Krupka, kterY byl ji2 dva roky (nebo vice) v Domove odpoeinku. I ten zesnul tige minulou sobotu ye stati 87 let, (sestra Millerova byla 84 let stard).

Pan Krupka take pochovan v pondeli na hititov Mount Olivet, nedaleko ses.

Millerova, a jen hodinu jeden po druhem.

Pan Krupka zanechal syna, Alvina Krupku, dceru pi. Jerry (Florence) Merlikovou; d ye vnoueata: pet pravnoueat; sestru . pi. Annu Fojtikovou v El Paso.

Take jim path nage uprinand soustrast.

Vgichni ti Cegi, prijeli z to Ukrajiny do teto vlasti v ten samY eas co nage rodina. Tak jsme jiz zitstali jen ja, infij bratr John a br. Anton Tirk. Bylo jich to vice rodin a v gichni patrili do Jednoty SPJST, ale nekteri se odsud odstehovali a ostatni ji2 zentreli.

Jsou-li jegte nekteri v Texasu a budou toto Gist, rad bych od nich uslygel.

Moje ;Priem) a pine. adresa je: Joseph Becan, 1214 So. Jennings Ave., Fort Worth Texas 76104. Mnj telefon 332-3575.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Josef Becan, dopisovatel —SPJST kad Osveta eislo 38, Kovar VaZena redakce, bratri a sestry, Zase jdu mezi vas, a to mne primelo 2e po preeteni inojeho dopisu, sestry

ye stfedu 10. bfezna 1971 Berthy Malinove jmeno bylo vynechano omylem a nebylo uverejrineno proto ze jsem ho vynechala. Ta my glenka byla jeji prvni udelat hostinu pro firedniky a ona 112 dva roky na to pomy glela a a2 letos se ji to podarilo tou dobrou hostinu udelat. Sestro Berthy, za v gecko to pobaveni Ti dekujem, neb Tys mela moc grace s tim a v gecko Ti to dalo mnoho starosti a odpust' ze se to tak stalo. U2 o tom natal rikali, ale bez chyby neni nikdo. Aspori nekdy se chyba stane!

No, yeera veeer nam u2 ten prach zmoeile; pri gel takovy peknY de gt' asi 1 1/2 coulu, tak 2e mo2na u2 budem sazet zemaky, aspori nekteri. Pro sucho se nedalo nic cleat, ale v nedeli to bylo pisku nejvic kterY ten vitr prehanel ze chvilemi nebylo nic videt na ge cedrove, stromy. Ale "weatherman" oznamoval (2e bude zase sucho. Several jde a tak to zase vysu gi hned. Musime to vge prijmout jak to prijde a 112 dost. Se srdeenYm pozdravem a v gem dobre zdravi preje, Mary Stepanova —PPJST2ensky Krouiek ye Fort Worth Mile sestry: Mam vam pripomenout, 2e na ge breznova schtze se bude odbYvat ye etvrtek 11. brezna v 10:30 hodin rano v Narodni sini. Prijd'te v gechny. Ve schtizi v Unoru nas bylo 36 a d ye navetevnice, ppi. Mary Ann Kozel odsud a Mary Short, z Colorado. Rady jsme jich uvi(ely a doufame, 2e prijdou zase a pHstoupi k nam co elenky. Te2 pritomno bylo 13 mu2skYch a dali se zapsat co prispivaji elenove. V gak chodili s manZelkami do schnzi, po kande, tak pros by se k nam nepridali.

Pi. Mary Bylsma, predsedkyne zahajila schfizi, pi. Myrtle Guerin, preeetia protokol a doglou korespondenci a pi.

Donna Huberiak oznamila kolik mame penez na bance.

Narozeniny v imoru slavily sestry Marie Juran, Angie Pola gek a Myrtle Guerin, tak jsme jim zazpivaly a praly mnoho dalgich let, ye zdravi se doekat. elenky byly v Temple na slavnosti ctevreni nova SPJST Uradovny a podaly nam o tom zpravu.

Dverni cenu vyhrala ses. Inez Krivanek a krasnou kytici kvetin, kterou etarovala ses. Tillie Gillis, vyhrala ses. Marie Prell. Ses. Mary Bylsma darovala, krasnV talif z malovanYm srdcem, ktere ona pekne maluje a sestra Anna Langer ho vyhrala.

Sestra Langerova navrhla, abychom si vzaly na starost, kdyby nektera

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elenka potkebovala, pomoc, v nemoci nebo jinak, aby ji elenky od Krou2ku pomohly. Sesta Langerova byla zvolena predsedkyni a na kterou alenku bude volat, aby ji pomohla, ma tak ueinit bez omluv, leda by mela valnou pomoc odmitnout.

Po chutnem obede, se sestry jeSte bavi.ly hrou.

Hostitelkami v pri gti schnzi jsou: Marie Prell, Eva Dockney, Ines Krivanek, Anna Langer a Clara Cohen.

Aloisie Beean, zpravodajka

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V Ennis pH °slave v Sokolovni, z leva na privo: Br. Jerome Kopecky z West (na:S saza zde v tiskarne eesky i anglicky), br. Oldrich (Eric) Monaca, predseda radu Volna Cechie eislo 135 v Ennis, pi. Libbie Zaludkova z Austinu a sestra Alice Kopecks z West (sestry br. Oldriqtha Mou as y ktery byl vrchnim dohlitiitclem stavby Sokolovny. Promirite ie obrazek je moc jasny — Red.)

Br. Josef Vytopil z Ennis piednesl proslov k obecenstvu v Ceske red.

Brother Jos. Vytopil, Ennis, addressing the dedication audience in his native Czech language and reminiscing the history of Sokol Ennis.

— SPJ bTKigt'a I, jako to zeme z ktere pochazi Jsme v jedne ze severskYch zelni, v Norsku. Stovky, tisice kilometrii na sever a stale na sever. Ale na ge zeme neni neznamou ani tidy. V2dyt' Noroye 6eskoslovensko znaji velmi dobte podle tradienich vYrobktt, mezi nei na pkednim miste patri sklo. PravY eeskY kki gt'al, bohate brou genY, Kolem nehoZ my tu doma ' chodime east° u2 bez povgininuti. Norove ho obdivuji — a miluji. Jak by take nyni neuvitali tYdenni vYstavu na geho skla, ktera, probihala v Oslo. Meli co obdivovat, nad eim se Vklyt' se tu norske verejnosti predstavilo nejmodernej gimi vyrobky mnoho na gich skiaren. Neehybelo ani ' eleznobrodske sklo. At' ma tedy nage sklo v Norsku jegte dlotiho to nejZvuenejSi j memo.

In Ennis, at the dedication of the Sokol Hall. L to R: Brother Jerome Kopecky, West, (our Linotype operator in Czech and English here at the Cechoslovak Pub. Co); Brother Eric Moucka, president of Lodge No. 135, Ennis; Mrs. Libbie Zaludek, Austin, and Sister Alice Kopecky, of West, sisters of Eric Moucka who was the overseer of the overall project of building the structure. We regret that the light was so bright and the photo develop_ ed too light. —Editor.

Predni vchod do enniske Sokolovny z blizka The Front Entrance of Ennis Sokol Hall at Close Range

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Aneika Houdkovil.

Neda y no jsem se doeetla neeeho co myslint bode zajimati naSe krajany -obzvlaSte ty co jsou starSiho vekti a pamatuji si na doby kdy stara viast byla otrokeni Rakouska-Uherska. Tehdy v letech 1861-67 Napoleonova 'armada se dostala as do Mexika (kaZda to veltnpc chtela peedstihnout druhou a uchvatit co nejvice Ozeini, at' trz to bylo v Americe Ci Mexiku a jinde). Mexiko tehdy bylo republikou ale nemelo tolik vojska a piipravy jako Francie a tudiZ "okupanti" lehce zvladli tuto zem.

MexickY lid byl donucen zvoliti hobsburkskeho cisate Maxmiliana jako cisaee Mexika. S nim peiSla osobni stra2, "dobrovolnikii" vSech moZnYch narodnosti mezi nimi bylo i nekolik Oechet ze stare vlasti. V roce 1867 Maxbyl mexickYmi neady popraven a jeho cisatovna Charlotta zeSilela a byla poslana zpet do sve vlasti kde za das zemeela. Osobni stra2 Maxmiliana se vratila zpet do Rakouska — ale nekteei ziistali v Mexiku a usadili se tarn.

Mezi temito byl i jeden krajan z Horaid'ovic v jiZnich Oechach jmenein FrantiSek Kaska.. Studoval chemii a v rote 1863 byl mu dan doktorat z chemie z videfiske, university 'a v roce 1865 se peidal jako dobrovolnik k vojsku Rakouskemu a dojel do Mexika kde zastaval misto jako vojensky lekannik.

Po Maxmilianove fiasku oteviel si 16karriu v hlavniin meste Mc-xiku v 1874.

Zde se stal elenem rnnohYch vedeckYch spolkti a behem let si ziskal svetoznamou povest a mnoho pi-ate'. Byl dekorovan za jeho vedecke vynalezy nejen v Mexiku ale i americkymi, Spanelskmi O •ady ten i samotnYmi rakouskYmi. Bylo tech medailii a vyzna.menani mnoho. ale presto Dr. Kaska nikdy nezapomnel na svou malou, rodsiou viast Oeskou a od roku 1890 zaeal zasilat. rilznYm museum pekne veci jako inexicke nerosty (minerals), nadabi a steibro a vySivky indianske. Mezi temito vecmi byli i nektere ktere pouMaxi-Milan osobne a ktere zival dr. Kaska nejakYm .zptisobein ziskal. byl osobnirn peitelem presidenta Porfirio Diaze mel v'Selijake i ittosti najiti yzacne musejni veci krasne ruene malovane. obrazy znalnYin mexickYtn mali •em Velascem ktere jsou dnes uznavany za velmi vzacne cenne. Techto bylo ceikem 8 a Dr. Kaska ye sve zaveti odkazal vSe Narodnimu Museu v Praze ale teprve neda ynobylo toto nalezeno ye skladiSti tohoto musea. KdoZvi, zda vAe co dr. Kaska

odkazal naSlo svou cestu do vzclalene Ceske vlasti, nebot' i kdy dr. Kaska mel vlivneho peitele presidenta Diaze neady mexicke nedovolili odeslani vSeho co dr. Kaska by byl rad poslal tam do vzclalene zeme Ceske. Jiste (e,e mezi temito vecini byli i veci z ylaSt' eenne a mezinarodniho zahno a kdoZvi, karn se behem let podely? Dr. Kaska ze"nee' roku 1907 a zanechal za sebou pek/too pamatku jako znameniteho a pozoruhodneho • vlastence eeskeho, a v Mexiku ho meli velmi radi.

Minuly tYden dlela v Dallasu misiona •ka si. Rachael Saint, ktera Zije male vesniece Tiwaeno v Ecuadoru v jinni Americe jiz mnoho let. Jeji bratr (take misionat) byl zabit zaroven se etyemi jinYmi misondei v divoke oblasti Ecuadoru divochy kmene Auca asi peed 15 lety. Toto utvrdilo si. Saint v jejim peedsevzeti jiti mezi divochy a. naneit je keest'anske haute. PeeloZila bibli do jejich jazyka a zaldila malY kostelik tarn. S ni asi 3 peisluST-lici tohoto kdysi divokeho kmene a budou cestovat asi 3 mesice a davat peeclnaSky a povidat o sve zasluZne praci v pustinach. Ecuadoru. Jeden Glen jmenem Kinio je nyni pastorem tamniho kostela a zaroveft je i dentistcu pro svdj lid. Tento lid byl skoro neznamY peed nekolika roky nebot' civilisace byla od nich tak vzdalena!

Nevirn, kolik lidi by melo to odvahu jiti mezi lid jen2 zavraZdil jejiho bratra jako bylo v peipadu sl. Saintove -myslim, (?.e velmi mai°.

Pobne mesta San Francisco Indiani rOznYch kmentl podali petici vlade ziskani etvereeni mill deivejSiho vojenskeho m.ajetku pro svou indianskou universitu v Davis. Jsou tam 4 vhodne budovy a 2 kasarny, take pro zaeatek jitn to stile:. Deera znameho indianskeho athleta Jim Thorpe sl. Grace Thorpe je informaenirn iteednikein pro nova zatolenou universitu "Deganawidah-Quetzalcoati" (v zkratce DQU) a tato . je pojmenovana po Indianu kmene IroQuois kterY zalozil federaci iroquoiskYch lidi a byl znain co Bull kmene Aztecti v Mexiku. Tato universita bude pry vYltradne jen pro Ind:any a Mexikany. Zde se bude vytieovat vecem ktere tito pottebuji aby mobil ziskat praci, vytteit je pot•ebneinu meslu aby mobil byt sobestaeni, Pozdeji druzi mohou obdrZeti i akadernickou hodnost a zas ueiti s ynj lid. Asi 50 Indianu Zilo tarn kdy vlada odevzdala kliee nova zaloZ'ene universit y a nyni mohou si sami pomoci. Doufejme, Ze vSe se jim vydati,

ye su'edu. 10, br ezna, 1971 starobyle Bechyni v jiZnich Oechach stale jeSte keramika jde na odbyt. Zde se nachazi nejstar gi keramicka Skola v Oectiach nebot' byla zalolend v roce 1884 a nejdeive se zde vyrabely kamna, za dva roky k tomu hrnelestvi a o rok pozdeji take keramickou nialbu, Na tuto 'Skolu se dostali jen Zaci s minioi.adnYin talentem v malitstvi a modelovani. Museli projit fispeStie zkooZky z kresleni a modelovani pak museli projiti dalSi zkouSky. Pei Skole je i tovarna kde se vyrabeji krasne veci keramicke, ktere jiste Siii prvottidni povest teto dobre Skoly v Bechyni.

0 tomto dob • e vim, nebot' dva bratCi moji maminky Frank a Jan Noskovi byli keramikaei v teto Skole a stryc Frank kdy2, pkijel . do Ameriky v rice 1912 peivezli sebou nektere veci ktere on sam vyrobil a ktere dosud chovarne jako parnatku na Bechypi.

Pii na yStevach naSich jsme si obstara11 dalSi exempldee a nektere dalSi nam byly pozdeji poslany peately. Jedna z nejvetSich je asi 26. inch vysoka socha "Jihneeska Madonna" kterou nakreslil prof. Dobia- z Budejovic. je z .pa.lene hliny a ma, krasne odttSevnele tahy oblieeje — je to vskutku 'utnelecka tvorba na kterou rnuze elovek bYti brdym.

Rada bych jeSte jednou videla tu Bechyni s jeji zadumeivou krasou, je to pekne mesteeko lazeriske,'nebot' nale7 zaji se zde laZne "EibuSiny" kam2 odedavna jezdili lide z celeho sveta na 16ecni. V Ennis a okoli zili lide kteii chodivan do Bechyne do kostela nebo na trh a na poute. Ano, karn se podely ty easy kdy se east° glo lesem teeba dva hodiny pesky do Bechyne? To je ji2 prye a nikdy vie se nenavrati, 2e ano?

Moji 'dobei peatele John Jareshovi slavili nedavno 50.1ete vY •oei sveho manZelstvi v kruhu svYch milYch a my peejeme aby dani Zivotni pout' byla bez nemoce a nehod tak aby podzim sveho souZiti byl opravdu zlatY. Hodne zdravi a vkho clobreho take pfejeme manZeltim John Sonkovyrn kteei oslavovali sve zlate vYroei nedavno. 0be manZelske dvojice se tesi dobreren zdravi a jiste jim je to piano i Na.§e spolkova sestra Nad'a Kolafova se navratila z Nemecka kde dlela vice jak dva roky a mini se zase usadit znovu v Dallasu. Byla jsern potegena, 2e jsem ji uvidela na oteveeni nova sokolovny v Ennis. Velmi se ji libila sin se v'Mn. zafizenim. Doufejme, ze sestra Kolafova bude zase v kratkosti opt chodit do na. ich schuzich a spolkovYcn podnicich ktere ona mela tak rada.

Rada se vratila sem do Ameriky, fikit

Ve stredu 10. brezna 1971 2e zde je ji lope.

Tak se pomalu ztracime jeden po druhYm. MinulY tYden zemtela y e Ft. Worth pi, Henry Kovarnikova po delSi nemoci. Za mladi bydlela s rodiei v Ennis a teprve v pozdejSich letech co •vdana se odstehovala sem do Dallas a pak do Ft. Worth. Rozend byla Vrlova a jeji matka byla Tarabova z Rataj u Bechyne. Myslim, Ze mnozi si budou ni pamatovat nebot' Kovarnikcvi bydleli na Creechville take nejakY eas a drive chodivali na tamni .sokolovnu.

Pozustale rodine vyslovujeme nou soustrast a zemrele klidn1 spanek.

Pohrbena byla z kostela Church of Christ y e Ft. Worth. Obrady provedl pastor onoho kostela a tri clenky pekne, zapely nekolik pisni na rozloucenou.

Bylo to vSe pekne a dustojne. Pani Kovarnikova byla z tech dobrYch zen se kterou bylo v2dy pekne a prdtelske Pohoveieni. Zajimala se a prispivala na dobre neely a narodni podniky.

Z.ek vyslovuje svou upriinnou soustrast nail sestr y Miloslave No,skove nad odehodem jeji maminky, a zesnule veenY klid.

ZnamY krajan A. J. Foyl, opet zit v souteli automobilove CM "Car Races" minulY tYden s prvni cenou ziskal asi $51,000 (51 tisic). To u2 je opravdu hezka kupa penez — jenze ono to neni tak lehke je dostat. Mnohdy to soute2 je velmi nebezpeOnd, nebot' Casto nektery prijde k va2nemu zraneni anebo ztrati svuj 21vot ph tom.

Kdy2 se to ale povede pak jiZ to stoji za to. Krajanu Foytovi ptejeme hodne Stesti a dalSi aspechy na jeho draze Zivote.

Tak ji2 abych ukoncila. Vie dobre kac'Aemu preje A. H. itad Slowanska, Lipa eislo 66, Waco Cteni broth a sestry; Nail Unorovou schUzi za,hajil nas ptedseda, br. Henry Slovak za pritornnosti neco pies 70 dent'. Byl vzdan Slib vernosti nail vlajce brati•Tommy Towery a Cookie Slovak a viemi elenY, a zaroven nose radove hesla. VSichni drednici byli piitomni az na nakho .prtivodee, bra. James Pa y lieka, kterY niel vaZnou operaci v Grant Buie nemocnici, v Hillsboro. Jeho man2elka, sestr y Jitina Pavliekovd zastoupila mist°. Protokel z lednove schtize byl p t j at jak na , )san, , lame niel p, a, pi. Greg Tewery, pi. Arthur Leggett a p. a pi.

James Carter; doufame 2e se jim u nas nav:=1,tivi nas zase. Pak byly Rene, dopisy a itety. ; -'21 1 a

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Nemocne jsmc meli bra. James Pavlieka, bra. Leslie Dungan, ktery byl va2ne nemocen v Providence nemocnici a bra. Joe JaSku. Prejern jim -tfetia Lime uzdroveni. Projevy soustrasti byly vzdane bratru Jiri Trelnem nad ztratou jeho bratra, LoSakove iodine nad ztratou jejich matky a Louis Soukupoy e recline nod ztratou jejich matky.

Pak se prikroeilo k zpravam vYboru.

Za majetkovy vYbor, podala zpravu ses.

Darlene Engelke, za mlade2 br. Michael Gaper cznamil, er e midi:ee se byla podivat na kamen ktery ptivezli z mesice a byl na vYstave v Baylor Museum a dale 2e mlade2 darovala $15 na "Cancer Fund" k ucteni pamatky Mary Sue Moore. Br. Henry Slovak preeet1 resoluce za nail odeSlou sestrou Marie LoSak. Nove eleny jsme prijali jak nasleduje: Danny J. MoOre, Phylis A. a Lissa K. Leuschner, Mary C. a Jimmy C. Carter, Regina L. LednickY, Michel J. Heusner, Dolores D. Kocian, Ray C. Haigood, Helene Alene Haigood, Doris Jean Bailey", Ray M. Klish a Jerry Allen Brent. Prestoupili k nam Peter Gaha od radu 167. Doufame Ze se jim u unds bude libit a Ze budou navStevovat nak schtize.

Pak prikroeilo se k volnym navrhtinn a br. Otto HannS navrhnul ze misto naSeho "Czech Spectacular" abychorn menili jmeno no 'Czech American Fair' Po kratSi debate bylo usnekno aby to bylo "Czech American Festival" a abychom meli zvlaStni schuzi ohledne planovani tohoto podniku v patek 19. brezna v 7 hodin veCer. Prosime vas vSechny abyste se dostavili do teto schtize v co nejvetSim poctu abychom mohli tento podnik uskutecnit; jak vite kaZdy takovY podnik pottebuje pomoc kaZdeho elena aby se dobre vydatil a je to povinnost nas vSech prilo2it svou ruku k diIn, tak nezapomente a bud'te pritorrini 'Leto schtize.

Dale byli jsme upozorneni 2e n().s besedni veeirek v pdtek 12. brezna se nebude odbYvat nasledkem 2e ten yeeer bode mit svou schtizi naS , bratrskY spolek RVOS. Narozeniny v Unore melt Rose a Lillian Parma, Ed a Agnes Ma,zanec, Jim a Mabel Crow, Margarete Paylieek, Johana Vernetti, Tracy Towery, Ray Sims ; Bennie Engelke, Herman Brews, Louis Macha a Martha Slov6k. Zazpivan ionic jim "Happy Birthday" ,krasnY a chutnY dort pro tento okam2ik upekla Deckle Schiemenzova.

Nezapomente nail zvlaStni schtizi v

patek 19. brezna v 7 hodin weer.

Dveini cenu vyhrala Donna Gerlichova a jelikot nebylo dalSiho jednani schtize okoneila a Mikroello s k dobre veeeri a po to dobre vee,ri jsme hrali bra a pak jeli vesele demo. Jestii jsem nece vynechal tak prusim odpust'te; po druhe to vynahra,dim.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Otto HanuS SP.) S

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Oznameni SCHUZE 1971 JARNI Jarni schtize I. okrsku bude se konati 18. dubna u tadu eislo 9 y e Snook o 1. hodine odpotedne. Dthelita schtize — volby a uvaZeni navitenYch staAov. Carlson Jakubik

Jarni schtize 11. okrsku bude se Ronan' 18. dubna v Holland, Texas u rano 01510 80.

• • Jarni schtize III. okr8ku se bude konati 18. dubna u tadu Oslo 154 ye Ft. Worth, Pad 154, Worth bode hostem.

--SP .;sr---

Okrskov3.7ch ithednika schaze se bude konat 28. biezna; misto bude oznarneno pfditim aisle Vestniku.

John J. KutIA tajemnik • Jarni schtize IV. okrsku bude se konati 28, btezna v Sv. Ambrose farnostni sini (St Ambrose Parish Hall) ye Wall, Texas. Rad eislo 160 v San Angelo bude hostem.

• Jarni sclatize•v okrskti bode se konati 14. brezna u kadu StefEtnik eislo 142, 5508 Nolda ulice v HoustOne. Rad atefanik bude hostem.

F. A. KadIceek, taj.

• • Jarni schtize VI. okrsku bode se konati 4. dubna v sini ArnerickYch Legionarti (Americon Legion) v Moulton. Rad Oslo 27, Moulton bride hostem.

'Frank C. Wagner ° jam ; schtize VII. okrskti bride se konati 25. dubna v sini tadu cislo 107 ye Floresville.

Pauline S. Pavliska„ taj. v

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MUSEUM, ARCH1V, KN1HOVNA

Cteni brath a sestry: .Abychom mohli na Am potrebuj em elenthrt V naSem stare anebo prvni Ve: ,..•I I 5hla od zaeatku Vestniku at db L..,.,nce, 1932. sin od roku 1932 Mame vkchny jenom bychom vas MOSUL obyste /lam je ciarovali do archivu kde budou uscho(31-

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vane nav2dy a pomfiZe to mnoho noSim oleninn is informacim kterY nenntZou dostat jinak.

Mame jenont dve Cisla techto Vestniku a site: eislo 7 datovano 15. prosince 1915 a cislo 23 datovano 5. srpna 1916 a doutame ite nekteri nasi stari elenove uschovali sve Vestniky a Ze by je darovali do SPJST Archivu kde hu(km uschovane a slouZit naSemu Glen stvu. KaZdy takovY dar bode zaneen do naSi zlate knihy a ji2 predem vain dekujem za ka2dou menM porooe v tomto ohledu.

S braterskYm pozdravem, SPJST Knihovna, archiv a museum, Otto Hanes --SPJ sT

UCNIE SF, CESKY LEXCE SESTA — LESSON SIX COMMON CZECH GREETINGS dobiy den — good day Ohre rano — good morning dobre jitro — good morning dobrY veecr ,-- goad evening dobrou noc — good night sbohem — good bye s Parton Bohem — good bye Ina shledanou — see you later 'helo, cheerio nazdar The most useful term is "dobrY den" its common usage is relatively new, but it has almost replaced "dobre odpoledne" meaning "good afternoon" and has lysen making inroads in replacing ovo ..1 "dohre rano" , or "dobre en" has replaced also jitvo", overly pel3te g,9.°eeting3 quite. 0 asta, rakuliham, swell etc." Good riddance.

"Dobre rano" is used more in the country, while "dobre jitro" is more common in the cities "Dobre jitro" is becoming more and more common.

Since "jitro" is a poetic word and not otherwise commonly used, you may run across an abbreviation "dobrYtro", which is strictly colloquial.

"Sbohem" has a religious origin. Literal translation is "with God"' and traces apparently to the phrase "Jdi (or Mete) s Bohem". "Jdi" is singular, while "Jdete" is plural imperative (meaning "Go with God"). The religious meaning has been sloiwly lost in the common usage; therefore, it is 'written now as one word, "sbohem", instead of "s Bohem."

The religious meaning has been largely preserved with the longer form of the same greeting "s Piinem Bohem" and, therefore, it is usually written as three separate words with capital leters. Literal translation would be "with Lord CiOd"‘. OcaOionally, you may see it written as one word, "spanem bohem".

• • "Dobry veeer" and "dobrou noe" is used similarly as in this country. The same is true of "na shledanou".

• "Nazdar" was made popular by the Sokols, and in this country it was regarded as a special Sokol greeting This is no longer so, "Naadar" is very common, and no longer connected with Sokol use exclusively. When you meet someone who is older or Ilvhom you do not know closely, then the greeting of "dobrY den" would conic to your lips, while a close friend or contemporary you would greet with "nazdar". From the point of an English-speaking person, the usage of "nazdar" is peculiar in the sense that it could and actually is commonly used, not only when meeting a person like the American "hello", but also in parting, instead of "na shledanou" or "sbohem".

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Sliby Ve slibech bud' opatrn*, vernY a svedomity. Deti nemajic iiidneho jmeni, nemuie mnoho slibiti. Co viIak dle svYch okolnosti s rozvahou slibilo (bez rozvahy nema nic slibovati), to ma vypiniti, lee by vypIneni slibu s nepiemoZitelnou piekaikou se setkalo Jinak by to inch lids za, vrtkaveho, nespoteClovek chvaly hoden mule ku poilivu mnoho dohreho ptisobiti, i jest Olkiadem, j'en'i !Asia' k pravde, pevnost mysli, fernost a chiyam 1101 k lidem kolkol ratainje.

--SPJST-— Sna2i-li se kdo zdatl se vice 110

skuteene jest, dokazuje, Ze jest si yedorn slier maliekosti,

Ve stPedu 10. bic ezna 1971 KROJOVANE PANENKY SL. ANEZKY HOUDKOVE Z DALLASU P •i vanoeni navSteve v Taylorskein dome odpoeinku pozvala nas zaslouZila krajanska pracovnice pani Solenka Valeikova k sober do Dallasu. Zavedla rids na jednu sehrizi v krasne Sokolovne, kterou si krajane v Dallasu zbudovali vlastni praci a dobrovolnymi shirk-ann. Tam jsme se seznamily take se sleanou AneZkou Houdkovou, ktera nas zavedla do sveho rortomileho domku se zalaradkou, abychom se podivaly na jeji krojovane panenky. Pripadalo mi to, jako bychom se ocitly riejake Andersenove pohadee. Celt' jeden pokoj byl vyhraZen parienkam peClive ulolenym ye vitrinach, kaZdy kroj je pokud mcitno p •esnY a panenky maji sva jmena. K memu prekvapeni mela tam i hrdiny z meho romanu "Ve y -nost"MagdlkuJrvojiZnskem.

V to dobe, kdy jsme se v Dallasu alr2ovaly, sl, AneZka vystrojila prove jednu z nejkrasnejich loutek, kterou venoval krottZek Zen starYm krajanUm. do domu odpoeinku v Tayloru. Tato velka panenka mela i poradne, mistrern .evcem krojovalem ttgite vysoke krabovaeky. Si. AneZka si nelenila tohoto stareho mistra vyhledat a vSechno k tomu opattit, Jak je tato obetava peace sleeny AneZky Houdkove cenna a dtilelita, uvedomila jsem si, kdy'Z rnnozi z krajanti uz ani se svymi vnuky Cesky promluvit nemohou, protole jim deti nerozumeji. Ty na'S'e Ceske jako vS . echny jine splYvaji to s mofem cizoty. Neni-li mono zachranit vic, tato obetava einnost sleeny AneZky zachro,imje aspoti Olechtilou hr.:lost na dobry start' pUvod ye stare vlasti.

F. Peehaekova, spisovatelka

--SPJST PRO •V' ECHNY NERVILY ViiNOCE SVATENiMIE DNY Je malo dui v roce, kdy cele rodiny zasedaji za svateeni stul. Snad jedinj den v roce useda k nemu vetMna obyvatel naH zemC. Usedd do prosttedi prosyceneho vuni jehliei, purpury, venoeek, eerstve smaIenS7ch kaprC. Je vkik nemalo tech, kte •i ani v tento den za rodinny stul nezasedaji.

Nic zvliAtniho, fekl Mezi ty, kdo travi Cast vanoe traclUSne na pracovi§tich, patti ten lekari.. "Ja slourlim obvykle druhf7 svatek vanoetd roam dome, tH kluky." prohlasila asistentka dr. M. Rohanova z II. ensite kliniky v Erne. "Letos se nedelo nic rnimotadneho." konstatovala nad znamy o porodech. "V prvnich dvou

Ve stfedu 10. b • ezna 1971

dnech se narodilo 5 chlapcd a 3 deveata. Take dalSi den sliboval jen skromny pfirtistek. Pamatuju rok, kdy jsme na 8tecirk den pomohli na svet, 20 detem," vzpomina lekatka. V porodnici byl tedy klid.

Jinak hovotil primai chirurgickeho oddeleni I. inestske nemocnice v Brne dr. Pospiklik, ktery zachytil vinu vanoanich pacientil o Stedrem vederu.

Behem 24 hodin jeho sluZby bylo na oddeleni oSet •eno pies 140 lidi. Snih a naledi mely na svedomi asi polovinu ptipadti: zlomene nohy, ruce, pohme2deniny atd. Vanoeni vesell zhruba polovinu druhou: zanety 2luaniku, dva z nich akutne operovany, zaZivaci poti2e, ale i popaleniny omastkem pti smaleni kaprit a samortejme take popaleniny od hoticiho stromku. Opravovat potme televizni antenu a potlouci se ptitom patti rovne2 k vanoenimu poeinani. . . .

Veetne asi 15 operaci nebyl svateeni provoz podle slov primate nikterak z ylaStni. Tote2 t yrdili i na III. chirurgicke klinice v Erne, nebot' mit, pine ruce price, pat •i zde k vanoctm odevzdy.

By li jsme daleko Divoka, 8arka na okraji Prahy. Je S' tedrY den. Na nedalekem ruzyfiskem letiSti prave ptistava letadlo pravidelne linky Singapur Bombaj — Ateny — Praha. Stevardky„ obleeene je'Ste do tropickYch uniforem, ptivezli do zimni Prahy plane orchideje a exotickou \ruin dalek. "Dobte, ze uZ jsou doma, to vite svatky" vysvetluje temperamentni letuSka Fivira Mandikova.

"Vite, jak mi bylo, kdyfi. jsem se loni ctovedela, 2e stravim 'StedrY yeeer v Indii? A to jeSte ma maminka navic narozeniny. To tedy elo yeku vtibec nevi jedno, ale musi zatnout zuby a tici si, 2e slu2.ba je slufta. Tak jsme si loni alespoil vy'Akemrali borovieku — nemyslim to v lahvi. DnAla yeas a je g -temaink ejadobruephbalila krabici s cukrovim, V Indii se pa -chopitelnSdrVwsavi.Akoneene, eim si take ptit'uknout, kdy" v zemi vladne nrohibice. My jsme s ni ovtlem ptedena poeitali, proto nam nechybelo vfibec nic. Ostatne na Atedroyeeerni hostinu jsme byli pozvani do bornbaiskeho hotelu pro cizi letajici posadky.”

-SP,TqT-

Co ,ft NESTARNOU Oeima, ktere nestarnou se podiva, do kahleho noveho rana, at' la je pied jejim malYm bilYm domkem blato nebo na rozk yetlou zahradku S'tedte sviJET'

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ti slunce, vyda se drobnymi, energickYmi kroky pa ceste, kterou ua chodi desetileti do sveho atelieru ve Filmovein studlu v Gottwaidove. Prave tarn se v race 1944 narodil ZivY Ferda Mravenec, hrdina prvniho eeskeho loutkoveho filmu o nee° pozdeji tam spaUna svetlo sveta sla yna, Vzpoura hraCek, NepovedenY nandeek, Vlaaek kolejaeek, Uzel na kapesniku a nmoho dalSich filrnu, ktere , okouzlily generaci dneSnich mamiriek a tatinkti. A dnekii oeskoslovenske deti, ktere u2 take dobte znaji celY serial, `vinenYch' pohadek, se mohou twit na dalk male, ftimove hrdiny.

ZaslonZila umelkyne, laureatka statni ceny, reAtiserka Hermina TYrlova se v prosinci do2ila sedmdesati let. Lidem, kteti ji znaji, se to zda, neuvetitelne, protole je stale pilvabna, sve21 a ternperamentni, stale pina napadtt.

Rika, a piSe se o ni, ze ma rada deft P •esnejk VSak je, teknenae-li, 2e nikdy neopustila sve detstvi. Pies vSechny strazne, kterVmi se kaZdY z nas mush: dobra.t skuteerie, skromne moudrosti, zustaly ji darem oei detske prostoty, okouzlenosti, zvidavosti, nezaludnosti.

CelYm s yYm dilem strani vSemu dobremu a bere pod svou ochranu v'Sechno, co miluje, vSechno, co je poctive. pravdive a krasne — at' jsou to lide, zvitata, kvetiny nebo veci. Proto se jeji hrdinove domlouvaji tak snadno beze slov s malYmi i velkVmi na celera jk svete. . .

IMEZISTATNI SYSTEM DALNJC V USA

Amerieane riiji uprostied zazraku. Uskuteenuje se gigantickY projekt mezistatniho systenn, kterY podstatne meni Ameriky. Pri proji2deni SpojenYmi staty po novYch americkYch superdalnicich si Clo y& uvedomuje, 2e ad vynalezeni kola znamenaji vlastne nejvetk ptevrat v pozemni doprave.

VedoucI projektant dalnic s Texasu Dewitt C. Greer prohlasil, Ze Amerika nema prozatim dostatek dobrYch cialnic, ale sni a tom, 2e si takove &alnico vybuduje. (Greernv vYrok zni ovSem pro oeskeho etenate hodne neuveritelno. Jak je videt, vIe je relativni.) Tento sen dens u2' nabYva konkretni podoby ph realizovani nejvetSiho projektu v historji lidstva, site dokonalych nie o deice 41,000 mil. Vystavba si vy2ada 1.6 milionu akrt paly, ccA je zemi vetSi neZ' rozloha statu Delaware.

Pisek, "steak a kamen pottebnY k vybudovani dinnyslnebo systemu by vytvotily &vet stop silnou a padesat

stop vysokou zed' kolem ode zemekoule--- to jen pro p•irovnani.

(Poslal br. K. Sicner). b1-0 6TZA

LESENIM JINDRISS'KE VEtE

Ktere jine mesto oplY ya Gakovyrni architektonickymi skvosty a nistorickymi pamatkann jako Praha? 600 yky obctivovateln z celeho sveta postavaji v neraem U2asu prod Chramem svateho Vita, prochazeji rnalebnYmi uliekami a zakoutimi Male Strany, trpelive eekaji na dvanact apoStolti Starometskeho orloje, obeas nekteri z nick zavitaji do typicke pra2ske. kavarnieky. Maioktery turista si vSak uvedomuje, 2e tak jako starnou Ede, starnou i domy. To si vSak velmi dobte uvedomuji pracovnici, kteti peeuji o renovaci historickYch objektti v Praze.

Hoene yenuje jenorn hlavnimu mestu DAS stat tticet miliontz korun na opravy painatkovYch budov. V soueasne dobe se v ramci akce oprav cirkevnich staveb •estau • uje kostel sv. Jindticha a vet, ktera byla zvonici a s kostelem t yotila jeden cei sk. Kostel vybudovali kti2ovniei roku 1353, vez byia postavena takika o sto let pozdeji, za vlady Viadislava II., zaroveri s PraSnou branou. Teprve ve druhe polovine 19. stoleti dodo k prvni renovaci. Byl ji poveten architekt Josef 1\Iocker, kterY pozdeji regotizoval Prai;nou branu a p •estavoval KarlAtejn. Od to doby se k zachrane arealu neptistoupilo. AZ' v letognim race, kdy dochazi k systematicke obnov pamatko yYch objektn v Praze , se ujal Stroj-investav, n. p., Praha 1, opravy vnejSich obou staveb.

Tento podnik, pod vedenhn reditele O. Stehlika, se ji g osvedcil pri opravach kostehl sv. Haftala a sv.

Na Jindtiske veil se provadi nejen obnova krytiny, ale je zapottebi vymenit i pet tisic kusn kamen:aYch kvadrii, ktere nelze restaurovat. Jr zajimave, v dneini dobe neexistuje konzeryaeni metoda, ktera by natolik znevnila ka.men, aby jej nebylo mane nahrazovat novym. Wilmot() provadi Strojinvestav i opravu krovu a obnovu vSech vnejSich omitek na kostelc sve Jinciticha.

Renovace nevi nikterak jednoduchcat zalelitosti, nebot' musi bYt poudito i prAvodni technologie. grome Who byla ve2 v tak havarijnirn stavu, 2e eeta leknai• niusela po , tavit 90 metro na opravu vysoke leseni. Ani poeita, s 10 nejsou male. Prozatim fmniloiloany korun. Price byly zapoeaty 7.

1970, ukoneeny mail bYt, do pr y -nipolvnyptiShorku.

A tak tento gotickY klcnot bude, u-

Ve sttedu 1.0. btezna 1.071 zmecnila zoufala odvaha. Toto byl jiste konec. Pram se rozletel dlouhYra, pru2nYin. smykem, byl zachycen a yyzdviZen velikou vinou a hnan prim() proti skale. Kolem nej se tocily ohromne viry, vydavajici straSlivY, zvueivY rev. Na AKVARELOVE KOMPOSICE EDUARDA cicalae strane se zvedaiy priSerne balvaTOMKA ny.

StraSliva sila pereji zdvihala pram Pozorni etenari si asi pamatuji, arehitekta a profesora Eduarda Tomka vYSe a vYSe, spolu s vinou Splhajici pa jsem predstavila jiz pied dvema, roky skalni stone. Shefford upiral strnulY jako fispeSneho tvtirce akvarelu. Mel polled na mokrou Cornea stenu. Skiatenkrat svoji prvin vYstavu. P •esne za nela se nad nine. Zadek pamice se vySvihl vysoko vzhiiru. A tu kdy reel nadva roky nabidl verejnosti nahlednout do sve pestre akvarelove tvorby znovu. stati nevylniutelny srartonosny naraz, A po dvou letech si myslim, Ze tento- vina se rozstrikla, odrazila se od stokrate jsou jeho akvarely libivejSi, na.7 ny a ,uram vubec nenarazil. Byl jakousi paditejk. Snad nspech prvni vYstavy zdzraenou nahodou zachranen zpetdodal Ecluardu Tomkovi, reemigrantu z nYm navalein odraZene viny. Sjel noVidne, dalSi chut', napady i elan do zpet a byv zachycen viry pereji, byl utvorby. pile tohoto malire je priklad- naSen do1u rudYmi, rozbourenYmi vinami. Shefford sklonil hlavu nad Fayi a na, talent, napady, vYtvarne vyjadrovice nieeho nevidel ani neslySel. Teprve vani jsou prave na teto vYstave vYrazno videt. Kolem padesati, akvarelu vas po dlouhe dobe byl MormonovYm volazavadi do nejrihnejSich situaci do ruz- nim povzbuzen, aby se opet chopil sve neho prostredi. Je tu Kralovna noel, prate_ Pram byl zpolovice napinen vodou.

Gulliver, Poustevnici, Houbaki, stejne jako Domovnice. Na"Tornkove vYstave Nas Ta Bega ji vyhazoval rukaina.

Shefford mu priskoeil na pomov, naje nam jasne, Ze mame pied sebou vY 'Set lopatu a pustii se chute do prate. tvarne vyjadreni milovnika hudby. na Zadne jeho tvorbe nemtiZe chybet. Pomalu, ale jiste yyprazdnovali pram.

Je tu akvarel Bachova mSe H moll, A tu Shefford spatril, nastal soumrak. Joe ridil pram k fizkemu viseiteTernperamentni klavir, Concerto grosmu btehu, k nemaZ se rychle so a dalSi. Indian vyskoeil a privazal pramici ke Main raft, akvarelovou techniku; je vzdukad, jemne barevna, pripada mi skalnimu vYstupku.

Uprchlici vylezli na breh a znaveni vzletna a. Eduard Tomek ji ovlada.

Snad proto je o vYstavu v pralske ye- a promoeeni klesli do horkeho pisku.

Av'Sak Shefford nem.ohl usnouti. fte• ejnosti zdjem a na, jeji vernisaZ prislo 200 Mi. Maly salek Charita- ka mu nedala spati. V dali hueela su na Karlove namesti navSlivilo za kvala, u samYch nohow skueela, jecela necelyc.h etrnast dni stovky lidi a vY- smala se. Byl v ni d'abltiv duel. Byla stava byla prodlouiz'ena o dalk.ch etr- to rekla, jeZ si prorazila cestu. tvrdou nact dni. Zeptala jsem se Eduardo, skalou, a jejim cilem byla zkaza, NeTomka, ktery mne vystavou doprovazel, strpela na sobe Zadneho Zivota. Prorajak prichazi na rtizne namety, co ho Zejic si cestu onemi mrtvymi skalami, inspiruje. Nedovedl to presne vyjadrit. trhajic ,hlodajic a nieic, prinaSela jen smrt, zkazu a zahubu. Rvouci, podivSekl mi na moje dotazy: "Venuji akvarelu, v Zadhe technice nevi moZ"- na, divoka, straSliva, buracejici teka, pustiny! I po tine se zdala bYti zbarveno docilit takove harevnosti, jako pray e v akverelu." na, krvi.

Shefford ji poslouchal celou dlouhou KO slovu 'umelce nevi treba nic donoc a kdy =2, k ranu jej premohl neklidhvo davat.

--SPJST-nY, preruSovany spanek, snil o straSliZANE GREY! ye, buracejici rote.

TAJEMSTVi SlySel vSecky ty krasne zvuky, ktere znal a miloval — vzdychani vetru v piARIZONSKE DIVOCINY niich, skueeni vlka, krik racka chech(T}JE RAINBOW TRAIL.: taveho, bablani tekoucich potnekil, piArizonskY romiri son, .cptani kny. Sly;;e1 1 hrraeni priZ amrldtiny boje, hukot severaku v pralese, Udery BOTIUMIL Z. NEKOVARI/K hromu. A nebyly to pozeraske z yuky, — nYbrZ hlasy reky valid se vesmirem, Pokraeovani obtekajici hvezdy a vlevajici svoji modt iShefford klesl na kolena, objav Fayl i Janu, AvAak pohlizel stateene v tvat do nekoneeneho prostoru.

Noc i se sl/inii fantastickYmi sny mlNtivaliv6intt nebezpeei. KOneene se ho chovam pro generate priSti v tole sve krase.

M. Grin-II-nova (Zaslal br. J. V. Pokorny) ---SPJ 6T-

nula. Usvit zahnal z canonti hustou,' tmu, a slunce ozarujici vzdalene Stity hor dodalo Slieffordovi nove odvahy. vstal a vzbudil ostatni. Fayin zamySleny tismev tajil v sobe stale viru. Poje(di nee° potra,vy prosakle bahnem aivociou. Pak vsedli zase na pram. Proud je rychle . undSel z dosiechu posledni reje. Has reky i carionu se menil. Proud' se zmirnil v pomalY, fitly, klidny tak.

Stony byly stale vetSi, kohnejSi a pochmurnejk. Shefford pozoroval v:3e,-cky tyto nave znarnky, ale naslouchal napjate, kdy uslySi rev prEti pereje; si to sotva radne uvedomoval. Vkchni uprchlici naslouchali. handy onyb canonu — a bylo jich nespobetne mohl v sole tajiti perej. Shefford napinal sluch: Domnival se, Ze slySi hlubo kY, thuneny, podivny hukot. Znel v• Sich, ale pies to ticho stale vzrastalo.

— Opravdu, tonle je mrtve mist°, zamrueel Lassiter.

— Ale poekejte chvili, odpmedel Joe. — SlySte! SlySite to?

Ale ye skuteenosti nebylo nieeho y eti. Joe se pouze domnival, cce slyAi ohlas revu, ktereho se tak obaval.

Plavili se mill za mill po tichem proudu mezi ohromnYmi, nadhernYmi ste7 nami. Po Silenem fprku revu, buraceni a virech vSech. tech pereji, kterYmi byli projeli, na Sheffordovu mysl podivne ptisobila tato pomala, ticha teka, obklopena naprostYm tichem, i obaval se, Ze swill.

Ticho neustavalo, proud se nezrychloval, napeti nepovolovalo. A hodiny prchaly jako okamZiky, slunce preSlo modrY pruh nad hlavami uprchlik i, zlata s yetla zazdrila na nej yySSich Stitech, sneslo se opet sero, a vSude zavladlo jen mrtye, nesmirne, nesnesitelne ticlo.

V nekterYch ohybech se proud zrychloval, Cell, dlouhe pruhy vinek po skakovaly po hladine, ale panovalo naproste ticho.

A to uprchlici vjeli do Usti cafionu majiciho podobu pismeny V. Mohutne zdi se valalovaly od reky. Byla v nein volnd prostora a slaneeni s yetlo, a daleho v pozadi teto otevrene prostory se zdvihaly rmnelkove zbarvene Stay. 0 mili doleji reka mizela v temnem, bedprtichodu, z nehoZ se oZyne val hukot aZ Sheffordovi na,skakala husi kflte.

Mormon vyinuall race do vYse, a vvdal hromovY rev, s kterym uvital uprchliky eekajici n.an. u Usti Nonnezoshe Paco, Ale nyni znel divoCeji - a nadSeneji. A jak podivne pohiCdl na Fay' Larkinovou! . .

Fay! Vstaiite a podivejt se! zvq-7

Ve stfedu 10. bfezna 1071

lal, — Ferry! Ferry!

I optel se opalenymi zady o kormidlo a hrubk pram se pomalu obratil k levemu btehu, kde uprchliky vital dlouhk, nizk bkeh, porostlk vrbami a bavinikern. Na protejSi strane keky Shefford spattil ptivazany pram, podobnY tomu v nerni jell.

— Opravdu, jsem o rudou ptikrkykou, vicl.tm Indiana kekl Lassiter.

Ano, Lassitere, volal Shefford. Fay, podivej se! Podivejte se Jane! Hled'te! Indiani — hogariy — mustangove — tamhle nahote nad zelenYm biehem!

Pram plul pomalu ke btehu. A temnY, hladovk, starSlivk hukot nezkrotne f-eky netajil v sobe vice hrdzy.

Pram plul pomalu ke btehu. A temnk, hladovk, stra:slivk hukot nezkrotteky netajil v sobe vice hrdzy.

XX. U vrbovkch pramend Dva dni cesty od keky podel holeho hkebenu Ozvennkch Skal stala Presbreyova obchodni stanice, malt' to elvercovk dum, vystavenk z rudeho kamenne v zelenem, hezkem udoli, nazvanem Vrbove Prameny.

Chklilo se k zapadu — k one fichvatne chvili, kdy Barevna, Pustina hktila vSemi barvami kdyZ Shefford dojiid& s ostatnimi ke stanici.

Krajina postradala znamek divokosti jakkmi oplkvalo Rude Jezero nebo Kayenta. U domu staly vozy a spteZeni, Mogi i Indiani, mezci, ovce, jehfiata, osediani i neosedlani mustangove, psi a drilbeZ. Ve dvetich stanice stala mla(IA, hezka Zona, jeZ prvni spattila uprchliky. Presbrey vadil Zoky viny a kdy ho zavolala, line se obratil, jakoby se divil jeji dychtivosti.

A tu zdvihl prudce hlavu a jeho ritekvapena tvat pozbyla sve line lhostejnosti, aby se rozSitila nemotornym fismevem.

— 8est mesicu jsem nevidel bilou tvak! znelo jeho neobydejne uvitani.

Za hodinu byl Shefford bladce oholen a ptevleeen v pohodlne Saty; i shledal, 2e je docela jinkm elovekem. A kdy spattil °pet Fay v bilYch Satech, Mei novou, nepoznanou radosti, tu se pros zmenil svet a citil opravclove Stesti.

Zasedli k obedu, jakeho Shefford dlouho nevidel a ktereho Fay nikdy nespattila; a Jane Withersteenove pkines1 blahou vzpoininku na tudne hostiny, ktere pied mnobymi lety bkvaly jeji na kadu vyprachloubou. A pak veni historie zvedavemu obchodnikovi a jeho laskave Zene — historic, jez poeinala mladim Jany Withersteenove, vy-

VESTNfiC pravela o Fay Larkinove a jejich pHhodach, o Uteltu Nonnezoshe Bocou a carionem, a o velikern Mormonovi a S. lechetnem Indianovi.

Presbrey vyvaloval sve hluboko vsazene oai a gkrabal se v rozcuchane Nave; a pochopiv jakp praktickY muZ rychle situaci, prohlasil: - Zitra posilam nakladni karavanu do Flagstaffu. Doprovodim vas se Zenon. Mame lehke vozy, Za tri, snad za etyti dni — jsme tam. . . Shefforde, chci bYti na vaSi svatb'e s Fay Larkinovou!

Fay, Jane i Lassiter se podivne tvatill, vstupujice do blizkosti civilisace.

A Shefford vice neZ kdy jindy pochopil opuStenost, odloueenost a divoeinu, v ktere tak dlouho KdyZ si deny odpoeinuly, Shef ford s muzi chvili hovotil. A tu Joe Lake vstal a prota,h1 sve hranate telo.

Ptatele, myslim, Ze j,e eas jiti spat, tekl. — Dobrou noc. A jda kolem Shefforda, poloZil mu ruku na rameno. -1\10e, St'astne jste vyvazl. Nevim ale docela, dobre jak. Nekdo vas krome Indiana a Mormona provazel!. . . Bud'te hodny k deveeti. . . Sbohem, kamarade!

Shefford stiskl velikou ruku a v P e -hnutieposhlvkznamuJoevych poslednich slov.

Pozdeji vySel yen do hvezdnate noel, aby se chvili Prochazel a ptemyglel se odebete na 10e. Byla jasna. noc. Koyoti v dali vyli. Hvezdy jasne, chladne zatily. Ze stinu domu vySel Nas Ta Bega a pripojil se k Sheffordovi. Kra,spolu mlaky. Sheffordovo srdce Prek ypovalo neseetnYmi slovy, a 'Indian mleel jako vkly. KdyZ Shef ford chtel vejiti do domu, Nas Ta Bega mu podal ruku.

Bi Nai! tekl zylaStnim - Sbohem t6nem, ktereho vSak Shefford dobte nepostfehl, domnivaje se, de mu &Ara pouze dobrou noc. Svit hvezd osvetloval temnou, nevyzpytatelnou Indianovu tvat. Shef ford mu ptal dobre noel a pozoroval ho jak odchazi do sttibrneho Sera.

AvSa,k ptiStiho jitra Shefford porozumel. Nas Ta Bega a Joe Lake byli ji2 prye. Byla to pro Shefforcla rana.

Ale co by jim byl tekl? Joe se vyhnul rozloueeni s nim a s Fayi. A Indian odeSel se Sneffordova 21vota, prave tak jako by do nej vstoupll.

Bylo teiko nyni definovati, jakou tito dva muZi hrali, ulohu v Sheffordove vze stupnem vkvoji, av gak bylo jisto, z oni a pustina, kterd je odchovala, jej dovedli k poznani smyslu Zivota• Snad Casto j6te pochybi, nebot' chybovati je

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lidske, av gak bude je'Ste nikdy pochybovati o eloveku a Bohu, kdy si vzpomene na Indiana a na Mormona?

Avgak pies to, Ze stavel vysoko a miloval je, vedel, Ze se mu nikdy neptestane stkskati po Mormonovi, a Ze veene bude cititi s Indianem, bydlicim na odlehlem svahu porostlem cedry spolu s duSemi sveho vymirajiciho kmene.

Ve Vrbovkch Pramenech bylo toho• jitra Zivo. Presbrey byl vesel, a jeho hezka item rozjatena. Vozkove si vesele pohvizdovali. A vychrtli mustangove se kopali a chriapali po sobe. Obchodnik ptipravil na cestu dva lehke vozy, a podle zvyku lidi pustiny chtel vyraziti se slunce vYchodern.

Daleko nad Malebnou Pustinou se zdvihaly vrcholky hor San Franciska, porostle eernYm pralesem, rozryte modrymi canny, zabalene v purpurovou mlhu a pokryte na temeni belostnYm sneh.em, podobajicim se mraktim., Jane Withersteenova se divala na Fayi, oZivajic jejim Stestim. A na konec byl vzrugen i start' strelec.

—Jiste Jane, Ze budeme bydliti u Faye a Johna, a budeme blizko Venterse a Bese, a uvidime zase vraniky. . .

A Venters vain povi, jako to kdysi paved& i mne, jak Rvae ptipravil ernou Hvezdu tem& o nohy Vyrazili easne rano pini radosti, smutku a nadeje.

A ujiZdeli od Vrbovkch Pramenii zelenymj pastvinami a lany ba ylnikti dohi udolim posetkm hogany a oZivenYm livizdajicmi mustangy a Indiany v garlatovkch ptikryvkacn, a vzhilru po hole, rozervane, barevne pustine, vsttic rtittovemu vYchoclu.

DOSLOV Na okraji jecinoho mesteeka v Illinois stala uprostted Sirkch pastvin farma. A krasne zelene louky obklieovaly ovocnou zahradu, uprostted niZ se nad koruny stromti zdvihaly hnede stfechy.

Jednoho kvetnoveho odpoledne ubirala se po stinne ceste k zelene louce skupina podivne vzru genych lidi.

— Nu, Jane, ja vadycky yodel, Ze jednou zase kone uvidime ureite ved61, pravil Lassiter svym starym, chladnYm, lhostejnYm hlasem. Ale jeho vyschle ruce se trochu chvely.

— O poznaji mne? otazala se Jane Witnersteenova, obracejic se k urostlemu muZi — jenZ nebyl nikdo jink neI Venters, jeji bkva.lk jezdec.

— Jestli vas poznaji? Sazim se, de ano, odpovedel Venters. — Co kikaS, Bess?

Bessiny zamySlene, modre oei se rozjasnily, jakoby jeho slova ji byla od-

28 trhla vzpominkarn na smutnou a nezapomenutelnou minulost.

— 6erna Hvezda ji jiste pozna, odpovedela, Bess. — Nekdy zdviha nos k zapadu a stfilla u§ima, jakoby videla purpurove strane a citila vfmi Salveje z Utahu! Nikdy nezaponmela. Ale Noc ohluchla a nedavno i easteene oslepla.

Pochybuji, Ze by se pamatovala.

Shefford s Fayi sli zaveSeni naposled.

Na louce se bash dva kone. Byli hladci, leskli a eerni jako Uhel, meli dlouho hicivu a ocasy, a pies to, Ze byli jiZ starvypadali nadherne.

— PamatujeS se na ne? zaSeptal Shefford.

— 0, chcl jen videti Oernou Hvezdu, zaAeptala Fay rozechvelYrn hlasem. Pamatuji se, jak mne na ni vysazovali. . .

Jak to je podivne! Zda se to tak da y no. . Podivej se! Matka Jane jde k nim.

Jane Withersteenova se blaila, sama ke konim. Noble se zarazila. Jake kras-

VPSTNrK

Ve stf.echt 10.

ne a trpke vzpominky znely v jeirn zylaStnim ostrem zavolani!

— O, Berne, neni to pekne, jak se eerna Hvezda na ni pamatovala

6erna, Hvezda se zarazila, zdvihla

svou uSlechtilou hlavu a rozhledla se.

AvSak Noc se pasla, klidne dale. Tu Jane zavolala °pet tota podivne zavclani, jenZe hlasitejsi. Cern y Hvezda zdvihla hla,vu a pronika,ve zafechtala.

Spathla Janu; poznala ji pra,ve jako si pamatovala jeji volani, a radostne k ni piiklusala. Pfistoupila k ni, objala ji kolem . ije a ,zaboilla tvar do jeji vy.

— Opravdu, myslim, abych ji vice nefikal, Ze R y a:6 vraniky kdysi ptipravil o nohy, zamrueel si Lassiter pro sebe.

— Lasitere, vy jste si to nzavod jen vymyslel, odpovedel Venters s Usmevem.

SPOLEHLIVA POHROBNICKA SLU2BA

Jsme pohotovi Vam posolditi bez rozdilu jak daleko bydlite bez jakehokoliv zvlaStniho poplatku.

S nami milZ"ete mluviti eresky.

My nabizime Pohtebni pojateni pro kaZdeho elena rodiny.

ji — nee° z jejiho starelao dornova? otazala se Bess zarnyQene.

— Opravdu, je to pekne. AvSak Bess, Jane Withersteenova u nas nalezne novY domov a nove S.testi.

Jane pl• cladzela k nina, vedouc oba kone. — Drazi ptatele, jsein tak M'astna. Dnes jsem pochovala vkchen smutek. Z minulosti budu vzporninati pouze — na sve stateene jezdce.

Venters se radostne usmal. — A vy Lassitere — nae vy budete vz,pominat? otazala se.

Stark sttelec pohledl na Janu, pak na sve vyschle ruce a Iposleze na Fay. Jeho oei pozbyly smutneho stinu a ve-

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zasnene.

Shefforde?

— A vy Shefford savrtel hlavou. Pro neho jedine vzpominky neexistovalo. V jeho srdci se nikdy nemely smeniti ani zhynouti vzpominky na divoke vysoeiny, na velike bane a steny, na slate zapady za baStami canonn, na ticha, vonrosily cedry a -horske na ixdoli,

DANCE Lodge Pokrok No. 88, Houston WEST 15th and BEALL STREETS HOUSTON, TEXAS

Saturday, March 13th Lee Roy Matocha of Fayetteville

lie, na ony hvezdnate noci, kdy procjtla jeho laska a vira, na vzneS'eny a cpu'Steny Noonezoshe, na onen rudSr, chmurnY, hhnici, tajupiny tok Colorado. , na vsneS'eneho Indidana a Slechetneho Mormona — cos vSe vide' vteleno a sjednoceno v pi.edstave a vSiznamu duhoveho oblouku.

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A Great Battle Dance SATURDAY, MARCH 20 — BAY CITY DUTCHMEN

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SUNDAY, MARCH 21 — DINNER & BATTLE DANCE Barbecued Chicken or Barbecued Sausage Dinner from 11:30 on. Battle Dance from 2 to 9 p.m.

Lee Ilse of Ellinger Rudy Kurtz of Shiner

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61st. ANNIVERSARY Lodge Pokrok Dallas No. 84 COME CELEBRATE WITH US! Sunday, March 14, 1971 — DINNER AND PROGRAM —

TURKEY DINNER — 12:00 — 1:30 P.M. PROGRAM — 2:00 P.M. SPEAKER: BRO. SID POKLADNIK, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT III BROTHER AND SISTER AWARDS YOUTV PROGRAM — CHORAL GROUP OF LODGE 84 Dinner Prices: 31.50 Adult — '75c Child, under 13 years 2625 FLOYD STREET

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SPJST Entertainment Calendar As a matter of policy, only those g rtivities and functions promoted by or sponsored by the SPJST, or any of its lodges, will be published in the SPJST Entertainment Calendar. Such notices for publication should be submitted by a bonafide lodge officer, or In some cases, by lodge hall managers.

—SPJSTLodge No. 6, Cottonwood Friday, March 12 — Social night, public invited, 7:30 pan.

Saturday, March 13 — Public dance; Bill 1Vlangum, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 14 — SPJST Lodge 6 meeting, 3 p.m.

Friday, March 19 — Social night, public invited, 7:30 pan.

Saturday, March 20 --- Wedding dance Sunday, March 21 — R'VOS Lodge No. 46 meeting, 2 p.m.

Friday, March 26 — Social night, public invited, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 27 — Dance; Bill Kucera's Czechmates of Dallas, featuring Little We gley on drums, and Henry Snapka on accordion, 8:30 (Social night every Friday, 7:30 p.m.)

SPJSTLODGE NO. 9, SNOOK Saturday, March 13 — Blue Vest Polka Band 9 — 1.

Saturday, March 20 — Rhythm Tones 9 — 1.

Sunday, April 18 — Spring District Meeting. Dance following, music

by Rhythm Tones.

Lodge No. 15, Buckholts Saturday, March 13 — Slim Haisler's Playboys --SPJSTLodge No. 25, Ennis Sunday, March 14 — Regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. in the Old Sokol Hall on Hwy. 34, East.

Every Wednesday night is Family Night at K of C Hall — 8 p.m.

Lodge No. 29, Taylor Saturday, Mar. 13 — Hi-Toppers Friday, April 2 — Cloverleaf Orch Saturday, April 17 _ Hi-Toppers Saturday, April 24 — Wedding dance (Carolyn George and Ronnie Becker) Johnnie Holub Orch.

Sunday, May 2 — May Fete; afternoonevening entertainment.

Saturday, May 22 — Fritz Hodde and the Fabulous Six Saturday, June 12 — Hi-Toppers

VtSTNIK Saturday, June 19 — Vrazels —SPJSTLodge NO. 35, Elk Saturday, March 13 — Dance; Otis Beck Sunday, March 14 — Lodge meeting Saturday, March 20 — Dance; Country Strangers Saturday, March 27 — Tommy and the Rhythm Tones • —SPJSTLodge No. 39, Bryan Saturday, March 13 — Rhythm Tones Saturday, March 20 — Edwin Gaas and His Top Five Saturday, March 27 — Slim Haisler Saturday, April 3 — Rhythm Tones Sunday, April 18 — Battle Dance — Slim Haisler and Lee Roy Matocha 6 to 11 p.m.

Saturday, April 24 — Fabulous Six —SPJST--Lodge No. 47, Seaton (Star Hall) March 13 — Battle dance; Temple Rhythm Masters and Ellinger Combo, 8 to 12:30 March 14 — District II Mardi Gras Blast, 3 to 6 p.m.

March 16 — Board of trustees' meeting March 20 — Dance; Vrazels Polka Band March 21 — RVOS No. 5 meeting, 2 p.m.

March 23 — Choral rehearsal March 27 — Dance; Hi-Toppers March 30 — Audit committee meeting.

Dress policy: Ladies must wear dresses.

— no blue jeans.

—SPJST-Lodge No. 66 Waco (Linden Hall) Friday, March 12 — Social evening, 7:0" p.m.

Saturday, March 13 — Vrazel Polka Band Saturday, March 20 — Leo Majek Orchestra —SPJSTLodge No. 80, Holland Sunday, April 11 (Easter) — Jimmy Heap Sunday, April 18, District II meeting Saturday, May 15 — Wedding dance Sunday, May 30 — Annual Picnic — music by Joe Patek Lodge No. 81, Needville Sunday, March 21 — Regular monthly meeting instead of the regular second Sunday —SPJST-Lodge No. 84, Dallas Sunday, March 14 — Annual Anniversary Dinner and Program Saturday, March 20 — Polka Peppermints of Dallas Saturday, April 3 — Dance: Eric Honza Orch.

Saturday, April 17 — Dance: Jodie Mikula Band

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Lodge No. 88, Houston Wednesday, March 1G -® Birthday Club meeting and luncheon Thursday, March 11 -- Spaghetti and hamburger supper at 6 p.m.; social at 8 p.m.

Saturday. March 13, Dance; Lee Roy Matocha of Fayetteville Thursday, March 18 — Spaghetti and hamburger supper at 6 p.m.; social at 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 20 — Dance, Bay City Dutchmen of Corpus Christi Sunday, March 21 — Barbecued chicken or barbecued sausage dinner from 11:30 on. Battle dance from 2 to 9: Lee Isle of Ellinger and Rudy Kurtz of Shiner Saturday, March 27 — Dance, Ray Jurecka of Weimar Choral Club rehearsals every Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Social Night every Thursday night, 8 p.m. Supper at 6.

—SPJST Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth Tuesday, March 11 — Ladies Circle meeting Sunday, March 14 — Regular lodge meeting Saturday, April 3 — Polka dance; music by the Peppermints Thursday, April 8 — Ladies Circle meeting SUnday, April 11 -- Regular lodge meeting Saturday, April 17 — Polka dance; music by the Peppermints —SPJSTLodge No. 107, Floresville Saturday, Mar. 20 — Dance: J. B. Chisoim and the Trail Riders, 9 to Lodge No. 130, Dallas 6:,turday, March 13 — The Cloverleafs of New Braunfels Saturday, March 27 — Johnny Mensik June 26 — Polka Peppermints July 24 — Johnny Mensik (sponsored youth club) Nov. 13 — Hi-Toppers of New .,,raunfels.

--SPJS'T Lodge No. 142, Houston Sunday, Mar. 14 — District V spring meeting at 1:30 p.m. Barbecued chicken and country sausage dinner served 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

—SPJSTLodge No. 172, Pasadena Tuesday, April 6 -- Regular monthly lodge meeting at San Jacinto Motor Bank at 7:30 p.m. Carport to be given away at the meeting.

Wednesday, March 10, 1971

VESTNIE

Lodge No. 173 Galveston Saturday, Mar. 20 — Barbecue and spring dance. Barbecue 7-9 p.m.; dancing 9-1. Music by Texas Dutchmen, Brewery Workers' Hall, 7201 Heard's Lane. Tickets $2.50 Sunday, April 18 — Reg. lodge meeting at F&T Hall, 1513 19th St., 2 pin.

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