prrath Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897. HUMANITY
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SBJST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501
VOLUME 59 — NO. 12
MARCH 24. 1971
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Your editor wishes to call your attention, especially all local lodge treasurers, financial secretaries and 'all members who handle lodge money to carefully read SL President Morris' message in this issue, and guide yourselves accordingly. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), we assure you is fair and just, however, the best way to get started off right with the department is to correctly fill out all forms, and continue that practice. It is very important to you and your lodges. •
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Another Big Event In Our History Many members in our Order are aware of the fact that Lodge 175, Fort Bend. is the newest lodge in our Society. Preparations are being made for the dedication, which will be held Sunday, March 28 at the Rosenberg Civic Center, Rosenberg, Texas, beginning at 11 a. m. For further details refer to the program in this issue. A cordial invitation is extended to each member and friends. We are confident that this new lodge will play a vital role in the perpetuation of the ideals upon which our Society has been founded. That is the fundamental job of all our lodges. We congratulate Lodge 175, Fort Bend. May it grow and prosper. May it wholeheartedly serve the cause of fraterna-
PRIVATE. ENTERPRISE,
Selling insurance today is like selling a luxury. It cannot be measured in immediate benefits like a car, home, TV, etc. The prospect first must be taught to be far-sighted, his resistance broken down, then be convinced of the need. Obviously, this is not a job for an amateur. Selling insurance is not banquet talk dealing in obtuse generalities. It's facts and figures showing proof of superiority and, in our case, the BIG plus factor of fraternalism.
on the replacement of members, lost either by death, terminations, paid-up, matured, or by other causes. Therefore, the most important contribution of every SPJST member to his or her Society is to secure at least one member as often as he or she can. Do yourself and the Society a good deed by getting your relatives, friends and acquaintances to join our great organization. Let them know that you are asking them to share a good thing when they join the SPJST. The Society offers not only insurance, but also something more. Our Society offers fraternal, social, youth activities and rest homes for our senior citizens. A continous flow of new members will insure a steady growth of membership in our organization .It will enable our organization to do even more for cur people, and especially for our members. Therefore, be on the lookout always and everyday for new members. Bear in mind that when you are working for the SPJST you are doing this for an organization in which you are a shareholder, so you actually are working for yourself.
What Do New Members Mean? The lifeblood of our Society is its membership. The life is of our fraternal benefit Society depends, to a great extent,
Each new step in the grand conquest of outer space brings us closer together in terms of time and space; makes us evermore cognizant of the
The power to choose the work I do. To grow and have the larger view, To know and feel that I am free, To stand erect, not bow the knee, To be no chattel of the state, To be the master of my fate, To dare, to risk, to lose, to win,, To make my own career begin, To serve the world in my own way, To gain in wisdom, day by day, With hope and zest to climb, to rise, I call that "Private Enterprise." lism and may it record new members in the ensuing months.
IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON PAGE 16 and 17