Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State 0 Texas, Founded 1897. HUMANITY
BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 59 — NO. 13
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, FOB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501
MARCH 31, 1971
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Remember the District VI meeting April 4 in Moulton in the American Legion Hall, hosted by Lodge Pokrok Moulton No. 27. Everything permitting, we will see you there; will you be there? Everyone should try to attend. ♦ • Something of interest to all Of us. When I attended the dedication of our new SL Headquarters Building January 31, and while I was trying to take all the pictures possible, I felt someone take me by the arm and say: "Come with me, I think. I. have something to show you which will especially interest you." It was Brother Otto Harms who led me to the Archives section of our building and showed me a page from Obzor, the forerunner of the Vestnik. It is dated September 30, 1897 and is opened on the end of the first quarterly report of our SPJST. It reads: "Total cash in treasury — $136.45, J. R. Kubena, Sec." In the printshop, I came across an issue of the Vestnik dated October 1, 1919 and on page 10, is: "Assets as of September 30, 1919 — $617,655.23. J. R. Kubena, Sec." (This is 32 years later). In the issue 'dated October 7, 1970, page 17 is: "Cash — September 30, 1970 $432,974.46 and Total assets — $17,118,270.56, Ben Zabcik, Financial Sec." This clearly shows how small were our beginnings, doesn't it?
THE SUCCESS FAMILY The father of success is Work The mother of success is Ambition. The oldest son is Common Sense. Some of the other boys are: Perseverance, Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm, Cooperation. The oldest daughter is Character. Some of the sisters are: Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Economy, Sincerity, Harmony. The baby is Opportunity. Get acquainted with the "old man" and you will be able to get along with the rest of the family. I felt this would be of interest to all of you. Let us value those meager days from the start, and the present worth of our SPJST Society and let's strive to make it even strcnger on a sound foundation making sound and safe in vestments of unquestionable worth and we cannot go 'wrong. • • Help your husband stay healthy and happy; never argue when you are angry or he is angry, a difference of opinion is healthy, but when it's accompanied by temper tantrums, vindictiveness and excessive emotional manifestations, you are upsetting your nervous and digestive system as well as his.
Help your husband relax. Insist that he take a vacation. Always bear in mind that it behooves you to see that :he goes and does things that take his mind off .duty and responsibility. If he loves doing the various things with you and the family, so much the better. If he doesn't, try to understand his 'need to get away from it all. This calls for truly understanding his need, on his wife's part, and true understanding is one of the rarest'qualities in a woman. Be proud of your husband and tell him so. If he does something special, or gets some recognition, gives an extra fine speech, or something which elates you, don't be afraid to tell him so. Man needs to be praised and encouraged, especially by his wife or wife-to-be, because praise is a driving force. • Keep your husband from worrying. Remember that earning a living is a very tough and trying job. Therefore, try to prevent your husband from bringing his job home with him phis calls for tact and diplomacy. Certainly you must be genuinely interested in your husband's work, but you should also devise some way of relieving its pressures. Generally, if you are willing to do what your husband likes best, you will keep his worries to a mini-
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