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Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State 0 exas, Founded 1897. HUMANX TY
BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 60 — NO. 40
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501.
OCTOBER 1, 1972
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Sunday, September 17 we attended SYAD-Royalty at Lodge No. 215, Ennis, and certainly enjoyed it. Your editor feels exactly as Brother Teddy Dusek (former state king) said: "All of the presentations were so good that I'm glad I wasn't one of the judges; I would have had a hard time deciding who was the best!" Lodge No. 25 and its membership were the perfect hosts and the day was certainly enjoyably spent. The're could have been a larger attendance, however, at this time of the year, with harvest and school, it certainly can be understood.
Everyone is ignorant, only on dif—Will Rogers ferent subjects. • • A proud man is like an egg. An egg is so full of itself that there is no room for anything else. • • Trouble is like an ugly dog — looks worse coming than going. • It may take a psychiatrist to find it, but most everyone has a streak of sanity in him somewhere.
There have been some grammatical corrections in some parts of the Appendix. We trust that will be accepted as being in order. A heading has also been inserted 'above the rest home directors' report. • • Someone always pays for life insurance whether it is bought or not. You pay the price through periodic premiums — or your widow and children will pay the price through sacrifices forced on them . . . or you will reach retirement age without a fund to convert to retirement income. Your family pays through the home they are forced to leave. Your widow pays through the job she doesn't want, but can't afford to lose.. Your children pay through the loss of their mother's lov-
ing care and guidance. They also pay through the higher education they are denied. Your family pays through the sense of well-being which is no longer theirs. If you don't pay your price .. . they must pay theirs. and both you and your wife will pay the price in retirement years of deep concern rather than care-free enjoyment. Your editor says it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. • You don't need an exceptionally large income to embark on a program of life insurance or to start an Annuity Plan which will help make your retirement years care-free years. The chief consideration is that whichever path you choose to follow is entered upon soon enough. Social Security de-
Experience is• the name Man gives to his mistakes.
ductions are mandatory for most people. They will provide an excellent base on which to build a retirement program. Company benefits also help . .. but a change in employment can cancel out what might have been a good program. The benefits provided by life insurance oan make the difference because they are guaranteed. We wish to further emphasize it is not how much you have, 'but how long it will last. • • What assets will you have when you reach the age at which you want to retire? Today people are living longer than at any time in the past. Women live even longer. This means that unless we snap to and do some thinking, and acting, a higher percentage of us will be left with little or no liquid assets upon retirement, dependent only upon Social Security and whatever pension plan our present employer provides. The dependable asset, and the one most easily acquired is life insurance. Start now on the road, to a happy retirement and enjoy financial peace of mind while traveling toward your goal. Your editor says procrastination costs money. • CZECH DAY AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS The 32nd anniversary of the Czech