woz eptralli 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, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501.
APRIL 4, 1973
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK The District VI meeting March 25 was well attended and interesting. In that district we can always find the elderly and the youth equally interested. We met many of our longtime friends and fellow members. We were glad to see SL Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Mikeska and. Past District VI Director E. P. SraIla plus all of the District VI officers. We regretted to hear that District VI Director Paul Sablatura was hospitalized on that date. We could see that they had enough rain there, also! We enjoyed the visit and fellowship, and we leave the cietails for the District VI secretary to report.
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The District I meeting will take place Sunda*, April 8 at the KC Hall in Brenham. Please check the schedule published in the "Letters" section and the Bulletin Board. Attend your district meetings! • • In the last issue of Vestnik, dated March 28, page 15, column 3, in the Third Quarterly Report from SYD Sister Massey the headings above the columns of figures, etc., were omitted. They should have read: Lodge, Loca,ton, Average Monthly Attendance, Reimbursement, Total Quarter Attendance. If we have space, we will reprint the entire report next week.
BEYOND THE BEND Just beyond the bend: of winter When you hear the robins sing; Just before you get to summer Is the halfway house of spring There you see the grass grow greener Than it Was the day before; There you watch the leaves and blossoms Open out a little more. Oh! how often we would linger When we hear the robins sing, Just around the bend of winter, In the halfway house of spring! There is a great deal of talk these days about the female market. Life insurance for women has become a popular sale, and our Society is prepared to assist you in getting your share of this market.So this month we will look at this important market and examine it from the standpoint of needs and plans available. It has been said that a wife's estimated worth is anywhere from $150 to $200 per week. This figures out to be between $7,800 and 10,400 a year... and this is a lot of money. Wives fill many jobs. They act as cooks, dishwashers, governesses, seamstresses, laundresses, housekeepers, food bryers, dieticians, practical nurses, social secretaries, gardeners, and what have you.
As far as the breadwinner is concerned, it is relatively easy to calculate his economic value to the family, We simply figure how much money he will earn between his present age and retirement, deducting the amount that he would be likely to spend on him'self, and the remainder is how much the family will lose if he dies. And this is his human life value. But wives have human life values too, which become even more important when there are young children to be provided for. The breadwinner will continue to work and earn a salary, if something should happen to his wife. But his children must be provided for and taken care of, as well as the house and other duties, If the wife and mother should die, the husband is faced with the following choices: 1, He can try to take care of the children by himself. 2. He can get a. relative to live with them. 3. He can send the children to live with relatives. 4. He can place the children in foster homes. 5. He can remarry. 6. He can hire a housekeeper. None of these are really satisfactory solutions. Also, he has the following expenses to be concerned with: final