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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 VOLUME 62, NUMBER 48 DECEMBER, 4, 1974

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Thanksgiving Day has come, and by the time you read this, it will be gone and hopefully, so will the remainder of the turkey that graced our tables on that day and then lingered on and on in every thing from sandwiches to, soup. I wonder how many of us are aware of the fact that at the first Thanksgiving, none of the presentday, Thanksgiving Day fare on our tables was eaten on that occasion.

Historians have difficulty placing the exact year for the first Thanksgiving, not being sure whether it was 1620 or 1621. They are sure that the first year a large number of the Pilgrims died because they had practically nothing to eat.

Then a friendly group of Indians showed them how to plant and raise corn, and they had a bountiful harvest for which they had a harvest-fest type of celebration. There were no special church services, rather a type of appreciation for their good crop and friendly natives, the Indians.

The following years, Thanksgiving became more expanded with parades, military bands marching in review some in which Captain Myles Standish also took part.

It was not until in 1863, during the Civil War, in a war-torn United .States, that President Abraham Lincoln, realizing he must try to repair the damages to his country,

HOW TRUE .

Experiener ceps a dear school, yet fools will li rn in no other.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him. 窶認ranklin's Poor Richard's Almanack proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving and set the date as the last Thursday in November.

This Thanksgiving Day found our nation in the clutches of inflation and recession, and not everyone is pleased with their situation in life; and there are many in dire circumstances with hardships, etc., we should pause and realize just what our forefathers went through and, then maybe we can see that our condition, although not exactly to our liking, could be a lot worse.

We received a notice from the Public Information Office (PIO) Director at Wharton County Junior College, Chuck Schwartzkopf,

informing us that Czech 101 will be offered in that institution of higher learning next semester. The article is in this issue. We are certainly glad to hear the news and wish very much success to the course. Certainly there are many people of Czech descent living in that area. So now another junior college is added to the growing list of those institutions teaching the third most spoken language in Texas. Congratulations! * A correction: Brother A. J. Lostak of Lodge No. 91, Crosby, notified us that the name of deceased Brother Wm. Kucera's wife, Albina Marek Kucera, was inadvertantly omitted in the Expression of Sympathy as a survivor. * * Democracy The essence of democracy is that it is the one system devised to date premised on the manifest fallibility of man, the one system which asserts that all men and women (not just nobles, rich men, or party members) are full members of the community entitled to a say in its destinies. Thus the leaders must look for public sanction and the people always in favor of another. This may on retain the right to reject one set occasion lead to demagoguery, "father images," and sheer incompetence, but the alternative is a frozen, self-validating, and ineV1-

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Wednesday, December 4, 1974 tably dictorial system. As Winston Churchill once observed in a moment of pessimism., "democracy is the worst system ever invented — except for all the rest."

Benjamin Franklin once ted: The wit of conversation consists more in finding it in others, than in showing a great deal yourself.

He who goes out of your company pleased with his own facetiousness and ingenuity, will sooner come into it again. Most men had rather please than admire you, and seek less to be instructed and diverted, than approved and applauded, and applauded, and it is certainly the most delicate sort of pleasure, to please another.

But that sort of wit, which employs itself insolently in criticizing and censuring the words and sentiments of others in conversation, is absolute folly; for it answers none of the end of conversation.

He who uses it neither improves others, is improved himself, or pleases anyone.

Success isn't an overnight affair.

Hidden talents may go undiscovered -- unused — for years. Then something happens, and folks say that the successful one is "lucky."

Dr. Frank Crane was starved out of the ministry and forced to make a living in some other way. He did.

He earned $1,000 a day as an inspirational essayist.

Jack Benny was a fiddler. Fred Allen was a librarian. Nelson Eddy presided at a telephone switchboard. Toscanini played second fiddle in an obscure South American orchestra. Jack London was a tramp. Grant at the age of forty still didn't know what he could do in life, nor Lincoln at fifty, nor Bacon at seventy. But they all had hidden talents, and these talents had to burst out.

A man will be pleasant one day, disagreeable the next. He may be oheerful in the morning, downcast in the afternoon. He may be generous in some circumstances, and downright stingy in others. He may be more than fair at one time, positively unjust at another. It is not uncommon to hear one person say of another, "You wouldn't believe it was the same man."

The Russian writer Tolstoy once compared man to a river. "The water is alike in all of them, but every river is narrow in some

Wednesday, December 4, 1914 places and wide in others; here swift and there sluggish, here clear and there turbid; cold in winter and warm in summer. The same may be said of men. Every man bears within himself the germs of every human quality, displaying all in turn; and a man can often seem, unlike himself -- yet he still remains the same man."

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A great deal of criticism has been written about the use of euphemisms, the polite or kind way of' phrasing a thought so that it will not offend or degrade a man.

But there is much to be said in favor of the softer word. If you can give a man a sense of dignity and pride in his work by changing his title from janitor to custodian, do so. If you can keep your best workman from quitting by forbidding anyone in your department from. calling him "Fatso," do so.

There is an old nursery rhyme that we used to chant as Children. You remember it "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Don't you believe it! A broken bone will mend, but not so the spirit.

NEWSBRIEFS Sister Anna Marie Muenich, 80, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 1974 in the St. Joseph Hospital in Houston. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 23, at the Heights Funeral Home Chapel at 9 a.m. Interment was in the Charlottenburg Cemetery, near Hallettsville. Sister Muenich was a member of Lodge Stefanik No. 142.

Houston. * * Mrs. Bertha (Chester) Shmoldas, 52, passed away suddenly in her home near Crockett in the early morning hours of Monday, November 25th. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, November 27th from the First Baptist Church in Lovelady and Waller Funeral Chapel in Crockett, with burial in Center Hill Cemetery. SL President Nick Morris spoke briefly in the funeral chapel on behalf of the SPJST. Sister Shmoldas had been secretary and financial secretary of Lodge 74, Lovelady for a number of years, and she and her husband, Chester, were instrumental in reviving Lodge 74 after many years of dormancy.

MR. AND MRS. R. J. LOSTAK . . 67 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lostak of when they resided in Liberty CounCrosby celebrated their 67th wed- ty, they have lived in the Crosby ding anniversary Saturday, No- area all of their married life. Bevember 9th, at their home at Cros- sides their children, they have 13 by. All their children, grandchil- grandchildren and 15 great-granddren and great-grand-children children. were there for the occasion, except Mr. Lostak retired from farming one granddaughter and two great- ir. 1944. He was in the home buildgrandchildren, to help them cele- ing business for many years. He brate their anniversary. Out-of- worked as a surveyor for the U.S. town guests were Mrs. Lostak's sis- Government for many years. He ter, Mrs. Frances Clawson of Dan- served as a member of the Crosby bury, and Mrs. Clawson's daugh- School Board for 18 years which ter and husband, the Ernest was his pride and joy. He believed Hogues of Houston. in education and wanted all his Barbecue and all the trimmings children to get an education.

Victor attended john Tarleton, and drinks were served. A beautiful anniversary cake with the num- Arthur received his degree from the ber "67" inscribed on it was the University of Texas, Tommie atcenterpiece on the, table. Grand- tended the University of Texas daughter, Lorenda Baldwin, of Al- lacking just a few hours of getting vin, made the beautiful cake. a degree, and daughter Ora Faye Mr. Lostak was born on October attended Texas Women's Univer14, 1884 in Krumsyn, Czechoslov- sity and received her degree from akia. He came to Crosby in 1906. the University of Texas.

Mrs. Lostak was born in Wesley, Mr. and Mrs. Lostak both have on August 20, 1886. She is the for- been members of SPJST Lodge No. mer Mary Ann Skrabanek. They 91 at Crosby for over 66 years. Durwere married on November 9, 1907, ing this time Mr. Lostak was secand with the exception of six years retary of Lodge No. 91 from 1918

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The Lostak Family: standing, L to R, sons Victor, Arthur and Tommie, and daughter Ora, Faye Wilson.

Seated, Bro. and Sis. Rud. J. Lostak to 1068 without ever having missed a meeting. He was a delegate to all SPJST conventions from 1917 through 1956.

Mr. and Mrs. Lostak's three sons are also active in their lodges. Victor has been treasurer of Lodge 91, since 1960. Arthur has been the financial secretary of Lodge 91 since 1948. Since 1956, he has been the local sales representative of the lodge and a delegate to all conventions since 1960. Arthur is also crowding the top of the list for the sales representative in the Application-a-Month Club. Tommie has been secretary of Lodge 139, Danbury, since 1952, and a delegate to all conventions since 1960. He has also been treasurer of District V since 1956. Daughter-inlaw, Mrs. Georgia Lostak (Arthur's wife) has been secretary of Lodge 91 since 1968 when Mr. Lostak resigned.

With the exception of one grandson and two granddaughters-inlaw, all of the Lostak children, glanclehilclren, and great-grandchildren and their in-laws are members of the SPJST. Mr. and Mrs. Lostak and their four children, sons Victor, Arthur, and Tommie, and daughter Ora Faye Wilson, have a combined total of 336 years of membership with the SPJST. (Submitted by Brother Tommie Lostak. Your editor has had the good fortune of knowing Brother and Sister R. J. Lostak and their four children all of his life and values their very true fraternal friendship. Congratulations to this dedicated couple. —Editor).

FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE SPJST — L to R, standing: Miss Cynthia Banik (Lodge 35, Elk), mother, Mrs. Rosemarie Banik (Lodge 35), seated, left, grandmother, Mrs. Marguerite Rauschuber (Lodge 35), and greatgrandmother, Mrs. Frank Girard (Lodge 126, Ross). (Editor's note: An interesting coincidence in these ladies' family tree is the fact that they are each the oldest child in their respective families and were born 20 years apart: Cynthia, 1957, Rosemarie, 193'7, Marguerite, 1917, and Mrs. Girard , 1897, the year our SPJST was founded).

LODGE NO. 74, LOVELADY TO GIVE AWARD A 1975 graduate of one of the five high schools in Houston County will be recipient of a $500 scholarship through the courtesy of SPJST Lodge No. 74, Lovelady.

Members of the lodge recently voted to award the scholarship to the student with the highest grade point average. .

Recipient of the award must be a member of the SPJST Lodge No. 74 or the son or daughter of a member.

The scholarship will be paid from the local lodge fund. Students may be from Crockett High School, Grapeland High School, Kennard High School, Latexo High School, or Lovelady High School.

The membership of Lodge No. 74 is to be commended for this gesture and participation in community —SL PR, Office services.

-SPJSTCZECH COURSE OFFERED AT

WHARTON COUNTY JR. COLLEGE NEXT SEMESTER Czech 101 will be offered next semester •by the Foreign Language Department at Wharton County

Junior College in Wharton with registration for day classes scheduled on January 7, 8 and 9 and evening classes on January 6.

The Board of Trustees approved the course offering after certification by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.

About 171/9 per cent of this year's WCJC student body have surnames that are Ctech, one of the Slavic tongues which include Russian and Polish, and the third most spoken language in Texas where there are half a million CzechAmericans.

"Foreign Languages and Careers", a new booklet published by the Modern Language Association, stresses language as an auxiliary career skill, pointing out that as the world grows smaller, the need for bilingual and multilingual persons is increasing.

As American firms expand their business efforts overseas, they are increasingly on the lookout for executives and managerial staff who know a second language, for both their home and foreign offices.

TWO SCOUTS ARE RECIPIENTS OF EAGLE SCOUT AWARD — Jeff Hejny and Ken Novak each received the Eagle Scout Award in an impressive Court of Honor held recently at St. John's Gymnasium in Ennis.

They are members of Troop 203 which is sponsored by St. John's Church. Both Scouts have held various leadership positions in the troop and are members of the Leadership Corps. They have both completed the Golden Acorn Leadership Course of Circle Ten Council and also served on the training staff for Golden Acorn in 1974. Both are members of the Order of the Arrow. They are freshmen students at Ennis High 'School. Jeff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hejny (and the grand son of SL Vice President Joe B. and Sister Stasie Hejny —Ed.) and Kent is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Novak. Mike Dunkerley is the Scoutmaster of Troop 203 and Bill Hejny is assistant Scoutmaster.

One of the largest markets is in the secretarial and clerical area — in many cases because executives themselves do not have language Skills and must hire assistants who do.

People with language skills are also employed by the federal government in such agencies as the Foreign Service, U.S. Information Agency and the Office of Economic Opportunity.

Other colleges where Czech is taught include the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, the University of Houston and Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

El Campo High School also conducts classes in Czech at the high school level.

Czech 101 (Elementary Czech) at WCJC will be al study of standard elementary grammar With oral, written and reading exercises.

Attention will be given td the Czech culture and conversation in the language.

The course includes three lecture and two laboratory hours a week.

There are no prerequisites.

Four semester hours of college credit are given. Adults may also choose to audit the course.

An audit cannot be changed to credit after the deadline for adding courses but it entitles enrollees to the usual learning opportunities. Auditors are free from course requirements such as attendance, written work, and tests.

The Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, has also approved future offering of Czech 102 with a prerequisite of Czech 101, or one high school credit in Czech, or permission of the instructor.

Chuck Schwartzkopf, Director, PIO Wharton Co. Jr. College

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LODGE 1, FAYETTEVILLE Meeting Sun.,Dec.8th., 1 p.m. Election, snacls, Please ATTEND ALL! Sophia Mynar, Rep. (Arrived Sun.Dec.1-ED)

NOTICE: SPJST LODGE NO. 66, WACO Dear Members, SPJST Lodge No. 66 will have their meeting on Sunday, December 8th, at 2:30 p.m., promptly. Officers elected for 1975, will be installed. Please be present.

Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches, chips and a dessert. The youth club will fill Christmas baskets, so all members, bring one can of food or non-perishalble item, to the December meeting to help them on this project.

Saturday, December 14th, the annual lodge Christmas party, starting at 6:30 p.m. This is for

6 lodge members and their families only. Bring enough food for your family. The lodge will furnish the bread, pickles, cranberry sauce, coffee and drinks. Santa will stop by to visit the children. The youth club is to present a program. There will be singing and time to visit with your friends.

On Saturday night, December 21st the members' Christmas dance will be held. The Blue Vest Boys will be playing. This is a free dance for you members, your family and guests.

The club is also collecting Campbell soup or any Campbell food products labels, to give to the Connally school. If you have any, please give them to the youth club.

Also, save all your used, cancelled stamps from letters or packages. The club is collecting them for an organization. They will, appreciate your help on all of these projects.

Please remember these dates: Sunday, Dec. 8th — Lodge meeting; Saturday, Dec. 14th — Members' Christmas party; Saturday, Dec. 21st — Members' Christmas dance.

Annie Hanus, Secretary -SPJST-

LODGE

NO. 27, MOULTON

Dear Members: This is a reminder that our annual meeting will be held on December 11th at 7:30 p.m. at the Legion Hall. The election of officers will be held.

After the meeting we will have a beef stew supper with the lodge furnishing the stew and drinks We asked the ladies of the lodge to bring sweets to go along with the stew (no sandwiches).

Fraternally, Frank C. Wagner, Secretary - :1r1e-I— LODGE NO. 165, MOULTON

Dear Members: We will have our regular monthly meeting on December 8th, at 2 p.m. We will have our yearly election of officers. Refreshments will be furnished by the lodge and the food will be furnished by the sisters of the lodge, so please try and attend.

We are all deeply sorrowed over the sudden death of our beloved lodge brother, Adolph A. Wagner, secretary-treasurer of our lodge.

Vt sTN fit -• ■ We will all surely miss him in our lodge. May he rest in peace. Here is a short prayer for him from all of us at the lodge: "To our fraternally beloved brother, May you rest in peace.

Our hearts will be with you forever. — Amen."

Fraternally, Cynthia Technik, Reporter LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH

Dear Members, Please remember that our next meeting is on Sunday, December 8, at 2 p.m. Election of officers for 1975 will take place at this meeting. The report of the Expense Committee will be presented, so don't forget to come out and the ladies are again asked to bring pastries to go with the meal afterward.

We are sorry to her that Brother Frill has had an extended stay in the hospital. We hope that he is feeling and doing better by now.

Also make plans now for getting your children and grandchildren to attend the annual Christmas party on Sunday, December 22.

More on this later and at the next meeting.

Also, Mr. Laymance is ready to take reservations for the New Year's Eve dance on December 31. Admission is at pre-inflation prices. The Rhythm, Aires will be providing some mighty fine dance music for the occasion. Hope to see a lot of you out. Call 624-0251 for reservations, early.

We wish the sales representatives a lot of success in making their quotas before the year ends.

We understand that Brother Nesuda held a successful sales representatives meeting at our lodge on Wednesday, November 20th.

Thanks to those involved in serving refreshments after the meeting.

Hope to see at lot of you at, the next meeting on Sunday, December 8th.

Alene Kercho -SPJST-

NO. 126, ROSS Dear Members: Our lodge will hold its quarterly meeting on Sunday, December 8th, at Brother Johnnie Soukup's residence, beginning at 2 p.m. There will also be election of officers to serve the lodge for the coming LODGE

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year. Your presence at this meeting will be important and appreciated very much.

At this meeting, there will be about fifteen members over 70 years of age who will be eligible for a Christmas bonus from the mother lodge, which has been the customary procedure for many years.

The lodge officers and myself would like to wish everyone in the SPJST a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

Fraternally, Joe Dujic.a, President SPJSTLODGE NO , HOUSTON

Dear Members: Thank you so very kindly for inviting Becky to participate in the Youth Spectacular in San Antonio. She was happy and pleased and also enjoyed her overnight stay. She will always be glad to represent SPJST whenever she is called upon to do so.

We also hope that Mrs. Morris will soon be well and happy again with all her loved ones.

My husband and I thank you for your confidence and pride in our daughter. Also a special thanks for taking into consideration my suggestion in Dallas at the State Royalty Competition in regard to having it on Saturday, instead of Stn.day. I am sure you will have more contestants, relatives and friends in attendance.

Thanking you in advance we remain, Fraternally yours, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mendoza -SPJSTLODGE

NO. 160, SAN ANGELO

Dear Members, A reminder of our up-coming annual lodge Christmas party which will be held on Sunday, December 8th at 2 p.m. at the Wall Fire Hall. A tree will be furnished by the lodge, so any member who would like to bring some decorations for the tree may do so.

If you want to coo/lenge gifts, please bring one (not over $3) and label it whether it is for a man, woman, boy or girl.

A very important meeting will be held in conjunction with the party.

Final. plans for our annual barbecue dinner will be made. Also plans for the District IV meeting which will be on April 27, 1975, at Wall and hosted by our lodge.

Please come on December 8th

Wednesday, December 4, 1914 and help make these plans and have an enjoyable afternoon to boot!

The drinks for the party will be furnished by the lodge Each family is asked to bring some Christmas goodies to add to the enjoyment.

All the youth of the lodge should try to be there and take part in the afternoon, activities. We would like to see youth and parents both, who have never been to our lodge's Christmas party to make a special effort to come out. You will be l-lad you did.

Fraternally, Mrs, Louis Pelzel, Jr. ----SPJST- --

LODGE NO. 141. MIXVILLE Lodge No. 141 will hold its next quarterly meeting on Sunday, December 8th, at 2 p.m. at Pie Sealy Fire Station, Election of officers will be held.

Fraternally, Mrs. Leroy Hintz, Secretary SPJ ST---

LODGE NO. 138, GANADO Dear Members, Lodge No. 138 will hold its annual fall meeting on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, Dec. 8th, at the KJT Hall.

We will distribute premium fund checks and have election officers. Refreshments after the meeting are planned, so let's all get together for a game of dominos and some fun. Please attend.

Fraternally, Mrs. Sophie Dybala, Secretary LODGE NO. 39, BRYAN Dear Brothers and Sisters: want to remind th e members of Lodge 39 that our simile: Christmas party will be held rsi e;undaY, December 15th, Supper wal be served at 4:30 p.m. dance will follow from 6 to 9. All the ladies are asked to bring a :meet or dessert. This is for members and their immediate family, please.

I also want to remind you that our January meeting will be held on the second Wednesday in January (the 8th) at 7:30 p m. due to New Year's Day falling on the first Wednesday.

We will be looking fonta r, to seeing all of you.

Fraternally, Eleanor Fuder

LADIES' CIRCLE, LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH Dear Members, The Circle will eet promptly at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 12th, at the lodge for the annual Christmas meeting and party. The business seasion will include election of officers for the new year; members are urged to attend. The Circle will tweash he meat dish for the luncheee rid members are ic dishes and-or asked to bi ni who wish to desserts. participate in the gift exchange, suggested. a $2.00 limit The November rr eetine was well attended d the chilly •eathembers being absent due to illness. Longtime member Mrs. Agnes Wrubie was in St. eport, Joseph of -intensive cafe and doing er. Also. Toe Hubenak is at hoi e after a hospital stay. Brenda eke Lackey is recovering r in an Arlington ho,ssoden'. Florence Greer, is reported doilaa aell after eye y this past month. We wish a speedy recovery and hope to see everyone soon. I would also like to make al correction in my last letter. Evelyn Zacek is recovering at home after a hospital stay -- not in a rest home. Please accept my apologies).

In keeping with the holiday season, the Circle voted to send a donation to, the rest home in Taylor.

Also, a gift will be sent to Mrs. Mary Juran and masses will be said Annie Korteff and Mrs. Annie Kubala, members who are rest home residents.

Since no meeting was held in October, a 'wasted happy birthday waa sung to the October celebrants.

They included Millie Wruble, Mary Prances, Javvorski, Mary Oil tv, and Helen Paprskar Noveitiber birthdays Wruble, Victor Murphy and L The do g prize, donated by Helen Paprekar, Helen Matusevich, e: prizes and Mary A delicious 1 oh ,urkey and all the trimmings was

by Annie Langer, Mary Ellibena, Juran, Bennie Dartek evich We look forward to seeing everyone on the 12th.

Fraternally, Jo Ann Hixson -SPJ ST-

LODGE NO. 16, HALLETTSVILLE Dear Members, This is to inform you that Lodge No. 16 will hold its annual meeting on the second Sunday in December, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Election of officers will take place, so be sure and come to the meeting on the second Sunday, December 8.

After the meeting a social will be held. The sisters are asked to bring some food for the lunch.

Fraternally yours, Victor W. Melnar, ' Secretary SPJST--

OD GE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Members and Readers: At our December meeting, on Tuesday evening, December 10th, beginning at 6:30, President Marek will present a program of films of their recent trip to Europe.

Members are asked to bring sandwiches, dips, chips, pickles or desserts, which will be served to members and guests. Christmas bags of fruit will be available for the children present. Invite your family and guests to attend the Christmas social.

Fraternally, Mrs. Dorothy Cherve Secretary -S PJ STLODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Dear Members, An invitation to attend our December 14th dance is extended by the Entertainment Committee.

The Ennis Country Polka Boys will furnish the music. This is the same band which will entertain you at our New Year's Eve Dance, so you all come!

December 15th is, our Christmas party with doors opening at 4:00 p.m. and then dinner will follow.

A youth program can be enjoyed around 7:30 p.m. If you plan to come for the dinner, prepare a side dish or salad and also a dessert. The lodge furnishes the meat, bread and drink.

December 16 is our lodge meeting date, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Try to make this meeting and decide who you will vote for to represent your lodge in January.

Fraternally, Rose Scott

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SALES REPRESENTATIVES' CLASS HELD AT SEATON, NOVEMBER 22, 1074 Back ow: Clifton Martinets, Coleman Benner, David Ivicic, Eugene Haisler, Don Shuffield, Silas Smith, Frank Klinkovsky, Dan Grossman, Ricky Benner and Lad Zatopek. Front row: Ladis Navratil, Dorothy Chervenka, Alice Banning, Emily Stuteville and Emil Hejl.

LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS SOFTBALL TEAM Dear Brothers and Sisters: Another very successful softball season was enjoyed by the Lodge 84 team this paSt season. This article, though a little late, covers the two final events — the highlights of our season.

On Sunday, September 22, the annual softball team steak supper and awards banquet was held at our Lodge 84, due to the rainy weather and the wet backyard of the Lionel Schulzs. Each year, we utilize the spacious backyard of Ida and Lionel Schulz, however, this move was made at the last moment. We all met at the lodge Sunday afternoon starting at 2 p.m.

We enjoyed a keg of cold Michelob beer, cheese and other chips and dips. Then, at 5:30 p.m., we all sat down and enjoyed some very delicious steaks provided by Brother Willie and Sister Carlyn Ondrusek, who were hosts, as usual, for most of the 21 seasons that we have fielded a team in the Dallas Commercial Softball Leagues. The one stipulation is that we win our

league and a team trophy.

We won one league outright and tied for the league championship in another league and won two team trophies this past season.

The steaks Were cooked to the specific order and, liking of each individual by our head cheft, Brother Leo Kopecky, Jr., assisted

by Albin (Bino) Vra.na and Ben Jarma.

Our thanks to Leo and Bino for doing a splendid job. Also, the team wishes to thank Carlyn and Willie for the pivo and their delicious steaks and for the momentos that they presented to all the team members and wives during the banquet; you two were most generous, thoughtful, and very hospitable. We all love you very much for doing your thing again this past season. Also, our thanks go to the wives who brought dips and sweets for the dessert; it was very sweet and thoughtful of you to bring those goodies.

Special thanks to Pauline Vrana and Joann Manak for decorating the tables. Very special thanks to Lillie Jarma, who planned, arrang-

ed and purchased all the necessary items which were needed for the banquet. She did a splendid job and I hope she accepts my thanks, also.

I wish to thank all the guys and dolls who helped clean up after the event, with everyone pitching in, it was managed and handled so easily. Most of the players and wives attended and to the three or four players who could not attend: you missed a tremendous banquet!

Our goal for next season is a 100 percent attendance.

Our thanks to our mother lodge officers for attending, we enjoyed your presence and we were sorry that our youth leader and her husband, Sister Bessie and Brother Emil Petr, could not attend, as well as our SPJST District III Director Sid Pokladnik and Sister Justine Pokladnik who also missed the banquet, but they and the Petrs were in Las Vegas together attending the National Fraternal Congress. We really were sorry that you could not be with us and we missed you all.

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award for the 1974 season was won

by Wiley Beesley and the "Batting Champ Award" was won by Dave Ellison, with a .448 batting average. Our congratulations to these two fine and deserving team members, and as luck would have it, both came down with the flu and virus bugs and had to miss the banquet, and want you to know that we missed you, also.

In behalf of Lil and myself, we wish to thank the team for the very nice gift you gave us: a half gallon of Chivas Regal, the best Scotch on the market! We are saving it for the Christmas season.

We wish to thank our mother lodge for the use of the building for our banquet and to the following sponsors who helped sponsor our team this past season: SPJST Supreme Lodge, Columbia Meat Packing, Rudolph's Market, Adamcik's Appliance and Auto Store, Marek's Auto Service, Otto Janousek's Motor Co., Central Lumber Co., Mary's Beauty Shop, Rejcek Bros. Garage, Watson Food Service, Libby Glass, Revlon, Teen and Adult Driving School, SPJST Lodge No. 84, Dallas.

Without these sponsors, we could not have fielded a team. We thank you and sincerely hope our membership will remember you and drop by and visit with all of you and thank you, also.

I hope I have not overlooked anyone; if I have, I apologize and may I just say thalnk you to anyone and everyone who helped make our season and our banquet such success.

The following weekend, September 27, 28th, and 29th, the team had their annual fishing outing at the summer cabin of Jim Kohutek, one of our team members, at Lake Whitney. We had a very enjoyable weekend, only it was not as well-attended by the players as it should have been. Although, we did have a fair turnout, it was not a very good weekend for fishing; a few were caught, but a lot of good food, horseshoe pitching and games were enjoyed by those present.

Our thanks to Jim Kohutek for letting us use his cabin and facilities to have such an enjoyable outing; also our thanks to Jim and Connie Brennan for arranging, and getting all the things together for this trip.

These two special events conclude our 1974 season and we are already looking forward to and planning on having a team again in 1975; the good Lord willing, and looks like Ben Jarma will be team manager for another year. It has been a most rewarding and enjoyable season, and thanks again to everyone of you who helped make it possible.

Fraternally, Ben Jarmo.

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LODGE NO. 26, SKIDMORE Dear Members, SPJST Lodge No. 26, Skidmore, will meet on the second Sunday in December, the 8th, at the Ohnos Club House at 2 p.m.

Please, all come because this is our last meeting for 1974.

We are wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us here in Lodge No. 26.

Fraternally, Josephine Doubravar --SPJST-

LODGE NO. 66, WACO Dear Members and Friends: President Emil Hanus called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m.

Pamela Pavelka, Patricia and Steven Stanislav and alll present recited the Pledge of Allegiance and lodge motto.

Visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Marek and Melissa, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wood, Jr. We enjoyed your visit. Hope you will come again.

All lodge officers were present.

The October minutes were approved as read.

A thank-you note was read from Sister Marie and Brother Joe Galdusek, and a letter inviting us to Lodge 177's dedication (Academy).

Brother S'mith thanked those who came out to help clean up the outside premises on Saturday, November 2nd. He had Sister Engelke read the minutes of the Board of Trustees' meeting, held on Monday night, November 4th.

Sister Jeanette Smith reported on the Entertainment Committee activities. The Christmas tree will be put up and the hall decorated on Friday night, December 13th.

The lodge's Christmas party will be held on December 14th, starting at 6:30 p.m. Each family is to bring enough food for their family. The party is for lodge members and their families, only. The lodge will

furnish all the trimmings The committee will fill the stockings for Santa's visit. We thank Brother Silas Smith for his $25 donation to help buy the stockings. The Christmas dance, Saturday night, December 21st, is for members and their families and guests. The Blue Vest Polka Boys will play. The dance is free, so come out and have a good time.

W e wish to thank{ Brother and Sister Frank Parma,, who donated two pictures for the ladies lounge; also Sister Engelke, two pictures, and Brother and Sister Smith donated the large picture on the back wall. They look very nice.

Sister Parma gave the youth club report. The club collected white sheets and shirts for the Red Cross.

The club will make stuffed toys for Toys for Tots, and asks that each family bring one can of food to the December 8th meeting to make food baskets for Christmas. They are collecting Campbell food and soup labels, which they will donate to Connally School, also bring your used stamps from letters or packages which will be donated to an organization for a project.

The club will present a program at the Christmas party.

The Auditing Committee reported they had audited all the books and they are in good order.

New members accepted were: Arthur A. Marak, Arthur C. Langlots, Raymond Joe Sulak, Joe C. Sulak, Elsie Marie Sulak, Shawn Marie Caldwell, Terry Glenn Adair, and Robert C. Kasik.

Transfers into Lodge 66, are: Leona Pustejovsky from Lodge 54, West; David F., Linda S., Norma Lee, Robert Geo., Gwendolyn, and Donna A. Kofnovec, Richard and Elizabeth Bauer, Georgia Ann and Cynthia L. K;ofnovec from Lodge 158. Welcome to Lodge 66!

Transferring out were: Edwin, Elaine M., John P., Robert, and Willie Mae Sulak, to Lodge 54, West.

Health Committee report: Sister Mazanec reported that, she had sent get-well cards to Sister Dorothy Morris and Sister Regina Zabcik. We hope they both are doing fine.

We learned that Brother Ernest Hall is very ill in Hillcrest Hospital.

We hope he is improving.

Sister Jeanette Smith's step-dad is still in Hillcrest Hospital recuperating from surgery. He is improv-

10 ing, we wish him the best and that he will be home soon.

My dad, Mr. Frank Mizera, is at Scott and White Hospital following a serious surgery, but is doing fine and improving each day, hoping to go home soon.

Members celebrating birthdays in November are Sisters Mary Simcik, Georgia Pavlicek, Julienne Hensel, Patricia and Donna Stanislav; Brothers Frank Parma, Henry West, Daniel Nors, James Wright, George Trefny, Frank Nors, and George Pauling. Happy birthday to each of you. Pam Pavelka made the birthday cake.

Congratulations to Brother and Sister Joe Gaidusek on their 50th anniversary. May they have many more.

The following officers were reelected for 1975: President — Emil Hanus Vice President — Henry West Recording Secy. — Annie Hanes Financial Secy. -- Darlene Engelke Treasurer — Silas Smith Youth Leader — Libbie Parma Assistants — Barbara Stanislav, Georgia Pavlicek English Reporter — Annie Hanus Czech Reporter — Otto Hanus Flag Bearer — Steven Stanislav Alternate — Pamela Pavelka Guide — Daniel Nors Board of Trustees — Frank Parma, Frank Miller, George Trefny, Robert Pavelka, James Pavlicek.

Grievance Committee — Eugene Gerlich, Silas Smith: Weldon Galler, Leon Hensel, Bennie Engelke.

Entertainment Committee: Jeanette Smith, Annie Hanes, Libbie Parma, Sophie Leshikar, Bonnie Pruitt, Georgia Pavlicek, Marie Janecka, Leona Nors and Helen Shelton.

Congratulations to each of you.

May you have a successful year.

May you work in harmony and for the best interest of your lodge and look ahead to go forward for bigger goals with understanding, sharing, and each one doing their share ready to help wherever needed. Together we move forward; pulling in different directions we fall. Let us all share Brotherhood, Benevolence, and Humanity and find true fraternalism as our goal.

We thank Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Marek, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wood,

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Jr., for passing, collecting, and tallying the cal:ots Also Brother Gene Gerlich for writing the names of candidates on the board.

The door prize winner' was Brother Joe Jaska.

We hope that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving.

Remember Sunday, December 8th, is our lodge meeting date. All officers will be installed.

Saturday, December 14th Christmas party.

Saturday night. December 21st -Christmas dance.

Annie Hanus English Reporter - - SPJ ST-LODGE NO. 28, EAST BERNARD Notice is hereby given that the December meeting of our lodge will not be held on the first; Sunday as scheduled, but has been postponed until the third Sunday of the month —Der. 15th — so please be advised of this change and also watch your issues of the Vestnik prior to the date as to the things that will take place at the meeting.

Remember — no meeting on the regular meeting date. Watch for an important notice for the postponed meeting.

Albert Lupik, Secretary -SP I 3 r LODGE NO. 49, ROWENA Dear Members and Friends: Christmas is just around the corner and time for our last lodge meeting of the year, because we just meet every three months.

We have changed our meeting date for the day to the second Sunday of the month and that is December 8th, at 1:30 p.m. Several of our members who usually attend had other Christmas dinners to enjoy, and would like to attend both meetings, so we agreed to change our meeting to a later date.

We are promised a Christmas tree and we will have a $2 gift exchange. We will also have a covered dish supper as we have had at our last several meetings.

This will also be election of officers month since our year starts in January. Be sure to come to the meeting and help us out, because we had some changes made during the year.

Hoping to see you all at the meeting on December 8th, at 1:30 p.m.

Mrs. Julie Lissa

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LODGE NO. 81, NEEDVILLE Our next regular meeting will be held on Sunday, December 8th, at 1:30 p.m. Christmas bags for the youngsters; members are asked to bring refreshments of their choice.

Mrs. Mary Werner LODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE Dear Members, Our next meeting will be held on Sunday, December 8th, at the American Legion Hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. with the Christmas program presented by the youth club following the meeting. Santa will be with us. Make plans .toattend.

Patsy Zabransky.

Reporter •---SPJ STLODGE NO. 175, FORT BEND Dear Members, Lodge No. 175 will hold its monthly meeting on December 8, at 3 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parma.

For directions please call 3424898. All members, both old and new, are urged to attend.

Mrs. Pat Parma FPJST--

LODGE NO. 154, FORT WORTH FRIENDSHIP CLUB Dear Members and Friends: Dates to remember: Friendship Club — Dec. 4th, 10:30 a.m.

Lodge meeting — Dec. 8th, 3 p.m.

Sokol meeting — Dec. 17th, 8:30 p.m.

Christmas program — Dec. 21st, 7:30 p.m.

A Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

So until . . Keep Smiling!

Mary Pavey -SPJST-

NO. 23, MORAVIA Dear Members, This is a reminder that our next regular meeting will be held on December gth, at 2 p.m. at the SPJST lodge at Moravia.

After the meeting we will have a social (lunch). We ask the ladies of the lodge to bring food for the lunch; bring whatever you wish, and the lodge will furnish the cold drinks.

Hattie Brossmann, Secretary LODGE

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NO. 88, HOUSTON Regular monthly meeting will be held on Monday, December 9th, at 7 . 30 p in. Initiation of new memhers. Refreshments following the meeting. — Frances E. Vala, Secy.

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF THE AMERICAN SOKOL ORGANIZATION November 1'7, 1974 The Southern District, American Sokol Organization, Board of Instructors, sends greetings from its annual meeting held in Ennis, November 2nd.

Thank you for your promotion of our Sokol activities during the past year. We look forward to a progressive 1975.

Nazdar!

Larry LEiznovlsky, Director of Men Sylvia Laenovsky Director of Women

Parliamentarian — Ted Dugek, Caldwell; and Sergeant at Arms — Alton Prihoda, Danbury.

The club next discussed and planned a trip to the Czech Museum and SPJST Supreme Lodge at Temple. The date chosen was November 18th (with November 20 as an alternate date.). Professor Skrivanek agreed to make the arrangements with SL President Morris and Mr. Hanus.

The next item discussed was the passibility of having a Christmas party and the club agreed to make a final decision during the trip to Temple. There was also a suggestion that the club sponsor a queen to the Cotton Ball this year.

Professor Skrivanek then discussed the 1975 summer study program to be held in Prague. He said the deadline for applying would probably be in early February and both he and President Valcik informed the club of loans available' to students from CESAT, the Council of Higher Education, and the Hovorka Fund. The meeting was then adjourned and the members enjoyed eating kolache and singing several Czech songs before departing.

David J. Koranek Reporter -SPJSTANNOUNCING ANNUAL MEETING SVPS Chapter No. 30 (Slavonic Mutual Fire Insurance Association —SMPIA), Corpus Christi, will hold its annual meeting on December 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the Sokol Hall. Officers and committees give their reports so all members should be present to hear them. The officers, delegates to the convention and committees will be elected at this meeting. The convention will be convened on August 23, 1975 in Fort Worth. Make an attempt to be present at least this once a year!

November 23 we had a seminar for officers of the chapter, under the direction of SVPS State President Vladimir Bily, of Houston, and State Secretary Frank J Hanka, Rosenberg. There were 18 officers present with Brothers Kristnik and Poupek coming the farthest distance to attend, from Bay City.

Remember that SPJST Lodge No. 79, Corpus Christi will have its annual meeting on December 8th, 1974. Also election of officers and

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Needville, Texas 77461 November 20, 1974 Dear Mr. Sefcik, It is not only customary but a pleasure to conduct a Christmas party for our guests each year.

As we will not be sending cards to the families this season notifying them of the date of this occasion, we would like to avail ourselves of your publication for Informing relatives and friends of the S.P.j.S.T. Rest Home No. 2 residents that Friday, December 13th, at 7:30 p.m. has been designated as the time for this observance.

We hope this request is not out of order or will work an imposition on you, but the Vestnik has such a broad circulation that we thought our message would be conveyed to most everyone interested in attending.

Thanking you for your assistance and consideration in this matter, we are, Respectfully yours, Charles B. Fisher, Administrator -SPJSTTAMU CZECH CLUB

The Texas A&M University Czech Club met in Room 502 of the Rudder Tower on November 6th at 7 p.m. Eighteen members and the club sponsor, Prof. J. J. Skrivanek, Sr., were present. President State.ley Valcik called the meeting to order. The minutes of the September meeting were approved as read.

As the first item of business the following were elected officers for 1974-75: Vice President David Krenek , Wharton; Secretary — Patsy Trampota, Temple; Treasurer — Steve Krenek, Pledger; Reporter — David Koranek, Moulton;

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committees is on the agenda so please be present. Elect the officers and committees of your choice!

Christmas meal and refreshments after the meeting.

I hope to see you at both meetings!

Fraternally, John Stasa --SPJST-

REPORTS DISTRICT VI SALES REPRESENTATIVE'S REPORT I want to thank each sales representative who attended the' District VI Sales Representatives' Seminars held in Hillje at the SPJST Lodge on November 11th, and at Hallettsville, in the Hospitality Room of the First National Bank, on November 12th. Your presence and interest was very much appreciated. I wish to thank Brother Pete Sablatura for arranging the use of their nice Hillje Lodge, and thank you, Brother Erwin Holy, for allowing us to meet in the lovely Hospitality Room of your bank and for the interesting and informative tour of your beautiful bank, which was enjoyed by all of us. I thank Brother Silas Smith, State Field Manager, for being with us to teach us and update us on the use of the new insurance forms and for answering the many questions that were asked. The general discussion among the sales representatives was a source of much good information. I urge more sales repre;sentatives to be present at the future seminars to learn and to keep up to date on insurance selling and to enjoy the fellowship— you will be glad you attended!

As you know, as of November 1st, we were $201,000 short of our goal.

Brother Joe Hejny has asked that each sales representative in our District VI write at least $4,000 and we will be sure to make our quota and even exceed it! A few of you have already done so, and I congratulate you. Let's all get busy, work real hard, and make our quota. I know we can do it, because you have done it before. I appreciate your never-tiring efforts and thank you. Let's keep going and make this quota so we can have that big banquet.

As of this writing we are still short of our goal by $170,000. Top

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Best wishes for a. Happy Thanksgiving Day. Fraternally, Edwin J. Smajstrla, District VI Sales Rep. -SPJST-

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State YAD — Crafts, Talent, and Beseda -- Sunday, Sept. 7, 1975.

State YAD Royalty — Saturday, Sept. 27th, 1975. Host lodge will be Lodge 80, Holland.

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SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS

The District II spring meeting will be held Sunday, April 20, 19'75 with Lodge 177, Academy, as host.

The District IV spring meeting will be held Sunday, April 27, 1974 at Wall, Texas. *

The District V spring meeting will be held Sunday, March 16, 1975 with Lodge No. 81, Needville as host.

1975 FALL DISTRICT MEETING District II will hold its fall meeting at the American Legion Hall in Taylor, August 24, 1975, with Lodge Praha No. 29, Taylor, as host. The meeting convenes at 2 p.m. * District V will hold its fall meeting on Sunday, October 5th, 1975.

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LODGE NO. 177, ACADEMY

Official opening and dedication of new hall on Sunday, December 15th. Details later.

-SPJSTSUPREME LODGE

WORKSHOPS— 1975 , Saturday, March 15th -- American Legion Hall, Hallettsville, (hosted

by Lodge No. 4) Saturday, March 22nd — Lodge 29, Taylor Saturday, April 5th — Lodges 135 and 25, Ennis.

Other details will be published later.

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S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME

ADDRESSES: S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME NO. I 500 East Lake Drive P. 0. Box 850 Taylor, Texas 76574 S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME NO. II P.O. Box 347 Needville, Texas 77461

From The Lodge Youth Leaders LODGE NO. 33, BLE1BLERVILLE Dear Readers, Our last youth meeting was held on November 10th with all youth members present. Our next meeting will be on December 8th. The youth will provide and decorate the Christrna.s tree. All you parents with children, bring Christmas gifts and place them under the tree for your children.

The adult meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. Then we (adults and youth) will •have a beef stew for our noon meal. Bring your bowls and spoons.

For the afternoon session, the adult meeting will begin at 1:30 to elect the officers for 1975. After the meeting the youth will have a short Christmas program.

Fraternally, Lillie Mikeska, (11-26-74) Youth Leader -SPJ ST-

Letts s roue Youth THANKS! Dear Members, On Saturday, October 26, 1974, I had the opportunity to participate in the "Texas Fraternal Congress Youth Spectacular." I would like to thank SPJST President Nick A. Morris and the entire membership for the invitation. I enjoyed the trip very much.

Once again, many thanks.

Fraternally, Cynthia Hrachovy, Lodge 169, Brenham (11-25-74) -SPJ ST--

LODGE NO. 18, ELGIN Dear Members, The Elgin SPJST Youth Club held its regular monthly meeting on November 19th, 1974. Tracy Mo-

gonye, president, called the meeting to order, and the pledge was said. The minutes and treasurer's report were given and approved.

Three new members were recognized and welcomed. They are Karol Alexander, Terri Sue Johnson, and Becky Haverlan.d, Linda Lundgren was also welcomed as a social member.

The club is planning to have a quilt to sell. The quilt was made and donated by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mogonye, Sr., of Elgin.

Some members attended a Play Day in Snook on November 10. ti Those who went had an enjoyable A committee was formed to plan a Christmas social. Other members will be contacted when the plans are decided on. It was motioned and seconded that we adjourn.

Our next meeting will be held on December 17, at the TP&L Civic Room.

Fraternally, Lou Dove Christenson, (1'1-26-74) Reporter-Secretary -SPJSTLODGE NO. 177, ACADEMY

Dear Readers, On November 12th, our youth club had its regular monthly meeting. We had 23 members present.

At this meeting we acquired five new members. Isn't it a nice feeling to know our club keeps growing?

We are now in the process of selling Christmas candles to make money for our club activities.

For our monthly social we decided to go roller skating. We went on Saturday, November 16th. We had a fine attendance at our social and everyone had a good time.

Our next meeting will be on December 10th. I am hoping to see all you club members there. I expect we will be making final plans for our Lodge 177 dedication, so please try to attend.

Fraternally, Stanley Malina (15) (11-24-74) Reporter -SPJSTLODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear Readers, The holidays are here once again.

With them comes all the hustle and bustle of preparing things for them. Our club is very busy making decorations for our mother lodge. We are rehearsing for our Christmas program at our Friday night socials. All club members

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who want to take part should come on Friday nights.

Our club will present our program to the residents of West Rest Haven on Tuesday, December 10. `We will also take goodies for them. It will start at 7 p.m.

Fraternally, Douglas Uptmor (11-25-74)

collision about three miles north of Austin on IH 35.

Funeral services for Dr. and Sister Roach were held Sunday, November 24, 1974 at the First United Methodist Church in Gatesville with they Rev. Pies Todd officiating. Burial was in the Restland Cemetery in Galesville.

Sister Roach was born in Temple. She graduated from Mary Hardin-Baylor Cbllege in Belton and was married to Dr. Roach in 1967.

The couple is survived by a son, Pat Garner Roach of Gatesville.

Sister Roach is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Harley Everett of Temple; two sisters, Mrs. Jerry Smith of Topeka, Kansas, and Miss Patty Everett of Temple; two brothers, James Garner and Patrick Everett, both of Temple, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Matous of Temple.

May our departed lodge sister rest in eternal peace forever.

Resolution Committee: LaRita Macek Carol Chervenka, Harold Schneider

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LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear Readers, Our last regular meeting was held on November 3rd. We drew names for our Christmas party.

Those of you who haven't gotten yours yet, get them from Sister Schuetz.

Sister Schuetz gave her report on several of our projects. Our game night was a big success and she thanked all of the members for helping.

The youth club wants to say thank you to Sister Evelyn Seith for donating two very pretty pillows to the youth club. Tickets are being sold and they will be given away at our Christmas party. This is one of our fund-raising projects.

Thanks again!

Fraternally, Debbie Uptmor (11-25-74) -SPJST-

EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the Resolution Committee of Lodge No. 24, Cyclone, in behalf of our entire membership, wish to express our sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed lodge sister, JOYCE ROACH, age, 28, of Gatesville.

Sister Roach and her husband, Dr. Part H. Roach, a dentist in Gatesville, were killed on November 22, 1974 in a three car auto

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ADOLPH A. WAGNER

PASSES AWAY Mr. Adolph A. Wagner, prominent citizen of Moulton, passed away suddenly Friday night, November 15th, after safering a heart attack at his home in Moulton. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Renger Hospital in Hallettsville. Mr. Wagner was '75 years, 9 months and 14 days old.

Born in !the Henkhaus community on January 31, 1899, he was one of nine children born to the late Charles and Mary Lichner Wagner. He grew to manhood in this area, and on November 19, 1923 he was married to Viola Parma in the St. Aloyisus Catholic Church in Westhoff. Following their marriage, the• couple settled in Moulton where they lived their entire married life. For two years Mr. Wagner was co-owner of the Wagner Garage, then he accepted employment as bookkeeper for Texaco, Inc., from which he retired after 38 years of service. Mr. Wagner was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church and also of the SPJST Lodge No. 165. At the time of his death, he was secretarytreasurer of Lodge 165, having served in that capacity for approxi-

mately 25 years.

Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 17th, at 2 p.m. at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Moulton with Father Robert Schmidt officiating. Interment was in the Moulton Catholic Cemetery.

Rosary was recited at the Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Saturday night.

Serving as pallbearers were members of the SPJST Lodge No. 165, namely: Bennie Marek, August Kasper, George Technik, Emil Krejci, Laddie Diouhy and Jerome Vasek.

Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Viola Wagner of Moulton; two sons, Harvey Wagner of Waveland, Mississippi, and Gary Wagner of Houston; and one daughter, Mrs. James (Dolores) Koncaba of Moulton; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Also surviving are: one sister, Mrs. Joe R. (Mary) Tomek of Sweet Home, and two brothers, Jim Wagner of Danbury and Frank C. Wagner of Moulton.

Besides his parents, Mr. Wagner was preceded in death by one sister, Mrs. Annie Pivorsky; and four brothers, Charlie, Joe, Steve and Ed Wagner.

(From the Moulton Eagle, submitted by Sister Cynthia Technik, reporter. —Editor).

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ITEMS

OF INTEREST CHRISTMAS TREE SAFEPPY IN YOUR HOME Beautiful homes are the rule during the Christmas season, but beauty may turn into a "beast" unless you have planned safety into your decorations.

Trees, lights, candles, tree and mantle trimmings, your fireplace and excess paper can be a source of trouble, says the Texas State Department of Health.

Center of most home decorations is the brilliantly lighted and colorful tree, and it should be the place for starting your safety efforts.

In selecting a cut green tree, get one with a good green color.

Needles of a fresh tree should be hard to pull from the branches, rand needles won't break when

14 bent. Bounce the tree hard against the ground and you won't get a shower of needles if the tree is fresh.

Trees should be placed in a base which holds water, and this water should be checked regularly while the tree is up. Before mounting the tree, cut about two inches off the trunk to allow it to better absorb the water.

Placement of trees also is important, says the State Health Department. Keep them away from stoves, fireplaces and radiators which could cause a tree to dry out quickly and perhaps catch fire.

What about decorations?

Never use lighted/ candles on a tree or near other evergreens, decorations or wrapping paper. Candles should be in non-flammable holders and in locations where they cannot be knocked down or blown over.

In selecting lights, cheek for the Underwriters' Laboratories "UL" label. On all strings of lights, make certain that all connections are tight and that there are no frayed or bare wires. These could cause short circuits and perhaps a fire -- or a shock to the person installing them.

Outdoor lights should 'be waterproof. They are especially made for the outdoors.

When away from home, or when you go to bed, turn off all lights.

And, never use electric lights on metallic trees.

Trimmings for trees and elsewhere in the home should be of flame-retardant maiterial, something that won't flare up if accidentally ignited.

If using spun glass for decorations, wearing gloves may keep the "angel hair" from irritating your skin. And, keep it away from your eyes.

Tinsel and artificial icicles are now made of plastic, which is preferable to lead products. Leaded materials are hazardous if ingested by children, say safety experts.

If there are small children in the home, care should be taken in selecting decorations. The United States Product Safety Commission urges parents to avoid decorations that are sharp or breakable — including bubbly tree lights. It also warns against trim with small removable parts if used where children can get at them. Pieces could

trtSTNIK be swallowed or inhaled. An6, trimmings resembling candy could be eaten by a child.

When installing their trees, many people burn the trimmings from branches in their fireplaces. If burned a piece at a time, this shouldn't cause any problem But piling up a big mound of evergreens could cause popping and crackling and a large number of sparks. So be careful. And always use a screen before the fireplace.

The Product Safety Division of the State Health Department hopes that all clothing will someday be flame resistant. Standards are now in effect for certain types of children's clothing. But until that time, extreme care needs to be taken.

Matches, lighters and candles should be kept out of the reach of children and adults should' avoid the wearing of loose, flowing clothes—especially long, open sleeves-near — the open flames of a fireplace, stove or candle-lit table.

And, once thosej presents under the tree have been opened, gather up all those wrappings from the tree and fireplace area and remove them from the home.

Christmas should be a joyous occasion. Keep it that way by planning for safety, says the State Health Department. It will add to your enjoyment of the season to know that you and your loved ones are as safe as possible.

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REPOTTING HOUSE PLANTS "Healthy, vigorous and beautiful house plants can be grown during winter months if given a little special care," notes Everett Janne, landscape horticulturist for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.

Plants placed outside for summer color as well as those kept inside should be repotted in fresh rich soil.

When selecting new pots for house plants, check the drainage they provide. Plants can be grown in porous red clay, glazed crockery or plastic containers as long as they have) good drainage, says the Texas. A&M University System Select only pots which have neutral colors so they will not detract from the plant. House ' plants are grown fom their attractive flowers

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and foliage and a guody pot can ruin the desired effect," contends Janne.

A container that is too large can also distract from the plant, so select the smaller pot that will hold the root system and still support the plant.

Good soil mixtures for house plants are available at florists and garden centers. For only a few plants, Janne suggests premixed and sterilized soil.

If you prefer to prepare your own soil mixture, use two parts each of soil, shredded peat most and coarse sand, and one parrt dried manure. To each bushel, add a half cup of 8-8-8 fertilizer and 'one cup of superphosphate. To sterilize the mixture to kill insects, disease organisms and weed seeds, bake it at 200 degrees P. for one hour, the horticulturists explains.

For a mixture that does not need sterilizing, use twos parts each of shredded peat moss, perlite and vermiculite, and one part dried manure. Add one cup each of ground limestone and 5-10-5 fertilizer (or one-half cup of 12-12-12) to each bushel.

When preparing the pots, place a piece of broken pottery over the drain hole and add an inch-thick layer of fine gravel or crushed stone to promote drainage. rn small plots, a half-inch layer may be enough.

To get the plant out of the old pot, invert the pot, hold the stem base between two fingers tap the pot rim on a table edge and let the soil and roots fall into your palm.

After removing the outer inch or more of the root, ball to provide space for new rich soil, center the plant in the pot. Pack the soil firmly around the root ball, creating a downwaret slope from the stem to the pot edge. This will cause surface water to move away from the stem and reduce the possibility of rot. The soil level should be at least one-half inch below the rim of the pot.

The final step is to remove any dead, diseased or broken leaves and branches. Cut back long stems to give the plant a compact, natural shape, the specialist said.

Most of our readers will remember the picture of Brother and Sister J. M. Skrabanek on the front page of the Dec. 5th, 1973 issue of the Vestnik. It was at that same time this picture was taken of a painting which hangs on the wall in Brother Skrabanek's office in his spacious home in Houston. Brother Skrabanek told us to say that this was taken on one of his "cat hunting" trips in South America. However, the truth must be to/d. The painting was made from a cover of a Western magazine which was about 50 to 60 years old and Brother Joe let a friend named Turner take the picture to South Vietnam and have a painter superimpose Brother Skrabanek's and Mr. Turner's heads on the riders in the picture. The lamp you see hanging above the painting is an old-time carbide house lamp.

TURKEY IS TOPS This just may be the year of the turkey.

Although the turkey roamed over Texas and Mexico long before Columbus came to our shores, the All-American bird is looking its best this year. Turkeys are plentiful, and, to top it off the price is right. Of course, at any price, turkey is an excellent value, nutritionwise. But now turkeys are a double value, according to two poultry specialists with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.

"Nutrition is presently the name of the game and turkey wins this Ta.me hands down," contend Dr. David B. Mellor and Dr. William

0. Cawley. "Turkey is highest in protein and lowest in fats of all our common meats. It is also a meat that is high in riboflavin and niacin — two of the more important B vitamins."

Turkey is a common fare for holiday meals but really deserves more use by most families on a year-round basis, say the specialists. Size should not be a deterrent, as the raw frozen turkey may be divided, wrapped and refrozen for delicious meals. A publication, "Freezing Poultry for Home Use," provides helpful hints and is available from any county Extension office.

"Turkey also works well when

the cooked meat is refrozen for later use," note the specialists.

Some families serve turkey for an evening or Sunday dinner and then debone and freeze the remaining turkey for later use saving just enough for cold turkey a day or so later.

No matter how you cut it, turkey is usually one of the better protein values. Have you ever compared the foods you buy on the cost of the protein they are supplying to your menu? Just use the protein content and price per pound for any food. Your county Extension agent has this information for several foods and can assist you in calculating your own

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cost of protein in foods.

Turkey meat is naturally low in fat. One would expect to find 125150 calories in a serving. Of course, if the serving is all white meat, it would be less. Self-basting turkeys are a little higher in calories due to the added basting sauce.

But the calorie count is still low when compared with chestnut and sausage stuffing or gravy made from pan drippings.

One of the biggest secrets in roasting turkey is keeping the meat moist. Since the birds are so young when processed for market, the naturally low-calorie meat has moist requires more care than for really little fat. Keeping this meat meats having more fat. You can conserve moisture by covering the bird in a roasting pan, placing it in a special plastic bag, or 'tenting' it with foil and cooking at 325 degrees F The turkey is cooked when a meat thermometer placed in the center of the thickest portion of meat registers 180 degrees F. -SYJ STBEWARE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING! What's odorless, tasteless and colorless and can kill you before you know you are being poisoned?

Carbon monoxide, a product of all combustible substances, from gas used in your kitchen gas range to the gasoline in your automobile or gasoline-powered lawn mower --that's what.

Carbon monoxide poisoning is preventable, but a lot of people are unaware of its danger.

It is a threat the year-round, but the most hazardous time is during the cold months of the year when homes and businesses are closed up tightly against the weather.

But, even summer air conditioning can add to the treat, say state Health Department engineers from the Occupational Health and Radiation Control Division.

In some air conditioned warehouses where forklifts are used to move materials, carbon monoxide has been found at serious levels.

This same problem has been found in garages, where automobile motors are often left running for tests. Enclosed parking garages and drive-in banks also have proved to be sources of trouble.

"You can't depend on leaks around doors or windows to bring in

VESTNt1 fresh air," say the engineers. "In places with a source of carbon monoxide, you have got to bring in fresh air constantly to keep up a positive pressure so stale air will be pushed out through ventilators."

Hopefully, each homeowner has his heating system checked before the winter season begins.

This might have prevented a tragedy occurring at Killeen, where a family of four went to bed one night and three were dead the next morning. A little girl survived.

An inspection later showed a ?faulty burner and faulty duet work in the home.

With Texas in the midst of its fall and winter hunting season, hunters should check ventilation in their stoves and should! examine smokestacks and chimneys to be certain they aren't clogged.

Of particular concern are the use of catalytic heaters and other unvented heaters in tents and campers.

In the home, make sure the damper is open before lighting the fireplace. Have your gas refrigerator service-checked annually even though newer models have improved control systems. All furnaces, regardless of fuel type, should be checked and properly vented to the outside. Cbnibustionchamber leakage is a serious hazard, particularly if the heating unit is old. All individual roomtype gas heating equipment should be vented. And, say safety experts, aon't use your gas cooking range for heating.

Automobiles and trucks, as well as other gasoline engines, should not be run indoors for long periods even with the garage door open.

A charcoal grill or hibachi should be used only outdoors.

While carbon monoxide poisoning is sneaky, there are recognit-aide symptoms — if you are alert for them.

Early symptoms of carbon monoxide poisioning include yawning, headaches, n a u s e a, dizziness, ringing in the ears, and abdominal pain. Difficult breathing and) unconsciousness quickly follow. The victim should get fre.,h air immediately and should be kept lying down and warm. A physician should be• called promptly, and inhalations of oxygen or an oxygencarbon dioxide mixture should be „jiainistered.

Wednesday, December 4, 974 Once carbon monoxide is inhaled, it invades the blood stream through the lungs. It unites with the hemoglobin in the red blood cells so they cannot carry oxygen to the cells of the body. Asphyxiation results.

Carbon monoxide is so poisonous that when combined with red cells in the blood the bond between the two is 200 times stronger than the normal bond between oxygen and red cells. When oxygen and sizable amounts of carbon monoxide are breathed in together, the carbon monoxide muscles the oxygen aside, causing illness. If oxygen is depleted sufficiently, death follows. Many deaths occur from faulty appliances even though a window may be slightly open, says the Health Department.

At least 1,400 deaths are attributed in the United States each year to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Texas had 141 deaths in 1973. More than 10,000 persons nationwide are poisoned by carbon monoxide.

Those not killed may suffer temporary or permanent damage to the brain, with serious disturbances of vision, hearing, speech and memory.

Be aware of the dangers, observe caution in the use of appliances, have them checked regularly, and you may never suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning.

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TEXANS DROWN IN NINE MONTHS With all the water in Texas, you would think that Texans would know how to swim.

Such was not the case with 248 people who lost their lives while swimming during the months of January through September, 1974.

The grim statistics kept by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Water Safety Section show that a total of 610 Texans have drowned thus far this year.

Ninety-one hapless fishermen died and another 45 persons lost their lives in boating mishaps.

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Wednesday, December 4, 1974 — A weekly public service feature from the Texas State Department of Health

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J.E. PEAVY, M.D., Commissioner of Health "I've never felt better in my and not at end stage." Tests, however, showed only about a 10 per life."

That's the feeling of Mary Soren- cent kidney function.

A year later, in May of 1974, she son, an alert, efficient administrastarted on dialysis at the Renal tive secretary at the University of Outpatient Center in Austin — one Texas Development Office in Austin, and the victim of end stage of 40 such centers in Texas — has 16 machines and 30 patients who kidney disease.

Her sense of well-being comes as must come to the center for dialysis — normally four hours a day, quite a surprise to those meeting three days a week. Dialysis maMrs. Sorenson for the first time.

You'd expect a little bit different chines may be purchased for use outlook for a person with kidney in the home for less than $5,000.

But expendable supplies may cost failure — a person who must unas much as $50 for each treatment. dergo dialysis three times a week In dialysis, a person's blood is to stay alive.

But it is this dialysis, under- routed outside the body through the dialysis machine — a filtrationtaken with the aid of the State type process which removes the Health Depiantmenit's Kidney Health Care Division, which has impurities. brought about a change in her Now that dialysis is so successhealth. The role of the program, ful, there's one other step ahead instituted by the State Legisla-- transplant. ture, is to provide persons like Mrs. "I had a transplant scheduled Sorenson with financial assistance during the summer with my sister. during the time from first dialysis Her tissue was typed and she's a `C' match. But Dr. Moncrief deuntil federal 'Medicare coverage becided to check my brother, who is gins. Without this assistance the a `B' match — which is so much patient could be at least $5,000 in better," she explained. Date of the debt before Medicare begins.

The 33-year-old secretary is one transplant surgery hasn't been set, of more than 860 Texans now re- but hopefully it will be this year. ceiving financial help in meeting She says she will continue on her strict diet and wait for the big day. the staggering costs of dialysis.

Persons with kidney failure can exHow do her friends and assopect to spend up to $20,000 a year ciates treat her, knowing she has to stay alive. Experience has shawn kidney failure? that the cost of a kidney trans"People I work with have been plant, hospitalization and other just great," she replied. "I've never services is more than $25,000. had any problem missing work Kidney problems have caused with kidney disease. And, I've made great adjustments in her life, arrangements to work six hours a starting late in 1959 in Wisconsin day on Monday, Wednesday and when she was in her late teens. "I Friday when I have dialysis. My began noticing swelling in my boss and others have shown real hands, legs and face and went concern. If I need anything, I to my family doctor. He took tests feel that all I have to do is call." and told me my kidneys were disIt seems that the case of Mary eased," she recalls.

Sorenson is heading toward a Prom that moment she was on a happy conclusion — a conclusion salt-restricted diet and medication in which the State Health Departto keep her kidneys functioning. ment was happy to have a part.

When she and her husband moved It's a story which could have had to Austin two years ago, she ima much different ending just a few mediately looked up a doctor. short years ago — before dialysis "When he first saw me," Mrs. was put within reach of almost Sorenson remembers, "he seemed everyone by state and federal asto think I was pretty healthy sistance.

USE CAKE AND KNOWLEDGE TO SELECT VEGETARIAN DIET Vegeterian diets — no meat, poultry or fish — have risen in popularity recently. But the major concern in planning a vegetarian diet is to insure: that the protein quality is adequate, according to one nutritionist.

"Getting enough protein is usually not a problem since the average adult requires only about 4656 grams of protein each day," Mrs. Mary Sweeten, food and nutrition specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, said 'this week.

"Although foods of vegetable origin contain some protein, they do not have the variety of the important amino acids that animal proteins do.

"To obtain a good balance of amino acids and to improve the quality of vegetable proteins, animal and vegetable,proteins should be combined," Mrs. Sweeten explained.

She suggested making corn tortillas with cheese, cereal with milk and macaroni with cheese. Also, vegetable protein combinations of beans with corn or rice and peanuts with wheat improve the quality of the proteins.

These do not have to be made in one dish, but should be consumed at the same meal, she continued.

Those interested in planning a vegeterian diet have three kinds to consider, according to this nutritionist.

—Pure, or strict, vegetarian: excludes all foods of animal origin, such as meat, eggs, and dairy products.

This diet severely limits the nutrients found in the meat and milk groups. Vitamin 312 is found only in meat, fish, eggs and dairy products, and the strict vegetarian will miss this important nutrient unless supplements are made, the specialist warns.

She also pointed out that the strict vegeterian diet may be deficient in calcium,riboflavin and iodine.

—Ovo-lacto vegetarian: excludes meat, fish and poultry, but includes eggs and dairy products.

--Lacto - vegetarian: excludes meat, poultry, fish and eggs, but includes dairy nroducts.

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-SPJ ST--MOURNING DOVES RECEIVE

MUCH ATTENTION As the most important game bird in the U.S., the mourning dove has received considerable attention from both hunters and biologists.

Biologists of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Statewide Mourning Dove Project recently have completed a study to update information on the density, dis tribution and movement of mourning doves in the state.

After running survey routes over all of Texas, project leader Fielding Harwell and his staff have found that the wintering dove population in Texas has increased by 46 percent from 1969 to 19(14.

But in a shorter period of time — 1973 to 1974 — the spring breeding population of doves statewide has declined by 11 percent.

This last figure ii significant since Texas hunters are dependent on local nesting doves for a large portion of the annual harvest. Harwell arrived at the 11 percent figure by conducting spring callcounts in May and June just before sunrise in a4 of the 10 major ecological regions of Texas.

According to Harwell's report, the 11 percent decline is only a statewide average. Some areas like the Blackland Prairies of Central Texas actually increased spring production by! 17 percent but the High Plains decreased by 61 percent and the Post Oak Savannah dropped 22 percent.

Texas also is the wintering ground for a substantial portion of the Central U.S.'s mourning dove population. And for this reason, TP&WD biologists monitor the population during the winter months at five-year intervals to obtain long-term information.

Winter surveys were conducted in January and February one hour before sunset.

Harwell's information shows that most of the doves which spend the winter in Texas do so in the South Plains. Here, wintering doves increased a whopping 163 percent from 1966 and accounted for 40 percent of all the birds in the

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As would be expected, some 98 percent of all doves which winter in Texas are in the y outh Zone.

South Zone hunting is scheduled to reopen for a brief season January 4-19, 1975.

Based on long-term decline of doves, as well as the annual decline of 11 percent in the number of breeding birds in Texas, project biologists recommended a conservative 60-way season this year with a bag of 10 birds and possession limit of 20.

—s PJSTTHE LEGACY OF JEFFERSON DAVIS

By Amma Nell Hall (Mrs. A. V.) Ex-Pres. General, DAR Jefferson Davis was the soul of courage when he stood before the United Ste tee Senate and in a controlled voice made his farewell speech after he had exhausted every effort to avoid the act of secession by the Southern States.

Douglas Southall Freeman probably expressed his position best when he said "that it was a righteous defense against political violence of the sacred right of selfgovernment under a constitution that recognized the sovereignty of the States by the specific delegation of limited and enumerated grants of power to a common government."

His devotion to his wife and family was demonstrated in every action that he made to protect them and provide for their comfort and welfare. His devotion to his Maker was unwavering. Strength and guidance were sought daily, and in the final hours of the Confederacy, just before the fall of Richmond, he was found attending church services at St. Paul's, seeking solace in that bitter hour.

His loyalty to the newly formed Confederate States of America was demonstrated when he put aside his personal desires and accepted the highest office at its colnunand and was presented for inauguration with the words of William M. Yancey, who said, "The man and the hour have met." The burden of this office was assumed despite the fact that he truly wished to be a part of the military for which he had been admirably trained. He felt that that was the plat where he could perform most effectively, having proved

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this ability by his brilliant record in the United States Army during the War with Mexico.

His determination to Iced and develop the newly form cd nation never wavered through the four years of gruelling experiences and disappointments. Despite all the criticism and difficult problems, he presented a calm exterior and pushed forward with zeal to accomplish the impossible. Gen. R. E. Lee was asked what he felt regarding President Davis' 'perform ance, and he said: "There may be others who could have dune as well, but I know of none who could have done better."

During the painful and distressing experiences of his capture and unjust incarceration in a prison where the treatment was most severe for one of his delicate physical condition he accepted all this with composure while continuing to try as best he could to be accorded an early trial which was denied him. Actually, he was a vicarious sacrifice for the entire South, suffering physically and mentally for all the people he had been chosen to lead. Despite the feeling of hostility toward him because of the outcome of the war, the entire South was outraged at the treatment he received at the hands of his captors, which included being put in irons. It quickly forgot its resentments and extended an affection not previously shown when he was struggling so mightily to administer the affairs of the new nation.

In his later years, when he was a freeman and limited in physical strength, he was resigned to the circumstances of his life and bent every effort to care for his diminished family and to leave the world a true record of the War Years of 1861-65 as they appeared to him. However, never did he lose the feeling that he had done nothing wrong. In his opinion, he had been guided by the teaching he had received at West Point regarding the supremacy of states rights.

Throughout his entire life, he demonstrated the highest traits of a gentleman, a scholar, a Christian, and a leader, regardless of whether his services were in behalf of the United States of America or the Confederate States of America.

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THE SCIENTISTS TELL ME

By Robert L. Haney, Science Writer The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station "Blended Beef' Gains Wide Acceptance "Blended beer' in the past year or so has become our most popular'form of ground beef.

Most consumers first saw blended beef in their meat counters during 1973, when beef prices were rising. Many grocery retailers started selling a blend of 75 percent ground beef and 25 percent textured vegetable protein (tvp) as a way to lower prices.

The blend usually retailed for about 10 cents per pound less than all-meat hamburger.

Consumer acceptance of this blended beef product was studied by marketing researchers from the Experiment Station. Widespread consumer acceptance could have important implications for both the meat and the vegetable protein industries.

This consideration was what prompted the study accorda ing to Dr. Robert E. Branson and Dr. John P. Nichols, re-! searchers in market develop ment for the Experiment StaH tion.

"The overwhelming initial reason for purchase of blended beef was price, mentioned by 83 percent of the purchasers," Branson says, "Hamburger cost about 10 cents! per pound more and lean! ground beef about 30 to 35 cents per pound more than the blended beef.

"For most purposes, blended beef appears to be an excellent substitute for all-meat

ground beef and hamburger.

Most consumers were either indifferent or expressed a preference for blended beef.

However, some users said that hamburger patties weren't, as flavorful.

"For most basic compari sons consumers didn't notice any difference. One exception is color before cooking; most preferred the color of regular ground beef. On the other hand, blended ground beef was preferred by more buyers with respect to shrinkage, fatty taste, food value and overall satisfaction."

About 75 percent of all first-time users said they planned to buy blended beef again, 16 percent did not and 9 percent were undecided.

But with those who had bought it twice, about 91 percent planned to buy it again.

Of those who had bought it three or more times, about 99 percent planned to buy it again."

After introduction, blended beef rapidly gained 20 to 30 percent of the total ground beef market in stores where it was available and gradually increased its market share to 30 to 35 percent within 12 weeks. The market share obtained by blended beef made it the largest selling type of ground beef in stores where it was available.

This occurred even though store traffic remained virtually unchanged.

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Though first "discovered" The final product has about by many consumers in 1973, 18 percent protein and 23 textured vegetable protein has percent fat. been used for several years Branson says during Sepas a meat extender. The tember 1974, a check was food service industry pioneer- made with a major national ed use of (tvp) and it's widely food chain that markets its used by restaurants and other brand of ground beef with a institutions. vegetable protein mixture of Because it costs substan- 25 percent. Sales continue to tially less than natural meats, represent a minimum of 30 users can cut costs with little percent of all ground beef or no apparent reduction in sales, which includes regular the quality of their finished ground beef, ground round products as long as it's used and other types. at recommended levels. The Retail beef prices have conuse of textured vegetable pro- tinued substantially above levtein as a meat extender gained els of recent years. Thereconsiderable impetus in 1971 fore, this new product has a when USDA's Food and Nu- price appeal as well as a trition Service approved its quality appeal to consumers. use at levels up to 30 percent They continue to find it satisin their School Lunch Pro- factory in taste. It has less gram. .shrinkage when cooked as As noted earlier, most hamburger patties, and seems blended beef sold through less greasy when used for retail stores consists of 75 meat loaf.

Somewhat different propercent fresh ground beef (which contains 30 percent cessing procedures are recomfat) and 25 percent hydrated mended compared with pro(moisture added) textured cessing of all beef ground vegetable protein. Some meat. Not all food retailers firms add a small quantity of use the same processing methmild seasoning; others do not . ods. Manufacturers of texThe textured vegetable tured vegetable protein are protein (tvp) is received in improving their products. As a dry, granular form. Water manufacturers and retailers is added at the rate of two gain wider experience with parts water to one part tvp textured vegetable protein, by weight. The dry tvp consumers will find greater contains between 50 and 60 availability of blended beef percent protein so the hydrat- among retail food stores in ed tvp is about 17 to 18 per- their area. cent protein. That's about the same as regular hamburger.

Editor's Note -- Any quesAfter hydration, the tvp dons regarding this coluinn closely resembles ground beef should be addressed to in texture; it is then blended Science Writer, Dept. of with the beef by thorough Agricultural Communications, mixing and grinding to dis- Texas A & M University, tribute the beef color and College Station, Texas 77843. flavors throughout the mix.

THE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, J. E. Miller, Director, Tne Texas A&M University System, College Station. Texas

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MESSAGE FROM THE ECTOR . Td All Law EnforcernzA Officials THE CONTINUED SERIOUS RISE 111 nationwide crime is a grave concern to all law enforcement officers. Our concern, I am sure, is widely shared.

To the law-abiding citizen, the specter of expanding lawlessness cannot help but provoke an, guish—and for good reason. It is his tax dollars that have financed the war on crime, and it is his safety, possessions, and community that are mainly threatened by lawlessness.

There are few qualities in life that are more sought after than that which is denied by pervasive criminality: the freedom from fear. Still, the control of crime in a democratic society rightly demands that it be done without infringe ment on constitutionally protected rights and due process under the law for those charged with crime. Striking this balance between order and freedom is no mean achievement. The balance tips from time to time, to either side, and efforts have to be made to bring the scale back on center. That scale is presently out of kilter, particularly in regard to-bail and sentencing considerations accorded seasoned criminals. This imbalance is substantially contributing to the growth of crime.

To combat crime effectively requires at the outset a realistic examination. One reality of crime is that repeat offenders are at the core of the problem. Studies of criminal histories re1/eat convincing evidence that as much as twothirds of all offenses are committed by re cidivists—persons who have been arrested for and convicted of crimes previously. Under current- bail procedures, these experienced and often hardened criminals are frequently given the same consideration as first-time offenders.

In practice, this means that a high-risk offender can be bonded and released a number of times while awaiting trial. This results, quite predictably, in many of these offenders committing additional crimes to enrich the resources which they will use either to defend themselves in court or—quite probably—to flee altogether from its attempts to provide them due process

)efore the law. To make matters worse, criminal repeaters charged with crimes of violence are frequently permitted hail as quickly as youthful and novice offenders accused of petty larceny.

The realities of crime also command us to deplore the widespread tendency to pronounce concurrent sentences on offenders convicted of multiple offenSes. In short, this is bargain basement justice—two, three, or more for the price of one! It significantly reduces the risk of committing crime, encourages a careerist dedication to criminal pursuits, obscures the image of stern accountability to be expected from the law, and disillusions the taxpayer, who supports an expensive criminal justice system with the earnest hope that it will justly punish offenders commensurate with the extent of their crimes.

Realistic assessments of criminality will, I am confident, stem the growth of crime. But it will take courage to support these concepts in the face of criticism from apologists of much criminal behavior. The same type of courage is needed as that displayed by the 858 law enforcement officers murdered in the past 10 years while upholding the law. It is no coincidence that 77 percent of the felons who took the lives of these valiant officers had been arrested previously on a criminal charge and that 59 percent of them had been convicted.

Experience teaches us--as it surely does the criminally inclined—that opportunities in all walks of life are to be seized when the rewards are great and the risks are small. Criminal opportunities in a free society will always be considerable and so should be the penalties for exploiting them.

CLARENCE M. KELLEY

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ODDIL DOPISOVATELO— OZNAMEN! ViROCNi SCHUZE Odbodka dislo 30 Slovanskeho Vzajemneho Pojiet'ujiciho Spolku Proti Ohm a Bouti (SUPS) v Corpus Christi, Tx. bude konat svoji pravidelnou schuzi dne 7. prosince 1974 v 5:30 hodin veeer v Sokolovfnednfei a vybory podavaji svoje zpravy, tak se laskave dostavte je vyslechnout. Zaroveia budou volby fttednikii, sjezdovYch zastupca a vYborii. Sjezd bude zahajen dne 23. srpna 1974 ye Ft. Worth, Tx. Nechejte se videt aspori jednou za rok a zvolte si Afedniky, zastupce (delegaty) do pfirStiho sjezdu a take vYbory: ucetni a stanoinn. Po schfizi bude spoledna vedete.

Dne 23. listopadu se zde potadala vYukova schfize (seminar) pro fitedniky tohoto spolku a okolnich spolk u (oclbodek), pod vedenim hlavniho pfedsedy Viadimira G. Bily z Houston, Tx. a hlavniho tajem Mica Franka J. Hanky z Rosenberg, Tx. Veichni ptitomni men ptilezitost se poudit ye vedeni spolkovYch zaletitosti. Bylo nas tam 18.

Nejvzdalenejei dva Atedrfici byli z Bay City. panove Kristnik a Pou pek. Musim jeete znovu oznamit, tad eislo 79 SPJST bude konat svoji vYroeni schiizi 8. prosince 1974, kde take budou podevany zpravy fitednikil a vYboril a budou volby fitednikft a vYborfi pro rok 1975. Clenove jsou tadani, aby se dostavili a zvolili fitedniky a vyboty die sveho pfani Po schazi bude

Jan Mike ChanovskSr, Praha.

bylo vtdycky.

V pozdnim veeeru

Po projednani betnYch zaletitostl, schvaleni zpravy finaneni tajem nice a zapisu tajemnika z ptede a. le schfize ptedseda oznamil, eze ptikrodime k volb y Atednikft pro ptieti rok. K tomu dodal, ie jit' zastava triad ptedsedy dlouhou dobu a te by rad, kdyby se ujal vede ni tadu nekdo jiny, mladei. Podob•• ne vyslovil se i tajemnik taclu, br.

Emil Matula. s odiivodnenim, te v clasledkft zvYeene einnosti ye svem zamestnani nedostava se mu tolik dasu pro vytizovani veci faclovych.

Bylo nekolik nominaci, nikdo yeak z rfiznych davodu nominaci nepti jal a tak na konec veichni landMei byli znovuzvoleni. kaki* zvadet` a to: James I. Kostelnik — ptedseda Marie Blanatova — mistoptedseda Emil E. Matula tajemnik Viola Mazadova fin. tajemnik Alfred Kalmus — praporeenik Jejich ochota a dobra y ule zastavat nadale veechnu praci a venovat se vedeni naeeho tadu jako dosud, byla veemi eleny naletite cenena a jejich znovuzvoleni pfljato potleskem. Veem fifednikilm uptimn6, pfejeme mnoho zdaru v jejich praci, kterou vykonavali oosud velmi svedomite a poctive. veichni jsme si vedomi jejich snaby a jest povinnosti veech elenA nakho tadu, abychom je ve veem co pro fad konall, pine podporovali a jejich maci co nejvce usnadniK tomu chci dodat, de hlavni povinnosti veech elenn jest navAtevovati tadove schtze v poetu co

Je pozdni veeer, pinSi sneni, je pozdni doba veeerni.

Priroda se zvolna v have meni, mne zfistava jen suit hvezd vernS>.

Je pozdni veeer, v gude tieho, me myglenky se tisni a vanek na mne teply djicha, — kolem mne v g ude kvete vies.

vanodni nadilka Na shledanou Rohn Staea EAD SAN ANTONIO, CiSLO 133 sestry a bratti: VYrodini schaze na geho tadu, ktera se konala v nedeli 17. listopadu, se vydatila velmi pekne. Veichni Utednici byli ptitomni a elenove ta, du se seen v hojnem poetu. Med-• seda tadu, bratr James I. Kostelmk, zahajil schnzi ptivitanim ptitomnYch a s poteeenim se vyslovil nad tak peknou neasti. Nalada byla velmi ptatelska, kaddY nasiouchal velmi pozorne.

Meli jsme °pet nektere navetev niky a to pana George Schultze, iehot mantelka jest, dlouholetou dienkou naeeho tadu, pani Francis Koneenou, pana Fajkuse, mantele Rudolf Prochezka a pani Jessie Joseph.

K radosti nas yeech vzali jsme na na nemocnych toho 'dam nebyl nikdo een. Ptah h ychom si, aby tomu tak

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nejvettim, aby jednani bylo snadnejai a akednikilm se pracovalo yeseleji. losovani dverni ceny, 1. cenu obdriela sestra Martha Harbirt, 2. cenu sestra Birdie Ray. Vtern, kdoa se narodili v listopadu, zazpivali jsme piseri "Hap py Birthday" a pa.k podarovali zylatt` pkipravenYm vYbornYm dortem.

Sestra Viola Mazadova oznamila, ae jeji rodide, mantele Adolf MiCulkovi, dlenove nateho radu se nemohli do sehtze dostavit, aekoliv by radi pkitli. Zaroveri dodala, ge v tomto mesiei se oba vaji vzacneho jubilea, 661eteho spo 1Viangele Midulkovi zudastnili se se/raze VII. okrsku SPJST, v nedeli dne 3. listopadu, coZ k memu politovani nebylo v poslednim dopise uvedeno. PeveckY sbor a pak i sestra Paulina Mieulkova, manaelka jmenovaneho, jeji deery — Viola Mazadova a Agnes Reinhardova, ja,kaa i bratr Frank Mazad, zapenirn pisnieky "U studanky sedela" prispeli ke spoleene oslave.,Mantelim.

MieulkovYm prejeme, aby pri dob rem zdravi, du gevni sveaesti a 51le, male se teaili ze spoleeneno givota a dodkali se oslavy svatby diamantove.

Sestry a bratti, zaroveri Vas chci upozornit, ae pristi schtize nateho radu se bude konat v nedeli 15. prosince. Jak vtichni vita, bude to posledni nage schrize v tomto roce a jak bylo oznameno, zabavni.vybor ptipravi pro nas neco mimorad neho. Bude to schilze spojena s vianoeni naladou, odekavame, ge bude navativena velmi podeine.

Bude pripravena tea nadilka pro de ti, jako bylo v letech drIveja:ch, proto prived`te, pros-Ina Vage abychom videll ty nejmladtt dleny, aby se pote gily a pobavily a my s nimi. Jak je o Vanocich zvykem, gadame nage sestry, aby prispely nejakYrn. pedivem k obohaceni spoledne tabula. Prtedem srcleene dekujeme.

Cas pokroeil, nadchazi posisdni mesce v roce. /vInohe se zmerdlo a rychle stale mena Cala prhoda pomain odumird a pripravuje se ke svemu zaslortaenernu spanku, aby nabrala potrebnYch sil a vyeka blahe nadeji sveho noveho vzkrigeni.

Take se kvapem priblially syktky vanoenr. Ponaivam tel.° pr cleMost a *dem sestrim i bratrim

nateho ka,du, jako i vtem dentin nag mile Jednoty, preji, aby v rodinnem kruhu, v kruhu syYch milych a drahYch prozili tyto svatky v pine radosti a aby novy rok 1975 pkines1 vgem dobre stale zdravi, spokojenost a radost ze givota.

Se sesterskYrn pozdravem Ruble Holly --SPJST-

SLOVANSKA L1PA CiSLO 66, WACO Nati listopadovou schtizi zandjil naa predseda bratr Emil HanuS za, pkitomnosti nee° pkes 70 elenti ye 2:35 hodin odpoledne. Slib vernosti jsme odkikali za vcdeni sester Pam Pavelka, Patty Stanislav a bratra Steven Stanislav, jakoi 1 tadova hesla.

Byl dten protokol z minute schtize a pkijat, jak byl napsan; dale byly eteny dopisy, al/le:ate dopis od radu Academy eislo 177, v kterein aadali, abychom navttivili jejich de dikaci nova sine 15. prosincc, cog

by Mel kagdY e'en udinit nebot` ma ji kthsnou sin a budou mit pekny program. 1:Tety jsme nemcli 'tad ne.

Pak pritly zprkvy vYboril a br.

Silas Smith, pkedseda dozorelho vY boru podekoval vaem, kteri piitli yydistit nate nadvoki a pak po gadal tajemnici vYboru, sestru Darlene Engelke, aby predetla protokol posledni schfize, ktery byl zajimavY a dobre provedenY. Za zabavni vybor podala zpravu sestra Jeanette Smith, to bucleme okraglovat nazi sin na Vanoce dne 13. prosince, tak kdo trakte, prijdete pomoci. Nati vanodni veselici budeme odbYvat 15. prosince, pak 21. prosince budeme mit zvlattni tanec zdarma pro eleny a budou hrat "Blue Vest Polka Boys", tak se mate na nem teasit. Na Silvestra bude hrat "Harold Strand" a vstup ne bude jen $2.50, take muse jit kaki* elan a uvitat NovY rok a doufejme, ae bude k nam lapse. Za mladeg podala zpravu sestra, Libby Parma, ktera podekovala za donesene kogile a plachty, dale zadala, aby do prigti schrize kaaclY Men pfines1 alespori jednu plechov ku nejakYch potravin k nadlce chudYrn a nemocnYm. Osobne vets prosim, prineste co mete je to na dobrY noel. Za nemocenskY vybor podala zpravu sestra Agnes Mazanec. Nemame 'tadrie nemocne, ale dozvedeli jsme se, ge bratr Earnest Hall se naleza v Hillcrest RAD

y e sttedu 4. prOsince 19/4 nemocnici na operaci a snad se ui pornalu uzdravuje a ptejeme mu uzdraveni co nejdkive.

Pkijati novi dlenove: Arthur A. Marak: Arthur C. Langlotz, Jr.; Raymond Joe 8ulak; Joe C. Sulak; Elsie Marie gulak; Shawn Marie Caldwell; Terry Glenn Adair a Robert C. KaSik. Dale k nam pkistoupill od radu 158, David F. Kofnovec, Linda F. Kofnovec, Norma Lee Kof novec, Robert G. Kofnovec, Donna A. Kofnovec, Gvendolyne Kofnovec, Georgia Ann Kofnovec a Cynthia K. Kofnovec, Richard: E a Elizabeth Ann Bauer od radu 54; Od nas k radu 54 prestoupili Leona PustejovskY, Edvin G., Elaine M., Joe C., Robert a Willie Mae 8ulak Doufam, ze se natim novYm dlentim bude u nas libit ate )budou nayttevovat nate scntize.

Nayttevniky jsme melt od tacit' 54: bratr a sestra Edmund Mare% s dcerutkou Melisa a od radu 35, br. a sestra Vernon Wood. Doufkire, ae se jim u nas lihilo a ae pkijdou zase. Navatevniei jsou \Tidy vitani.

Narozeniny v listopadu melt bki.

Frank Parma, James Wright, Daniel Nors, Geo TrefnY, Frank Nors, Geo Pauling a sestry Marie Simeik, Juliene Hensel, Patricia Stanislav, Donna Stanisla y. Zazpivali jsme jim "Happy Birthday". Dvetni cenu vyhral Josef Jalka.

Pak ptiAla volba fitednikft a br.

James Pavlidek podal navrh, aby vtichni ntedinci byli zvoleni aklamaene na priati rok. Navrh s velkou podporovan a pro Sel non. Na dozorei vybor byli nominoIrani Frank Parma, Frank Miller, George Trefny, James Pa ylieek, RO bert Pavelka a ses. Bonnie Pruitt.

Zvoleni byli Frank Parma, Frank Miller, James Paviidek, George TrefnY a Robert Pavelka. Shari bor byl take zvolen aklamadne. Na zabavni 'vybor byly nominovane sestry Annie Hanut, Jeanette Smith Libby Parma, Marie Janeeka, Sophie Letikar, Helen Shelton, Bonnie Pruitt, Georgie PavUek, Leona Nors a take byly zvoleny aklainadne.

Bratr Emil Hanna podekoval brat rfun Vernon Woods, Edm lmd Karek a sestte Edmund Marek za spoectdni volebnich Mtn. Sestra Libby Parma, ted,itelka Vitt pomocnici, cot7i. bylo schvaleno. JeliketI nebylo dalgiho jednani, schfize byla ukone"ena.

ye streciu 4. prosince 1874 Po schuzi jsme zpivali a ;lc/name, 2e se to take uskuteeni, abyehom obnoviIi ná a peveckY Klub a kdo rad zpiva, dostavte se do ptia ti schuze, ktera se bude konat 15. prosince ye 2 . 30 odpoledne.

S bratrskYrn pozdravem Otto Hanue —SPJ STCESKOSLOVENSKE STATNi HYMNY VE VYROCNIM ROCE 1974

Letos tomu bude 140 let, co poprye zaznela inset/ ''Kde domov muj" kterou 21. prosince 1834 zpival ye Stavoyskem divadle pevec Karel SorakatY pri ptedstaveni "Fidlovae v roll slepeho houslisty Maree, ye scene zobrazujici staroprazskou slavnost v nuselskem Slova Leto pisne, je2 1a ze srdce a k srdci, napsal Josef Kajetan. Tyl jako kurkr pra2skeho pesiho pluku v Kancelati kasaren na dnesnim riresti Republiky v Praze. Pro ne osudu a nepochopeni, Josef Kajetan Tyl yetainou pusobil jako ochotnickY herec na scenach divadel mimo Prahu, namisto pineho venovani se psani dalaich divadelnich her. Posledni leta 2ivota stravii u Zolnerovy divadelni spolecnosti v Plzni, kde i zemtel. Jeho po hteb v rote 1856se staff vlasteneckou manifestaci kulturniho i polltickeho ivota. Pohteb orgamzoval tehdy ptedni kulturni einitel a plzeilskY vlastenee J.F. Smetana, bra tranec naaeho hudebniho yell! ana Bf'diicha Smetany, kterY tu studoval na gymnasiu.

K pochopeni tehdejal, situace u nas v prve polovine minuleho stole ti je nutne tici, e kodovni divadel ni spoleenosti, neboli zajezdni divadla te doby. hravaly vetainou ne inecky, obvykle v hostincich. Pr yiii vlasteneeke divadlo, jeb.o2 herd hovotili oesky, prosadila ZOlnerova spoleenost ktera sehrala pak v race 1861 padesat eeskYch predstaveni 0 rok pozdeji to bylo 62 vystoupeni. K ucteni pamatky Josera Kajetana Tyla na plzenske jeviAte byly uvedeny jeho vlastenecke hry: "Pan; Marjanka, matka pluku", "Palteova dcera". ''StrakonickY du dak", "Jif.kovo videni" a `Pra2s';S, lamendr".

Vite, e autorem hudby pisrie "Kde domov mtij" je FraoMek kroup, jen 2 napsal prvni eeskou open/ "Dratenik"? eteme dries ji jako zvest z praclavn'Ych easü co o vzniku prvn;

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eeske opery napsal v prosincl 1825 jej e t is ta Josef Krasoslav ChmelenskY; " Basnictvi drama tickeho pole v premile vlasti naai a2 do roku 1785 skrovne vzdelane byval, od toho easu se nejen mnci2 stvuiu piceloienYch her divactelniclk z vaelikYch cizYch jazyku oselo, ale i take rolAienYini ptorodnirni zdatilYmi veselo-, eino- a trachtohrarni obohatilo; toliko o eeskou zpevotau, pro nit se zvuena nak tee tak velice hodi, 2e i vlaaskou k souboji vyzvati mu2e, elrahnV eas nek3bano. Od roku 1823 vaak mnohe vlaaske, francouzske a nemeck; opery hudebne pteloleny a na kralovskein Stavo yskem divadle prakkem u eetnern plesajiciho lidu shroma2deni vYborne provozovany nyly; za ëeé milovnici Oeskeho zpevu tediteii, zpeyclim a zpe ykynim vlasti a jazyka matetskieho milo ynYm vrou ri rozciavali diky, z viterstvi, ktereho naae mila tee lahodnosti a libozvuenosti nad jine dosahla., plesa jice. Jenom pUvodni zpevohry tou2ebne 2adane nebylo bohirkl niZadne, ani2 se eaka k do yrkni teto 2adosti ukazova.la... V Fpoleenosti nekolika ctnYcla vlastenct/ z poeat ku letoSniho roku stejnY jsem slykl stesk, bych nejakou ptivodni znevohru s1oi1. Ptivolil jsem napolo, 0, bych Si jenom latku potfebnou z nak historie ifyhledal — I me dlouho hiedati, pravil pan Skroup, jinoch o Oeskou operu velmi zaslouklY, já yam sam latku darn. Slo2te zpevohru pod nazve Dratenlc a ji se ji uvoluji v hudbu uvesti Slovo s to! Zvolal jsem trochu neptedlo2ene; nevak obt:Znosti utvotiti celY kus ze slova jedineho, neptemysle, 2e jsem operu psati A Lle! Vzniklo pfesto dilko tak sve2i, e i pc, sto etyticeti letech pouta jak svm obrozeneckYrn ovzciu .g im, ktere z neho vane jako jam: rlecb, tak svymi mibmi melod!emi, ja.ko je tteba pseñ dra.tenika: "Ako tam v hajleku, takovii sam mal 7:ranielcu" V roce 1835 Josef Krasloslav Chmelensk-jr se te2 zaslou2i1 o pr y -nipse"Kd omvnilj?"

(1(lavirni vYtah partituryl v pr yMin jeho roen;ku pisfloveho sborn;ku "Vence ze zpévü vlas i-eneckch, cavity a obetovanY dcylolm inrteneekSrm." Vrat`rne se vaak ku sktodateli 1-oldby naM nejdraNi" pisne. Fran s kroun byl tficet let kapelnitikk S

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kern Stavo y skeho (tenkrate nemee keho) divadla v Praze. Skroup bylvynikajici umelec co 2 putvizuje Ambrozuv hudebni slovnik, kde je psano, 2e "Skroup byl jako kapel-; nik hvezdou prveho lad U." Ae tento umelec püsobil v nerneckem Star vo yskem divadle, byl uptimuy a obetavY vlastenec, ponevacI piosadil, aby se alespori nekdy v nedelit odpoledne tam hralo eesky. Tim si Yaak velice uakodil a nakonec se, stalo, ie byl po 301ete zaslu2ne praci dan do dUchodu s pens' , ktera nestaella u2ivit osmielennou rodi, nu. Protok moinosti vYclelku v jeho povolani v Praze nebyly, ptijal dobie placene a i po urneiecke :-,trance hodnotne misto kapelnika N Rotterdamu v Holandsku. Vlh, Ice a drsne podnebi, nez-vykly sob 2ivota (se Skroupem byl v Holandsku pouze syn Alfred) a Caste jizdy do Utrechtu a Amsterodamu k opernim piedstavenim s navratem koearem tuta noc; \tee to nukonee zpbsobilo te2ke onemoeneni a vzdani se Cinnosti v divadle ze zdravotnich düvodü. Je jiste, Ce na neho i zhoubne v torn te2kern one mOcneni pusobila touha po vlasti a rodine, nebot' kratce pied su-krti napsal Karlu Strakatemu, neza.po-, menutelnemu zpevaku, kterY poprye zpival "Kde domov mar, 2e se me v Rotterdamu dobte, ale piece jen "zeme deska domov flair Fran tfaek Skroup zerntel 7. Unora 1862 a jeho hrob v Holandsku zdobi des ka s napisem: "V dobe, kdy narod C'echfi ye vlastni zemi v norueenstvi a Atisku cizincf/ El, sam chud mezi chud$7mi zde pohtben a odpoeiva Frantikk Skroup, hut-lob/A skladatel narozen 7. eervna 1801, zemtel 7. anora 1862 " Kde domov mtlj, kde domov mi1j9 voda hue; pa lueinach bory §uml po skalinach, vsade skvi se jara ,kvet, zemskY raj to na pohled!

A to je ta krasna zeme, zeme Ceske, — domov muj, domov milj! zeme Ceske.

Kde domov muj?

V kraji zna.§- ii bohumilem, clue Atlé v tele eilem, mysl jasnou, znik a zdar, a tu silu vzdoru zmar: To je eechil slavne plerne, meziCechy domov meatCechy domov mf/j!

Pisen "Kde domov mnj" hned nti nrvnim orovedeni "Fidinvaay.'

24 nadchla cele bledi gte a byla boutliye aklarnovana. Tato libezna a dojemna piseri, hlasajici my glenku las ky k viasti — krasne Ceske semi — pronikla zahy do eeskS7ch vlasteneckych rodin a pinila to, co Tyl zamYSlel: narodnebuditelske posla ni a narodni sebevedomi. Vklyt na met druhe sloky hovoti o moenem narode, o sile vzdoru a jasne mysii narodniho iisili. V dobe rakouskeho absolutismu ji uiady zakazovaly a ty, kteki tuto pisen zpivaly, zaVkaly, ponevadZ pit se jednalo o piseri bukieskou. To bezpravi vga,k jen pkispiValo k dal gimu rozma,chu teto pisne, jeZ v dobach velkeho narodniho obrozeni po roce 1860 znarodnela a nad gene se zpivala pki kaiz- de vkznamnej gf pkilaitosti ne pouze jako krasna, pisen ale u2 jako obecrie mama eeska, narodni hymna. Lid nagich zemi, tech, Moravy a Slerska. si ji sam na hymnu povSigil a tak jako rostlo probuzeni lidu a jeho odhodlani pro °pra y -dovustanimots,akrot lo i slavnostni a oficielni postavenf pisne "Kde domov mud?" Proto rov neZ jiz tehdy pied I. svetovou valkou bylo pravdou, co napsala pozdeji v roce 1931 vnueta Frantigka kroupa do pamatiatu v jeho rodig ti v Osicich pti oslavach stoleteho vkroe; teto pisne: "V cizine zemtel Franti gek S. kroup, ye vlasti Zije pis• ni svou."

Nad Tatrou sa blSiska, hromy divo bika: Zastavme sa, bratia, ved` sa ony stratia, Slovaci °MIL To Slovensko nage dosial tvrdo spalo; ale blesky hromu vzbuzujfi ho k tomu, aby sa prebralo.

Egte jedle rastfi na krivanskej strane: Kto jak Slovak cit y, nech sa gable chytf a medzi nes stane.

112 Slovensko vstava, puta si strhava; hoj, rodino mild! Hodina odbila, Zije matka Slava!

Druha Cast hymny nagi slovenska hymna "Nad Tatrou sa blSzska." nerna vlastne svilj vlastn; napev. Jeji meledie je pfivodni dova Wseti "U stuclanky, napajela nava." Novk text napsal v roce 1844

VESTNIX (pied 130 lety) znarrik spisovatel a vlastenec Stfirovy generace, Janko Matfigka. KdA Ludevit 8tUr byl zbaven profesury uherskou (mad'ar skou) vladou pro svou vlasieneckou Cinnost, Matilaka, jeit byl jeden ze studentt, kteti protestne z Bratislavy na jine gkoly, slo Zil tuto plamennou piseh. Stejne jako "Kde domov milj" i tato nova piseri rychle pronikala mezi slovenskk lid a stala se pisni odhodlani, vzdoru a boje za svobodu.

Slovensko vic jak 1000 let trpelo pod uherskgim jhem na rozdil od Moravy a aech, je2 byly v podrutemet tki sta let.

Ci Pisne "Kde domov nitj" i `Nad Tatrou sa bbiske, byly zpivany vlastenci, kd3t' pfechazeli bitovni linie v I. .svetove valce, aby mobil bojovat otevtene ye svern vlastnim vojsku proti odvekemu nepiiteli — germanismu a kurnanismu. 0-36 byly vrcholnkmi pisnemk hrdinmich Csl. legii a tak nevi divu, se staly vladnim rozhodnutim v prosinci 1918 statni hymnou nove zrozene 6eskoslovenske republiky.

Stejne jako narocl doma v Oechach a na Morave pisni "Kde do mov mitj," na Slovensku 1..“s n `'Nad Tatrou sa blSska" zvygoval sve narodni sebevedomi, tak i vy,stehovalci minuleho stoleti. i pozdoby, do Ameriky nebo jinam, si velmi vaZili techto pisn1, jeZ jim byly jak vyznanim lasky k rodne krasne zemi v srdci Evropy, tak i zagtitou a posilou v tyrd,)ich zadatcfch v claim prosttedf.

Jelik(t velka, vagina nagi krajanske vetve zde v Texasu je pf(vodem z Moravy, je2 spolu s echami tvotila jadro zemi Ceske Koruny ,ktera, od roku 1526 ptipacila ra kouskSim Habsburk0m, proto to by la pisen narodniho obrozeni a nezigtneho vlastenectvi "Kde domov mfij", je2 byla zpiva,na pki vS7rodn;ch oslavach pametnkch dn0 nageho naroda. a pozdej gi jeho samostatnosti.

Rok 1526 byl tragiclOm meznikern v nagich dejinach ponevadf v onen rok dosedl "nasledkem dedictvi" Ferdinand Habsburslqi na eeskk trim, kdyZ mladistv* Didvik JagellonskSr, kral eesk)er, polsl:' a 1.11iersk, negt`astne zahynul utopenim na fiteku ze ztracene bitvy s Turky 29. srpna 1526 u MohaeT (Mo hacs) v blizsliSrch baZina"ch. MohaC je na pravem btehu Dunaje, liho-

e sttedu 4. ptosince 1974 vS/chodne od mesta Pecs v Mad'arsku blizko jugoslay s4ch hra nic. — Ceske nebo csl. dny mely zde v Texasu tehdy opravdu vlasteneckSr raz, ponevad2 tehdej gi pokadatele, at' u2 to bylo pkedstavenstvo krajanskYch organizaci nebo vedouci odboeek, se neptali, co mite udelat jejich narodni pilvod pro ne, ale za jimali se, co mohou udinit pro svou krev a pro udegeni i zvelebeni krajanskyh hnuti.

Slavna historie zeme na gich pied kfi za motem a price nagich vej gich pokoleni zde v Texasu na nagem narodnim poli nas vSecAny zavazuje v teto praci nezi g tne pokr adovat.

NenifiZe a nesmi bkt nikdy vykazen alespori kratkY projev v aeStine ( a p •ipadne i v anglietine` na namet eeskoslovenske samostatnosti, ptIpadne narodniho obrozeni mi nuleho stoleti. neb nagi bohate his toile anebo nacl geneho vla.stenect. vi cele tady na gich vys.tehovalcil, emigranta v rfankch eastech Ameriky. Projevy nebudou "na stejne kopyto" budou-li teenici vybrani ze schopnkch lidi, kteki zde mezi narni tiiji.

Stejne tak nemfiZe a nesmi platit vYmluva, tie jinonarodovci V nagich tadach u na gieh organizaci by nic z oslav Ceskeho dne jelikot.>"_; Cesky neurni:; i kdyti nenf tteba se drZeti pkIslovi "Kdo chce s vlky (Zit, musi s nisi vYti"; neeeske Zivly v na gich tadach si bu dou muset zvyknout aspoil jednou za rok v den eeskSrch oslav na to mak), co z ee gtiny slygi, mail-li. nejakou fictu k organizacim k nimZ nyrif tea naleli a k odkazu nagich vzacnS7ch ptedkfl, ktekf tyto organizace tvrdou praci Jan J. Karas

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A pak ze kus poezije nikobo nezabije

Ve stiedu 4. p o ince 1974

Uhne se ii'esky Let Us Study Czech Lekce jedenatticata — Lesson 31 SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION In today's lesson, we are repeating part of a previous lesson, relating to correct Czech spelling and punctuation. The items touched on concern some of the most oftenmade mistakes by some of our Czech correspondeWs. Therefore, we feel it bears repeating.

Zde opakujeme lekce z minnleho eisla tjrkajici se deleni vet a pravopisu. TSTIta se to chyb, !dere se nejeasteji delaji eeskjimi dopisovateli. Proto, vetime, te to stoji za opakovani.

Use of capital letters: There is a difference in the usage of capital letters in Czech and English.

Ex.: Veera byla stieda 14. eervence 1968.

Yesterday was Wednesday, July 14, 1968.

Consequently, days of the week and month are NOT 'capitalized.

NOTE ALSO THAT A SIMPLE PERIOD IS USED AFTER THE DATE. Proper nouns, that is, names of person, places, things, nations, etc. (but not religious bodies or organizations), titles of books, films, etc. take capitals. Ex.: Karel Dvotak. Wilsonovo natirati, Dunaj, Anglican, Cechy. Smetanova opera "Prodana nevesta" etc„ and Nage ihrsko-katolicka • cirkev, Velika slo yansita podporujici jedno ta.

Capitals are not used for emphasis or for news headlines in

Czech. On the whole, the use of capital letters is rather restricted in Czech.

Here are other important points in spelling: Pronouns and possessive adjectives of the POLITE — FORMAL usage are capitalized, as are those of the FAMILIAR — INFORMAL usage: Vy, Varn, Va g ; Ty, Tviij, Tobe. The latter are ALWAYS in caps; the polite form is capitalized only when referring to one person. If you are referring to a group (plural), then the pronoons are not capitalized.

A common error made by many Czechs in this area is that when they use the formal Vy, Vas, Van), they use a PLURAL verb, although they are addressing only one person. WRONG: Vy (1 person) jste yeera jell do niesta. RIGHT: Vy jste yeera jel do mesta. Do not use a plural verb unless you are speak ing to more than one person.

The pronoun JA is not capitalized; neither do we capitalize adjectives and adverbs indicating nationality. (This is done in English). Ex.: Main eeskou tenu. — (I have a Czech wife). Mluvime eesky. (We speak Czech).

Punctuation marks are the same in Czech as in English. (See also Lesson No. 5): pomleka (—) teeka (.) otaznik (?) earka (,) vyktienik (!) stiednik (;) uvozovky (" ") dvojteeka (:) zavorky ( ) rozdelovaci znamenko (-) One big difference in English and Czech punctuation has to do with the use of commas.

Commas are used before and after a relative clause: Ztratil jsem knihu, kterou mi dal.

— before and after a noun clause: Je dobie, ie tome' rozumig.

— before and after an adjective clause: V gechen cukr, vgechna — before and after an adverbial clause: Jakmile me uvidel, gel pry& Finally, quotation marks are always preceded by a colon. Ex.:Otec i;ekl synovi: "Pracuj a ue se!" (In Czech, the first quotation 'narks are on the line, not inverted, and ARE inverted at the end of the quotation. Our machines here do not print the double inverted quotation marks. The trend here in the USA is to use the standard English quotation marks — " ")

KROURATE? iofie Kraskova Mame bajednY cas ptesne podie meteorologickYlch ptedpovedi: ye sttedu bude hezky, ye etvrtek slu neeno a sucho. Tot ye stiedu to bydoopravdy hezky, kaidY na sve — rano bylo pod mraky, potom preelo, svitilo shmieko a zase Lilo jako z konve. Ve etvrtek to slunieko sice sviti nekde daleko, s tim suchem se trochu zmejlili, ale nedelejte si z toho nic, toho sucha jsme se at ball. Na podzim neprgelo nebylo elm svitat, v zirae nebylo sneha a co mam ` povidat dal, dies name po starosti, co bude z firody. Tot vlahy mame do§t, pial si nekdo sucho nebo rte.

To me dneeni slovieko vflbec neplati m.eteorologum, prave naopak, oni fines maji bYt pochvaleni kdyt jim t oneklape, oni nebrudi. Vite, nekdo je takova ukriourana natura a at' se deje co se 'cleje, potad heka. Kdyt pre', ma bolesti tam a onde, kdyd sviti slunieko, tak nesnese horko, kdyt vitr fouka, tak je prilyan, kdyt nefouka, tak je to k nesneseni. Tak si vyberte, kdy je takovY Clo y& k snesent?

Bohutel si malokdo uvedomuje, te je kriourani atasne infekeni nemoe. Jen co ho chytne a zaene tieba colada Lena natikat, te ma dries runt prate, te jiz toho boll hlava, '8e, to nevydrti. Sainoziejme, to kolem ni nekdo nedela, co by mel (eat (tak se ona na to diva). Tim dosahne toho, to veechny kolem seeb zelektrisuje — to je prvni kratkY spoj. Potom jiskra pall nasledujici a domaci 'koncert" tadne s ptidanim hlubokYch tons base. 0 muti se netika, te khoura, on jenom bruei. 0 detech se tika. vtiskaji. Z teto hudebni nalady blazince katclY utika na sve 2eny se unyle leei cigaretou a kavou, jsou nanic k praci a muti — jo, to by se to povidalo, kdyby na praci nebyly normy, a knourani a brueeni se skuteene musi odlotit jako kabat.

Tak a ud jsme v torn. TakovY nekoneenST (legt. umi vyvolat epatnou naladu. Kdyt se z ni rychle uvedomele eievzktisite, tak do ni propadate hlouben a bloubeji a najednou zkuste se !lady rozhlednout kolem sebe — veichni json neochotn.-11, veem neco yadc. Co kdybyste se v takoq Cerny len pokustli ye-

vtsar

26 dome delat dobou naladu kolem .sebe. Nesmi se pti torn povolit. Je k tomu zapottebi hodne vnittni siavSak zazraky tim dokaiete. ° Cesty Zivota jsou opravdu pkekva'Pu j i.ci. Ranu do hlavy easto dostanete, kdyi jste ji nejmene Proto se nsmi plYtvat vlastnimi silami a rozplYvat se hotekovanim nad nëim, co ptedevSim neni tragicke dnes prgi, zitra bude hezky — dnes nas zaboli tteba koleno, zitra 112 budeme mogna tancovat — a na velke 2ivotni otazky, na ty pottebujeme optimismus, ie je koname, jinak nas odnesou jako po vodeti.

Marn tak rads., kdy2 Bite spadne a neplaee nezapomeate, "ge je k tomu musime vychovavas. Di* se nesmi pIll litovat, kely2 se mu neco stane v tu chvili toho zat ne zrieu2ivat. Date je v2dy nachlne stet se sttedern pozornosti. Dite se musi naueit padat — nikdy nezapomenu, jak ten ly2at (prvni, kterY akou'ael trat') na na gi letogni Plantci krasne, mistrne padal. Nam Om vyletely viasy vzharu, jak to s nim dopadne, ale on vstal, jako by nic. To jsme byli radi ! Ani pft velkern pada neukazat, e.leho se vgeho bojite a co vSechno z toho mute b3"rt A kdy2 se nekdy stane new doopravdy te2keho, to teprve nesmite knourat, ani brueet, ale hezky klidne (onose o siee fekne, ale kdy2 se ehce doonravdy povzbudit, tak se t °take. doloe) Vite, e u zase sviti slurrie'.ko?

Ale doopravdy! To aby se elovek zblaznil, co si ma 01)166, aby za dye hodiny aevypadal k smichu. Poe kat! IT2 bych se data do kaourani! lcdepak! Tak takto: no koneene budeme mit zase hezky! Ten (WA' vgak t ake nevadil vgechno pilde na tadu. Nebe je krasnejgi no deSti a asmev po slzach.

Z ftsopisu Jednota.

-SPJ3T POSLEDIli RUDER() PLEYIE Nelda Josef Vora' Roman od Zane Grey Pokraeovani Kdy2 se diikladne napila diste vody, tak studene. e musila jen pomalu, pochopila °pet jink v377znam pougte.

Nophaie odsedlal kone i pustil je. Ptibehlo k nemu velke chude la t e zar ite. Mariana myslila, e je to vlk, ale byl to pes.

"To je Taddy, maj ovaak — a vyhli2i zceia jako Taddy a meho detstvi Taddy, jdii k Benow di cleash!"

Mariana naptahla ruku a zavolala: "Taddy!" 8e1 k 111 pomalu, posluSne a bez Wane i nedavery.

Ale v jeho bledych podivnYch oeich svitilo pozorne, tazave svetlo. Ten to pes byl jako oni tichonoz: psi, jichZ se Mariana na stanici bala.

Ale nechal se hladiti pc) svo hezky hlave. Mariana znala zle psy, lichotive psy a ãrlivé psy, ale iadny z nich nepodobal se Taddymu, kterY jako by byl skuteenYm vikern. Byl tak zvedavY vzhiedem K ni, jako ona byla vzhiedem k ne mu, ale byl mnohem rnene naklonen k ptatelstvi.

Nophaie ptiSel se podivati na Tvtarianu, s jemnYrn a radostnYm vyrazem v oeich.

"Benow di cleash kdy2 vas tu vidim a kdy2 si vzpomenu, 2e jste sem ptiSla k van. nine!" zvolal s pohnutim, jakeho dosud nebylo ph nein videti.

"Nophaie, jsem tomu tak rada ja ko vy," odvetila Mariana.

"To neni moZne," odpovedel s vaignYm amevem. "VaSe due ne. ni v nebezpedi." ''Nophaie!" zvolala.

Ale nevysvetlil ji ani sloven.' svou poclivnou tee; vyzval ji, aby si odpocinula a odeSel provazen psem.

Mariana zastala o samote. Ve sti nu bylo chladno, take Si musila ptehoditi pies sehe kaba.t. Ospale bzueeni voel nebo jineho hmyzu rnisilo se s tichYm zpevem potoka.

Tyto zvuky ukolebavaly jeji mySlenky a tlaeily ji na viaka. Usnula. Kdy2 se probudila, zdalo se ji, e spala dlouho, nebot` se citila podivuhodne osv*enoa. Ale nemohla spati dlouho. Withers a Indiani pitli se soumary a chystali leieni v nejake vzdalenosti od ni.

Nophaie ji ptinesl jeji vinenou brat nu a balik ptikrYvek. a nim Withers nesa stan a sekeru.

"Je videt, e tu mate pohodli," znel obchodnikav pozdrav "Neni tento alvëjov a cedrov' kraj vel kolepY? Nikdy jsem novidel jinou east pouSte, ktera, by se mu vyrov nala."

"Je to kraj, kde je stale odpoledne," fekl Nophaie. "Mne u to ph vas nepiekvapuje."

'Oba muti postavili stan na jed ne strane ocl Mariany a rNprortfe

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ii plaentovinu s piikrYvkami na druhe strane.

"Mlada darao, budete videt dnes noci hvezdy a bude vas to pat do nosu," poznamenal Withers.

"Co mi bude Stipat — hvezdy, ol co?" tazala se. odpoveciel. Potom pokra Oval vane: "Main rad tu purpurovou S'alvejovou vysotinu. Ryl jsern tu ji Oast°, ale nejel jsem Pahutskou cestou. Ani byste netuZe tento krasnY, volny kral nahle ptestava -- a zadina pak nej hroznejai rozervand Joon tarn same skaly a kahony, kterSini nelze projit."

"Ano, to vim. Videla jsem to" odpovedela "Nuie, ja tedy pojedu asi deset mil na jih rnimo tu horu, kde Zije jeden stars' Pahut," pokradoval Withers. "Kupuji hodne od neho a on zase ode mne. Je bohatY a je to stark Sibal. On soli svou vLuu. A to dela jen mak) Indianfi."

"On soli svou vinu? Co to zhameno..?"

"Rozprostte vinu na shinee a po sype ji soli. Sill ptitahuje vIhkost ze vzduchu a dr& ji ph vine, take je potom skorem dvakrat tak tet ka."

"Witherse, ja jsern jist, e Etenia u toho nedeld," promluvil Nophaie. "jste si tim jist? Nuse * , u kozla$ To jsem jiste rad, jak k vülI Eteniovi, tak i k vuli sobe. Mam ho rad. Je to piloinlivY a rosumat Indian. PrikrYvky od jeho ken jsou nejlepg i, jako kupujeme. Nophaie, ten je bohatY! Myslim, ie by se s vami rad spoleil v nejakern obcho du ovcemi" "To vim," odpovdel Nophaie, "ale on chtel, abych si vzal jeho dceru a kdyt jsem to odmitnul, rozhneval se. ftekl mi, e mam telo Indiana a ducha Wachs."

"Hm! Je to tedy vane," promlu vii Withers zachmutene a poldiv si sekeru na rameno, obratil se ke svemu legeni.

"Jo to vane, Nophaie?" tazala se Mariana.

"Myslim. e ano — pro mne."

"Proe 9 rotoVie Ise nechcete h2cniti nebo stati se takovSrm, jak chce ten Indian?"

"Obeji. Vidite, e moje postavenj, je velmi krnSne. NaSi lide jsou brdi na to, e jsem se odtekl belak

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akeho zpusobu givota. Ale &aka- fliky a stars lovecky niig. To byl hotko, byla jejich chat`— a jejich Nophaienv majetek a zde byl je- van beyla ostra jako nejakeho vaji ode mne, ze hned zaenu jejich givotem. Pokusil jsem se o ho doinov. Marianiny °di se naVides, purpurove plody na to. Ale nepovedlo se mi to ve mno hie zakalily a podaly ji cedrech a jakYsi zlatY prach na Bylo to snad nasledkem ostreho hem smeru."

Potom uslygela bedeni ovci a Tato slova davala IVIariane mno koute ze dteva a te gkeho gtiplave j ehriat.

Potom vykrodila Mariana z cedro ho latky k ptemYgleni a ona po- ho zapachu? Necht` byla pkidina dinala tugiti, co to na ni deka,. kterakoliv, Mariana citila, ze ta. ne veho haje do otevtene galvejove "Odpodinula jsem si ji g," kekla mule zfistati dole. Nemohla take stepi a zde se potegila pohledem vstavajic. Pojd`te mi ukazat syllj pronesti ani slova, aby vyjadtila na stado ovci, koz a detnych jehnat. Mel-li Nophaie podle doslechu hogan a Maah nebo jak se jme sve pocity nebo dojmy.

"Spim dasto venku pod cedry, jen male stado, uvagovala Marianuje."

Asi sto yardii za potokem. na ale Maaheiseniovi se to nelibi,"7 na, jak by asi vyhlitelo velke. Podle jejiho odhadu bylo jich neotevrenem, vyvYtenem miste, stal tekl Nophaie.

"Pojd`rne se podivat na va ge ov- kolik set. Byly vetgindu bile, mnovelkY pahorek z dervene hialy tva, ho bylo dernYch a nektere byly ru ulu a ze sttedu jeho okrouhle ce," tekla nato Mariana.

Nemluvila, prave jako Nophaie, Zdalo se, de v gectins, jestiechy vystupoval sloupec modre ho koute. Ph bliaim pohledu po- kdyg se prodirali vysokYrn ktovim hriata jsou porostla bilou vinou. znala Mariana, de hlina je jen tlus galveje, jejig svetlozelene vetve s Hrala si u MarianinYch nobou a nijak se ji nebala. Neustale beeeni to nanesena na dtevenou kostru. purpurovYm kvetem dosahovaly Otevkene dveke oyly obraceny k ag k ramentim. Utrhla malou ye- dotYkalo se jaksi ptijemne jejiho teyku a zmaeknuvgi mekke listy sluchu. vYchodu. pozvedla je ke Atm a k nosu. Jak Pokradovini sve inNophaie mluvil k ni dianske kedi vycit`ovala cosi obtadneho a takrka posvatneho it BURGLAR AND FIRE SECURITY SYSTEMS jeho vyzvani, aby vstoupila. Sehnula se, aby raohla vejiti. Doutnajici oheri zabiral stied tohoto obydli zvaneho hogan a zdalo se, division of electronic services ge kouk se vali dokola po mistnos Residential — Commercial — Smoke Detection ti ad na konec vychazel otvorem Anywhere in Texas — Free Estimates ve stte ge. Tato strecha byla zazra6618 Redding, Houston kem dilmyslu a obratnosti, jsouc Phone (713) 771-2914 sestavena z telkych knienti Many References of Czech Families Available zasazenYch it zemi, ktere byly pod (24-29) porou detnaim silnYm v4tvim, tvo■ helm sit', ktera &dela pokrYvku z gervene hliny Jak pevne a silne bylo toto indianske staveni! Budi Io v 1Vlariane dojem, tie tento apdsob stavby je starobylYrn zvykem kmene.

Vedle ohne letelo nekolik deleznYch a kamennYch na,strojti. S jednoho tramu visely kYty masa a vedle ni stab pytel mouky a nkolik beden a plechovek, ktere patrne obbsahovaly potraviny. Krome toho byla v hoganu dye loge, katide U. S. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY po jedne strane ohne tesne ph sten& 401 North 3rd Temple, Tem "Ktere loge je vage?" tazala se Mariana, nemohouc potladiti svou zvedavost.

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Ukazal na indianskou pokrYyku a ovdi kid], ledici vinou nahoru.

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Friday, Dec. 20 — Social Night, 7:30 Saturday, Dec. 21 — Public Dance; Billy Uptmor and The Makers 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 25 — Soukup Family Reunion and annual Christmas party Friday, Dec. 27 — Social Night, 7:30 Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance, Bobby Swilling and The Country Moods, 8 p.m. Limited seating, adv. $3 per person. For reservations: 826-5882, 822-1377 or 822-1407 -SPJST-

Lodge No. 9, Snook Saturday, Dec. 7 — Lodge Christmas party -SPJST-

Lodge No. 18, Elgin Monthly meetings held at TP&L Civic Room, 3rd Tuesday of each month, at 8 p.m.

Youth group meets at 7 p.m., same night.

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Lodge No. 24. Cyclone (Flag Hall) Saturday, Dec. '7 — Private lease Sunday, Dec. 8 — Christmas party and dinner, 5 p.m. Film from Rome Wednesday, Dec. 11 — Regular meeting, 7:30 p.m.

(Dress regulations: Dresses and pantsuits for women; men: no blue jeans).

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Lodge No. 25, Ennis Saturday, Dec. 7 — The Westernaires Tuesday, Dec. 31 -- Jodie Mikula Orch. No reservations for New Years Eve until Dec. 1.

Monthly meeting every 2nd Sunday of month, at 2 p.m.

Every Wednesday night — open rot members at 5 p.m.

Every Sunday —. Open at 1 p.m., members and guests from other family entertainment at 6 p.m.; lodges are welcome -SPJST-

Lodge No. 29, Taylor Tuesday, Dec. 31 — Fritz Hodde and the Fabulous Six -SPJST-

Lodge No. 33, Bleiblerville Sunday, Dec. 8 — Lodge meeting at 10:30 a.m.; beef stew at 12; Election of officers, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 4, 1974

Lodge No. 54, West Saturday, Dec. 7 — Wedding reception Monday, Dec. 9 — West Bass Club meeting Saturday, Dec. 14 -- Rangaire Christmas party Sunday, Dec. 15 — Urbanovsky wedding reception -SPJST-

Lodge No. 35, Elk Sunday, Dec. 8 — Lodge meeting and youth club meeting Saturday, Dec. 14 — Billy Uptmor and the Makers Saturday, Dec. 21 — A. J. and The Debonaires Saturday, Dec. 28 — Jerry and The Melody Five Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; music by The Country Diamonds

Lodge No. 66, Waco (Linden ifall) Saturday, Dec. 7 — Arnold Schiller and the Serenaders Saturday, Dec. 14 — Lodge 66 members' Christmas Party Saturday, Dec. 21 — Lodge 66 Members' Christmas Dance Saturday, Dec. 28 — Otis Beck and the Best Yets Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; Harold Strand's Orch.

Saturday, Jan. 4 — Vrazel Polka Band Saturday, Jan. 11 — A. J. and the Debonaires

Lodge No. 39, Bryan

Lodge No. 74, Lovelady

Saturday, Dec. 7 — Music Masters Saturday, Dec. 14 -- Tommie Vanek Saturday, Dec. 21 — Fabulous Six Saturday, Dec. 28 — Blue Vest Polka Boys Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve — Social Combinations

(All our regular Saturday night dances are from 9 till 1. Lodge phone: 544-8200; President: 5447414 or 544-7292.

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Lodge No. 40, Hillje Saturday, Dec. 14 — Triumphs Saturday, Dec. 28 Jef and The Kickers Tuesday, Dee. 31 — New Year's Eve: Triumphs (favors furnished) ----SPJST---

Lodge No. 47, Seaton Saturday, Dec. 7 -- Ellinger Combo Sunday, Dec. 8 — Lodge Christmas party Tuesday, Dec. 10 — Choral practice Saturday, Dec. 14 — Hi-Toppers Tuesday, Dec. 17 — Board meeting Saturday, Dec. 21 — Temple Rhythm Masters Saturday, Dec. 28 — Frank Vranas' 50th anniv. dance of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chalapek Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance: Hub City Dutchmen.

For reservations call 983-3530 (Dress policy: Ladies, dresses; Men, no blue jeans).

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Lodge No. 48, Beyersville Sunday, Dec. 8 — Regular monthly meeting with election of officers, 3 p.m.; Christmas party with covered dish supper, 5:30

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Lodge No. 87, Temule Tuesday, Dec. 10 — Lodge meeting and supper, 6:30 p.m.; members bring covered dish. Film of Europe shown by Pres. Louis Marek; Christmas bag available for children -SPJST----

Lodge No. 88, Houston Saturday, Dec. 7 — Ray Jurecka Friday, Dec. 13 — Nick Navarro, (semi-formal dance) Saturday, Dec. 14 — Texas Dutchmen Saturday, Dec. 21 — Leo Heinrich Orchestra (semi-formal) Saturday, Dec. 23—Ellinger Combo Orchestral Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve dance, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; music by the Blumes Orch. Adm. $7.50 per person with free hat and novelties.

(Dress Code: Women — no street slacks or hot pants without skirt; Men—no jeans, shirts inside trousers, unless the dance is a special occasion).

Youth Club meeting the first Sunday of each month, at 3 p.m.

Choral Club rehearsals every

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Tuesday night at 8 p.m. unless notified otherwise. Volunteers are welcome.

Concert Orchestra of Lodge 88 has rehearsals every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Interested parties welcome.

Social every Thursday night 8 p.m. Supper served from 5 to 8 p.m.

Breakfast is served at our Saturday night and special dances.

— 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec.. 21 — Lodge Christmas party. Free admission to members and their guests.

Music by Weinert Grohman (polka music) Dances are from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Socials every Tuesday , at 8 p.m. and every Saturday at 2 p.m Executive meetings every 4th Wednesday of each month. 7:30 p.m.

Lodge location: 911 East Shaw, phone 472-9356.

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Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth Sunday, Dec. 8 — Regular lodge meeting at 2 p.m. Fdection of officers for 1975 Sunday, Dec. 22 -- Annual Christmas party for members. Call youth leader at 536-2337 if your child or grandchild will be on the program.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance: Rhythm Aires. Reservations:624-0251.

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Sokol meeting every fourth Sunday of month.

Entertainment every Friday night at 8 p.m.

SPJSTLodge No. 142, Houston Friday, Dec. 27 — Executive meeting, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; music by Patek's Polka Dots. Adm. $3.50 per person; Reservations: 862-0079 The new lodge building is now open and available for any weddings, showers or parties. For information S. reservations call 8620079 or 861-6822.

Lodge No. 172, Pasadena Wednesday, Dec. 11 Monthly lodge meeting, adult and youth

Lodge No. 174, Rockdale Monthly meetings held every 3rd Wednesday of th maath, at 7 p.m. in the Rockdale State Bank Community Room.

- -soisr-Lodge Ne. 175, Fort Bend unday, Dec. 8 -- meeting at Frank Parina's, at 3 p.m.

For directions call 342-4898

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