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Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897 HUMANITY
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 VOLUME 63, NUMBER 48 DECEMBER 3, 1975
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK We wish to call your attention to the announcement in this and last week's issues of the Grand Opening and Dedication of the new home of SPJST Lodge Jan Mka No, 18, Elgin,, this Sunday, December 7th, 1975, at 11 a.m. See the program on page 3. Let's help them get off to a successful start and a prosperous future! Our Society says: "Bon Voyage" and the best of luck to the entire membership of Lodge No. 18. They also were one of the original 25 lodges founding our SPJST Society in 1897! By your presence you can give them a Christmas gift for 1975! If by any means you can be present, please do so! * Everyone is occasionally faced with unhappiness and at times bitter disillusionment. The easiest and most satisfactory way to meet these personal setbacks is to work out and believe in a philosophy which provides an antidote. I have always believed that work is the best antidote for loneliness, boredom or sorrow. A great lady of the theatre once said that she had a philosophy she had evolved over the years — one that had seen her through heartbreak and discouragement. "What looks like the end of the road in our personal experience," she said, "is only the turn in the road, the
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CHRISTMAS SMILES A smile is such a funny thing It wrinkles up your face, And when it's gone you never find Its secret hiding place. But far more wonderful it is To see what smiles can do; You smile at one, he smiles at you. And so one smile makes two. And since a smile can do so much By cheering hearts of care, Let's smile a lot this Christmastime Such smiles go everywhere! And why not smile all year long? ginning' of a new and more' beautiful journey. Today is a new day. You will get out of it what you put into it. If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing called 'failure' is not the falling down." I have turned to these words many times myself. I hope they will mean as much to you as they have meant to me. They were written by Mary Pickford. * * A fraternal organization is only as strong as the members are aware
of the great need for the organization. Our members are the nucleus from which our leadership stems, our growth expands and our activities continue to come to the forefront. Each member of our Society is an individual, but banded together we become a part of one of the largest fraternal societies in Texas. As members of our Society we are not only protecting ourselves but We are most important protecting our families and as good fraternalists we are an asset to the community in which we live. Each one of our lodges are just what the membership makes it It can be an outstanding group in our community and a very important part of our social life or it can be just another organization that we belong to that no one but the membership ever hears from. Our lodges should be among the leaders in all activities that are good for the community in which they reside. Instead of standing by and complaining about not receiving recognition for something that we have done, let's all take the attitude, "Thanks, or no thanks, our job was well done and we enjoyed helping our lodge." Our fraternal lodge work is interesting, once you get involved in it and one derives a lot of satisfaction from it, and friendly co-