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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 USPS — 658480 DECEMBER 30, 1981 VOLUME 69 NUMBER 50

President's Annual New Year's Message and Report Dear Members: Now that the Christmas and New Year's Holidays are past, we certainly hope that all of you had a pleasant and enjoyable holiday season — and particularly, enjoyed the company of your family and loved ones, together with good health.

It has been traditional that the president bring you this report at th;s time each year, in addition to ()trier reports that ne renders periodically to the membership in the

Vestnik. As I read last year's report, I find it appropriate to touch on some of the areas again because I feel they are important and warrant it.

Insurance And Membership Growth. Please be reminded that in accordance with Vice President Gebala's new practice of reporting insurance sales now includes the amount of insurance actually issued or placed on the books. ($20,813,900 as of 16 December 1981). This gives a truer picture of the gains, rather than just giving the amount of applications received. What is received (applied for) and what is issued and placed on the books are two different things. The members have a more accurate picture of what our gains in insurance actually are. (Net figures in insurance gains and reports will be reported to you in March of 1982.)

We are continuing the trend of issuing a few less certificates, however, the net increase in insurance continues to rise. This is because our members, both old and new, have been buying larger policies. Also, many policies owned by older members in smaller amounts are being replaced by fewer policies in larger amounts.

The size of our average policy continues to increase. All of these gains can be attributed to the hard and diligent work on the part of our sales representatives. For that we are grateful.

Congratulations To The Winners.

Last year in this message you will recall that we talked about a special sales campaign that ran through the first 10 months of this year. "A Dream (Did) Come True" for Roy

couple of lodges whose membership is so thin and sparse that they ought to seriously consider merging with a neighboring lodge.

New Lodge Buildings Dedicated.

We dedicated a new lodge hall in 1981, that of Lodge 186 in Caldwell.

We formally opened and dedicated the structure on October 25, 1981.

Premium Refunds. Premium refunds to members for 1981 through December will amount to approximately $320,000. These are )repared by 311" ,L'omputer service in Austin and sent out by the financia,

secretary's department, plus the annual postage allowance for mailing of these refunds to members of approximately $6,000. These amounts are about the same as last year's.

8% Refund To Lodges. The 8% refund to lodges for 1981 through December will amount to approximately $168,000. This is also handled by the financial secretary's department.

Death Claims. A total of 408 death claims were paid through December 1st. These are handled by the secretary-treasurer's department. This figure is an increase over last year's figure of 359 at this time. This number represents many good and loyal brothers and sisters who have left our midst May they rest in peace .

Hranicky, Willie Gloyna, and Chester Shmoldas for the first three prizes, and for Mildred Horak, Ruby Volek, and Albin Machu for the 4th, 5th and 6th prizes. The first three prizes including a 7-day Caribbean Cruise for two, a 7-day trip to Mexico for two, and a 5-day Mexico City Fiesta Tour for two, as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, respectively.

The 4th, 5th, and 6th prize winners were treated to three nights in Las Vegas for two at the Flamingo Hilton Tower. This was the first time we had offered such lucrative and attractive incentives, but as I Data Processing And Compustated last year, the twilight of the terization-Update. A year ago we 20th Century demands different res- told you that we were going to ponses compared to what was done convert 60,000-plus records in the in previous years. Congratulations Home Office and that this was to be to all these winners and hard done by Home Office personnel. I am workers! Their production and happy to report at this time that this efforts are the lifeblood of the was accomplished several months SPJST and we should never lose ago by a very efficient and cooperasight of that. Vice President Gebala tive office staff. Everything went tells me that he is working on some- beautifully. An IBM System 34 has thing very attractive and rewarding also been installed and is in operafor 1982 along the same vein. He'll tion. Some of the programs have been customized and tested and in be telling you about that soon.

Number Of Lodges. We have a total place and operational since early of 128 lodges (no change from last November 1981; others this January year), with over 56,000 certificates and in the next few months. You have already witnessed the in force.

New Lodges Chartered. There inception of some of our new were no new lodges organized or programs. There have been a few "wrinkles". This is perfectly normal chartered in 1981.

Lodges Disbanded Or Merged. and there will be other minor There were no lodges disbanded or wrinkles as we move through the merged in 1981, although there are a entire process. As with any other

totally new system, it will take a little getting used to, and although human beings are creatures of habit and accustomed to doing things for many years "the old way", we must adjust to the times, and after we do, I think that we will all find that the benefits of the new data processing will work to the benefit of everyone at all levels of our Society. There may be some frustrations in the meantime, but we ask that you be patient and cooperative and also realize that while we are working with some very sophisticated technological equipment that human beings are still very much involved.

After everything is smoothed out, we are convinced that you will sing the praises of the system and wonder why it wasn't done much earlier.

Remember this: We have advanced from what might be termed the "horse and buggy" era into the "rocket or space age" virtually overnight with no transition system in between. This certainly speaks well of those who have been involved. The other officers here have burned many hours of proverbial "midnight oil" working with specialists and data processing consultants.

I have not involved myself personally in the direct application of the system because I felt that the other three officers were entirely capable of putting the system into place and it would have been another case of "too many cooks spoiling the broth" (or goulash, if you like). I have involved myself peripherally to the extent of informing myself about the overall progress of the implementation of the system on a continuing basis.

Anyone would be pleased with the results that have been achieved so far; I certainly am. It is to our credit, especially to those who have been directly involved. You, as the general membership, are now part of this system and it is up to you to help us make it work. It will work if you stop and realize the benefits that will accrue to the SPJST. Specifically, local lodges will have more time for fraternal activities and financial secretaries will be (Continued on Page 3)

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`Editor COMMENTS

Our members and readers will be receiving this December 30th issue in time for New Year's Eve (in some places) and after the first of the year (in other and more-distant areas), however, be that as it may, we hope all of you had a merry, safe and healthy Christmas and will have or have had a very nice, enjoyable and healthy New Year's Eve to welcome the new year, 1982, for our future.

May your future be exactly what you wish it to be! *** Your editor requests and urges all of you to read the following carefully and please comply. It is the LAW and you can be fined for non-compliance.

It is for your information and advantage!

Beginning 1 January 1982, State of Texas drivers contacted by Department of Public Safety officers during traffic stops and vehicle acci dent investigations will be required to furnish proof of compliance with the new compulsory liability insurance law.

Under House Bill 197, an amendment to the Safety Responsibility Act approved this year by the Texas Legislature, all drivers must carry minimum liability coverage, for medical expenses of $10,000 per person ($20,000 for two or more persons) and property damages of $5,000.

Troopers will accept as evidence of insurance coverage the policy for the vehicle being operated or a document issued by the insurance company.

Such a document must contain a statement that the liability coverage for the motor vehicle is the minimum prescribed by the law. The document must also include the name of the insurance company, name of the insured person, policy period and policy number. This document may take the form of a letter or a card, depending upon the preference of the insuring company.

Troopers will be enforcing the provisions of this law along highways and rural roads. Local police officers and sheriff's deputies also have the authority to request this information from drivers. The DPS director feels sure that law enforcement agencies in our state will also be enforcing this statue in their respective jurisdictions.

Drivers who do not maintain the specified coverage risk being fined at least $75 for the first offense and a minimum $200 for subsequent violations. In addition, a conviction under this new law will result in the suspension of the violator's driver license and motor vehicle registration unless the violator establishes and maintains proof of financial responsibility for five years from the conviction date.

Vehicles which are to be used in the driving test by new driver license applicants must be covered by the minimum liability insurance specified by the law. Applicants will have to certify on the license application that the minimum coverage is

in effect for the vehicle before they will be permitted to take the driving test.

It is predicted that more Texans will obtain the required liability coverage when the new law goes into effect.

Current figures show that approximately 74 percent of the drivers involved in accidents carry liability insurance. This indicates that a substantial number of people must secure the required coverage or face the possibility of heavy fines and loss of driving privileges.

Out-of-state, government-owned and self-insured vehicles are exempt from the insurance requirements of the new law. However, drivers of self-insured vehicles will be asked

by Department of Public Safety officers to produce evidence of selfinsurance at accident scenes and traffic stops. *** The editor wishes to express our appreciation to so many lodges for their courtesies extended to the entire family and the numerous invitations during the past year held throughout the seven districts at meetings and other related SPJST activities. We also appreciate the large amount of Season's Greetings received; we treasure everyone's friendship.

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How'd you like to get Texas for 1982?

Get the swampy Big Thicket and sunny Big Bend. Get the wide sky of the Panhandle and the palm-fringed sky of Port Isabel. Get up-to-theminute details about thousands of fun spots throughout Texas.

Best of all, it won't cost you a thing! That's right - nada, zilch, free! ... except for a 20-cent stamp.

The gift is a book, the highway department's newly released tourist guide called "Texas! Live the Legend." Throughout 176 lavishly colorful pages, the book capsules what there is to see and do in this vast land.

Like rides, for example. Ride a horse at a Bandera dude ranch; O.K., everybody knows that. But how about a simulated elevator ride thousands of feet deep to oilproducing strata at the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore? Or a genuine clickity-clack ride through the Piney Woods on a 19th Century railroad at Rusk and Palestine? Or touchdown in the Lunar Lander on the eerie surface of the Moon, with movies taken by Texas astronauts who've been there.

Hunting and fishing, state parks, national forests, even some tips on visiting Mexico --- it's all there to tantalize your travel buds for a whole year.

For your free copy, write TEXAS, Dept. DHT., P.O. Box 5064, Austin 78763, and ask for a "legends" book.

—SPJST--TRADITIONAL FAMILY SEEN AS IMPORTANT Alternate life styles may be fun to read about, but an overwhelming majority of Americans (81 percent) believe the traditional family is important to American society and should be preserved, according to a nationwide survey by the American Council of Life Insurance.

Only 6 percent disagree with this opinion, the Council reports, while 13 percent say they have no strong opinion on the subject.

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(Continued from Page 1) relieved of much of the details that they were previously concerned with. Additionally, Home Office procedures will be more efficient, particularly in paying commissions to our very vital sales representatives—now on a monthly basis. As another example, the one area that we have converted to involves the Vestnik mailing address list. We know that a number of you did not receive your Vestniks the week that we switched to the computer, but there's a good reason for that. In the period between the conversion from the old address cards to the computer, there were a number of address changes that were not picked up and transferred automatically to the computer, resulting in a few members not receiving their Vestnik. This should be minimal from now on. If you're still not receiving your Vestnik, let us know.

In summary, it can be stated that the conversion can best be characterized as a team effort by the Home Office. However, to keep the whole system operational from now on will involve a team effort between the Home Office and the local lodges. As a corollary, I suggest that we adopt a New Year's resolution that we accept this mode of operation authorized by the delegates to the last convention and that we will make it work in 1982 and the years beyond. I offer this analogy: The conversion to the new system might be compared to a pool of secretaries typing on 1932 manual L. C. Smith typewriters and suddenly switching to the latest IBM Selectric and IBM Memory typewriters. Our "secretaries" have performed with distinction during this period.

Besides the automobile, this step in our progress will probably go down as the SPJST's greatest advance in this 20th Century. All Hail! We're on our way!

Youth Department. Things went well in the Youth Department this past year, but of course, one always aspires and hopes for improvement.

There will be some changes proposed in the January Supreme Lodge meeting as the result of a meeting in November between myself, the State Youth Director, and the seven District Youth Counselors. Those approved changes will go into effect 1 June 1982. Others, if approved, will go into effect on 1 June 1983. Watch the Vestnik and consult with your DYC and youth leaders. One of the new things we are instituting is three sets of guidelines for three groups at camp, namely, chaperones and LITs, campers, and staff. The ones on chaperones and LITs and campers will be published in the Vestnik around the first week in May. We feel these guidelines are very necessary and should have been written several years ago. They might have avoided some of the problem areas at camps. After they are approved, they will be printed in booklet form and made available to all those concerned prior to camp.

A Few More Thoughts On Youth In General. Interest in young people swings from the very intense to the completely disinterested and somewhere in between. The "somewhere in between" is probably the most sensible approach. We certainly cannot ignore our young people, but at the same time we cannot shower

thelt.with an inordinate amount of attention and concern. It has been said that we live in a youth-oriented or youth-centered culture. Maybe yes, maybe no. It depends on who's doing the judging.

As a former teacher of high school seniors, think I understand them quite well, not that I agree with everything they want and how they want to do it. There are those adults, however, who feel that young people have little or no place in our society and should be tolerated and endured rather than cultivated. They forget that they were young once. Mankind, rightly or wrongly, has always honored youth, that image dating back to the ancient Greeks. I have always given young people the benefit of the doubt and believed that they should always be given a second chance and that justice should be tempered with mercy.

Frequently in discussions about young people I have taken the side of the young people. On a few occasions I have been disappointed by young people and felt betrayed by their actions, but then I should remember, as the administrator of discipline and student services for the Dallas Public Schools and a Guidance Counselor states, "Generally, the Youth of today are good law-abiding, responsible youngsters". The vast majority of young Americans emerge from their teen years— their most troubled period — as reasonably well-behaved individuals. On the other hand, there are many who emerge from adolescence today who have undergone stresses far greater than those of earlier generations and statistics that measure social behavior bear witness to those pressures. As one 17-year old high school senior states: "It's a dictatorship of peers. You have to measure yourself against everyone."

"A third of the nation's 20,000,000 teenagers seem unable to roll with life's punches. They grow up lacking the internal controls needed to stay on course," says one leading sociologist. Maybe we adults haven't prepared them for the hard knocks of life. One of the pressures that young people endure is the pressure to enter the world of adults too early. They become disillusioned by their mid-teens and then unable to cope with the problems that life brings. Life in the fast lane isn't just a cliche; it's a fact. A 16-year old truant and runaway has this advice: "Stay home and be a child for as long as you can. Don't grow up too quickly and don't try."

Another pressure that young people have to endure today is pressure from their peers to do this, that, and the other. For some it is either conform or burn out.

Sometimes they wilt under pressure to excel in this or that activity, to be popular, or win acceptance in their career or to attain high-paying professional careers.

The American people have come to imagine that it is good for young people to mature rapidly and we expect them to cope with an increasingly bewildering social environment. An expert and author on the subject says: "Many adolescents feel betrayed by a society that tells them to grow up fast but also to remain childlike." The end result is that loneliness, boredom and rebelliousness are rampant among teenagers

and they grow disaffected with life in general.

In my opinion, at the root of much of the problem are three factors: 1) Too much idle time; 2) Too much spending money; 3) Being entirely too mobile. At the risk of sounding a bit old fashioned, I believe that I have a commonsense, practical approach to this problem. When a young person works hard all day, physically or otherwise, he doesn't feel like getting into a lot of trouble after he gets home; he's too tired, but a youngster who doesn't have anything constructive to do, will find outlets for his energies in various forms of amusement, entertainment, and yes, mischief and trouble. A lot of teens have jobs these days and they have pocket money. They also have cars. They are very mobile.

They can get from one place to another. All of this used to not be.

This is not to say that young people were always saints. They have always gotten into trouble, but the trouble used to be of a different sort than it is today. There are more opportunities for serious trouble today than there were 30 or 40 years ago.

Many adults have given up on our young people today and no longer consider them as contributors to anything constructive. They regard them like a loaded cannon rolling around loose on the deck of a ship in a stormy sea. I prefer to remain philosophically optimistic simply because I know that what is coming and how this world is going to be in most part depends on the young people of today. On who else ? Adults have always anguished over the transgressions of youth for centuries and repeatedly consigned them to the human junkpile. This we cannot do. I refuse to subscribe to such a fatalistic attitude. I had rather let the younger generation know that the future depends on them and that they have the responsibility of shaping the things to come. They may feel they inherited a mess from us adults, but let's hope that they will make every effort to improve on what we left them. It's up to us to instill them with this philosophy, but it's also up to them to accept this responsibility and act accordingly. This is where they often fall short or lacking. And they must be willing to "get their hands dirty" and accept the hard work and "thorns" along with the roses. Life is not a continuing party or picnic. I haven't given up on them. I don't think we can afford to.

Like just about everything else in our lives, our work with and concern for the youth is a matter of priorities. I have always believed that people will generally do what they want to do and if they want to do or participate in something badly enough, they will assign a high enough priority to do so. If they don't want to do something strongly enough, there is no lack of excuses.

We hope that the parents and youth assign a workable priority to participate in our youth activities. I don't have all the answers in this regard and I don't know of anyone who does. I don't know if we are spending too much money or not spending enough. You try to be reasonable and put the whole thing in perspective to the other things our Society is trying to accomplish.

Everything must be on balance. (A

little more on our Youth Department later on in this report when I cover the Corporate Planning Committee — CPC).

Jann Thomas, our new State Youth Director, has been in office a little over a year and she is doing a good job.

Vestnik. In talking about the Vestnik, I want to mention a few things that I think most of you know but which could bear repeating. The Vestnik is our official publication.

What appears in it, as far as announcements from the Home Office and other sources is concerned, can be considered official and factual Moreover, it is the principal communications link between all of us. Here in the Home Office, we are phasing out a lot of correspondence and mail-outs to individuals and using the Vestnik instead. It costs us a sizeable sum of money, so let's use it to the maximum. Another factor that led to this is the increasing cost of postage. Did you know that the cost of postage to mail the Vestnik is fast approaching the cost of publication? First-class mail has gone up to 204 a letter and there's no guarantee that within a year or so it won't go up to a quarter. We urge you, therefore, to read your Vestnik for a lot of useful information. I'm always pleasantly surprised by the number of people who eagerly await our weekly publication, but am also amazed by the number who get it and don't read it, and by the number of those who are not receiving it and don't care to.

We are currently sending out 11,200 copies of the Vestnik every week. (Second week in December).

Remember that in the survey of about two years ago, over 4,000 members failed to respond that they wished to keep receiving the Vestnik.

Saving $$. Speaking of expenditures, you noticed that the Supreme Lodge had its annual Christmas and New Year's Greeting in the issue of December 23rd to the entire membership, a long-standing tradition. We decided to cut out the practice of every department here in the Home Office sending out individual greetings to lodge officers in their respective administrative areas. We are still sending out separate Christmas cards to the lodges, but will take a look at this item next year with the thought of maybe phasing out the individual mailings and using the one large Christmas and New Year's greeting in the Vestnik instead. The practice of sending out individual greetings to the various lodge officers from the departments here in the Home Office started about 10 years ago.

We feel that these funds, although nominal, could best be utilized for other purposes.

Editor Sefcik and Publisher Larry Ingram have done a good job this year and I think the feeling is just about unanimous that the present layout and format of the Vestnik is very satisfactory.

LAM Department. Last year at this time we had just moved the Museum, Library, and Archives areas into the basement. Those who have visited the area are amazed at the size of it and the tasteful arrangement of the displays. All three areas continue to gradually grow in size. They receive much attention, locally and statewide.

There are a lot of visitors. It is

4/VESTNIK — Wednesday, December 30, 1981 fitting that we acknowledge the work of Bro. Otto Hanus and his many years of work in that area (he hasn't slowed down either!) and his assistant, Thelma Bartos.

Corporate Planning Committee (CPC). Every corporation and business should, from time to time, take stock of itself and spend some time assessing where it has been, where it is, and where it wants to go — in other words, setting long-range objectives, goals, and planning. The matter of administering and running any corporation or large business usually takes up most of the time of its leadership on a day-to-day basis and they often do not take the time to sit down and analyze these matters. We're doing that in the SPJST. In the October meeting of the Supreme Lodge a discussion was held about the matter of long-range planning and the need to set realistic achievable goals for the overall operation of the Society. A 5member Corporate Planning Committee was appointed to set such goals and objectives for the Society. The committee consists of Vice President Gebala as chairman, Director Thelma Hrncir as secretary, and Secretary-Treasurer Mikeska, Directors Ben Trcalek and Sid Pokladnik as members. These five have met a total of three times since that time and have accomplished a great deal. You probably read their initial report in the Vestnik a few weeks back. They are addressing several broad areas and will be making specific recommendations to the Supreme Lodge. In the process of setting goals, defining problems, and offering possible solutions, the committee is aware of the fact that vast changes are occurring in the insurance business.

Fraternal Benefit Societies are no exception. We must adapt to these changes to remain a viable organization. The approach might be labeled "acting instead of reacting". They have adopted a slogan for the next decade, "Promote Fraternalism Through Change".

Rather than get into too many specifics about what the committee has been studying and will recommend, we will await a more thorough report from them. Expectedly, they have also addressed the matter of the Youth Department and are asking some very logical and timely questions. I am sure that the results of this committee's work and research will be carefully weighed and will no doubt result in some innovations and changes from the way we have been doing things.

Everyone is committed to making their contribution to all of the areas being researched and to assist in advancing solutions. As in any other corporate structure, once a decision has been reached and decided upon by the majority, everyone is dutybound to support the decision with enthusiasm and actively participate — even those who, during the discussion stage, may not have agreed with the planned approach.

We will be hearing more from the CPC. Lesikar/Kacir. The Society had the sad misfortune of losing our legal adviser, Bro. Reuben B. Lesikar, on October 3rd. A Resolution of Respect was adopted in the October Supreme Lodge meeting and published in a subsequent issue of the Vestnik. In that same Supreme Lodge meeting on October 13th, the

vacancy was filled by naming Bro. Sidney Kacir to fill Bro. Le;sikar's unexpired term. Sidney is certainly no stranger to the SPJST. His father, the late August Kacir, had the distinction of serving in an official capacity for the Society longer than any other individual in the history of the SPJST — 44 years, also as legal adviser. Sidney is an active participating member of Lodge 87 here in Temple and is well known throughout the Society for having been a delegate to several conventions and serving as parliamentarian in several of those conventions.

SPJST History Status. After four years of compiling the history (from July 1977 to July 1981), the final work was submitted to the Supreme Lodge last July and a decision was going to be made at that time how to deal with the final product. Due to the untimely passing of Legal Adviser Lesikar, the voluminous product was given to Legal Adviser Kacir for his examination, so that a decision on the final disposition will undoubtedly be made in this January Supreme Lodge meeting.

Without being presumptuous, and re-reading the convention minutes from 1976, I do feel that it was the intent of the convention delegates to put the finished work in published form and not let it languish here in the Supreme Lodge Archives. Publication of a book will cost money, but not all that much either, and when you consider that this will be the first product of its kind since 1897, I think the final cost figures will be reasonable and the cost justified. Speaking personally (and I may be biased), I think the final product is a good one and I'm proud of it. I think it will make interesting reading.

1982 Calendars. SPJST calendars for 1982 were received and sent out during the first week of December.

We will continue distributing the calendars to those members receiving the Vestnik (and new members) until the supply is depleted. If you didn't get one, please let us know; however, since the mailing of an individual calendar costs 71e in postage, we are mailing these out in lots of 200 in order to take advantage of the bulk rate, so it might be a week or two before you get yours unless you were on the original mailout list. I think the.

Dobecka Family graces the calendar beautifully and the many years of diligence, hard work, and participation in their lodge's activities is certainly deserving. The Dobeckas are a stalwart 100% SPJST family, the parents having spent as much time and effort getting their daughter to lodge activities in her much younger years as the daughter herself. Her scholarship award, although covering a 3-year period, actually covers about a dozen years of active participation in her youth club and lodge.

Top 10 Lodges. I would like to give you the standings of the top ten lodges in our Society, along with some comments and observations.

These figures are as of 30 September 1981.. Comparing this list with the same list a year ago, we see that there is only one change in the ranking.

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Lodge 88 47 29 66 84 154 24 74 92 25

Certs.

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1 Oct. 30 Sept.

1980 1981 9,681 9,645 1,984 1,989 1,899 1,911 1,835 1,837 1,424 1,416 1,252 1,223 1,238 1,221 1,197 1,220 1,202 1,191 1,060 1,090

We see that 5 of the top 10 lodges are still located in District III, 4 in District II, and 1 in District V. The one change in the ranking puts Lodge 74 Lovelady gaining 1 in rank to 8th place, with only 1 certificate less than Lodge 24 and only 3 certificates less than Lodge 154. (That has already changed since the 30th of September, I'm sure). We salute the officers and members of these ranking lodges.

IRS. And State Comptroller. We recently had two visitors here at the Home Office. One of them was a representative from Uncle Sam's Internal Revenue Service. He spent three days checking our records and asking questions. He was a very nice gentleman. At the end of his stay, he told us that he would recommend that our exemption from federal premium income tax be continued and that, in his opinion, the Home Office is operating as a federallyexempt organization should.

Another visitor we had was a gentleman representing the State Comptroller. His visit concerned unrelated activities, specifically bingo activities, and left me with a number of brochures spelling out the requirements of the new law that went into effect on November 10th. As the governing body between conventions (see our bylaws), it is the Supreme Lodge's duty and responsibility to see that all laws pertaining to our Society's operations, both state and federal, are strictly complied with. I have spoken with the proper officials in the State Comptroller's office and the message is clear. It is not subject to interpretation or "hearing what you want to hear". BINGO HAS BEEN AND IS ILLEGAL UNTIL THE PROVISIONS OF H.B. No. 3 HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH. That bill requires local option elections and the earliest these can take place is January 16, 1982, and even in the event of passage, it will be some time after that before all other requirements of the law can be met and the activity commenced.

Take it from me; I am giving it to you straight. We all know what the law says. If you choose not to comply with it, you must be prepared to suffer the consequences. When the Comptroller's office chooses to start enforcement of this particular law is his prerogative (he probably already has), but even he will tell you that this activity has been and still is illegal, and enforceable by local authorities. We have a reputation for operating within the confines of the law and we should continue making every effort to do so. Trying to find loopholes in the law or trying to interpret it for someone's benefit is not the way to proceed; inter preting law should be left to lawyers and the judiciary. In the SPJST we rely on the advice of our legal adviser.

Some More Straight Talk. As the result of these audits, inspections, checks — call them what you like — a number of lodges are having to come up with funds. From what we can gather, most of this pertains to revenue acquired as the result of unrelated activities. In some instances, the amounts are sizeable.

What does all this mean? It simply means that agencies, both state and federal, are going to increase their scrutiny of organizations such as ours. It's been coming for several years, especially since the Tax Reform Act of 1969. (Remember Forms 990 and 990-T). We can expect more of the same. They have computers too. They're showing them a trend and a pattern. We must, therefore, increase our concern with unrelated business and "run a tighter ship". We're not going to be able to have it both ways. Let's play it by the rules and by the book.

Workshops. Local lodge officers' workshops will again be held in 1982 on Saturday, March 6th. All sessions will be held here in the Home Office, with a catered noon meal and other sessions at Lodge 47 east of Temple.

There have been several announcements about these workshops in the Vestnik and they will continue to appear, so no one can claim that there was not enough advance notice about these workshops. We have had a couple of suggestions about the schedule of the workshops and there does seem to be a good deal of enthusiasm about them this year. We are hoping for a bigger attendance than ever, so if you are involved, be making plans now Read the Vestnik for all the details.

Invitation& We wish to gratefully acknowledge the invitations that all of us have received, especially during this holiday season. We could not possibly make them all and we hope that you understand because so many lodges schedule their Christmas socials at the same time Nevertheless, they were all appreciated and we were privileged and honored to fulfill requests to install officers at several lodges in recent weeks.

Acknowledgements. My gratitude is expressed to all my colleagues officers and directors in the Supreme Lodge, for a job well done during the past year. They have served you well. Their January report will reflect that the Society is being well managed. A thorough and complete audit is conducted by the directors in the January and July meetings each year and reported to the membership in the Vestnik. The financial secretary, vice president, and secretary-treasurer make monthly reports to the membership in the Vestnik. The proceedings of all Supreme Lodge meetings are published in the Vestnik. Your president has reported to you periodically as the need arose in our official organ.

My gratitude is likewise expressed to all the Home Office employees for their good work and loyalty to our Society. They all are aware of and appreciate the benefits of working as a team.

Our thanks are also expressed to our Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Jack Weinblatt, who has been most cooperative in fulfilling his obligations and responsibilities with the medical applications received in the Home Office.

We wish also to acknowledge the

Wednesday, December 30, 1981 — VRSTNIK/5 fine work and cooperation of Actuary David Huff in Austin for his work during the year in performing various actuarial services and financial advice. As in any insurance corporation, the actuary in the SPJST plays a little-known but very important role.

To all lodge officers and workers who work so tirelessly at the many tasks at their lodge, my sincere thanks because without them, lodge activities would come to a halt.

Regrettably, it is often a lonely job because the same few are making most of the sacrifices and the rest are enjoying the fruits of their efforts. These tasks should be shared by a greater portion of the membership; the load would thus be more evenly distributed and less of a burden. It behooves us all to at least check as to whether our services are needed by volunteering throughout the year rather than showing up once a year when everything is prepared and ready for you. And when you are asked to help in some way, do so, if at all possible.

Operating a lodge, especially a large one, is a year-around, 12-month business. Along with all the benefits and privileges there must also be responsibilities. Fraternal Benefit Societies such as ours must operate on the lodge system. That is a legal requirement.

The problem has been and is twofold: first, there seems to be increasing difficulty in getting members to serve as officers (and in other positions) in the local lodges, and second, there is an acute shortage of people willing to put in time and work around the lodge premises and in lodge projects. Make no mistake about it, if we abandon or abdicate or somehow allow the lodge system to fall into disarray, we are in trouble because one of the main requirements of a fraternal benefit Society is that it operate on the lodge system.

From where I sit there are two principal reasons for the problem.

One is the pre-occupation of members with other activities, most of which are probably related to the family income. This relates directly to the national economic picture which is still not all that bright. It has become necessary, in many instances, to have two breadwinners in a family in order to make ends meet. This naturally has its repercussions, one of which relegates lodge activities to a very low priority. Another is that since there is little time for mom and dad to participate, chances are that their children will not participate, or will do so in a limited way. In short, economic pressures are a big factor in minimizing participation in local lodge affairs. The prevailing sentiment seems to be, "I just don't have the time."

As fraternalists, we must make up our minds that WE are primarily responsible for perpetuating what we have; others won't do it for us.

All is not lost. There is still time ...

Some Thoughts About What Lies Ahead. Nearly 3 in every 4 persons who reach 65 can expect to reach 75.

In 1940, the ratio was only 3 out of 5.

Life expectancy has now reached 73.6 years, which is 3 years longer than in 1970 and 19.5 years longer than in 1920. Obviously, Americans are healthier and living longer. The infant mortality rate has fallen to about 12 deaths per thousand births.

In 4970 there were 20 deaths for every 1,000 births. One expert predicts that the average life span in not too many years will reach 85.

Big item purchases, such as furniture and automobiles, have slacked off dramatically and the financial positions of many Americans is tight. Americans are not living as "high on the hog" as they used to and are accepting more frugal ways of living. We have managed to maintain our living standards, largely by saving less. The economy remains the main concern of many Americans. Interest rates have started to come down ever so slowly.

Unemployment is up to 8.4% (of the total labor force) and some predict that it will climb to 9.5% in mid-1982 and then seek a downward trend the latter part of 1982. After the interest rates come down a good deal more, our major industries will be directly affected: housing, automobiles and mortgage investments.

As long as they remain high these industries will remain depressed.

Double-digit inflation continues to erode our earning power. Let's hope that it comes down along with interest rates. The average American is not as interested about what happens in the Middle East, Libya, the Soviet Union, and other distant parts of the world as much as he is with what happens here at home, to his family, and to his pocketbook. We are living in speedy and hectic times. Events seem to overtake us. Communications are so sophisticated that events seem to happen and fade into oblivion even before we have time to react. One brush fire is put out and another one starts. It is becoming more difficult to "roll with the punches" because we don't know where or when the punches are coming from and with what intensity. Sometimes we feel like the person who said "Whoa, world, stop and let me get off."

May I close as I have for the past several years: May God's richest blessings be with all of you during the coming New Year and in the years to come. May you especially be blessed with an abundance of good health, for that is the most important ingredient of our lives. And may the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace!

Fraternally, Nick A. Morris President —SPJST-

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Rowena Lodge No. 49 Lodge No. 49 held their quarterly meeting December 6 at the Lodge Hall.

After the regular business session we voted to buy an electric roaster and coffee maker for our kitchen instead of having our usual Christmas feast. We also had election of officers for the coming year.

Those elected were: Elizabeth Walther, re-elected president, Billy Rollwitz, re-elected vice-president.

Beverly Teplicek was elected financial secretary and Julie Lisso

recording secretary. For the hall committee (or trustees) we have Robert Behrans, James Teplicek and Bernie Marecek. Our next regular meeting will be March 7 at 2 p.m.

Fraternally, Elizabeth Walther Lodge President —SPJST-

Held At Lodge No. 47 Seaton Star Hall Meeting

Dear Members and Friends: Our December 6 meeting was well-attended. President Alfred Klusacek called the meeting to order with Mark Tepera and Nora Skrabanek leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Members were asked to remain standing for a moment of silence in memory of our deceased, Sister Frances Motl. May her memory live among us forever.

This was followed by Roll Call of officers, sales representatives and the reading of the minutes from the last meeting.

Correspondence consisted of a letter from the Temple Pioneer Museum asking for a donation; members approved a $15 donation.

Our only visitor was Della Marinik. We welcome you, Della.

Come visit with us again.

All officers and chairpersons gave satisfactory reports. Dorothy Pechal reported the New Year's Eve reservations are going fast. If you need reservations call Sister Dorothy; she may have a few seats left.

Frankie Klinkovsky presented the changes to the Rules and Regulations. All changes were accepted.

Charlie and Leah Marek are the ticket chairpersons for 1982. Robert and Evelyn Heese volunteered to take the bar for one year. Emil and Frances Hejl will continue being our cleanup chairpersons.

New members accepted were: Gene Edward Mikeska and Shannon Marie Pechal. We had one paid-up policy: Clarence Lastovica.

Reported on the sick list were: Charles Sodek, Ella Macek, Judy Pechal, Linda Koliha and Frances Hejl. We wish all of you a speedy recovery and hope you can be among us real soon.

Members celebrating birthdays in December are: Henry Haisler, J. D. Chlapek, Dorothy Pechal and Herman Hester. Happy Birthday to all of you.

December anniversaries are: Woodrow and Gladys Marek, Edwin and Theresa Chlapek, Charlie and Leah Marek, Herbert and Albina Dueser, and Jerry and Dorothy Pechal, Happy Anniversary to all of these fine couples.

Our next meeting will be Sunday, January 3 at 2 p.m. Audit of the books will be held Monday, January 4.

Our Christmas Social was very well-attended. The attendance and fellowship were great as well as the food and eggnog. Willie and I, along with President Alfred and Martha Klusacek, thank everyone who helped in any way to help make the day a success, despite cold drizzly weather. We had so many people helping that it is impossible to name everyone without leaving someone out You know who you are and we do appreciate the help. It couldn't be

done without you. We got a lot of compliments on the meal and two or three gripes but, then, you can't please everyone all of the time.

Everyone make a New Year's Resolution: Attend your local lodge meetings! We need your attendance and participation.

I wish everyone a very happy New Year!

Fraternally, Adeline Kohutek Reporter —SPJST-

Lodge No. 51 To Sponsor Games' Party

Ellinger

At the annual meeting of Lodge No. 51, held December 9th, the members discussed the possibility of sponsoring a games party. Agreed upon was to sponsor card and domino games; the date selected for the party was March 7, 1982.

This is on a Sunday, and the members decided that we would hold a brief business meeting around 1:30 p.m. and the party would begin at 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded.

Election of officers turned out the same as in the past years. All officers and Auditing Committee were re-elected by acclamation: President, Ludwig F. Kocian; Vice President, Alvin E. K otrla; Secretary-Treasurer and Financial Secretary, D. A. Juren. On the auditing committee are: Ed Tobias and Gus L. Hruska.

Please make a (x) check mark on your new 1982 calendar, checking the first Sunday in March, that is the 7th, as the day of the "FIRST" games' party ever sponsored by this lodge, and make your arrangements to be here, starting at 1:30 p.m. sharp. Who knows? You may win a prize! MORE INFO. LATER! Fraternally, D. A. Juren, Secretary —SPJSTLodge

No. 88 News

The Saturday night dance was with music by the Knights of Dixie entertaining the dance-loving people. Hosting this dance were: Millie Manack in charge of the dance, Amos Kadlecek serving in the ticket office and his spouse, Della, seating the guests while Martha Baxter was at the door greeting the arriving guests. It was a dress code dance and the guests came dressed as specified. The three sisters on the committee were also dressed according to the dress code and looked lovely.

Every year, around the holidays, the Choral Club of Lodge No. 88 pays a visit to our SPJST Nursing Home in Needville, Tx. This year our group made our annual visit to the home Saturday, December 19th to cheer our friends and guests of the home. Our program was scheduled for '2 p.m. but we arrived a little earlier to have time to visit. By 2 p.m. the guests and visitors were all seated and ready for our program. It was heart-warming and a pleasure to see the lips of the fathers and mothers move as we sang familiar Christmas Carols in Czech and English followed by popular Czech Folk songs. After the performance a gift package was given to each guest of the home. The

6/VESTNiK -- Wednesday, December 30, 1981 Youth Club of Lodge 88 sent individual presents of fruit and candy. The Choral Club also had a gift for each guest containing a homemade "bib", candy and Kleenex. Materials for the bibs were donated by the sisters and several made them; we made about 80 bibs and we think they are very nice and we hope the guests will enjoy wearing them. All this followed by serving a delicious buffet with homebaked pastries, sandwiches, punch and coffee. The home furnished the assorted sandwiches, punch and coffee. The homebaked pastries were donated by the local ladies.

Mrs. Annie Horelica baked the everpopular Apple Strudl; Mrs. Nowotny, a mouth-watering poppy seed cake full of calories; and the assorted Kolache, light as a feather,

by Mrs. Slacalek and; of course, Christmas cookies, as usual, by Mrs. Susen. Can you imagine what that kind of a menu does to a weight watcher? Nobody cared and we loved every bite. Thank you, ladies and the home personnel. It was a pleasure. HAPPY NEW YEAR! My sister-in-law, Jennie Dvorak, is a resident of the home about one year; both of her daughters, Helen Champion and Irene Graham, visit with their mother almost every week and were there Sunday for the program. Mrs. Mary Faltesek, I had a nice chat with her and she looks very well and gets around with a cane, is there, also Mrs. Louise Janca, a very old friend of mine, (this is her home for several years now).

She is very alert and takes interest in things. When she first came to the home she crocheted a lot, but she can't do that anymore so she reads; she showed me the stack of books in her room. I was very much surprised to see Mrs. Frank Hlavaty, the spouse of the late Frank Hlavaty who was our first Choir Director for many years. She also is the mother of Henry Hlavaty, the first violinist with the Houston Symphony; also met Mrs. Hlavaty's sister-in-law and brother-in-law. It was a pleasure to visit with friends and new acquaintances.

At the last dance, a birthday celebration took place for Stephani Schulte at Table 7 with many friends toasting to the happy occasion. She opened her beautiful eyes December 19th, ...? The delicious goodies were enjoyed by all.

At another table with friends surrounding three tables in the middle was A. J. Wheeler with a broad smile on his face accepting good wishes for his 70th birthday.

He was a surprise package on Christmas Eve to gladden the hearts of his loving parents on December 24th. To both Stephani and A. J. Wheeler: many happy years to come!

Sister Annie Green proudly announced on being lucky to bag an antler on her ranch during this season. I sure admire you, Annie; you are a brave girl; I wouldn't know how to hold a gun; how nice! While at her table, Annie introduced me to two newcomers, Mrs. Mary Phillips, and her son, Charles Phillip, of La Porte, Tx. Hope you enjoyed the evening and come back, soon.

Odell Pederson and spouse, Agnes, made a trip to Naches, Louisiana with son, Raymond Lesak, and spouse, Gracy. They left by car Friday the 4th and returned Tuesday the 8th of December. They ."; ..11

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visited Agnes' daughter, Linda Rivers, and enjoyed the colorful parade on Saturday, especially Agnes loved to see her granddaughter, Dana, in the parade twirling her baton. They viewed the whole parade and watched the magnificent fire works flying through the night air. It was an exciting weekend for all.

Brother Johnnie M osko, over a month now, is undergoing treatments in the Rosewood Hospital. Rose, his wife, spends most of her time with Johnnie; Rose is the sister of Elsie Roznovsky and Frank Sebek. Their mother, Mrs. Sebek, resides in the Golden Age Nursing Home and recently celebrated her 90th birthday; all three of her children visit her often and Elsie makes it every day and her mother looks forward to her visits.

In the same Golden Age Nursing Home reside the parents of Elsie Zaleski, Mr. Fisk and his spouse, Julia, for many years. December 11th, Elsie's father, Mr. Fisk, celebrated his 90th birthday, so they made it a double Birthday Party with Mrs. Sebek also 90 years of age and had a big blowout. Elsie and husband, A. J., visit with them several times a week bringing them goodies of their choice. To both celebrants: Happy Birthday and many more!

Sorry to hear that Sister Ida Hanka is confined in the hospital for a spell now. I have no word where; her mailing address is: Mrs. Ida Hanka, Route 2, Box 46 A B, Clarksville, Ark., 72830. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

The Old Year 1981 is ready to leave us and the New Year of 1982 will enter and stay with us, for sure, 12 months.

Happy New Year From Lodge No. 88!

Frances Olexa.

_ Ft. Worth Lodge No. 92 Celebrates Yuletide -SPJST

Our meeting was called to order by our President Albert Kubala.

The members stood for a moment of silent prayer for our deceased members.

Greeting cards were read from the Supreme Lodge, our Editor Rudy Sefcik and his wife, Maxine, and Lodge No. 154, Sokol Ft. Worth, and then were passed around for the members to see.

We welcome new members: Joseph Hayes Walker, Michael Walker Hale, Joshua C. Stotts and Keely S. Wakefield.

Our officers for 1982 are: President Albert Kubala, Vice President Kenneth Krivanek, Secretary Christine Zich, Treasurer John Murphy, Financial Secretary Evelyn Spacek, Youth Leader Gordon Hubenak, and Assistant Leaders Cheryl Hubenak and Esta Hubenak.

Trustees elected to serve with Brothers Albert Kubala and John Murphy were John Paprskar, Frank Tesar and Kenneth Krivanek.

Auditing Committee consists of Helen Kubala, Al Kercho and Mary Ann Krivanek.

Resolution Committee: Frances Jaworski, Joy Paprskar and Anna Langer.

Rules and Regulations Committee: Liz Howard, Helen Kubala and Alene Kercho.

Entertainment Committee: Marie Tesar and Joyce Tesar.

Sunshine Committee: Martha Durham.

Flagbearer: Staci Hubenak.

Guide: Richard Hubenak.

Reporter: Helen Kubala.

We wish all the officers much success in 1982.

On the sick list we had Mary Pulliam, Pat Dearing, Frank Chaloupka, Carl Zich and Rick Hubenak. We wish all of them a speedy recovery.

We extend our sympathy to the family of Brother Haywood (Warren) Bullock. He attended the dances regularly and will be missed by his many friends.

Sister Minnie Ruzicka and family would like to thank all the members and friends who sent flowers, food and cards when Brother Robert Ruzicka passed away. Also a big thank you to Sisters Inez Krivanek, Bennie Bartek and Flora Koci for helping with the food at the house.

They appreciated it very much.

Memorials were received in memory of Robert Ruzicka from Rudy and Justine Chaloupka; Kenneth, Mary Ann and Mary Krivanek.

In memory of Ray Johnson by Kenneth, Mary Ann and Mary Krivanek.

In memory of Haywood (Warren) Bullock by Lad Maly, Roy and Lydia Alholm and Kenneth, Mary Ann and Mary Krivanek.

Our Christmas Party was enjoyed by everyone and all the children who performed did a fantastic job.

Everyone joined in singing Christmas carols and all the children's faces lit up when Santa Claus arrived. He handed out presents and the bags of goodies and then had to leave since he is so busy this time of year. We want to thank all the ladies who brought all the good cookies and snacks and Martha Durham for the beautiful decorating she did on the tables.

Our next meeting will be January 10 at 2 p.m. when the officers for 1982 will be installed. A meal will be served following the meeting and the ladies are asked to bring the pastry.

I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and we wish all of you the best in the New Year.

I know that Sister Helen Kubala will do a fantastic job in her capacity as reporter.

I hope to see all of you at the next meeting, January 10 at 2 p.m.

Fraternally, Mary Ann Krivanek -SPJST-

Lodge No. 107 Sets January 3rd Meeting Floresville

The annual social and meeting was held at the lodge hall at 4:30 p.m. December 6, 1981.

President Bayer called the meeting to order and Wendy Bayer led the members in the Pledge.

All officers answered roll call.

Minutes were read and reports were given by the treasurer and financial secretary.

President Bayer read an acknowledgement from the Emil Svoboda family.

Memorials for Reuben Lesikar from the Bob Bayer family — $10, for Emil Svoboda by Anton Svoboda family —$5, from Joe Pavliska family —$5, and SPJST Lodge No. 107— $15.

Youth Leader Polly Bayer gave a report on Youth Club events. The hayride was cancelled due to bad weather. She also reminded all to start on projects for YAD '82.

Christmas vacation is a good time to work on a project.

Henry Sralla reported he had inquired about a water filter and gave the approximate cost.

It was decided to place some light fixtures over the serving area and over the sink in the kitchen. This project is to be taken care of real soon.

Election of officers' results were: President Bob Bayer, Vice President John Burleson, Secretary Pauline Pavliska, Financial Secretary Liz Bielefeld, Treasurer Phyllis Purchis and Youth Leader Polly Bayer.

Others serving the lodge are: Auditor (3-year) Roxanne Bayer; Hall Manager Bob Bayer, Assistant Youth Leaders Lori Hrna, Barbara Burleson, Dianne Lyssy and Roxanne Bayer.

The officers' workshop in Temple on March 6, 1982 was discussed.

Door prizes were won by Kimberli Svoboda, Stacy Bielefeld, John Burleson, Lori Hrna, Liz Bielefeld and Joe Pavliska.

During the social cards and dominoes were enjoyed by a large group of members.

A delicious buffet of sandwiches, chips, crackers, dips, cookies, cakes, and other goodies were enjoyed by the members.

Next meeting is January 3, 1982 at 4 p.m. Plan to be there!

Fraternally, Pauline Pavliska Secretary -SPJST-

Lodge No. 180 Elects Officers

Burleson

Dear Members and Friends: Our December meeting was called to order by President Dennis Barabas.

Vice President Jess Taylor led us in the Pledge of Allegiance in the absence of Flagbearer Joe Russell; we remained standing for a moment of silence in respect for our departed member, Brother Herbert Carl Janke; may he rest in peace.

In the absence of Secretary Mike Hejl, acting Secretary Frances Simmank called the roll of officers and the reading of the minutes from the November meeting, which wee approved as read.

Correspondence was read and Greetings from the Supreme Lodge officers and staff and from Editor Rudy Sefcik and Maxine Sefcik.

Acting secretary for the trustees, Jess Taylor, gave a report on the December Trustees' meeting and read a letter of resignation from Mike Hejl as secretary of the trustees and floor chairman.

We want to welcome these new members who were accepted into our lodge: David Paul Hoerig, Harold Peterson, Danny Lynn Sells and Carrie Lynn Williams, adults; and Jennifer Smajstrla, Shawn

Wednesday, December 30, 1981 — VESTMK/7 Smajstrla and Megan Deann Williams, juniors, also an additional policy for Louis Grochaske.

Happy Birthday to Marilyn Sealy and Leo Keating and to all December birthday members.

We had a visitor, Mrs. Mary Wasek; we hope you come visit again.

Election of officers was held and the following were elected: President Dennis Barabas, Vice President Jess Taylor, Secretary Frances Simmank, Financial Secretary Mydell Grochaske, Treasurer Louis Grochaske, Youth Leader Brenda Beauchamp, Flagbearer Chuck Beauchamp, Reporter Estelle Hurtik and Assistant Youth Leaders Karen Cathey, Elizabeth Starr and Sandra Barabas.

Trustees are: Chuck Beauchamp, Ernie Cathey, Joe Hurtik, John Jiminez, Leo Keating, Robert Newton, B. J. Russell, Jerry Starr and Ben Jack Welch.

Entertainment Committee consists of: Joyce Russell, Estelle Hurtik, Martha Hrabal, Elizabeth Starr, Karen Cathey, Carolyn Nitcshe, Carolyn Newton and Kitty Rippen.

President Barabas thanked all the 1981 officers for a job well done.

The installation of officers will be at our January 10, 1982 meeting at 2:30 p.m. The ladies are asked to please bring sweets and the rest of the meal will be prepared by the Entertainment Committee.

This is my last report so I would like to thank the editor for being so helpful and kind the past year.

We hope you all had a merry Christmas and wish you a happy and prosperous New Year!

Fraternally, Frances Simmank -SPJST-

Lodge No. 183, Has Election of Officers Mid-Cities

Dear Members: The monthly lodge meeting held Sunday, December 13 was called to order by President B. J. Hlavaty.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led

by Nancy Hlavaty.

All officers were present for roll call.

The minutes, recorded by second Vice President Robert Sill, were read by Secretary Patricia Sill.

Inez Greenlees read the treasury report and she reported our debt to the Knights of Columbus had been paid in full. Bank statements figures from the checking and insurance accounts were read. Figures on our present balance were not available.

Financial Secretary Daniel Roznovsky gave no financial report. He had three dividend checks, but these members were not present. No new members were reported. When asked about the number of our present membership, he guessed it was between 150 and 160.

Reports were given by the chairman and the games chairman.

The dance chairman reported a small attendance at the Saturday night dance, but did not give a figure as to the financial loss incurred by the lodge.

Another $240 was donated from the games night to the Star House in Fort Worth. This brings the total figure of $1,626.53 donated thus far

this- year as a direct result of our games night.

We are still in need of help during our games' nights, especially on Thursday nights. Members: Come on out to the lodge and give us a hand.

Please remember Diane Kuwaya, who had major surgery in October and still remains hospitalized at Arlington Memorial Hospital, in your prayers; also Dottie Kral who is undergoing medical treatments.

Our sympathy is extended to Urbie Straten on the loss of his brother, Daniel.

To all our shut-in members and friends, we wish a speedy recovery.

Since there was no further business the election of officers began.

There was a large number present for the elections.

Three members were seeking the office of president. After the third vote B. J. Hlavaty was re-elected president. There were two members seeking the office of vice-president.

Lambert Pustejovsky was reelected to this office. Two were seeking the second vice-president's office; Norman Kneschk was elected to this office. Financial Secretary Daniel was re-elected by acclamation. A motion was made by Daniel Roznovsky and seconded by Norman Kneschk to waive the lodge's Rules and Regulations concerning the attendance of officers at the lodge meeting, so that the office of secretary could be filled. Several members were nominated but all declined this office. Secretary Patricia Sill was reelected as secretary. There were two seeking the office of treasurer; Inez Greenlees was re-elected to this office.

Norman Kneschk is the only new officer for this coming year and he will hold the office of second vicepresident. We wish all the officers a successful year.

Installation of officers will tak place at our next meeting which will be Sunday, Januaiy 10 at 6:30 p.m.

Since there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

We are having a New Year's Eve dance at the lodge December 31st from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and all are invited; music will be provided by Henry Rejcek and his Polka Band; admission is $7.50 per person which includes hats, noisemakers and free coffee.

See you then, Fraternally, Betty Hlavaty Reporter -SPJST-

From Pasadena Lodge No. 172 News

Dear Brothers and Sisters: We, the members from Lodge Rozkvet, wish everyone throughout the state the joyous season and, also, we appreciate everyone's gifts, donated door prizes and patronage during 1981 who came to enjoy the good times from far and near. Here's wishing everyone the most prosperous and enjoyable 1982 with best of health and strength, also.

Please be careful while driving to see your relatives and friends for your life is a precious gift to all of

your loved ones and be aware of the danger while driving; save a life at 55, a sorrow is a thing no one can forget too easily.

Our thoughts are with those who are sick in the hospital, in your home and/or rest home and we are wishing for a speedy recovery so you come and visit us at Lodge No. 172 in Pasadena. We, at the lodge, are like a happy family where warm hospitality is extended to all who attend our activities; and there will also be more functions in 1982, so come and join us for you will be glad you did.

At our last lodge meeting in 1981 was the most attended by its brothers and sisters. Election of officers was also held and the new officers for 1982: President Dan Berry, 1st Vice President J. C. Dressler, 2nd Vice President Julius Zella, Recording Secretary Vlasta Machann, Financial Secretary Loraine Wylie and Treasurer Tinnie Coffman.

Board of Trustees are: Esther Kowalski, Joseph Krenek, Norman Tofte and Tommy Wallace.

We wish all the elected officers the best in 1982 and God bless them in their work at the lodge during the new year. Installation of officers was nicely performed by past president, Brother Victor Peter.

All of us present extended our congratulations to all the elected into their offices as our leaders of the lodge. We also thanked all the outgoing officers for their effort in doing such a tremendous job in the past year.

We also had some new members initiated into our lodge before the meeting's election of officers started. Congratulations to our new sisters of the lodge.

We want to extend our sisterly and brotherly sympathy to all of those who departed to their eternal resting place; may they rest in peace.

Wednesday night one of our dear friends, Brother Edward Krenek's wife; passed away in her home at Orchard, Texas. Grandpa Krenek is well-respected and well-known, by many people and is also a talented musician playing several instruments in his son Ray Krenek's Orchestra. Grandpa Krenek, who is 90 years old, plays mostly a big tenor saxophone and harmonica.

(His wife, Mary Krenek, was 88 years of age.) All of us at Lodge No. 172 are so sorry to hear of her passing away and we are also extending our sincere sympathy to the Krenek family. May she rest in eternal peace. (Mr. Krenek knows me since I've been 2 or 3 years old.)

For the coming new year, I am not too sure if I will write in English anymore because of the 2nd vice president's change; however, I will try to do my best in my Czech writing as instructed. (I do want to say that I love to write and read, too.) I have enjoyed writing into our Organ the "Vestnik" of the SPJST about the lodges' happenings in Texas, so please take notice of the Vestnik and read it like I do to know what's going on in and around our area as well as the other neighboring lodges to pay them a fraternal visit and, if not a member, please consider your obligations and your family's to join our family group at Lodge No. 172 because you will be glad you did.

From the members of Lodge No. 172 and the John T. Mikeska family, we all hope and wish each of you the most joyous, happiest, healthiest and merriest holidays. God bless you all and Best Wishes!

Fraternally yours, John T. Mikeska -SPJST-

Club Of Fort Worth

Friendship

Dear Members and Friends, The headlines in a local newspaper recently read, "Climate on Earth warming." I do believe what the Scientists say is true, because as I prepared my report, we have had no winter weather. It is like Spring in Winter, as I note that I can't ever remember seeing Iris' (flower) bloom in December before.

The December meeting was wellattended, and everyone was in a jovial mood.

The following guests were introduce • Anna Knowles, Genevieve Earle, Julie McCormick and Donald Steinman, Sr. The birthday members were John Zubb, Mary Kubala and Marie Tesar.

The members wishes were to keep the same officers with the exception of the Vice-President, Bernadette Svacina, who is unable to attend, due to her working with her husband in their new pharmacy.

Rose Steinman was nominated and elected vice-president.

The officers for 1982 are: President, Mary Tesar; VicePresident, Rose Steinman; Secretary, Lydia Alholm; Treasurer, Marie Tesar and Reporter, Lydia Alholm.

After singing several Christmas Carols, gifts were exchanged. A delicious ham dinner with all its trimmings was served, and afterwards, games were played.

The January hostesses will be Mary Saldana and Jo Prochaska.

The day after our meeting, Donald Steinman, Sr. and my spouse, Roy, departed on a two-week trip to visit friends and relatives in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Roy would see his new grandson, Timothy, for the first time. Don would make a special visit to see his ailing mother in Ohio.

May your Christmas have been filled with everything that your heart desired and that the New Year will be a Healthy and Prosperous one.

Fraternally, Lydia Alholm Reporter -SPJST-

Class At Memorial Adult Evening School In Houston Czech

Registration for the 1982 Spring semester classes in Conversational Czech will take place between 7 and 9 p.m. January 12, 13, 14 at Memorial Senior High School, 935 Echo Lane, Houston, Texas 77024.

The beginner's class, Czech I will be held Thursday evenings, starting January 28 and the advanced class, Czech II will be held Tuesday evenings starting January 26. All class hours in these 15 week courses will be from 7 to 9 p.m. each evening.

8/VESTNiK — Wednesday, December 30, 1981 Tuition for each course will be $30 plus $5 registration fee.

For more information call Department of Continuing Education, Spring Branch Ind. School District, 464-1511 Ext. 304 or 305 or my home 467-5449.

Charles J. Heyda Czech Class Instructor Member SPJST Lodge 88

-SPJSTContributions To S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home No. II, Needville

We, in the S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home No. II, would like to submit this recognition of the time and performance that the following have done for us throughout the year.

Donations to the home are as listed: The Schmidlan family donated a walker.

Louis Hanus donated four pecan trees.

FHA brought fruit, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church for flowers, FHA a wall Valentine arrangement, Fairchild 4-H for cookies, The Telephone Pioneers Bluebonnet Club for social prizes, Belta Kappa Gamma for social prizes, Rosie Emerson for a cake, Hugo Requardt green beans, Anita Schmidt for squash and cucumbers, John Bosse for cupcakes and honeybuns, Mrs. Medunka for bibs, Ann Luquette for lap robes and back rest, Dorothy Weems for flowers, Needville 4-H Club for Christmas gifts, William J. Marek of Lodge No. 117 for cookies, Youth Club of Lodge No. 117 for gifts and cookies, Mrs. Betty Jurica for cookies, The Jaycees for fence enclosure, turkey dinner and Christmas gifts, "A" Flower and Gift Shop for corsages and boutonnieres, KJZT for fruit, St. Paul's Presbyterian Women for Christmas cards, Mr. and Mrs. George Horak for candy, Immanuel United Church of Christ for bibs, United Methodist thurch for fruit, Hugo Ley for fruit and calendars, Lodge No. 81 for fruit, Mrs. Widsor for puzzles, Rosenberg Lodge No. 175 for fruit, Lodge No. 88 for bibs and fruit, First Baptist Church for decorations on residents' doors, Methodist Church fruit and candy, Lions Club for fruit, Rudolph's Market and Sausage Company for sausage and calendar, Brazos Bottom Belles and Beaus for square dancing, All the volunteers for the hours they performed, Albert George County Library for films and bringing books to rest home for residents, All priests and churches for their services.

Donations made in memory of: The SPJST Lodge No. 117 in memory of Mrs. Rosie Horak and Agnes Hrncir.

The SPJST Lodge No. 42 in memory of Albina Gregor. , Elouise Fingleman in memory of Mamie Vickers.

The American Legion Auxiliary in memory of Mamie Vickers.

The SPJ§T Lodge No. 28 in memory of Reuben Lesikar.

Lodge No. 117 in memory of Mary V. Parma.

The following made donations: The SPJST Lodge No. 88, Houston, The New Tabor Lodge No. 17 Youth Club, Lodge Pokrok No. 84, Dallas, The SPJST Lodge No. 81, Needville, Charles H. Allen, Jr., Rosie Kovar for donation, All members of SVPS Lodge No. 30.

The Board of Directors, S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home, employees and residents wish everyone a happy New Year and hope everyone had a merry Christmas.

If we have missed anyone we are truly sorry and would like to thank you!

Respectfully yours, Harvey Marx, Administrator Barbara Fojtik, Social Director -SPJST-

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: The enclosed news release outlines Christmas toy selection for children. We feel that many parents are not aware of certain safety precautions they may consider before purchasing that special toy for their child.

We at Texas Department of Health would appreciate your publishing this important message in your paper as a public service.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Cathy Brem Regional Coordinator Public Information Services A few months, or a year or two in a child's development can make quite a difference in the ability to cope with Christmas toys. The wrong toy given a child could spoil the entire holiday period.

That's the opinion of Harold Ray, Director of the Product Safety Division of the Texas Department of Health.

Ray says manufacturers are required by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission to place age recommendations and precautionary labeling on toys.

Testing is done for the different age levels of children. These age levels are 18 months and less, more than 18 months but not more than 36 months, and 36 months to not more than eight years of age.

"Learn to be a label reader," Ray advises. "If a label warns that a toy is too advanced for your child, look for something else. Make sure that all instructions are clear - to you, and more importantly, to the child."

Ray says parents should be aware of how well a toy is built. "Toys of brittle plastic can be broken easily, exposing dangerous, sharp cutting edges. Wooden toys sometimes have

splinters that should be sanded smooth. Pins and staples on doll clothes, hair and accessories can easily injure an unsuspecting child," he said.

Ray said tiny toys and toys with small, removeable parts can sometimes be swallowed by small children, or become lodged in their windpipe, ears or nose.

He said parents should avoid toys that produce extremely loud noises.

The law requires the following label on boxes of caps producing noise above a certain level: "WARNING Do not fire closer than 12 inches from the ear. Do not use indoors."

A check with local toy stores in the Austin area discloses that electronic games and toys are in demand. "You really have to be careful when buying these types of toys because sometimes the labels will be misleading," one toy dealer said.

He said a label may read "electronic toy," when actually the toy is only battery operated. An electronic toy should have at least one computer chip. If parents have difficulty understanding the directions on electronic toys, they should ask a store employee for assistance before taking the toy home.

Other toys in demand this year are stuffed animals, especially the larger ones. "Remember, even a cuddly teddy bear can have barbed eyes or wired limbs which can cut or stab," Ray warned.

Toys that propel objects can also cause problems. "Guided missiles and similar flying toys can injure the eyes," Ray warned. "Arrows or darts used by children should have soft cork tips or rubber suction cups.

Children should never be allowed to play with adult sporting equipment such as archery sets and lawn darts."

Don't forget about the toy box.

Use a toy box with a lightweight lid that can easily be opened from the inside, in case a child climbs inside.

For additional safety, be sure there are ventilation holes for fresh air and that the hinges do not pinch or squeeze.

Some 5,000 new toys enter the marketplace each year. The holiday season will find more than 150,000 different kinds of toys for sale in an estimated one million retail outlets.

Despite the efforts of toy manufacturers, retailers, state and federal governmental agencies, it is impossible to inspect every toy.

When you're buying a bicycle, don't buy one too large — thinking your child will grow into it. This is one of the major causes of bicycle accidents, said Ray. To report a product hazard or a product-related injury, write to the Product Safety Division, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756.

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NEWSBRIEFS The annual meeting of the Seaton Cemetery Association will be held on January 10, 1982 at 2:00 p.m., Tom Sefcik Hall, Seaton, TX. All interested persons are invited to attend.

Ace L. Chlapek, Secretary ***

YOUTH SECTION From the State Youth Director Dear Members: Another New Year is approaching, giving us a chance to do the things we had good intentions of doing this past year. NOW is the time to get started. Plans are being made for the 1982 Youth Program, so watch the Youth Section and Youth Activities Calendar in the Vestnik for upcoming events.

Fraternalism, family-oriented . . . these are words we hear when referring to the SPJST. Let's keep that image ALIVE by being active in the local lodges. Today, there are not many places we parents can feel free to take our children, but the SPJST encourages youth participation and attendance. DON't let this youth aspect fade from your lodge! Keep the family together and attend your meetings and socials TOGETHER! There are only 5 months left in this youth year. Will you be eligible to participate in your District Youth Achievement Day and District Camp? You must attend a majority of the meetings (7) from June 1 to May 31 in order to be eligible for these activities.

We have some new youth leaders taking office in January. Welcome to the SPJST Youth Program! There will be district and state training classes for all youth leaders and assistants. These training classes have been scheduled for next spring.

(Refer to the Youth Activities Calendar in the Vestnik). I hope each of you plan to attend these training classes. They will be of great benefit to you and your youth club.

This is the smallest quarterly report we have had since I have been in office. I am very disappointed that I have to turn in a report with so many youth clubs not reporting. It only takes a few minutes to fill out these quarterly reports. This is money for your youth clubs for the attendance. There is no real effort involved for a report that is due once every 3 months. If you do not report you are actually depriving yourselves and your youth members of useable funds, so please take a few minutes to mail in these reports. The attendance was good for the youth clubs that reported, but I feel a need for more interest and enthusiasm in our meetings to keep the youth interested in attending. One reason for such a considerable drop is due to school starting in the fall and the holidays that we all put so much time into, but still, we must strive to keep the youth interested.

There are seven District Youth Counselors, Brother Morris and myself who are willing to assist you in any way we can. Please call on us if there is anything we can do to assist in creating new ideas, arts and crafts, or projects for your youth club. Let's not let the youth down by being lax in our interest and planned programs. Plan NOW for the year.

Look for NEW things for the youth to be involved in. Give them leadership roles and let them be a part of

Wednesday, December 30, 1981 -- VtSTNiK/9 the planning so they will feel that they are a part of it. After all, we support TODAY's SPJST youth to be tomorrow's LEADERS! Good luck during the coming year!

We need your attendance, interest and creative talents.

May the New Year bring good health and happiness to you and your loved ones.

Fraternally, Jann Thomas State Youth Director Following is the quarterly report for September, October, and November 1981;

that is what counts. The rest, as I always tell the children, is life.

We wish to thank Mr. Frank Klinkovsky, District II youth counselor, for all his help and support. Our club always looks forward to the two skating parties that Mr. Klinkovsky has planned for us and everyone enjoyed the tour of SPJST Museum in Temple. The only thing wrong with that was that the youth went through the museum in about 30 minutes and us older ones needed about six hours or more to look through everything that was displayed.

SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT We wish to thank the SPJST Hall (Sept., Oct. & Nov. 1981) in Round Rock for sponsoring the YAD in 1981. We know it takes a lot Average of work and planning and I know it Mo thl was not easy for the State Youth ReimAttendance Lodge Location Director Jann Thomas to take over bursement the responsibilities but 5.67 $ 8.50 all 4 Hallettsville 17.50 everything was very nice.

11.67 6 Cottonwood Our youth club did not have as 39.00 26.00 Snook 9 13 Dime Box 17.00 25.50 many entries as we have had in the 16.67 17 Caldwell 25.00 past but we have a lot of young 33.00 18 Elgin 49.50 members coming up and they are all Granger 20 21.67 3250 ve r y creative and talented. Granger No Report 24 Cyclone Lodge 20 did well in both the crafts 20.50 Ennis 25 13.67 and talent departments and we had 56.00 Taylor 29 37.33 Taiton 30 23.00 34.50 quite a few that were able to go to State YAD. Children are always 32 Victoria No Report ready to give up but we feel we have 35 Elk No Report 7.33 11.00 to keep after them to keep them 39 Bryan 25.67 38.50 going and encouraging them 47 Seaton 18.50 because when they do win they are 48 Beyersville 12.33 El Campo 16.33 24.50 50 sc proud of themselves and then No Report 54 West 15.50 t hey see it was all worth it. If they Waco 10.33 66 15.00 lose we tell them that this gives 73 Seymour 10.00 15.67 23.50 them more experience for the 74 Lovelady following year.

Bomarton (combinedwith Lodge 77 73 Our SPJST District II Camp was Corpus Christi No Report 79 a little more balanced this year and 26.00 made it more enjoyable for 84 Dallas (jr 17.33 17.00 everyone. I attended the senior 11.33 (Teens) 37.50 camp and the teens were a real 88 Houston 25.00 6.33 9.50 92 Fort Worth pleasure to chaperone. We could not 27.00 18.00 Floresville 107 16.33 24.50 have asked for a better group of Robstown 117 youngsters. As usual Mr. No Report Dallas 130 13.00 Klinkovsky can't seem to do enough 8.67 142 Houston 23.50 for all the young people; he wants all 15.67 154 Fort Worth of them to have a good time We Not Eligible Lubbock 157 No Report 169 Brenham thank Mr. Klinkovsky and all the No Report 174 Rockdale other chaperones who take their 177 17.00 25.50 vacation time to come to camp and Academy 6.33 9.50 chaperone these young people and 178 Longview No Report 179 Warrenton try to make it as enjoyable as No Report Burleson 180 possible even if sometimes they Arlington No Report 183 6.67 10.00 have to fuss with them. We become New Braunfels 185 like a bunch of mother hens looking No Report Caldwell 186 after their chicks, but we all love Round Rock No Report 187 them so I guess that's why we keep No Report Centerville 188 coming back each year.

There was one thing that upset 28 checks me and some of the other $678.00 Total Paid chaperones this year and it was the Average Monthly Attendance: 150.67 No Reports: 14 horses. Most of us are greenhorns when it comes to riding horses and --SPJST-only ride them once a year when we come to camp. In the past when we 11101111■11111•111111111111111MEMINIIIIIMMEll had horse riding the children were not allowed to come near the horses until they were all saddled and hitched in the arena and then they 11111=11111111111=1■•=111111=111 were instructed to proceed with This year the children were A REVIEW OF GRANGER YC caution. instructed to get their own horses in PARTICIPANTS' ACTIVITIES the stalls and water them following Dear Readers: closely behind each other with only It has been a long time since I one water trough being available for have written to you to fill everyone all the horses. I am in hopes that in on the happenings in Granger better precautions will be taken Lodge 20. First of all I want you to with the horseback riding next year know that we are still here, small and in the future. My first concern but still thriving. and I feel I can speak for all the Since this is the end of the year other chaperones is the safety of the for 1981 I want to start off by saying youngsters we are taking care of that I am very proud of our youth because the parents are putting the here in Granger. We have our children in our care. problems too on and off but we are Well as everyone always seems to always able to get it all together tell me I talk too much so, therefore, when it is time, to go to work and I will close and WE, THE

From the Youth Leaders

GRANGER YOUTH CLUB OF LODGE 20 WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY BLESSED AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PEACEFUL AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. Fraternally yours, Rita Marburger -SPJST 11111111111=6111111■11111•11111111111MEINIMPall

From the Youth Members

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COTTONWOOD LODGE NO. 6 YC Dear Readers, Our Youth Club presented our Christmas program for the West Rest Haven and each one was given a Christmas can of cookies which we all baked.

In behalf of our Youth Club and Leaders, I want to say a happy New Year to all of the youth clubs and leaders all over Texas. (I hope all of you had a merry Christmas.

Fraternally, Darrell Uptmor (12-21-81) -SPJST --

LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX Dear Members, We held our last monthly meeting Sunday, December 20, 1981. There were no secretary's or treasurer's reports given.

The meeting was then turned over to our new Youth Leaders, Kim Abs hire and Donita Leyva.

We went Christmas caroling Monday, December 21, 1981.

Nellene Spacek read a story of what Christmas is all about.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Santa Claus came and gave out candy. We then had a movie.

The door prizes were won by Stacy Smell, Rusty Bay, and Lamar Hervey.

Fraternally, Tami Krenek (14) (12-23-81) SPJST -

LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Vestnik Readers, The Taiton SPJST Youth Club held their Christmas Party December 18 at the Taiton Community Center. The party started at 6:30 and we ate at 7. Then we sang Christmas carols and Santa Claus came and gave us some candy and we opened our gifts.

Our next meeting will be January 6, at 2:30, at the Taiton Community Center. For the contest we are asked to make a winter scene and the program is about winter.

Fraternally, Jean Dorotik (13) (12-23-81) - SPJST -

SANTA CLAUS VISITS

BRYAN LODGE NO. 39 MEMBERS

Dear Members: The month of December is almost gone. We have had a very nice Christmas Party with Santa Claus and were in the Christmas Parade.

We had our meeting December 13 and had a Birthday Party for Grant Faust.

I want to wish all a very happy New Year. I am looking forward to a great new year with all of yotf.ok Fraternally, Mrs. Jackie Laza Youth Leader - SPJST -

EL CAMPO LODGE NO.50 YC The SPJST Lodge No. 50 El Campo Youth Club held its monthly meeting December 21, at the American Legion Auxiliary Hall.

Birthday in December was for Darren Dybala.

We had a Christmas Party and exchanged gifts. We also wrapped presents to give to the needy children.

Afterwards we sang Christmas songs for our parents and had supper for them.

Veronica Bartos (14) (12-26-81) SPJST -

LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Vestnik Readers, The Taiton SPJST Youth Club held their Christmas Party December 18, 1981. Happy Hour started at 6 and we ate our meal at 7.

After eating, we sang Christmas songs. When Santa Claus heard us singing, he decided to join the fun.

He brought us sacks of candy and we each received an exchange gift.

Then he wished us a "Merry Christmas" and drove out of sight.

I would like to thank Santa for coming and wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and "A Happy New Year!"

Vicki Dorotik (15) (12-23-81) - SPJST -

WARRENTON LODGE NO. 179 HOLDS CHRISTMAS

PARTY

Dear Readers, Our regular monthly business meeting was combined with a great Christmas Party held December 12 at 7 p.m. in the Round Top Hall.

Everyone enjoyed the gift exchange which is always exciting and enjoyable. There was also music, carols sung and then a delicious ham supper with all the trimmings and desserts.

We planned going caroling around the community December 22nd.

Staci Schoenst (12-22-81) -SPJST -

EL CAMPO LODGE NO.50 YC Our SPJST Lodge No. 50 Youth Club of El Campo held their meeting at the American Legion Auxiliary Hall, December 20.

We sang "Happy Birthday" to Darren Dybala.

We held a Christmas Party and exchanged gifts. We also brought items from home that we didn't need to the meeting and wrapped them so we could give them to the needy families.

We also sang Christmas songs and had supper for our parents.

Patrick Bartos (12) (12-26-81) -SPJSTTAITON LODGE NO. 30 YC Dear Vestnik Readers, The Taiton SPJST Youth Club will hold their meeting Sunday, January 3, 1982 at the Taiton Community Center.

Mrs. Cyril Mrnustik and Mrs. Leon Krpec will serve refreshments for the month of January.

I am wishing everyone a blessed New Year, and hoping there will be peace in this world. (I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas.)

I'll see you next year!

Michelle Srubar (13) (12-19-81) -SPJST-

10/VESTMK — Wednesday, December 30, 1981

BULLETIN BOARD LODGE OFFICERS' WORKSHOPS 1982 Sat., March 6, 1982; all sessions to start at 10 a.m. and held in the Home Office Bldg. in Temple. Catered noon meal served at Lodge 47 Seaton at 1 p.m. Final session at 2 p.m. (See detailed announcement elsewhere in the Vestnik.) *** DISTRICT V The District V spring meeting will be held Sunday, March 14, 1982, at Stefanik Lodge No. 142, 5508 Nolda, Houston. *** DISTRICT VII The District VII spring meeting will be held Sunday, March 28, 1982 in New Braunfels with Lodge No. 185 as host lodge. ***

Lodge No. 35, January 29, 1941. She was very active in all activities of the lodge; and was devoted to the doings of the lodge. We all missed her when she became ill.

Survivors include: Husband: Rudolf Vicha Jr., Axtell, Tx.; Daughtets, Janie Lehrmann, Peggy Dieterich, both of Axtell; Diana Hand of Waco, Son, Jerry W. Vicha of Axtell.

Five sisters, Henrietta Pavelka, Vlasta Pavelka, both of West, Mrs. Willie Mae Pavelka of Terrell, Mrs. Mary Beralek of Mart, Mrs. Clara Thun of Axtell; Two brothers: Woodrow Adamek of Waco, and Calvin C. Adamek of Mart; and also seven grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Bellmead, Tx. at 2 p.m., December 20. The Rev. Walter F. Albers officiating. Burial followed at the Pavelka SPJST No. 35 Cemetery at Elk. Active pallbearers, Nephews: James Edward Pavelka, Charles W. Pavelka, Dero Hurst, Larry Beralek, Donald Young and Richard Adamek.

Fraternally, Elizabeth Kubitza Rose Marie Banik Rudolph P. Zalman —SPJST-

FEATURES EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the Resolution Committee, in behalf of all the members of Lodge No. 25, Ennis, wish to express our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed sister MARIE FRANCES STRUNC, who passed away Sunday, December 13, 1981 in the Ennis Community Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Sister Strunc was born in Ennis, Texas, June 22, 1921, the daughter of Matthew and Mary Zabojnik Mensik. She was married to Frank J. Strunc of Ennis April 10, 1948. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, St. John's Church Choir and SPJST Lodge No. 25 in Ennis. From 1930 until 1935 she lived in Chicago, Illinois, and has since lived in Ennis.

Survivors include her husband, Frank of Ennis; three sons, Jim Strunc and Mark Strunc of Dallas, Gary of Ennis; one granddaughter, Miss Jessica Ann Strunc, Ennis; one brother, Johnny Mensik, Ennis; one sister, Mrs. Charlie (Rosie) Jurcik, Ennis; and a number of nieces and nephews.

May our departed sister rest in eternal peace.

Resolution Committee: Dorothy Kudrna Marvin Walker Viola Dlabaj

Brother Ben J. Pet r use k with t y, 0 memorabilia from WWII USS LST 263.

A vivid hunter in the SPJST Rowena Lodge No. 49 is Minnie Pavlicek, who killed this nice 10 point deer, one of two she got this season on a lease near Kerrville, Tx. She also enjoys fishing and dancing as her hobbies.

(Photo by Elizabeth Walther)

WWII USS/LST 263 on Anzio Beach.

(From the Times-Picayune/The StatesItem)

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Greenhorns out to win the war are gray now, but love to relive it

IN MEMORIAM We the Resolution Committee in behalf of all the members of Lodge No. 35, Elk, wish to express our deepest sympathy and condolence to the bereaved family of our lodge sister, LYDIA J. VICHA who died December 19, 1981 in a local Waco hospital, at the age of 66.

She was born May 11, 1915. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Adamek. She attended the Elk School and was a good basketball player with the girl's team at Elk. She married Rudolf Vicha in 1937.

She became a member of the SPJST

In a sophisticated World War II Navy of mammoth aircraft carriers and nimble PT boats, the USS LST 263 was, to its 19-year-old quartermaster, a barge. The crew was a McHale's Navy-like bunch of greenhorn kids just out to win the war and have a good time.

"Everybody liked everybody except the skipper," remembered one of his mates.

"We were supposed to deliver the goods and get the hell out," recalled another. Of course, "it didn't always work out that way."

And as flashbulbs sparked like flares and stories exploded like the 88mm shells the Germans dumped

Brother Emil Milan of Ft. Worth was instructor at the Sokol Gymnastic Association Physical Instructors' Seminar held in West in November, 1981. He is Brother Jerry Milan's brother and was well-received.

on them at Anzio, 15 crewmembers of the 263 relived the past and revived the present at their first reunion in 37 years, Nov. 27th, Friday night at the Quality Inn Midtown Hotel, New Orleans.

The men, many with their wives, were in town, reminiscing and celebrating, spending some welldeserved time together, as one said, "while there's still time."

The LST—landing ship-tank —263 was a flatbottomed, 328-foot-long by 50-foot-wide Navy workhorse that transported everything from 30-ton tanks and munitions to food, soldiers, doctors and POWs on and off the beachheads of World War II. After receiving her commission at the Algiers Naval Station in June 1943, and nine months of training crews on Chesapeake Bay, she joined an Atlantic convoy headed for Tunisia.

The crew, which at times topped 130 men and officers was almost exclusively inexperienced

Wednesday, December 30, 1981 -- VESTNIK/11 reservists, said Benjamin Petrusek, the Metairie crew veteran most responsible for the reunion.

They didn't stay green for long. It was a peaceful Easter Sunday night with glassy seas when the 263 came under first fire, Robert Gerling recalled. The Massachusetts resident was one of the few experienced sailors aboard, he said.

When the Germans sent aircraft against the Allied convoy off Oran, North Africa, he wondered how the crew would react.

"They went to their battle stations — you'd think they'd been fighting all their lives," he said. "I never got over it, because, frankly, it was a wonderful experience."

A lucky one, too, said Richard Reynolds. The ihip's deck was piled high with explosives. "One hit and there goes the whole thing," he said.

"I'd prefer not to talk about that," Gerling joked back.

The ship, with her batteries of 20mm and 40mm guns, saw more action and earned a battle star on daily "milk runs" to the Anzio beachhead about two weeks after the Allied invasion there. She also served as part of the invasion force going into the Mediterranean coast of France in late summer 1944, earning a second star, but in general escaped heavy duty.

Gerling was 31 at the time of his service, an old man to the 17- 18- and 19-year-olds on board. After all these years, he and his shipmates seem to agree on at least one thing — none of them have really changed.

"We all got fatter," said Edwin Hale, of Baltimore. "And of course there's the gray hair."

But the men said they could recognize each other without the name tags each wore at the breast of the suits and sport jackets that have replaced their Navy blues.

"We were never really accepted as part of the Navy as such," said George Leas, the quartermaster.

They were the unsophisticated ones, "like a pickup football team" to the aircraft carriers' NFL, he said.

But once on the field, they went in there and got the job done, Leas said. "We'd been attacked and we were going to save the country," he said, recalling the spirit of the time.

As relative youngsters, they knew no fear, and had "a young stupidity," he said. "Combat was a laugh for us. If you're going to win wars, use young people because they're stupid."

Some, though, learned fast. "I thought I was going to be a real tough guy, but I was scared," said Reynolds, a "play-around gunnery officer" from Joliet, Ill. Spending a year and a half together on the 263 brought these men together. The closeness they felt during their service has not diminished, many said, despite the years of separation.

Some feelings do change, though.

What Gerling remembered as "a very funny experience" at Anzio seemed to turn melancholy in the telling.

There was a British Navy chief there, and he and Gerling became friends. The American would bring cans of fruit juice to his comrade, and bring fifths of Scotch home in return.

But to get to the Britisher's camp, Gerling had to pass through the town. "It was the most eerie feeling 1 t,

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in the world, because there was nothing there," Gerling said.

"Not a soul, no animals — nothing.

That was a very frightening experience," he said quietly. "I never got used to it."

Saturday morning, November 28th the Reunion group continued with a city tour of New Orleans and then spent the afternoon at the Fair Grounds race track. Saturday evening the Petruseks entertained all of the shipmates and their wives in their home with a Seafood Bash — New Orleans Style. It was at this time when a special guest, Mr. Henry Witter of Gretna, Louisiana, put the "icing on the cake". Earlier in the day he had learned of the USS LST 263 reunion, and now he related to the group his knowledge about the disposition of the USS LST 263 after its decommissioning and removal from the Navy List (1958), its conversion to industrial use in the 1960s and presented the group with two memorabilia from the ship.

A small world indeed! Ben Petrusek also recounted some very interesting experiences in tracing the addresses and whereabouts of his shipmates of thirty-seven years ago, who came to the reunion from California, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, etc. One clue in particular came from the TV series "Jokers' W:ld" when last June one of the shipmates was seen as a contestant on the program and is now a resident of San Diego, California.

After much reminiscing, countless sea stories and abundant frivolity, the shipmates agreed they must get together again in a few years.

Ben Petrusek, a WWII Communications Watch Officer aboard the USS LST 263 and now a retired Naval Reservist, is a member of SPJST Lodge 141, Sealy, Texas, a native of Wallis, Texas, a 1938 graduate of Wallis High School and his wife, Minnie, also a former teacher of Wallis High School. They have been residents of Metairie, Louisiana since 1962 where Ben is employed as an explorationist with Amoco Production Company in New Orleans.

—SPJST-

Parents Honored On 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haisler celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Seaton Star Hall Saturday, November 28, 1981.

They were married November 26, 1931 at Cook's Point, Texas.

Their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Haisler, helped make the day complete for them.

The honorees also have four grandchildren, however, they were unable to attend.

Mr. and Mrs. Haisler have resided in the Temple area for the past 28 years. Mr. Haisler is a retired construction worker and helped build the SPJST building.

Approximately 125 guests were served a delicious barbecue meal. A public dance was also held at night.

Mr. and Mrs. Haisler wish to thank everyone who assisted in any way to make this day a memorable one for them. (Information submitted by Sister Adeline Kohutek).

From the Office of the Speaker Texas House of Representatives AUSTIN —Texas State Representative Dan Kubiak of Rockdale has been selected by House Speaker Bill Clayton to serve as chairman of the newly-created Select Committee to Study the Problem of Fire Ants in Texas.

This interim legislative committee is requested to determine the extent of infestation of fire ants within Texas and to determine the direction and rate of fire ant movement. Procedures necessary to report damages and injuries will be studied and an assessment of overall damages and injuries will be made.

In addition, the committee is asked to monitor federal legislation on pesticide controls and its impact on the fire ants, to examine the procedures which other states have employed to combat this problem, and to determine if legislative action at the state level is necessary.

The committee will coordinate its work in this area with the work of other entities currently studying the fire ant problem including the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas A&M Agricultural Extension Service, the Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the House Committee on Agriculture.

Representative Kubiak, who is serving his seventh term in the House of Representatives, is chairman of budget and oversight for the House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, a member of the Committee on Rules, and a member of the Committee on Appropriations.

In making his appointment of Rep. Kubiak Clayton commented: "Our farmers are facing the loss of animals and farm equipment and damage to crops caused by the ants and their mounds that can reach up to two feet in height. Moreover, there are cases where attacks by the ants have caused deaths.

"But the situation is increasing in seriousness. Many of our urban areas are now beginning to experience infiltration by fire ants.

They are a special hazard to small children and pets.

"I have created this select committee because I believe that this issue deserves immediate and widespread attention and research.

There needs to be a center point for the coordination of the work begun by other groups in our state. This committee is required to make a full report on the fire ant problem to the 68th Legislature and to set forth any recommendations for state legislation or necessary programs.

"As a farmer and rancher, Rep. Kubiak is very aware of the problems of fire ants. He is ready for work hard to solve these problems and will be an excellent chairman for this committee."

—SPJST —

DEATH RELATED

Cigarette smoking is estimated to be relateeto about one-fifth of all cancer deaths.

Conference To Key On Farm DecisionMaking for 1982 GEORGETOWN—Farming today boils down to "survival of the fittest," so producers must use all the tools available to them to cope with rising costs and lower net incomes.

To help Central and South Central Texas farmers plan strategies for the coming crop year, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, will conduct a conference on "Profitable Decision-Making in 1982" at the Community Center at the City Park here Jan. 6 beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The conference is one of eight to be held across the state in January and February.

"The agricultural industry is changing rapidly and it's vital that producers keep up to date so they can make intelligent decisions to cope with the many uncertainties that lie ahead," say Dr. Roland Smith and Dr. Wayne Hayenga, Extension economists who are giving leadership in organizing and conducting the conferences.

The opening segment of the Jan. 6 conference will deal with "Policy and Marketing Trends for the Early '80s." Dr. Ron Knutson, Extension economist in marketing and policy, will discuss the 1981 farm bill and its implications while Dr. Carl Anderson, Extension cotton marketing specialist, will talk about the outlook for cotton. Smith will provide information about the outlook for grain sorghum and wheat.

The morning portion of the conference will conclude with discussions on "Production and Financial Decisions" by Hayenga.

He will address such issues as "Evaluating Risk Position," "Spending Money to Make Money," "Stretching Your Credit," "Selecting Your Best Crop" and "Crop Insurance."

Knutson will kick off the afternoon session by discussing "Marketing Alternatives and Strategies." He will talk about "Comparing Marketing Options for Risk and Returns," "Evaluating Marketing Methods" and "Developing a Marketing Plan."

Concurrent commodity sessions for cotton and grain sorghum-wheat will conclude the daylong conference.. These two sessions will be led by Anderson and Smith and will consider such issues as "Selecting Selling Prices," "Pricing Versus and Delivery" "Evaluating Storage."

"New farm legislation will be important to cropping decisions in 1982, and improved marketing decisions could mean the difference between profit or loss for a particular commodity," note Smith and Hayenga. "Farmers need to arm themselves with the best information available if they are to make wise decisions in the year ahead."

—SPJST-

FATAL FIRES Fires caused by cigarettes result in an estimated 2,500, deaths each year in the United States. Residential fires ignited by cigarettes resulted in over $300 million in property loss.

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OD REDAKCNIHO STOLKU NOVOROCNI. Tak rychle vas odchazi a rok se stfida s rokem, dnes NovST Rok zas picichazi, v tajemstvi piehlubokem.

On dosud stoji u dveti a vejiti se boji, neb sam tomu neveti, ze nas viechny uspokoji. zase tedy vesele Nov5r Rok uvitejte, a chmuram starSrm na eele na chvili v57host dejte.

Tak tento velky vzacny dar, by rok jste meli ce157, Vam blahopteji ze srdce a pozdrav p โ ขidam cely.

Vas redaktor .. .

Je to pro mne mila ptilelitost, kdy2 vam vยงem mohu touto cestou poptati ยงeastny a vesely Novy rok 1982.

Hlavne Vam vยงem pteji hodne a hodne toho dobreho zdravieka, bez ktereho vse ostatnf nem: 2adne ceny.

Krome ptani zasilam yam tee sve uptimne podekovani, 2e jste to s nami cely rok stateene tahali. Posilali jste nam sve dopisy, ze kterych mnohe byly velice cennymi ptispevky a obohacenfrn obsahu nakho Vestrifku.

Bez ptispivateln nemeli bychom ten srdeeny a vrely vztah etenatil k listu.

Proto2e nas nenf mnoho, jsme si tak Wiwi, le tvotime -Lerner jednu rodinu.

Kdykoliv nekdo z ni onemocnf nebo nas nav2dy opustf, telko nam popsati, jaky gal zapinf nak srdce, 2e je nas zase min.

Byly doby, kdy ztrata etenate byla nahraditelna. Ty doby vยงak nenavratne minuly a s nami 2ije i umird mnoho z toho dedictvi, ktere jsme s takovymi nadejemi ptevzali po otcich. Doba se vยงak zmenila, lijerne ve svete, ktery se ubfra jinak ne2 svet nag mladosti podle zakonii, ktere poslouchat must kaIdy 2ivouci tvor.

Je to eastยฐ podivana, bez radostf, ale nemame pros smutit. Start' svet ktery odumfra v mnohem ohledu byl k malernu eloveku kruty. A kdy2 nejsme spokojeni jak dneยงni svet beg, vzpomerime si jenom na ty stare "zlate easy". OvSem, z tech starych easn zlata, byla jenom nak mladost.

Zivot vยงak byl te2ยง1 a bylo v nem vie nespravedlnosti? Proto milujme dneยงek a rnejme nadeji, 2e budoucnost prinese jeยงt6 dalg. zlepยงeni 2ivotnich podminek a kdy2 u.2 ne my, flak deti a vnoueata budou z toho mit radost.

Redaktor je ge jednou preje mnoho ยงtesti a zdravf v torn Novem roce 1982, a sestte Houkove mnoho zdravi a bratru Staยงovi vesele a zdarne narozeniny! Nazdar Varn vkm!

MASO PRO PRAHU. V eervnu 1981 byl zahajen provoz v novem masnem kombinate v Cakovicich. Po dosaieni projektovane kapacity bude zasobovat masem a masnymi vyrobky zhruba polovinu Prahy. Stejny yykon maji jatka jen' byla v sedrndesatych letech postavena v Pfsnici na okraji hlavniho rnesta.

30. prosince 1981

Oddil Dopisovatelit Od Hl. Peedsedy Broth a sestry โ Laskave si pteetete moje novoroeni poselstvi a zpravu v anglicke easti tohoho eisla Vestmlcu. V minulYch letech mi bylo mono podati tuto zpravu i v eeskern jazyku, ali jako loni, nebylo zkratka case ptekladat 21-strankovou zpravu. Za druhe, byla by to skoro nemo2na prace pro sekretatku, ktera neovlada, eesky jazyk (tech je velmi malo), take by se to muselo ptepisovat tti az etytikrat.

Vetยงinou z vas si dokale toto pfeeist anglicky. Zprava jest obยงirna, a dirkladna.

At' Pan Bah Yam vยงem hojne 2ehna v tomto novern roce, hlavne abyste u2ili vยงichni dobreho zdravf, proto.ie to je ten nejhlavne'j g poklad 2ivota. A tichy spanek vยงem zemtelym brattim a sestram.

S bratrskym pozdravem, Nick A. Morris pted. Hlay. tadu SPJST -SPJSTTak VSelicos -Anelka Houdkova.

Minuly tyden jsrne meli kolik dni mlhu a to bylo neptijemne, protole to vlhko lezlo do kostf. Tedy u2 nam ta zima zaeina, doopravdyโ jen kdy2 nam nebude omrzat (ledovice) je to nebezpeene. No, nejak to zas ptedrgme do jara.

Ta politicka situace v Polsku zaefna byt velice valna, 2e ano? Noviny a televizni programy jsou pine zprav o torn, .jen2e nic pekneho se elovek nedovi. MyslIm, 2e jestli se to nepolepยงi, tak Vanoce v Polsku budou mit opravdu smutne. Vยงak sdelovali, ze je bida o jidloโ hlavne o chleba a vยงe je velice drahe, a kdy2 Polaci nepracujou a stavkujou tak penize nevydelaji a kde tedy by sehnali na potraviny? Zdej g televize ukazovala polskou dvojici s malym deveatkem a on mluvil dobte anglicky a tekl, 2e je v Polsku velice zle o vยงe pottebne a 2e zde v Dallas jig oba majf praci a tegli se na ten lepยงi 2ivot zde u nas.

Deveatko, jmenem Matenka, 2e pujde do opatrovny pro deti a jiste se brzy nauef anglicky. Mame zde jil nekolik rodin polskych a myslim, 2e budou pokraeovat dobte a budou dobrymi obeany na g Ameriky.

Co piยงu tyto zpravy tak k nam ptijeli man2ele Uncajtykovi z Houstonu s malou Zuzankou se podivat. Oni dtfve bydleli zde a pak se pfestehovali do Houstonu kde dostal p. Uncajtyk lepe placenou praci a mail se dobte. Radi jsme je videli a test nas, ze jsou na torn lepe ne2 kdy2 ptijeli z Csl.v 1980.

ObdrZela jsem zpravu z Cleveland, Ohio od p1. Anny Houdkove, 2e jeji maminka p1. Josefina Klusakova zerntela na zaeatku prosince ye veku 94 let. Pani Klusakova byla rozend v Bechyni v kraji taborskem, a moje marninka se narodila jen asi tti mile od Bechyne, a tak obeas jsme si dopisovaly. Houdkovi nejsou zadna rodina a poznali jsme je loni na Polka festivalu v Ennis. JO mati byla horlivou etenatkou Hospodate a Texas ji zajimal. Zesnula, necht'

odpoefva v pokoji po 2ivotnim boji.

V Novem Yorku meli stavku tech kteti odvaIejf odpadky celych 17 dni a tyto odpadky byly polo2eny venku u chodnfku a pak te2 dan3r"ch na stfechy budov a toto opravdu ptivodilo potkany a hmyz na ulicfch a take to zapachalo moc a hyzdilo chodniky a vnbec cele ulice. Nyni koneene pracovnici ujednali smlouvu a dva tisice mule pracovali pies eas aby vยงe vyklidili pted Vanoci. Pracujici obdrieli $90. tydne ptidavek a smlouvu na tri roky. Kdy2 je Navy York tak ohromny tak to jiste muselo byt oยงklive mit naskladane ty odpadky, hlavne z restaurantn, hoteln a grocernfch obchodir.

Zase jedna stard eernoยงka 81. Leta byla okradend, znasilnend a uยงkrcend provazern minuly tyden. Stara panf, ktera bydlela sama Ye svern domku, byla znama co dobra a poctiva. osoba a otazka je, proe byla zabita? Snad to musel byt nekdo znamy a vedel, ze mela trochu penez v dome. Nyni jsou ty vra2dy na dennim potadku a zda, se, ze je to potad horsf a horยงi.

V Anglii majf nyrif tak oยงklivou zimu se snehem, jakou nemeli jil pry 30 let a mnoho lidi nemohlo do prace kdy busy nejezdili a ยงkoly byly tee zavtene. Je tam hodne nezarnestnanosti a jeยงte k tomu velka, zima, tak to je velice zle na ka2cleho.

Letos jsou zimy leckde hodne ostfejยงi nez pied lety.

Znama, tennisova hvezda Martina Navratilova, nedayno zase soutelila a v Australii vyhrala a letos celkem vyhrala surnu $811,437 (ptes osm set) tisfc dolaru a to 112 je jiste pekny peniz! Take Mandlikova soute2f dobte v tennisu.

Dnes rano oznamovali, ze veera vypuki ohen v nove casti Baylor nemocnice ale pry to neudelalo velkou ยงkodu kdy2 hasiei ohen uhasili.

Ovยงem, byl take trochu strach, aby ohen se nerozยงitil a nemuseli pacienty stehovat. Skoro kalcly den je nekde zde ohen a 2e je nyni dosti zima, tak je to kriticke kdy lid je pak bez domova. Myslfm, 2e hodne ohrin jsou zpusobene koutenfm a pak je neยงtesti hotovo.

V Chicagu zase jeden nemeckY zloeinec skoneil svilj 2"ivot sebevra2dou. Jisty Albert Deutscher byl yypatra,n asi iidovskou organizaci, 2e za Druhe valky usmrtil mnoho lidovskych lidf snad v Ukrajine a 2e zalhal kdy2 byl ptipuยงten do Ameriky a kdy2 Zadal o obeanstvi. Americke ritady mely soudnf tizeni a jednalo se o tom mu vzit obeanstvi a navraceni jeho zpet do jeho stare vlasti a on asi ve'del, co by se mu stab kdyby se vratil tam, kde konal takove ohavnosti. I'm, to at' si ka2'cly dobre pamatuje, ze kdy2 nekdo nekomu neco zleho ueinf, ze se mu to samernu vrati &lye neb pozdeji a nekdy s uroky. Deutscher se nechal zabft ptiji2dejicim vlakem a byl konec vยงernu.

Nenf divu, ze fide bez zamestnani v Detroit, Michiganu sem k nam houfem se stehuji, kdy2 tamni noviny jsou pine oznamek, 2e zde v Texasu je mozno dostati praci a kazdy se toho hned chytne a ptijadeji. Ale mnozi se presvedeili, 2e to nenf tak lehke hned

neco najit. Take mnozi mail v Michiganu domovy ktere nemohou prodat a zde si neco koupit, ponevadl droky z pujeky jsou moc vysoke. Vยงak letos ta Armada Spasy nakrmila hodne vie hladovych lidi nezli tomu byva jine roky, a na Vanoce to bude asi zas takove 'dude.

Minuly tyden zerntela v Ennis krajanka p1. Mary 8truncova, (rozena, Men gkova) po dell nemoci.

Pohtbena byla z kostela sv. Jana za neasti rodiny a ptatel. Zanechava manlela, Franka; tti syny, Jim, Mark a Gary; vnueky; jednoho bratra, Johnny MenSlim; sestru Rosie (Charlie) Jurefkovou a nekolik neteff a synovet. Vice podrobnostf nevfm, ale pteji ji tichy spanek po starostech 2ivotnich, tam kde jil nic nebolf a netrapi.

Musim zde podekovat pi. John Ku2elove z Buckholts, Tx za darek a pekne uznanf myth elanku a to pf. J. W. Krutilkove z El Campo, Tx. za pane psanI a pkani, abych pokraeovala v podavanfm zpra y. Pak take jsem byla pfekvapena, kdy2 v sobotu yeeer jsem obdr2ela telefon a2 z Kaufman, Tx., od pi. Ane2ky Bobalikove kde me pfala ke svatkiim a pti tom prosila abych pokraeovala v psani do Vestnika. Toto vยงechno me velmi potailo, ze piece tedy konam aspon trochu dobra pro nak krajany a pteji vkin i pi kezniekove (rovne2 z Kaufman) aby svatky oslavily ye zdravf a vse dobre v Novem roce te2.

V nedeli odpoledne tad 84 SPJST mel vanoeni oslavu na sfni a bylo me teeeno, ze navยงteva byla velice dobra,, program krasny a vยงe se yydatilo ke spokojenosti vkch. Lituji, le nam nebylo mono take se zneastnit a pfejeme mnoho ยง-testi v Novem roce 1982.

-SPJSTitad

Rozkvet SPJST eislo 172. Pasadena.

Valerie sestry a bratti a na g milovanf krajane vยงude po celem Texasu.

Tak vitame vas k nam, pozdrav a pfejeme vยงem mnoho ยง-testi, zdravf, sily a veselosti kde jste. Diky Bohu za silu, zdravf, i darky ktere byly darovane vยงem od nakho z nebes ze byl tak uptimn3r" a za vyslykni vkch rids o podporu2ijicim.

Zase to v Houstone prg dnes v nedeli i je ten jinni vitr trochu chladny tak jsme dorna pod sttechou kde je nejlepe aby jsme nebyli churavi na den Vanoenf.

To2 na ten novoroeni tanec 112 nenf ani mista, ne moc by teho pro ktere co ptijdou pozdeji bez listku ale neztratime 2adneho. Listky budou dodane jim za ptibrani trochu vic, ale ne moc; ptijd'te k nam, zveme vas; hudbu doda Lee Roy Matocha.

Tak ta nase vyrocni schuze byla nadherne navStivna a ptedseda bra,tr Victor Petr ji zaeal v 7:30 yeeer 9.. prosince za pomoci bratra mistoptedsedy Alberta Risingera. Schnze byla tie a dobte vyslykna vยงemi.

Pozdeji bylo voleni novych titedniku pro nastavajici rok 1982.

Novi utednici jsou: ptedseda, Daniel Berry; prvnf misto-ptedseda, J. C. Dressler; druhy misto-ptedseda, Julius Zella; finanenf tajemnice,

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Loraine Wylie; tajemnice, Vlasta Machannova a pokladnice, Tinnie Coffman.

Majetkovy vybor: Esther Kowalski, Josef Krenek, Norman Tofte a Tommy Wallace.

Take pred volbarni bylo par sester do nakho tadu pitato a potom byly volby. Po vkm jsme meli kavu, dort a paje a jine pochoutky. Diky vkm co byli ptitomni ve schrizi; 92 Mend a elenek bylo ptitomno. Ptijd'te zase.

To2 v novem roce ja nevfm jestli budu psat anglicky do Vestniku, nakho organu SPJST, nebo ne; jefte to nevfm, ale eesky, ano, co2 se dozvfm od nakho ptedsedy. (etete novinky ye Vestniku, tam je mnoho dopisovatelri a vSichni pisi dobre dopisy.)

Pozvete vase rodne a ptatele do tadu kde jste proto kdo vi co se bude dit v roce 1982, toe dejte vedet kdo jste, v kterem okolf jste a nestyd'te se. Kakly tad vas jiste rad ptivita i my v Pasadena, Texas; nezapomerite na tad efslo 172; je velice Novy rok vyhlai pi-es ramena, tak v§ichni v§ude ptijmete na§e ptanf pro §fastrie zdravf na Novy rok se sflou v roce 1982 i take modlete se pro mfr ye svete. Take i kde jsou stra§ne vystrahy a pro vkchny kteff jsou nemocnf v domech a v nemocnicfch pod lekatskyrni dohledy.

V sttedu jsme se dovedeli ze manklka Edwarda Ktenka zesnula v domove v Orchard, Texas pti Wallis; zname se velice dobte s Ktenkovu rodinou; jsme rodaci take z Wallis, Texas, /nest° fiche, eiste, pane a nadherne s dobrymi dowrci a policif.

Esther L. Mikeskova mela mlade Feta narozeniny 28. prosince i jejf matka bude jiz 93 let v Seguin, Texas.

Matka, Nettie Mira Pullin a §vagrova, Vera Rutledge v Gonzales, Texas; bude trojnasolDne shroma2denf koncem prosince.

Tak tu od nas z tadu 172. posilame vkm vesely, zdravy, Sfastny a vice vesely Novy rok 1982. Vitame a zveme vas k ndm v roce 1982; ptijed'te se s nami obeznamit. Budete vkmi uctive se smichem ptivitani kaZdokrat.

Pro dnes: S Bohem a Nazdar!

Jan T. Mikeska.

-SPJST-

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33rd lesson. The Diminutives.

1. To denote that something is smaller than average, or that we feel certain liking in or affection to a person or a thing, or that we speak to a child and for some other reasons we use diminutive nouns. In comparison to English they are much more plentiful in Czech. Some of the frequently used suffixes (note the changes in stem vowels and final consonants of some stems): masc.: -ek, -1k, -eeek, -leek, -inek.

Observe: dfirn—domek (little house), vlak—vldeek (little train—a toy or "choo-chow"), ostrov---ostrilvek, strom—strornek, tata—tatinek fem.: -ka, -ieka.

Observe: ulice—ulieka (a lane), kniha—kniika (a little book, also deposit book), teta --tetieka

Dag-mar Eliagkova, redaktorka Orbisu Zajimavosti z Ceskoslovenska -Stare 6eske vanoeni zvyky

Ceske betlemy Zvyk staverg "jeslieek" nebo "betlema" je odvozeny z cirkevnl liturgie a prvni zminky o nem jsou ze 4. stoletf na§eho letopoetu. Po cele Evrope ho roz§fril franti§kansky rad (zalolenyr. 1223) a tehdy se take dostal co Cech a na Moravu. V obdobi baroka dodo k jeho oZivenf hlavne zasluhou jezuitu, v dobe osvfcenske byly betlerny z kostela odstraneny a vratily se do nich koncern 18. stoletf terrier v cele E vrope.

V chudych horskych a hornickych oblastech v Cechach a na Moraye za,ea,li hlavne tkalci a hornIci o vanocich stavet betlemy do mechu mezi dvojita okna. Prvrif figurky byly vystrihovane z papfru (tento zvyk se pry roz§Ifil z Jeden z nejkrasnej§lch eeskych betlemfi s lidovyrni kroji nakreslil mall? Mikola,"§ Ales (1852-1913). Ve druhe polovine 19. stoletf se zaealy figurky yytezavat ze dreya a zruen1 rezbati je vyrabeli na prodej - mnoho se jich vozilo do Prahy na slavny mikulakky a pak vanoen1 trh. Figurky byly ka§fro yane (sadra, test°, hlfna), malovane, oblekane, nekdy z vosku a vzacne keramicke.

Pak si lide yyrabeli betlemy pro sebe, zdokonalili stavbu krajiny, prodluio yali je malovanym horizontem jako na divadle a do pflyodnIch orientalnich °devil, seen i staveb prolinaly domacf vlivy.

Figurky byly obvykle 10-15 cm vysoke. Zruenf .remeslnIci sestrojili i pohybliye betlemy.

Nejproslulej§1 eesky mechanicky betlem z Jindricho ya Hradce (jinni Cechy) vytvoril mistr e'epiear Tomas Kryza a popr ye ho yetejne vystavil r.

1894. Ma 1756 figurek, z toho 200 pohyblivych a proto2e je dokla,dem o iivote kraje a praci lidi je nejnay stevovanejsim exponatem mestskeho muzea.

K nej yyznamej§im rezbarskym dilam z konce 19. stoletf path' betleni v Tfebechoyicich (Trebechovice pod Orebem ve yychodoeeskem kraji).

Jeho autory jsou sedlak Josef Proho§t a rezbar Josef Kapucian. Ma 480

Ptedvanoenf obdobf lidovYch tradic na eeskem venkove zaefnalo 11. listopadu, na svateho Martina, ktery "ptijildel na bflem koni" ptinakl prvni snfh. Na rozloueenou s veselosti neut.: -ko, -eeko, -ieko. Observe: pied adventem se potadaly taneenf pivo—pivko—piveeko (always "my zabavy Cecilska (22. listopadu) a favorite" beer), slunce—slunko Katerinska (25. listopadu), na to —slunieko, ucho—ou§ko, oko—oeko platily titratu kny.

—oefeko, mesto—rnesteeko, Kamna Deti se v ptedvanoenian obdobf, 7-kaminka veeer pred 13. prosincem, baly Lucie Note: The longer suffixes like -eeek, - (ktera pry take chranila pied ieka may denote higher degree of earodejnicerni), kny v bilem, nekdy diminishing or affection than shorter se §kraboSkou. VeCer pred 4. suffixes like -ek. Observe: Jan- prosincern se naopak tesily na Jenfk (nickname, Johnie) — Jenfeek Barborku nebo "Barborky", 2eny se (a little boy's name), Karel—Karlik zavojem nebo pi-evleeene za andely s —Karlieek, stril—stolek—stoleeek. kokm pinym dO,rkfi. (ovoce, otechy, The meaning of a diminutive is peeivo). "Barborka" byla take sometimes more or less different vetvieka z ovocneho stromu nebo from the original noun. Observe: okrasneho kete, utiznuta 5.12. a chlap (man, chap, guy) — chlapec rozkvetla 24. prosince, ktera (boy) — chlapeeek (little boy), 'Skola deveatrim predpovidala, ze se vdaji.

—gkolka (nursery school), chleb- Veeer pied 6. prosincem chodf chlebieek (sandwich), hodiny MikulaS s andelem a eertem. V (clock) —hodinky (wristwatch), rodinach s malymi detrni dostavajf "neposlune" deti uhli a branabory, veeer—veeirek (party), baba (old "hodne" deti tradieni mikulaSske woman, derogatory) — babieka darky - ovoce, otechy, eokoladu a (grandmother). When diminishing bon1Dony. first names we often use an altered V Ceskoslovensku se vanoeni darky stt.m. Observe: Jan—Honza, Josef- pod stromecek davajf jiz 24. prosince Pepa, Jaroslav —Jarda, Vaclav- vecer - na 8tedry den (stedrovka se v Vakk, Antonfn—Tonda, Marie- nekterych krajich tika i tradienfmu Matka, Maria, Ludmila—Lida, Anna vanocnimu peeivu-vanoece-pleten—Anieka, Frantikk—Franta. emu z nekolika pramenri kynuteho testa). Vanoeni stromecek je umely Key to exercises from lesson 32:1. v zvyk, ktery se v Evrope rozSail az v hezkern malem, meste, po filmovem 19. stoletf prave tak jako jmelf; festivalu, z PraIskeho hradu, na vanoenf betlemy majf daleko starSi Stare West() a Malou Stranu, za VaS tradici. S malymi "betleiny" se hezky dopis, k hlavnimu mestu Praze, chodivalo "koledovat"-zpivat a prosit v eervenci, r tece Vltave, komu, o ovoce, peeivo, pozdeji i o 'Dente vnukovi, na moji otazku, kakle me (vanoenipfsne se jmenuji "koledy") dobre kamaradce, tomu cizinci, na na sv. Stepana (25. prosince), k Hlavnim nadraZi, phi sobotnfm fot- Novemu roku i na Tri krale (6. ledna). balovem zapase, nakmu Karlovi, na Tti krdilove zadali privodne "o kytaru, o eeskem jazyce a literatute, pf-fspevek na dalekou cestu do na vasi nav§tevu, na zajimavem Betlema." divadelnim ptedstavenf, na tu vec, naproti nakmu domu, memu (svemu) nejlep'Simu ptfteli, vam, jejfmu veselernu psovi, 2. se boji, \edi, nevi, spf, chcete, eekam, nerozumeji, neumejf, visf, vypravejf, slygme, svftf, peee, eeSe, roste, veze, 3. Sel, jedli, odjel, stalo, smali, zapomnel, ptal, dostal, 4. vzft, pit, zamknout, sednout, otevi-ft, lhat, plavat, Gist, 5.

Letadlo letelo velmi vysoko. Smala se vesele. Je zima. (Ona) ma hlad. Je mi smutno. JeSte nem' tma. Mrik'S mi prijeit sve Pero? (Ona) ma velmi rada sve dite. UZ nenf teplo. U2 je zima.

Veera prklo. NenaSel jsem tu chybu.

Koupil jsem si dvoje §aty. Ten pokoj ma dvoje dvete. Je etvrt na Otyti a Cesk:;-- bet le m z testa. prate Svatavy Zertove pet minut/je za deset minut pril atvrte. Je tri etvrte na sedm a tti minuty. Ona ma pet sester. Muj bratr chodf do skoly. KaZde leto jezdfme k (naS1) babiece. stryc mi ptivez1 darek. To polevka mi moc (or) (velmi) chutnala. Ten obraz se mi nelfbf. Me matce nenf dobte. Je nam velmi lito.

Karel je nejvy§Sf ze vkch mych ptatel. Tento system je jednoduSSI nez tamten. Tyto 'Saty jsou krasnejSi ne2 moje. NaSe ulice je kratgi ne2 jine (osatni) ulice.

JAN HOLUB

Tti kralove, deti, kter y "koledujr - (zpivaji a prosi o ovoce, peeivo i penize); figurky z testa Svatavy 2ertove

14/VESTNIK — Wednesday, December 30, 1981

Pleteny vanoenf venec z testa, prate Svatavy Zertove Foto:

eTK a Bela Lanyova

ode* z konservatote. Vdala se, ma, sedmnactiletou dceru a etrnactileteho syna, a kvrili nim chtela ozivit krasne lidove tradice z detstvi pro2iteho u babieky ye sttednich Cechach.

Pro radost svym &tem a pak pro radost svym pratelrim zaeala Svatava Zertova, podle starych receptri sve babieky — z mouky, vody, vajeeneho bilku a Zloutku - tvotit kouzelne postaviCky jako vytezane z lipoveho dfeva a ptipominajici loutky Jitiho Trnky (Cesky malit a grafik Jiff Trnka 1912-1969, autor znamych kreslenych filmri). Pfatele ji ptesvedeili, Ze se must spojit s odbornIky a tak zaeala jeji spoluprace s Usttedim lidove umelecke tvorby v Praze.

V prosinci 1980 piipravila Ceskou Cast vystavy Indickeho velvyslanectvi v Praze "Indicke festivaly a vanoce v Cechach". Postavieky Svatavy 2ertove ted' ptina Seji radost take lidem v zahraniei, naptiklacl v Rakousku,- Yernecke spolkove republice a ve Spojenych statech, kam ji pozvali eeskosloven§ti krajane r. 1982. V r. 1981 byla v NSR, take na pozvani krajand.

V kuchytice na pralskem vznikaji muzikanti s nejruznejSimi hudebnimi nastroji, ponocni s lucernou a halapartnou, maminky s defatky, kolebky, kominICci, ptaeci, zvitatka, ale i motske panny, eerti, andel& jezulatka s jehliCkami, tti krallove - a v§echno jsou to jen rrizne obleeene Ceske deti, i kdyZ" se /lady ptestroji za andelieky na pletenem vanoCnim venci nebo svicnu.

—SPJST-

Ales 139. v5Troei rtarozem.

Mikola§

Mikuld§ (drii v ruce tradienf pletene vanoenf peeivo-vanoeku), andel a Cert; figurky z testa Svatavy Zertove fig-urek, 120 z nich pohybuje nekterou vanoeka, pecivo z kynuteho testa, se easti tela a 180 se pohybuje na sklada z nekolika vrstev pletenych ze pasech; betlern ma 152 ozubenych dvou, of i etyt pramena testa. kol. Poprve byl vetejne vystaven r. Vzorem byly pravdepodobne pletence 1906. Ceske lidove umeni Zenskych vlastr-copy-u jinych, reprezentoval v r. 1967 na svetove drobnejSich forem peeiva zase vystave "Expo Montreal" a byl pak naramky, prsteny a jine Sperky. vystaven v Torontu v obchodnfm V Cechach a na Morave jsou site dome "Eatons." zminky o pernikatstvijiZ z r. 1335, ale Ceske betlemy stvoidlo lidove zpusob peeenf perniku ye formach je umeni mestskych ternesinfkil. terneslny a lidovou tvorbu Vychazeji sice z nabolenske tradice, pravdepodobne inspiroval pouze aie ptetvati ji v obraz iivota a snir o namety. tom, co pro prosty lid znamenala NejznamejSf lidove peeivo ze vanoeni legenda. Videl v ni lidskou severnf Moravy, zdobene pletenfm, solidaritu, lasku eloveka k eloveku, nolem a prostrihavane ntdkarni, nem': mfr. , pohodu a ve sve fantazii i k jidlu a peklo se v2dy ve velkem polladkovy suet spravedlnosti, lasky mnoZstvf na mikulaSske a vanoenf a Stestf. Urnelecky a technicky trhy; dnes se prodava, v lidovych dokonale betlerny jsou zaroven umeleckych druZstvech. Jsou to dokladem o krojich, zvycich, Zivote a nejridneig ptaeci, veverky, jeSterky, praci lidi v jednothvych eeskych a jeZci i jinx zvitatka, eerti, miminka, mora yskych krajfch. matky s detmi, vojaci na konich a take motske panny. NejstarSim Sladke sochatstvi vzorem rnotske panny byla Tak se v Cechach a na Morave pravdepodobna Zenska postava z rikalo fig-urkam z testa, ktere se bud' pride loth, ktere mealy ye znaku pekly ve formach, tvarovaly nolem a stare "kolonialni' obchody, v nich se ntdkami nebo pletly jako copy, prodavalo kotenf a dalSi potraviny ze tSinou v ptedvanoenim obdobi. ye Tradienimi vanoenirni darky bylo vzdalenych kolonii.

Jine druhy eeskeho peerva byly ovoce, of-echy, mandle a peeivo. dvoubarevne, svetlej§i easti byly Ze suSenych svestek a Spejli pottene vajeenyrn bilkern, trnavgi vznikali panaeci nebo eerti, jablka s vajeenym Zloutkem. napichanymi Spejlenn byli jeZci a ze vestek, otechti, rnandlf, jablek i kaStanil vznikaly nejnaznejSi postavy a kornposice. Ale testo davalo fantazii daleko vetSi moinosti. Naptfklad

Libezne figurky Svatavy 2ertore Na jednom pra2skern sidliSti bydlf panf, ktera chtela ji g od detstvi zpivat a It pro hudbu, ale nemoc ji donutila

Mikold'S AleS, malir, keslit, ilustrator se narodil 18. 11. 1852 v Miroticich u Pisku. Zerritel 10. 7.

1913 v Praze. Kalendafem jeho ilustraci k narodnim pisnim a tikadlrim si ptiprominame 130. vyroei jeho narozeni.

Predpoklady a pocatky Alsovy tvorby tkvi v jeho detstvi, rodine a prosttedi venkovskeho Zivota. V pracheriskem kraji s husitskou tradici, v ovzdu§i lidove prostoty a pismacke vzdelanosti se formoval lidsky a umelecky charakter ktery se stal zosobnenim narodnich snah minuleho stoleti. Na studifch na pra2ske Akadernii (1869-76), ale i po jejich dokoneeni, naraIel jeho spontannf a vSestranny talent na nepochopeni nekterych konzervativnich profesortr. Prvni prate, kterymi se ptedstavil vetejnosti, byly kartOny Slava Cechie (1875) a Choral svatovaclaysky (1876), monumentalni kresby, prodchnute vlasteneckou inspiracf.

Byly my'Sleny jako easti vetSiho nereakovaneho celku. Cyklienost se stala pi-iznaenou pro utvareni AlSovy umelecke pfedstavy, umoZriovala mu rozvfjet mySlenku, vypravet v obrazech, zachytit casovy uddlostf, odpovidala jeho zalibe v historii a lieenf Zivota.

Jeho kreslirsky vyvoj vyrazne ovlivnila malba. Od roku 1876 maloval obrazy nevelkeho forrnatu, ale intenzIvniho poetickeho ztenf a iiveho rnalfi-skeho rukopisu. Tvorbu malfrskou i soubeZne kresby prolinaly vzrusene ptedstavy hrdinske slovanske minulosti. V AlSove dile se spojila lyricnost s epienosti, nejen v libeznern rnachovskern triptychu Poesie, Malba, Hudba, ale i v rnonu-

mentalnich epickych cyklech. Jednim z nich, Vlasti, se ptihlasil do souteie na vyzdobu Narodniho divadla. S timto cyklem, na kterem spolupracoval s F. ZencSkem, take v teto soutai v roce 1879 zvftezil. 2e tento velkolepy zamer nerealizoval, zavinila kratkozrakost nekterych tehdejSich pfedstavitehl ye vyboru Narodniho divadla.

Mikola§ Ales po roce 1884 zanechava malby vtibec. Soustred'uje se na drobnou kresbu a ilustraci easopiseckou i kniznf. Z plodne spoluprace se spisovateli, mezi nimd mel blizke ptatele, Jiraska, Arbese, Raise, vzniklo prukopnicke dflo, ktere obohatilo eeskou kndni kulturu.

Od roku 1886 se venuje ilustraci narodnich pisni.

Pro struenou charakteristiku AlSova dila nemuZeme opornenout jeho tvorbu dekorativniho charakteru, kde, aekoli umelecky riein jeho na"vrhu byl oslabovan cizimi provadeei (Staromestka vodarna, mestska, spotitelna, kostel ye Vodrianech, v Praze pak VV iehlriv, Rottriv Ci Storchav dirm), vze§ly z teto einnosti cenne vYvojove podnety zejmena pro secesni ornamentiku.

Mikola§ Ales musel pod tlakem vnej§ich okolnosti mnoho slevit ze svych umeleckYch zamerri, ale nikdy z umelecke hodnoty. Stal se kreslitem nevyeerpatelne invence a vtelenfm Ceskosti vytvarne keel, umelcem v pravem smyslu narodnim a narodem milovanym.

(Panorama Praha) —SPJST-

parnatky hlavrao mesta Historicke

Na uzemi Prahy, hlavniho mesta Ceskoslovenske socialisticke republiky, je registrovano pi-es 2000 kulturne historickych pamatek a chranenych objektn. Na jejich rekonstrukci a tidrZbu stat yydava, roene zhruba 150 milionu Kes. V Seste petiletce (1976-1980) bylo uvolneno na obnovu pamatek v Praze 785 milionu KCs. Pro sedmou petiletku (1981-1985) se poefta pro stejny tieel se sumou zhruba 1500 miliOnti KCs. Na tizerni Prahy je v rekonstrukci ptes 80 historicky cennYch budov.

Mezi nejvyznamnejS1 path' Narodni divadlo, Tynsky chram, Ungelt (stare trZi'Ste a misto, kde byly vybirany poplatky za dovaiene zboZi) a dalg.

Rekonstrukcni prace, ktere si vyZaduji zvlaste kvalifikovane pracovnfky, provadi cela rada pra2skych i rnirnopralskych stavebnfch podnika.

Pet ZlatYch Medailf Z Lipska Na letoSnimpodzimnim veletrhu v Lipsku bylo Ceskoslovensko ttetim nejvetsim vystavovatelem ze socialistickych zemf. Na plok temer 4000 m(2) predvedlo exponaty 23 podnikii zahranienfho obchodu, ktere zastupovaly pi-es: 150 eeskoslovenskych vyrobnich podniku.

Zlatou rnedailf bylo pocteno pet eeskoslovenskych exponata: soubor pleteneho zboZi pro kojence a deti do dvou let (vyrobce podnik Loana RoZnov pod Radho'Stern), potahova tkanina Luxana (vyrobce Lnatske a konoparske zavody Holie), 'damska satovka ze smesi viny, polyesteru a viskOzy (vyrobce Textilana Liberec), rukavice pro automobilisty .(vyrobce Textilana Liberec), rukavice pro automobilisty (vyrobce Rukavickarske za.vody Dobris) a zavesova. tkanina Dora-Inbetween (vyrobce Slovena Zilina).

Wednesday, December 30, 1981 - VRSTN1K/15

4.4

SPJST CALENDAR

Sunday, Jan. 10-Lodge Meeting, 2 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 14-Ladies' Circle, 10:30 a.m. and covered dish (if it isn't icy or freezing weather) ***

Lodge No. 107, Floresville Sunday, Jan. 3-Lodge Meeting, 4 p.m.

FOR SPJST LODGES ONLY

* **

Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood

Lodge No. 54, West

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by the Fiddle Swingsters Time, 8 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.; (Party Favors and Door Prizes; Admission, $5 per person) Sunday, Jan. 3-Board of Trustees' Meeting, 2 p.m.; Lodge No. 6 Meeting, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 2-Wedding Saturday, Jan. 9-McLennan Bass Club Awards Banquet/Dance Saturday, Jan. 30-Wedding Saturday, Feb. 27-Wedding Sunday, Mar. 14-Lodge Quarterly Meeting, 3 p.m. ***

Lodge No. 13, Dime Box

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Billy Uptmor Saturday, Jan. 2-Cherokee Rose Saturday, Jan. 9-Billy Uptmor Saturday, Jan. 16-Brazos Express Saturday, Jan. 23-Country Drifters Saturday, Jan. 30-Gold Rush ***

Thursday, Dec. 31-Good Vibrations Saturday, Jan. 2-Silver Creek Saturday, Jan. 9-Moods Saturday, Jan. 16-Good Vibrations Sunday, Jan. 17-Monthly Meeting Saturday, Jan. 23-People's Choice Saturday, Jan. 30-Horizons ***

Lodge No. 18, Elgin Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Vrazels ***

Lodge No. 24, Cyclone Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Horizons Wednesday, Jan. 13-Lodge Meeting & Installation of Officers, 7:30 p.m.

*** Lodge No. 25, Ennis

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Jodie Mikula Thursday, Jan. 14-Lodge Meeting, 8 p.m.

(For reservations call 875-5458) ***

Lodge No. 29, Taylor Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Fritz Hodde ***

Lodge No. 35, Elk Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Duncan Bros., 8-12 ***

Lodge No. 39, Bryan Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: New Generation, 8-12 (Saturday night dances: 8:30-12:30) ***

Lodge No. 47, Seaton Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Jerry Haisler & Melody Five (New Year's Eve reservation tickets are selling at Saturday night dances; week days call 985-2545) Saturday, Jan. 2-(No Dance) Sunday, Jan. 3-Lodge & Youth Club Meeting, 2 p.m.; Installation of Officers & Trustees Tuesday, Jan. 5-East Bell Water Corp. Meeting, 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 8-Casuals Saturday, Jan. 9-Jodie Jay & The Silvertones Tuesday, Jan. 12-Choral, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 19-Board Meeting, 7 P.m.

Thursday, Jan. 21-Al Grebnik of Nebraska Saturday, Jan. 23-Wence Shimek Tuesday, Jan. 26-Choral, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30-J. C. Whatley ***

Lodge No. 49, Rowena

Sunday, Mar. 7-Lodge Meeting, 2 p.m.

*** Lodge No. 51, Effinger

Sunday, Mar. 7-Games' Party, 2 p.m. ***

Lodge No. 66, Waco

Lodge No. 130, Dallas & Sokol Zizka Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Harold Strand Orch.

Saturday, Jan. 9-Czech Harvesters Saturday, Jan. 23-Jodie Mikula ***

Lodge No. 142, Houston Sunday, Jan. 10-Lodge Meeting, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 7-Lodge Meeting, 2 p.m. * **

Lodge No. 154, Ft. Worth Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Rick Garner and Miller County Band Sunday, Jan. 10-Monthly Meeting ***

Lodge No. 74, Lovelady

Lodge No. 172, Pasadena

Thursday, Dec. 31-George Self & The Amarillo Express Saturday, Jan. 2-Just Plain Country Saturday, Jan. 9-Garey Josey & Band Saturday, Jan. 16-Country Pride Saturday, Jan. 23-Music Masters Saturday, Jan. 30-Heart of Texas Road Gang

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by LeeRoy Matocha, 8-1

*** Lodge No. 79, Corpus Christi

*** Lodge No. 173, Galveston

Thursday, Jan. 14-Lodge Meeting at 407 Ling in Bayou Vista, 7 p.m.; also Election of Officers ***

Lodge No. 177, Academy

Wednesday, Jan. 13--SPJST Meeting and Election of Officers, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31-Gentres Wednesday, Jan. 13-Lodge Meeting, 7:30 p.m.; Youth Club meets at 6:45 p.m.

Lodge No. 80, Holland

Lodge No. 179, Warrenton

* **

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Moods

*** Lodge No. 81, Needville

Sunday, Jan. 10-Lodge Meeting, 2 p.m.

*** Lodge No. 84, Dallas

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Country Boys Polka Band, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16-Dance; Music by Jodie Mikula Polka Band Monday, Jan. 18-Lodge Meeting, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30-Dance; Music by Bill Kucera's Czech Mates ***

Lodge No. 88, Houston Thursday, Dec. 31-Nick Navarro (B/R) Saturday, Jan. 2-Donnie Wavra & Hi-Liters (P/M) Friday, Jan. 8-Beta Sigma Phi Social Evening benefiting Metablolic Research Saturday, Jan. 9-Ray Jurecka (B/R) Monday, Jan. 11-Monthly Meeting, 7:30 p.m.; Covered Dish Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16-Vrazels Band (P/M) Saturday, Jan. 23-Knights of Dixie (D & B/R) Saturday, Jan. 30-John Sullivan (B/R) (Choral Practice every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Concert Orchestra Practice every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.; Social Night every Thursday, 7:15 p.m.) ***

Lodge No. 92, Ft. Worth Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Polka Patriots (Call 6241361 for reservations) ***

Thursday, Jan. 14-Lodge Meeting, 7:30 p.m.; Youth Club Meeting, 7 p.m. at Warrenton Store Guest Room

*** Lodge No. 180, Burleson

Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Rhythm Reunion Saturday, Jan. 2-Gentres Wednesday, Jan. 6-Board of Trustees' Meeting, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 9-American Sunrise Sunday, Jan. 10-Lodge Meeting & Installation of Officers, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16-Rhythm Reunion Saturday, Jan. 23-Ramblin' Rhythm Saturday, Jan. 30-Jerry Haisler & Melody 5 Saturday, Feb. 6-Gentres Saturday, Feb. 13-Rhythm Reunion Saturday, Feb. 20-The Journeymen ***

Lodge No. 181, Conroe Wednesday, Dec. 30-Annual Meeting, call 756-4090 or 756-5323 ***

Lodge No. 183, Mid-Cities Sunday, Jan. 10-Lodge Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Lodge No. 186, Caldwell Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Jack & Trink ***

Lodge No. 187, Round Rock Thursday, Dec. 31-Debonaires (8-12) (No reservations, $7.50 per person, advance tickets are available) Saturday, Jan. 2-The Moods (C/W) Friday, Jan. 8-The Debonaires (C/W) Saturday, Jan. 9-Jess DeMaine & Austin (C/W) Sunday, Jan. 10-Heart cii 4 Texas Czechs (Polka & C/W) 5-9 Friday, Jan. 15-The Moods (C/W)

Saturday, Jan. 16-Peoples Choice (CIW) Wednesday, Jan. 20-Al Grebnick Orchestra (Polka & Waltz) 8-12 Friday, Jan. 22-Jess DeMaine & Austin (C/W) Saturday, Jan. 23-The Debonaires (C/W) Friday, Jan. 29-Jack & Trink (C/W) Saturday, Jan. 30-Bert Rivera & the Night Riders (C/W) Friday, Feb. 5-The Peoples Choice (CIW) Saturday, Feb. 6-The Moods (C/W) Friday, Feb. 12-The Debonaires (C/W) Saturday, Feb. 13-Jess DeMaine & Austin (C/W) Sunday, Feb. 14-Heart of Texas Czechs (Polka & C/W) 5-9 Friday, Feb. 19-The Moods (C/W) Saturday, Feb. 20-The Peoples Choice (C/W) Friday, Feb. 26-Jess DeMaine & Austin (C/W) Saturday, Feb. 27-The Debonaires (C/W) Sunday, Feb. 28-Vrazel Polka Band (Polka & C/W) (No Reservations) ***

Lodge No. 188, Centerville Thursday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Black Water * **

Items of Interest Forestry Big In Texas COLLEGE STATION -Forestry is big business in Texas, providing necessary products for daily life and employing more than 51,000 people.

These people are either directly involved in the timber and lumber business in East Texas or in related industries throughout the state which manufacture furniture, cabinets, mobile homes and other products. However, this figure does not include people in the gigantic Texas housing industry.

Texas looms big in the forestry industry with 134 sawmills, 10 wood pulp mills, 18 veneer plants and 35 wood preserving plants located primarily in eastern areas, notes Dr. Michael Walterscheidt, forestry specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University System.

The wood industry ranks eighth in the nation in the number of employees and payrolls, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics.

Most people are involved in the primary manufacture of lumber and wood products, with the pulp and paper industry running a close second.

Forestry is important to the total economy of Texas, with cash receipts from timber sales alone totaling some $391 million last year, explains Walterscheidt. Forestry firms own only about one-third of the commercial forest land in Texas while there are more than 100,000 small private timberland owners.

Wood manufacturing plants are widely distributed over eastern Texas as well as other parts of the state, notes Walterscheidt. They produce such things as paper, fiberboard, lumber, plywood, crossties and materials needed for secondary manufacturing such as furniture, boxes and containers.

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