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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 USPS — 65848000 DECEMBER 7. 1983 VOLUME 71—NUMBER 47

FOOTBALL RUNS IN THE SEBEK FAMILY

Forty-Two Years Ago This Vestnik issue is dated: December 7, 1983; forty-two (42) years ago, December 7, 1941, I was 26 years old, sitting on an army cot in Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tx. at 6 a.m. The tent housed 6 cots and 6 soldiers. I had enlisted April 7, 1941 (for one year) and, in our tent, was a new draftee from Wisconsin by the name of Gruetzmacher. He said: "You Texans brag about your Texas, but Wisconsin is the 'cheese capitol' of United States." I remarked: "You recruits argue all you want; I will be out in just 4 more months — April 7, 1942!"

I turned on a little 4-tube 11/2-volt battery-driven radio (I had put together) and here is what we heard: "The Japanese Imperial Array has —cked Pearl iial:)er. President Roosevelt has announced that all

DAVID (1966) David, Mark and Ryan Sebek are the sons of Joe and Bernice Sebek of the Red Ranger community and all three brothers were quarterbacks for the Rogers Eagles team, all three had the football number 11, and all 3 were coached by the present Rogers coach, Donald Godwin, who said that every time we had a Sebek as a senior quarterback we won the district championship.

The Sebek brothers came by their athletic ability honestly as their dad, Joe Sebek, and their uncle, John Sebek (deceased), were both exceptional athletes. Their dad was a basketball and baseball player and their uncle John played high school and big time football with SMU in 193738, but later died in the service in 1944. The boys' sister, Carol Sebek Chervenka, was very loyal to her brothers and was in the pep squad when David played.

Today David is a painter and he and his wife, Sydney, and their son, Sterling, live in Red Ranger. He has four daughters living in Huntsville, Alabama.

Mark is now a coach and biology teacher in Frost, Texas where he and his wife, Valerie, and their son and daughter, Matthew and Veronica, live.

Ryan lives at home with his parents at Red Ranger. Besides foot-

MARK (1975)

RYAN (1984)

ball, the entire family played basket- quarterbacks were featured in a nice ball, including their mother, Bernice, story recently in the Temple Daily and sister, Carol. The three Sebek Telegram.

Lodge Donates Last Resources To Scholarship Fund Lodge 22 Jiri (George) Washington in Cat Springs is no more. We were recently notified that there was no one in that lodge willing to serve as an officer and take care of the lodge's business.

What lodge records there were, were sent here. Records show that there were nine members remaining in the lodge, seven of whom had paid-up policies and two premiumpaying. Four were living in the Cat Springs area and the rest in the Houston area. The late Bro. Sam Zubicek was the last officer and held the secretary's job for many years prior to his death. The lodge's remaining business was taken care of by his son, Robert Zubicek, who has been very helpful and cooperative in wrapping up the business of the lodge. We are especially grateful to him, since he is not a member.

We are always saddened when a lodge reaches this point in their existence, but we realize that in

some instances there is simply no alternative. The members have agreed to transfer their membership to Lodge No. 141 in Sealy.

Cat Springs is generally regarded as the oldest Czech-German settlement in Texas, preceding the settlement of Dubina by a couple of years. It was also where the Rev. Josef Bergman, the "Father of Czech Immigration", settled after he and his wife and three daughters arrived at the Port of Galveston on March 31, 1850.

The lodge's remaining financial resources of $244.69 were on deposit in the New Ulm State Bank and a Cashier's Check in that amount has been forwarded here as the lodge's contribution to the SPJST Scholarship Fund. The Supreme Lodge appreciates this gesture and, of course, the funds will be put to good use. Lodge 22 was officially no more as of November 14, 1983.

Nick A. Morris President

one-year enlistees will serve for the duration of the conflict." Private Gruetzmacher looked at me and said: "Sergeant, did you say you'll be out April 7, 1942?"

I was discharged December 31, 1945 at Ft. Bliss, El Paso at the age of 30. — Editor

Texas-Czech Historical Publications It has to be stated that in recent years there has definitely been a surge in interest in people's roots and backgrounds — where they or their ancestors came from and under what circumstances. In line with this there has also been a marked increase in the publishing of pamphlets, books, and other material on Czech genealogy, Czech immigration, and on the Czech element in Texas in general.

The information listed below is for the interest of our readers who may wish to obtain their own copies of the publications listed: 1. A History of the Czech-Moravian Catholic Communities of Texas, translated and edited by Rev. V. A. Svrhk. This is a translation of the larger work that was completed in 1939, however, it is roughly half the size because pictures of the various churches and pastors and other church figures are omitted in this latest work. This would be an interesting publication for nonCzech readers, but as I told someone (Continued on Page 8)

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number of full-Irish and part-Irish Americans (40 million) as the population of the Republic of THE Ireland.

"And these figures were not even collected on. St. Patrick's Day, when COMMENTS: almost everybody claims to be Irish," said Census Director Bruce Chapman.

Twenty-one million Americans About a month ago, your editor listed "Afro-American" ancestry, a received a report headed: United number greater than the black States Department of Commerce populations of all but four African NEWS, Washington, D.C. 20230- nations.

Bureau Of The Census. (It is dated Other ethnic ancestries (both June, 1983 so it seems that the single and multiple designations) bureaucratic wheels turn rather included: slowly. We hear that'bureaucracy in 13 million French Russia is slow; evidently we have 12 million Italian some of that disease here, too.)

10 million Scottish We are printing excerpts from the 8 million Polish report here for your information.

8 million Mexican (It is too long in its entirety.)

7 million American Indian You will note that it lists the 6 million Dutch greatest concentration of Czechs in The next largest ethnic groups, in Illinois. Of course, Nebraska, Texas descending order of size from 4 to 1 and the Midwestern Plains states million, were Swedish, Norwegian, have a large population of Czechs, "Russian n.e.c.," "Spanish/HisMoravians, and, in Texas, Czech — panic," Czech, Hungarian, Welsh, (Moravian) is the third (3rd) most- Danish, Puerto Rican, and spoken language. Very probably, the Portuguese. (The category "Russian Czech-descented people rather said Not Elsewhere Classified" includes "American" than Czech to the persons who reported as "Russian," census taker. After checking with "Great Russian," "Georgian," and the census bureau, this is what was other related European or Asian learned: groups.)

The Census Bureau explained The report also presents the that the exclusion of the Czechs geographic distribution by regions, from its published reports was divisions, and states for about 140 neither deliberate nor total. ancestry groups.

The information is available, but This report probably will it's buried in miles of computer tape provide work for sociologists, in a repository at Texas A&M anthropologists, demographers, and University. political scientists for a long time," "Apparently the numbers weren't Chapman predicted. "But users large enough to be included in the should know that there are some report. Basically, the principle is limitations to these data. that only 10 percent of the data off "The ancestry question on the the tapes is printed." census form was based on selfidentification, was open-ended and, Persons Who Reported at Least One therefore necessarily, was Specific Ancestry Group for the subjective. People differ in what United States: 1980 they think a specific ethnic or Czech 1,892,456 ancestry term means, and even English 49,598,035 about what the term 'ancestry' itself German 49,224,146 means," Chapman said.

Greek 959,856 "Some respondents who have Irish 40,165,702 ancestors from several nations may Polish 8,228,037 have listed only one — representing only one side of the family, or the ethnicity of the most unusual ancestry in their background, or the most distinctive ancestry, or the one for which an individual feels a particular attachment.

"Some American ancestries, such as English, may be like an undercoat of paint on a house; it is there, but The complexity and diversity of often not noticed or remarked upon.

America's ancestral make-up is These kinds of subjectivity make illustrated in a new report released the study of ethnicity fascinating, by the Census Bureau which shows but elusive." that more than 83 percent of the The bureau classified the ethnic U.S. population identifies with at groups into eight broad categories: least one ancestry group.

European; North African and Responses from the 1980 "long Middle Easterner; Subsahara form" census questionnaire show a African; Asian; Non-Spanish nation where slightly more than half Caribbean, Central and South (52 percent) claim only one ancestry; American; Spanish; Pacific; and others claim two or more (31 North American. These groups do percent); and a large group (6 not adhere to strict geographical or percent) simply identifies their cultural definitions. ancestry as "American." About 10 The geographical distribution of percent did not answer the question. ancestry groups varied; some The ancestry report shows more groups were distributed fairly Americans of English descent or evenly throughout the four regions partial English descent (50 million) while other groups were than the total population of England; concentrated in particular regions. more than one-half as many Of the largest European Americans of German or part ancestries, Irish, French, Scottish, German stock (49 million) as the Dutch, and Welsh were spread population of East and West throughout the nation. However, Germany; and almost 12 times the (Continued on Page 3)

Editor

America's Ancestry — "Melting Pot," "Salad Bowl," Or "Tapestry"?

Wednesday, December 7, 1983=VESTNIK/3 (Continued from Page 2) more than one-half of the Italians and Norwegians lived in the Northeast and North Central regions, respectively. Also, about 50 percent of the Portuguese and 48 percent of the "Russian n.e.c." ancestries were concentrated in the Northeast, with almost one-half of Czechs in the North Central region.

California portrays the nation's diverse ethnicity - in 1980, more people of English, German, Irish, French, Scottish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Portuguese origin lived there than in any other state.

New York, the traditional port of entry for many immigrant groups, showed the largest numbers of persons of Italian, Polish, "Russian n.e.c.," and Hungarian ancestry.

Minnesota ranked first for Norwegians, Illinois for Czechs, and Pennsylvania for Welsh.

Regional and state concentrations were also found among the European ancestry groups of less than 1 million persons. About 70 percent of the Slovenes lived in the North Central region, mostly in Ohio. High proportions of Croatians (57 percent), Serbians (54 percent), and Finnish (49 percent) were in the North Central region.

More than one-half the Ukrainians and about one-half the Slovaks were living in the Northeast, with both of these groups most heavily concentrated in Pennsylvania.

Copies of the report, Ancestry of the Population by State: 1980, PC80S1-10, (GPO Stock No 003-024-052369), are available for $4.50 each prepaid from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or from Commerce district offices in major cities.

What is the Value of One Member!

Ten little members standing in a line One disliked the Vice-President, then there were NINE Nine ambitious members offered to work late One forgot her promise, then there were EIGHT Eight creative members had ideas good as heaven One lost enthusiasm, then there were SEVEN Seven loyal members got into a fix They quarreled over programs, then there were SIX Six members remained with spirit and drive One moved away, then there were FIVE Five steadfast members wished there were more One became indifferent, then there were FOUR Four cheerful members who never disagree Till one complained of meetings, then there were THREE Three eager members! What do they do?

One got,discouraged, then there were TWO

From the Office of the Financial Secretary CURRENT ACTIVITY OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1983 DEBITS Bonds Mortgage Loans Certificate Loans Common Stock Certificates of Deposit Furniture & Office Equipment Annuities Bonus Death Claims Matured Endowment Premium Refund Surrender Values Reinsurance State Exam Actuary Advertising Appraisal Expense Commissions, Adult Commissions, Renewal Contributions District Youth Counselors Society Automobile Expense Fraternal Activities Hospitalization Legal Service Expense Medical Exams Non-Medical Exams Museum Operating Expense Office Maintenance Office Rent Expense Vestnik Vestnik Postage Organizational Expense Postage Salaries Office Supplies Tax: FICA, FUTA & TEC Telephone Travel-Officers & Directors Travel-State Field Managers Travel-Editor Research & Development Youth Activities Offide Rent Home Account Expense Rental Income SPJST Scholarship Annuities Income Dividends Bond Interest Certificate Loan Interest Certificate of Deposit Interest Mortgage Loan Interest Premiums Reinsurance Recovered Royalties & Minerals Increase in Bonds Application Fee Cash Balance 10-31-83 Credits Debits Cash Balance 11-30-83

$132,554.47 475,499.78 535,447.81 $ 72,606.44

CREDITS

$142,721.47 45,280.49 6,186.06 125,594.50 5,395.29 432.27 2,704.56 436.86 27,102.00 8,000.00 50,238.53 19,086.77 2,194.32 3,225.57 1,319.20 413.94 3,782.15 11,827.57 3,695.17 175.00 1,629.76 190.75 4,691.45 3,777.75 2,385.77 348.00 153.20 243.54 4,465.81 6,000.00 22.04 14.11 251.26 96.98 43,093.02 1,726.04 2,290.88 855.11 297.25 163.62 102.00 938.73 59.05 6,000.00

$535,447.81

60.00 990.00 1,239.10 650.00 71,097.14 3,999.42 5,395.29 191,441.97 184,249.56 899.00 3,172.90 585.00 5,266.09 $475,499.78

ASSETS: 72,606.44 Cash 6,832,106.84 Bonds 22,909,620.92 Mortgage Loans Certificate Loans 1,109.337.56 980,850.10 Common Stock Preferred Stock 201,170.00 Certificate of Deposit 734,592.37 Home Office Building 1,020,403.72 113,567.85 EDP Equipment Hardware 42,000.00 EDP Equipment Software Furniture & Office Equip. 125,230.16 $34,141,485.96

Fraternally,

rki(2400-7.-Jerry Mikulas Financial Secretary

4/VESTNfK—Wednesday, December 7, 1983 Two lovely members: our rhyme is nearly done One joined a bridge club, then there was ONE One faithful member as feeling rather blue Met with a neighbor, then there were TWO Two earnest members each enrolled one more Doubling their number, and then there were FOUR Four determined members just couldn't wait Till each won another, then there were EIGHT Eight excited members signed up sixteen more In another six verses, there'll be a THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR! AMERICAN SOKOL

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District II Director Candidate

Willie E. Kohutek I am formally announcing my candidacy for the position of Director for District II of the SPJST. I have given this a great deal of thought and with the knowledge that this position is -very time consuming, I feel that I have the time and would like to accept the challenge of being a member of the SPJST Supreme Lodge.

The SPJST has been a big part of my and my family's life and I feel that with my many years of membership, I am prepared both mentally and physically to be a part of the Supreme Lodge.

In my years of being Financial Secretary of Lodge 47, treasurer of District II and District II Insurance Committee member, I feel I have a grasp of what our SPJST members want and expect in the way of fraternal benefits. I also am totally aware of the fact that we must strive to maintain our present position with current insurance products and sales. With my past business experience to draw upon, I feel I can be an asset to our Society.

I will oversee all my responsibilities in a conscientious and fair manner. I will after listening to all the facts presented,

.= encourage and endorse changes that are in the best interest of the SPJST. I know the challenge is great and I feel I'm ready for that challenge.

The trust you place in me will be cherished and I will do my best to make our District II a very viable part of our Society.

Please consider me, Willie E. Kohutek as your choice for Director of District IL Thank you.

Fraternally, Willie E. Kohutek -SPJST-

Lodge 4,

Hallettsville Re-Elects Officers Dear Members: Our lodge held its regular monthly meeting Sunday, November 13, 1983 in the Grant Building.

The meeting was called to order

by President Frank Zabransky, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag led by youth club members, Gary and Chris Chudej.

Corresponding Secretary Erwin Holy read the minutes of the previous meeting which were approved. Correspondence followed.

Co-Youth Leader Gaynell Chudej reported on the activities of the Youth Club. They will have Christmas entertainment at the next meeting.

Treasurer Helen Zabransky read her report to the members; also Financial Secretary Hilmer Galetka reported.

Election of officers was held with all present officers being re-elected to serve another year. Election of delegates to the convention will be held at the January meeting.

A report on the District VI meeting, which was held in October, was given. Refund checks were given out and the meeting was adjourned.

On the sick list reported were: Henry Spanihel, a patient in the Shiner hospital, and Kenny Sevcik, in a Houston hospital; also Evelyn Holy and Frank Zabransky who had been in Victoria hospitals. A speedy recovery to all!

Refreshments and lunch were served. Door prize winners were Erwin Holy (adult) Gary Chudej (youth).

Birthday members in October, November and December were honored. Those present included Ja.nell Chudej, Chris Chudej, Evelyn Holy, Frank Zabransky and Albert Kahanek. The winner of the birthday cake was Evelyn Holy.

Our next meeting will be Sunday, December 11 at the Grant Bldg. beginning at 2 p.m. The Youth Club will have Christmas entertainment.

Door prizes will be given and lunch will be served as usual. Members are encouraged to attend and spend an enjoyable afternoon.

Fraternally, Patsy Zabransky, Reporter

-SPJST"I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."

Lodge 13, Dime Box Meeting Our next lodge monthly meeting will be December 18, 1983 at 2 p.m.

The youth club has a special program planned for us. See you there!

Fraternally, Pam Spitzenberger, Reporter -SPJST-

Lodge 26, Skidmore

Annual Meeting Dear Members: We have decided to have our annual SPJST Lodge 26 meeting at 6 p.m. December 9th at the Olmos Club Building. Following the meeting, a covered dish supper will be held. Each family attending should bring a covered dish, and everyone of the Olmos Community is invited to attend this occasion.

Our lodge will furnish the coffee, ice, punch and utensils, so come out and make this the greatest meeting that ever has been held.

Fraternally, Annie Mae Cox, Secretary -SPJST-

Lodge 29, Taylor

Held Elections Taylor Lodge 29 held their regular monthly meeting Sunday, November 13 at "4 p.m. with President Edwin Adamek presiding.

Amy Janke and Monica Machu presented the flag and led the members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. We remained standing for a few moments in silence for our deceased Sister Sybil Swenson.

We, then, had roll call of officers which showed all were present.

Minutes were read from the previous meeting and the treasurer's report, also the Property Committee report were given.

New members accepted in our lodge are: Brian Faltesek and Vernon Kruse.

We had two members, Homer and Jo Ann Kelly transfer to Lodge 160, San Angelo.

A thank you letter was read from Frances Schwenker, S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home No. 2 administrator, thanking the members for helping the rest home celebrate their 25th anniversary.

We had special guests attending our meeting; they were Lodge 80 President D. I. Bohac from Holland, and President Adamek's mother-inlaw, Buelah Nelson of near Dallas.

A letter was also read from Thelma Hrncir inviting area lodges to come to our Lodge 29 for Friday, January 13 at 7 p.m. when she will talk on "Child Abuse & Child Neglect."

We had a member, Julius A. Pavlas of our lodge, attending our meeting and President Adamek presented him with a $1,000 scholarship; this is administered by the SPJST Supreme Lodge. Julius is a graduate from Taylor High School and now is attending Texas A &M University and is majoring in Electrical Engineering.

A short report was given by Youth Leader Melvin Steger. They

had 15 members, 3 visitors and 6 adults present at the meeting. For their next social, they will go bowling but were undecided where.

Next on the agenda we had election of officers and they are: President — Edwin Adamek, 1st Vice President — Ronnie Rieger, 2nd Vice President —Donna Pasemann, Secretary — Michael Kaiser, Financial Secretary — Elaine Machu, Treasurer — Albin Machu, Parliamentarian — Geraldine Steger, Reporter — Ila Mae Jansky, Youth Leader — Melvin Steger.

Property Committee —Jerry Tallas and Herbert Reithmeyer.

We also had election of delegates to the convention which will be held in June at Corpus Christi. Those elected are: Donna Pasemann, Mike Kaiser, Kathryn Adamek, Joe Jansky, Frances Tallas, Ila Mae Jansky, Jerry Tallas, Edwin Adamek, Melvin Steger, Albin Machu, Geraldine Steger, Elaine Machu, Otto Rieger and Ronnie Rieger. Alternates are Ed Jansen and Herbert Riethmeyer.

Coming up is our Christmas party; it will be Sunday, December 11th starting at 3 p.m., with a short meeting. Supper will be served about 5 p.m. This will be a covered dish meal, so please each member is asked to bring a meat dish, salad or dessert enough for your family or friends.

Door prizes were won by Ronnie Rieger, Rueben Bryant and Edwin Kovar.

See you at our Christmas Party!

Fraternally, Ila Mae Jansky, Reporter

-SPJST

Christmas Party For Lodge 39, Bryan Dear Members of Lodge 39: Be advised that our Christmas Party will be held December 10th this year.

The social hour begins at 5 p.m. and we will eat dinner at 6 p.m.

Santa will appear after dinner and time for the youth program. Dance will start at 8 p.m.

The social hour and dinner will be for members and living-in-home relatives; the dance will be free for all; you may invite anyone you please. Everyone is invited and welcome to our dance.

Ladies are asked to bring desserts; all of the rest of the meal will be provided by our lodge.

Since I will be giving up the president's and hall manager's offices, I want to thank all of you who cooperated and worked so had during my time as your president. I wish all the best of everything for you and our Lodge 39 in the future.

Good luck and may God bless you!

Fraternally yours, Lillie Matejka -SPJST-

Lodge 49, Rowena

Annual Meeting Dear Members and Friends: Our annual SPJST meeting will be held Wednesday, December 7th in the SPJST Hall; at '6 p.m., we will have our Christmas supper consisting of turkey and ham, so the ladies are asked to bring side dishes and desserts to finish our meal. The lodge will furnish the coffee and tea.

Wednesday, December 7, 1983—VESTMK/5 After the meal we will have our meeting, election of officers and election of delegates to the state convention.

The remainder of the evening we will visit and play games of 42 and 88, so bring your dominoes. We hope to have a good turnout: come and be with us during the Christmas and Happy New Year.

Fraternally, Julie Lisso, Secretary - SPJST-

Meeting Of Ellinger Lodge 51

Annual

Dear Members: I promised that I would remind you of the annual meeting of Lodge 51, and so, to keep my word, I am calling on you to arrange your business or, whatever plans you have, so that you can come to the annual lodge meeting which will be held Wednesday, December 14th, at the Ellinger Fire Station. Meeting will be called to order 7 p.m. sharp!

At this meeting you will have the opportunity to pay your 1984 local dues or your insurance premium, if due. You will be able to bring any suggestions or any complaints that you may have in this meeting, and you will have the opportunity to elect your officers for the coming year.

We hope to see many of you at this meeting.

Fraternally, D. A. Juren, Sec. -SPJST-

Meeting For Lodge 63, Sweet Home

Important

Lodge 63 at Sweet Home will hold its meeting, social and Christmas Party December 11, 1983, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Firemen's Hall in Sweet Home. This is a change from our usual third Sunday of the month due to a conflict of time. This will be the most important meeting of the year because officers will be elected and committees appointed. Next year is a convention year and delegates will also be elected at this meeting.

Door prizes will be drawn as usual and someone with a birthday in October, November or December will win a birthday cake baked by Millie Kutac.

The Entertainment Committee will present a short program and Christmas songs will be sung. Gifts will be exchanged by everyone who wants to participate. The price range this year is $2 to $2.25. There will be separate boxes for ladies, men and children.

Everyone is asked to bring food for the lunch; beverages will be furnished as usual.

Please note the change in date to December 11 and try to attend the meeting and party. I hope to see you there!

Fraternally, Elaine Berkovskv -SPJST-

Christi Texas

Corpus

Dear Fraternalists: There will be a Christmas Party at 4 p.m. December 18th at the SPJST-Sokol C.C. Hall.

It is sponsored by the SPJST Lodge 79, Sokol Corpus Christi unit, and Slavonic Mutual Fire Insurance Association (SMFIA).

Members of these organizations are cordially invited to attend.

Fraternally yours, John Stasa Honorary Pres./Historian -SPJST-

84, Dallas Yuletide Party

Lodge

Dear Members: The meeting last Monday was well-attended.

Flag Bearer Cheri Petr led the group in the pledge to our flag.

A moment of silence was observed for our departed Sister Frances Betik. Our membership extends sincere sympathy. May she have eternal rest.

Secretary Salac read the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved.

A thank you note was read from the Houpy family for the donation made to the rest home in memory of Brother Jerry Houpy.

Brother Ron Coker gave the entertainment report.

Sister Evelyn Salac gave the Special Committee report, thanking all for pastry donations and to Brother Sid and Sister Justine Pokladnik for use of the space to have pastry displayed.

Sister Bessie Petr reported the youth was having its meeting as well as preparation for the youth Christmas program.

Sister Carlyn Ondrusek reported on the Dallas-Ennis Fraternal Council which will hold its Christmas Party here December 7th. If you plan to come, please bring a dessert.

Brother Emil Petr reported the Czech Culture Society met to discuss the good things about the Czech Day at the fair this past October; also the Czech Day at the fair in 1984 will be October 7th (the first Sunday of the fair) We welcome Brother Michael J. Kasper, Brother Jonathan C. Kasper and Sister Jennifer Kasper, who transferred into our lodge; also welcome to Janet Hagar and Gary Edmunson (new members to our lodge).

The Lodge 84 Christmas Party will be December 11th, with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. There will be half price drinks starting at 5 p.m.; dinner at 6 p.m., and youth program about 7 p.m. If you plan to attend, please bring a covered dish and/or a dessert. The lodge will furnish the meat and bread.

New Year's Eve dance will be here before you realize and the Entertainment Committee hope you come and enjoy dancing to the Czech Harvesters. Prices for this dance are: Adult (advance buy) $8.00 or $10.00 at the door; Youth (13 through 17) $3.00; and, if you get it at the door the day of the dance, it will cost $4.00.

Our lodge is decorated so pretty and you will enjoy chatting with people who are home for the holidays.

Our next lodge meeting will be December 12th; won't you come?

Fraternally, Rose Scott -SPJST-

Social Set For Lodge 87, Temple

Christmas

Dear Members: The Christmas social will be Friday evening, December 9th at 7 p.m. The lodge will furnish the meat, bread, beverages and party favors.

Members are to bring a vegetable, covered dish, salad and/or a dessert for family and guests. The welcome mat is always out so come out and enjoy this special Christmas meeting.

May all of your days be beautiful and the best Holiday Season ever!

Our best wishes to all!

Fraternally, Dorothy Chervenka, Secretary/Reporter -SPJST-

of Interest From Lodge 88

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Our dance held Saturday night, November 26 with music by John Sullivan had a fair attendance enjoying the evening with friends. In charge of the dance was Jane Custard, and also serving in the ticket office; her husband, Chuck, with Homer Alexander, seated the guests and Rita Alexander greeted the arriving guests at the door. Irene Slovacek was busy taking reservations for future dances in the lobby.

At the last monthly lodge meeting six wedding anniversaries were announced as follows: Frank and Mary Tilich (50 years), Amos and Della Kadlecek (41 years), Royal and Laura Warnasch (44 years), Gus and Ann Gerlich (53 years), Roy and Shirley Stonaker (27 years), and Ed and Vlasta Zalmanek (42 years). Best wishes to all these celebrants. Frank and Mary Tilich were generous and donated the refreshments for all present to enjoy with the sandwiches served by the lodge.

Brother W. Souchek is recuperating in Methodist Hospital where he had surgery November 17 and is doing well with his wife, Alice, at his bedside. He is missed and we do hope he will be back with us very soon; we miss him and his witty remarks; they bring sunshine into our lives. Get well soon because we wish to see you both healthy and smiling.

To celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary, Royal and Laura Warnasch were surprised by their son, Peanut (nickname) and their daughter-in-law with a 7-day planned trip to Las Vegas with accommodations at the Circus-Circus Hotel on the strip. Happy anniversary and lots of luck!

A lovely couple, Harry and Millie Wheeler, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary at Lodge 88 among friends at the John Sullivan dance Saturday, November 26th.

Friends surrounding three tables came to share the happy occasion with Harry and Millie and, in their midst, a happy newly-wed couple of

7 weeks, Tommy and Olga Hoffman, shared the festivity. Harry and Millie, two very lovely people, have two daughters, Sandra married to Harvey Mischna and Marelyn, married to Joe Sigismonthy, and six grandchildren keep them busy and happy. The oldest grandchild is 13 and the youngest is 7 years old.

They took their vows 45 years ago here in Houston at All Saints Catholic Church November 24, 1938; since that time their anniversary fell on Thanksgiving Day for the third time this year. This date also holds sad memories for Harry and Millie; their daughter, Gayle Ann Figari, succumbed to the treacherous illness (cancer) the same date of her parents' wedding anniversary November 24, 1980. Harry and Millie, we all wish you many, many more in health and enjoy life as you are now. We love you at Lodge 88!

Henry and Adele Kite were blessed with their second great-grandchild Monday, November 21, 1983 born in Memorial General Hospital.

This sweet little lady named, Jessica Elayne, weighing 6 lb. 7 oz. was a gift to parents Debbie and Ken Smith. Henry and Adele pride themselves being surrounded by 11 grandchildren and, now, two great-grandchildren. Congratulations and many more!

Two generous donations were made in our November lodge meeting Monday, November 21: $500.00 to the American Diabetes Association and $500.00 to the Child Abuse and Neglect project.

At the end, I wish to thank Brother Nick Morris for taking a stand for us Czechs here in Texas, which I read in the Houston Post.

I wish to call your attention to Thursday night social December 15 when the Social Night Committee will give away turkeys for your Christmas dinner. Everyone has a chance, but if you are not there you will not have a chance at all, so make it and come and see which way your luck will run. Will see you Thursday, December 15th! Maybe you will be walking home with a turkey in your arms.

Did you see our Lodge History Book? It is all there for you to explore. You may obtain one at the monthly lodge meeting or call one of the three on the committee: Frances Olexa —681-3650, Tim Kostom — 8647500 or Naomi Spencer — 862-1722.

Your name might not be in there, but maybe your parents, your brother, your sister, uncle, aunt or your close friend had a part in building our lodge to what it is today, and believe me, they devoted their time with LOVE without expecting any monetary return and that is why we have such a beautiful home; so please let's keep it and improve it some more.

Fraternally, Frances Olexa -SPJST-

Party For Lodge 107, Floresville

Christmas

Lodge 107 is planning a Christmas Party and covered dish meal December 11,1983.

The meal will be served about 12:30. All members along with the youth club members and their

6/VESTNIK—Wednesday, December 7, 1983 families are invited to attend. Each family is to bring a vegetable dish and a dessert. The meat, drinks, plates and silver ware will be furnished by the lodge.

At our last meeting November 13, 1983, we had election of officers and convention delegates. A very nice crowd was present.

All officers were re-elected for another year. They are: PresidentRobert Bayer, Vice President-John Burleson, Secretary-Pauline Pavliska, Fin.-Sec.-Elizabeth Bielefeld, Treasurer-Phyllis Purchis, Youth Leader-Polly Bayer, and Flag Bearer-Erick (Trey) Bielefeld.

Auditors: Joe Pavliska, Barbara Burleson and Wendy Bayer.

Resolutions Committee consists of: Georgie Zidek, Martha Hrna and Gussie Sralla.

Delegates to convention are: Robert Bayer, Henry Sralla, Polly Bayer. Alternates are: Elizabeth Bielefeld and Phyllis Purchis.

Screening Committee are: Roxy Bayer, Lori Hrna and Barbara Burleson.

Our next meeting will be held December 11, 1983 at 2 p.m. after the covered dish lunch.

Door prize was won by Gussie Sralla.

Refreshments were served after adjournment and payment of dues.

See you at the Christmas social!

Fraternally, Pauline S. Paviska, Sec. -SPJST-

133 Members Break Attendance Record

Lodge

and the officers were re-elected to serve the lodge in 1984; ;namely, President—Emil Matula, Vice President — Bill Mares — Secretary —Dominic Netek, Treasurer — Viola Mazac and Flag Bearer — Alfred Kalmus.

An election of delegates was also held and those voted by the membership to send as delegates are: No. 1 — Emil Mat ula, No. 2—Dominic Netek; and alternate delegates include: No 1— Viola Mazac, and No. 2 — Anthony Trilicek.

After the meeting there were more refreshments consumed and the members enjoyed a Games Party.

Happy Holidays to all!

Fraternally, Dominic Netek -SPJST-

154, Ft. Worth Meeting At 2 P.M. Lodge

Dear Members and Friends: Just a note to remind you of the time change for our next meeting, Sunday, December 11th 2 p.m.

Remember it is time for election of 1984 officers and delegates for the convention, and our Christmas Party for Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m. Goodies will be appreciated for the social.

We would like to extend our congratulations to Sister Donna Parker for her big promotion at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.

Benny and I were really surprised Friday night after Bingo for our 48th anniversary. Thanks to you all!

We regretted to hear Brother John Murphy of Lodge 92 was hospitalized and also John Zubb, father of Sister Alene Kercho of Lodge 92.

We pray for them a speedy recovery.

See you December 11th. So until..

Keep Smiling!

Fraternally, Mary Pavey -SPJST-

Our lodge at San Antonio held its regular monthly meeting November 20th and the attendance was the best yet, with 60 members attending. This is very encouraging and it is hard to put into words the satisfaction that members have when they see such great interest being motivated in our lodge. The larger the attendance, the more ,interesting the meetings are; there is always so much to discuss because Lodge 161 we learn so much from each other.

The officers want to express their LaParita To Meet thanks to all members attending our meetings and we hope they will Dear Members: Lodge 161 will hold their regular continue; to the many who have not attended the meetings, we sincerely meeting Sunday, December 11th at invite you and guarantee you that the Three Oaks Restaurant in you will be amazed as to what you Jourdanton at 11:30 a.m.

There will be a plate lunch after have been missing.

A turkey dinner was served at the meeting.

Remember we will have election 12:30 p.m. by our Social Committee composed of Sister Grace Rohan and of officers. Try to attend!

Fraternally, Sister Mary Popp; the dinner was Carol Crisp, enjoyed by everyone. Many thanks Vice President to all the people who brought some - SPJSTof the goodies and thanks to the Social Committee for baking turkeys and making dressing, etc.

Annual Meeting For Our regular meeting was opened

by President Matula at 1:45 p.m.

Lodge 172, Pasadena Roll call of officers indicated that Dear Members and Friends: all officers were present.

December 14th is our next regular Minutes of the last meeting were accepted, also the treasurer's report meeting. It is the annual meeting so be present to cast your vote for the was given and accepted.

It was discussed and agreed by officers of 1984. The meeting will the members that we will have our start at 7:30 p.m. at the hall on 3609 Christmas Party December 18 at Preston in Pasadena; the hall phone 1505 S. Gevers in San Antonio. A is 487-3297.

Coming up soon is the lodge Christmas dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m., and there will be gifts for Christmas Party and covered dish the youngsters. We are all looking meal starting at 6:30 p.m.; this is also a regular dance night with a $4 forward to the Christmas Party.

Election of officers was then held admission starting at 9 p.m. The f

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music will be by The Music Kings who play until 1' a.m. We invite everyone to stay for the dance if they can. There will be a few honored guests invited from out-oftown and they will not need a ticket to the dance; the rest of us will need a ticket if we wish to stay for the dance. Come out and meet the new guests. They will bring food and join us for the covered dish meal if they come.

The Czech Club social December 4th will be over when this is in print.

I am sure someone else will have written about it for the November 30th Vestnik. Just tonight, I found the class roll of the .1975 and 1976 Czech classes of San Jacinto College when Mr. Souchek started the classes. I am checking the addresses in the telephone book and those who I find I plan to call tomorrow.

We are sorry to hear that Mr. Souchek is on the sick list. We are wishing him an early recovery.

November 27th, from 2 to 8 p.m., we held a benefit show and dance at Lodge 172 with 6 country/western bands. All proceeds from this went to help the Cozie family of Pasadena.

Thanks to everyone for coming out and donating to a worthy cause.

Our November regular meeting was well-attended. The regular order of business was followed. We voted in three new regular members and three social members.

All reports were good.

Our new deep freezer has been hooked up and is running. We needed to replace an old one. At present all the leaks are stopped up and the work on the parking lot turned out real well. We hope to start the new year with everything fixed and running so that some of our hard-working members can get a break. They give their time and labor so willingly to all the problems as soon as they occur.

December is so full of beautiful uplifting activities at schools, churches and lodges, so try to go out and enjoy as many activities as possible. The people putting on these activities go to a lot of work and time to put them on and are happy to have good attendance.

With best wishes for the holidays and a happy New Year to all the members of the Supreme Lodge, the Editor of the Vestnik, the members of Lodge 172 and relatives and friends wherever you are. Most of all Lodge 172 is wishing everyone the best of health throughout the coming year.

Fraternally, Vlasta Machann, Secretary -SPJST-

Meeting For Lodge 173, Galveston

Annual

Our next meeting will be held Monday, December 19 at 7 p.m. at the corner of Laurel and First Street at the Guarantee Federal Building. It will also be an election of officers for 1984.

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Fraternally, Henrietta Fee, Secretary 5001 Live Oak Dr., Texas City, TX 77591 -SPJSTt‘ ,

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Lodge 175, Fort Bend To Hold Elections The annual meeting of Fort Bend Lodge 175 will be held December 12 at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center at Rosenberg in the Ceramic Room.

Since a large number of our members do not receive the Vestnik, it is difficult to notify all members of this very important meeting to decide the future of the lodge.

There will also be election of officers and delegates to the convention in Corpus Christi for 1984.

Fraternally, Ann Vyvial, Secretary -SPJST-

179 Plans Christmas Party

Lodge

Dear Members and Guests, The Christmas meeting and party was briefly discussed. It will be held in the Round Top Rifle Association Hall Saturday night, December 10th, with happy hour at 6 p.m. A short business session will be conducted at 7 p.m.

This will be followed by the Christmas party; there will be a gift exchange in a $4 prize range. If you wish to participate, a man bring a gift for a gentleman and a woman for a lady.

There will be other entertainment followed by a smoked turkey supper where members bring a side dish or dessert to help complete the menu.

Fraternally, Edith Pfeiffer, Reporter -SPJST-

Circle, Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth

Ladies'

Dear Members and Friends: We do hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving Day. We all have so much to be thankful for; we, as individuals, that make the traditional holiday a holy day by the observance of it in our hearts by sharing with our families and friends and giving thanks for all of our blessings.

The Ladies' Circle opened with Mary Powers, president, presiding, Hermina Cihacek, treasurer, and Frances Gissard, secretary.

The minutes were read and approved.

Lillie McMillen made a motion that dues for next year be raised to $3.00. Motion was seconded by Hermina Cihacek. Motion carried.

Joyce Tesar announced that the Czech Mates would be playing for the Saturday, December 31st, dance.

She is already taking reservations.

It was also announced that Sunday, December 4, a free dance would be given at SPJST Lodge No. 180, Burleson, at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Visitors were Edna Harris, Geraldine Roark, Mary and Bennie Pavey, Ann Zaborowski and Milady Hejl. We are very happy to have you and hope you will come again.

Happy Birthday was sung to Flora Koci, Ida Mayer, Lillie McMillen and Agnes Merlick.

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Wednesday, December 7, 1983—VESTNIK/7 Door prize was donated by Phyllis Cihacek and was won by Elizabeth Gregory and a special prize by Clara Marchioni was won by Betty Loyd.

Door prize for December will be donated by Frances Jaworski; for January - Inez Krivanek.

We were sorry to learn that Josephine Prochaska had been in both the Azle and Harris Hospitals. We are so glad she was able to be at our meeting.

We wish to congratulate Catherine Smith Kosarek on her marriage October 20th to Mr. W. A. (Bill) Kosarek. She really slipped one over on us; we were really surprised. We hope they will be very happy.

We also wish to congratulate Mary and Don Powers on their 50th anniversary in October and Tillie and Arthur Gillis on their 52nd anniversary in November. We hope both couples will have many more.

For the Christmas dinner members will bring the same kind of vegetables they brought for the Thanksgiving dinner. The hams will be cooked by Elizabeth Gregory.

Those who were absent Thanksgiving and plan to come to the Christmas dinner will bring desserts.

The songs will be led by Clara Marchioni and Florence Greer will supervise games for our Christmas party. Gifts will be exchanged for those who wish to participate.

Hostesses for December 13th, 1983 meeting, will be Jo Prochaska, Rose Zalesak, Betty Loyd and Mary Botik.

Come and have FUN! Be seeing you! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Flora Koci Reporter

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The SPJST Library-ArchivesMuseum From

Dear Readers: A sincere greeting to all of you and may Santa Claus be real good to you and bring much happiness and good health.

Christmas is approaching and gifts will be in order, so why not give a unique gift this year: the SPJST Convention Chorus Album, a real memorial of the 1976 Convention. Here is what side One has: Adoramus Te Christe, How Great Thou Art, Going Home, Music by Czech Composers, Boze coi racil, M ji na to vojnu pujdu, Poeme, Americans and the Southland Aura Lee. Side Two has: You'll Never Walk Alone, Bicentennial Tribute, Battle Hymn of the Republic, God Bless America, Kde domov milj?, and May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You. This great performance is accompanied by both brass and string augmentation; a gift that everyone will treasure.

You can come by and pick them up at $4 each or we will mail them for you to any point in the USA for only $5 each. When ordering mail shipments enclose your Christmas card, name and address where you want it sent and we will do the rest.

In order to have the albums reach your loved ones, please order early!

Fraternally yours, SPJST Library, Archives, Museum Otto Hanus, Librarian-Curator Thelma Bartosh, Assistant

BULLETIN BOARD DISTRICT IV MEETING The District IV spring meeting will be held Sunday, April 22, 1984.

Lodge No. 73, Seymour will host the 1984 meeting. ***

BULLETIN BOARD District V spring meeting will be held Sunday, March 11, 1984. The hosts will be Lodge 142 Stefanik, 5508 Nolda, Houston.

—SPJSTYOUTH

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STATEWIDE YOUTH LEADERS' RETREAT The Statewide Youth Leaders' Retreat in 1984 will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 24th and 25th, the retreat starting at 9 a.m.

Saturday and being over after the noon meal Sunday. The site of the retreat is Camp Lone Star, a few miles southeast of LaGrange. All DYCs, Assistant DYCs, Youth Leaders and Assistants, plus anyone else directly involved in our youth program are welcome to attend.

Accomodations are limited, so that the final selections will have to be based on a need-to-know and eventual-use basis, as well as a firsteome-first-servecl basis, with a deadline of March 5, 1984. Please wait for the official form in the Vestnik.

A full day and a half's activities are being planned, including some evening functions. More details in the coming weeks.

Fraternally, Nick A. Morris President — SPJSTSTATE

YAD —1984

The 1984 State YAD (including Royalty) is set for Sunday, August 12, 1984, to commence at 10:30 a.m., at Temple High School. The noon meal will be catered; resume YAD early in the afternoon. We plan to finish by 5. — NAM. ***

From the Youth Leaders LODGE 39, BRYAN, YOUTH CLUB PREPARES FOR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AND PROGRAM Dear Readers: October 30th, our youth club hosted its annual Halloween Carnival. All District I and the general public were invited to attend free of charge. Indeed, the day proved loads of fun. We had a sp000khouse, numerous game booths, and a new addition this year was our cake walk, at which we profited $110. We had a full house with youth attending from various youth clubs in our district. We enjoyed having each and everyone of you! Thanks to all parents who helped with the day's activities. As each of you know it takes many hours of preparation and each of

your contributions was appreciated!

Our regular meeting was held Sunday afternoon, November 13th.

Our craft was making Christmas strawberry ornaments from walnuts.

We collected many items for our food basket, which was distributed to the Twin City Mission in Bryan for our Thanksgiving project.

Thanks to all who so willingly contributed.

The holiday season is now upon us. Once again, it's time for our annual Lodge Christmas Party and Youth Program. The date is set for Saturday, December 10th and our program this year is entitled "The Wonderful Meaning of Christmas".

Everyone is, encouraged to attend for a day of fun and fellowship.

Perfect attendance awards for 1983 will be distributed immediately following the program. Seven of our youth are eligible - Congratulations!

This shows much enthusiasm and interest on your part. Keep up the good work! Also, the youth will exchange Christmas gifts at this party.

December 11th, marks the date of our next regular meeting. We will have a short meeting followed by Christmas caroling to lodge shut-ins and two Bryan nursing homes. Any members wishing to go along with us are welcome. Youth remember to bring your candy bagged to distribute while we are caroling and also remember to bring under garments and socks for the needy children at the Childrens Shelter in Bryan for our December charity project. It's always special to remember those in need - especially during the holiday season.

Our January social will be an indoor rodeo at our hall. The date and time has not yet been set - watch for further details.

In closing, I would like to extend to all a Wonderful Christmas and God's blessings throughout the year to come.

Fraternally, Renea Macik Lodge Youth Leader

From the Youth Members EL CAMPO-HILLJE YC VISITED NURSING HOME Lodge 40 youth members of El Campo — Hillje held their meeting at the SPJST Hall in Hillje November 22nd.

Each member brought a drawing of a turkey and each one of us received 50 cents. Then we took the turkeys to the Hillje Nursing Home.

We sang "Happy Birthday" to Veronica Bartos.

Afterwards we drew names to exchange Christmas presents for our Christmas Party.

Refreshments were served by Mrs. Vanek and Mrs. Mondrik.

Fraternally, Patrick Bartos (14) (11-29-83) — SPJSTCENTER VILLE

YC DONATED $100 TO CHILD ABUSE

Dear Vestnik Readers, Lodge 188 of Centerville had their meeting at 2 p.m. November 20, 1983. There were 18 people and three visitors at the meeting.

We all brought two gifts to give to people in the nursing home for Thanksgiving.

We had refreshments and skated after the meeting.

We are sending $100 to the Abused Children for Christmas.

We are having a Christmas Party, December 11th; don't forget to bring refreshments to the party, and the parents are also invited to come to the party. At the Christmas party you are supposed to dress as the 50s.

Our club had a lot of new members to join. Our next meeting will be in December.

Fraternally, Dana Dixon (13) Reporter (11-28-83) — SPJST-

10TH MEETING FOR YC LODGE EL CAMPO HILLJE

DECEMBER

The youth club of Lodge 40 held their monthly meeting November 22nd at the SPJST Hall at Hillje at 7 p.m.

There were 15 members and one guest, Sharon Borak, present.

We brought decorated turkeys for the nursing home at Hillje.

We discussed the Christmas Party for December 11th, and we also drew names to exchange gifts.

We have one new member Elizabeth Adamcik.

Veronica Bartos was our November birthday celebrant.

Mrs. Mondrik and Mrs. Vanek served punch and cookies.

Our next meeting will be Decernber 10 at 2 p.m. at Hillje Hall during which time we will make preparations for the Christmas Party for the next day, as far as tables and chairs are concerned.

Veronica Bartos (16) (11-29-83) —SPJST-

6, COTTONWOOD YOUTH CLUB NEWS

LODGE

Dear Readers, We held our meeting November 13, 1983. Plans are being made for our Christmas Program and Party.

We drew names for exchanging of gifts.

Our December charity projects consist of paper and glass drive.

Everyone try to help save these items so our drive will be a success.

Fraternally, Darrell Uptmor (11-30-83) —SPJST

NEWS ABOUT EL CAMPOHILLJE YOUTH CLUB Our youth club of Lodge 40 met November 22nd in the Hillje Hall.

Veronica Bartos had a birthday in November.

We will have a Christmas Party in December.

We were served cookies and punch after the meeting.

Fraternally, Martha Bartos (6) (11-29-83) —SPJST-

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8/VRSTNfK—Wednesday, December 7, 1983

_FEATURES (Continued from Page several years ago, it would definitely be interesting and of great value to have an updated sequel to the original Na§e Dejiny, that is, bring the various parishes and personalities up to date because a lot has changed since 1939.

The publication may be ordered from Nainec, PO Box 636, Granger, Texas 76530. The cost of the book (hardback) is $10.95, which includes postage, handling and sales tax. 220 pp.

2. Czech Immigration Passenger Lists, Vol. I, by Leo BOa of Richardson, Texas. This is a comprehensive listing of immigration lists of various migrations to Texas through about 1879, which would include a large number of the immigrants from what is now Czechoslovakia.

Softback, 158 pp.

I agree with the author when he states that he would encourage historians and genealogists to assemble a comprehensive list of Czech immigrants who came in the period between 1879 and 1900, plus those who came in the period between the two World Wars and after World War II. Mr. Baca states that this is ". . certainly difficult, if not an impossible goal, but if we strive for it, we will learn a great deal and in the end we will preserve our history, our identity, and our individuality." Copies of the book may be obtained from: Leo BaCla, 1707 Woodcreek, Richardson, Texas 75081. The price is $15.95, postpaid.

3. "Nase Dejiny", a magazine of Czech genealogy and culture. It is published bi-monthly (6 issues a year) and the annual subscription cost is $12.50. It may be ordered from The Old Homestead Publishing Company, PO Box 45, Hallettsville, Texas 77964.

4. Krasna Amerika, a book on the history of Czech Texans from their arrival in 1851 through 1939, by Clinton Machann and James W. Mendl. This is the most recent work of its kind in the State of Texas and is quite well done. It is in the English language, with appropriate references, where necessary, to the original Czech. 280 pp. This hardback is $16.95, postage paid. It can be ordered from Eakin Press, PO Box 23066, Austin, Texas 78735.

This rather comprehensive work traces the Czechs in Texas from their earliest arrival and includes chapters on their religion, folk culture, language, journalism and literature, along with ethni" identity and assimilation.

5. Ceskfich Rodopisci KnOka ("Book of Czech Genealogy"). A valuable aid to those persons seeking the background on their families in Texas and in Czechoslovakia. 100 pp. Contains instructions and the steps to follow in requesting information in Czechoslovakia. Also contains maps of those areas from whence Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia emigrated to Texas. This book was written and compiled by Albert Blaha and may be obtained from him at 9174 Westview, Houston, Texas 77055.

Price unknown.

6. The Saga of Ernst Bergmann, 1981,

by Dorothy Klumpp and Albert J. Blaha, Sr. 122 pp. This is a rather complete work on the father of Czech immigration to Texas, the Rev. Jozef Ernst Bergman (his spelling from his own chronicles) who, until the last decade was virtually unknown to the Czech element in Texas, although mention of him is made in Hudson and Maresh's book, "The Czech Pioneers of the Southwest." The work contains a number of pictures never before published. It covers his religious work in the village of Strau2nY in what is today the extreme southwestern corner of Poland, to and through his emigration to Texas, settlement in Cat Spring in Austin County, to his final days and death in Corsicana at the age of 79 on 6 April 1877. This work is long overdue and the authors are to be commended for their painstaking research.

7. The Czechs in Texas: A Study of the Immigration and the Development of Czech Ethnicity, 1850-1920, William P. (Phil) Hewitt, PhD Dissertation, the University of Texas at Austin (1978), 104 pp. Copy of this work not yet available in our SPJST Library; hopefully will be soon.

Other Recent Acquisitions We are constantly adding new books to our SPJST Library; to list all of them would take up considerable space. In addition to the above, however, there are two recent acquisitions that might make for interesting reading. They might be termed as expose';.

1. Ve Stinu Sibenice (In the Shadow of the Gallows), by Jan Filipek, Palm Springs Publishing Company. $12. An account by the close personal secretary of a Czechoslovak minister and his disappearance during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

2. The Deception Game, by Ladislav Bittman, Syracuse University Research Corporation, 1972. An expose- of the Czechoslovak Intelligence Service by one who served in it for a number of years, including involvement in the "Department of Dirty Tricks." 246 pp. $9.95.

An Interview Causes Quite A Stir In Texas About three weeks ago a writer for United Press International (UPI) called me, for my views and opinions on a news item he had just come across. We ended up talking almost half an hour over the telephone.

The news item that had caught his attention was a report by the Census Bureau lumping the Czechs in Texas in the "other unspecified" group. He wanted to know how that could be since he had been a reporter on the staff of the Temple Telegram in Bell County a number of years ago and he remembered the large number of Czechs residing in this Central Texas area at that time.

The report that he was talking about concerned language and ethnic data contained in the 2-volume General Economic and Social Characteristics report for Texas, based on data gathered in the 1980 Census. The

report gives a 23-page breakdown on ancestry and language groups. The report lists, for example, 3,401 persons of Portuguese extraction and 3,961 Ukranians, but lumps the Czechs into the 4.38 million "other unspecified" group.

Toward the end of the interview I asked the gentleman if he was going to write a story for UPI, that I would appreciate having a copy, but it has yet to arrive. Shortly after the interview I had numerous calls from all over the state from people who had read the story in some of the state's largest newspapers and had also heard the reports over some of the radio stations in the largest cities in Texas. I received clippings of the UPI story from Houston and San Antonio. A member from the Houston area wrote me as follows: "A big pat on the back for you, Mr. President, and your stand-off with the Census Bureau. My bumper sticker reads 'Thank God I'm Czech' and now I'm even more proud." All of the letters and calls that I had were in agreement with what I had told the reporter. For the most part, he quoted me correctly, however, he did not quote me correctly when he wrote: "The Czech we speak is not the so-called literary Czech, which is Slovenian ... it comes from Moravia, the central province, and they are a very agrarian people." In the first place, Slovenian is the language spoken in Slovenia which is a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. I would have never made such a statement because I know my geography better than that We did discuss the distinction between the Slovak and Czech languages and maybe that's where he got the term "Slovenian". Apparently, he didn't know the difference. As to being "a very agrarian people", I had stated that the Moravians who emigrated to Texas were largely farmers tilling the soil - agrarians.

At any rate, the statement that drew the most attention was when I said: "Whoever did that just doesn't know what the (mild expletive deleted) they're doing.

We've said for years that Czech is the third most spoken language in Texas, after English and Spanish, and that statement has never been challenged."

Finally, I never cease to be amazed how reporters amplify a statement and then write headlines such as "Texas Czechs Angry Over Designation In 'Other Unspecified' Group". This makes it appear as if all of the Czechs in Texas were marching down the streets and byways of this state with unfurled banners in protest to the Census Bureau report. The truth is that very few probably even knew about the report (like me) and there was certainly no mass protest or uprising over this matter. (I would not have known about the Census Bureau report had the UPI writer not called me about it).

While I'm glad that a point was made in the story, I; do not like to be misquoted in a matter in which I'm made to appear like someone who doesn't know simple geography.

However, I suppose these are the hazards inherent in being interviewed over the telephone. In the future I will ask what they want me to comment on and that I will mail them a statement in writing if they will give me their name and

address. Then, if they misquote me, they obviously can't read.

Fraternally, Nick A. Morris President

-SPJSTJarmila

Novotna -

Czech Opera Star Jarmila Novotna follows after Emmy Destinn in importance as an operatic singer. She not only had a brilliant career like Destinn, but she had loved ones to share the glory with her. She was born in Prague, September 23, 1907. Her parents also were music lovers and often took her to the Prague National Theatre where she learned to love music. Her father was a banker, and his support helped her to achieve success. As a child she liked to playact with her sister and companions.

At the age of eleven she would amuse herself by trying to sing arias she heard at the theatre. Jarmila was high-school age when Emmy Destinn heard her sing at a charity concert, and urged her seriously to study voice. For one year she went to the Prague Conservatory, and after that Emmy Destinn gave her private lessons. Jarmila began appearing before audiences at an early age.

When seventeen she sang at the National Theatre in Prague as Violetta in LaTraviata. The applause she received indicated that she was no longer too young to sing opera, and other performances followed. She sang Marenka in THE BARTERED BRIDE, Rosina in THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, the Queen of the Night in THE MAGIC FLUTE, Tatiana in EUGENE ONEGIN and Gilda in RIGOLLETTO. It was indeed a happy time when President Masaryk of the new republic of Czechoslovakia lived in the Hrad, Royal Palace. He advised and encouraged Jarmila as he did other promising artists. She entertained him by singing folk songs. One of his favorite songs was Tece Voda Tece (Flowing Waters). President Masaryk introduced his son, Jan who played piano and together they did a number of songs; Andulko Me Dite (Anna My Child), Dobrou Noc Ma Mila (Good Night My Love), Zeleni Hajove (Green Woodlands), and Proc Jsi K Nam Neprisel (Why Didn't You Come?). A Slovak maiden sings this love song to her beloved who did not come to see her.

Leaving Prague, Jarmila went to Milan to continue vocal studies which she combined with performances. The conductor Guarneri managed to place her in an opera he was directing. She appeared as Gilda in RIGOLLETTO, a Verdi masterpiece, at the 1928 Verona Festival. The applause was so enthusiastic that she repeated her "Caro Nome". That same year she sang Gilda again at the Vienna State Opera.

In 1929, Jannila became a member of the Berlin State Opera.

She appeared there as Madame Butterfly, so well known for its tragic portrayal of a Japanese maiden who falls in love with an American naval officer. They are married in Japan, and a son is born, leaving them behind when he must return to the United States. After three years he is to return and Butterfly awaits.

The surprise comes in the second act when Jarmila appears not wearing, a

Wednesday, December 7, 1983—VESTMK/9 Japanese kimono but a traveling suit. The German reasoning was that Butterfly was prepared to fly back to the United States, which was to be her new home. The naval officer arrives with an American wife, and they want the golden haired boy. In great sorrow, Butterfly stabs herself with her father's dagger, as Japanese must do when one cannot live with honor.

Other roles she played in Berlin, were Violetta, Marguerite de Valois, Manon Lescaut and Cherubino in the Marriage of Figaro. She also took leading parts in several twentieth century operas.

In 1933, Jarmila performed again at the Vienna State Opera, and among her roles which were always enthusiastically applauded were the Mozartean ones. She sang Cherubino, Pamina, Fiordiligi, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovani.

Jarmila had a repertory which ranged from the Mozartean parts to Janacek's Jenufa and Fransquita in Fargo Wolf's "Corregidor".

During the years 1935 to 1937, Jarmila appeared annually at the Salzburg Festival. There she reached the height of her career singing Pamina in the performance of Die Zaubefflote by Toscanini, who eventually persuaded Jarrnila to come to the United States to sing.

In 1939, she visited the United States for the first time. However, her American debut did not take place at the Metropolitan, as one would have expected. It took place in San Francisco, at the Opera House there, and again Jarmila took the role of Madame Butterfly. The music critic, Olin Downes of the New York Times was in San Francisco at the time, and the following was reported for his newspaper: "Miss Novotna has given proof of being not only a singer, but also a musician and interpreter of true dramatic instinct. Saying this, one is prone to add that Miss Novotna gives much that is dramatic and vocally effective to her characterization of Butterfly. The voice is a lyric soprano, capable of brilliancy but not a big body of tone. There is a grace, warmth, and a communicative feeling in all that she does. She is a personality on the stage."

Love and marriage interrupted the strict routine of performances.

On July 16, 1931, Jarmila Novotna married George Daubek, a marriage that was blessed by the birth of two children. The Nazis took over Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938, 1939, and the Daubek family left for England. Toscanini was conducting operas in New York at the time, and he persuaded Jarmila to settle with her family in New York. Toscanini conducted the orchestra on her first performance in New York when she sang in Beethoven's Choral Symphony. On January 5th, 1940, she made her Metropolitan debut as Mimi in La Boheme. Olin Downes, the music critic praised the way she presented Mimi with charming simplicity expressing brilliancy and artistic excellence. On the 7th of February, she sang Violetta, which brought even greater praise.

Jarmila became an American citizen in 1946. She sang with the Mettropolitan Opera for sixteen years.

In Europe, Jarmila had become known for the Mozart roles: Pamina, Cherubino and Donna Elvira. As requested, she player: these parts and also appeared as Vit,let,La in La Tra-

viata, Marenka in the Bartered Bride, Octavia in Der Rosenkavalier, Antonia in the Tales of Hoffman and Manon in Massenet's opera. In 1955, she sang Giulietta in Hoffman, which was the last new role she had accepted. Her New York operatic career ended when she sang Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, on January 16, 1956. She played this part often in the Volksoper in Vienna, where she made guest appearances after having left the Metropolitan.

Jarmila had appeared in plays on the Broadway stage in Helen Goes to Troy and Sherlock Holmes. In the movies, from 1933 to 1951, she had appeared in The Student Prince, The Bartered Bride, The Last Waltz, Frasquita, The Night of Greatest Love, Song of the Lark and other pictures.

Phonograph records were made by the great Czechoslovak artist, in which she is accompanied by Jan Masaryk, the martyr. The Songs of Lidice, Smetana's The Bartered Bride, Dvorak's Rusalka and the sad song, Umrem, Umrem (We Die), but like all true Czechs and Slovaks who love to sing and dance, the song ends with the thought that even after death the youngster who sings the

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Novotna who was accompanied by F. A gymnastic exhibition of the Kubina.

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The Scientists Tell Me...

Termites Are a Costly Hidden Hazard To Both Rural and Urban Structures

By Robert L. Haney TAES Science Writer

Termites are a costly, hidden hazard to real estate structures; these insects cause more than a billion dollars in losses in the U.S. each year, says an urban entomology research leader at Texas A&M University.

"What's doubly regrettable about termite damage," according to Dr. T.A. Granovsky, who has done considerable urban entomology research for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, "is that it not only is largely preventable, but that the control measures that are used are often costly."

Granovsky explains that pre-construction treatment of a building site for subterranean termites is not only more effective but also costs only a fraction of what it costs to treat for termites after a building is completed.

In one area of the state that Granovsky studied, pre-construction treatment charges, on-the-average in 1978/79 for 2000-square-foot home, cost less than 7 cents per square foot ($140. total). By contrast, the average postconstruction treatment cost of the same size home was $275 for subterranean termites, $550 for drywood termites, and $800 if both were present.

The costs of treating either a home or commerical site once it was built were much greater: 12.8 cents per square foot for pier or beam homes, 15.2 cents for homes of slab construction; and 12.4 to 14.2 cents per square foot for commercial structures.

Of course, Granovsky says,

today's costs may be even higher! Figures from pest control;operators working in the area showed less than 5'7c; of their work involved pre construction treatments to control termites.

Granovsky estimates that the annual economic impact of termites in Corpus Christi alone is $3,700,000. To prepare these figures he used records of 20 of the 24 pest control companies operating in the area, plus data from 10 home improvement companies.

The home improvement companies found termites in 28% of the repair jobs after remodeling work had started and they estimated cost of additional termite damage repair work at $1,325. per home and $6,666.67 per commercial structure. The percentage of all infested structures needing such repairs was estimated at 40.4%.

Granovsky says that his study of 3161 home inspection records revealed that both subterranean and drywood termites were found concurrently in 13.4% of the infested homes, whereas subterranean exclusively were in 41% and drywoods exclusively in 45.6 of the infested homes.

The inspection records of pest control companies indicated 51.66% of the homes were not infested and 48.34% had one or both types of termites. These figures are only 7.29% below the actual termite infestation level of 5.63% for the 151 homes inspected in Corpu's Christi

by Granovsky and his research team. The number of homes inspected represent over 10% of the homes built during the

first 4 months for the five ages of homes studied.

Corpus Christi was chosen

by Granovsky for his in-depth study as representative of the high-risk coastal areas of Texas. Climatic conditions, including temperature and humidity, are most favorable for termite multiplication all along the Gulf Coast.

Granovsky cautions that findings in Corpus Christi, and verified by more limited surveys in several other coastal cities, are not freely applicable to the remainder of the State.

However, in related research to get a better measure of termite infestation in Texas, a research associate of Granovsky's, M.N. Howell reports that three types of termites are more widespread in Texas than had been previously documented. Termite collections from over 40% of the State's 254 counties have expanded the known range for several species.

Termites of the genera Reticulitermes, which includes the subterranean termite; Coptotermes, which includes the Formosan termite; and Incisitermer, which includes the drywood termite, are the major pests infesting wooden structures in Texas, according to Howell.

Species of one or more of these genera exist in each of the 12 geographic regions of Texas. In Houston, Clear Lake, Pasadena, Texas City, Galveston, Port Bolivar, Beaumont, and Port Arthur all three types are present. Throughout the southeastern quadrant of the State (4.ufk in to Temple to San Antonio to the Valley) both subterranean and

drywood termites are present as structural pests.

Even though collections have not been made from every county in Texas it is highly probable that subterranean termites cause damage to homes in all Texas counties.

Drywood termites, widely thought to exist even by pest control operators only in the Coastal Region, are now known to infest structures at least as far west as Uvalde and San Antonio and as far north as Bell and Houston Counties.

The Formosan termite, at present, has only been found in the greater HoustonGalveston area and BeaumontPort Arthur.

Considering that a home is usually a family's largest single investment, Granovsky says, homeowners should look toward prevention or very early termite detection and control. Subterranean termites, as already indicated, can he prevented by pre-construction site treatment.

Early detection can be accomplished by regular inspection by a qualified termite inspector. If you're buying a home, it should be inspected for termites prior to your closing, even if not required by terms of your loan.

Granovsky and Howell say reporting their research as urban entomologists is not intended to needlessly alarm the homeowner but rather to alert him to possible danger to real estate, whether rural or urban. They point out that termites are, by far, the most prevalent household pest in the home that can cause severe economic damage.

10/VRSTWK—Wednesday, December 7, 1983

The Scientists Tell Me...

Better Cool-Season Grasses Will Boost Livestock Production

By Robert L. Haney TAES Science Writer

Better cool-season grasses are essential to increased livestock productivity in Texas and constitute an important part of forage research now underway, according to Dr. Ethan Holt at Texas A&M University.

"The State's livestock industry, which usually produces more than half of our total agricultural income, was found- . ed on the vast array of grasses and other forages available on our rangelands," said Professor Holt, who is forage research project leader for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

"We are developing grasses that are hardier, more palatable, more nutritious, more productive, with built-in disease and insect resistance.

Some of our scientists are even seeking to develop the nitrogen-fixing ability, presently found primarily in legumes," Holt said.

- The perennial grass pasture still serves as the base for livestock production in Texas, as it has for : hundreds of years. But now, in addition to the vast acreages of native grasslands which are made up predominately of warm-season grasses, there are some 20 million acres of improved warm-season grass pastures.

"However, this vast supply of renewable forage resources are supplemented with coolseason annual grasses, such as ryegrass and winter cereals, that are used as temporary pastures, plus the summer annuals, sudan-sorghum hybrids and pearl millet, used as temporary pasture and hay crops.

-New and improved grasses are needed to increase the efficiency and reliability of forage production of revegetated rangelands, as.,well as for improved tame-pasture production.

"Yield potential is only one of many important characteristics in a grass variety or species," Holt says.

"In addition to desirable yields, a grass must have the ability to become established, persist under moisture and temperature stress, successfully compete with weeds and other vegetation, produce seed for propagation (unless vegetatively propagated), and produce forage with acceptable nutritive value for animal production.

"Not all of these characteristics are equally important in every grass in every production situation. Also, yield may be an indicator not only of the genetic yield potential of a plant but also of its establishment, stress tolerance, persistance, and competitive abilities.

"Thus, studies of grasses may provide indications of the contribution of specific characteristics to yield, or they may use yield and yield Patterns as indications of the response of the grass to the various factors that influence yield and persistance.

"Forage quality is not determined by yield and generally must be evaluated separately.

"Numerous grass evaluation . studies are conducted annually by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists on various aspects of grass and factors that influence their establishment, production, persistence and forage quality.

"An example is our research on small grains which provide a highly nutritious forage for livestock. However, they differ in time of production, palatability, cold hardiness and yield potential.

"In tests at our research facility at Stephenville, forage yields of wheat, rye, oats and triticale cultivars ranged from 8991 pounds per acre for 'Terrall 800-22' dryland wheat to 13,116 pounds . for rrigated 'Grazer Blend' triticale. Most cultivars produced more forage under irrigation, but Grazer Blend triticale, 'TAM 106' wheat, and 'Nora' oats were especially responsive.

'Total production of dryland rye, oat, and triticale cultivars slightly exceeded that of wheat. Dryland yields of 'Big Mac' oats, 'Mesquite' oats, 'Maton' rye, Grazer Blend triticale exceeded 11,000 pounds per acre.

"Rye, wheat, and triticale yields increased throughout the season. Oats produced more forage in the fall than other small grains, but less in March due to topburns from low temperatures in January."

In East Texas, forage yields of small grains are very important and variety tests are conducted annually at our research center at Overton to determine which varieties produce highest forage yields in East Texas and to compare experimental and newly released lines with standard varieties for their adaptation to East Texas growing conditions.

Rye forage yields in 198182 were good but not outstanding with about 3 1/2 tons per acre of dry matter being produced for the entire growing season. Only about 1400 pounds separated the highest yielding (Wintergrazer 70) from the lowest yielding entry (NF-112).

Oat forage total yields were similar to the rye. Mesquite was the highest yielding variety, closely followed by several other oat varieties and also by Tambar 401 barley

which was the only barley line tested. There was some winterfreeze damage among all varieties, however, no complete kill on any variety: Wheat forage yields were betWeen 4000 and 5000 pou nds per acre for most of the Varieties in 1981-82. The highest yield was produced by Vona, a hard red winter wheat and several other entries produced similar yields.

In the triticale forage tests, top yielder was B-227-8 with total yields of 6973 pounds per acre. Five varieties yielded better than 6200 lb'acre and 16 varietes outvielded Coker 68-15 wheat (4699 lb/acre), entered in the test as a check.

Winterhardiness of triticale

is variable depending on the wheat parent used in making the original cross with rye.

Uniformity of seasonal forage production of triticale is not as good as rye or wheat, Holt says but is better than oats or ryegrass.

Ryegrass forage yields in these tests were rather low and this was partly due to winterfreeze damage. Marshall ryegrass (quite winterhardy) produced the highest yield (5033 lbs/acre).

"Cool-season forage production will continue to have an important part in our livestock production programs and we believe research is revealing ways to increase its usefulness," Holt concluded.

The Scientists Tell Me...

What Factors Are Involved In Startling Growth of Rural Areas

By Robert L Haney TAES Science Writer

More folks are moving to the country than to the city, according to our latest census figures. This reverses a population flow that began decades ago with the growing industrialization of our country and increased mechanization of our agriculture.

In the 1960's, metropolitan counties increased in population numbers by 17 percent and rural counties by 4.4 percent. But in the 1970's, metropolitan counties grew by only 9.1 percent and rural counties by 15.4 percent.

And the 1980 Census of Population indicates that there is a continuation of this trend toward increased rural settlement, according to Dr. H.L. Goodwin, Jr., agricultural economist whose research speciality is rural development for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University.

No certain region of the United States has a monopoly on this nonmetropolitan settlement boom, according to Goodwin. Retirement areas in the -Sunbelt," the Upper Midwest, energy development areas, and the Ozark Mountains are all participants in this rural rebirth.

Much of this growth is occurring in places adjacent to metropolitan areas, where the prospect of commuting to

work and living in an area outside the city is appealing, says Goodwin, who made a cooperative study of this trend with Dr. Gerald A. Doeksen, agricultural economist at Oklahoma State University.

The primary reason for their study was to identify factors which influence settlement patterns in rural areas.

Such information is vital if decision makers are to Make informed judgements in the many areas affected by this influx of people.

In the past, traditional views of migration suggest that low income and unemployment cause outmigration.

Studies showed that these employment-related factors were still the major determinants in rural settlement patterns in the 1950's and 1960's and that other communityrelated characteristics were secondary.

However, several recent studies have shown, Goodwin says, that non-economic factors such as environment, amenities and other secondary considerations are now of major importance in determining settlement patterns.

One study showed that economic considerations accounted for only 47 percent of interstate migrations, proof that greater emphasis is being placed on quality of life consideration now than in the past.

Reasons for migrating

Wednesday, December 7, 1983—VESTMK/11 within a region from urban to rural areas are not necessarily the same as those for interstate migration. People choosing to change residences but maintain current employment may value non-economic factors such as neighborhood, environment, services and commuting conditions, even more heavily than do interstate migrants.

The migration turnaround appears to be particularly linked to community specific problems such as education, health care, social welfare, crime and public safety, and municipal service.

With population growth in rural areas has come the accompanying need for continued improvement in the quality and quantity of community services. The nature of residential development in rural areas greatly affects the characteristics of services provided in these areas.

Settlement patterns which occur as a result of migration in rural areas to a large extent determine the demand placed upon costly services.

Outmigration may result in a community having increased per-customer costs for maintaining services designed to serve a larger population, while inmigration may require costly new service expansions or improvements. These difficulties are particularly evi dent in areas of rapid changes in population distribiltion.

What then did ioodwin's study identify as community characteristics important to these new residents and how did they rank them in priority?

"Quality of Services'' was one area quite important to these newcomers and they ranked in this order of importance: 1) health care services, 2) police and fire protection, 3) daily commuting time, paved roads, 5 )schools, 6) water system and 7) septic system. In this category, Goodwin says if these services are perceived to he of high quality and important, then settlement into an area is encouraged.

"Age of home/water service'' was another grouping, ranked second in importance to -quality of services.'' Length of residence was a negative quality, heavily outvaitied by such factors as I) year residence was built, 2) service importance, 3) customer status. This means, according to Goodwin that newer homes are more likely to he occupied by newcomers and that availability of water service encourages inmigration.

Factors, in the third catagory of importance to newcomers, Goodwin calls "rural atmosphere, - were: I Desired rural living, 2) rural atmosphere, and 3) environment. A positive perception of the quality and importance of rural atmosphere is tied directly to encouraging settlement into the area.

Factors to do with - job and relatives'' were in the fourth category of importance to migrants to rural areas and were ranked: I ) move closer to relatives, 2) attend elder-

ly/ill relatives, 3) seeking employment, and 4) job change. Positive responses mean that people changing or seeking employment or having strong family ties in an area are more likely to settle there.

A major factor accounting for migration and settlement into rural areas has been shown to be quality of ser-

vices. Policymaking bodies must decide, Goodwin says, whether to continue programs which have encouraged the development of rural services comparable to services available in urban areas.

For example, availability of low-interest loans for development of rural water and sewer systems has certainly encouraged people to migrate

to rural areas. Major improvements in roads, health care services, and police and fire protection have also taken place as a result of governmentally financed and supported programs.

Many rural residents can now enjoy the aesthetic benefits of rural living without sacrificing the quality of services provided in urban

The Scientists Tell Me...

Antibiotic Use Can Impair Development of Immune System

By Robert L Haney TAES Science Writer

A growing array of antibiotics has been used for more than three decades to treat, and sometimes prevent, disease in animals and humans.

But in recent years there has been increasing recognition that continued use of these potent drugs can create problems, according to Dr. Syed A. Naqi, microbiologist at Texas A&M University.

"Antibiotics have been shown to affect various immune functions in animals and humans, - Naqi says, "but widespread therapeutic and subtherapeutic use is made of antibiotics in food-animal production, particularly commercial poultry.

-Also, humans having chronic bacterial and fungal infections and those receiving immuno-suppressive regimens also receive antibiotics

for prolonged periods.

'While the beneficial effects of antibiotics under such situations have been widely acclaimed in the past, their effects on the immune system were largely ignored."

Therefore, scientists with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, in the department of veterinary microbiology and parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, made a study of the effect of antibiotics on the development of the immune system in chickens and turkeys.

"The objective of the first study, -Naqi says, "was to define the effects of a specific antibiotic regimen on the development of the immune system in chickens. This antibiotic regimen included preincubation dipping of fertile eggs in gentamicin solution (500 parts per million), injection of chicks with the same

antibiotic (0.2 mg/chick, subcutaneously) and inclusion of chlortetracycline in the diet (200 ppm)."

Antibiotic-treated chickens generally carried lower densities of immunoglobulin (Ig) bearing cells, than the respective controls, Naqi says.

However, statistically significant differences were apparent only with respect to Ig cell populations in the cecal tonsils and the large intestine. The treated, chickens also had significantly lower serum IgM levels at 28 days of age.

How antibiotics effected suppression of the Ig bearing cells in the tissues and the Ig levels in the serum is unknown. A plausible mechanism is through suppression of the intestinal microflora by the antibiotics and resulting lack of stimulation of the gut associated lymphoid (immune) tissues.

Another question that log-

settings.

"It would seem that one avenue for encouraging or discouraging the 'rural sprawl' resulting from the aforementioned factors would be the continuance or severance of programs which subsidize improvement or rural services," Goodwin concluded.

really arises is whether or not the immunodeficiency seen in the antibiotic-treated birds is likely to compromise their ability to counter infectious diseases.

Although these studies did not involve evaluation of immune competence of the treated birds, previous studies have shown antibiotic treatment to result in lower antibody production to various antigens and compromise in phagocytosis (engulfment and destruction of foreign substances) and chemotax ix (migration of injury-repairing cells).

Additional studies with turkey poults essentially confirmed the findings made with chickens, Naqi says.

"In food animals, antibiotics are used to reduce risk of infection and improve growth rate. If antibiotics are reducing infection risk on one hand and compromising host defenses on the other, the risk versus benefit situation should be carefully evaluated. This study is a step towards bringing about this awareness," Naqi concluded.

Editors Note: Any questions regarding this column should he addressed to Science Writer, Department of Agricultural Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.

The Scientists Tell Me...

More Efficient Milk Homogenization Could Save Sizeable Amounts of Energy

By Robert L Haney TAES Science Writer

Milk homogenization which blends the fat into whole milk and prevents it separating out as cream is extremely inefficient with respect to energy use, according to scientists at Texas A&M University.

In high-pressure homogenization, particularly, the fluid product is forced through a narrow slit at very high pressures in order to reduce the size of the fat globules and cause them to disperse in the milk serum, according to Dr. Vincent E. Sweat, professor in food engineering, and a member of the team of reseachers who made the study for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

The homogenizer valve invented by Gaulin in 1898 is

still in use today. It was adopted because it gave good results in homogenization of milk.

"However," Sweat says, "since milk fat constitutes only five percent of the total volume of milk and less than five percent of the total weight, we can infer that a process like high-pressure homogenization of milk intended to induce a change in the fat globules only, but which subjects the total milk volume to the same high-pressure, is inefficient.

"We realize that present methods are costly, energywise, and made this study in order to further define the energy efficiency of the homogenization process and consider alternatives and where research may be needed.

"Our review team, which included Dr. Ronald Richter,

associate professor in animal science, Larry Gardner, graduate research assistant in agricultural engineering; and Ricardo Casinelli, of Lima, Peru, developed several interesting possibilities.

"1) there is an indication that milk is over homogenized, at least from the prevention of creaming. An analysis of fat globule rise due to buoyant forces predicts much greater separation than that which actually occurs.

"This would indicate that there is considerable 'anchoring' of interfacial forces between fat globules and milk serum so that it may not be necessary to obtain such small fat globules, as used in the present process. There is a need to betty define the potential 'anchoring' forces as a function of fat-globule diameter.

"2) Also, as mentioned earlier, since fat is only five percent of milk volume, it seems obvious, from the standpoint of energy efficiency, that it would be better to separate the fat before homogenization, and then homogenize the fat and just enough milk serum to surround the fat globules and keep them separate.

"Once this was done, this low volume product could be blended with the remainder of the milk at a much lower expenditure of energy," Sweat concluded.

Editors Note: Any questions regarding this column should be addressed to Science Writer, Department of Agricultural Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.

PODPORA LIDSKOST BRATRSTVI east Ceska Utedni organ Slovanske Podporujici Jednoty Statu Texas, zaloiene roku 1897 ROCN1K 71 CISLO 47

Oddil Dopisovatelil

Tak Welicos — Aneika Houdkovci.

Tak mill etenati, ui jsem se zase vratila mezi Vas. Vzalo to sice nejakk eas ale nedalo se nic delat, neboe kdy je elovek v letech tak u2 elovek pak se tak rychle neuzdravi, jako kdy je mladk. Pokraeuji nyni dobte a tak snad zase bude dobte.

Byla jsem v Mesquite Memorial nemocnici 10 dni a mela jsem dobre zaopatteni. Musim bkti vdeena nasi Ceske lekatce dr. pani Ludmile Krulichove z Prahy, ktera je v Americe ji2 asi 13 let, 2e me zaopattila vkborneho lekate, kterk me operoval a je rodem Arab. On mel pomocnika kterk snad byl z Lebanonu, a ten kterk uspaval byl Japonec a2 z Hawaii — take jsem mela Ctyti narodnosti kteti se o me dobte starali.

Byla jsem velmi p •ekvapena, kdkz leka • , kterk me operoval, me den pied tim pfines1 darek peknou vazieku s drobounkkmi kvetinkami a na strane vazieky bylo natigteno slovo "uzdrav se", a pod tim bylo jmeno lekate. Je to maliekost, ale nikdy jsem neslygela aby leka•i davali pacienthn darky a tak budu miti parnatku na dobreho eloveka.

Chtela bych, podekovat pani Bessie Kalichove ktera me laskave zaslala od dallaskeho Krou2ku pozdravnk listek a ptipsala par tadkil Cesky, a to me pote g ilo. Te2 dekuji vgem svkm ptateli'irn a znamyrn ktefi poslali p •ani, a tai i nekterkm neznamkm odev gad Texasu. Jegte jednou diky Vim! Byla jsem ptijemne ptekvapena minulk tkden, 2e me navgtivila dlouholeta p •itelkyne sl. Pauline Shillerova a2 z Rowena, Tx., kterou k nam ptivez1 p. John La& a hezky jsme si pobesedovali vespolek. Ona zde dlela o svitcich u ptibuznkch.

Slibila me, ie zase nekdy ptijede me nav g tivit a popovidime si o rodne vlasti na g ich ptedkii.

V patek minulk tkden jsme se dovedeli, ie v Ennis, Tx., nahle skonal nas davnk dobrk ptitel p.

Willie Holy, ve veku 65 let. Byl to dobrk elovek a vidy jsme radi ho uvideli. Pohteb mel z kostela sv.

Jana a ulo2en na htbitov sv. Josefa.

Zanechal man2elku, bkvalou sl. Zofii Maealikovou, syna a jednoho vnuka, dye sestry ppi. John Jare govou a John Cervenkovou a bratra F'ranka, nekolik synova a neteti a sesttenic a bratrance. Zesnulemu pfejeme tichk spanek na lieenosti a mile rodin y vyslovujem nagi nejuptimnej g i soustrast. Tak nam odchazeji ti ptatele ktere jsme znali a vice je neuvidime.

Pied Casem jsem psala o tom deveatku ye Ft. Worth kterou jisti iena unesla a rodiee nevedeli kde je a jak se ma. Pak ale za "nest mesicu ta 2ena byla zatknuti v El Paso, Tx., kdy chtela ujeti s ukradenkm autem do stareho Mexika a mela dye deveitka sebou. Jistk policista mel jaksi sve podezteni a zaeal patrat,

7. prosince 1983 pak porovnali otisky noiieky ditete a skuteene•to byla ta mali Cherie Mae Kennedyova a tak vritil deveatko rodieum na na gim letigti, kde se seglo tolik ptitel a fotografil a zravodajil a kaidk byl veselk a holeieka jen se usmivala a nic se nebala. Tak to piece dobte skoneilo, co2 jim ze srdce pfejeme.

Smutnej gi je ale moje druho, zprava o to holeiece kteri potfebovala darovane jatra (celkch 14 megicil byly pro ni hledany) ale bohuiel nic se pro ni nena glo nebof byla mot malieka a slaba a tak chudinka zemiela. Ni g president na televizi prosil o jatra pro ni ale nic se nepasovalo. Lituji rodiee nebot' to bylo jejich jedine dite a nyni nemaji nic.

Zpravy nam sdelili, ze dye koreanske deti, ktere maji jiste nemoce srdce, ptijely do Ameriky na operaci do Novell° Yorku kde v nemocnici sv. Franti gka byly operoviny. Jsou sice je gte ve vainem stavu ale leka •i pry doufaji, ie se pozdravi a budou moci 2iti normalnim iivotem. Devee 7. lete melo pry jakksi otvor v srdci a 4. let hoch zas mel nejakou poruchu steny srdce. Deti ptijeli na letadle s presidentem a jeho pani z Koree, aby v katolicke nemocnici byly operovany zdarma. Takovkch pry je v Korei hodne, a eekaji na dobrodince aby jim pomohli.

Prvni mrazik jsme meli zde 28. listopadu a bylo 28 stupful - dosti chladno!

Letos vpitek po svatku Dikfivzdani v gechny obchody otevteli brzy rano aby mohli zaeit prodavat darky na Vinoce. Vgude pry bylo tolik lidi, 2e nebylo hnuti a nebylo kde zaparkovat auta.

Obchodnici prorokuji, ie letos budou miti lep g i obchod vanoeni ne2Ii meli ji2 4 roky. V nekterkch obchodech v nag i zeme letos ukazovali zisobu zvligtnich panenek, ktere byly 16 inefi vysoke, a aC se prodavaly za $21.00, tak sly na odbyt, ie hned byly prodane, a nekde se lidi mezi sebou i poprali o ne jako male (led!

Dnes na televizi ukazoval elovek od firmy Sakowitz asi pet stop vysokeho medveda z koieginy "minkove", a cena pry je deset tisic kdo by mel zajem o nej. Tak je videt, ie nekdo piece musi mit ty dolarky a mii2e je utracet, ie ano?

Man2ele Jerry Kopeekovi z Kalifornie se navratili domu z Bueovic na Morava kde se mleastnili svatby, kdy syn bratrance p. Jerrkho se ienil a on jako svedek z Ameriky byl hostem a meli se velmi dobte. Pan Kopeeek Casto jezdi do Evropy a do Ceskoslovenska neb tam ma pfibuzne, co2 mu ptejeme.

V osade jmenem Flour Bluff pobli2e Corpus Christi jsou usazene katolicke sestry ktere zabyvaji se chovem maliekkch konieku a maji pekne ptijem z toho. Konie'ky nesmi bkt vice nei 34 inee vysoke a dobte se prodavaji a sestry se 2ivi tim.

Nedivno vychovali konieka pry 15 ineu vysokeho ktereho prodaly pry za 17 tisic dolartI eloveku kterk ho vozi po svete ukazovat. Ni g soused nam •ekl, 2e na na gi statni vkstave

minulk mesic ho zde ukazovali za 30 Cantu vstupne a jiste to byla pekna podivana, ze ano?

V sobotu nam zde htmelo a b1ST skalo se a prklo. Byli jsme radi, ie ten velkk vitr neptikl a neudelal Akody jak nas straiili. Ovkm, trochu dente by nakodilo neb je trochu sucho.

Prave co piAi tyto mpravy tak me listona dorueil peknS, listek k memu iizdraveni od nezname krajanky a2 z Elgin, Tx., kterY opravdu me potail.

Ja nevedela, 2e tolik naAich lidi etou me proste tadky a jsou s nimi spokojeni. Budu hledet tedy dokud budu moci podavat mpravy a mile krajance ze srdce dekuji za jeji mile psani.

Nak mesto v2dy ka2Akm rokem objednava vanoeni strom a2 daleko, tfeba z Montany, Oregonu aneb jineho statu na severu, a letos mime mit 66. stopovY "srmk" kterY u2 to mel bYt, ale tam napadly maveje snehu 6 ati 8 stop hluboke a provoz neni many. Doufaji ale, 2e ho ptivezou dnes anebo zitra a ve Cvrtek ho chti ozdobit a mit tam pi i tom program. Snad se to poda•i.

Tak u2 toho dnes necham jen jegte doufam, ie pti gti tYden bude poeasi pane a budu moci jet do Ennis, kde Sici krou2ek bude mit vanoeni party s dobrYm obedem a pobavenim a pti tom budu moci elenkam tici diky za ten pozdravnY listek a darek z ktereho mam radost. Jsem tam elenkou jii mnoho let a rada tam jedu uvidet sve ptatele a ptibuzne.

Je gte jednou dik vgem.

— SPSJT —

had San Antonio aslo 133.

Sestry a bratti.

Doufam, 2e vgichni jste se meli dobte v den Dikuvzdani. Radovali jste se bud u svkch rodinnkch ptislu gnikU anebo blizkkch p•itel, nebo doma jste hostili pozvane Cleny rodiny a ptatele. Poeasi bylo vkborne, natikat si nemffie nikdo.

V nedeli, 20. listopadu, konala se vkroeni schilze na geho •idu za bohate ueasti elenu. Dlouhe stoly, prost •ene bilkmi ubrusy, byly pine obsazeny, nalada byla velmi pfatelska.

Kratce po 12:30 odpoledne byl podivin bohatk a vkbornk °bed portistavajici z ktehouekeho krocaniho masa, velmi chutne nadivky, ruznkch zelenin, mouenikil, kavy a 'eaje. Vgeho bylo hojnost, mnozi si jegte poslou2ili die sve chuti k dopineni mlsnkch Po ukoneeni obeda ptedseda tadu, bratr Emil E. Matula, zahajil o nee° abychom meli vic easu na jednani. Z iitedniku nechybel nikdo. Po slibu vernosti vlajce a ucteni pamitky zesnulkch Menu, zprava tajemnika tadu, bratra Dominika F. Netka a zpriva fin. tajemnice, sestry Violy Mazaeove, byly ptijaty jak byly eteny. Bratr Anthony Trilieek, ptedseda zabavniho vkboru, podal svoji finaneni zpravu a podekoval manieliim Emil E. Matulovkm za

darovane jidelni ptibory, sestte Mary Polanske a manieliim August Blanatovkm za darovanou kavu.

Sestra Mary Poppova za zabavni vSrbor vyslovila svoje potekni nad bohatou iieasti a podekovala vg'em, kdo p •ispeli k obohacenI obeda.

Postradali jsme bratra Aibina Poppa a maniele James I. Kostelnikovi, kteti ze zdravotnich duvodii zfistali doma. Naiim pianim je, aby se rychle zotavili a ureite ptgli do na'Ai pfiki schilze.

Pi edseda tadu, bratr Emil E. Matula, oznamil, tie ptifti schilze tiskoveho vkboru bude v prosinci a otazal se, zda si elenove pfeji nejakou zmenu ve vydavani Vestniku, hlavne, ma-li Vestnik vSrt vydavan jednou za tkden, jako dosud, nebo jednou za dva tSrdny.

Vgichni se vyslovili pro vydavani kaidk tSiden, jako dosud.

Sestra Marcella M. Kleprlikova oznamila, ie v mesici listopadu oslavuji vSr roei maniele August Blanatovi 61 rokii, maniele James I. Kostelnikovi 61 rokiI, maniele Joe Strykovi 36 rokfi, maniele Jim Burrowsovi Sherley je dcera mantielfi Alvin Schimeekovkch. Pfejeme v km, aby pi i nadale dobrem zdravi doiili se dal Aich jubilejnich rokii!

Sestra Viola Mazaeova zaslouiila se o ziskani novS,ch Menu. Diky a mnoho zdaru v da gi praci upisovani.

JmenovanS, vy§et •ujici vSr bor, bratti Alvin Schimeek, Frank Valka a Alfred Kalmus, ptihliAky projednali a doporueili k ptijeti. Bylo podporovano sestrou Violou Fajkusovou a jednohlasne odhlasovano. Pfedseda tadu, bratr Emil E. Matula, vybidl eleny, aby se snaiili ziskat za eleny svoje zname, aby na g tad rostl. Zaroven zminil se o planovane testa elenu na§eho tadu v ptigtim rote a doporueil k uvatieni, jelikoti zajiAteni autobusu musi 13Srt ujednano nekolik mesicu doptedu.

Na podnet ptedsedy tadu, bratra Emila E. Matuly, byla projednavana otazka penetinich daril nasim fadem.

Tajemnik tadu, Bratr Dominik F. Netek, upozornil na oznameni ve Vestniku tSrkajici se pfispevkil pro stipendijni fond pro studenty. Byly vysloveny rilzne nahledy a byly podany dva navrhy: Bratr George Schultz podal navrh poslat $50.00 do stipendijniho fondu a $50.00 Domovu odpoeinku: bylo podporovano bratrem Alvinem Schimeekem: DruhS, navrh podala sestra Miloslava Phelpsova, do stipendijniho fondu poslat $100.00 a $50.00 Domovu odpoeinku. Tento navrh podporovala sestra Viola Mazaeova. Vet§ina hlasovala pro druhk navrh, t. j. $100.00 pro stipendijni fond a $50.00 Domu odpoe'inku.

Tajemnik tadu, Bratr Dorninik F. Netek, kratce referoval o nageho okrsku konane v nedeli, 30.fijna, v San Antoniu. Byla to prvni schilze toho druhu, na rozdil od ostatnich schfizi mela to 141, schilme spoleeenska. liav§teva byla sluAna, ale jednani, feel, byly pfilg dlouhe, proto doporueil k projednani v pfi§ti jarni schuzi okrsku.

7. prosince 1983 —VESTNIK/13 Okrskova vedouci mladetie, sestra Maxine Payliskova, postarala se o v hodnou zabavu a Haile hry, kterjrch se zireastnila nejenom poeetna mladei, ale i star§i elenove. byl to dobrjr napad pro pobaveni.

Sestra Viola Fajkusova podala navrh, aby sestry zabavniho vjrboru, Mary Poppova a Grace Rohanova, byly odineneny $7.50 kaida za obstarani a ptipravu krocana. Navrh podporoval bratr Alvin Schimeek, bylo jednohlasne odhlasovano.

Na otazku pfedsedy fadu, bratra Emila E. Matuly, pfeji-li si elenove zmenu pokud se tYka odmen iitedniku pro pfiAti rok, by lo odhlasovano ponechat odmeny beze zmeny. Navrh podala sestra Viola Fajkusova, podporovala sestra Henrietta Kalmusova.

ZlatYm hi'ebem schilze byla volba fifednikil pro rok 1984 a delegate do sjezdu. Po projednani a zhodnoceni dobre prate dosavadnich afednikii fidu, nominaeni vjrbor, sestra Viola Fajkusova, ptedsedkyne a bratti Otto Hurta a Anthony Trilieek, doporueili znovuzvoleni vkch nebyla jinx nominate, byli zS'ichni znovuzvoleni, a to: bratr Emil E. Matula pfedseda; • Bratr William J. MareA mistoptedseda; Bratr Dominik F. Netek tajemnik; sestra Viola Mazaeova fin. tajemnice. Woven bratr Alfred Kalmus byl jmenovan praporeenikem pro pil§ti rok. Pote ihned bylo pfikroeeno k volbe delegatii a nahradnikil pro sjezd SPJST. Za delegaty byli nominovani bratti Emil E. Matula a Dominik F. Netek. Oba funkci pfijali a byli jednohlasne zvoleni. Za nahradniky byli norninovani sestra Viola Mazaeova a bratr Anthony Trilieek.

Oba nominaci pfijali a byli rovneti jednohlasne zvoleni.

Na programu bylo jednani co pfipravit pro pfigti schuzi, posledni v roce, bude to schtrze vanoeni. Po kratke rozprave bylo dohodnuto pfipravit k obedu Aunku se vkmi pfilohami, elenove pi inesou nejake sladkosti. Navrh podala sestra Viola Fajkusova, podporoval bratr Henry Harbort. S p •ipravou vanoeniho ptipitku byl poveten co zkuknjr odbornik, Bratr Alfred Kalmus a sestra Viola Mazaeova se postara o nadilku pro deti. Sestra Anny Strykova se ochotne nabidla, tie vypomutie kde toho bude tfeba.

S podavanim obeda zaeneme ye 12:30 odpoledne, proto dostavte se yeas! Po obede bude schiize a pak pfatelska zabava, domino a jine hry.

Oeekayame, tie pfijde Vas co nejvic, bude to posledni schuze v roce, ve ktere Vami zvoleni urednici budou uvedeni v atad po pfijeti slibu pfedepsaneho nakmi stanovami.

Zaroven budou jmenovany i vYbory pro pfigti rok 1984.

Bratr Henry Harbort referoval o sve testa do Rakouska a Ceskoslovenska a piedsedovi fadu dal k pfeeteni ptislanou literaturu.

Sestra Viola Mazaeova, fin. tajemnice, potiadala deny, aby zaplatili co aril a aby pfijate §eky deponovali co nejdfive, aby mohla dat do pofadku svoje knihy do konce tohoto roku. Prosim, vyhovte ii, je to diiletiite!

Na dotaz pfedsedy fadu, bratra Emila E. Matuly, jak nalotiit s dluinjrmi iiety za pfipravy pro vjrroeni schuzi, bratr Alvin Schimeek podal navrh, kterY Evelyn podporovala sestra Matulova, aby ifety byly zaplaceny.

Bylo odhlasovano a bude provedeno.

Odmeny za pfitomnost ye schuzi obdrieli: 1. cenu Adolph Popp, 2. cenu Grace Rohanova, 3. cenu Helen Pendeltova; kdo obdrtiel etvrtou cenu nemam poznamenano, laskave promifite!

Velmi hezka schilze byla odroeena na navrh sestry Violy Fajkusova, podporovanj, bratrem Jim Dlugokm. Ze ceenu narozenjrch v mesici listopadu byli pfitomni ye sestry Lillian Claussova, Viola Fajkusova, Aneika Poppova, Jarolyn Poppova, bratti Charlie Kurtz, Adolph Popp, Alvin Schimeek. Po zapeni "Happy Birthday" pfali jsme jim mnoho zdravi do dal§ich let a byli podeleni zyla§t pfipravenjrm narozeninovjrm dortem.

Chris Texas

orpus

Cteni spolkovi spolubratfi: Pfichazim stemito fadky abych oznamil vanoeni nadilku, ktera se bude potadat v SPJST-Sokolovni Corpus Christi, Texas dne 18. prosince: zastoupenjrmi spolky SPJST fad eislo 79. Sokolski Jednota Telocviena v Corpus Christi a poji§tajici spolek proti ohni a vichfici eislo 30. SVPS. Program zaene ye 4 hodiny.

Clenove jsou zvani aby se theastnili pomoct oslavit pfichod vanoeniho ruche a slunovratu.

Mohoho zdravi a zdaru y km pfeje John Staia.

-SPJST-

Slovanska Lipa eislo 66. Waco

had Sestry a bratti, °pet se bliii nejhezei svatky v roce, svatky vanoeni, svatky miru a dobrjrch lidskjrch srdci. Kei vkm lidem na celem svete vyroste ze semene nadeje v pokoj a lasku opravdu trvalY mir! Vanoce jsou k takovemu yzajemnemu pfani dobou nejvhodnejAi a jiste nejkrasnejAi. Proto pfeji Vam, sestry a bratti, abyste svatky vanoeni proiili v opravdove lasce, ve zdravi, klidu a dokonale spokojenosti. V Novem roce pak necht se spini Vak vkchna pfani, aby Novjr rok byl pro vkchny rokem pfi nejmergim mnohem neti byl rok, kterjr prave konei!

V zaveru dovolte mi, prosim, abych citoval velmi hezkou nakho velikana Jaroslava Vrchlickeho:

Vet n o c e: Hlas zvonii Wine nad zaveji, kdes v (Wee tie zanika; dnes vkchny struny zneji, neb mladost se jich dotjrka.

Jak strom jen pohne haluzemi, hned stfasa ledne kfi§tfo,ly, rampouchy se stfech visi k zemi jak varhan velke Zem jakby liliemi zkvetla, kam snih pad, tam se zachytil; Buh iismey v tvafich, v oknech svetla a v nebi hvezdy rozsvitil.

A stare pisne v dui zneji a s nimi jdou sny jeslieek kol hlavy me, jak y e zaveji hlas traticich se rolnieek.

Mfij duch zas tone v blahu mofi, vzdech srdcem tahne hluboce a zvony zneji, svetla hofi 0 vanoce, o vanoce!

Na shledanou v pfiAti nakho fadu, v nedeli 18. prosince, v sini 1505 S. Gevers Street, ye 12:30 odpoledne, se Cal Jaroslav Kleprlik.

P.S. Nemohu jinak, nei z hloubi srdce podekovat bratru Rudy F. Sefeikovi, nakmu milemu redaktoru Vestniku, za trpelivost s proeitanim a uvefejnovanim march Milt' Rudy, Tobe i cele Tve rodine pfeji uptimne radostne protiiti svatku vanoenich a do Noveho roku vSe jen to nejlepAi co lidskjr iivot talk poskytnout!

-SPJST-

Cteni bratti a sestry: Na listopadou schfizi zahajil ni§ pfedseda bratr Johnny Gaidukk za pfitomnosti 92 Menu a dvou navftevnikii. V§ichni byli na svern miste.

Vlajky nastolili bratti James Yates a Chris Owens a James Yates nas vedl pfi odfikani test nasi vlajce a spolkove hesla.

NavStevnici byli bratr Rudolph Liman z fadu eislo 35. a Greg McNalley. Doufame, ie se jim u nas libilo a tie nas navAtivi brzo zase.

Pak sestra Bonnie Pruitt pfeeetla zapisky z minule schfize, ktere byly pfijate tak, jak byly napsane.

Pak jsme pfikroeili ke zpravam vjrboru a za nak dozorce pfee'etla zpravu sestra Darlene Engelke, ktera, jako vidy, byla dobra; pak byly eteny dopisy a iiety, ktere jsme zaplatili a mezi dopisy byl jeden od Kolumbovjr ch [iadali nas, aby jsme koupili oznamku v jejich sjezdovem brotiuru]; vzali jsme stranky. Dale byl dekovnY dopis od Dianie Pavlieek za $500 kolejni stupendum.

Pak podala zpravu sestra Dorothy Shilling za zabavni vjrbor a povedela nam, co budeme jist na vanoeni veeeti — smaiene kufata se vkmi vanoenimi lahudkami; uti se me jazyk krouti. Zadala aby nak kuchafky donesly sladkosti dle pfani a ja vim ze skuknosti, tie ty nak maminky vidy toho donesou vic nei miltiem snist. 2adala o pefietiitou pomoc a dali jsme zabavnimu vjrboru $1500 na ten vanoeni veeirek, kterjr se bude odbyvat v sobotu 17. prosince.

Tak ui se jen tate. Pfijde i pan MikulaA s vanoenim nadeleni.

Pak podala zpravu sestra Polly Gaidukk za nemocenskjr vjrbor; povedela nam, ie poslala pozdravni karty temto. moji maliekosti kdyi jsem si pofezal levou ruku, bratru Henry Slovakovi, kterjr byl tetice nemocen [doufame bratfe Henry tie ui si doma a uzdraven], Larry Herringovi kterjr byl poranenjr v natesti v Akolnim busu, sestfe Betty Urbanovskjr, ktera si take poranila ruku, bratru Franku Norsovi, kterjr je v domu odpoeinku ve West a sestfe MilleroVe, ktera je take nemocna. Vkm nemocnjrin pfejeme iipine a trvale uzdraveni.

Dale tie poslala soustrastne karty ternto: rodine Frank a Joe Jaka nad ztratou jejich sestry, rodine Richarda Snapky, kterY odekl odkud se nikdo nevratii„,* dale rodinam Willie Adameik a Eddie Mazanec nad ztratou matky sestry

Mazancove a pani R. C. Harris a bratru Ray Shelton nad ztratou jeji sestry. Buditi test jejich parnatkam a zeme lehkou.

Pak podala zpravu sestra Jeanette Smith za nai blahobytni vjrbor. Po jeji zprave jsme udelali dalAi dary Cerrito: Mary Digby — $100, Ella Meyer — $100, Larry Sanchez — $100 a Buddy Seay $100; dale Mexia ikole $200 a elenove dobrovo/ne sebrali v naSi fijnove schimi $75. Pak po kraal debate jsme darovali Reicher vy gi Skole $500, St. Mary's na West — $500, Child Abuse Neglect — $500, Caritas — $250, Inter-City Ministries take $250. Celkem jsme odhlasovali v teto schnzi $2,675.

Pak podala zpravu vedouci mladetie sestra Barbara Bremova a povedela nam, ie klub mladek udelal dary "Christmas Seals," "Salvation Army" a S.P.J.S.T. Domovu odpoeinku v Taylor. Dale jsme ji odhlasovali $150 na pfipravu vanoenich baliekii pro mladeti. Pak povedela, ie mladei bude mit svou prosincovou schiizi 22. prosince a ie pajdou koledovat do "Bellmead" Rest Home a pak budou mit svoji vanoeni zabavu. Pak nas vkchny zarmoutila zpravou, tie se vzdava jejiho uradu. Barborko, dekujeme za tvou vjrbornou praci a ptejem ti mnoho zdaru.

Pak jsme meli tichou modlitbu za nisi zemfelou sestru Julia Guenat; buditi test jeji pamatce a zerne lehkou. Pak pfeeetla sestra Darlene Engelke resoluci soustrasti za sestru Guenatovou, ktera byla elenkou nakho fadu 53 let.

Pak jsme pfijali tyto nova eleny: James Yates Jr., David E. Beshears, Zachary K. Gerik, Evan D. Trammell, Sharon Lynn McDugal, Sharyn Leyendecker, Norman R. Johnson, David J. Baker a Herschel G. Doss. Doufame, ie se jim u nas bude libit a tie budou navftevovat nase schfize.

Pak nas pfedseda daroval Aek $150 do Libby Parma Trust Fondu.

Dale jsme odhlasovali Bingo na Novjr rok.

Pak nas pfedseda ustanovil vYbor na seitani hlasu pfi volbe ufedniku a delegate. Vjrbor byli bratfi Louis Hykel, Ray Weinberger a Emil PustejoyskY. Pak jsme pfikroeili k volbe ufednikil pro nas fad na rok 1984. Po seitani hlasn budem mit tyto fifedniky: ptedseda — Johnny Gaidukk, mistopfedseda — Ray Orsag, tajemnice — Bonnie Pruitt, fieetni a pokladnik — sestra Darlene Engelke. Vedouci mladeie je Kay Owens, anglickjr zpravodaj — sestra Dorothy Warren, eeskj r [rtl* maliekost] — Otto Hanus, prUvodei — George Pauling a nosiei vlajek — Chris Owens, James Yates a Larry Brem.

Dozorci jsou: Frank Miller, George Pauling, Jim Locke, Daniel Nors, Arthur Langlotz, George Shilling a Ira Niswanger.

Zabavni vYbor — Mary Alice Langlotz, Dorothy Shilling, Leona Nors, Polly GaiduSek, Ruby Orsag, Libby Parma, Gloria Locke, Dorothy Moore a Jewell Warhol.

Poslanci do sjezdu jsou: Johnny Gaidukk, Darlene Engelke, Daniel Nors, Silas Smith, James Pavlieek, Bennie Engelke, Bonnie Pruitt, Ray Orsag, Arthur Langlotz, Frank Miller, Jim Locke, George Pauling.

Zastupci jsou George Trefny, Jeanette Smith, Emil Hanus, Mary Alice Langlotz, Dorothy Shilling a Ira Niswanger.

14NESTNfK-7. prosince 1983 Dvefni cenu vyhral L. A. Hykel a narozeniny v listopadu meli elenove: Mary Alice Langoltz, Donna Stanislav, Georgia Pavlieek, Patricia Neslony, Daniel Nors, Larry Brem, George Pauling, Frank Parma a Raymond Weinberger. Doufam, ie jsem nekoho nevynechal.

Zazpivali jsme jim "Happy Birthday". Dort pro ne piinesl Larry Brem. To ukoneilo na g i schuzi, kterou jsem musel opustit nebot se bliiila noc a ja nerad jezdim v noci.

Dekuji kaidemu a pfeji vam vgem Vesele Vanoce a 8eastny NovSTRok! Nezapomente, ie na g e pfigti schiize bude druhou nedeli v lednu, 1984. Take nezapomeiite ie nag vanoeni veeirek bude v sobotu 17. prosince.

Otto Hanug, eesky zpravodaj.

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Knihovna, Archiv, Museum Cteni ctenati: Pfedne y am v g em ptejeme pfekrasne Vanoce a ..t:a.stnY rok a at' vain Mikula g nadeli mnoho zvla g te dobre zdravi.

Vanoce se blizi kvapem a nei se nadame budou tady; proe nedarovat neco zvla g tniho va g im drahYm jak je SPJST konveneni peveckY sborvy album byl by to neobyeejnY darek, ale neco zvla g tniho kterY pozilstava z techto strana jedna ma: Adoramus Te Christe, How Great Though Art, Boie coi raeil, Ai ja na to vojnu pujdu, Poeme, Hej, Slovane, Aura Lee a strana druha je: You'll Never Walk Alone, Battle Hymn of the Republic, God Bless America, Kde domov milj a May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You. Zpevaci jsou doprovozeni dechovou i strunYmi nastroji a je to pfekrasne poslouchani pro stari i mlade.

Kdyi si pro fie ptijdete tak vas stoji $4 kus, kdyi ho musime poslat po g tou po celem soustati tak po g tovne je o dolar vice, kdyi budete jednat poslani pogtou pfiloite vanoeni karty a my je zabalime s va g im Aarem. Poglete svoji objednavku dnes; nei se nadate Vanoce budou zde.

Op•imne, SPJST Knihovna, Archiv, Museum, Otto Hanu g , knihovnikCurator Thelma Bartosovaqpomocna.

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Vzpominka Se smutkem v srdci vzpomfniine, le 13. prosince bude tomu jii 25 let kdy nam odesla na g e draha maminka

Anna Houdkova, Roky leti kolem dale a my na Tebe vzpominame stale.

S laskou venuji deti;Aneika, Josef a Vilem.

pisovatel Karel Klostermann je nazyvan „basnikem umavy", nebot ho od mladi zajimala se svymi tehdy neprostupnYmi pralesy, tajemnymi hougtinami i zradnymi bainami, planemi a slatinami.

Otec Karla Klostermanna byl synem dumayskeho sedlaka z kralovstvi svobodne rychty z tehdej§iho Schlosserwaldu v soudnim okrese ka§perskohorskern v hejtmanstvi su g ickern. Studoval gymnazium v KIatovech, filozofii v Praze a univerzitu ve Vidni, kde byl roku 1841 promovan jako doktor mediciny.

Po promoci se stal zavodnim lekafem ✓ Dobrniku na Sumave ve velkych sklafskYch zavodech bratfi Abeleovych. Z tohoto rodu pochazela jeho manielka, s nil se oienil r. 1844 a peesidlil s ni do Haagu v Dolnich Rakousich, kde jeji bab -oka meta te2 velkou sklarnu..Tam se jim v' race 1848 narodil syn Karel, nejstar§i z deseti Klostermannovych deli.

Nasledujiciho roku se v§ak Klostermannovi pfestehovali zpet do tech, do Sudice, kde otec pUsobil do roku 1854 jako praktickY 'eke, dale do Zichovic pod Rabim, po tfech letech zpet do Su§ice, pak do 8tekne u Strakonic a koneone v r. 1862 do Ka§perskYch Hor, kde se otec stal okresnim lekafem. Roku 1875 tam zernee ve veku 61 let, matka pak v roce 1903 v 82 letech 2ivota.

Protoie v dobe, kdy Karel met chodit do dkoly, bydleli v 2ichovicich, kde nebyla as kola, dal otec synka z domu, do Stfibrnych Hor v planickern okrese kde byl jeho unite tern prostulY a vaienY Pedagog' Petr afra nek, u neho2 maly K. K ostermann i bydlel.

A tak ui za dva a O roku mohl udelat zkou§ku do dtvrte tfidy hlavni §koly v Klatovech. V necelych deset letech byl pfijat na gymnazium do Pisku, kde maturoval v roce 1865.

Na pfani otcovo, kterY chtel mit z nejstarS'iho syna lekafe, vystudoval deset semestrU mediciny na univerzite ve Vidni. V to dobe v§ak otec pride' neffastnou spekulaci o NAechen majetek, a aby uiivil ostatnich devet deti, pelmet nejstarSiho Karla, aby po fakulty patern rodniku lekafsk zkou§ky a peijal na s •ychovatele hospodaeskeho ✓ 2amberku, v spravce Kt/eery. Klosterrnann, titer Y byl sane kratkozraky a proto mu mc'dicina nevyhovoVala, tam byl S. tastO Za dva roky se ■Aak na radu iambereckeho roclaka, sveho pfiznivce a pfitele, slavnet.o chirura dr.

Ed. Alberta vratil do Vidne, aby dokondil vysokakolska studia. Potfeboval v§ak k tomu penize, a tak mu dr. Albert opatfil piacene misto. Doporudil ho do red:Ace deniku „Wanderer" ktery ve Vidni i deskym zajrni1m. etre daktorem byl Vecla y Nedoma a §efem administrace dr. Jan Jefabek, poslanec na snernu deskern. Tak se stal Karel Klostermann na rok 2urnalistou, ale po povestnem krachu tohoto deniku roku 1873 se vratil zpet do tech.

Karel Klostermann ji2 jako medik umel dobe francouzsky, italsky, §panelsky, srbsky i rusky. To veal jeho vzdaleny pfibuznY, tehdejti zemskyskolni inspektor P. Jan Mare's. A protoie se tehdy zavadela do stfednich S'kol francouthtina jako povinny peedmet a nebylo dosud uoitel0 s vysokog kolskym vzdelanim, tkolni Ufady hledely ziskat nahradni provizorni sily aspofi po dobu, ne2 z univerzit vyjdou novi profesofi francouz§tiny. Klostermannovi tedy bylo nabidnuto misto profesora francourttiny na nova zeizene nemecke realce v Plzni, kde pasobil a2 do sveho dUchodu, do roku 1908.

I nadale pak bydlel v Plzni, kde byl vefejne ninny.

Od svirch deseti let at do ukondent vysokokolskYch studii travil Karel Klostermann vIdy vet§i Cast VSech prazdnin u s yych pfibuznych na Sumave. BO to bratei jeho otce a sestra provdana Schuthauserova, ktera meta velky stetek a dvailact dFti, z nich2 nejrnlad§i syn byl stejne sta •' jako Karel Klostermann.

Vedle tel.° tety mel K. Klostermann nejranejstar§iho bratra sveho otce, take sedlaka, ktery tem& do osmdesati let dievafil v lesich. Byl velmi bystry a hovornY a rad synovci vypravel o bVvalYch Casech a pomerech v obci a lesich. Zemfel v roce 1888, ve veku 97 let.

Zasluhou tohoto sveho strYce vnikl K. Klostermann do intimniho iivota nagich SumayskYch hora10, ktefi ho meli radi a nic peed nim neskryvali. Nejvet§i zalibou mladeho Klostermanna bylo chodit se stady, ktera hlidali zvla'gtni paseci. Skladala se z 800 - 1200 kus0 mladeho dobytka - voIU, jalovic a laikU. Klostermann se peidru2oval k pastevOrn a 2il s nimi i peespaval v lesnich srubovych boudach, Casto i po nekolik tYdnil Poznal dUkladne jejich iivot a nazory a vnikl do v§ech taja modala i pralesa, kam se nikdo krome pastevc6 a hajnych neodvaill. Tak se dostal do srdce umavy - a ona do jeho srdce. I pozdeji u2 jako profesor v Plzni travil skoro vgechny prazdniny na Sumave.

Od roku 1884 pak zadal psat. Nejdfive fejetony, potom rOzne „drobne arty Ceske".

Znamy literami pracovnik V. Welt si povdiml v r. 1890 „vlastnim nakladem vydane" Klostermannovy knihy techto fejeton0 a vy-

bidl ho, aby napsal pro „Osvetu" §umavskou povidku. Byl to „Rychtafil y" syn, rok nato vznikl roman „Ze sveta lesnich samot".

A nasledovaly dal gi knihy. Jsou to romany o skuteand 2ijicich lidech, ne vymydlene peibehy. Latkova jevidte Klostermannovych romanovYch povidkovych narnet0 jsou §uma yske myslivny, samoty i podhorske yesnidky a jihodeske malornesto. Vznikla Dada titulet: „V raji §uma yskem", „PoSumayske rapsodie", „V srdci duma yskYch hvozda", „Kam speji deti", „Sklafi", „Svetak z Podiasi", „2ichovidti Ottani", „Z dobreho srdce", „Why na Blatech" atd.

V praiskem prostfedi se odehrava „Suplent", „Domek v potedni utici" a „Pan profesor", ve Vidni hlavne „Za §testim" a „Z dobreho srdce", ve vetkomestske elegantni Pafiii, kde Klostermann pobyval tiikrat, vznikl dokument „Ve sv6tiech a stinech Babelu".

Karel Klosterrnann se sna2i1 dat dtenefi poudeni a v''strahu, vykfesat jiskru soucitu a vyvolat Gctu k praci. Wechny namety, ktere beletri . t icky zpracoval, sam osobne proiil. Napsal: „V§ech'ny osoby jsem znal, nic jsem si ;firnystil. NevymYSlim vCbec.

Divam se !:di a peedkladam je takove, jaci jsou, s jejich slabostmi i pfednostmi.

Nejsem a nebyl jsem nikdy s to je odsuzovat ii si zoufat nad nimi. Nejsou ani Certi, ani a,idele!"

Klostermann zemfel 16. 7. 1923, tey peed §edesati lety.

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Wednesday, December 7, 1983-VESTNiK/15 Lodge No. 80, Holland Friday, Dec. 9-Private Party Saturday, Dec. 10-Debonaires Friday, Dec. 16-Debonaires, 8-12 Saturday, Dec. 17-Lodge 80 Members' Christmas Party Saturday, Dec. 24-NO DANCE: MERRY CHRISTMAS Sunday, Dec. 25-Leather & Lace Saturday, Dec. 31-CALICO (Bingo Night every Thursday at 7 p.m.: Lic. Permit No. 30000077419-41001) *5*

MST CALENDAR FOR SPJST LODGES ONLY

Lodge No. 4, Hallettsville

Lodge No. 35, Elk

Sunday, Dec.11-Lodge Meeting, 2 p.m. at Grant Bldg.; Youth Club Christmas entertainment, and meal to be served

Saturday, Dec. 10-Roy Robbins & Availables Saturday, Dec. 17-Cherokee Rose Saturday, Dec. 24-No Dance Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Stone Mountain Saturday, Jan. 7-Stetson Saturday, Jan. 14-Cherokee Rose Saturday, Jan. 21-Country Drifters Saturday, Jan. 28-Stone Mountain

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Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood Friday, Dec. 9-Social Night Saturday, Dec. 10-Wedding Sunday, Dec. 11-Hoover Christmas Party Friday, Dec. 16-Social Night Saturday, Dec. 17-CB Club Public Dance; music by Ed Reinke & His Swingsters, 8-12 Sunday, Dec. 18-Lodge 6 Members' & their Families' Christmas Party; social starts at 3 p.m.; also Santa's visit & supper; Members bring a covered dish or pastry Friday, Dec. 23-No Social (Closed) Sunday. Dec. 25-Soukup's Christmas Party Friday, Dec. 30-Social Night Saturday, Dec. 31-Dance; music by Billy Uptmor

*** Lodge No. 13, Dime Box Saturday, Dec. 10-Texas Unlimited Saturday, Dec. 17-The Moods Sunday. Dec. 18-Monthly Meeting Saturday, Dec. 31-The Moods ***

Lodge No. 15, Buckholts (Lodge meeting every 2nd Wednesday of each Month) (Bingo Night every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Lie. Permit No. 17409023524-41001)

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Lodge No. 18, Elgin Saturday, Dec. 10-Private Wedding Anniversary Tuesday. Dec. 13-Regular Lodge Meeting Friday, Dec: /6-People's Choice Saturday, Dec. 17-Lee Roy Matocha Saturday, Dec. 31-Vrazels (8:30-12:30, P1W); Tickets available, 11-1-83 Thursday, Jan. 26-Al Grebnick Thursday, Feb. 23-Moostach Jo

*** Lodge No. 39, Bryan Saturday, Dec. 10-Lodge 39 Members' Christmas Party Sunday, Dec. 11-Regular Meeting/Social/Dish Supper Saturday, Dec. 17-Fabulous Six, 8:30-12:30 Saturday, Dec. 31-Next Generations, 8:3012:30 **•

Lodge No. 40, El Campo-Hillje Sunday, Dec. 11-SPJST Christmas Party, 3 P.m.

Monday, Dec. 12-Bingo (License Permit Number is 3000728240041001.)

Lodge No. 47, Seaton Friday, Dec. 9-Decorate hall/Youth Club Program Practice 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10-The Polka Dots Sunday, Dec. 11-Christmas Party for Lodge 47 members. Hall opens 3:00 p.m., Youth Program/Choral Club/Santa/Adult Award 4:00 p.m Happy Hour 5:00 p.m.. Supper 6:00 p.m.

Saturday. Dec. 17-H.O.T. Czechs Sunday, Dec. 18-Choral Club Christmas Party 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20-Trustee Meeting, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 24-NO DANCE: MERRY CHRISTMAS Saturday, Dec. 31-Jerry Haisler & Melody Five Reservations sold at dances or call 817-9852545

Lodge No. 49, Rowena Lodge No. 20, Granger Sunday, Dec. 11-Christmas Party for its Lodge Members and their Families and Lodge Meeting at 2 p.m. in the SPJST Hall in Granger; Ladies bring covered dish •• •

Lodge No. 24, Cyclone

Wednesday, Dec. 7-Christmas Party and Business Meeting Monday, Dec. 5-4-H Club Christmas Party Friday, Dec. 16-Private Christmas Party

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Lodge No. 51, Effinger Wednesday, Dec. 14-Annual Lodge Meeting

Lodge No. 54, West

Friday, Dec. 9-Texas Unlimited Band Sunday, Dec. 11 -Lodge 24 Members' and their Families' Christmas Party, 4 p.m.; also Turkey/Dressing Meal; Members bring a vegetable or salad and pastry Wednesday, Dec. 14-Lodge Meeting and Social, 7:30 p.m.; bring your snacks Saturday, Dec. 17-Sterling Country Sunday, Dec. 18-Leather & Lace Monday, Dec. 19-Board Meeting, 7 p.m.

Saturday. Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Sterling Country; for reservations call (817) 985-2571

Saturday, Dec. 10-Grant Buie Christmas Party Friday, Dec. 16-West Rest Haven. Christmas Party Saturday. Dec. 17-West Community Hospital Christmas Party Sunday, Dec. 18-Zahirniak's Christmas Party Saturday, Dec. 24-No Dance; MERRY CHRISTMAS Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance

Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; music by Jodie Mikula

Sunday, Dec. 11-Annual Lodge Meeting & Christmas Party, 1:30 p.m. at Firemen's Hall, Sweet Home; Members are asked to bring food for Lunch

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Lodge No. 26, Skidmore Friday, Dec. 9-Annual Lodge Meeting, 6 p.m. at the Olmos Community Bldg.; Election of Officers; Meal served after meeting; Members bring covered dishes ***

Lodge No. 29, Taylor Sunday, Dec. 11-Lodge Meeting, 3 p.m. and Christmas Party; Supper at 5 p.m.; Members bring a covered dish Saturday, Dec. 31-Basic Country (P/W & C/W), 8:30-??

Friday, Jan. 13-Lodge 29 Hosting Child Abuse & Neglect Program. 7 p.m., Sister Thelma Hrncir will be in charge of "CAN"; all area Lodges are encouraged to attend this important session

* ** Lodge No. 33, Bleiblerville Sunday, Dec. 11-Annual Lodge Meeting at 10:30; Stewed Chicken Dinner served at 12 noon; Meeting reconvenes at 1:30 p.m. for Election of Officers/Board Members/Delegates **

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Lodge 63, Sweet Home

**• Lodge No. 66, Waco Saturday, Dec. 10-Private Party; Open to Public at 8 p.m.

Saturday Dec. 17-Lodge 66 Christmas Party for Members and their Families; Public Invited at 8 p.m.; Music by Country Light Saturday. Dec. 24-No Dance Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance; Country Drifters Sunday. Jan. 15-Lodge Meeting ***

Lodge No. 74, Lovelady Saturday, Dec. 10-Dennis Ivey Saturday, Dec. 17-Music Masters Saturday, Dec. 24-Closed Saturday, Dec. 31-George Self & the Amarillo Express

*** Lodge No. 79, Corpus Christi Sunday, Dec. 18-Christmas Party, 4 p.m. for SPJST Lodge 79, Sokol and SVPS No. 30 members

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Lodge No. 81, Needville Sunday. Dec. 11-Lodge Meeting; Noon meal served at 12:15; also Santa's visit

*** Lodge No. 84, Dallas Saturday Dec. 17-Melody Masters Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Czech Harvesters Saturday. Jan. 21-Mikula Polka Band Saturday. Feb. 4-Vrazel Polka Band

*** Lodge No. 87, Temple Friday, Dec. 9-Christmas Social, 7 p.m.; Members are asked to bring covered dish

*** Lodge No. 88, Houston Wednesday, Dec. 7-Games Party/Luncheon Saturday, Dec. 10-Knights of Dixie (B/R & D Music; Dress Code Enforced) Sunday, Dec. 11-Monthly and Annual meetings, 10:30 a.m.; also Election of Officers/Delegates Wednesday, Dec. 14-Games Party/Meeting/Luncheon Saturday, Dec. 17-Dixie Kings (B/R Music; Dress Code Enforced) Sunday, Dec. 18-Christmas Youth Program, 3 p.m.; bring your children Saturday, Dec. 24-MERRY CHRISTMAS (No Dance) Saturday, Dec. 31-John Sullivan Orchestra (Dress Code Enforced) (Bingo Games every Thursday, 7:15 Early Bird & 7:30 Regular Games; Lic. Permit No. 3000621207-741001) (Men's Club meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 8 a.m.; Breakfast/Meeting/Etc.) *5*

Lodge No. 92, Ft. Worth Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance;

by Bill Kucedra, $7.50 per person Saturday, Mar. 17-Dance Saturday, April 28-Dance Saturday, July 14-Dance Saturday, Sept. 8-Dance Saturday, Sept. 15-Dance (Every Friday night ballroom dancing: Dress Code) *5*

Lodge No. 130, Dallas & Sokol Zizka Saturday, Dec. 10-Jodie Mikula Saturday, Dec. 17-Czech Mates Saturday, Dec. 31-Harold Strand; New Year's Eve Balt *5*

Lodge No. 133, San Antonio Sunday, Dec. 18-Lodge Christmas Party at 1505 S. Gevers, San. Antonio: Dinner served at 12:30 p.m.

*** Lodge No. 142, Houston Friday, Dec. 16-Lodge 142 Christmas Party, 7:30 p.m.

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Lodge No. 154, Ft. Worth Sunday, Dec. 11-Monthly Meeting, 2 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15-Lodge and Sokol Christmas Party, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve; music by Jerry Max Lane (NO BINGO for Month of December) (Bingo Every Friday, 7:30 p.m.)

** Lodge No. 161, La Parita Sunday, Dec. 11-Lodge Meeting and Election of Officers, 11:30 a.m. at Three Oaks Restaurant, Jourdanton; Plate Lunch afterwards

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Lodge No. 172, Pasadena Saturday, Dec. 10-H.O.T. Czechs Saturday, Dec. 17-Music Kings Saturday, Dec. 24-No Dance Saturday, Dec. 31-Lee Roy Matocha, 8-1 (Lodge meetings the 2nd Wednesda,y of each month at 7:30 p.m.)

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Lodge No. 173, Galveston Monday. Dec. 19-Annual Lodge Meeting and Election of Officers, 7 p.m. at Guarantee Federal Bldg., corner of Laurel & First St., La Marque

*5* Lodge No. 175, Fort Bend

Monday, Dec. 12-Annual Lodge Meeting, 7 p.m. at the Ceramic Room in the Civic Center at Rosenberg

•5* Lodge No. 177 Academy Friday, Dec. 9-Scott & White Employees' Dance; Public Welcome Saturday, Dec. 10-Jerry Haisler & Melody Five Wednesday, Dec. 14-Monthly meeting plus officers, trustee and 1984 Convention Delegate Election and Installation of Officers for 1984.

Friday, Dec. 16-Christmas Party for Lodge 177 Members and their Families; Meal catered by Al's Barbecue Barn Cater Saturday, Dec. 17-Jerry, Butch & The Gentres Friday, Dec. 23-Special Pre-Christmas dance 8 till 12 p.m. Music by public demand "PECOS".

Saturday, Dec. 24-No Dance Saturday, Dec. 31-Taylor Road Runners (Bingo every Tuesday night. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Bingo/7 p.m. Jackpot each Tuesday $500, consolation $100. Bingo hours have been changed about a month ago.)

(Lodge meeting second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. with door prizes. Also added door prizes to our monthly lodge meeting.)

*•* Lodge No. 178, Longview Saturday, Dec. 10-Bandit Sunday, Dec. 11-Christmas Party and Installation of Officers Saturday, Dec. 17-Noonday Express

** Lodge No. 179, Warrenton Saturday. Dec. 10-Lodge Meeting and Party; Happy Hour, 6 p.m.; Lodge Meeting, 7 p.m.; at Round Top Rifle Association Hall; also Traditional Meal and Gift Exchange

*s* Lodge No. 180, Burleson Saturday, Dec. 10-Rhythm Reunion Saturday, Dec. 17-Ramblin' Rhythm Saturday, Dec. 24-MERRY CHRISTMAS (No Dance) Saturday, Dec. 31-Ramblin' Rhythm; Doors open at 8 p.m.; Dance from 9 to 1

5** Lodge No. 183, Mid-Cities

Saturday, Dec. 10-Lodge Dance; music by Bill Kucera & the Czechmates at the New Hall Saturday, Dee. 31-New Year's Eve Dance: Rejcek Polka Band

Lodge No. 186, Caldwell Wednesday, Dec. 7-Games for Prizes Friday. Dec. 9-Dance "Country Gold" Saturday, Dec. 10-Games for prizes Sunday. Dec. 11-Christmas Dinner Wednesday. Dec. 14-Games for prizes Thursday, Dec. 15-Private Party Friday, Dec. 16-Dance "Country Tradition" Saturday. Dec. 17-Games for Prizes Wednesday. Dec. 21-Games for Prizes Thursday. Dec. 22-Dance "Leather & Lace" Saturday, Dec. 31-New Year's Eve Dance "Country Tradition"

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Lodge No. 187, Round Rock Friday, Dec. 9-Debonaires Saturday, Dec. 10-Private Party Friday, Dec. 16-Private Party Saturday, Dec. 17-Private Party Wednesday, Dec. 21-Private Party Friday, Dec. 23-Private Party Saturday, Dec. 24-CLOSED Friday, Dec. 30-Leather & Lace Saturday, Dec. 31-Jimmy Mac Band Featuring Kenny Dale, 8-1.

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Lodge No. 188, Centerville Saturday, Dec. 10-Trinity River Saturday, Dec. 17-Heart of Texas Road Gang Monday, Dec. 19-Lodge Meeting, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 23-Jodie Jay Saturday, Dec. 24-NO DANCE Saturday, Dec. 31-Doe Wooley • 54,

Lodge No. 189, Bryan-College Station Sunday, Dec. 11-Lodge meeting, 3:30 p.m. and Christmas Party following *5*

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SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTORS

The following listed members, friends of the Society and Lodges have made contributions to the SPJST Scholarship Fund.

The Supreme Lodge is deeply grateful to these donors, all of whom are sustaining the Scholarship Fund's effort to contribute to a better future for worthy young members of our Society.

SPJST Scholarship Fund If you wish to give, make checks payable, to: SPJST Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 100, Temple, TX 76503. Contributions are tax deductible.

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TAYLOR, TX Mrs. Frank Konakovsky in memory of her husband Frank and her parents Jan and Rosalie (Leshikar) Janata TAYLOR, TX — Lodge 29 in memory of F. C. Grieger, Van Zimmerhanzel, Pearl Leshikar and Sybil Swensen.

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ROBSTOWN, TX — Vlasta Mrazek in memory of her niece Viola Grossman, Mary Knesek and Emil Spicak.

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ARLINGTON, TX — B. J. and Betty Hlavaty in memory of their son, Gary Wayne Hlavaty, who would have celebrated his 24th birthday on Nov. 21st.

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