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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 APRIL 4, 1984 USPS — 65848000 VOLUME 72—NUMBER 14
Lodge 88 "Hlahol" Dramatic Club To Present Czech Comedy
Announcement Dear Members of the SPJST: At the XXIIIrd Convention the delegates of District VII elected me to serve as director on the Supreme Lodge. While serving in that position, my desire has always been to represent District VII and the entire SPJST membership honestly and to the best of my ability. The progress and strength of our Society have always been of the utmost importance to me. Now members across the state have approached me asking me to seek the office of president. After much careful thought and consideration, and with the full cooperation and encouragement of my husband and family, I am asking for your support and vote in electing me to the position of president of our Society. My past experiences which have prepared me to fulfill the duties of the office of president include: forty years membership in our Order, a member of the By-Laws Committee through three conventions, and a director on the Supreme Lodge Board for almost four years. While on the Board, I served on the Corporate Planning Committee, which was instrumental in setting up the SPJST College Scholarship Program, the Czech Language Allocation Committee, and as State Coordinator for the SPJST Child Abuse and Neglect Project. For many years I have been active on the local lodge level and prior to being elected to the Supreme Lodge was youth leader of a vigorous youth
In this issue and next we will be presenting the pictures and profiles of our cast of "Nevesty na prodej". (Brides for Sale). This hilarious Czech comedy will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29th at SPJST Lodge 88 Pokrok, 1435 Beall, Houston.
time on the Houston stage. She readily accepts any role offered her because she enjoys the audience being entertained and their having the opportunity to hear the Czech language.
Thelma Hrncir club for fifteen years. I have served on the boards of many church, civic, and educational organizations and have been in the teaching profession for thirty-four years. My husband, Eugene, and I have four children: David who is a pediatrician in the Air Force stationed in Turkey; Connie who lives in Los Angeles and works for Northwest Orient Airlines; Brent who is in his third year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, and Angie, a sixth grader. All the children participated in the youth program and maintain an active interest in the SPJST. I pledge all my energies and abilities to deserve your trust and support as the next president of the SPJST, a company (society) with "A Grand Past and A Brighter Future". Thelma (Mrazek) Hrncir
Jiri Brcizda was born in Brno, Moravia. He acted in plays in Czechoslovakia. He was motivated to accept a role by other Czechs lamenting that some actions should be taken to continue the Czechoslovak heritage.
State Youth Leaders' Retreat ogit Libuse Brcizda, born in Brno, Moravia, relives her engagement to her:husband, but this time on stage, she not only finds acting to be great fun but, she also feels she's promoting the Czech language and culture.
is shows the happy group of those who attended the weekend Youth This Leaders' Retreat at Camp Lone Star near La Grange the weekend of March 2325. (See accompanying report for details and names). SL President Nick Morris, who was in charge and planned the Retreat is shown standing in the back row, second from right. The other gentleman to his left is Mr. Erwin Sladek, principal of La Grange High School, who was one of the speakers at the Retreat. (Picture by Fayette County Record Staff Photographer Tim Ottinger) —NAM
Vera Cotrino was born in Prostejov, Moravia. This is her third
Tom Dybala, born in Houston, Texas is a member of SPJST. He has performed with Alvin Community College Theater. He is interested in learning more of the Czech language.
Miluse Kovando born in Praha, Czechoslovakia; will be entertaining the audience for a third time. She is the one who helps everywhere to promote Czech heritage by her acting for Hlahol and her singing in the Lodge Choral Club.
Jindra Kriian born in Hlavieku Brod in the Czech-Moravian mountains, is a former theater (Continued on Page 12)