"CHANGING TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF FRATERNALISTS"
VESTNIK SPJST Herald Official Organ Of The. Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 ISSN-07458800 VOLUME 80 NUMBER 48 December 9, 1992
District Six Celebrates First SPJST Fraternal Fest Lodge No. 63, Sweet Home serves as host
100 Pennies Scholarship Drive $5,515.18 AS OF DECEMBER 3, 1992
$8,000 (16 Scholarships) —$7,500
SPJST members and friends from District Six—and several surrounding districts—enjoyed the first SPJST Fraternal Fest held Sunday, November 22, 1992, at the Community Hall in Sweet Home.
$7,000 (14 Scholarships) —$6,500
—$6,000 (12 Scholarships) —$5,500
w.7.,y to generate more fraternal activity on a district by district basis. The day included a luncheon and entertainment by three bands—The Vanek Brothers of Victoria, Lee Roy Matocha's Orchestra of Fayetteville and Tony Janak's Band of Yoakum. The SPJST "mini museum" was also on display throughout the day. Readers may recall that the concept of seven statewide "district fraternal fests" originated the July Meeting of the Supreme Lodge as a way to generate
S.L. President Howard Leshikar, top left and District Six Director Mat t Vanek offer their support to Mike Alstrom and Franklin Elles who were selling dance tickets at the District Six Fraternal Fest. Brothers Alstrom and Elles are members of Lodge No. 32, Victoria, where Brother Elles serves as president.
$51,Ci E .0 (10 Scholarships) —$4,500 $4,000 (8 Scholarships) —$3,500
—$3,000 (6 Scholarships) District Six officers and director—the group that worked to make everything run smoothly. From left: FAC Helen Zabransky, President Annie Vahalik, Treasurer A.J. "Tony" Kelner, State Field Representative Jerome Hlavaty, Director Matt Vanek, Vice President Jo Ann Fuchik, Secretary Elaine Berkovsky and S.L. President Howard Leshikar. more fraternal activity on a district by district basis. Lodge No. 63, Sweet Home was responsible for providing the noon meal and various pastries, cakes and kolaches throughout the day. Dinner consisted of beef stew and sausage with sauerkraut and all the trimmings. The officers of District Six express their thanks to everyone that helped in organizing this year's fraternal
fest—and especially to those who attended the event. Already they say they are looking forward to next year's event. Among the many attending from outside of District Six were the past director of District Seven, Frank Veselka and his wife and District Five President Evelyn Mikeska of Houston. —Compiled by the S.L. President's Office
Pieta, tzt,_ above is the Lodge No. 63, Sweet Home k.:tchui c rew that prepared tit noon meal and pastries which were available throughout the day. Donald Zabransky serves as president of Lodge No. 63. Other officers include Elaine Berkovsky, Jo Ann Fuchik and Diane Ward. Alsopictured above are many other Lodge 63 members who pitched in to make the day a success.
—$2,500
—$2,000 (4 Scholarships) —$1,500
—$1,000 (2 Scholarships) —$500
Scholarship Drive Closing in on Goal With three weeks to go, the 1992 SPJST Scholarship Drive is nearly three-quarters of the way to achieving its goal of raising $8,000—enough money to present 16 additional Society scholarships next spring. Brother Frank Klinkovsky, State FAC, who is coordinating the drive, is optimistic that this goal will be achieved. "Typically, our last three weeks of the drive are three of our best weeks," Brother Klinkovsky says. "Traditionally, this is when the local lodges come through with a strong show of support." If you have been considering making a gift to the 1992 100 Pennies Scholarship Drive, please refer to the coupon at the bottom of page three of this issue. Look for next week's Vestnik to include another listing of contributors to the 1992 scholarship drive.