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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 November 9, 1994 ISSN-07458800 VOLUME 82 NUMBER 43
"100 Pennies" drive tops $2,700 mark
100 Pennies Scholarship Drive
Through November 4, the SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarship Drive had collected a total of $2,701.15—enough for five additional SPJST scholarships. The drive will continue through December 31. The second listing of members who have donated to the 1994 drive include:
Veterans' Day Nover r 11, 1994 SPJST Proudly Salutes Our Brothers and Sisters who have served America in War and Peace.
Joe Holasek achieves "Grand Age of 96"
SIIST gays tri ute to West civic lead r The SPJST extends its congratulations and best wishes to its most recent member to attain the "Grand Age of 96." He is Brother Joseph F. Holasek, president of Lodge 36, West. By achieving this landmark, Brother Holasek is entitled to all SPJST membership benefits with no further dues or assessments required. Brother Hoiasek was born on October 30, 1898 in Lovcice, Moravia. He immigrated to the United States in 1911, the last of four children to be brought over by his father. Two other siblings stayed in Moravia with their mother and did not immigrate. Brother Joe spent his early years in America living with his sister Rose and her husband, Joe Vanek in Strawn, Texas. In 1913 to 1914, he worked as a, farm laborer near La Grange, Texas. Joe later learned of a printing firm in Omaha, Nebraska that had a job opening for someone who knew the Czech language. So, with $20 that he borrowed from his brother, Charlie in Penelope, Texas, Joe packed his bags and moved to Nebraska. With the outbreak of World War I, Brother Holasek joined the U.S. Army.
Brother Joe Holasek After brief training in Fort Logan, Colorado and Fort Bliss, Texas, he was off to France with the 16th Infantry, 1st Division. The division was one of the first four U.S. military units to land in Europe. The first three Americans to be killed in World War I were out of Brother Joe's battalion. (Continued on page four.)
John T. Kroulik, Ph.D. Machu Insurance, c/o Albin and Elaine Machu John Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Banik Charlie Pavelka D.E. and Nancy Milner Gene and Virlene Kelly Henry Breitkreutz Chris and Evan Pavelka Sheryl Mikush Vernon Wood Rosie Wood Julia Ann Juroska Roy C. and Mary Ann Novosad Mrs. Joe B. Hejny Ms. Mildred Jelinek Beasley Leonard and Dorothy Mikeska Virginia Wright Ms. Agnes Pilcik . ieorge and Delores Fennell Darrell Wolf Brenda Wolf Doni M. Johnson O'Reen M. Johnson Edwin Holub Norbert and Flora Mikulec Dorothy Kovar Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Helgren Alleen Emma Kuropata Terri Crum Joe Elles, Jr. Jerome and Henrietta Hlavaty Chester Shmoldas John Orsag, Jr. Ella Orsag Leroy Meyer Alexander Roehlke Al and Helen Kral Morris Kastner Lawrence Northmore Richard A. Pokiadnik Karen Baker Henry and Marie Ann Ripple Jay Laporte King and Helen Hegwood Ludwig Kocian Dorothy Elizabeth Zinke Thomas J. Hruska
$2,701.15 Collected through November 4
$10,000 (20 Scholarships) --$9.500
$9,000 ( 18 Scholarships) —$8,500
$8,000 (16 Scholarships)
$7,000
14 Scholarships)
$6,500
$6,000
12 Scholarships)
—$5,500
$5,000 ( 10 Scholarships) -44,500
$4,000 (8 Scholarships) -$3,500 '
$3,000 (6 Scholarships) —$2,500
—$2,000 (4 Scholarships —$1,500 —$1,000 (2 Scholarships) —$500 —Thanks for your support!
Gus L. Hruska Frank R. Hruska Gilbert Henneke Joe and Eva Braunagel Joe and Betty Pechal Johnnie I. and Margaret Krajca Adolf and Georgia Pil! Joe Zapalac Rudolph E. Foyt Willie Mae Vanicek Vlasta Emily Davis William L. Davis Benito Ducho (Continued on page three.)
Beginning this week on page 11 . . .
Prize Winning Recipes Showcasing the Winners of the 1994 SPJST Youth Achievement Day Foods Competition