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Official Publication Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, Founded 1897 BROTHERHOOD
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 VOLUME 85 NUMBER 1 ISSN-07458800 January 1, 1997
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FRONT ROW, LEFf TO RIGHT: Debbie Dohnalík, Stephanie Herting, Peggy Tyrech, Ruth Hanusch, Dorothy Tomasek, Ann Paruzinski, Kathy Fritz, Debra Sue Pancake, Susie Ernst, Barbara Rosenkranz, Joni Lange, Barbara Trigg and Julie Wiseman. BACK ROW: Brian Vanicek, Jim Wiest, Gene Kovacevich and Helen Hegwood. SECOND ROW, LEFf TO RIGHT: Melanie McBride, Daryl Entrop, Jerry Kucera, Keith Gatewood and Ed Mokry. Zavodny, Dorothy Pechal, Cynthia Bravenec, Lisa Kirby, Dorothy Stuchly,Doris
Happy New Year from Your Friends atSPJST Take Time to Live
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Take time to work; It is the price of success. Take time to think; It is the source of power: Take time to play; It is the secret of youth Take time to read; It is the foundation of wisdom. Take time to be friendly; It is the road to happiness. Take time to dream; \, It is hitching your wagon to a stat: Take time to love and be loved; It is the privilege of the gods. . Take time to look around; is too short a day to be selfish. Take time to laugh; It is the music of the soul. -Author
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Some "Wonderful surprises" along the way
100 Pennies drive extended through end of month Through December 27, the SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarship Drive had col leced a total of $8,752.85 - enough for 17 additional scholarships. "The drive has been extended through the end of January to provide additional scholarships during the SPJST's centennial year," says State Fraternal Activities Coordinator Frank Klinkovsky, who is coordinating the fund-raising effort. "The Scholarship Program received some wonderful surprises in conjunction with this year's fund-raising efforts," he says. In October, the SPJST was noti fied that Cindy Marek Kovar, a member
of Lodge 174, Rockdale was the grand prize winner in the Sixth Annual Newman 's Own and Good Housekeeping Recipe Contest. As grand prize winner, Cindy received a $50,000 prize to donate to her chosen charity. A longtime active member, she designated her $50,000 donation to the SPJST's Scholarship Program. In December, the Scholarship Program received a gift of $10,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Myles Marek of Baytown, Texas. "These large gifts, combined with the hundreds bf smaller donations, will go a long way towards helping our deserving (Continued on page 3.)