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VESTNIK SPJST Herald 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: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 VOLUME 88 NUMBER 23
Schedule of Events
ISSN-07458800
June 7, 2000
Temple Welcomes Delegates to the
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Sunda , lune 11 200 pm. to 500 p.m. Registration Mayborn Convention Center 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.n. "Howdy" Reception Mayborn Convention Center Cash bar for uisitcri and delegates
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Monday, lune 12
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7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Late registration Mayborn Convention Center Com limentary coffee, kolaches and fruit juice will be served
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6:30 p.m. SPOT Lodge 47 will host an evening meal and dancing. Tickets will be available at the Convention center lobby. Casual dress.
Tuesday, lune 13 7 am. Complimentary coffee and fruit juice 8 am. to 5 p.m. Business Session Mayborn Convention Center
6 p.m. Dinner Banquet Mayborn Convention Center Cash Bar 6 p.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner -1 p.m. Youth Spectacular 'AO
8:30 am. Complimentary coffee and fruit juice
Delegates Photo Flag Ceremony Memorial Service
8 am. to 5 am. Business Session Mayborn Convention Center (Or as Announced)
9:30 am. Assembl of Delegates Convening of the XXVIII Convention Welcome by Public Officials
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Please refer to page five for additional convention information.
12 noon to 1 p.m. Lunch Catered lunches will be available at the convention center 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Business Session 6:30 p.m. No evening activity at the convention center.
Just in case. .
Mayborn Convention Center Emergency Phone Number (254) 298-5775
lune 11 - 14, 2000 Tilayborn Convention Center Welcome to Temple! With a population of 55,000, Temple will be the center of attention for the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas from June 11 - 14, as the city hosts the SPJST's 28th Quadrennial Convention. Approximately 300, delegates, accompanied by spouses and other family members will be in town, helping to lay the groundwork for the SPJST's second century of progress. About the City As early as 1822, Tennessee pioneers were settling the area, but no permanent settlement was formed. By the early 1870s, a small community called Birdsdale formed in what is now western Temple. Although it had a school, post office, church and a blacksmith shop, the community
really took off when the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway decided to locate a town in the vicinity. By 1881, the city of Temple was established, getting its name from chief engineer, Bernard Moore Temple. Sensing a good thing, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (Continued on page 6.)
the delegates, SPJST Standing Committees, Management team and Home Office staff, best wishes for a successful convention! To