VESTNIK Official Publication of The Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas • Founded 1897
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503
ISSN-07458800
VOLUME 88 NUMBER 44
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November 18 SPJST State Volleyball Tournament November 18 Tarock Tournament at Lodge 29, Taylor November 18 District Two Lock-In at Lodge 24, Cyclone November 19 District Six Fall Meeting at Inez Community Center, hosted by Lodge 97, Placed° November 19 Barbecue Dinner and and Raiser at Lodge 15, Buckholts Tarock Tournament on December 2 December 2 December 4 SPJST Open House and Temple Christmas Parade See Announcement on Page 2
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SPJST Mortgage Interest Rates Rates subject to change without notice
Universal Life 7.25% for Annualized*
Roth IRA
Home or Farm Mortgages:
6.30% for Annualized*
7.25% for 1 to 7 years 7.75% for 8 to 15 years
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November 15, 2000
.00 Pennies Scholarship Drive posts first listing of contributors There have been 160 donations made to the 2000-2001 100 Pennies Scholarship Drive from October through November 7. Donations collected through the first week of November are $1473.64. Thank you for your generous support. We have a long way to reach our goal of $14,000 before March 31, 2001 Through your support of the SPJST 100 Pennies Fund Drive, many of our youngmembers will be receiving scholarships in the spring. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the State FAC at 1 (800) 7277578. The following is the first listing of contributors names. Lodge District Donors Name
18 2 Dusek, Lois 88 5 Jenke, Clifford 87 2 Kacir, Sidney and Dorothy
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Lodge 106 169 1 Lodge 169 4 6 Mikush, Joe J. 4 6 Mikush, Wanda M. 172 5 Muehr, W5Iter 23 6 Rektorik,Doris 178 3 Slampa, Judi 19 6 Starry, Frank 47 2 Urubek, Frank J. 23 6 Vaculik, Edwin and Lorene 54 3 Vaculik, Marcela 32 6 Vyvial, James 4 6 Walker, Tommy, Shery, and Alisa (Continued on page 3.)
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$1,473.61 Your gift: are ta; deductible am 100 percent o the amoun that is con tribu. - F aloi-, to,, a -is scholars' ps To contribute, please send your check to: 100 Pennies Scholarship Drive C/O SPJST Home Office P.O. Box 100 Temple, Texas 76503
Heritage, faith come together at Czech Heritage Day observance By Carolan Wishall
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and faith came C together on October 28 in melodious notes and sacred worship when a Polka Mass was celebrated at Czech Heritage Day held at SPJST Lodge 24 in Cyclone. About 1,000 people gathered in the hall to celebrate their common culture, worship in collective faith and remember that God had been good to them in their new land. The faithful stood to honor God and His love for man and sang the words to a song backed by the strains of polka (Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the Sunday, October 29 issue of the Temple Daily Telegram and is reprinted with permission.)
music. Vrazels' Polka Band provided the music for the Mass and led the audience in the worship songs. "God is one, Three in One, Rich, compassionate . . . God is love, Endless love, Unconditional and true . .." sang the faithful. The Reverend Louis Pavlicek of St. Luke's Catholic Church in Temple was the celebrant for the Mass. Special guest was the Reverend Pavel Smyd of the Czech Republic who is visiting St. Mary's Catholic Church in Temple until December. Co-celebrants were the Reverend Walter-Matus and the Reverend Sylvester Fuchs. "I asked Father Walter how much of the Mass was going to be in Czech," Pavlicek said to those gathered in the hall. "He said, 'It all depends on who comes.' (Continued on page 6.)
Czech Heritage Day celebrants settle in for an evening that included a polka mass, sausage dinner, music by the Vrazels' Polka Band and fireworks display. Held in conjunction with national "Make a Difference Day," Lodge 24, Cyclone organizers received a $1,000 check from Wal-Mart
which they donated to the SF.JST Library, Archives and Museum.