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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503
July 25, 2001
ISSN-07458800
VOLUME 89 NUMBER 29
SPJST LAM purchases historic Temple building Meeting at the SPJST Home Office in Temple last week, SPJST Library, Archives and Museum (LAM) directors voted to purchase of the historic 6,900 square-foot Northside Community Center located at the intersection of West French and North Third Streets in Temple. Plans are to develop the building and site — which is adjacent to the SPJST Home Office — as a hub of operations for the SPJST LAM. The decision to proceed with the purchase was made possible — in large part — to a check for $135,000 presented to LAM Directors during the meeting by Honorary District Five Director Louis Hanus. This is the second significant gift made by Brother Hanus to the LAM. Minutes after delegates to the SPJST's 2000
Located at NIL if!ter,ectiott of West French and North Third Streets in Temple, Texas, the historic Northside Community Center will become the hub of operations for the SPJST Library, Archives and Museum. Convention voted to ratify the decision to establish the SPJST Library, Archives and Museum as an indepen dent, non-profit corporation, Brother Hanus presented the LAM with a check for $100,000.
"Before- anything goes into the building — whether it be books or museum displays — considerable work remains to be done." says Brother Kaminsky. "We're looking at a thoughtful restoration process as well as securing the building and adapting it to meet the long-term needs of the LAM." Numerous items were addressed by LAM directors at their first annual meeting, including operating standards and procedures, marketing and promotional considerations. In other LAM board activity, the appointment of Leonard Mikeska to fill the unexpired term of District Two LAM Director Risa Pajestka was ratified. The appointment runs through 2002. Brother Mikeska, a member of Lodge 200, Bruceville-Eddy, is past SPJST Supreme Lodge Vice President.
Make a Difference: Support the LAM
October is Czech Heritage Month in Texas. To coincide with the observance, LAM directors encourage "It pleases me to no end that my SPJST lodges and youth clubs to get wife, Oleta, and I are able to coninvolved in projects that will promote tribute to this worthy project and that and support the SPJST LAM. the LAM directors are moving for"We want to see the SPJST Library, ward," says Brother Hanus. Archives and Museum fully utilized as According to LAM President Glenn an educational Kaminsky, many tool," says LAM factors were conTreasurer Margaret sidered in making Haisler. "What betthe decision to purter time than during chase the building, Czech Heritage which has been Month to raise an designated as the awareness of our Louis and Oleta Texas forefathers Hanus Building. and mothers. "The proximity "The fourth to the SPJST Saturday in Home Office was October is also a consideration, of National Make a course," says Difference Day," Brother Kamobserves. she insky. "The build"Lodges and ing itself is an youth clubs are encouraged to rally important piece of local history." SPJST Legal Advisor Sidney Kacir on that day in support of the LAM." All individual and lodge donations assisted the LAM in laying the groundwork to acquire the building which collected are tax-deductible and support the SPJST LAM and its outreach was built in the spring of 1931 and originally known as Northside programs. To acknowledge contributions, the SPJST LAM offers recogCommunity Center. Designed by Eugene B. Church of Houston, the. nition for each level of giving. They are as follows: structure displays influences of Spanish architecture and art deco $1 to $100 Friends styling. Originally, the building Bronze $101 to $250 housed six stores. Early tenants $251 to 500 Silver included a pharmacy, grocer and dry $501 to 999 Gold cleaner. In recent years, the building $1,000 and Up Platinum has housed a restaurant, antique shops For giving information, please and beauty salon. Two retail establishcontact Treasurer Margaret Haisler at ments currently lease space in the build(979) 272-8657. ing. There are no immediate plans to (Continued on page 3.) release the tenants from their leases.
"LAM directors encourage SPJST lodges and youth clubs to promote and support the SPJST LAM."
Something to Smile About! SPJST Supreme Lodge Chairman Bob Bayer, left, and SPJST Library, Archives and Museum President Glenn Kaminsky, center, display $135,000 check which was presented to the SPJST LAM by Honorary District Five Director Louis Hanus, right. Also pictured, from left, second row, are SPJST LAM District One Director and LAM Treasurer Margaret Noisier; SPJST LAM District Two Director Leonard Mikeska; SPJST LAM District Seven Director Roxy Bertrand, SPJST Director and Supreme Lodge President Howard Leshikar; SPJST LAM District Four Director Nancy Weise and SPJST District Three Director and Vice Chairman Jerry Milan. THIRD ROW: District Four Director and Supreme Lodge Vice Chairman Stanley Broz, Supreme Lodge Vice President Gene McBride, Supreme Lodge Secretary-Treasurer Lanita Anglin and Supreme Lodge Financial Secretary Jerry Mikulas. FOURTH ROW: District One Director Donnie Victorick, District Three Director Johnnie Krizan, District Five Director Larry Pflughaupt, District Two Director Frank Klinkovsky and District Six Director Mike Ahlstrom.