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Official Publication of the SPJST, originally chartered as the Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, in 1897
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503
ISSN-07458800
VOLUME 92 IV _.V1BER 45
November 4 200
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First. take lots of blessings to be thankful for Add pilgrims and pumpkins and goodies galore . . . Combine get-togethers with family and friends And leftover turkey that just never ends. Now, mix in a bowl game,_ and you'll be all set For a Thanksgiving Day that you'll never forget.'
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for the gifts of the past year. The freedom of this great country in which we live. It's opportunity for achievement. Your friendship and continued support of SPJST. For all of these things we are deeply thankful.
Lodge 49, Rowena members baked and served cake to 130 residents at two nursing homes in Ballinger for Make A Difference Day on October 23. Pictured above, assisting the nursing home staff, are Lodge 49 Vice President Sylvia Rollwitz, second from left, and Secretary Nancy Schwertner, second from right. Lodge members also visited with nursing home residents.
Lodge 80, Holland presented a check for $5,500 to the Holland Ambulance Service recently. Pictured, front row, second from left, Lodge 80, Holland Treasurer Glen Latham presents the check to Fire Chief Coleman Benner. Proudly participating in the presentation are front, left to right, Melissa Vrabel, Estelle Coker, and Linda Hill. BACK: Frank Pajestka, Jr., Curtis Wolf, Joe Sumbera, and Tony Sladecek.