Volume 97 Number 22
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T
Benevolence
H E R A L D
Humanity
ISSN —07458800
Brotherhood
June 3, 2009
Never say never
State Royalty parades through Ennis
By Matt Smith • msmith@trcle.com Cleburne Times-Review • May 18, 2009
peruse the event. “Usually, when we go, we just start at the first table in Cleburne, walk about a mile or so and then get tired,” said William Slavik. While walking past the first sales table, William glanced over and noticed a large, convex, oval piece of glass from a picture frame stickStařenka and Stareček. ing out of a cardInclement weather board box. led to a change of “It was just the plans and a surglass,” William prising discovery Slavik said. “We for Burleson resifound out later it dents William had been in a and Carole plaster frame, Slavik one recent which had been Saturday. broken. It was the “If the SPJST odd shape that car show in Temcaught my eye. ple hadn’t have Probably never gotten rained out, would have noticed if we wouldn’t have it had been a regular gone to Antique Alley,” flat-frame piece of glass.” Carole Slavik said. Intrigued, William paced a Antique Alley, a huge flea couple of steps market of sorts, William and Carole Slavik of Lodge 180, Burleson closer and did a occurs twice double take. yearly and “I looked and thought, ‘Man, that stretches from Cleburne to Grandview looks like kinfolk,’ ” William Slavik and on into Ellis County. “If we wouldn’t have gone to pick said. Not quite believing what he saw, up friends (SPJST Lodge 180, Burleson members Joe and Rhonda William turned to his wife. “He said, ‘Carole, I think this is Hurtik) who live in Maypearl, we wouldn’t have been (in the Grandview stařenka and stareček,’” Carole Slavik section of Antique Alley) either,” said, Czech words that mean old woman and old man but more comSlavik said. The couple had never traveled that far down Farm-to-Market Road 4 to Continued on Page 18.
t might have been an act of God or serendipitous coincidence. Maybe the planets aligned. Whatever the cause, events that coalesced in Cleburne helped one Cleburne man stumble across a barely remembered piece of family history.
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The 2008-2009 SPJST State Royalty participated in the National Polka Festival parade in Ennis on Saturday, May 23. They are State Queen Alexa Hubenak and State Duchess Lauren Traugott, both of Lodge 92, Fort Worth, and State King Gerard Marcaurele and State Duke Donovan Krpec, both of Lodge 30, Taiton. The float received the third place award.
Talia Milan Honorary Mayor of Fort Worth
Interest Rates ......................................2 Family Fun Dates ................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 SPJST Graduates ................................3 District News........................................5 Lodge Section......................................6
Lodge 154, Fort Worth Youth Club member Talia Milan had the unique opportunity to serve as Honorary Mayor of Fort Worth on Tuesday, May 19. She is pictured with Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief who is presenting her an official pewter key to the city. More on page 21.
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Reunions ............................................19 Youth Section.....................................20 In Memoriam ......................................23 Czech Culture ....................................24 Advertisements..................................29 Activities Calendar ............................30
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Lodge 38 Kovar hosts SPJST Float in Smithville parade
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Lodge 28 East Bernard member achieves Grand Age
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Lodge 48 Beyersville Youth Club honors graduates