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Volume 100 Number 1
12/30/11
2:53 PM
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S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
Humanity ISSN —07458800
Brotherhood
January 4, 2012
Snow Much SPJST Fun!
Lodge 49, Rowena youth decorate each other with toilet paper to make themselves look like snowmen at the lodge’s Christmas party held December 16. The “snowmen” were completed with carrot noses and scarves! More on page 12. BELOW: After a delicious meal, adult and youth attendees at Lodge 185, New Braunfels’ Christmas party held at the American Legion Hall, gathered for rousing games of Bunco. Pictured here, Shelby Howard, left, and Abigail Schmidt enjoy the game. More on page 22.
SPJST Gives $3,000 to bring Veterans Traveling Wall to West
District Three Director Johnnie Krizan presented VFW Post 4819 Commander Rob Buchanan with a $3,000 donation from four McLennan County SPJST lodges to help in bringing the American Veterans Traveling Wall to West in May. Pictured are, left to right, Lodge 6, Cottonwood President Milton Peterson; Lodge 54, West Treasurer Mary Lou Mynar; Lodge 6 Trustee Ernest Bezdek; Director Krizan, Lodge 66, Waco President John Engelke; Commander Buchanan; Lodge 6 Vice President Don Urbanovsky; Lodge 35 Auditor Wanda Sebik; and VFW Quartermaster Bobby Jones. More on page 15.
Important Dates ...................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 Supreme Lodge Meeting Minutes ......4 100 Pennies Fund Donor List.............5 Lodge Section......................................8 Interest Rates.....................................25
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Youth Section ....................................29 Vestnik Project...................................30 In Memoriam ......................................34 Czech Culture ....................................36 Advertisements..................................37 Lodge Calendar .................................38
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Lodge 23 Moravia sales agents honored
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Lodge 172 Pasadena member injured in accident; fund set up
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Lodge 258 Seguin members gather for after-Christmas party