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Volume 101 Number 23
S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
Honoring the Red, White, and Blue
Lodge 32, Victoria sponsored a flag in honor of a wounded veteran for the Field of Honor in conjunction with Warrior’s Weekend in Victoria. More on page 10. —Photo by Kathy Ahlstrom
SPJST Flag Day Ceremony
Gay Revel, FIC
Jerome Hlavaty, FIC
Interest Rates.......................................3 Important Dates ...................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 Friendship 2013 Updates....................4 Lodge Section......................................6 Reunions ............................................12
West Gala ...........................................16 In Memoriam ......................................16 Youth Section.....................................17 Czech Culture ....................................19 Advertisements .................................21 Lodge Calendar .................................22
Lodge 97, Placedo District Six
Lodge 153, La Salle District Six
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Associate Agent
Welcome Home, Ricky!
Lodge 9, Snook member Sandra Schoeneman Stone proudly welcomes her godson Ricky Mantey, Jr. of Lodge 17, New Tabor home to the Bryan Fire Department on May 31. Ricky and fellow BFD firefighter Mitch Moran spent four months in Galveston receiving treatment and recovering from injuries sustained in a February 15 blaze, which also killed Lt. Eric Wallace and Lt. Greg Pickard. More on page 15.
• • • Friendship 2013 May State Top Sales Producers • • •
Associate Agent
June 12, 2013
Armando Diaz
Lodge 79, Corpus Christi District Seven
Inside Th is Week’s Vestnik
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Members gather at SPJST Lodge 38, Kovar
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Lodge 130 Dallas: SoupMobilean unsung hero in West
Pages 20-21
Letters to Bibbie: Czech Floods