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NA DE JE OTISTENA tIVAHA Z bratra Joe B. Hejneho o bodech, kere men bychom miti na zteteli pin jednani ye vYroenich schtizich. Redaktor poskytuje na gemu novemu mistopkedsedovi tuto prvni stranku pro jeho prvni poselstvi. Ptedtete jeho tadky pozorne, uvaZujte o jeho pokynech a take se jimi dle moZnosti tidte. Zde jeho provolani: Sestry a bratti: Rok 1956 se b hzi ke konci a ptichazi eas na na ge tadove vYrotni sehtize, kdy u kaZdeho tadu budou voleni iltednici pro ptig ti rok, aby vedli na ge kady kuptedu a vykonavali v;:tachny povirmosti od jejliih, tadu vyZadovane. Chtel bych ptipomenouti yam, elentim, abyste si zvolili pracovniky, kteti ochotne takovou praci delaji, a abyste vy v gichni jim byli v jejich praci napornocni. KdyZ ,budeme miti dobre pracovniky a kdy my sami budeme jim yLly napomocni, ta.k se nemusime obavat, nab tady nebudou prospivat a ie nage spolkova einnost nebude zdarne pokraeovat. Take bych rad. ptipomenul tem tadnm, kterYch se upsalo malo noveho poji:g teni, 2e by moZna, bylo vYhodou, kdyby si zvolili je gte dal giho organisatora, aby 'vypomohl tem, ktere ji2 maji. Tim by byla vet gi ptilelitost upsat vice poji gteni. Jak vite, bode se oeekavat, abychom upsali vice poji gteni v ptigtim roce.. Proto se budemia muset v gichni pkieinit, abychom to dokazali. A ja pevne verim, 'Ze to guide, jen kdy si Vgichni uvedemime, Za, m-asirrire pracovat spoleene, pornahat si, jeden k druhemu miti dtiveru. Tim zptisobem bude na ge spoleena pram snadnej gi a take ptinesta lepgi vYs1edky. Jeden profesor na Purdue universite

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nam to vysvetlil v torn smyslu, Ze musime se cititi jeden k druhemu rovni, abychom v na gi praci ,meli Uspech. Tim naznaeil, abychom napted prodali sami sebe neZ prodame poji gteni. Jak prodat sebe? Tim, Zo pracujeme pro dobro v nasem spolkovem a spoleeenskem kruhu; Ze vypomahame druhYm kdykoliv je toho zapottebi, Ze jsme poctivi a upkimni v nagi praci; Ze skuteene vetime sami v to, co oeekavame od druhYch; zkratka, ze si napted dobudeme zasloifZenou da-

Jsrne na tom svete pouze hosti, jen na, chvilku. Nat gait bol? Hled' na vge, zpytuj v g e, co kol, a dobrYm bud'. Tot' vrchol ctnosti. Kdo neni dobrY, moudrYm neni, nectit' Sokratem je! MoudrY, ten od vrstevniku bYva, cten, lee dobrYin z,ehna pokol'eni. Adolf Hejduk

veru tech, s 12/MU jedname. A kdy',, se ukaZeme v na gem styku s druhymi, 2e jsme jeden z nich, Ze se nepovalujeme za ne.2 jsou oni, budeme dbati toho, aby na ge tee aneb na ge vysvetlovani bylo ye suarilu jednOduchem. Tedy nebudeme pouZivati slova pii keel aneb v dopisech, kterd jsou komplikovana, slova a vYrazy takove, na ktere by si posluchad musel vziti slovnik, aby vystihnul, co vlastne mluvime nebo pi giame. To pry jsou na ge nejvetgi pfekaZky a netispechy p11 prodeji poji gteni. V torn pry se ztraci viechen vYznam nail keel nebo na geho clopisu.

se pojistky, abychom vedeli co niajvice o nagem pojigteni, ktere vysvetlujiime a nabizime nagim novYm zakazniktim. Jestli my sami nevime, co prodava,me, kaznik ptirozene ztraci duveru v nas. Kdy2 nedoyedeme mu vysvetlit ty nejlepgi vYhody, ktere mainke a ktere by philehaly k jeho pornertim, krivdinie jemu a Akodime nagi organisaci co jeji representanti. kdyZ si budeme bratrsky vypomahat v na gi spolkove prftci, kdy jeden druhemu budeme dirvetovat, 2e pracuj,ame pro vzajemne dobro, kdy se seznamime s na gimi rtiznYmi druhy pojistek, abychom vedeli, ktera thida je pro rtane okolnosti nejlep gi, a kdyz budeme pracovati, jen o tro gku lepgi nest jsme pracovall v minulosti, tak dotalme tech Zadoucich itspechti. Vesele vanoce a gt'astny novy vain pfejse, bratrsky vas

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Joe B. HejnY Tyto tadky, ktere jste prave pfeeetli, jsou adresovana bratrern HejnYm vgern elentim, tadovYm iitedniktim a rovnei vgem nadim organisatortim. Bratr Hej= rik vi, ze na rnnoha mistech je prace spolkova hodne zanedband a ze on byl ve sjezdu zvolenY, aby tyto nedostatky pokud man() napravil. On vi, 2e jeho , tikol bude teZkY, a proto apeluje na v gechny eleny, aby u kaZdeho tadu zaelo se lepgi hned ye vYrooni schtizi. Napted vetgi navgteva schtze, pak vybrati takove titedniky, kteti jsou ochotni vsrkormost zlep giti, a koneene takove hadove organisatory, kteti by chtell se pti&it, co v na gi Jednote maine a co ele-•• ntim nabizime pro jejich vlastni dobro a ye prospech jejich rodin.

Pteetete si prvni poselstvi na geho no= A druhe pravidlo narn kladl onen pro- veil° mistopkedsedy jegte jednou a vezfesor na srdce, a sice, abychom znall na- mete si jeho slova na uva&nou.

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Mel jsem zhruba promySlen3"/ Clanek o clCilelitosti na§ich vYroenich schuzich, kterY jsem planoval pro prvni stranu tohoto eisla, kdy2 prikl dopis od bratra Joe B. Rejneho, naSeho mistopfedsedy Hlavni nradovny od 1. ledna 1957. V nasick stanovach, ktere byly prijaty delcg6,ty 17 sjezdu v Temple, stoji mezi jinYm, ze mistopfedseda "nejmene jecinou mesiCme uveiejni ye Vesniku zpr5.vu o postupu ye svem oddeleni". Nestoji ve stanovach, jake oddeleni me. mistoptedseda, ale Valchni delegati y e sjezdu tomu rozurneli, ze je to odcieleni organisaeni, tedy VSechna prate vztahujici se na zisk6.vani novYch dena, na Zall6ova.ni a vedeni organisatortl, -na programy v okrscich, na reklamu Jednoty, na hromadne uvadeni novych Clem). Na,§ nervy mistop •edseda bade potrebovati kooperaci v'Sech up•imnYch Proto jeho dopis, kterY nemusel ps6.ti aZ kdy2 by nastoupil za mesic, povaZoval jsem za clobre znameni, Ze bratr HejnY bete sve povinnosti vaZne a opravdove. Zmalkal a zahodil jsem sviij rozepsanST eldnek o vYroenich schnzich. Zabalim sve my0enky do jinYch sloe, abych zdfiraznil tuto spoleanou prdci s naSim novYin mistopredsedou. Jak se delegati dobie pamatuji, byl teprve ye sjezdu prijatS./ docela nova elanek o povinnostech einneho mistop • edsedy. Jestli se nernYlim, elanek byl pavodne fort ulovan bud' bratrcrn Johnny Hrabinou, tehdeR,im predsedou tretiho distriktu nebo spoleene stanovnim vYborem onoho distriktu. Sjezdu byl predlolenY bratrern Steinerem, a2 kdyZ sjezdovY stancvni vYbor opomenul vypracovati elanek o povinnostech ho mistopredsedy. Navrh bratra Steinera byl prijatY. Osobne videl jsem v Clanku ohromne zlepS'eni pro celou na'Ai Jednotu. Prostudoval jsem nove p•ijati Clanek. To bylo neco, o eem jsme se -melt dohodnouti snad pied osmi nebo dvanacti lety. To bylo neco podobneho, co jsem navrhval Hlavni in•adovne asi o nffl druhelto rcku drive. Aed.itel Navratil to tenkrate porazil prohlaknim, naSe Jednota nevi pro takovou vec dosti zrala. Za rok a ptil jsme dozrali. Delegati to rozhcati hlasovanim. Ai! jsem Wive nekolikrat ye Vestniku. Prohlasil, Z"e se neuchazirn o ZadnY ftf:ad, Lento nova danek a nove povinnosti zmenily celou situaci. Ve etvrtek clopoledne vyrostlo ye sjezdu neco noveho, co bylo irrYm snem hned tenkrat kdy'Z jsem jel ponejpry do kursu organisatora na Purdue universitu. Jel jsem tam na sve

ye sti'eclu 5. prosinee 1956 e.traty. A kdyZ jsem poznal, jak mai()

o bratrskein'pojia'ovani vim, jel jsem tarn podruhe. SloZil jsem zkouSky. To v5cchno mne nestaeilo, jel jsem do kursu na Southern Methodist universite. Proto doinnival jsem se, Ze roam dostateene kvalifikace, abych tyto nove povinnosti zastal. Hlasili se tri jini. Delegati si vybrali bratra Hejneho, kterY rovné2 proSel zvlaStnim kursem pro organi.sa.tory na Southern Methodist universitO a v listopadu tohoto roku absolvoval ony dva kursy na Purdue universite, Mohu tedy Zre jak jsem jestli o sjezdu mei jsem lepSi 'Skoleni v prodoji pojiSteni, bratr HejnY mne nyni u2 dohnal, moZna i predstihnul. Jsern tomu nesmirnA rad, Ze se ke svemu du pripravuje predem a neeeka, lia2 do Uradu dosedne. Lee at' je sepelepk vSTkonn37r tifednik, kaZdY potkebuje pomocniky. A pomocnikom v organisaeni Cinnosti je kaZdY Cleo. UCednik a organisator, kdo ma zajem na vz •Ustu SPJST. Nemeli bychom does takovou bratrskou organisaci, kdyby v minulosti nebylo uprimnYch pracovniku. MoZna Ze jsme jich nemeli takov-ST jak' snad jsme potr4bovali. Mo• Zna Ze naSe nadSeni nekdy zaealo chiadnout. MoZna, Ze nekdy nevedli jsrrie sve kampane spravnyrn zpusobern. Vzdor tomu rousime rici, Ze nebylo by na§i SPJST, kdybychom v minulosti zde a wade u domacich Pada a take v Ustredi Cleny, kteri ochotne, radi a opravdove premYg leli o tom, jak by na.:§e, Jednota, rnobla prokazati vice dobra, syYrn elentim, ye svem okoli, Arem tern, kdo nekdy teprve prijdou do Jednoty. lvdple jsme v naAi SPJST nektere jut-notlivce, kteCi mysleli na vzrast spolku ve dne v nod, vstavaje lehaje, •ano i veeer. Nekteri tito jednotlivci byli pra covnici domaci, jen v ramci sveho mistniho spolku. Bud' planovali stavbu spolka y o sine, nebo po jejim postaveni planovali zabavy, divadla a podniky na umoreni eduhu. Nebo organisovali nove rady a shaneli nove eleny. Nebo zase pracovali na zlepSieni naSich pravidel, naSich pojistek, na§ich investici, naSich schnzi, naSeho Vestniku. Nebo starali se o zavedeni nemocenske podpory, • star'in elenin, a v posledni dobe propagovali stavbu Domova. To vSechno slo za jednim cilem, aby naS'e Jednota, neco pro naS. e Cleny znamenala. A kdybyelaom mohli peeitati vkchny ty zdarma obetovane dny a veeery, kde vSechna tato dobrovolna prate byla konana zadarmo, s nadSenim, east° na Ukor vlastniho pohodli, jen za odmenu uspokojeni nad vykonanou praci, mu sell bychom se cititi velkYmi dlu'Zniky tern, kdo tuto praci pro nas _.konali. A prave toto vedomi, ze v minulosti

Ve stkedu 5, prosince, 1956 jsme dobre pracovniky, melo by nas pchaneti, abychom dnes, zitra, pti gti rok shledali podobne obetave pracovniky. 0 techto vecech jsem zaeal psati elanek, abych poukazal jak dfilelite je pro na gi Jednotu, bychom v na gich vYroenich schilzich zvolili si na.d gene irkedniky a vYbory. Zahodil jsem, co jsem mel napsano. Lee vracim se ke svYm myglenkam jinou cestou. Chci poukazati na to, Ze bratr HejnY, na g novST mistoptedseda, dostal tak ohromnou zodpovednost, Ze pottebuje na gi vgestrannou pomoc. Musim to lep gi vysvetliti. Bratr HejnY. je jedinY z na gich vedoucich tednika, kterY ma za Ukol pracovati pro nagi budoucnost. Timto nepodceiluji druhe Utedniky. Pouze analysuji, rozebiram. KaZdY jinY Utednik 'deka na to, co mu pogtou piijde nebo neptijde, aby si rozvrhnul svou denni povinnost. Co ptijde, musi vytidit. Co neptijde, musi upominat. To se opakuje den po dni, jak v administrativnlm, tak v investenim odboru. Ná noi4 paistopied'seda bude nucen planovati pro budoucnost. On je jedinY, jehoZ einnost nezavisi na torn, co ptijde pogtou. On musi ptipravovati pottebnY material pro v gechny organisatory. To je prace pro budoucnost, pro nekolik meslat nebo celY rok doptedu. On nebude moci se vymluvit, "Dnes nic po gtou neptiglo, tak si odpoeinu, nebo piijdu rybatit." On musi dnes upravovati programy pro mlada v distriktech pro jarni, letni nebo podzimni sezonu . On musi si vypracovati vYchovnY program doptedu. On musi vedeti, kdy a kde bude potadati organisatorske gkoly. Abyste tuto obromne dü1eitou praci nakho noveho mistopicedsedy pochopili, i'eknu to jinYrni slovy. Celá nak hlavni ustfedna je velikY obchodni podnik. Tam se vedou knihy, a za,znamy, tarn ptichazeji penize, tam se investuji fondy, tam se toei v gechna koleeka jako v kterenakoliv jinem fina.nenirn podniku. Penize, penize, penize. Kolik techto penez pitde do Usttedi, to si najdete v mesionich zprdvach. Jde to do statisicti mesiene. Ale je tarn jeden odbor, kterY nezapisuje ani ptijem, ani vydani, ani prijeky, ani splatky. To je odbor organisaeni kterY pracuje pro ziskani vice alenii, lepgi eleny, vice bratrstvi, lepSi oznamovani naAi Jednoty, vice MI, lepSi pracovniky v okrscich a v domacich tadech. To je budouci prace na geho noveho mistoptedsedy. On je tedy jedinYm v celem Ustkedi, jehoZ" my glenky se netoei kolem penez, ale kolem bratrstvi, kolem jakou nak SPJST poskytuje starYm i novYm elenum, kolem fraternaiismu. On je jedinY, kterY nenaa s kni-

V STNtK— WEST, TEXAS hami, pi'ijmem a vydanim, bankovnimi vklady, obchodnimi transakcemi Zadne prime spojeni. On je zaujat pouze myg lenkou, aby Jednota konala sve poslani jako spolek bratrskY.

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skoro dvacet tisic dospelYch elenti v Texasu a nekteti by si tak radi zajeli do stareho kraje, kdy Z by se pornery tarn zmenily. Danska Bratrska Jednota najiraa si parnik na dvoumesieni vYpravu do Evropy, aby Cleni osiavili 75. vYrodi zaProto jsem se uehazel o takovou praci, loleni jejich organisace. Chcete vedet, 2e jsem videl onu ohromnou zodpovecljak velikd je clanska. Jednota? Ma nenost. Nelituji, Ze bratr HejnY vyhral. Je jakVch dvanact tisic Menu a majetku o dvacet let rnlad gi, vYbojnej gi, energle- necelYch pet milionu. tej gi, vytrvalej gr. Ale bude pottebovat ten on pomoci a kooperaci , ttedne ma k ruPhi sto let uplynulo od doby, kdN ce pouze jednoho pomocnika. Tim je re- vdova SYkorova zaoala dostavati pet dodaktor Vestnik,u, kterY rovneZ ma na lara mesiene jako Unirtni podporu po zteteli vice bratrstvi, lep gi oznamovani nagi Jednoty. Tito dva, mistoptedseda svem manklu od bYvale nynej,a redaktor, by men bYti bud' kakiY v ji- '8i CSA, prvni bratrske jednoty ye Sponem rohu jedne svetnice, nebo jell pies jenYch Statech, zalolene CeskYmi pio.7 stenu jeden od druheho, aby agitaeni -nYry. "Malt jen ten, kdo ma iri*lY cil", a reklanani einnost obou se vzajemne tak nejak napsal Svatopluk 'CeskY doplriovala. Vidim v g ak z oznameni bratra Ho gka na jinem miste dne§niho ei- imigrant bylo'prvni, kdo zde v Americe sla, e redaktor bude pracovati mimo zalo gil nejstarSi bratrskY podpOr-oY spoUsttednu. Z prakticke stranky povaZar- lek. A potomci CeskYch imigrantil neji to za nevYhodne. D ye hlavy, dvoje maji sve myslici apara.ty fipine rezave. ruce, dye koleeka pahanejici agitaeni a Je v gak tteba pamatovati, Ze kaZda myplanovaci einnost mely by bYti bil ge se- Slenka pottebuje nad gene lidi, kteti by be. 0 to jsem stale usiloval, aby redak- o dobre my glence vice ptelnY glel, hietor byl pod jednou stfechou s ostatnimi deli ji uvesti y e skutek a ziskali pro ni Utedniky. Tak jsem to ye sjezdu obha- dalgi ptivrZence. Bratr He'jnY sam nejoval. Ovgem ptipletli se do toho druzi, vybuduje na g i SPJST na lengi bratrskY kteti o redakeni praci vedi asi tolik jako spolek, neziska pro nas lep gi organisatoja o hvezdatstvi. A jejich neprakticke ry, nezvoli nam lep gi mistni Utedniky. nahledy byly vzaty v ;avahu. Redaktora To bude vyZadovati spoleenou praci . To zase nebudete miti tam, kde by byl vole po tech, kdo maji pro takovou praci nad geni. To hledd nejen nove 'deny do nejprospegnejgi. Jednoty, ale take Rove a mlad'Si Med Zatim co druzi fiferiniei se staraji, aby niky do mistnich rada. nage Jednota byla na pevnYch finanCVaZime Si tech, kdo byli ye svch nich zakladech, uloZili jsme na einne- (tech jiC cele desitky let.. Ale odpovezho mistopiedsedu Ukol, aby se staral, me uptinme: nestali jsme se trochu poby nage SPJST byla dobrYm bratrskyrn hodlnYmi? Neprospelo by to tadu, kdy-spolkern. Pro jednoho irtednika je to by se udelala Cas od Casu nejaka zamefikol nararnne obtiZnY. Budeme nuceni, na, aby se prace stfidala? Ptece vime, abychom mu pomahali, pokud vime, jak Ze dokud se elm& pilueuje, pi-ace ho to delat, nebo pokud Vime, -co chceme. nejen te gi, ale kond ji se zapalern a Jen bylo by treba, abychom se rozhled- nadgenim. Jakmile Clo y& zapadne do jak druhe bratrske spolky podnikajl koleji, navykne si jistYm zptsobtain, ne neco vice neZ pouhe poji§t'ovani rad neco men'. A zmeny jsou stale a V Clevelandu mluvil jsem s pobratimera vg ade. Kde se clomaci üCednici nemeni, Michalem Gragem od Charvatske Bratr- kde v7bory zit.stivaji stati, tarn take einske Jednoty. Poznal jsem ho v dallaske nost l'adov6, stoji. A tim nepohne nikdo Sokolovne v roce 1953, kdy Z dalla gti kra- z hlavniho iTtsti'edi, to museji si eleni jane davali veeirek v gem slovanskYm vyte giti satin. delegatum-fraternalistfun MCi jsem narizeno, abych. pozval nektereho prorniPted ta;n1neni dostal jsem obsahlY pro'-• nentniho teditele mladeZe na TexaskV tokol o 39 str6.nkach z vYroeni schilze bratrskY kongres do Houstonu zaeatkem "Texas Association of Mutual Insurance listopadu tohoto roku. Michal Gra ga je Companies", konane v Austinu 12. lisjednim z vyggich iftednikii vedouci sekci tepadu. Tajemnike-m organisace je bratr omladiny v Narodnim bratrskem ken- George E. Knelt. Dva Ceske vzajemne gresu, tedy jsem Zadost mu vytizoval. poclp-Orne spolky, RVOS a SVPS, mely Vymluvil se, Z'e nebude mod, pr 3i se pra- ve vYroeni schazi velmi slu gnou reprey e vratil z Jugoslavie, karn jeho orga- sentaci. Zajimavo je, Ze zapisky, aC velnisace potadala vYpravu na celY mesic mi obgirne, byly hotovy a rozeslany vgern pro sto tticet elenn Charvatske Bratrs zajemcilm do tYdne. Diky za vYtisk proke Jednoty. Tak nine napadlo, e manic tokolu.

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Z CINNOSTI DOMACICII RADIO Pad Svaz eechosiovanti C. 92 Fort Worth, Texas Mill bratti a sestry! Na,te vYranai tadova schtize nam pripada na nedeli 9. prosince. Budou volby tikednikft a rtiznYch vYborti, tak schttze zapoene o hodin udrive, tedy v jednu hodinu odpoledne . jsou tadani, by co v nejvettim poetu se do schfize dostavili a zvolili si Utedniky pro pkitti rok 1957. Po sclatizi bude spoleena svaeina. Sestry jsou Zadany, by pkinesly rilzne peelvo, co ktera mute a take sandviee, tak aby bylo dosti jidla pro vtechny pkitornne. Have daruje Md. V nedeli 16. prosince bude pokadan cletskY program pH stromeeku a vanoeni nadilka. — Program zapoene v 5 hod. odpoledne. Tak bratki a sestry a pratele, vtictini jste srcleene zvani, ptived'te yak deti a rodinu. Na nemocenskem llstku je bratr Joe Kkivanek, kterY po jedno tYdennim leledvin v nemocnici, nachazi se ji2 ye svem domove a je na ceste k uzdraveni, co mu vgichni ze srdce pfejeme. Doufame, Joe, ze bude brzy zdrav3% a pkijdet do schtize, radi to uvidime . Jette pkipominam, bratri a sestry, nezapomerite na tu vYroeni schtizi a ptijd'te vtichni. S pozdravem Marie Juran, dopisovatelka. ) • •. • ( ad Rozkvet Zapadu C. 107 Froresville, Texas Sestry a bratti: Tinato yam oznamuji, ze na ge vYroeni schfize bude druhou nedeli 9_ prosince v 1:00 hodinu odpoledne. Je to vYroeni schfize, bude volba fikednikti pro rok 1057. Tak pamatujte na tuto schfizi a planujte se jiste dostavit. Jegte c,hci podekovat redaktoru za uvefejneni mYch dopistl za ptedetlY rok. Neradi ho ztracime. S pozdravem Sophia Sralla ( ) o

Bude se te2 konati volba tikednika pro pkitti rok, tedy ()pet bude vdm ddna priletitost zvoliti si sve idedniky Ode vateho zdani. Tedy nezapomehte a pkijd'te vtichni. S bratrskYrn pozdravem, Mirosiav L. Petrusek, tajemnik /•4• itad Vernost els. 51 Ellinger, Texas Upozortmji Vas, broth a sestry radii Vernost v Effinger, ze budenre odbYvat nati pravicleinou kadovou schtizi v nedne 9. prosince, o 1:30 hodi ire odpoledne v mi.stnosti Effinger Cate.' Toto bude vYrooni schtize a proto jest didetite. abyste se dostavili ye velkem path. S bratrskYrn pozdravem 1D. A. Juren, tajemnik

se dostavili v hojnem poetu a zvolte si dobre titedniky a vYbory. JokYsi obed bude a kafe cla Md. ZUstavam s pozdravem, Vincenc Chaloupka, tajemnik

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Galveston, Texas Sestry a broth: Nate vYroeni schtze pkipada, na nedeli dne 9. prosince. Schtize zaene v 6 hodin yeeer. Budou volby ittednikti fadovYch a tet dvou zastupcu del okrskovYch schazi, vYbory ireetni a majetkavY. Jest Zadoucno abyste se Vtichni Aadle motnosti dostavili a aspori jednu za rok se dozvedelt jak tad pokraeuje a byli ochotni prijat Mad v padu navr2eni. Schttze bude v eisle 3505-P1/2, kde itdd KornenskY' eislo 20 schtize koname. Zaroveri jmenem kadu Granger, Texas prejeme vtem sestram a bratram natl. Oznameni vtem eleninn, Ze nate vY- mile Jednoty vesele Vanoce a At'astnY roeni schtize bude konana druhou ne- NovY rok, deli odpoledne v prosinci, totiZ 9. proS bratrskYin pozdravem since. Schilze zaene v 1:00 hodinu odJ. Vesely poledne. Bude volba akednikil pro pki) •4•( rok a take jine duldite zalelitosti. Od kadu Ennis eislo 25 Po schtizi bude spole6na svaeina a Henkyne .jsou Zaciane pkinest nejake peeivo. Cteni bratti a sestry: Jako katdoroene, tak i letos pfichazi Dostavme se v hojnem poetu. doba, by kaZdY elen, bratr nebo sestra, S bratrskYm pozdravem, se dostavil do vYroeni schilze. Je to vati Henry E. Vitek, tajemnik. povinnosti bYti ptitomni. ) • eTa • ( Schilze se kont tuto nedeli 9. proPokrok Moulton eislo 27 since. Pouze pkipominam, ze tato virOznameni vYroeni schfize kadu Pokrok Moulton eislo 27. Schilze kadu Pokrok roeni schtize zaene ptesne o jedne hoMoulton, 'Oslo 27 bude konana 9. pro- dine po poledni, aby se vge since 1956. Toto bude schfize vYroenl a KterY Glen nevi spokojenY s likedniky a bude konana volba, fikednikft pro rok udelal by leptiho, yen s tim, pkihlas se, 1957 a proto jsou cleni Zadani, aby se oznarn, ze to chcet, a 2adne bokem — ja—ja• teto schtize A co hlavniho, main yam dat vedet, Frank C. Wagner, tajemnik. ze pro kaIdeho elena a elenku budou _) mlti ittednici nejakou vanoeni nadilku, rokrok Jihu eislo 72 Cameron, Texas jak zde kikame "krismus" . Co to bude, Vtem elendm radu_ Pokrok Jihu eislo to se musi piskat. Jen je na vas, byste 72 se dava na vedomi, ze prosincova se v hojnem poetu dostavili, bok" je vati schtize se bude odbYvat v nedeli dne 9. povinnosti. Tak si poznaete do kalenv jednu hodinu odpoledne . Volby irked- date, prosince devateho, co'A bude tuto nikti na rok 1957. V gichni jste Zadani nedeli. At' sin je nas pina, abychom tern Rad e egti Bratii eislo 44 abyste se dostavili a zvolili akedniky ku iikedniktim dobte vypra,zdnili kapsy. To Industry, Texas si pfeji fikednici vati. sve spokojenosti. To Vara pfeje Vat COM bratki a sestry: Abych tu po gtovni znarnku uZil v pine J. J. Stoklas, tajemnik. Tinito vas chci vSechny upozornit, cene, tak vam jette ptipisuji, ze dnes nage vYroeni schfize se bude konati na se citim jako namesienik po tom veedruhou nedeli v prosinci (9teho), zaeaitad e'islo 33 Hvezda Mira rejtirn "barn dance". Po ad se mi chce tek v dev'et hodin rano v budove nagich Bellville, Texas toneit, ale ma draha polovieka ani zdejtich haslet' v Industry. Mill broth a sestry: hnout. Nu, vekte, takovY bal a takova Vy, kteii jste pozadu s placenim, jste Da.vdm yam vedet, ze budeme mit schil- muzika, to rozkeva i Hanaka. Ale to muMdani, abyste ptigli a zaplatili sve po- zi tketi nedeli v prosinci, 16. prosince. si bYti i kapelnik a jeho hoti Nu, Johnplata,ky do konce roku, tak aby yogi A- Schilze bude v 10:00 hodin dopoledne. ny Mentik to urn!, ze i chromi tanei. tednici mobil uvest knihy zase do potad- Odpoledne se budou volit fikednici pro A nyni na kop ec, jmenem kadu Ennis ku. pkitti rok 1957. Zadal bych vas, abyste eislo 25 vtem natim pkiznivcilm deku-

Ve stredu 5.

prosince, 1956

jeme za jejich navgtevy. Jste vldycky vitani a oeekavame vale dal gi nayStevy. A proto vain prejerne St'astne a vebele vanboni svatky, by se y am spinilo vase prani. Vain eleni, je gte jednou pripominam, nezapomefite v nedeli pfijiti do schtize a ud.elat svou povinnost. To lada •po vas vas ptedseda Willie Hrabina John Lala.

VP STNiK— WEST, TEXAS

Etrana 5 wina Kovare, tajemnika a pokladnika majetkoveho vYboru, aneb predsedy toho vYboru, Frant. Drozdy. A je gte lepe kdyl se dostavi do vYroeni schfize, kterd. kona 9 , prosince a zapoene o 2. hodine odpoledne. Ptedlehaji volby radovYch pro rok 1957. Na vetg i beast elenri se teSime. S bratrskYrn pozdravem vas tajemnil. A. L. BoudnY.

zi, to znamena, 3. e budou volby faciavYch Uredniki) pro pri gti rok. Prato upczoriluji v gechny eleny, aby se jislie do schfize dostavili a zvolili si Utedniky die sveho p:ani a Usudku. Va ge hiasy jsou diilezite, proto nezapomente na gchazi, pfijclete do schnze a odevzdejte sviij hlas. Po schtizi, jako obyejne, budeme miti nejake obeerstveni, proto doneste kokte,e, dorty nebo nejake jive zakusky. Rad San Antonio- eislo 133 Doufam, 3e se dostavite v gichni, koinu Mill .bratri a .sestry: jen trochu molno. Priberte s sebou i S ad S - tefanik eislo 142 Nag i vYroCni schnzi jsme meli letos 11. ostatni eleny va gi rodiny, abyste Houston, Texas listopadu. Zde oznamuji vYsledek voleb, le mate zajem na praci na geho td- Cteni broth: aby ti eleni, kteti nebyli ye schuzi, ve- du. Muslin vain oznamit smutnou zpravu, deli, kteti fitednici povedou na g tad pti.SS pozdravem Ze jsme pochovali v sobotu 24. listopadu ti rok, Alene Skrivanek o etyf.ech hodinach odpoledne iltaSeho jsme pitstoupili k volbam, nag spolkoveho tajemnika, bratra Jam Fiptedseda, bratr S. C. Bundil, se omlueeehoslovan eislo 40 lipka, kterS7 zemtel ve etvrtek v noci. Mel vil a. ladal eleny, aby si jiz zvolili nekoHilije, Texas velmi peknY vojenskY• pohreb. Nosiei raho iineho na jeho misto. Vysvetloval, Cte:ne sestry a broth: kve byli veterani od Charlie Zahn Post ze jiZ dosti dlouho sloulil a Ze by to i Timto yarn oznamuji, le nab ptiati V. P. W. 9183, kde zesnulSr byl spoluzatadu prospelo udelati zmenu v firedni- schnze pripada na druhou nedeli v pro- kladajicirn elenem. cich. A k tomu v gernu ma toho vgeho sinci, presne ye dye hodiny odooledne, Bratr Filipek byl dobrSr pracovnik jak moc. Tedy jeho omluvu jsme uznali a col bude pri gti nedeli, 9. prosince. Na u iadu Stefanik, tak i u jinYch jeho Zadosti vyhoveli. Za noveho pted- tuto sch qzi pripadaji nam volby rade- Byl vojinem v prvni svetove valce, a take sedu byl zvolen bratr Chas. Cerny, kterY vYch ritednikii na rok 1957. ✓ druhe svetove valce. On .slouZil u U. se vyslovil, 3e by radeji videl, kdyby ✓ minule schuzi jsme se ujednali, le S. Navy 11-C Battalion, jsem slouZil bratr Bundil sloulil, aspen je gte jeden po schrizi v prosinci budeme miti sva.- 34-C Battalion, kam bratr Filipek byl rok. einu, tedy prijed'te v inno3Stvi co nej- prelolenY kdy2 prijel z Afriky. Jak jsme Za mistoptedsedu je zvolen Alfred Kal- vetigirn , Sestry na geho radu se posta- jell na male, tak bratr Filipek byl v nemus, tajemnikem zustava Jaroslav Kle- raji o nejake ty zakusky a bratri zase mocnici v Kalifornii. Mel potiZe s nohaprlik, fieetni je Ellie Mae Murrie, prti- budou miti na starosti neco pro zapiti. ma, vodei Sophie Mala. Zabavni vYbor neTak jegte jednou picipominarn, abyste Po navratu z valky jsme zase spolu byl dosud jmenovan. na schtizi nezaporrineli. pracovali ye spolkovem Zivote. Tak vyPribylo nam °pet sedm novYch eleS bratrskYm pozdravem pada, be ztracime jeden po druhem . Nenu. Ziskali je sestra Blanatova a bratr E. K. Hajovsk r, taj. ni tomu davno, kdy jsme pochovali doaernY. ) • 43 • ( breho bratra od na geho fadu, Augusta Mad schfize- se bude konati 9. prosinSopeaka, kterST byl te2 nalezen mrtev. lead Vlastenec eislo 45 ce. 13ndethe miti :krat gi program s naShiner, Texas Tel byl dobrST spolkov3'r pracovnik. Bratr dilkou- pro ditky a darky. Jestli nam Sopeak byl pochovan v East Bernard na zbude toho eastt, budeme miti take hru. Bratri a sestry: tamnejSim Narodnixn hfbitove. Main natizeno, abych napsal do nageho Tedy neZapeimerite, ptivezte deli a prijObema zesnulm, jak bratru Janu Fiorganu a oznamil, ze pristi schfize je vevelke mpatu. lipkovi, tak bratru Augustu Sopeakovi, Dale bylo vzpOmenuto, ze na g tad ji2 vYroeni a ptipada na tuto nedeli 9. pro- ptejeine lehke odpoeinuti. Pamatku jebude- 40 let start' v breznu 1957. Usnesli since. Zaroveti mam pfipomenouti, a- jich zachovame. jsme se, le toto 40. vYro-oi trvani tadu byste se v gichni dostavili a jednani se Za fad Stefanik eislo 142 znamena se oslaVime nekdy v dubnu a ve gkerY vY- zrieastnili. Pripadaji nam volby tadoFred Vojtek 4. te3ek z tato slavnosti darujeme na Do- vYch firednikft na rok 1957. povinNerad to rikam, ale je t ova ge moir odpoeinku. Vaichni pritomni ye irkati Pokrok Houstanu Oslo 88 schuzi slibili jsme, 3e budeme pracovati nost, abyste se aspori jednou do roka dostavili do schfize, zvolili si vase firedni Houston, Texas a ptispivati na tento krasnY heel. 0 planovane slavnosti budeme psati vice ky, kteri by vas tad vedli v nastavajici Vai'lenS7 bratre lhiite. Take pripominam, 3e my stari Vazena sestro: pozdej i. radi bychom sve povinnosti preZveme Vas uctive do vYrodni schfize jednou vas uvedomuji, pfijecrte Jegte Vageho a na geho radu, ktera. bude 9. do .schtze a ptivezte vase ditky, aby dali nekterYin mlad gim elentim. Tak nezapomerite na 9. prosince tuto prosince. Schtize zaene o pal jedenitete dostaly s yttj dil od Mikulak. nedeli o druhe hodine. s poledni ptestavkou o pul jedne a znovu Prek vkin vesele vanoce. Na zdar! Vag bude pokraeovat ye dye hodiny odpoledEmilila Amburn. John PodanY, tajemnik. ne. ) • 070 ) • Vanoeini nadilka pro deti bude na tteti Volna eechie ' C- isio 135 kiid Praha Cisla 29 nedeli, 16. prosince. Jste srdeene zvani, Ennis, Texas Taylor, Texas abyste pti gli s detmi na program, kde Mill bratti a sestry: Hledame domovnika do na gi radove bude predvedena vanoeni scena se staJak yam vgem znamo, pri gti nedeli, 9. sine. Kdo by se o rnisto domovnika za - rokrajskYmi koledarni, ktere budou zpiprosince, budeme miti na gi vYrooni schft7 jimal, milk se ptihlasit u bratra Ed- vany sborem asi 30 osob za doprovodu

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Xtrantt 0 varhan, jako tottiu bYvalo ye starem kraji. Po zpevu budou rozdavany darky detem. Silvestrovska zabava bude 31. prosinle, Nezapomente se dostaviti a pozvati tet svoje platele a zname. Pravidelne mesidni schitze tadu jsou katdY druhY patek v mesici a zadinaji v osm hodin veder. Oznameni vgech tadovYch podnikti jsou uvetejneny ye Vestniku, jak v oznamkach, tak ye zpravach od na gich zpravodajil. Jestli nedostavate Vestnik, laskave oznamte to tifedniktun fadu, kteii Vain zajisti, abyste Vestnik dostaval. Mate na nej pray° zdarma Po ptedteni mutete ho dati s yYm znamYm. Vage ptitomnost ye schtizich je vtcly vitana a Vase pokyny pro zlepgeni fa,du budou s povdekem valy pfijate. S pkanim veselYch vanodnich svatkil a gt'astneho noveho roku. Znamename se, A. L. Hilsher, pfedseda, F. A. Kadledek, tajemnik • 4•c

S TN X — WEST, TEXAS stonu dislo 88 dlen1 se usnesli, te yYrodni schtize bude se konat druhou nedeli v prosinci, poeinaje v p01 jedenacte rano. To pfipada na 9. prosince. Prosim vas, eleni tadu 88, abyste se zileastnili neb budou voleni novi iitednici a mnoho jinYch dirietitYch veci bude probirano. Tem, kdo budou ptitornni, bude podavan obed zdarma ye 12:30. Tak prosim snatte se bYti pfitomni. ✓ bratrskYm pozdravem F. A. Kadleeek, tajemnik (47-48)

ICALENDAk ✓ nedeli 16 .prosince lad Karel Havlieek dislo 4 v Hallettsville bude miti pa kratke pravidelne schitzi MikulagskY program s detskYmi vystupy, a take oslavu narozenin elenti za tfi. mesice. Program zadne o pul druhe. VSichni jsou uctive zvani.

Ve stfedu 5. prosince, 1956 placen po dosaleni 65 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu (boa x ropiat,zy se plan 20 rokft. obnost certifikatu je vyplacen po dosatern 60 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu rtidt, Poplatky se clan do veku 65 let. PIn obnos poli gteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Uinta !'ild 3 L. DV ontagoone (iratove pojigteni (double indetrinity). Certifikat 'e vystavuje pouze do ohnosu $2,500, doclutedne k jinemu certifikatu. ..ndq Poplatky se plati Lc veku 65 let. Po dosriZeni 65 rok stati dlen dostava mesidni $fijent !,4 80 dokod tiv Zemte-li pled J ety stars. dedici dostanou mefddni ()Nem do 80. vyroci na rozenin 0.1ena.

rpisova ochiana na 20 let ✓ nedeli 16. prosince fad Pokrok Houktera se zmen guie, ,at distane. stonu potada vanodni program pro den vyplacene pojigteni na $1,000 i dospele. Na programu bude tet Pojigteni se vyplati kdykoliv nova scoria pti nit budou zpivany vdv ptipadu (=ft/ tie kiesajici noeni 'koledy ze stareho kraje za dostupnlceprovodu varhan. Pki tact scene bude einkovat asi etyficet osob. Ptivedle sve Tfida N: tnisova ochrana jen tem, kdc rnaji od SPJST yyptijdene pe deti na vanodni nadilku. Vstup zdarma. nize ✓ nedeli 16. prosince, fad Svaz techosloyanin dislo 92 poiadd vanoeni pro- ref druhfi cerafiltatit SPJST pro den: gram a nadilku pti stromedku, v 5 ho- Tkida J-T: Dodasne pojigteni do veku 16 din odpoledne. Vgichni jsou srdedne let. ktere se mtite zmeniti na kterekoliv fine poji gteni pa iosateni veku. 10 let, nebo ✓ pita weer 21. prosince, uspotada pozdeji. Sokol Houston vanodni nadilku pro deli Poplatky se plat/ 20 rokt1 i dospele. DetskY vanodni program. Mil- Vida Piny obnos pojigteni se vy, tete ptinest darky pro den i yak pta.nlati kdykoliv v ptipaou tele. KatclY je ptatelsky zvon. •, 4 • ( -nrti ve veku od 16 let vYge. Untrtni nojistka pod 16 let At`, fi le die stupnice

Rid Praha cislo 29 Taylor, Texas Ctene sestry a bratti: Rad Praha Oslo 29 konal svou pravidelnou schtzi 18. listopadu ve d ye hodiny odpoledne. Protokol byl piljat jak eten. VYbor podal svou zpravu. Bazar se" dobie vydafil. Nebyla nam je gte oznamena ttpina suma, ale hlasilo se, te se udelalo vice net $2,500.00. Nage yYrodni schtze tadu Praha eislo bude se konati v nedeli 9. prosince, net bude tuto nedeli Zadatek bude ye avanact hodin v poledne. Budeme miti spoleenY (Med. Toto bude posledni schtze tomto rode, tak se eleni rozhodli miti spolednY obed misto *vanodniho stromeekri. Sestry, doneste katcla neco k tomu to obedu. Ve dve hodiny zahajeno bude jednani schtize, kdy budeme voliti 0tedniky a vYbory pro pkigti rok. TficItt J-S: Pon1atkv se ptati 20 roktl. Tfinact arum) certifizatil SlejST Tak nezapomerite Alt ye velikem Piny obnos pojigteni se vypro dospele: poetu a zvolte si iffedniky pro nastavaplati kdykoliv v ptipadu 0rtida B: Dotivonn, poplatky se plan 0 mrti od vein' 1 roku. Do jici rok. do snirti. mesict, $250, pod 12 mesictl, S pozdravem a na shledanou ye schil- Ftida C: Poplatky se plati 20 roki). Piny $500, zi tuto nedeli 9. prosince, obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdyMarie Svadleriak, dopisovatelka kdykoliv v ptipadu Tkida T-E: Poplatky se plat do 18 let • 4, • c Trida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rok5. Piny Piny obnos certifikatu obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdyse vyplati po 18 letech stab Rid Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 koliv v Oilman umrti. nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu Houston, Texas rtida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rolul. mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 8 Cteni bratti a sestry: obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdymesicti, $250, pod 12 mesicu, Start' rok rychle konei a novY se bliti. koliv v plipadu (mai. $500 MinulY rok zaznamenal mnoho do knih rtida F: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vy- Vida 1-k. Poplatky se plati 20 rok). historie a yYsledek se teprve v budoucnoplacen p0 15 letech nebo kdyPlnfi obnos certifikatu se v y sti ukate. Suez, Uhersko, Polsko a mnoho koliv ntedtim v pfinadu iimrtt -platio20echnbokdyjln.jrch otazek 'deka na odpoved'. Jen Ulna 0: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vy koliv v pfipadu iimrti "d ve,, cloufame, te novY rok pfinese mir a braplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdy ku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicO, $250. koliv ptedtim v ptipadu timrn trstvi. nod 12 rnesict $500. ✓ posledni schuzi kadu Pokrok Hou- Tfida R PlnY obnos certifikatu je vy-

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DOPY Co nikomu ueubliii, zato dobre veci prospeje Orchard, Texas Eratte redaktore: Po dloullem uyaZovani a rozyaZovani rozhodnul j.sem se, Ze letos nebudu mym ptatelum a pritelkynim vanoeni pozdravy poqilat. Na to misto toho posilam Ti, b. a. ti'e redaktore, bankovni poukazku znelici na olonos $25.00, con, prosina, odevz(1,o na patriene misto pro ten na g S.P.J.S.T. Donaov odpoeinku. Vzpominam si. Ze do minuleho sjezdu mela Jednota 18,798 dospelYch elent. Jsein iistV. Ze kaZdY ten Olen nebo elenkyne map nejake pratele, kterYm ty vanooni listky posilaji. Kdyby na misto tech listku poslali jen jeden dolar na ten Domov odpoeinku, to bylo by $18,798.00. 2adnemu by to neublililo, ,ha to dobre veci by to prospelo. VZclyt' ty pozdrayne listky isou jen ehvilkova, radost. Take by se dalo pro ten Teel hodne udelati pri pohrbecb, kdyby na misto kvetin rodina a pratele zesnuleho darovali ten obnos penez na Domov odpoeinku. V2clyt' ty drahocenne k yetiny to jest , pouze clavilke 7.a parada. A coz ty tisice a vice dolarove truhly? Nemyslite, broth a sestry, Ze ten zesnulY bratr nebo sestra si zrovna tak doble odpoeine v to dve-ste-dolarove jako v to tisicovm truhle? NuZe, jak by to bylo hezky, kdyby ten bratr, kterY je dobi'e situovanSr, udelal v posledni rah poznamku. Ze si preje lacinou truhlu $500.00 at' da, rodina k ucteni jeho pamatky na ten. SPJST Domov odpoeinku. Jak mnohem hezei byla by mosazna tabulks na dvetich nektereho pokoje v move, hio ,,ajlei, ze zarizeni svetnice je na pamaiku slechetneho dance neZ mosazne rukoveti na truhle, kterou Imo vice nevidi. S dobrou yUli se da nanoho dobra vykonat. Doufam, Ze si moji pratele vezmou na vedomi to me oznameni a nebudou mi vanoeni listky posilat, a take aby, kdyZ ode mne listek nedostanou, se nemuseli na mne hnevat. KdyZ jsem jiZ pri tech polarloech, vzponmel jsem si na new nae jsem chtel bra.try a sestry jiZ davno upozorniti. Stavaji se pripady, ov gem ja, vim pouze o dvou, Ze se odbYval pohreb zesnuleho bre.tra dle eirkevnich predpisil. Rodina si take pozvala bratra Utednika z Hlavni Uradovny, aby take proslo y prednesl a se zesnulYm rozloneil se dle spolkovSrch obi-adu. Bratr ttednik se dostavil, ale kdyZ mei saj fikol vykonat, duchovni spravce to nedovolil. Jeden takovST

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plipad byl v El Campo a druhY ye Wharton. Tak bratri firednici konali dalekou cestu z Temple aZ do okresu Wharton bezneelne. 33 ratri a sestry, meli byste si uvedomit, bratri inednici nesedi 'lade v Temple na zabradli nebo na "fenci" a neeekaji, aZ je nekdo s aprilem von• z rimple c.‘ vyvede. Na duchovni spravce se nezlobte neb jestli to cirkevni pravidla ne dovoluji, tak on kona pouze svou poyinnost. Chcete-li miti pohreb dle spolkov3'Tch, nebo lope reeeno dle obeansk.Ych odacu, stante se ellenem nebo elenkyni pohrebniho spolku, ktrY je v Houstonu a kterY yypravuje pohrebni obrady v celem Texasu. Dopigte na bratra O. S. Vala, 3091/2 East 29th Street, Houston 8, Texas, a on vain inilerad elenske podminky yysvetli. Tak bud'te vgichni zdravi a mejte se hezky. VSe dobre vam preje z Orchard John GajevskY. o )• Skve13-, fispech bazaru Dallas, Texas Mill etena.ri Vestniku S pocity radosti a vnithaiho uspokojeni vain pigi tento dopis. Prace bazaroveho yYboru byla syedornite provedena a s pomoci yes vg ech lidi dobre vale, kteri jste Si povgimli me vYzvy v mYch dopisech ve Vestniku v aechoslovaku uverejnovanYch, jste prispeli bud' pern ponejvice runditYm i dary nebo veci che zhotovenYch do stanku na bazar, peoivem do kuchyne a ochotne jste se chopili prace ja:k. v kuchyni, ?tak stancich a v gude, kde bylo potteloa. K chvale va gi reeeno, Ze at' jsem pdadala, kohokoliv, aby v praci na gi vypomohl, ani jeden nebo jedna one neodepteli. A tak, spojeni v jeden 1:etez, kaZdY z vas jste pomohli, byli jste jednim élankern v tom retezu. V jedne my glence, Ze chceme pomoci, docilili jsme skveleho vYtdku. Rada bych kaZdemu z vas ruku podala jak a podekovala za to, 'elm jste dary, tak praci, va gi velikou navgtevou. Ale nevi to mane. Talc vainvgem spoleene vysilarn staroeeske "zaplat' Pan BUh". Potegili jste mne a velmi Si vagi spoluprace vaZim. zani bratru reZyle gtni diky jsme Z daktorovi Valeikovi, Ze ochotne dijmul na ge pozvani, aby byl na gim slavnostnim reenikem. Ne yahal vykonat pies 500 mil cestu sem a tarn, aby po ptijezdu domt. jegte zasednul za redaktorskY stolek a provedl korekturu sazby pro beZne eislo Vestniku. Musel to odeslat

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jegte aoenicla hodinach, aby v ge bylo ' yeas v tiskarne ye West, kde se TIM Vestiiik tiskne. Minya v zajmu Domu odpoeinku. Jehp ree byla se zajmem v gech ptitomnYch vyslechnuta, Pak se bratr Valeik 1)0,1, zdali nekdo z ptitomnYch ma k tomu ne jakY dotaz, 2e ho rad zodpavi. Prvni otazku jsem mu polo2ila ja,: "Bratte eiku, kolik asi bude vybaveni jedne svetnice nabytkem?" (Tot' vite, ze jsem chtela, yedet, zdali na torn na7 tern bazaru yydelame clivtt penez na to vybaveni.) Bratr Valeik oclpovedel, Ze bude to asi od $325 do $375. Amy vydelali $522.48 eisteho, te.dy o $147 vice. Maine z toho velkou radost. Pak bratr Valoik zodpovedel jegte ce dotazti. Do toho ja se mu plesti nebudu. To on yam napige sam. A ani se ten na g bazarovS, vYbor bratra Valeika nezeptal, co jsme mu dlu2ni za cestovne, ba ani jsme mu nepodelcovali. Pkiznavam se k tomu, 2e to byla ma povinnost se zeptat, co mu quZime, nebo aspon podelcovat. Kdy2 js,em se bratra Valeika v Ennis pH banketu 28. tijna ptala, zdali ma nedeli 25. listopadu volnou, jestli by na ten na g be.zar ptijel a jako dobrY tednik nam tarn nem povedel, bratr Valeik ochotne A proto byla ma povinnost se hole-, nebo podelcovat za jeho fleast. ptat A k tomu jich ptijela pina kara. brali manZele Valeilcovi pani Svadin6you a celou rodinu KarlovSrch. Pan a pani Miloslav Karlovi se dvema detpi ptijeli do Houstonu plied rokem na z&ruku bratra Valeika, kterY jim pro prvni eas poskytnul pohostinstvi ye svem domove, postaral se jim o byt a praci a take jinak vypomohi vplouti do klidnejAillo ptistavu vgedniho Zivota v nagem nem Texasu. Kdy2 one Valeikovi dat "good-by" do kuchyne, kde jsem byla zamestnana, nemela jsem myglenku se zeptat nebo podelcovat. Odpust'te, a prijmete podelcovani od nas vtech spoleene. Ptedseda Hlavni iltadovny, bratr Ed. Marek, poslal dopis s omluvou, Ze mu nebylo mogne to nedelt ptiojeti mezi. nas. Ptal nam, tspech, a my jsme ho skuteene men. NeZ zaenu uverejliovat jmena darcit, citim se povinna podekovat za nav gtevu hos-Wm z druhYch osad, co zatim nagi domaci, blizci krajane zustali do= ma Rozdeluji je na tti. skupiny. Pry z nutnosti, 2e byl v rodine nekdo nemo= cen, con je omluvitelne. Druha z pohodlnosti. Veti —, z nepochopeni. Ale

&grant 8 bez techto dvou poslednich byl vtteiek skvelY. Nevim, zdali dokell vyjmenovat vgechny, Mimo hou,stonskYch, ktere jsem vam ua pfedstavila, tam byli pan a path Anton Kopedkovi z Ennis a s nimi pani J. Pavelkova. Manaele 8tefkovi vzali s sebou navg tevu z Caldwell, maminku, dve sestry jejich mute maminku, a sestru pani Stefkove, celkem jich pfijelo devet. Stare, path *8tefkova se ke mne hlasila, ze rada dte me dopisy. Mne nebylo moano s ni mluvit, tedy jsem je pozvala na besedu k nam.ly v 'aterY. Mlada path 8tefkova obe maminky k nam ptivezla a pane jsme se u nas pobavily. V pondeli byla u nas path Bordovska, ktere, nam v nedeli v kuchyni vypomahala. Take zde ye svem bYvalem domove byla na navgteve dcera starYch osadnikil a pracovniku sokolskYch, tadovYch manaelii Jas. GeblovYch (pan C-ebl ua neaije) sleena Bessie Geblova, ktera, je zamestnana dlouhou tadu let na jednom miste v New Yorku a pfijiadi zde ka.acleho roku za maminkou a za sestrou, pani Irenou Hogkovou, ztravit svou clovolenou. Privezla s sebou k nam do Texasu svou pfitelkyni, Ameridanku. PHgly na bazar, odkoupily cennej gi veci, pochutnaly si na obecle, libilo se jim mezi nami. Kdya jsme byli 13, listopadu zudastneni programu SvetovYch ptatel ye YWCA, posteskla si jedna pani, ze se na ni nedostalo nic s toho dobreho deskeho pediva, co jsme tam donesly. ftekla jsem ji, "Pfljd'te na nag. bazar 25. listopadu do Sokolovny a tam ho bude do,st." A ona — skuteene pfigla; Hlasila nme,:' "Zde jsern Mrs. Valdik, a jsme etyti". Po obede pfi gla a tikala, ze si vyborne pochutnaly, ze vse bylo vYtedne. A take new odkoupily. A ted' yam vypigi jmena dared. Ale pfeclern prosim, kdybych nekoho opozne nula, pfihlaste se, rada to opravim. Kdya se lido zaiali schazet, nekteti pfinageli sve darky do Sokolovny a pani Lydia Kartous a Frances Jureik nestadily zachytit, kdo co clones' a zapsat v ge do knihy. A byly tam zamestnany i druhe. Jmeaa vgech pomocnic nemohu uvetejnova.t, to bych musela jmenovati take vSechny ty, ktere byly zamestnany v kuchyni, nebo kteri vypomahali na jinYch mistech. Jeden z nejvet gich darn, 200 Millie, daroval nag deskY mecena g, bratr Sid Pokiadnik. Jeho gtedra ruka a dobre srdce obou manaeln PokladnikovSrch rozdavaji v gude gteclfe. Pfejeme rim zdravi a ye vgem piny zdar. To ut ae nedivite, ze jsme meli takovY krasnY ykteaek, ae ano? Peneaite dary, sbirka Valdikove: pan 116.1411

ITESTNtK WEST,TMEAS a pani Frank Kopec14., $25.00; Krouaek deskYch aen, $10.00; bratr a sestra Hugo 8efeakovi, $10.00; bratr J. Valdik, $10.00; path Dolfie Stranska, $5.00; bratr a seAra, Ben Pfevratilovi, $5.00; bratr a sestra Slovakova, $5.00. Po dvou dolarech pfispeli pan a path J. Janidek, PodhradskY stargi, Pavelkovi z Ennis, pani Johana Palatove, z Buhl, Idaho. Pani Cepalcova. $2.25. Path 8ramkove, urdila $2.00 na g Moudkftv fond no, misto posilani vanodnich pozdravnich listkil. Ona mne odpusti, ze jsem je ptidala, k teto sbirce. Je to na stejnY ucel. Pani Jeaovi, $4.00; sestra Marie Rendlova, z Corp us Christi, $1.00. Jestli jsem nekoho opomenula jmenovat, pfihlaste se, ja jsem vgechny penize odevzdala. Dary, ktere je, jsem pfijmula: pan a path Hugo 8efdakovi, kogik na gici potreby; pani Ruble Holly ze San Antonio, tfi zastery, 13tyfi iSnenky na umYvani; pani Johana Palatova, ze statu Idaho, papuee; sestra J. Mrlikova z Berwyn, Illinois, dye zasterky a tti soupravy iuielcovanYch "pot-holders"; sestra A Noska, Ctyti zasterky; pani L. Hamusek, Best kuchynskYch rudnikt, stolni pokrSivku a dtyfi stolni ubrousky; sestra J. Malikova, tti pary povlaku na polUti •e; B. Valdikova, 12 zaster, d ye lahve Hoboka, daraskou tagku; mardele Nesudovi, 10 kvartii medu a pan Nesuda daroval tiskoviny v crane $4.00, a v gechen muj nakup do kuchyne ochotne zavezl. Pani Rendlova, panenku; pan Anton Kopedek z Ennis, 10 Ikusu pantteln pro deti; path Pokladnikova star gi, lest hrnieln a talifkft; pan Pokladnik, tfi "what-not-shelves" To jest, co ja jsem pfijmula. Zapornnela jsem, ze pani Kozova darovala narn v kuchyni $1.00 na misto pediva a pant Machadove, nam pfipravila zasobu chleba na obalovani tizku. Sbirka sestry Hemaalove: peneaite dary — pani A. Kozove, $5.00; Kubinova, $5,00; pan a path Vodidkovi $5.00; V. Kartousovi, $5.00; Mar gikovl, $5.00; Kebrlovi, $5.00. Po $2.00 Lydia Kartuz, Filipcovi. Wei na bazar: sleena Anelka Houdkova, jeden vInenSr soubor pro dite, ava pary papudek a dve hadkovane kulate dedky; pani Vesela, d ye hadkovane dedlcy; path Filipcova, dve Msterky a kvart okurek;. path Hendalova, dva pary povlakft na polgtafe; path Millie Noska, kogilku pro chlapce a zasterku; Helenka Vrlova odevzdala 10.00 za listky, bluzidku pro devde, tfi uterky do kuchyne, pan a pani J. Vrlovi, — (neeitelne), pan a pani Skotakovi novinku hraci A bylo doneseno do sine; sestra Jurdikova, jeden tucet pnl-pajntovYch zavatenin domaci "jelly"; Frances Jureik, tri zastery; pa,ni M. Stranska, 2 "shorts"

ve sttedu 5. prosince 1956 a tfi zastery; pani L. Toberna, "napkin holder", haekovanY klobouk, kog ieek na karty, jeden par botidek; pani Hulovcova dve zastery a vanodni dekorace; Mrs. Emil Funda, mnoho drobnYch veci pro Avadleny; path A. Zvolankova, dye zastery; pani Hedvika Ho gek, jeden par povlakil na polgtafe; pani Herzanova, hadkovanou dedku; pani Helen Parma, dva pol gtafe; pani Konakovska, hadkovanou dedku: path L. Smith, kaktus do kvetinade: path Kozova,. "suzan-dish", pfibornik na cukrovinky a mnoho jinYch maliekosti; pani A. Horakova, rudnik a gal. To je vge, co je v knize zapsano. Wilson. Company darovala jednu krabici, 24 plechovek, Bake-Rite shortening a bratr Hugo 8efeak pfines1 clar(nevim od koho) upedenou gunku, bylal vSr -teona.Zvuptiomna,pfihlse, jestli byl need clar opomenut. Dary pediva nemohu uvetejnovat. Nebylo nikoho, kdo by, jmena zapisoval. Bratr Sefeak daroval tucet krabic koh7 lih a v kaide krabici bylo 12 kusil koblih. To bylo do stanku, a k tomu velkou zasobu do kuchyne. Vgichni jak pediva ilebo dehokoliv, at' ua to bylo do stanku, do kuchyne, penizena hotovosti, a vy, kteti jste pracovali, yam vgern pracovniktm a darcfim jmenem bazitroveho vSrboru dekuji. Servirovali jsme na 250 obedn. V posledni chvili jsem dala dohromady mengi program. Ptivitani obecenstva. a Adel sokolske pro.ce proved]. bratr Ben Pfevratil. Piano solo, Katy Parma. Solo na tahaci harmoniku, Jo Ann Maca. Piano duet, dve Cisla, Rudy a Evanka Malikovi. Elektricka kytara a bubny, Donald Hoek a jeho spoleenik, jmeno nevim. "Sla Nanynka do zeli", Rudy a Evanka Malikovi. Cvideni skupinove, sokolske, kariata. Zaveredni eislo, na g' slavnostni feenik, bratr Valeik z Houstonu. Jeho 'fed byla se zajmern vyslechnuta. Temto vgem, jea brali podil na programu, vzdavarn jmenem nas v gech diky. Talc snad jsem to v ge spravne vypsala. A ted' slibuji sobe i varn, dtenailm, odpoCinek od toho meho psani . Jsern s mou domacj praci pozadu, tak budu miti co dohanet. Mame vanoce pfede dvekmi, mesto ua tone v zaplave vanodnich dekoraci, ktere stoji nekolik dolaril a jsou to penize zbytedne utracene. Za nedlouho se zaCne ozY"vat ye vgech zemich a v kostelich v gech kfest'anskch vir a narodnosti to velebnft ,11bezno, piseri "Ticha, noc, svata noc". Tak ku konci yam vgem diky za vaSi velkou neast, za viechny gtecire dary. Velmi jste mne pote gili, take jsem nemohla v noci spat, kdya- jsem pfi gla z bazaru. Ale ted' nevim, bylo-li to ra-

fie •ii.lr'edir 5. prosince, P150 dosti nebo ze mne nohy bolely. Myslim, ze to bylo oboji. A ty v gechny me pomocnice a pornocr.ici se asi citili podobne. Srdeen pozdrav v gem etenatinn. Bolena Valoikova ) • 44 • ( Krouiku eeskSreh Zen Dallas, Texas Bratte redaktore: Doufam, ze buclete miti ye Vestniku trochu mista, abyste mohl uvetejniti pro nine me podekovani sestram nageho krou2ku a te2 tern, ktere nejsou v nagem krou2ku, za jejich dary peneAni a velice pottebne veci, ktere jsem sbirala pro Lisbon Veterans Christmas Gift Shop, kde mohou pacienti si vybrat pro rodinu darky, ktere jirn zabalime a te2 odegleme, a to vge zdarma. A tem, kteri nemohou chodit, donesou se veci k posteli na vybrani. Celkem 28 na gich sester mei° podil na teto sbirce. Dle meho odhadu jen eastedne s penanimi darky je toho kolern $60.00. Rada bych uvedla jrnena techto sester, ktera poskytla v geWake dary a te2 obnosy peneZni. Nasledujici sestry venovaly pottebne veci jako dary: Malik B., Malik J., Rot-. rekl, Kopedek, Zvolanek, Stranskk M., Bunker, tri Vrlove sestry, Jurdik, Filipec, S' ebetka, Du gek, Rogers. Dary pene2ni venovaly sestry: Zazvorka, Skotak, Nesuda, Hem2al, a StranskY, Steiner, Linka, Machae, Barak, Jureik, Ptevratil, Dedek, Marshik, Tek jsem vdeena sestte llorakove, ze pomahe, Betty Erickson, polio victim, psi prodeji vanodnich pozdravnSTch listkil a vgelijakYch vanoenich Pteji vgem sestram vesele vanoce a gt'astny novSi rok. Marie Toberny ) • 4, • ( ttenatiim Vestniku k laskavemu povgimnuti! Rad bych timto na ge ctene dopisovatele bratti v Hlavni tkadovne, bratti •editele a v gechny etenate Vestniku vtibec, ktere obeas svSuni dopisy, elanky aneb oznameni do nageho organu ptispivaji, na to zdvotile upozornil, by podinaje 24tem prosince sve ptispevky do nageho Vestniku laskave adresovali p.sanernit ptimo do West, P. 0. Box 485 aneb i c/o. eechoslovak Publ. Co West, Tex. — Budu Vam povdeenm kdy pa novern race sv3ni ptispevky, pomilZete udrgeti nag" Vestnik oblibenim. Bratte Valeiku prosim ponech toto oznameni v organe do noveho roku. — Diky! -S ptanim mnoho zdaru Vam vgern V tete Ludva 0. Hogek. (d.z)

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Zabavni vStor:— Rud. Troubil Anita Regmund SOKOL CORPUS CHRISTI Albert Regmund Sestry a bratti: Na to za zpevir pisne "Leti Sokol", VSTroeni schuze, ktera byla poiadand 25 listopadu 1956, je za nami, a mimo schnze byla odrodena a2 do 6. ledna rianych zalditosti bylo j ednano i a bli- 1957. Mnoh.o zdaru a us ° pechu v nagtavajicini 2ici se vanoeni nadilce, a programu na race 1957 v gem pteje den 16. prosince 1956. vag Na teto vanoeni nadilce se podileji jeJohn Staga Ate dalgi dva spolky a sice: iiad Anton • 6errnak Cislo 56, SPJST a odboCka eislo Vista, California 30 Slovanskeho Vzajemne Pojigt'ujiciho Milk "teparre: Spolku, SVPS, Tak uz zase jsem doma v Kalifornii Z a.st programu bude vypinena ptedvedenim filmu na promita.cim stroji. Bu- me toulky po Texasu. Pepa Zvolanek m.el de to ukazka Sokolskeho sletu z roku by vedet, prod jsem na tom divadle nasetrval do konce. Nerad se loueim, to 1953 v Chicagu potadanern. ktere se podileji na programu a radeji se ztratim. Ale jsem toqiiku red, 2e take vgecky (Teti ptitomne, bYvaji pada- jsem uvidel stare zname, piAavil se s nimi pohovotil, a take nabral nave zkurovany balieky pro ne ptipraverdmi. Olenove a dltky techto spoiku jsou. tim- genosti. Kdybych byl bli2e, to bych easto vybizeni a 2adani, by se teto vanotni teji k Tobe prisel s nejakSrm eervem, kterY malo kdy spi, ale stale hryze. Tak nadilky a programu Tyto tti spolky spoledne u2 po nekalik si poked myslim, abychom byli jeden. roka daruji jiste obnosy penani ku kry- druhemu tditedni. Valyt' 2adnY si s sebou sve vedomosti nevezme. ti s tim vYloh sPojenS7ch, Pamatujeg se, jak jsem jednou za TeTake bylo u.sneseno, by schilze se pokadala prvni nedeli v inesici lednu v l'bou pti gel a 2adal Te, pys ye Vesniku Vymlouval jsi 1:30 hodin odpoledne. Po schilzi budou zavedl zdravotni nasledovat ruzne zabavne hry i to obli- se, 2e vet ginu Tveho Casu za,bire, ptepisovani dopisil a zprav od nas, gkrababona tak zvana stoledkova, hra. geme pâté pies devate. Na to ma nasledovat spoleena vedete ku, ktefi to pi g a upravujeg pro vgechny ptitomne. Sestry spolkove Vim, 2e zatim, co ptepisuje nedi rozumy, mohl bys nam, dtenatilm, jsou opet laskave 2adany ptinesti pHdati hodne vice ze svS7ch vedomosti. Japravit nizne zakusky a zasobit kuchyii. ko kdybys "pucoval" zamazane zrcatko Nasledujici fitednici byli zvoleni pro a nechal stranou drahokamy, ktere porok 1957: V. Hala, 501 Catalina Place ttebuji byti zasazeny do prstenil a naStarosta bra C. C. Mluvili jsme tenkrat zdravi a neMAttostarosta Rud. Troubil, 218 mocech, a jak to souvisi s tim co vatime Glendale Drive C. C. a jime, a prod xnnohy z nas predcasn Jednatel br. John Stab., 1346 Dayton chatra, ztraci zuby, trpi zacpou. To bys Dr. Corpus Christi. mei svetu poradit. Vykladal jsem Ti, jak teetni, ses. Lillian Kane, 1146 Florida mne 1ena methodistickeho biskupa vySt. Corpus, Christi pravela, 2e trpela pakostnici Ci dnou, nePokladnik ses. Anita Regrnund, 1114, bo jak to zde jmenujeme arthritis, a 2e 18th, St Corpus Christi. jiclavala "mugaky" (cantaloupes) — ani Nadelnik • br. Albert Regmund, 1114, nevim spravne Ceske pojrnenoveni, a to 18th, St. Corpus Christi, 2e ji vyledilo. Anebo jedna na ge krajanNakelnice ses. Anna Stranskk Castro 5006 ka z Danbury mne iikala o jeji sestteBrandesky St. nid, ktera, mela pakostnici (arthritis) Mistonakelnice ses. Annie Regmund, ruce znetvotene, a2 se za to stydela. A Route 3 Box 458 C. C. kdyvime, jak se takove gkody na zdraZastupce do Zupni schfize Rud. Trou- vi daji usnadniti nebo jim dokonce ptedejiti, moll byehom s tim yen na vetejbil. Nahradnik, John Stab.. nost. ‘Skoda, Ze odchazi g od redaktorskeMajetkovST vSrbor:— ho stola. Ale na druhe strane prodlouZig si tim svaj vlastni 2ivot, a to je cenFrank gijariskY' ml. gi ne g vgechno to osoeavani, kteremu nej Chas. Regrnund byl jsi vystaven. Koneene vzato, jsou John Staga krajane, kteti Ctou d'echoslovak a Hostee ni vtbor:— podat, tam Ty e ptispevky radi uvidi. Chas. Holasek Jen aby Ty e fivahy ptichazely i nadale, Frank Sack$! kdy ne o vecech spolkov*ch, tedy o Chas. Regmund G spravne Zivotosprave, protote

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vime, `te mnoha potra nati go bYt otrava. Dale, Stepane, piles v Uvahath o rybhieku. Tu bych rad, abys dojel tam, kite bydli na,ge dcera Zderika. Tarn sousedem je alovek, kterY si uplayil takoyY rybnitek vzadu na jeho pozemku. Jak to uvidig, skuteene se zamysirS a jiste prijdeg s tim dale na sYetlo. Ten soused je malt' elovek, ale co on vypracoval, bylo by skuteene napodobeni hodno! To je ptekvapeni, ze Otakar v Omaze tak nahle ode gel. A jak pipes`, pro ty nage dobre Ceske redaktory nername zde V Arnerice nahrady. Z dobytkate redaktora neaclelag, i kdyby si koupil tucet slovnikt. Jsem rad, ze jsi o zesnulem Otakarovi napsal tak vhodnY nekrolog a dal ho na prvni stranku. A jestli se brzy yyprayig do to mexicke Kalifornie, jak si mne sliboval — to Baja California je deli ne g nape ye Spojnych, Statech a bude§ se toulati poblit San Diega, mad rids neobejde g. Ale o to zdravotni hlidce pomalu pternY glej a pracuj na ni. Vetgina elenn je gte si pfeje, abys uplat nil sv(c vlohy na vYboru Domo ya, kdyt ut laic jineho. Tvilj Tonda Hamusek ) •„y, Oznaine vYroeni schfize spolku Granger eislo 12 Sloyanskeho Vzajernne Poji gt'ujieiho Spolku (S. V. P. S.) Mill bratki a sestry: nut° se Vam oznamuje, ze na pe odboeka Granger dislo 12 S. V. P. S. se kona vyroeni schilze ye etvrtek yeeer v 7:30 dne 13. prosince 1956, v sini kadu KonienskY eislo 20. SPJST. Vagi ritedniei Vam, podaji celoroani zpravy jak nag spolek pokraeule. Prinile do schrize V pinem poet', a podivejte se na Vas certefikat jestli mate Bost poji gteni na Va g rnajetek. Jestli ne, tak nam to sdelte a my Vam ptipojigtime, by jste meli iipine pojigteni v padu ohne a neb boute. S bratrskYm pozdravem za Spolek Granger eislo 12. F'. J. 1Vlikulerreak, pfedseda, Jno. P Trlica, tajemnik. ) •( Vycvieene mozky padaji na vahu. Nic renege tak velkYch dividend jako hluboke, vseobeene, prakticke vzdelani. Konati neco rozumne, mom, vrhnouti suet to vedomosti na ygeeko, co einime, ma nevYslovnou vYhodu. Ka gdY kousek dugevinho cviku, ka gdY kousek vzdelani nebo kultury jest vYhodnY v zapase 0 Zivobyti. Drobnohled netvoti nic noveho ale objevuje zazraky. Vychova yati oko g namend, pkidavati mu z yetgujici sily ag vidh krasu, kde pied tim videlo jen og klivost.

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E.SOLITE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsany resolueni vybor radar. KomenskY (Usk) 20, timto proje yu_Wine jmenem radii up • inme eitenou soustrast portistale rodine nad funrtim jejich mareiela, otce na geho spolubratra Emil Mohel kterY od nits ode gel nahle clue 12. listopadu 1956 ye stari 46 let a 8 mesicrt Byl pohtben dne 14. listopadu na katolickem htbitove v Granger. Vime, portIstala man gelko a rodino, -lace nesete jeho ztratu, ale budit yarn &knee, e i my soucitirne s Varni ye VaSem zarmut1a. ZesnulY broti . necht' odpoeiva, v pokoji a test budiz jeho parnatce. Dario La rad KomenskY 'Oslo 20, SPJST v Granger, Texas. Jno. P. Trlica FL my E. Vitek Chas. H. Dusek re p vYbor. ) • ets HESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, dole podepsanY y 'ybor kadu Slovan eislo 9 ye Snoock, Texas, projevujeme timto uptinme citenou soustrast iodine zesnuleho nad ztra.tou jejich mileho syna, bratra a na geho spolubratra. Henry J. Skrabanka, kterY zemtel nahle v La Porte, Texas, 2S. listopadu ye stati 50 let. Telesne pozirstatky jeho byly ulo geny k yeenemu odpoeinku na larbitove ye Snook 25 listopadu za velke neasti rodiny, elenti SPJST a piatel. Politebni obrady vykonal farad' Sktiyanek z Austinu, a pohrebni obkady v La Porte, 24. listopadu, za velke freasti rodiny a pkatel vykonal farat Mondrich Gor7icky z La Poste. ZesnulY byl Menem nageho tadu od doby kdy do SPJST jako 16 lety ZesnulY zanechava zarmouceneho otce J. T. Skrabanka, d ye sestry, Mrs. Ed. Mikeskovou a Mrs. Chas Orsakovou, ober ye Snook, T,21-:',-16; a dya bratry, Johnnie R. Skrabalika, v Highwood, Illinois a Dr. Roberta L, Skrabanka, v College Station. Vime, mild rodino, ze gelite jeho odchodu, ale budig Vain ritechou, ze i my soucitime s Vami ye• Vagem zarmetku. bratte, odpoeiyej v pokoji a cent budig TVe pamatce• Jos. Jakubik Oscar Sloyaeek Jos. 8tinial, reso ueni vYbor.

Podzini — jaro kikame, Ze jaro je doba raeni; ye skueenosti dobou ra geni je podzim. Pokud se divarne na prirodu, je sice pravda, 2e podzim je konec roku; ale skoro vie je pravda, ze podzim je zaeatek roku. Je bet* na.zor, ze na podzim odpadayaji listy, a nemohu to opra.vdu popirat; tvrdim jen, ze v jistem hlubgim smyslu podzim je doba, kdy listy yla.stne yyraZen. Listy usychaji Prot°, ze na.staya zima; ale usychaji take proto, ze u g nastava jaro; ze u g se dela.ji nove pupence, male jako tfaskava kapsle, z nich2 vybuchne jaro. Je to optickY klam, ze stromy a kete jsou na podzirn hole; jsou totig posety vgim, co se na nich s jara yyball a rozvine Je 'Co jen optickY klam, ze kvetina na podzim zachazr; rfebot' se ylastne rodi. kikame, 2e ptiroda” oclpoeiva, zatim co se dere kupkedu jako Jen zavrela, kram a zatahla taluzie; ale za nimi se u2 yybaluje nove zbogh a regaly se pini, ag se prohYbaji. Lidi, tohie je to prave ja.ro; co nevi hotovo ted' nebude hotovo ani v dubnu. Budoucnost nevi pied nami, nebot' je uz ta,dy v podobe khan; je u2 mezi nami; a co neni mezi nami„ nebude ani v budoucnosti. Neyidime klicku, proto ge je v rids. Nekcly se nam zda, se pachneme tlenrin, postlani suchYmi zbytky minulosti; ale kdybychom se mohli podivati, co tlustych a bilYch yYlionkri si razi cestu v to stare kulturni pude, ktere se tika, dnegek; semen potaji; co starch sazenic se sbird a soustted'uje v givY puk, ktery jednou proPukne v kvetouci giyot; kdybychoir' se mohli podivat na to tajne hemgeni budoucnosti mezi nami, tekli bychom si pa.trne, ze velka volovina je nag stesk i nape nedrivera, a ze ze v geho nejlep gi je bYt tivYin Olovekem, totit eloyekem, kterY roste. Karel eapek. e 4, 4 Pomy slete si, kdyby velici dristojnici ye West Pointu dovolili kadeinm zustati ye syetnicich, kdy g nemnil chut' cvleiti nebo studovati, kdyby Jim dovolili protahovati se, kdy g jsou Jim piedpisy ptilig anzute, joke dristojniky by z nich udelali? Od kacletil se netoliko oeekava, ze se prihl h, kdyg se etou jejich jmena, at' maji chut' nebo ne, ale musi se podrobiti prohlidce do nejmen glch podrobnosti. Nepromine se knoflik na, stejnokroji, nezapjaty kabat, necidene boty, ned.balY krok nebo postoj, odchylka od presneho programu. Kadet vi, ze se mush spravne chovati a jit sans fakt, ze toho oeekava od sebe sarna, dodava, vahy jeho citu, ze se mu to libi. A tote g plati stran na geho dugevniho v7cYiku. Nername-li s ye nala.dy a city na uzde, osedlaji si nits, a zaplatime pokuW zkatenYin a notioinnYin tivotem.

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Pieklad Protokolu a Stanov do Anglicke Dallas, Texas NeZli zaenu popisovat ty slasti tOho bych tu apravu byl mel v rukou kolem 28. listopadu 1956 Polovice kvetna. 1952, byl bych podal ne.- prekladani a. aprave obsahu anglickYch Sestry a bratri: 1,Jh na preklo.0 sjeadoveno protokolu stanov, musim se zminiti o torn, jak a Vence Oast° se stone, Ze si elovek roz- hoed y e sjezdu v Houstonu; takto to kdo na ge stanovy do to anglietiny piehodne neuvedomi, jakd prace se urei muse10 eekat a.Z do sjezdu v Temple. Ve 'dada'. V roku 1938 jsem o prekladu stajenom zdanliv-e rP.patrnYm 0- Vestniku ze doe 30 kvetna t. r. jsem no- nov do anglicke reei mluvil s bratrem Patienim v na gich stanovach. Jedna ta- dal (iodate]; ku elanku 24 jako ndvrh Janem Kuhenou, prvnirn a dlouholetYrn kova zaleUtost se stala hoed po sjezdu pro stanovni vybor, kterY by ustanovo- (skoro 50 roktr) tajemnikein na gi Jednove Fort Worth, a byla prodlouZend za.s4e val trielennY y Yhor na preklad proto- ty. Mluvili jsme o piekladu stanov sjezve sjezdu v Houstonu. kolu a stanov do anglicke red. du v East Bernard, a, ptal jsem se, kdo Tato zalelitost, o ktere se dnes rozeNavrh zustal nepo y Simnut vYborem, ten preklad, pisuji a tak pokou gim yo g i trpelivost, proto, uznavaje dUlelitost toho navrhu Bratr Rubella odpovedel, ze po tom east prijeti ye sjezdu ve Fort Worth pro Jednotu, ve dopoledne za sjezdu Hlavni itradovna ustanovila dva elanku 25 stanov z tohoto sjezdu, kterY sjezdu jsem tento dodatek podal sjezdu bratry, kteri spolu s pravnikem Auguz Odsti zni: a byl prijat bea jednoho slova debaty stem Kacitem men tuto praci na staro"Tento petialennY pod yYbor stane-b of navy, a ve gel v platnost ihned. A- sti. Ale, e tito tri meli jen jed4u schazi novniho vYboru ma na starosti le, pros to ritisi delat "obyeejny Glen"? — hodne kratkou v Temple— a po apravu nove prijatYch stanov, Tolik na vysvetlamou trpelivemu &tonekolika n:. to odstavca, ti dva preklad techto stanov do anjako avodnik ku vlastnimu iteelu toho nechali' a August Koci . musel tu glicke reed ZA POMOCI PRAVtohcto dopisit. jak jsem n.aznaeil hned praci dodelati sam — ov gem — bezplatNIHO BADGE JEDNOTY atd."' ze zaeatku, ze zdanlive nepatrne opatre- ne. (Osobne rnyslim, ze mu pomahal jea .elanek vejde v platnost ihned. ni v naSich stanovach. mini velice east° ho bratr George — take bezplatne). Tento elanek zustal bez zmeny ye sjez- kus prace, o kterem se nekdy ani Clove- od to doby to delal August Ka cir —a za,du v Houstonu. NeZli ale se dostavil eas ne.zda. Jest to ten preklad a prace s se jen s pomoci bratra Jiilho, sam, sjezdu v Temple, bylo mezi na ginai ele- tim spoPria. a vZdy bezplatne. ny, tem', kteri se o stanovy zajimaji, doTedy, die toho noveho elanku dvacet A ted' najednou, po sjezdu v Temple, sti jednani o torn prekladu stanov za pet, prijateno ve sjezdu ye Fort Worth, na gi Jednotu stal ten preklad stanov stavajicich okolnosti. K tomu se pak je- ten petiolennY pod yYbor vYboru na opra- pies otrnact set dolard, jak rozhorlene Ste pridruZila zalelitost jina, nemene Zd- vu stanov mei za povinnost preloZiti sta- pa statu Texasu rozhla guje nag hlavni douci a potrebna — preklad sjezdoyeho novy — za pomoci pravniho radce Jed- tajemnik. Bylo to tak zarizeno, aby ten protokolu do anglicke reed, tak aby stat- noty — do anglicke reel. To mini, ze ten preklad byl udelan tremi eleriy, jen pro ni revisori meli to, o co vim jiste ze ne- podvYbor mei zvoliti hoed po sjezdu ve uspokojeni elenti Hlavni Uradoyny kolikrate Fort Worth a tech pet' el‘ann aspon dva, hlavne toho jednoho, kterY nal naS1 Jed, Poprve jsem. ju sly gel Zadati o proto- kteri by na torn prekladu s pravnikem noty kare jezdi po torn na gem velikern kol sjezdu dne 16. listopadu 1937 -- kdyZ Jednoty pracovali. A to teZ se melo Sta.- Texasu a kritisuje a pomlouva takovou po predstaveni use v sobotu pied tim ti take lined po sjezd.0 v Houstonu. praci. Ale, ze jiste etyri z tech peti elenn dnem pani Griffin a Wood se dostavili Tedy, stal ten preklad pies ttrnact set, do prace. Nebyla to ale moje zalelitost toho podvfoorti nemeli. to tiejmen gi pa- ze ano. Ale, maZete si domyslet, co by jim protokol dodati, tedy jsem jen na- nett a rozsahu a didelitosti to prace, byl stal (a jakY by byl) kdyby se to proslouchal a pak si doina vee.43r udelal o valor toms, ze jed&2n z nich byl nayrho cc dle toho stareho elanku dvacet pet tom poznamku, proto inohu ten presnY vatelem toho noveho elanku do sjezdu n.echala na starosti nynejSImu pravnieas snadno udati. ve Fort Worth, a ten pat*, bratr George ku Jednoty, kterY eesky vabec mnoho Ale, prave si pripominam, vZdyt' Koch', ani pravnik Jednoty August -Ko- cmmi a musel by to pthci nechat udelat nemusim podavat doklady z mYch den- ch', se and slovem a to praci tern etyrem nekomu jineinu? Dle toho, jak za kaW nich zaznanya, ze statni examinatori po- elenum nezminiii, nebyl nikdo z tech prace poladuje plat — jako ku Zadovali anglickY protokol; vZdyt' mo- pal elenn toho pod yYboru na pomoc v piikladu si podal fleet na $1,500.00 (jehu jednoduSe zde uverejniti vYtah z je- to praci ustanown. — a broth Kacito- den tisic pet set) za prohlednuti majetjich zpravy, ktera byla podana Hlavni ye udelali tu praci sami. A jako obyeej- kovych listin a vlastnictvi pri koupi JedUradovne kratce 'Diced sjezdiam v Hou,sto- no, dostali za jejich neplacenou praci notou to na gi budovy v Temple, za ktenu -- presne dne 15. kvetna 1952, kde na ten samY chic — KRITIKU OD TECH, rou praci dostava ten honorar sto padestrance pate jejich zpravy tito statni KTEP4 JSOU NEJMENE SCHOPNI TA- sat dolarn mesiene, aekoliv to stanovy examin.atori maji nasledujici poznam- KOVOU PRACI UDELATI. primo nepravi. Proe o torn ten na g' hlavku: . Vim z osobni zku genosti, ze bylo stat- ni tajemnik nepovida? ? ? "Since the original minutes of the nimu cdboru poji gteni poukazovano yellAZ do sjezdu v Taylor na'Se stanovy convention held in 1948 have not ce east° na to, ze preklad na gich stanov byly hodne kratke — a take neflphie. been translated or published in the neni spravny. Tedy, aby se v .budoucnd- Nasledkem vzrustu na elenstvi, na maEnglish language, your examiners sti takovernu kritikovani prede glo neb so jetku a roz giteni na'Aeho poji gteni byl were unable to certify as to the au- to a lpine zastay ilo — aby se vyhovelo. ji2 nej yySi eas, aby v Taylor naSe stanothenticity of the by-laws which were krjtice statnich exairinatorti, ze nema- vy byly prepracovane a tedy jejich pfefiled with your department and un- me protokol sjezdu prelolen do anglic- klad take byl mnohem obtiZneR4. A ten der which the Supreme Lodge is ke reed, aby tito statni 'arednici„ jak ori naklad novYch rnySlenek a opravdOVe sarni y jejich zprave pra.vi, mohli zjistiti s-edeni na gi Jednoty, kterY udelal sjezd now functioning" Dle poznamky na mem opisu to zpra- opravnenost na gich stanov (certify as to Temple, pridal tem, kteri protokol vy, dostala se mite do rukou ati ye stre- the autllanticity of the by-laws) sjezd stanovy ,meli prekladati, velikou haldu du, dne 8. iijna, 1952. Jsem jist, Z"e kdy- tuto vee opravil v Temple. prace.

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Ptedsedou a mistoptedsedou sjezdu byl na to praci ustanown vYbor, kterY pozustaval z bratti Valeika, Augusta Kacite a Steinera. Hned po sjezdu jsme meli jak s tou praci pokradovati, a bylo ujednano, ze bude nejlep gi, udelali katdY 'den toho vYboru svrij vlastni pfeklad, jak protokolu tak stanov, doma a pak ye schrizich v Temple se tyto pieklady porovnaji a upravi. Pracoval joam doma devet pinYch dni a tim minim od osmi rano do desetijedenacti v noci), a druzi dva, take. Ku konci jsem mel etyii slovniky, jeden desko-anglickY, jede anglicko-'desky a dva fipine anglicky. Vzalo to easto hodne hledani spravneho vYrazu, aby se nekdy to nage, ye stanovach hodne za gmodrchana mluva, mohla srozumitelne a smyslne anglicky vyjadtiti. Schrize jsme men v kanoelati bratra Augusta Kacite, a meli jsme tri. Prvni trvala jen jeden den, ty druhe dve katcla, tri pine dny. Byla to prate velice puntiekatska, a abych nezabiral tuze mnoho etenatova east', minim se jen malo o tom, jak podrobne se muselo pokraeovat. A zas(a, na pomoc jsme men slovniky, tentokrate myslim, to jich bylo deset — a nektere at skoro tri palce tluste, ktere podavaji yYznam katdeho slova. A jake to bylo hledani a rozhodovani, ktereho slava pouLit, snad nejlepe vysvetli jenom nekolik malo ukozek. Ve elanku 76 'name slovo "zavadnehe" — a pti ptekladu se nam naskytla. slova: derogatory, unfavorable, adverse, prejudicial, detrimental, blamable a disadvantageous. Ktere jest to prave? Ve elanku 76 a za slova "urei setae" jsme meli osin rozlienYch vYrazil. Ve elanku 105 za slovo "ulotiti" se na,skytlo v anglietine Best slov: prescribe, levy, charge, impose, exact, raise. Ve elanku 124 za slovo "propada," zase slova: cancelled, nullified, revoked, voided, lost. A zase ve elanku 154 jsme meli devet rozlienych anglickYch slov za Ceske slovo "povzbuditi". V katdem takovem ptipadu bylo tteba vynajiti pravY smysi katdello slova a pak vybrati takove slovo, ktere by tern na gim pevennialnim kritibylo vhod. Tote jsou poznamky jenom nekolika elanku, tech, ktere jsem mel Cas si potnaeit. A to jsem si je meal znaeit at kdyi jsme byli nay elanku 74, — pro jen zvedavost. A jest jich velky poeet, ktere jsem nezaznamenaval. Nejdfiletitej gi easti stanov just tech dvacet nest stranek obsahu, jak je mame v nagich anglickYch stanovach. Oby'ejne je jmenujeme "obsah", ye kterem, hledame vtdy, kdyt se jedna, o torn nab Onom ustanoveni. Jest to ten nejrychlejgi zprisob jak nalezti, ku ptikladu, sta-

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ti Clem. 0 stall olenir se jedna v nagich stanovach v pet elancich. Aneb o majetkovSich prijakach, o kterYch na ge stanovy kadnaji v gesti elancich. Celkem marne v dne gnim anglickern obsahir 939 (devet set tticet devet) rutnYch zaznarnri. Nektere jednaji jen o jednom elanku, jine o otytech, peti neb g esti rozlienYch elancich. Byla povinnosti toho vYboru na pteklad protokolu a stanov, znovu upraviti celY ten obsah. *V tech 939 zaznarOach, poditate-li jen prinnerne dva, elanky na jeden zaznam, mate pies osmnact set elanku., osmnact set eisel, ktere musite v torn obsahu zaznamenati. Myslim ale, te jest jich vice jak pet-a-dvacet set. Ted' si ptedstavtia toto. Ve sjezdu bylo .vypug teno, die meho zaznamu, deset elanku a aspen jeden novY pkidan. Bylo tedy tteba, poeinaje elankem 25, pozorne pfeeislovati v gechny ostatni élanky. K tomu se pak ptidrutila dal gi za.pletka time, to elanky jednajici o DUskem Odboru, eisla 88 a, 99 novYch stanov (92 at 104 starYch stanov, elanek 100 nuachan), byly posunuty at za elanky jednajici o dospelYch clench. A ted' z nich vybiriejte pattiena •disla pro ten nag anglicky obsah. Pti sestavovani toho obsahu anglickych stanov jsme si velice brzy uvedomill, te, aby se usnadnilo nalezeni toho neb onoho opatteni na gich stanov, jest nutne ti4aba, aby jednotlive odstavce mnohYch elanku byly poznaeeny abecednirni znaekami — a te mnohe jine élanky pottebuji rozdeleni na dva, tri neb i vice odSta•vcii, ktere by pak ov gem bylo nutno take oznaeiti odstavec a), b), c), atd. Vezmete na, pkiklad ten novY clank 112, kterY jedna o elerlech, kteti zanedbavaji placeni poplatkil. Ten elanek ma, Best odstavcri, a katcly. odstavec pojednava o jiste zalektosti s neplaty. Ozraeenim pi2n-Leny a, b, c, d, e, f, by se usnadnilo hleddni, co ten eldnek pravi o susgando yani a vyloueeni elena, cot naleznete v odstavci a), neb podminky znovuptijmuti ta.koveho Mena v privodnim Staid — odstavec b), co tad ma udelat s neplatou, ktery ma zalohu — odstavec c) — atd. Kdyby kaZdY odstavec tohoto 'elanku byl takto v obsahu oznaden, pak nemusim hledat v celem elanku, mtiZeme-li dostati zpet poplatky zaplacene radem za takoveho ni3platiciho Menai, cot jest v tomto elanku v odstavci d). Pak, mnoho nagich 'damn by melo bYt rozdeleno na dva, tri i vice odsta.vcu. Nejen to bychoin pak usnadnili hleddni, ale nage stanovy by take vypadaly mnohem• lepgi upravene a snadnej gi ke eteni. Toto neni kritika, jest to upozorneni tech tri na gicb, demi, kteri se ., V

ye sttedu 5. produce 1956 pos14edni dobe nejvice nag imi stanovami zamestnavali; a ti na gi novi eleni stanevniho vYboru — kteti byli svYmi okrsky na tuto praci — a ja minim PRACI, zvoleni, .by si tohoto dopisu meli nejvice v:Amnouti. Tim minim v gechny vyjma okrsku patehii f. Ten o tom vi, a as to bude muset udelat. Rokovali jsme dlouho pti inarave tech stanov a protokolu, totit ten ttielennY vybor, jestli bychom, nemohli hned tuto praci provesti a oznaeiti jednotlive odstavce tech mnohYch elankt, a rozdeliti takove • lanky na odstavce, ktiare to pro lep gi porozumeni a irpravu pottebuji. Koneene jsme uznali, to neco takoveho udelat ma pravo jen stanovni vYbor; nagi povinnosti te jest pfeklad protokolu a stanov do anglicke tea a/potizeni obsahu pro anglicke stanovy. Ale, pii te vegkere praci by to nebylo jit tak dlouho vzalo ptepravit a oznaeit 'ty elanky, ktere toho potriebuji. Bratr Valeik slibil, te se jit o to postara. A ja mu k tomu pteji mnoho trpelivosti. Dekuji tern otenattun neb etenatkam, kteFi tento suchoparnY ale dle metro U- • sudku pottebnY, dopis doeetli at do konce. Mnoho .jich asi nebuile. S bratrskYm NAZDAR Frank B. Steiner 4 4'

POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Cnervenka) Saturday, December 8 Rudy Kurtz orchestra K T Hall in San Antonio Saturday, December 15 Lee use orchestra — Round Top Hall Friday, December 7 Eric Honza orchestra — Hammond's Dine and Dann in Dallas All the above dances are at night ure less otherwise specified. This is e tree service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcement which is listed :n this column. Listings from orchestras and dance halls should be received at least one week before publication. Send all listings to Chervenka, Route 2, riogfIrs, )•4

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If a pessimist finds a piece of rope he will hang himself; if an optimist finds it he'll open a cigar factory and will probably call his product "La Ropa Perfecta."

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Posviceni. Pojd'te, deti, pojd'te testa na vas voles; bude u nis posvi zabili jsme voles! ttyii ovce a dva skopce, prase take k tomu, bude u nis posviceni, pojd'te, deli, domu! To je zlate posviceni, to je ziati !name m %mac, k tomu k--;&6e,ne! To je zlate posviceni, to je ziate pondeli, mime maso a zas maso jako veer. v nedeli! Preeti s maminkou a potom spravne opiS do seNtu! Eisen "Posviceni" je v e'itanee Leto. Kilo se o ni zajima, nastrYekovi.—Pcsviceni v eeskYeh zemieh slavi se v nedeli, nikoliv ve tek. Husi maso je tam velmi obAbeno o

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NASE Al"ERIKA They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin Prvnich sto let na americke pevnine utvaPalo rysy americke povahy. Lide, kteri sem prijeli, aZ na menSi poeet dobrodruhtl, byli lidm odvatni a energieti, popohaneni touhou zbavit se evropskYch tisnivYch pomerti. Tito lids byli ochotni riskovat. JiZ na lodi splachly viny do more veSkare tridni rozdily, takle na arnerickou pevninu vstupovali lids sobs rovni. Jejich majakern byla svoboda v miazich zakona. Anglia byla daleko. V Londyne kral rozdaval patenty a obrovske vYmery dy sve americke rise, o ktere nemel ani tuSeni, kde zaOina a kde konel. 8lechtici a bohati kupci dostavali ad neho trakty o statisicich akru. Nebylo map, st p eilo SkrtnuA krabvskeho brka. ZatinY z obdarovanYch nestal se vSa.k kolonistou, ZadnY Slechtic, ani ueeniaz se v America neusadil, take moino Ze vagina prvnich pristehovaicil byla z rad nitil a stredni tridy. Anglie oeekavala od americke kolonie drivi na stavbu lodi, konopi a len takteZ pro sve obchodni lod'stvo, telezo zlato. Nemela zdani, co roste. Koloniste si museli poradit sami. Ve Virginii to byl tabak, ktery prines1 bohatstvi a behem jednoho stoleti i zavaZny problem pracovnich sil. Kcncem stoleti zaealo v America otroctvl eernochti, zaradek obaanske valky. Kdykoli Amerika opustila, byt' na kratko, sve zasady svobody a demokracie, vkly za to drazi3 zaplatila. Jiz v 17. stoleti byl v americkYch koJoniich citelnY nedostatek pracovnich sil, zalim co v Evrope' byl nadbytek. Tak velika byla t'ouha dostat se do Ameriky, Ze Ede "prodavali syYch sluZeb" na Pet let za cenu preplavby. itikalo se tomu "selling one's time". Jell sem farmari, remeslnici, nemajetni, i Ude vzdelani. Po

pet let vykonavali zde slam pracovni povinnost podle svYch schopnosti, bud' na poli nebo i v rodinach co vychovatele, aZ si odpracovali sva leta a byli svobodni. Obyeejne se vydavali v kratkem ease do vnitrozemi, kde pomerne snadno ziskali pitdu. Tvorili zahy velmi vrstvu svobodnYch farmarft a mei nemalY viiv na vYvin Spojen'ch stata. Behem 17. stoleti jejich padet vzrostl na 100,000 v sarnotne Virginii a tvorili devet desetin vSeho obyvatelstva. Nekteri se prosiavili a to. Ze si museli pitaplavbu vysloutit, jim na cti neubralo. Dva z nich dokonce podepsali Deklaraci samostatnosti. Heslem kolonii bylo: Ukal co dovede g, a to zusta4o heslern. Ameriky dodnes. Pristehovalci si stal&a osvojovali vice svobody. Kdyt na pfiklad Puritani upirali svYm vlastnim 61entlm pra y° odliAne nabotensky myslet, nespokojenci opustili Massachusetts, aby zalozili noye osady, budouci stati Connecticut a Rhode Island. Zakladatel Rhode Island Roger Williams ji2 tehdy prohlasil, lid je zakladnim zdrojepi( politicks moci a Ze jka obdaten pravem rozhodnout se pro formu vlady nejlepe mu vyhovujici, Ze cirkev a stat mail bYti fipine edioueeni, Ze ka'ZdY elovek ma pravo ctit Boha podle sveho presvedeeni. Vidime, Ze jsou to v podstate ony Mid svobody vyjadrene presidlantem Rooseveltem za druhe svetove valky. Psalo se roku 1636.

Prirozene, boj o svobodu at' nabolenskou ci obeanskou, jde s nand stale, jsa znesnadnovan lidskYmi slabostmi a nedostatky. Tak i v koloniich vyskytly se oS"klive zjevy, na priklad afera paleni earodejnic, ale i tato histerie byla po roku 1692 zdolana rozvahou a klidnYm rozum,am. Kolonie rostly a, silily. Po roku 1700 ptibYvaly jine narodnosti. Po tricetilete valce Memel se stehovali proudem do Pennsylvanie, zalaZene roku 1681 Quakerem William Pennern na zasade nibolenske tolerance, rovnosti pied zakomm a vlady za, souhlasu lidu. Holanposviceni. Posviceni slavi se tam jako u d'ane v menSim poetu zalozili Nov' Amnas v Texasu—na podzim. Moines, ie sterdam, dneSni New York, jit o pul strodecleeek nebo babieka by mobil' o torn leti drive. vypravovati maiYm etenarilm. KralovskV zakaz byl ignorovin , a, proudy vystehovalca putovaly zapadne. pozdravem S Nova Anglie organisovala osady ve vnitrozemi a davala je "freeholders" s podMieEK Z AUSTINU, minkou, ze budou padu obdelavat. S to zpilsobem kolonisoval se i colY sthado?dtesa stryekova je: zapad za pomoci 1 eeskYch a 'slovenskych Dr. Ed. Mie"ek, pianYrtt a stopadesat let pozdeji). University Stations Anglie vAak prodelavala hospodafskou Austin, Texas. krisi. Sedmiletou valkou dostala site

—urana 14 od Francie celou Kanadu a. ezemi “7chodne od Mississippi, ale byla zati2ena ivaleenYin dial-Pam. Kral a jeho radcoye byli toho nazorti, Ze kolonie jsou povinny hradit easteene valeene dluhy a Ze:zabranieni obchod je vYsadou Anglie. Valyt' kolonie jsou k tomu, aby obohacovaly materskou zem. Kolyoniste site se . niky, ale povaZovali za anglicke prislu S byli proti tomu, aby se vlada vrneovala dOvnitrnich zalelitosti. AnglickY guvermr, desazenY kralenr. jim byl vZdy trnem v oeich. Chteli obchodovat prima s kYrn a jak chteli a nedali se zadrZet anglickYmi zakazy, ktere obchazeli "paS'eractvirn" ye velkem. Dale, Anglie zakazovala koloniim vyrabet nektere p •edmety, nebot' chtela byt saina dodavateIem zboZi..-Nespokoji,most v koloniich rostla. Vyvrcholeni nastalo, kdyZ Anglie povolila privatni spoleenosti monopol s eajem. 2adnSr americkY pristav nedovolil anglicke lodi vylodit a v Bostonu koloniste, prevleeeni za Indiany, vyhazeli eaj do more. Anglie odpovedela blokadou stave a vojenskou posadkou. Opel ve'Sly v platnost nenavidene domovni prohlidky, proti kterYm sk?, koloniste jiZ davno bourili. Anglie si osvojovala pravo prohliZet neopravnene domovy a skladi g -te."Amricka,evoluza ji2de", problasil pozdeji John Adams. Kral Jiti III, neuzn.avaje pra y a priyilegii svobodnYch ob'eane, chtel upevnit svou mot v koloniich. Zaeala se proti nenau utvaret bojovna fronta. "No taxation without representation" bylo h!aslem dne. Burl& jako Samuel Adams nedali usnouti mySlence o samostatnosti. Vnittni rozpory mezi bohatYmi obchodniky Hove Anglie, vir'ZinskYmi plantaZniky, t. zv. konservativci na jedne strane a radikaly na, strane druhe, byly preklenuty. kdyZ doSlo ke zbyteenemu krveproliti v Lexingtonu a Concordu. V kvetnu 1775 koloniste svolali druhY kontinentalni kongres ve Filadelfii, kd'a ,se§el se vYkvet nove zeme. Predsedal John Hancock, pritomni byli rozvalnY Benjamin Franklin, Jiff Washington, mladY Thomas Jefferson, John Adams a ostatni zastupci trinacti kolonii. Bylo Stes.ti rodiciho se americkeho naroda, ze osud mu dal tak vynikajici mi.r2re v kriticke chvili. Kontinentalni kongres opet protestoval u krale, Ze anglicky parlament rozhoduje o koloniich, ani tyto by byly. zastoupeny prim°. Je to dlouha listing prestuplal proti politickYm a obeanskYm pravern, ktere vznesli krali. Protesty vSak nikam nevedly. Kongres, dobite si vedom kriticke situace, rokoval dale po cely rok a moraine se pripravoval na rozhodnou chvili. Revoluce vS'ak zrala v myslich lidu jiz radu let. Koneene

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(Pokraeovani) Havel, jeden z optimistn mezi podilniky, na konec debaty prohlasil: "Jen kdyby se uskuteenil projekt velke automobilove silnice podel pobreli, to byste kou: kali„jak by se sem slitli agenti jako ti supove, kteti krouZi neustale nad timto krajem a vykupovali by od nas jednoho Do druhem. Ov gem pouze ty, kdo by se dali. Ja ne, to teknu hned." "Ano, kdyby byli tentoc v kongresu blazni a vedli cestu pies ostrovy a poloDovstal Richard Henry Lee za Virginii a ptednes1 resoled vyhla gujici rozchod s Anglii a pinou svobodu koloniim. Thomas Jefferson byl ureen, aby sepsal "Prohlakni nezavislosti", nesmrtelnY dokument hlasajici politickou rovnost Ygech obeane. KaZdY Clo y& ma ur(HUI nezcizitelna prava, pravi se v deklaraci • a vlady jsou k tomu, aby chranily tato prava. Vlady jsou z yule lidu (a ne obra.cene, jak je tomu v diktatute). Obeane maji pravo zmenit nebo dokonce svrchnout vladu nevykonaye-li to, k 'emu byla ureena. Po dvou dnech debaty, za strhujicich vYjeva, bylo prohla geni ptijato. S podpisovanim se zaealo 4. eervence 1776. Neni dive, Ze nekteti tak dlouho hall, nebot' prohlakni bylo vlastne valky Anglii, na kterou kolonie nebyly vebec pripraveny. Namely armadu, nemely premysl a byly proto hodne zavisle na dovozu,. Kdy'Z mluvei tfinacti kolonii podpisovali prohlageni, byli si dobte vedomi, co znamena zavereena vSTmluvna veto. Jeffersonova: "We mutually pledge to each other our Livias, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." Amerieti vlastenci se tedy zavazali pozemskYmi statky a svatou c!;i, Ze obetuji v ge za svobodu. Mysleli to doslovne. SvYm prohla genina ve Filadelfii r. 1776 oznamili koloniste celemu svetu, v2 politicks rcq nost vgech obeanti se stala kredem americke zeme a 'Ze svoboda je nezcizitelnYrn pravem kaZdeho abeam. Anglicka vlada odpovedela Yalkou. Valka trvala beznadejne sedm let a byly chvile, kdy byla temek prohrana, koneene skonella viterstvim. Z tohoto boje za ictaal svobody zrodil se americkSr narod a. • celeiru svetu byla dana nova. nadeje. Vlasta Vrazova

Ve stPeclu. b. prosince 1956 ostrovy, kdy2 maji dvacet mil severne peknou plochou pedu, po ktere mohou postavit boulevard za desetinu nakladu!" zvolal kehok. Lee Havel se tak lehce k pessimismu Rehorovu svesti nedal. "Co zas tentoeiS, Rehori? Co zaleli panilm ye Washin gtonu na hromo.dce milione, kdyZ nejdou z jejich kapes. Ti budou hledet stavet prave tarn, kde se da, vic vydat vic shrabnout." "Jenorn Ze tady by museli ty miliony vyklopit na, cestu tak nakladnou, kdeao jinde by jim nic neptekaZelo potidit dZab lacino a napechovat si kapsy politickYmi kontrakty." Malta se vice do rokovani nemichal. Jen si pomyslil: "Kdybyste, ho gi, mili, vedeli jak je to vase debata zbjteena. Kdybyste vedell, to co vim jd." Nasledujiciho dne, v nedeli psal Malta svf,ij prvni report kongresniku Graperovi. Oznamoval mu, 2e ji2 ma zjigteno, kdo jsou majitele ostrova a Ze se zda, Ze s. vel ginou z nich nebude teZka prace, nabidne-li se jim ponekud slugna sums. Pouze jeden, nahodou prave nejvet gi podilnik, prohlasil va gne, ze svuj dilec neproda, ani za et yrt milionu. Ovgem, da se oeekavati, Z * e bude 'rychle slevovati, 2.2 bude zapoeato s provklenim zastragovaci kampane, ktera byla jednim z elankft plane. Malta jel toho yeeera s Dlabbgem na jeho fordce do sousedniho mesteeka Melo, a kdyZ si gel Dlabog do kramu nakoupith tabaku, zametil Malta k domku oznaeenemu' napisem U. S. Post Office a vhodil dopis do pogtovni schranky. Too bad, that you are not . a Bohemian Ctyfi dny na to obdrZel Malta list psany strojem na papite bez ohlaveni a podepsank pouhSrm pismenkem G. rovne2 strojem vytigtenSrm. Malta vedel, Z'e dopis vyklepaval kOngresnik Graper sam. Malta chapal tuto Uzkostlivou opatrnost. Pan Graper projevoval spokojenost s jeho postupem, aniZ by ptimo psal, o co se jedna, schvaloval jeho opa4trnost a pouze meal tadky vybizel k poked mot-, no rychlemu ukoneeni cele zalelitosti. Malta vgak veal, to by spechem nlohl celou Yee pokaziti a byl rozhodnut jednati opatrne. DlabOS odjel do Chicaga a Malta na jeho beelacke farme osamel. Smutno mu nebylo, nebot' ptichazel, vlastne del domn. v Dlabogove fordce, unaven a po ptipraveni si jednoduche veeete, obyeejne vajieek na slanine, ubiral se brzy na lilZko. Ale nekdy zapomnel na imave, umyl se, oblekl se a gel na besedy mlaOch lidi, kde byl vitan jako rovnSr' mezi rovnymi. Mimo to se stal praviclelnSrm navAtevnikem taneenich zabav, kte-

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re byly potadany katcle druhe soboty zbylo, kousek papirku, mi zde nikdo farv Ceske sini. mu neda." "Tady jich ut zagalo s prazdn3na ruKdyt poprve v pravodu sveho ptitele kama a kapsarni," poznarnenala rychle Havla, kterY mu nahratoval odcestovaleho DlaboSe, vstoupil do sine, prostorne divka. "Ano, ale to byli farmati. A ja jsem a vaduSne mistnosti y e velke dtevene j aktiv nemel motyku v ruce." budove, postavene lesiku mill daleko od Pinevillu, urtel brzo mezi divkami - "1 taky ne vsichni, mame tu na fartarn jit shromatdenYmi onu, ktera byla mach vSechno, od levee do dtednika a z rnnohYch ptiein vzbudila jeho zajein kaalY dela v okurkach, jabliekach a slad hired kdyt ji poprve spattil den po svem kych bramborach dobte. Ja jsem na vas prijezdu do Pineville s platformy krajana hued poznala, kdyt jsem vas videla na platforme, to nejste farmat." ediveho Hned tenkrate se dovedel, "Tak jste si mn• fined vSimla? To mi jeji otec, farmat VyzovskY je hlavni podilnik mezi majiteli Krabiho ostrova. lichoti." "A taky jsem hued poznaia, ze nejste Byl to VyzovskY, kterY ottas1 jeho dilvetech, a to je Skoda. — Too bad, that you ru v koneenY nspech misse problaSenim, to by svilj podil ani za etvrt milionu ne- not a Bohemian." Malta se kousl do rtil a chvili zmlkprodal. To byla jedna z ptiein, proe se chtel Malta s dcerou. Vyzovskeho a po- Ii, Po druhem tanci, kterY spolu, zdeji jejim prosttednictvim nenapadne tekla Mila: "Dela se dusno". s VyzovskYm seznamiti. A k tomu byla VySli pied sin. Ze tlutaveho svetla tasleena Vyzovska divkou, s nit se stYkati rovek octli se v zaplave stribrnYch meneznarnenalo pro mladeho mute tadnou *abet' ani sebezapteni — spiSe naopak. sienich paprskfr. "Takhle jsem jests nevidel mesic sviByla drobne, ale soumerne postavy, zatit," tekl Malta, divaje se korunami strojimave vYrazne tvate, na nit dlel stale jakYsi zahadnY, SibalskY iisme y a velkYch mil k bledemodre, jakoby sttibrnou mitihnedYch, uptimnYch oei. Kdyt ji ptiSel nou potatene obloze, na ktere bylo malo poprve potadat o tanec a predstavil se hvezd. Poute neivetSi a nejsilnejSi proji znovu, zardela se ponekud. Vypadala nikaly s yYmi ttepotavYrni paprsky sverortomile. LehounkY Cerny yeeerni Sat, telnou rnlhou mesieniho svetla. "Ano, toho jsem si take vSimla, kdy2 halici Siji a ramena pouze ozdobnYm pfe jsme se sem pied pet lety a Chicaga divem krajek, dodaval vabnYch Bull mladistvemu diveimu telu, prutnemu a ste'hovali," rekla Mila, obrativSi svilj otutilemu domaci i polni praci. Jeji pate zrak k obloze takte jeji tvat v bilem nezakryte rukavy byly do brunatna o- svetle mesice vypadala bleda, jako kvet paleny jitnina sluncem, lee tvat jeji, bez- neeni lilie. Malta mohl na jeji lici, na pochyby stale peelive chranena Sirokym malYch fistech a kdyt ptivtela oh na kloboukem, byla pleti terrier bile, jemne dvojirn velkem oblouku hustYch tas pozarntovele. Jeji velke finds oei mely lotenYch na libel tvate, zrak nechati. "Neeekal jsem, kdyt jsem se ubiral zvlaStni pohled, ktereho se byl Charles Malta vSiml jit na platforme, kde ji sem na jih, to se tu setkam s divkou byl poprve spatfil. A k tomu vSemu tan- jako vy", rekl ji, zapomenuv ripine na svuj program, staveti se nedovtipou eila Mila s lehkosti rozene baletky. na nmoho jinYch veci. Sotva se zataili v kole. kekl Malta: "Cot jsem jina net ostatni?" zeptala "136.1 jsem se, kdyt jsem do Pineville c e snive. set to se tu ukousam dlouhou chvili. jina," real a stiskl ji ruku. zatim se mi odtud nebude chtit at buJeho pohled ji pti torn objimal a celoval. du muset." "Vy take jste scela jinY net ostatni "Prot byste muse'?" zeptala se divka, zdejSi hoSi. Snad proto, to nejste Cech" ponekud udivena dvornosti a uhlazeno"Vy vita, co jsem?" sti mluvy tohoto ciziho mladeho mute, "Nu botinku, takova, vac se tady neutajent si za sveho pobytu v Pineville ziskal povest ponekud zamlkleho a bystrosti. ji. Sotva jste ptiSel. , ." Malta byl prave sklopil oh a nevidel, jak se zrak divan neptiliS vynikajiciho dobraeka. "Nu, at nebude na, platformach prace, patrave zabodava v jeho tvat. "Vide' jsem yes heed druheho dne s budu si pkece rnuset hledat nee° jineplatformy a ptal jsem si vas poznat bliho." "Pros ci zde nezakoupite farmu? Mohl te." tekl mladY mut. byste tu zfistat," nadhodila Mila a pfi"Zde mne tedy mate. Ale Skoda, to nejtulila se k statnemu taneeniku, jakoby ste Cech. Bez uratky." mu tim chtela nadhoditi, to ()bet' takova "Prot mi to stale opakujete? zeptal se tile, ac tuSil, co mysli. by nebyla bez odmeny. "Koupiti? Za co? PtiSel jsem na Florida "Jen tak . To mi tak napadlo. Piljdeme o vSechno co jsem mel a za to, co mi do sine?"

Strum 15 "Jegte chvilieku v koupeli toho sttibrneho mesieniho svetla, ano? Je tu tak krasne" Noc byla stvotena k snum pti otevtenYch oeich. Jitni vanek ptinakl od mote sianou vlahost. Ze sine zaznivaly zvuky hudby, vyhravajici prave snivY valelk "Vesnieko ml, pod unaa,vou". KdyZ hudba ustala, bylo slykti Sumot korun stronni, kterY pfehluSovan byl chvilkami supotem automobiloveho motoru. Modrou dalkou blitily se dvojice velkYch ohnivYch oh. DalSi povozy s hosty ptijiiciely. Pod stromy nedaleko sine stala jich jit cela tada. Pafani ptiji gdejicich motoru znelo ruSive v tiche harmonii veeera, ale zmlklo a do gumotu stromil znovu vpadla houpava, a jimava /melodic pisne stesku po Sumayske veshiece. "Ptijdeme,'° tekl Malta pojednou. Chte lo se mu tance s Milou. "Poekejte. U dveti ted' stoji Adolf Saself' s nekolika kumpany. Obavam se, zastoupili dvete, ab yvarn ptipravili nejakou nep fij emnost." "Zabral jsem snad misto pana Adolfa Sazela?" zeptal se Malta. "Hm! Mist°, na ktere efn se domniva miti pravo," tekla ptitrpkle. Porozumel sna,dno tomuto prostemu a struenemu vYkladu. Na schodiki u dveti sine stalo nekolik mladYch mutu, vymeriujicich napady a poznamky, provazene gikrnSrmi pohledy k mistu, kde stall Malta s Milou. (Pokraeovani) CO VANOtNI DAREK PROC BYSTE NEMOHLI DATI TRUBICKU NONAT! Ti, kteri obdrti trubiCku tohoto dokazaneho, spolehliveho domaciho leku jiste budou yam vdedit, kdyt se vyskytne pro nei potteba pii neptedvidanSrch nehodacIa v nastavajieim roku. Nonat mast je praktickS7 clarek. — Chrani pied venkovne zavinemimi infekcemi a napornaha v uleveni bolesti. NONAT pro VI.noce je uptimnYm vyjadtenim pozornosti pro blab() vaelch tel. Objednejte nyni velkou Usporne velikosti trubieku $1.05, pravidelna velikost 55c.

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MUSINGS OF 11 1-7. EDITOR YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE ADAGE that if three or more Czechs get together, the first topic of their conversation is how to organize a new club or society. The Czechs, be they in Europe or immigrant here, are not any different from the Americans. They, too, constantly form clubs, societies, and associations. Will Rogers once said: "Any time more than two Americans meet on the street, one of them is sure to begin looking around for a gavel to call the meeting to order." THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MEETings. There always have been meetings. Some of the oldest records of the human family tell of gatherings to honor a victorious hunter, or to plan a strategy of war. Holy Writ is essentially a continuing story of people in unison, meeting, talking, acting together. Jesus Christ spent His entire adult life conducldng meetings. Only thus could He hope to spread His simple story of salvation to a waiting world. YOUR LOCAL LODGE WILL HAVE its annual meeting in December. Not only that, but your local Lodge will hold regular monthly meetings. That's the regulation. You may say that your Lodge does not stick to the rules or the bylaws. You may remind us that your Lodge faces new problems of modern competition, television ,hard top convertible, outdoor barbecues, hot rod races, Cinemascope, and dozens of other distractions. You may be right that the new generation is not too enthu.siaStie about anything, except possibly Elvis Presley. EVERY DECADE BRINGS ON NEW problems. But that is where the human mind is being put to a good use. When television came, that seemed to be the end of movies. You say that television has affected attendance at your meetings. I beg to differ with you. For one thing, most of your lodge meetings are held on Sunday afternoon. One-half of our Lodges have the meetings listed in the Vestnik as being, the second Sunday of the month. Maybe, your listing is

wrong, either to the time or the frequency, But remember that you have to face the new problems. Just like the movies, if you don't have an outstanding attraction, your members will not show up. You have to start doing something, like the half-dead Lodge in Waco. You know the story: five active members in 1951, and 156 members last month. They created a new problem and shifted to tackle it. * YOU CANNOT ATTRACT OUR younger members to the meeting if the meetings are on the same old pattern as they were thirty, lofty years ago. LoOk at the movies. No more benches in the open where a few jerking pictures of Charlie Chaplin would be shown, Yes, we do have drive-ins, but 'they are a far cry from the old underThe-tent picture shows. The younger people are not attracted to the type of meeting where a handful of older people sit around, wait patiently for their turn 'to pay their dues, and reminiscing in the meantime about the old days, either here or in the old country. * WE HAVE TO APPLY UP-TO-DATE businessethods to meet the problems of smai; attendance of meetings. We need full-time organizers to comb the neighbelhoed for new members, and new procedure to keep the members coming to the meetings. There is more money around than at any time before We should have better attendance than before. Yet we are failing to grasp the challenge. We keep on conducting our meetings as we did thirty years ago. We even retain the same officers that we had thirty y ears ago. No wonder we cannot attract new attendance and new ideas. Our mee':1; rgs are too stiff, too old, the some as our bones and muscles are. ONE HUNDRED THREE YEARS AGO, a group of Czech immigrants met in a tavern of a man named IVIottl in St. Louis. They organized the now oldest fraternal benevolent society in the United States. The society still operates and prospers under the present name

Czechoslovak Seciety of America. Their supreme officers attended our last convention held last June in Temple. A hundred years have passed since the first member of that society died and his widow, Mrs. Sykora, began ct, awing five dollars a month from the then C.S.P.S. (Cesko-Slovensky Podpurny Spolek). Since then the other fraternal societies have paid out more than seven and a half billion dollars in benefits to their members. The SPJST alone have paid nearly five million dollars in benefits. 2

WE HAVE, CHANGED' TII.E TYPE OF certificates, but we have not changed the type of meetings. Every advance the world has made must be traced to the departure from the old and to the acceptance of the new. About fifty years ago, and even in more recent years, some sections of. the Lutheran Church held the view that life insurance was a rather sinful gamble. But some Lutheran people held a more modern view that life insurance is a new financial device to provide security for the family. In 1902, they organized the Aid As'scciation for Lutherans. The society is now the strongest of all the fraternals, having about 200 million in assets. It would make. 24 societies the size of our SPJST out of the Aid Association. Or take another group of people who believed that life insurance was a sinful gamble, the Lutheran Brotherhood. That society commenced business in life insurance in September, 1918. Today, the Lutheran Brotherhood is twelve times as strong as our SPJST. WHAT MAKES SOME SOCIETIES grow and double its strength in sewn or ten years, while other societies either barely hold its own or are gradually growing weaker and smaller until they merge with some lively company? It h . the field of service. Those that do not try to rejuvenate the meetings are slipping backward. Those that are constantly alert to accept new trends and ideas grow by leaps and bounds. And they are active in dozens of different directions.

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES LODGE VERNOST NO. 51 Ellinger, Texas I take this opportunity to announce to you that the regular meeting of this lodge will be held Sunday, December 9, at 1:30 p. m. at the Ellinger Cafe. This will be the annual meeting, and it is therefore urgent that you attend this important meeting. Fraternally yours, D. A. Juren, Sect'y. A,

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LODGE KOMENSKY NO. 20 Granger, Texas This is to notify all members that our annual meeting has been set for the second Sunday afternoon in December. That will be December 9 and the meetMg will begin at 1:00 p. m. There will be election of officers for the coming year and othiar business of importance. As is the custom we will have a lunch after the meeting. The ladies are asked to bring pastries or whatever they wish. Let's have a nick?: turnout and a big meeting. Fraternally yours, Henry E. Vitek, sec'y ) • • • RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned resolution committee of S. P. J. S. T. Lodge Praha, No. 29,- Taylor, Texas, wish to expriass our heartfel c . . sympathy to the family of our departed member, M. S. Holliday who pased away on November 19, 1955 at the age of 67 years. His departure is mourned by all the members of the Lodge. May he rest in peace: Vera Polansky Marie Svadleriak A. L. Boudny, Resolution Committee ) •4•( SPJST LODGE NO. 44 Industry Texas Dear Menib-rs,. I hereby wish to your attention to cur annual meeting which will be held en the 9th of December, second Sunday, in the morning, beginning at nine o'clock at the Industri Fire Station. Those of you who am behind with your r ayments, please come, a.L .a pay your dues ,S0 that your officers can close the books with a clear record at the end of the year. Election of officers will also be held at this meeting, so come all and elect the officers for the coming year. Fraternally yours, Miroslav L. Petrusek, Sec'y

LODGE VESMERNOST 68 Nelsonville, Texas Dear Members and Readers: The November meeting was held at proper time. We decided and propose to repeat the decision of the minutes dated July 13th, 1952, minute book page 102 which read as follows: It was voted to collect from junior members ten cents month local dues. The new article to read as follows: to collect ten cents local dukes month from all members, except on certificates JS, JT ,JG, JI, JE and. JC age 16 years under, to be effective Jan. 1, 1957 . Nominating committee nominated the following* members as officers for the year 1957: President—John Bravenec; Vice President—Irvin Huff; Secretary—Edvin Schupak, Finance Secretary—W. D. Kamas; Treasurer—John P. Kamas; Auditing Corn.--Arthur Ekebesta and Edvin Stallmach. We conducted several special meet ing, discussing plans for our Golden celebration which will be published later. Come to the meeting December 9th when we will have election of the officers for the 1957, also decide on the salaries of the officers. Hoping to see you there,I remain, W Jezek, Reporter •J co •

meat; served. I would like for the members to bring some food for the lunch. Ek; sure and come to the meeting .on December 9, at the Hillje SPJST Hall. Yours fraternally, Margaret Sablatura, reporter ) • oTev • ( SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Readers: Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its regular lodge meeting Sunday, December 9, starting at 1 p.m. because of the election of officers for 11he coining year. The members voted in the last meeting to_. raise the Sick Benefit to $5.00 a member instead of $2.00 as . in the past. The benefits will be the same, but we will have to have 50 members by March 1, 1957, or will be dropped. So if you want to keep the Sick Bement come to the meeting and pay before March 1st, or if you can not come to the meeting mail it to jay Dee Waggoner, 2107 Ross Ave., Fort Worth 6, Texas, so you can be counted. The Christmas program will be December 16 this year, starting at 5 p.m. Everyone try to make plans to go as I am sure Sister Flora Koci, our youth director, and the children have a real nice program planned for you. We want to wish a speedy recovery to Brother Joe Krivanek who ha g been in the hospital, also Brother Allen J. Lindeman who recently underwent surgery. Both are back at their homes now. We want to congratulate one of our younger members, Kay Lynn Parham, daughter of Brother and Sister Robert E. Parham. Kay Lynn was chosenqueen of her school at Saginaw School, at a carnival October 30. She received a bracelet for being the princess from her room with her name and also a bracelet, "School Queen, and the year 1956" for the school queen. Kay Lynn's mother is the former Miss Alaxine Bartek,.daughter of Sister Millie Bartek and the late Brother Charles H. Bartek. Everyone remember the meeting 'and Christmas program and make plans to go. Fraternally, Jay- Dee Waggontar o o

SAN ANTONIO LODGE NO. 133 Dear Members: Our December meeting begins at 2 o'clock on the 9th, the second Sunday of December, with a little program of music and singing. There will be packages of fruit and candy for thke children. We had a pretty good attendance at our last meeting. I still would like for a little more to come to our December meeting. This is Brother Bundil's last Meeting as president. Brother Charley Cerny was voted to take Brother Bundil's place. The other offices are still as they were. So remember our meeting on December 9th, at 2 o'clock. Sincerely .yours, Stanley Kalmus, Reporter )•4•( Hillje, Texas Nov. 26, 1956 LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO: 88 Dear Members: Houston, Texas The Hillje SPJST Lodge No. 40 will Deomber 1, 1956 have its meeting Sunday, December Dear Brother, Sister: 9. It will be the 'election of officers so You are cordially invited to attend the I would like for all of you to come. ANNUAL MEETING OF YOUR LODGE, There will also be a lunch and refresh- Which will be held on Sunday, DeCember

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fled with whoever is elected. We need your vote so please plan to attend this meeting. As always after the meeting RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY refreshments will be served therefore all Whereas, the undersigned members members are asked to bring either kola- 'of the Resolution Committee of Lodge Your ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ea, rolls or cookies. Pokrok Agua Dulce No. 152, wish to exwill be held on Sunday, December 16, 1956, at 3:30 p. in. There will be a ChristWe hope to see a lot of you at this press the heartfelt sympathy of the mas Program with Santa Claus and gifts meeting, bring your families with you members of their lodge to the family for the children. and show us that you are interested in of their departed Brother Make , your pans now to attend our your lodge. WILLIAM C. WATZEL NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY and DANCE Fraternally yours, who passed away following a long illon December 31, 1956. Bring all your Alene Skrivanek ness, November 18, 1956. friends. • ( The passing of Brother Walzel is Your regular monthly Lodge Meetings Lodge Rozkvet Zapadu No. 107 mourned by his wife, daughters, grandare held on the second Friday night in each month, beginning at 9:00 p. m. Floresville, Texas children, brothers, sisters, a host of friends, and the entire membership of Announcements are published in our Dear Members: weekly herald "Vestnik" regarding variIt's been quite some time since I Lodge Pokrok Agua Dulee No. 15'4. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a ous kinds of entertainments sponsored wrote last, so I thought I would drop by our Lodge during each month. If you a few lines to dear old Vestnik and let copy of this rdsolution bka tendered to are not receiving the "VESTNIK" please our members know a little- about what the family as an expression of sincere sympathy in their bereavement. contact the Officers of your Lodge, as our Lodg's is doing. May he rest in peace. you are entitled to receive it free of cost. Our last meeting was held November R. J. Haisler Your attendance at meetings and sugJohn Hranicky gestions for betterment of our Lodge will 11th, 1956. It wasn't too much to John L. Jansa, discuss so it was pretty short. But we be appreciated. Resolution Committee With best wishes for a Merry Christ- were reminded that next month is our • mas and a Happy and Prosperous New important meeting. We will have elections of our officors. So all come and RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY Year. help elect offiecrs of your choice. And We, the undersigned committee of Fraternally yours, let's all try to be there a little earlier, Lodge Vysehrad No. 48, Beyerville, exA. L. Hilsher, President since we have .quite a lot to attend to press our heartfelt sympathy to the F. A. Kadlecek, Secretary in our Decomber 9th meeting. So come family of our departed Sister (' )•4 one, come all. MRS. VINC B. SHILLER • POKROK MOULTON NO. 27 I remain, Fraternally yours, who passed away after a long illness •You are hereby notified that our next Julia Vaclavik, Reporter on Nov. 21, 1956. She was one of our moo lhly meeting will be held on Doc. e 4 charter members of the Lodge. May she • 9th, 19A. It is most urgent that all rest in peace. members are present at this meeting. LODGE PRAHA NO. 29 Lumie Shiller This is our annual meeting when offiTaylor, Texas Edwin Turek cers will be enacted for 1957. Dear Brothers and Sisters: Leon Shilnar Fraternally yours, )• 4e In our last monthly meeting at Lodge Frank C. Wagner, See'y. Praha No. 29 the members decided to YOUTH WORK GROWS *( * hold the annual meeting on tic's second To make sure of a continuum of LODGE POKROK PLUM NO. 64 Plum, Texas Sunday in December. This is your invi- membership, nearly all the big national tation, members of Lodge Praha' No. 29, lodges have plunged heavily into youth Dear Sisters and Brothers: .Tust a few lines to remind you of our to attend the annual moeting. New of- work. "In fact, it's getting so crowded s ern:A Meeting, which will be held at ficers will be elected and many prob- that it is hard to find a young people's tho Leglers Hall, on Sunday, December 9 lems and questions discussed and voted. activity that some other fraternal group hasn't already appropriatod," comments at 2 p. m. • The members decided to havo a coverWe will have enaction of 'officers, ed dish luncheon at 12 o'clock noon at a youth organized for The Maccabees. S. Willis Lamoreau of the Junior Ortherefore all members are asked to come the hall on Sunday, December 9th. Folat least to the annual meeting. We lowing the luncheon at 2:00 p. m. the der United American Mechanics says: would be glad to see a large number of regular meeting will to conducted. "If rrcmhers are enrolled when they are kids, they don't drop out. You don't our Sisters and Brothers. Ladies are requested to bring something have the problem you get when men in Fraternally yours, for the dinner. the 21 to 35 age bracket are enrolled for Katie Sulak, sec'y. Sincerely, 44( the first time." Marie Svadlenak, Mieheael Grasha of thia Croatian FraVOLNA CRECHE NO 135 reporter ternal Union of America concurs, "Our Ennis, Texas *( * youth section is the present and future Dear Brothers and Sisters: For a woman, it takes very little to of our organization. Our gains for the As you know on the 9th of December we are having our last meeting of the make life wonderful, a package of flow- year reflect but the gains of the youth year which means the election of new er seeds, 'earrings from the dime store, department." 4e officers will take place. All members are cloth for a new dress or blouse, a few Horse sense is what keeps horses from urged to attend this meeting as it is very rolls of wallpaper, but mainly a few betting on what people will do. important that every member is satis- Words of praise. -

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Have you ever, on a bright and cloudless day, found yourself in the depths of depression and for no apparent reason? Have you ever admitted, "Well, mayb'e I was exaggerating a little," and then wondered if your exaggeration was a symptom of something serious? If you get a worried feeling every now and then that you have some peculiarities that seam to make you different from others, cheer up. We're all in the same boat. Everybody exaggerates — We all often stretch the truth until it fairly bursts at the seams. And the funny part is, you can't exactly call the other fellow a liar because you do it yourself. You say, "I had a terrible headache," when it was really nothing of the kind. Your foils-head throbbed a bit, and you couldn't concentrate because you didn't want to. But if you told the truth, "I had a small start of a headache this afternoon," who would care? "That's the prettiest dress I ever saw" isn't quite a fib either. While you are saying it, it is the prettiest dress of all, and you have simply dramatized your compliment. Everybody prevaricates — Now some folks say prevarication is another name for lying — which may be all too true However, unless the lie is deliberately malicious, there's nothing for you to get steamed up about. Helen says, "I never said an unkind word about her," and, while you remember differently, Helen is actually saying, "I always liked her so well that I didn't mean any of the things I said about her." The fundamental truth can sometimes to told more quickly in the form of a lie. Even when the lying takes, the path of an actual rather than an implied falsification of facts, it is a matter of small moment. Why condemn a man whc says "I paid twenty thousand dollars for that house," when it only cost him twelve thousand? If he likes to feel that he owns an expensive home he is getting twenty thousand dollars' worth of pleasure out of his lie. It's no fib that everybody lies. People tell tall stories to increase their prestige, save face, and sometimes just to make conversation. Sometimes they lie because they don't exactly know how to assemble facts logically. Everybody alibis — Everybody has a tendency to Worm out of an unpleasant spot. When our chickens come home to roost, we all try to pretend they belong to .someonkl else. Wives alibi when they

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put the whole blame for the unbalanced „peel:lee. If you coo the guilty party — budget on the high cost of living, has- if everything seems to go wrong, check bands alibi when they charge poker over your emotional timing, get your losses to entertainment expenws. Eve facts straight and ride out the storm — alibied when she said "The serpent was it never lasts long because everybody irresistible." Adam alibied when he said gets over it, "The woman tempted roe." We even aliEverybody has a tendency to top the bi to ourselves for our failures and ous other fellow's story — Partly because boners. the spirit of survival by competition is Everybody tries to put up a front — deeply ingrained in all of us, and partly We all hope to be a little better than because one good story just na turally we are, and sometimes in an attempt -leads to another, w ee constantly trainto live up to the selves we want to be, pie On each other's toes by going one we go a bit too far. Women spend their better each time. If your feelings have money on beautiful dresses, and wear been hurt because your an' Tdote was shabby undies, men put ten dollar bills outclassed, you may console yorfself by on the outside of a roll of ones, and the remerabering that you probably had it children say, "My daddy is bigger than coining to you. Or you may play turnyour daddy." Price tags, labels and high about and top the .story that just topped standards of living have been dinned yours. On the other hand, you . may into our ears since the day we were graciously refrain and say to yourself; born. Your neighbor may buy something You see, I am the poised, the civilized he can't afford, or go on a diet of string one 1 let him get away with it!" beans and bacon to pay for his new car. Everybody tries to take the center of Think of the ambitions, the hopes and the stage — We mortals are imaging,the dreams dripped up in that beauti- tive, temperamental actor, and all the ful gas buggy — visible, shining proof world's our stage upon which we -in, that he is doing as well as the next one. dulge the "ham" inherent in our Everybody gOes through mood cycles— tures. This is what gives an atmosphere Does a state of tension sometimes exist of self-dramatization even to our mooat your house which causes otherwise meats of do ,pest sincerity. Plot-- charloving and beloved people to snap at acter — situation — life is full of it, each other like a pack of starved and the real trouper admits. that "the wolves? 'And for no apparent reason? play's the thing." The show mast goon Women have female cycles and men -- so give the other fellow his cues, have male cycles, and both have ela- prompt him when he blows up his lines, tion - depressing cycles of their own. applaud his iexcellent performances and Mood cycles are what make your own take your turn and put everything youfriends so helpful and cooperative at ' y e got into the act, one time, and so inconsidierate and critEverybody feels 'al-tenor — If we wish ical at another. And it may not be the other fellOw's mood that's causing the to carry out the play-acting,' this means that we all get stage fright. tronble -- it may be yours! Everyone feels shy and out of place at Some have a mental origin and others times. . No matter what a man's real and • a physical one. The probleM is to recog- fancied superiorities are, he has many ni2.ie and deal intelligently and gently inferiorities and defects which torment with them in your families as well as him. Most of these inferiorities were yourself. For instance, when a husband drilled into him when he was a baby, is irritable with worry over the illness and few people ever 'outgrow all of of one of his parents — and exhibits them. lack of stamina by giving way to it -that is no occasion for his wife to give Everybody has pet peeves — We all him a heart-to-heart talk on how to have our touchy spots. It may Lie the control his temper, even, if it is notor- squeak of chalk which rasps our nerves; it may be people who read over your iously bad et all times. shoulder. Pet peeves are like personality Everybody has unreasonable spells -- wars. — if they arse not malignant Due to the aforementioned mood cycles, (like intolerance toward races or creeds) emotional 'sorms, and to plain human it is best to leave them alone. Never cussedness (a good old fashioned term) some of the meekest and saintliest of aegue with a man about his pet peev,3, for he will argue right back and will beings turn on us at times like verge- guard it as a sacred treasure because ful worms. Think nothing of it — count d ten and go serenely on your way until he has been forced to efend it, (Continued on page 20) the unreasonable one regains his per-

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MAKE CHRISTRA "Det's write a little message on all our Christmas cards this year. That'll bring our correspondence up to date,' and make each card more interesting to receive. Something like this is said in many homes each Christmas. It's a grand idea, too, unloss your thinking cap is taken off as soon as you open the ink bottle. For one thing, the t that sending a Christmas card means you'll just be repeating yourself if those cheery notes begin: "We've been lately, and—" ng y So fill them in with really personal news about you and your family. If a Christmas trip is being planned, men- tion it. If you're giving a Christmas -party, let your Christmas cards carry the invitations. Postal regulations, by the way, en-1

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courage this idiaa. Three-cent stamps are required when Clillstmas cards carry chit-chat, which means (1) they will be sorted and delivered first, and (2) they will be forwarded or returned if the addressee has moved. Thus once your Christmas cards are need to worry. in the mail, there Colored ink will idd warmth and gaiety to such messa g.e Red and green are the traditional favorites, but etiquette authorities say ink of any hue may be used if it's in harmony with the Christmas card color scheme.

It is both proper and kind to send Christmas cards to people in mourning. Religious greetings are appropriate, and there's also a wide variety of cards designod especially for this purpose. This thoughtful act may mean more than you'll ever know. Persons in mourning should depend entirely on their own feelings and preference. If sending cards is a strain, their friends would not want them to add to this burden. It's a matter of courtesy and good taste to use the form of name preferred by widows and divorckees. However, it is customary for a widow to use the same name as when her husband was living: "Mrs. William White." It is the correct form'to add a divorcee's maiden surname before her ex-husband's surname: "Mrs. Robinson Smith."

Envelmeos can be lifted from the drab appearances of averydT,;' mail by writing addresses in colored lie too. Christmas seals bel e o on the back, just as postage ,itelong in the upper right hand corner. Hasty handwriting, of course, can I do it ail. So simmer down. Print if you Many people are needlessly embarcan't write plainly. And don't abbrevi- rassed on December 24 by receiving a ate anything in the address except Mr. Christmas greeting from someone not and MrS. on their mailing list. It happens to most of us, so don't Generally speaking, common sense rush out and mail a card that will arwill answer most questions connected rive next year. (Continued from page 19) with Christmas card etiquette. But here Simply send a bright little not of apEverybody has something to hide — are some practical hints on what to preciation. On personal stationery, or no when you come face to face with Each dark closet contains a rattling perhaps a New Year card you can write: skel eton, even though the bones are them: "Yotir Christmas greetings made me very Give your signature all the tilt you happy. Thank you for your friendly reoften made of papier-mache like a Halloween decoration. In all lives those are want to. Sign it: "The Schnells—Dick membrance." foolish mistakes to be lived down, sins and Helen." If there are children, by to he atoned for, and crimes of expedi- all means include them: "The Schnells One more hint which, however, apcney which range from silly to danger- —Dick and Helen, and Dickey, too!" pl:',o,s to all your correspondence. Unless Notice that Dad's narne comes first the addressee is a stamp collector who Maybe John doesn't want anyone to when small Ire are included. List the prefers a variety of stamps, do not use know ho failed his eighth grade test youngsters aceceding to age when there three one-cent stamps on your letters. years ago, perhaps Jane is driving with- are more th. o : one: -The Tomans- And do not place the stamp anywhere Jodie, Janice, except in the upper right hand corner. out a license. Best results are obtained Jos,aph and Dot, !"Mamie and Mary." by adhering strictly to this adaptation FIT! ' Place only one stamp of proper denom• 2nd today is definitely toward ination in the right place. The post ofof the Golden Rule — "You keep out of a gay informality. No Mr., no Miss, no fice cancelling machines area made to past, and I'll keep out of yours." arerybody wants to get even — Al- Mr. and Mrs. before the signature, un- place the postmark in the upper right ',mugh everybody does it differently, less you've selected Christmas cards for hand corner. When you place the postslinster souls spin dark and devious formal appearance. Then the signature age stamp anywhere else, it is a case of webs of vengeance and act upon them may properly be engraved, imprinted carrying your personality too far. Then or engage in long and bloody vendettas., or handwritten: "Mr. and Mrs. 0. Penn your friends get your letters with ugly Nice people content themselves with Hauser." smears across the stamps in the wrong mentally boiling the wrongdoer in oil., Do not address your Christmas card place. • 4. None will say that these personality envelope to ''Mr. and Mrs. Will Snow traits are admirable, and are not to be I and Family." It's too general, too imWhat, we want is not lawyers, but men curbed, but psychologists join with law personal. If at all possible, graciously pr2Tticing law; not doctors, but men and spiritual behaviorists in assuring us send a; separate card , to each. Or address the envelope to "Mr. and, practicing medicine. For the good socithat we need not magnify these normal personality faults until they become Mrs. Will Snow," and on t'rce card itself ety we must have not specialists and guilt-inspired convictions that we are write "('o Crystal and and Bobby broad-gauge people but specialists who are broad-gauged people.--Emerson. different from the norm, or in any ant Betty." ) o4 • sense perculiar. If you do send se parate Chrl,..tmas History repeats itself, except one's There is solace and serenity in the I cards to little boys and girls, Mr. or knowledge that our peculiarities are Miss should he written on the envelope private history, which the reighbors before their names. peat. really normal. -- Your Life.

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Why Be, A Fraternal Insurance Counselor? Why be a Fraternal Insurance Coun- (From an address by It. H. Abernathy, selor? Tha.'. is a question. It's a ques- Vice President and Educational Directtion I asked myself. It is asked by many or, Woodro.m of the World life Insurwho enter the Fraternal Life Insurancelauce Sec' at the Texas Fraternal field. I am happy to givie you my an- i CenTvee... Liston, Texas, Nov. 8.) swers: 1. Acquired ideas which stimulated the ice. This course helped me to do so in behalf of our mamhers, neighbors and use of product knowledge. friends. Comprehending a truer mean2. Helped to maintain enthusiasm. 3. Increased efficiency to render p leat- ing of life insurance, I was able to iner service to members, neighbors and ter: net that meaning in terms of dotlars to t,.p day, tomorrow and the future. friends. 4. Helped to develop good work habits. I Convinced that I was on the right Fraternal insurano2 societies recog- track, 1 emiimvored to sell those certifymze the importance of training. They caies which provided money for clean?i re encouraging their representatives to up funds, onov for readjustment fund, become qualified counselors. Fraternal money to pay off the mortgages, money insurance couneielors, too, have the pa- to send chiLiren t•o college, and, money tience to do simple things and in so do- to be put aside for savings and retireing, acquire the skill to do difficult ment. I did not know all of the an" things easily. swers, but I had enough of 'them to I am interested in a man with a plan, get a lot of men to act on behalf of the but I am aroused by a man with an best interest of their families. My tar-d idea. The study of my F.I.C. Course gave get was the breadwinn tar. At the same me some ideas. Putting these ideas into time I was interested in making him an action made me a better fraternal work- active member. er. After I had made my presentation, I was captivated by an idea that I including the advantages of being a could go out and make some honest-to- nlenitH, I would motivate with my "pet goodness collections on the business I close." Here it is: "If you buy this life wrote. Not just monthly or quarterl y insurance certificate from me, and you: collections, because now I had lost my join rrn/ Lodge, you are going so betimidity and I was ready to ask for cause you love somebody and you want annuals and single payments. This idea to do something about it now." I made became a very definite part of my think- it my business to have mamma right ing. I soon felt that the more I col- there in the middle of the interview. lected from my cus;:omers, th la greater When I raised the umbrella of proservice I was rendering them. This I tection over a family, and made it posbelieved. Tell those who are going to sible for mamma and the children to take this course to become captivated hane.‘ something after the bills had been by some good sound ideas. paid, and when I made it possible for mamma to stay home and be a fullMaintain Enthusiasm MO time "Helped to maintain enthusiasm" is in knowicher, I had lots of sar,isfaction , g that I hod rendered a worth my second answer. ,Product knowle dge plus Having a lot of get-up-and-go means f,nabled mi e to do this. his. that you have a lot of enthusiasm. If we do not have it, then wia had better Develop C.,'-ood Work Habits get it. This Study Course will help the field I suppose Frank Bettger is recognized vorket • develop good work habits—that as being the greatest proponent of en- is if the worker is interested in bethusiasm we have in this nation. You coming 1,7ifficien',. For example, Study can easily lisitan to him for an hour on Unit number seven in the Basic Course this subject. He says that enthusiasm emphasizes this particular point and is is the overall canopy under which the complete in every detail in telling the succesful HDe insurance representative field worker what to do and how to do must operate, but a lot of us just let in becoming organized arid staying orthis advice go in one ear and out the gani raed. A prospecting file, keeping rec . ,ords of daily, weekly and monthly pro--other.Wawndoistle to what successful men have to tell us. cluetion and planning goals, are most After I had studied this course I be- important. Then too, records on effort gan to realize that this business was to and study goals are helpful. All of this satisfy the /loads of the living and to is explained. proVide for the eternal demands of the Regardless of the type of business that future. To do this, I had to render serv- one may be in, records aria necessary.

The better the records, the better are your chances to know your complete operations. We should not kid outselvias about this business of record keeping. Mr. Big, the successful life insurance man, keeps good records, It pays to follow his example. Realize ti's importance of having a good attitude toward this tedious task, which is really a part of our daily work. Good, habits will overcome bad habits. "Doing becomes habit, habit becomes character, and character lives foreyer." This course offers us good advice and explains the steps in establishing good work habits. Some folks don't think tliat means Fraternal Insurance Counselor. Some of them will try to make you believe that F stands for fishing, while others will insist that I stands for-idleness. Still others are thinking that C stands for chewing the fat. These interpretations are far from the truth. Over the past years it has boon a bulwark of strength to our Fraternal Field representatives. In the future it will be a beacon of light to those who will learn and practice th ,e precepts, of good life insurance underwriting. Mastering this study course is init,the complete story. Developing into the:best life insurance representative in ',the country is not the entire solution:There is the other side to our Fraternal'Story —the story of our organized Lodge. Through this activity, our mlembers:have the opportunity to acquire laSting friends, to develop speaking ability, to learn parliamentary procedure, to 'enjoy social entertainment, and to promote good citizenship. Finally our members have the opportunity to exercise their individual ffanchise in the operation of their own society. As a center of influence, our active lodge is invaluable. As ambassadors of our fraternal System, we will not be judged by the clothes we wear, with what textures and ornaments we adorn the body, but by the furnishings of our mind and heart--The 'Fraternal Monitor. ° GT. More than 5,000 corporations, including insurance companies, banks, manufacturing concerns and department stereo, have some sort of home study plan for upgrading and training employees. )E 4. A rumor is about as hard to unspread as butter.

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CAN REINCARN•T/ON BE BELIEVED? Something new has been added to (By Lytle W. Robinson) There is little, they, say, to support American thought and interests. Thee the motion' that each birth is a special Acc According to these views, iews, the pun ereation. or that death is the end. of the Continuity of Life has become "fashionable," although the idea eiple of the continuity of life may be Death, like birth, is -but the transition is not new to the world. It has been be- 'sc ,en in nature — in the grass that dies into anot1 ,2r 1 calm of Existence, the lieved and disbelikeved, cussed and dis- in he fall and comes to life again in passing thiough God's other door. That cussed since man first, considered his the spring. R. is not really dead, only is the neaning of the immortality of relation to his fellow man and his re- dormant. But is it not the same grass? man. Life is continuous, and it is eterEvery twenty-four hours a new day is nal. The problem of the pre-existence lotion to e Supreme BeMg. rn out is it not the continuation of of the soul -- the wheieabortts of the The meaning of reincarnation in theb-e '-' o one time'?" Human life, likewise, modern Western world use of the term, soul between creation and birth — is however, is different from that of= the the continuous existence of conscious- presumably 1 Es!olved. o:d Em4 t. It is not to be confused with nes, in this nine and others. It is the - However long the journey. however the Hindu applicaJon of it which i i immortality c the siul from the cre.- Jifficult it ma y appear , io be by inearn(..huV-s the transmigration of the soul ation in the very b.egmning. eating again and again , man is thereinto the animal kin gdom. In modern ly',..an Knows the indeAructibility of fore given more than one chance to thought the word refers to the human matter, say the reincarnaionists. Sal- make himi ,,lf worthy of his creator. ence has found that, it cannot be Oe- The continuity of life affords Arne -an-family only. Down through thke ages have come stroyed — only its form changed. How se=er, they say, to those age-old prob-' whi•pers of the immortality of man, much neere true, they ask, would this lems that have never been satisfactor-: the boundlessnessi of the mind and be of the spirit, whieh un be neither ily explained: What is the purpose and spiri.'-i. the infinity of the soul. Brah- seen nor measured? Radio waves, re- meaning of life? Why are we here? monism, the world's oldest religion,' dicactivety, a'Joinic e.niergy, to name but Why do we suffer? From where did:,we th penomena o the h of our times, come and to where are we going? What taught reincarnation in India centuries a few of before Buddha, the "Enlightened Ome, ,, reveal beyond a doubt that we are stir- happened to those millions of souls who o the have gone before? Thes.4a questions come came to reaffirm it in 600 B. C. The rounded by invisible forces outside of the the :tenses. We must bewith our first eensciousniess and are Kabala, based on the Book of Creation, , realm . one of the oldest of the Hebrew scri p- , lieve that the unseen is more power- ever with us. ! fol. than the seen. And today seienzistsThe philosophy behind reincarnation tures, endorsed it hundreds of years ago_ are them at work a project which will en - is, they insist, in no way oppo s ed- to The '' Essenes, a sect of stern ascetics, able to 'e'n pick k up sound wail2.s that fundamental. teachings of Jesus, reiterated it a-',; least 150 years before stby b the Moses, or other great religious leaders, the dawn of Christianity, as later did have be en uttered in the pa tins still the iair. th iNothi then,, nor withethe b est Christian and Jewish the Gnostics, a strange mixtuna of ear- vibraon asses awa entirely, but continues to ethics'.- There are even those whoa claim ly Christian, Jewish and oriental peo- passes pies and conceptions who were known exist in some ether forin just outside aihstantial evidence of it in the eso-. teric content of the Bible. (Reinearna° as "The people who knew." In more re- Hen reach of the se nses• cent Limes, the Theosophists, the„ Rosi- i1 The fact that the pcpulaIon of the ton in the New Testament, James M. erne lens, the Scientologists and other vvcrld is increasing indicates, so the ieryse.... goes, that more and more souls Cardinal Mercier, the Catholic .pregroups have accepted it as a fundamen- th eory ' I are returning to this plane to work out late, did not himself admit to a belief tai part of their doctrine. m oble his , M :)rey ,Bernstein in his book, The -2 ' - in reincarnation; but he statked that .the ",”, with 'hear-selves - . and '. with Se:n .en for Bridey Murphy, ma y proper- ! each o:her, That is the spiritual anevoand doctrine did not conflict with the esreal sential teachings of the Church. Dean - evolulA rn - of ro ' h ),e credited with popularizing it to lutiem ' th ' ereal it does not mean that toe population !hr, American readin g public ‘of St. Pault 's said that he found public, al hough 'Inge _ res ne. a whole i.s. he it not the first to denfonstrate it by of the universe as pyc;.sic or hypnotic methods. A. R. Mar- ing' The population is static. because no conflict between it and modern Episcopalianism. Others in the cedeworld acct it or offer no tin used much the same process — that all souls were created in the beginning sinstical ■ --none have been created since. objection to it, although few ProfesS it of age regriession through hypnotism -in working with dozens of subjects. His By the process of birth and rebirth, publicly. book (Researches in Reincarnation and the personality of the individual through; The arch-cynic Voltaire stated his Beyond), was published in 1942. It pro- his own will and reason, is slowly build- case for reincarnation succinctly when pounds a startling new dimension in ed over the ages. That is how talents he said, "After all, it is no more surps,chology and the depths of the mind. and abilities, likes and dislikes, inter- prising to be horn twice than it is to file late Edgar Cayce (Theme is a ests and inclinations, gradually becomle' be born once." Walt Whitman implied _La 't:', Many Mansions), who has been part of the personality. That is why in in his poetry. and his biography conrc Ccrred to a.s America's Greatest Psy- fanhs express an individuality all their' firms his belief in it. Kipling, Tennychic, corrobbrated the continuity of life own at an extremely early a ge. It is ,,-on, Swinburne, Schopenhauer, Benjathirty years ago by inducing a form of also why men are such complex beings.; min Franklin are among those who have self-hypnosis and talking in his sleep. According to the reinc:arnationists. then, expressed it in their works. His ;15,000 "readings" are still on file we are today the sun: total of all we' Its breadth and scope appears to be in the Association for Research and have done, all w' have said, all we large enough to embrace all the true Enlightenment headquarters at Virginia , have thought in the past eons of time. ) religious of .the world. It is so cast it Beach, Va., and represent what must And that which we constantly build to-1 places the Jew, the Gentile, the Cathbe the world's largest coli tecnon of psy- 1 day we will become m the future — MI olio, the Protestant, the Mohammedan chic data. this life or the next. all under the banner of the Brother-

Wednesday, December 5, 1950 hood of Man and the Fatherhood of God. Man, it would seem, is indeed his brother's keeper. In previous lives a person could well have teen any one or all of them — and may be yet. Hence, the folly of racial and religious prejudices is evident. But, according to the reincarnation view, the important aspect of the con tinuity of life is not the fact that we have lived befbre and will live again; its real significance lies in the Law of Cause and Effect, of retributive'. justice — the essential truth of "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." The Hindus have a word for it. They call it Karma, and it means that as we do unto others, so shall it be done unto us. It is a literal interpretation. Like the boomerang, what one sends out in word and deed, however good or bad it 'may be, will return sooner or later in exact ratio to that sent out. It is a hard. precise law, for man thereby pays to the last jot and tittle his transgressions of the Law of Love. It is also a just and gratifying one, for the good one does is meted out again in like measure. If the philosophy behind reincarnation and Karma can be taken seriously —if they are fundamental truths just coming to light in the Western world —it gives man a new understanding and a new responsibility in his daily living. His search for the purpose and meaning of life takes a new turn. The great mystery of birth and death would ,olyed Could that be what Alexander Pope meant when he wrote, "0 Grave! where is thy victory? 0 Death! where s thy —Life Today. sting?" , )•4

WHERE TO CIO SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16: karel Havlicek Lodge No. 4 in Hallettsville will have a combination Christmas program and birthday party starting at 1:30 p.m., following the short regular meeting. Everybody is invited. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16: Pokrok Houston Lodge No. 8-8 will hold its annual Christmas party for the children. Don't fail to bring them. A special program of Czechoslovakian Christmas carols will be presented by a group of about thirty persons with beautiful and unusual organ music. Don't miss it. It is free. )• The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.

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STRAIGHTENING KID'S TEETH At least a fifth and probably more of all the children in the country between the ages of 10 and 14 need to have. their teeth straightened. If your child is, or will be, among them, you need to know something about what will happen during those expensive and tedious "years of the braces" in order not to waste your money and the child's time. Occlusion is the dentists' expression for the way teeth fit together when the jaws are closed. Malocclusion, or a bad fit, is what you need to look out for. One main type of malocclusion is characterized by a receding chin and protruding upper front teeth. A chin too prominent in relation to the rest of the face, a thrusting forward of the lower teeth, an overdeveloped lower jawbone and an underdeveloped upper jaw indicate the opposit,,a type of malocclusion. There are many variations within these two basic malformations. It is time for orthodontic treatment — or straightening — when there are evidences of crowded, spaced, protruding or rotated teeth. You should also see an orthodontist (a dentist who specializes in straightening teeth) when there is early loss of primary or permanent teeth. Why does all this hahpen? There is no one reason, but basically any malformation goes back to an inherited or a fu.Ational cause. Children do inherit their basic jaw type and the size and shape of their teeth, along with such things as the length and strength of jaw and facial muscles. And these inherited traits can predetermine whether or not malocclusion will be present. Functional causes of deformities are these: Abnormal habits. Among them are thumb sucking, blanket chewing, lip biting, odd sleeping positions long use of a pacifier and unnatural ways of swallowing. All of these habits can throw growth off its normal pattern by exerting pressures against the new teeth. Thumb sucking is the most common though it is perfectly normal and probably will cause no serious mouth defects when done by a child under 2 years of age. If the thumb is sucked only occasion-11y up to the fifth year, this my r .!, hurt teeth either, but after t'lat the frequent pressure will show its effects. Premature loss of baby teeth. If a child loses a molar at age 2 or so, the permanent tooth that comes in at 5%

to 61/2 will have no guide to lead it into the right position. Disease. Enlarged tonsils often cause a child's lower jaw to jut forward. Certain allergies cause mouth breathing, which in turn causes a lack of balance in muscle pull and uneven pressures. The number one reason for straightening teeth is that it can prolong the life of the child's teeth in at least a couple of ways—both highly important. One is reduction of cavaties. Straight teeth form a natural sluiceway through which food particles are swept away from the teeth and down the throat. When teeth are misplaced, food is trapped in tiny recesses, and decay 14 likely to result. Too, bad alignment produces a tendency .toward early loss of the teeth, through a breakdown of the bony structure that supports their roots. This serious condition, popularly known as pyorrhea, is one of the greatest seasells for loss of teeth in adults. The second big argument in favorf straightening teeth is iing.rovement in the child's looks and therefore in his psychological health. There is no getting around it. Crooked teeth aren't pretty, and to the child approaching his teens, goad looks are as necessary as knowing the right slang. Every orthodontist has seen children who shun school activities, clubs, parties --- all because of their embarrassment at having malformed teeth. Some almost never smile; others try to speak with their mouths as nearly closed as possible. Finally , the failure of the teeth to fit together when closed causes a chewing deficiency, with the result that children tend to swallow their food whole and stomachs must take on the task of breaking down unchewed particles in addition to their normal digestive functions. The time to consult an orthodontist may come when the first of the permanent teeth are coming in, at the age of 5 1/2 or 6 to 8 or 9. Most frequent cause of this early trouble is loss of a baby tooth through accident. Correcting the slant of the permanent tooth, that comes into the space may save worse trouble later. In that case the orthodontist does what he calls interceptory, or preventive, work. Often three or four visits and a few months of wearing an appliance will get the tooth back in line. Sometimes a young child with some permanent teeth but not enough to hold a full set of bands will be given

STNIK— MST; a headgear appliance to wear. Wires that fit around the teeth are held in place by a light elastic band that goes around the back of 'the head. It must be-worn at least 12 hours every day. By far the greatest number of cases seen by orthodontists, however, involve children between the ages of 10 and 14. During this period the permanent set of teeth is completed and The jaw nears full development. Yet the continuing growth of bony tissue makes Moving badly placed teeth compartively easy. Orthodontic treatment is possible, in. th s first place, only because teeth are not anchored directly to the bone in the jaw. A sort of hydraulic system made up of peridental membrane holds them firmly but not rigidly to the bone. Abnormal pressure over a period of time can produce a change in the bony deposit and a change in muscle length 5. ) that the tooth functions normally in its new position. The orthodontist uses his bands and wires to control the pressure on certain teeth and to stimulate growth in the right direction. The long process will begin for your child, if his turn comes, with some ten hours in the orthodontist's chair. During these visits the doctor makes his diagnosis with the aid of x-rays and plaster study molds and fits the appliances. He usually spends at least another ten hours on laboratory work. The exact nature of appliances YarieS with the personal experiences and judgment of the orthodontist, but all must be worn exactly as he directs in order to be effective. After the initial fitting. frequent visits •to change pressures on the teeth are highly necessary. For some time the child may be visiting the dentist every two or three weeks, but later his visits may spread out a bit. The whole thing very often takes from two to three years. The bill? You will get an estimate of the whole cost at the beginning. There will be an initial payment for the diagnosis and the appliances and their installation. Then a schedule of payins ments -usually divided into monthly instalments — will be made up for the firA, second and possibly third years. The charges for a complete, fullbanded job, differ in various sections of .the country. A job that might be done for $500 to $750 in the South could cost $750 to $1,200 in New York City. Probably $650 to $900 is nearer average for two or three years of treatment. That's mighty rough, but it used to

Wedneoc.lay,f...3Reeinber 6, 1956

EATING SOMETHING OF EVERYTHING As we grow older the kinds of foods we need do not change. At 8, or 40, or 80, the elements required to keep the body in good working condition and -to maintain vitality are pretty much the same. Body processes do slow down somewhat, and we become less active, whiCh means that the total quantity of food needed is less. This makes the selection of food more important than ever. Yet for one reason or another—because on a particular day a certain ford did not agree with him, or because he never did like it anyway, or because tender or missing teeth make it hard t o c 1 iew it — one food after another may be dropped from the diet, until the individual ends up in old age with a diet that is not only monotonous but Leking in health protection. The elements most frequently found lacking in the diets of older people are protein, minerals, and vitamins. Milk, eggs, meat, poultry, fish and cheese are our best sources of protein. These foods also supply some of the needed mineral and vitamins. When meat is not used, or is used sparingly, more milk and eggs should be eaten. Fruits and vegetables are important for minerals and vitamins and for roughage which helps to maintain good elimination. Sometimes the citrus fruit recommended for breakfast is more acceptable taken at the end of the meal, or as a dessert at some other meal. While we usually think of bread and cereals as being important for their energy value, they also contribute some protein to the diet, and the wholegrain and enriched varieties are one of the best sources of some of the necessary minrals and vitamins. Even when the total quantity of food eaten must be limited in order to avoid gaining too much weight, bread and cereal are not completely eliminated. Fats and sweets are the foods that sometimes are eaten in too large amount by older people, because they are easy to get and satisfy hunger quickly. When they are used in reasonable amounts, they do much to improve the flavor of ether foods. But since they add an appreciable number of calories to the diet, caution in selection must be used, especially where overweight is a problem. Many of us, as we grow older, find that we are putting on a few extra

pounds each year. Overweight has crept up on us, because our eating habits have stayed the same while our physical activities have gradually decreased. Or something may happen to bring about a fairly rapid increase in weight. A man changing from a sedentary occupation to more active work, for example, may find his appetite increased out of proportion to his increased energy output, and consistently "bite off" more than his body requires. Or a person used to a great deal of physical activity may, for some reason, find it necessary to limit his output of energy and yet have an "appetite hangover" which keeps him eating multi more than he needs. •( )• The secret of success is often juSt ‘up the obvious — a pmoccupation which a lot of folks just naturally shun. Take the Night Letter. It has meant millions of dollars to the telegram cord ponies -- and its cheaper rates has meant a great savings to the rank- and file of the citizsanry too. Did you know it was all the idea of plain ordinary railroad station agent? He noticed that Western Union had to keep staffs on hand for 24 hour service in its various agencies, despite the fact that 99 percent of the telegrams were sent during the regular eight-hour business day. This kept the price of telegrams so high that most people couldn't afford them. So the station agent suggested that telegrams be allowed to go through at cheaper rates. It struck the company as a great idea too and the result has been a boon to the concern and the populace ever since. Who was this plain ordinary railroad.. station agent? Well, of course, actually people who can make the most of the obvious are not really very ordinary individuals. This lowly agent, Theodore N. Vail, went on to become the first president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. ) 4 If you are working, give the best that is in you, remembering that in. the last analysis the real satisfaction in life comes not from money and things, but from the realization of a job well dom. There lies the difference between the journeyman worker and the real craftsman. ) be worse. Not long ago teeth straightSome women believe if you charge its ening lasted, seven to ten years and it's not spending, and if you add a chercost $1,800., ry to, it, it's not intoxicating.

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VDSTNtK—WEST,TEXAS

CHARITABLE WORKS The fraternal orders and service clubs, of course, are best known for their charitable works, which are of incredible size and deversity. The first provision wagons into San Francisco after the big earthquake and fire of 1906 were manned by Elks from Oakland, who in 12 hours set up a tented city, and hospitals and were taking care of 2,000 homeless people. Nearly every major disaster from the Johnstown flood down to the present has been the occasion for more aid from the Elks. Last year, its lodges spent $6,489,021 on various good works such as aid for needy families, crippled children, and cerebral palsy. To single out one is to slight the rest. The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons are spending more than $1 million on 22 mental health projects, with the major emphasis on schizophrenia; the Moose, in addition to maintaining a ,$15 million city for 800 homeless boys and girls at Mooseheart, EL, also conducts a research laboratory for gerontology and geriatrics at its old folks center at IVIoosehaven, Florida. The service clubs, with no bond of ritual such as the fraternal lodges have, derive their main impetus from these good works. Its the glue that holds us together," says a man from Kiwanis. That organization's annual report for 1955 lists a perfectly staggering range of activities: 19,034 Boy Scout, Camp Fire Girls, 3-H and other youth groups sponsored; 20,792 industrial surveys conduc ted to bring new industries into towns; 2,847,228 trees planted; 14,229 juvenile delinquents assisted; 8,656 rural soil conservation projects sponsored; 14,240 "go to church" campaigns conducted and there were 32,425 Kiwanians teaching Sunday school Negroes have a lodge system. In 1775, a group of British Masonic soldiers in Boston initiated Prince Hall and 14 other Negroes into a new lodge. Negro Masonry has pursued a separate exist ence ever since. The Elks, Moose and many other big national organizations also have their Negro duplicates. The American Woodmen and the Independent Order of St. Luke, the latter founded by an ex-slave, are leading Negro lodges that issue insurance to their members. Patriotism, like charity, is a rallying cry for the fraternal groups. B'nai 13'rith, which requires that the flag along with the Menorah (the 7-pronged Jewish candlesticks)) be displayed at all its meetings, takes pride that its Ra-

mah lodge in Chicago sent 6,000 of its members into the Union Army during the Civil War. (Another brother, Judah P. Benjamin, was the Confederate &acretary of War.) The Polish and Slovak societies date back much further than the great tide of immigration of the last century. Matta, Bogdan Lowicki, Stefanski, Zrenica and Sadowski are especially revered. They . were the skilled craftsmen who came to Jamestown in 1608 after Captain John Smith, disgusted with the lazy, impractical colonists, sent an urgent plea to his London agents to send on "30 carpentlars, blacksmiths and bricklayers rather than a thousand of the kind we have here." ) 4 There should never 1: 4a a time in any man's life, college graduate or not, at which he feels he can say, "I have completed my education." Learning is a lifelong process and the mind, like a muscle, thrives and develops with exercise. In this day of progressive specialization, those who don't continue to learn are soon left behind. Any man truly interested in learning can find a way to educate himself; the only limits to his education are those which he sets, for himself. The self-educated man attends a college of his own making. 4 ( IS LONGEVITY INHERITED? Insurance companies believe that it is and they have run studies to prove it. Many factors enter in longevity besides heredity however. Those with higher incomes and those who live in better homes and communities live longer. This is true of nations and of individuals within a nation. The Navajos, for instance, are a hardy race but their life span is short because, they lack education and civilization, adequate medical care, good food and decent living conditions. Professional man such as lawyers, ministers, teachers, dentists and doctors, have top life expectancy so it would appear that education plays a part in longevity too. Farmers and business men are next in line, then skilled workers and lastly, unskilled workers. Married people live longer than single people. Women live longer than men Overweight cuts down a person's life expectancy, as does over exertion, fast living and worry. To sum it up — a long life is dependent upon heredity, environmental conditions, type of occupation, sex, good medical care ancl luck. )• •( Variety may give life its spice, but monotony provides the food.

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Have Your Choice Thirteen SPJST certificates for adults: CLASS B: where a member pays premiums during his lifetime. CLASS C: where a member pays premiums for 20 years, but in case of death, the full benefit is paid as provided by the by-laws. CLASS D: where a member pays for 15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. ,MASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death benefit paid as provided in Class C and D. CLASS F: full amount of certificate is paid after 15 years. CLASS C: amount' of certificate is paid after 15 years. CLASS H: proper amount of certificate is paid when member attains the age of 65 years, member pays pre miums until he attains the age of 65. CLASS I: member pays pre"iniurns for 20 years and proper amount of the certificate is paid when he attains the age of 60 years. CLASS K: member pays premiums to age 65, and the proper amount of his certificate is paid upon his death. CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance which is issued up to the sum, of $2,500.00, and is not included in the amounts of the other classes. CLASS M: Annuity Policies. CLASS M-C: Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benefits and $1,000 paid -up insurance, after 20 years. CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will. , be issued to members up to the age of 50 years, who have real estate loans from this organization. * Five SPJST certificates for children: CLASS ,J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into any other insurance alter the child reaches the age of 10 years and be fore attaining the age of 16 years. CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value a age 16, payable at death. CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with fave value at age one year, payable at death. CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with Mortuary face value at age one year. CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, mortuary fave value at age one year. (dZ),

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VESTNiK

WEST, TEXAS

ve sWedu 5. prosince 1956

VZPOMINKY Z DETSTVi (Pokradovani) Jak se sklidilo a vymlatilo obili, tak se tam ve dvo • e usporadala doainkova slavnost. VSichni zamestnanci se ji mohli andastnit. To se poradalo v nedeli odpoledne. Tarn hudba vyhravala a tanoilo se na zemi bez podlahy na nadvori. Pritorn jsme vg ichni byli podarovani eerstvYmi kolaci, buchtami a pivam. Veder se glo to dodelat do hostince, kde hudba a tanec s veselim potrval pees ptilnoc, ale ne pro mne. V ten veeer chtel jsem pokraeovat v tanci, ale dlouho 'jsem nevytadel. Vedle taneeniho salt( jedna svetnice slouaila pro ty, kteri nechteli bYti v gemi videni. Najednou brzy z y eeera se otevrou dvere, v kterYch st.)1 IMO pan ueitel Julius Kunda. "Uviddl nine drive neali ja, jeho. Byl postavon neco pros lest strevic vysokY a ja iret necelYch trinact roktt. Kdya jsem clotaneil k tern dverim, kde on stal, najednou jsem ucitil, jak mtij klobouk zmizel 8 me hlavy. Ten ustalenY zvyk tans kloboukem na hlave mne pripravil o n'ij novY klobouk. Pochopil jsem hned, ze to je konec mych radovanek, koniac tandeni, zato starost, jak to dopadne na drily den y e Skole. Noe jsem mel dosti klidnou, byl jsent hodne unaven, tak prijda dornd, jsem brzy usnul. Skolaci to rano ua vedeli, co se mi sta10, tak mi predpovidali, ae dostanu od ueitele miru na nova "gate" (kalhoty). Ueitot po celY eas vyueovani nedal na sobe znati, ae se neco prihodilo, jen pti ukoneeni denniho vyueovani mne upoziistanu y aide'. My jsme tomu pravili "po gkole". Naporueil mi, co musim dvacetkrat opsat na papir, abych si prY dobre zapamatoval, ze "Skolni Zaci nesmi chodit do hostince k muzikum". Kdy.Z jsem to mel napsane, tak mi klobouk vratil. Ja mu poclekoval a slibil, k si to budu pamatovati. On ua o ni. nevi, snad jiZ tricet tomu, co se rialeza pod drnem, kde i my dojdeme klidu a yyrovnani. Pro jeho vaptimenou postavu, s hlavou vady vzhtiru vztyeenou, dostal od nekterYch prezdivku "hvezdar Byl to dobrY ucitel, vychovatel budouciho obyvatelstva, svedomite pinil sve povinnosti, Dnes jej obdivuji vice ma"; kdya jsm chodil do gkoly, jakou on mel te2praci s nami, pri tak velkem poetu Obeas mne dal na jeho misto, kdy se musel z tidy vzdalit. Kdya jsme meli hodinu apevu, on hraval na housle. V kostele hraval na varhany. Me povinnosti dornaci byly ponejvice pomoci nanosit vody do domu v putnach od purnpy, ktera byla. blizko, ale muselo se jiti do kopeeka s pinYmi putnami,

(Pik John Sta ga, Corpus Christi)

deli pode gve. Nadelali jsme si male sane, a kopeeka se to dolare jezdilo, jakponevada naSe usedlost byla polokna o mile jsme si udelali dobrou "sanici" (ceneco vie na svahu. Musel jsem zemaky stu). na gkrabat a yyponloci, s poklidem, po Pri veeernich schilzkach se vady naae/ vederach eisti nablas stare kroniky, pro- nektery start povidkar, kterY svYm1 earoctvi ti gtend gvabachem, eisti bibli a st° opakovanYm povidanim mel znalost kancional. o tom, co nas nejvice zajimalo, a dle V csmi letech jsem ze gkolni knihovtoho stupnoval smytene povidaeky, kteny dostal yyptijoit knihy. Na ge zabavy re nam malYin nahanely hritau a strach. byly iozmanite, ale celkem jladnoduch.e. Vypravovani se nejvice toeilo kolem Za pekneho podasi ye volnYch chvilich stra gidel nebo o hastrmanech, z nicha jsme si mobii larati g kolni cleti na nektereho u splavu videl, jak byl v myMere se nal(' , alo pees cestu od Sko- sliveckem Satu pl'estrojen, jak koho kdy ly. Na pastvi gtidli v potoce delali jsme svedl, a jak se nekdy prestrojil za mlada dinu zastavy, kcle jsme se koupavali. ka mlynarskeho. Nebo vypravel, jfk ay eZ vrbovYch vetvi, ktere jsme sehli do- tluky provedly v noci jiste lidNblouclein, ISIL4 3 si nadelali houpaeky a z pek- nim; nebo zasp o zbojnicich, zlodelich a nYch prutti vrbovYcla jsme rezali pi- lupioieh, jak pfepadavali lidi, kdy cho St'alky. dili pi-es lest' a podobne pranostiky a Doma z bezoveho kere jsme vybrali povery o zjevenich a vra'adach. tim 'vice primY odno2, tento zkratili na 12 as 16 jsme se trasli strachem, tim vett radratem jsme odstranili duZinu, dost mei vypravee. Nebylo divu, 2e mnopovrch zbavili kury, pist jsme ustrouha- ho lidu i dospeleho, melo strach jiti li z tvrdeho dreva, co se nelonnalo, ka- treba doma do tmave mistnosti sami. A pesnim noaern ( ("krivakem", ktery sca na potvrzeni, Ze tam strait, se mnozi prodaval na jarmarcich za etyri krejca- prestrojovali za ta straaidla, nejvice ry), gpunty jsme si nadelali a koudele- Bilou pannu. K Want obyeejne staeila a "pukae" byl hotovY. "Ku gi" jsme take jen b ld plachta, a straaidlo bylo hned umeli delat. Na gli jsme si nekde vetev. hotove. ktera, mela peknou vidlici, koupili za dva 0 vanoenich svatcich jsme se tali na krejcary "kolomastiku" (vytahovaci gu- darky a nejaky ten mls. 1VInoho toho nemovY provazek), naCli kousek ktiZe ze byvalo. 0 atedrem dnu jsme se my, de stare obuvi, a to jsima potom na velkou ti, musely postit. Bylo nam slibovano, dalku kaminky za,sahli i to, co }via za- budeme-li eekat s jidlern na veeer, kazane. Pied velkou noci jsme bud' de- uvidime zlate telatko a zlate . prasatko. lali none nebo opravovali star gi "klapot- Vide' jsem to telatka a prasatka u nas ky" a "rehtaely". To se nas nekolik vet- pfi weeti, ale na ceste, ktera ta kolem rich gkolakii seglo a chodili jsme po de- nakho domu. Byli to opilci, ktefi prOpicline nahradit zvoneni, neloo zvony asi jell to zlato za ta aiva, prodana telata a po tri dny umlkly. prasata. "8migrust" (pomiazku) jsme oslavili Nektere roky nas navaivil Mikulda s tirn, ze metliekou z brize jsme andelem. Cert se neukazal, ten v pfedclevE",ata. sini jen rineel ketezi. NeZ jsme dostali ✓ polich jsme meli nage, k nakmu do- darky, museli jsme sta pomodlit. breinu traveni uspokojive pamlsky, kteKdya mi bylo tfinact let, tak jsme se re portista-valy z hrachowYch luskt, ma- tri akolaci ,smluvili,,ze se pfipra,vithe a ku, mrkve, vodnice, kedlubti, kvakti. U bucleme chodit "na tri krale" v mai a v potoka rostlo zajeei zeli, i to chutnalo. sousednich °belch. Obeali jsme nasleduZemaky jsme nekde vykutali a pekli v jici oboe: l3ranky, Podoli, Loueku, Kunopopeli. V potoce raky a rybky jsme chy- vice, Rajnochovice, Lhotu Podhradni, Ko tali. marno, Osieky, tjozd, I- Sechovice, Ba✓ lesich a hajich jsme sbirali jahody a bice, Zamrzky, Nemetice, Hustopee, Leamaliny. Tyto tam rostly crvoje, eerne a nou, Choryil a Koradrovice. V Kelei jsme eervene. Trhali jsme liskove orechy, ne- byli, ale tarn jsme nepochodili. MestskY bo na, kerich " gipinky", totia plody di- lid na'to nedrael a kluci se nam vysmiyoke rtiae, a je gte mnoho jinYch ovoc- vali, tak my a prazdnou Ali domu. Dalgi zabavou pro nas bylo chodit na nYch lahtidek, ktere rostly na divoko. poute. V Kelei na Petra a Pavia se poTake houby jsme sbirali. ✓ ziranim obdobi, jak napadl snih, tak radala pout', to bylo od nas blizko, jen 'sine se "kulovaii" snehovYmi koulemi hodinu ct:sty jiti pe gky primo po choda staveli snehulaky, klouzali na lecle, nicich. Na vaze po ceste to byla trochu kdyZ obuv a houne (papuee) meta ko- zaji2cl'ka. knou podegev. Za to klouzani na lede, Byl jsem nekolikrat na pouti na Hov2cly eekal yYprask, neb jsme bray pro- styne, peaky a vypravenYm procesim. To

Ve stisedu 5. prosInce, 1956

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jsme gli vedle to Rajnochovske obce, dle kniZeci obory do Chvaleova. Tam jsme prenocovali, neb v sobotu odpoledne se vyglo z domu. V nedell rano pokraoovalo do toho kopeeka (738 meta ei 2322 stop je vY gka onoho kopce). Vzalo to dobrou hodinu dojiti k prvni kapliece. Pied touto kapliekou byla nadelana koryta, do nichZ zavedena voda. Unaveiii poutnici si v techto korytech umYvali race, obliceje i nohy. Pitna, voda se take pila ze spoliaene nadoby, ktera byla umistena o tro gku vYge od tech koryt na umYvani. Lid si tam chodil ye sve povereivosti uzdravovati bolave oei, hnisave bolaky a podobne koni nemoce vymYvati tou vodou. Vial a sly gel pent to odsuzovat ze zdravotniho stanoviska, ze misto uzdra yovani je to sirens nakatlivYch nemoci. Moje rodina a znami jsme se v tom nikdy neumYvali. Nekdy jsme jeli no vozia, a to jsme do yeeera dash na HostYn pesky, Kane s vozem jsme nechali v zajezdnern hostinci ye Chvareove nebo v Bystrici, Pied odjezdem do Ameriky matka po"Musime se jegte zajeti naposled rozloueit s Panenkou Marii HostYnskou." To jsrne jeli v sobotu odpoledne v mesici listopadu v roce 1906, matka, brats a jd. Jidlo nejake se vzalo s sebou, take koni se vezlo krmivo. Po vyrizeni v geho v hostinci jsme vysli pied veeerem z Bystrice pa pekne silnici, ktera z 000u stran byla obsaziana tulaky a 'zebraky. Co kousek se na nas vztahovaly ruce a prosebne upiraly Sta a sta bylo tech Zebrakil na silnici a na torn chodniku, jimz se glo pe gky na kopeeek. Byli to vetginou muss zmrzateni. Natas meli vojenske vyslouzile medaly na kabatech pripnute, ktere jim cisa.r pan Frantigek Josef podaroval, aby lid mel nad nimi smilovani a pomahal je zivit a gatit. Natal meli harrnoniky, jini flaginiaty (lidove jsme tomu rikali "vergl"), bohatgi meli na prejizdeni s poute na pout' yetgi. flaginety na voziku, ktere sami tahali anebo jim nekdo z prizivnsku pomahal. I pse jsem tarn videl, co pomahali vozik s fla ginetem tahat. Mohlo se i s povozem jeti na, ten kopeeek, ale my jsinia, tou cestou nikdy nejell. Vozova cesta byla hodne kroucend a ptikra. Na HostYrie byl hostinec a noclelaarny. V onech nocleharnach nebo hospode jsem ale nikdy nebyl. My jsme meli sve jidlo a prespali jsme, jak vetgina tech poutnikti, v kostele na t yrdem dlaZdeni. Byla to take pata zashrha trpet napohodli. Odpustky. Dva kostely tarn staly blizko sebe. Start' byl malt', novy byl velkY, pinY poboenich oltatt. U hlavniho oltate se obetovaly od poutnikti rtizne voskovo dary, nakoupene ye vystavenYch venku

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stancich. Po boku oltare, na. reteze picipevnena. kasa (pokladnice), byla rychle napinena penezi. elm vice darn, tim vice mel kaklY odpustku. Penize a dary hazeny byly k oltari. Poutnik ph obejiti skoro celeho kostela a oltare na kolenou, dostal se s proudem jinYch kleeicich poutniku zadem kolo hlavniho oltare yen do nadvori. Rodiee nana vypravovali, e cihly na stavbu tech kostelti byly skoro yS'echny prineseny od poutnikft. Na :rriste HostYna stala rozhledna. Slo se vzhttru po schodech, a noby bolely ph torn: stoupani dostati se na vrch. KdyZ bylo jasno, tak bylo videti daleko na vSechny strany. Ty poute se podobaly zdejSini americmkarnevaltim,. vSude sama nastraha na penize. Jak se lid vyhrnul z kostela, tak ty stinky pernikove a cukrarske i s temi tretkami byly tak obklopene, prodava'ei nemohli staeit v geehny zakazniky najednou obslonZit. Mnozi se sami odgkodnovali tim, ze neco -darovali Zebrak(im a v kostele, a nahradili Si to u techto stankil. Mne hOdne zajimali ptaeci, kteri po zaplaceni dvou krejearn vytahovali z male" zasuvky v kieci tiAtenou "planetu", totiZ predpoved 7 osudu. Ptaci melt kriff:! ye zobaky, proto jim- pravili "krivaeka".1 Lid rad 0.iistoval na ty poute, ro yneZ na jarrnarky a tarmaky. \7 na gern flare& tarmak byl dobytei trh, kde se prodaval dobytek. Bylo v nagera kraji mnoho tech konskYch a kra yskYch handliktl, obchodnikit s dobytkem. Main v Nye pameti je g te jinou vzpotrinku. ye clvanacti Jetech gel jsem k birmovani, Predtim mne vet gi miadici, kteri melt gkolu a birmovani za sebou, straSill, ze biskup, mi des polibak. Na to jsem nedhal, neb tarn byvalo zvykem, cizs lidi si b-rali pravo : pokarat, east° i pobiti &Ai treba za to, po dem jim docela nic nebylo. Ale mYrn vysnenYm pranirn bylo, a na to jsem, se tail, ze mu) kmotr nine k birmovani obdaruje hodinka.mi a rodiee ze m,i koupi rm yy obtak a obuv. Rodiee nine o gatili, ale kmotr mne zkjamal. Dal mi jenom malou modlitebni kniZku a malt' obrazeeek biskupa. Bihnovani se poradalo ve Valagskem Meziriei. V temZe roce se udala prihoda, o nil byla roznesena zprava, is chlapec Skolniho veku byl• chycen na biskupskein/ panstvi v lese ph trhani jahod a za trest ho zavreli do tmaveho sklepa: Ve klepe se nalezala zmije (had velmi jedovatY), ktera jej u gtkla a on od toho zemiel. Bylo: to dOane po venkove v tajnosti, ale lid v meste odebiral uz tehdy hodne novin. Tim se stab, ze biskup z Olornouce nedostal prslis slavnostni uvitani od mesta a ad tech, kteri o torn vedeli, v clonmence, ze on moll tomu

Strana 27 negtesti zabranit. Mluveni mezi lidem a tom bylo zakazane, a tak se o torn jen geptalo. KdyZ otec nine braval nekdy sebou do nalYna, mi se to libilo. A kdy2 se mne tazaii, elm bych se chtel uait aZ vyjdu Akolu, tak jsem vkly odpovedel ze mlynarem. Mel jsem rad anlYn pilu. Sestra Anna byla gvadlenou, ueila se v Kelel. NejakY eas byla v keleckern mlYne, kdia, gila gaty, a pri tom zamestnani tam viclela, co ti ueni a tovary gi mlynailati museji Mat, jab mnoho teZkYch pytlit jim prejde pies jejich ruce a jak je to nebezpeene zamestnani. Ona mne z toho mlynarskeho zamestnani vymluvila zaeal jsem premY'Slet, eemu bych se mel abych se take ph tom rnohl ueiti nernecke Jab jsem se o torn jiZ predegle4zrninil, nab sousedni ebec Vrchovec pattila 'Skolou k nam do Polic. Ve Vrchovicich_ men toho easu starostou obeana jmenern Oerli av a. Starosta mel jednu dceru jednoho sync. Tento syn byl o rok nebo dva stars mnia, ktereho daii uoiti zameer4ckemu remeslu do Vidne, Ze jsme byli ze Skoly dobre znami a on volil to rerneslo; tak i ja zaeal jsem se zajimati o zarneenictvi. Ale do Vidne se mne nechtelo.. Druzi dva moji spolulaci, take o (Iva ro, by stars, F'ranti gek Vala a Josef Palata„, se ueili krejeovine via Slersku, v nernec-• kern meste Odry. Oni mi pravili, ze tarn je pet zarneenickYch dilen a ze bych tam jiste misto na ueeni nagel, Rodiee promluvili a panem ueitelem. On nas odkazal na okresniho inspektora. Tak jsme za nim jeli do Vala§skeho Mezitiei. Dim jsmie meli vyjednany pies na7 geho ueitele, takle to nevzalo jakehosi eekani. On mne zaeal vyslYchat, zkouget, a pros chci prestat chodit do gkoly, ze gkola neni jegte u konce. Vysvedeeni gkolni si prohledl, a kdyZ mu matka rekla, chci jiti do ueeni, tak mi dal propti gteni, ze marn gkolu narodni proglou. Napominal mica, abych pak chodil do gkoly prilmyslove a dobre se dale ueil. Poslechl jsem jeho rady a po yeeerach a po nedelich chodil do pokraeovaci S: koly. Jednoho rana, jeSte za tiny, jsme vyjeli z ze pojederne do mesta OdrY hleclat misto pro mnia. Jedind nejbliMi cesta do Oder vedla pies mesto Kele, oboe Babice, Usti, Teplice, mesta liranice, kain jsme dojeli asi v osm hodin rano, Bylo to tri hodiny jizdy. Tam jsme obegli vgechna mista, ale nebylo tarn to, co jsme• hledali. Byly tarn slevarny na rolnicke stroje, tovarna na sici stroje. Mysleli jsme ze zaeatku, kdyZ by tarn bylo neco, co hleclame, ze by to bylo bliZe domova a nemuseli bychorn aZ do Oder. Z Hranic jsme jeli velkou, girokou silnici, pravili ji "cisaiska,". Jell jsme pies s

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