Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1967 Page: 1 of 32
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Offieial Organ Of The Slavonie Benevolent Ortler Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897.
Benevolence
VOLUME 55 — NO. 45
HUMANITY
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Píease Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies
to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, POB 109, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501
NOVEMBER 8, 1967
FROM THE EDIT0S’S DESR
THE DIS TRI CT III MEETING
Last week in this column we gave the
highlights of the five fall district
meetings held so far this year. This
week we will give the highlights of
what transpired at the District III fall
meeting, held at Lodge 6, Cotlonwood
Oct. 29th.
Kvents at Cottonwood took a rather
startling turn when it developed that
Legal Adviser Bro. August Kacíř had
dispatched letters to district officers
and Su přeme Lodge officers about 24
hours before the meeting to the ef-
fect that, in his opinion, the election
of a new rest home direetor at the
spring meeting at Elk wa-s null and
void. Brother Kacirřs brother, George,
of West, represented him at the meet-
ing. Brother George Kacir stated that
after lengthy consultation by phone
with his brother in Temple (who was
meeting with the By-Law Committee
in Temple) the letter was drafted and
sent.
The salient point of Brother Kaciťs
letter was that since the entire mem-
bership had voted in the election of a
new rest home direetor, the election
was null and void, according to Art. 63-
h of our SPJST By-Laws. Article 63-h
states as follows:
THOUGIÍTS . . .
The tighfcest monopoly in the World
can’t make progress withont the good-
will of its customers.
♦ ♦
The world is governed more by ap-
pearances than by realities, so it is ful-
ly as neeessary to seern to knmv some-
thing as it is to actually know it.
—Daniel Webster
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The highest reward for maxťs toil is
not what he gets for it, but what he
becomes by it. —Ruskin
« ♦
People may doubí what you say, but
they will always believe what you do.
“Delegates of the previous conven-
tion are the representatives of the
local lodge in all district meetings.”
Brother Kacir interpreted this to
mean that only delegates to the last
convention háve the right to vote on a
rest home direetor, district officers,
and to vote — period.
The Weather Man was also angry
with us that afternoon and sent vio-
lent rains and thunderstorms over the
Central Texas area, knoeking out pow-
er lineš in the West-Cottonwood area.
This didn?t help matters any. What
business there was was conducted by
the light of two candles and a Cole-
man lantern (thanks to Bro. Joe Sum-
bera and his lodge workers).
It was pointed out by the presíding
officer at that spring meeting that
what was doně was doně after consul-
tation with our Legal Adviser, who was
present and helped count hallots. Ar-
ticle 12: was invoked, but that article
applies to speciál conventions called
by the Supreme Lodge and does not
apply in this čase.
It was also pointed out that our
SPJST By-Laws are silent when it
comes to mentioning our rest home or
its directors. Not a word about them
appears in our by-laws, yet, we háve
been electing representatives to that
body since about 1954, after the home
was completed. In all seven districts,
election of a rest home direetor has
always been by the members at dis-
trict meetings. According to the latest
interpretation, this method was illegal.
Allegedly, this method of election was
never challenged or contested.
Nevertheless, the opinion of the
Legal Adviser was given, and finál ac-
tion was deferred until the spring
meeting in 1968.
This decision opens a Pandora’s Box
of questions as to exactly what pro-
ceduře will be followed in this matter
until it is completely cleared up by the
by-law committee and the coming con-
vention.
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Morris, Nick. Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1967, newspaper, November 8, 1967; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth626091/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.