Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 19, 1989 Page: 4 of 16
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4/VĚSTNÍK—Wednesday, July 19, 1989
the Sunday morning of our meeting
and I íearned yesterday that Sister
Thelma Bartosh had surgery. I hope
each of you improve everyday and that
good health will return to you, soon.
Brother Calvin Skrabanek was
asked to sat in as vice president.
Secretary Dolores Skrabanek read
the roli call of officers (President
Pavelka absent), trustees and sales
representatives. She read the minutes
of the June 9th meeting and they were
approved as read.
Correspondence included a thank
you from Sister Phyllis Billeck’s family
for the flowers and a letter advising of
the increase of water bili from $15 to
$16 for the minimum from the East
Bell Water Supply Corporation,
New members are Austin Brian Ray
and Kelly Dodd. Welcome to Lodge
47!
Brother Reese informed us that the
family sociál on Friday, July 21st will
be hamburgers and French fries from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Then we will
háve ice cream with everyone bringing
either a freezer full of homemade ice
cream or your favorite store bought ice
cream. This is a send - off for the
youth and chaperones going to camp
on July 23rd. The Volleyball
Tournament is set for November 4th
and there will be an A or B Team from
each lodge. The Tarok Tournament at
Lodge 29, Taylor on September 16th is
being kept in mind by players. The
fraternal log is being kept by Tim
Reese so advise him when you do some
Service for which the lodge may get
credit.
The officers’ reports were good and
so were the chairpersons’ reports.
Youth Leader Patsy Koslovsky gave
her report; 32 members and 7 adults.
She invited everyone to the YAD held
July 9th at Holland SPJST Lodge No.
80. The youth and parents had just
returned from a two - day trip to the
beach and Sea Wolfe Park in
Galveston and Astroworid and
Waterworld in Houston. They were all
tired, but all were glad they had gone.
Under old business was the
discussion of the donation to the
Battleship Texas and the Czech Chair
from the proceeds from the picnic.
Brother F.E. Hejl, Jr. stated that I had
the information wrong in the Věstník
about two months ago. He said that
the U.S.S. Texas led the other ships to
Europe but that the 315th Station
Hospital ship that he was on, had
developed a hole in the side after an
Atlantic storm and had to go back to a
port in Nova Scotia. They were then
shipped to the originál debarkation
port and went by another ship across
the Atlantic and went all alone and not
accompanied by U.S.S. Texas as I had
in my report. í hope í háve it right this
time. Sony for the wrong information.
New business included the election
to hold a picnic on the first Sunday in
June, again.
Then SL Vice President Bernie
Gebala was introduced and he, in turn,
called the sales representatives and
Brother Tim Reese escorted the sisters
and Sister Ciaudette Reese escorted the
brothers to a table in front. Those
present and their tenure were: Louis
Kohutek (1 year), Wallace Jez (3
years), Daniel Hejl (4 years), Dolores
Skrabanek (7 years), Emily Stuteviíie
(12 years), Dorothy Pecha! (12 years),
Vallie Zavodny (17 years), Alice
Banning (19 years), Wiilie E. Kohutek
(20 years), Dan Balusek (21 years),
Ruby L. Bolton (26 years), Frank
Klinkovsky (28 years) and Emil J. Hejl
(50 years). Evelyn Heese (6 years) and
Anton Motl (34 years) were not
present. He stated that the 15 active
sales representatives háve a total of 260
years of devotion to the SPJST,
averaging 17.37 years each. Brother
Hejl was presented a plaque by the
lodge and Brother Gebala presented
him with a beautiful pen. Brother Hejl
is retiring from the selling of
insurance, but he will be furnishing
leads and remain active in lodge
activities. Congratulations and thanks
for selling insurance for 50 years for a
total of 338 members, most of them in
Lodge 47. Thanks, also to Judy Pechal
for the beautiful cake for the sales
representatives and Brother Hejl. •
Birthdays in July will be observed by
Wiilie E. Kohutek, Vallie Zavodny,
Daniel Hejl, Jerome Orsag, Elmer
Skrabanek, Evelyn Wells, Della
Mareš, Jimmie and Lonnie Schroeder.
Wedding anniversaries will be
ceíebrated by Jerry and Annie Chupik
(60 years, July 24); Louis and Mary
Tepera (52 years), Rickie and Janell
Novosad (19 years), Lee and Ruth
Hanusch (19 years). All of you háve a
very “speciál day” and many, many
more.
The dooř prize winners were Joe
Macek and Georgie Sodek. The
meeting had a total of 82 members and
5 visitors. After adjournment we had
our “svačina.” Next meeting is
Sunday, August 6th at 2 p.m.
Dorothy Pechal, Reportér
_qptct_
Lodge No. 74,
Lovelady
Dear Members and Guests:
Our regular monthly meeting has
been attended by all officers and
trustees, except Don McKinney, who
has a night shift job in Trinity so he
was not able to be present. Vice
President Jerry Michka took over the
lead and did a fine job. The Pledge of
Allegiance was then led by Brother
Jerry Michka.
All reports were approved.
í’m sorry to say that the report
showing listing of events taking plače
at our Lodge 74 showing that dances
taking plače on the first and third
Saturday háve not been taking plače
for a long time because Selena Cryer
couldn’t get the bands for the price our
lodge could afford. ít is our lodge’s
desire to háve dances every Saturday
night, but if the members and guests
don’t attend and support it, it isn’t the
fault of the few who are trying their
běsí to keep our lodge open.
So from now on, í will let you know
in plenty of time in my next report
what dáte and the name of band which
will entertain our dancing fans.
Right now, I am glad to report we
will háve Country High playing at
Lodge 74 on July 22; those of you
reading this report, please let
everybody know about it. We need to
háve around 200 members and guests
to attend those events in order to háve
dances more often.
We háve games every Thursday
night at 7 p.m. We need more peopie
to come to the games so the amounts
can be increased so that you can win
bigger prizes.
Chesíer Shmoldas
—SPJST—
Newsbrief
The Don Peachey Band from
Wisconsin will be playing in three
Texas cities, námely, Houston on
August 25, in Goliad on August 26 and
in Ennis on August 27íh, Preceding the
Texas dat es, Thursday, August 24, the
Don Peachey group will be featured in
Yukon, Oklahoma. For more
information on the locations and
times, check your local newspapers,
—SPJST—
Lodge No. 88,
Houston
I háve been writing letters to the
Vestnik for 18 months, and háve had
two complaints so far. Don’t you think
that speaks pretty well for me? I do.
Anyway, the complaints were minor,
such as I didn’t put his or her name in
for the work that he or she háve doně,
etc.
Let me telí you, I only put names
down that were given to me. It would
be quite a task for me to be at every
function and write down these names
of peopie who work. If you want me to
mention your name, you better give it
to me, but my Daddy always told us,
“Actions speak louder than words.”
So if I offended anyone I apologize
and hope you’11 forgive me.
On July 1, 1989 Tom and Lydia
Marsh asked Arnold Cmajdalka and
myself to assist them with a dance at
Lodge 88. It turned out to be most
enjoyable evening with a fine
orchestra, Eddie Ray and The Polka
Dots, also a fair crowd. Tom and
Lydia had just returned from a 2 -
week trip, which was a trip to visit with
Carmen and Rick Eiserman, Lydia’s
daughter and husband, who are
stationed at the Army War College at
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Carmen and Rick introduced them to
the area with a trip through the Amish
country, also visiting an Amish
homestead in Lancaster County with a
briefing on their lifestyle; an antique
shopping tour in the Gettysburg -
Harrisburg area; a thoroughly
conducted tour of the Battlefield at
Gettysburg by Rick, a history
professor at the War College, and so
well versed and knowledgable of the
Civil War; and a tour of Hershey,
Pennsylvania seeing how Hershey
chocolates are made. Of course, a
stopover was made at Little Rock,
Arkansas, visitig with Tonťs family,
and doing construction work on the
proper ty there. On the way back, they
stopped at Nacogdoches visiting with
Myrtle Loveless and family.
Tom and Lydia are very active
members at our Lodge 88, a sales
representative, and Tom does a lot of
work with the Men’s Club and also
both are on the Entertainment
Committee.
The following article was given to
me by Brother John Kosut.
The Class of 1939 — Lamar High
School, Houston, Texas - had its 50th
anniversary reunion on May 12, 1989,
and I, with 129 colleagues, attended.
The year of 1939 was full of
memorable events for me. I attended
the premiere showing of “Gone With
The Wind” at the Loew’s State
Theater, the premiere of “The Wizard
Of Oz,” also at the Loew’s, bought the
first “Batman” comic books, attended
the 50th anniversary of KJT at
Hostýn, Texas on July 4th setting off
dynamite charges in a cotton field, and
my dad was in Vsetin, Moravia when
Hitler took over Bohemia and
Moravia.
Lamar High was built in 1937 and I
transferred from San Jacinto High to
Lamar because it was closer to home.
At that time, it was way out in the
wiiderness of Westheimer by River
Oaks and Westheimer was a 2 - way
gravel road. They started paving it the
day school opened in 1937 - reál good
planning!
The reunion was heid at the
Houston Country Club. The halí was
decorated with scarlet and royal
balloons (our colors) and with biown -
up sized pages of the graduates from
our Annual — The Orenda, Volume II.
Orenda is an Indián word for list of
roster, and this was the second
graduating class from Lamar.
Lamar was named for Mirabeau B.
Lamar - Texas hero and Indián fighter
who fought at San Jacinto, was the
second president of Texas and is called
the “Father of Texas Education.” Our
school páper is called the Lancer;
Lamar fought with a laňce at San
Jacinto. We are known as The
Redskins but are sometimes called
“Teasippers.”
The graduating class of 1939 had
400 grads - the war and time has
reduced us to 340 - and 130 graduates
came to the reunion.
The program was very flexible --
mingling and trying to recognize old
schoolmates. Each of us had our smáli
annual picture on our name tag, so the
evening was spent trying to focus our
bi - focals on these pictures. But after a
while, all these old peopie began to
become recognizable. The men had all
become quite a bit heavier and the
women all looked remarkably well.
Refreshments and drinks were
plentiful - attendants kept the drinks
flowing and there were long tables with
many varieties of finger food.
After a while, the 8 - piece orchestra
began playing and the evening was
complete — music from the 40s and old
friends. The evening was complete
untii I turned to dance with my Mary
and she was not there. She wasn’t able
to come with me, she was ill but
insisted I go.
I left when they were playing
“Moonlight Cocktaii” — full of
nostalgia and without my dancing
partner.
Comment: Mary and Johnnie are
active members and always willing to
help wherever needed. Mary is also a
very capable reportér on Benevolence.
On July 10, Lodge 88 had their
monthly meeting, with a good
attendance. Our Secretary Mildred
Holeman will send the minutes later.
We were informed that Ben Meyer,
Jr., brother of Sister Martha Zatopek,
had died. He was born in Needville,
Texas and died on June 18, 1989 at the
age of 52. We sympathize with the
family.
Fraternally submitted by,
Pearl Hanka, 2nd Vice Pres.
—SPJST—
Speciál Information
For Lodge No. 92,
Fort Worth
Our lodge wants to find out how
many would be interested in having the
Czech class again. This would include
all lodges in this area. The classes
would be one night each week from
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Please call or write to our Secretary
Christine Zich, 3217 Lubbock Avenue,
Fort Worth, Texas 76109 or call (817)
927 - 0283. We need this information
right away.
Caři W. Zich
—SPJST—
Lodge No. 92.,
Fort Worth
Dear Members and Friends:
Our meeting on July 9 was a short
one because no one had very much to
discuss, however, there was a
discussion about the September Czech
Heritage Day that will be held at our
lodge, 3316 Roberts Cut - Off Road.
There will be an accordian contest and
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 19, 1989, newspaper, July 19, 1989; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631927/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.