Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 1 of 16
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501
VOLUME 72—NUMBER 1__ USPS - 65848000 JANUARY 4,1984
Presidenťs Annual New Year’s
Message and Report
Dear Members:
Now that the Christmas and New
Year’s Holidays are past, we cer-
tainly hope that all of you had a
pleasant and enjoyable holiday
season — and particularly, enjoyed
the eompany of your family and
loved ones, together with good
health.
It has been traditional that the
president bring you this report at
this time each year, in addition to
the other reports that he renders to
the membership from time to time in
the Věstník. I will touch on a number
of items in this report, however, I’m
going to depart a little bit from past
practice on some of the items. You
may wish to keep this issue for a
handy reference.
Number Of Lodges. Lodge 22 in
Cat Spring recently disbanded
because there was no one to carry on
the matters of the lodge from among
the few members living in that area.
They háve all been transferred to
the nearby lodge in Sealy, No. 141.
There are a couple of other smaller
lodges that are having difficulty
“staying afloat” and are considering
transferring their members’ mem-
berships to nearby lodges. Not oniy
are some of our very smáli lodges
having difficulty, but even some of
those with a sizable membership and
these are also considering merging
or transferring membership into
neighboring lodges. With a drop in
partieipation in activities at some of
these lodges, it is difficult to operáte
as a lodge entity and while it is
somewhat sad to see some of these
lodges go out of existence, it is clear
that there is no attractive alter-
nativě.
New Lodges Chartered. The one
,new lodge chartered in 1983 was
Lodge 191 East Texas in the Lufkin
area. This gives us another lodge in
the Piney Woods of East Texas and
they háve a number of enthusiastic
members, This presently gives us a
total of 125 lodges (one out and one
in) and nearly 57,000 certificates in
force.
Refunds. Prémium refunds to
members will again amount to a
sizable sum, as will the 8°/o refund to
lodges. Instead of giving you a
projected figuře, we will bring you
the finál figuře after it is determined
in March.
Death Claims. A total of 419 death
claims were paid through December
Ist, This figuře is an increase over
last year’s figuře of 388 at this time.
May these departed loyal brothers
and sisters rest in peace ...
XXIVth Convention. The coming
convention in June is, of course, the
“big event” for us in 1984. With very
few exceptions, all lodges háve
elected their officers and delegates
to the coming convention.
As has always been the čase,
there will be revisions and changes
in our by-laws. That is as it should
be. It is the responsibility of the
membership as a whole to review
the by-laws in effect and make their
proposals for changes at the next
convention. Any individual member
is free to submit proposed changes,
or a committee for that purpose
may be instituted in the lodges.
Such changes must be submitted to
the secretary of the By-Law Com-
mittee no later than 30 days prior to
the convention (Article 20(d)) and the
secretary shall forward such recom-
mended changes to the Vestnik for
publication (Article 20(e)). Any
recommendations that are not
favorably acted on by the committee
ean be presented in the convention
by an accredited delegáte when that
particular article is being discussed.
The secretary of the By-Law Com-
mittee will forward all
recommended changes for
publication in the Vestnik as they are
received before such recom-
mendations are considered by that
committee. In this manner, each pro-
posal is considered by the entire
membership, including the dele-
gates. Then, the By-Law Committee
acts as a “clearing house” and
publishes its recommendations in
the Vestnik prior to the convention.
Once the by-laws are passed and
approved by the convention
delegáte body and the committee on
by-laws has doně its finál work and
arranged for printing the by-laws,
they are the ones we will háve to be
dealing with for the next four years.
It is then too latě to send out a
distress signál that something was
left out or that something should
háve been included or something
should háve been worded this way
or that way. It behooves the dele-
gates to listen very carefully to
these by-laws and deal with them
accordingly. Your president and
other members of the Supreme
Lodge will háve a number of recom-
mended changes, but it is hoped that
the lodges will exercise their prero-
gative in submitting changes and
revisions on certain articles. The
reports of the officers and directors
of the Supreme Lodge will appear in
the Vestnik, probably all in one
issue, at least two months before the
convention.
It has been stated a number of
times that the convention will
officially convene on the morning of
Monday, June 18th, in the
Convention Center in Corpus Chris-
ti, Texas. Delegates will want to
arrive during the afternoon on
Sunday, the 17th. Registration will
commence at approximately 1 p.m.
The schedule of all events should be
forthcoming soon. The Supreme
Lodge is going to ask the approval of
the delegates to host the next con-
vention in the Convention Center in
Temple in 1988.
The By-Law Committee will
convene no later than January (this
month) to deliberate and decide on
what proposals they háve received
thus far. I would repeat the request
that was stated four years ago: If
you háve proposals you wish to
submit as an individual or as a body
from a lodge, do so when you háve
them ready instead of waiting for
someone else to submit their
proposals and then “piek” theirs
apart or use theirs as a basis for
your proposals as to whether you
are in favor or not. You will háve a
chance to agree or disagree in the
convention. Try to be originál in
your proposals without the benefit
of someone else’s recommendations.
1984 Calendars. The calendars for
1984 were sent out for the first week
of December. We will continue dis-
tributing these calendars to those
members receiving the Vestnik and
new members until the supply is
exhausted. If you didn’t get one,
please let us know. Yóu may not
háve realized it a couple or three
years ago, but during the survey
about whether you wanted to
continue receiving the Vestnik you
may háve answered that you did not
wish to receive the Vestnik. Con-
sequently, you will not receive a
calendar because the mailing list is
the same. In that event, please let us
know. By choosing not to receive the
Vestnik, you automatically took
your name off the calendar mailing
list. The mailing of individual calen-
dars will be quíte expensive again,
so we will be mailing these out in
lots of 200 or more in order to také
advantage of the bulk rate, so if you
don’t get yours soon after you ask
for it, please be patient.
Youth Department. The January
meeting of the Supreme Lodge is
traditionally the meeting in which
changes are suggested and con-
sidered for the Youth Department,
according to the by-laws (Art. 37(k)).
The se ven DYCs and I met here in
November and recommendations for
changes were discussed. At any
rate, the members of the Supreme
Lodge will háve access to the
minutes of the DYCs’ November
meeting and will consider them all at
that time. I feel that the seven
DYCs, together with the head of the
Youth Department, can make the
proper recommendations pertaining
to that department because they, in
turn, are supposed to háve gotten
input from the local lodge leaders in
their distriets. The local lodge youth
leaders' are, in my opinion, the
unsung heroes in our youth work
because they work and háve contact
with our youngsters on a daily,
weekly, and certainly monthly basis.
And in some instances, they receive
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984, newspaper, January 4, 1984; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth632070/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.