Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 3 of 16
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little oř no remunération for their
work. They probably receive a lot of
criticism on how they should háve
doně this oř that, but the biggest
complaint I hear from them is that
they don’t feel they háve the
support and cooperation of the
parents in some instances. There ís
still a tendeney for the parents to let
the local youth leader(s) act as a
“baby-sitting Service” for them and
of course this is the wrong concept.
We háve long since realized that
there are so many things in this day
and time to attract and keep the
attention of the young people and
we also realize that we occupy only a
smáli portion of their lives, what
with school, other sociál activities,
church, family, clubs, other organi-
zations, etc., ete.
My secretary and I are handling
all the affairs of the Youth Depart-
ment. It is not certain when or if a
statě youth director will be selected.
So far, we háve things pretty well
under control.
I’m pleasantly surprised at
requests from other fraternal
Societies (one very recently) for
information as to how we conduct
our youth activities. It is surprising
how many of these fraternal
organizations háve no organized
activities for their young people.
Looking at it from this position,
my policy has always been to formu-
late rules and make decisions in
řavor of the child because they are
the reason we háve a Youth Depart-
ment in the first plače. Another im-
portant point that I háve to remind
people of from time to time is that
we háve to look at ALL of our de-
partments and activities as part of
the WHOLE. We háve to keep
everything on balance and in proper
perspective. I’m afraid that some-
times people get carried away with
their own functions, whatever they
may be, to the exclusion of the other
parts of the picture. As head of the
Youth Department, I naturally am
going to do all I can to foster and
promote youth activities, but at the
same time I háve a responsibility
(and others also) to consider the
overall picture and the entire
organization, and I will continue to
do just that. I think we are on the
proper course and headed in the
right direction. We don’t need
additional committees or advisory
groups to chart our course for us.
We, the leadership, are quite
capable of doing that. We need only
to improve upon what we háve. It
has stood the test of time and has
proven to be successful. Radical
“surgery” by questionable
“surgeons” is not required nor
necessary.
Delegate-To-Membership Ratio. I
wrote briefly about this matter
before the last convention and
stated that I hoped there would be a
number of lodges to submit
proposals regarding the delegate-to-
. membership ratio. From what we
understand, there are some lodges
-preparing proposals in this regard.
There might also be a proposal from
one of the standing committees on
this matter. I think the time has
fmaily comeťo také a serious look at
this matter and it behooves the
membership, and particularly the
delegates, to give this their very
careful and objective consideration.
Acknowledgements. My gratitude
is expressed to all my colleagues —
officers and directors in the
Supreme Lodge, for a job well doně
during the past year. They háve
served you well. Their January
report will reflect that the Society is
being well managed. A thorough and
complete audit is conducted by the
directors in the January and July
meetings each year and reported to
the membership in the Vestnik. The
proceedings of all Supreme Lodge
meetings are published in the
Vestnik. Your president has
reported to you periodíeally as the
need arose in our official organ.
My gratitude is likewise
expressed to all the Home Office
employees for their good work and
loyalty to our Society. They are all
aware of and appreciate the benefits
of working as a team.
Editor Sefcik, his wife, Maxine,
apd Vestnik Publisher Larry Ingram
and his staff are to be commended
for their punctual editing and
publishing the Vestnik each week. I
believe the feeling of the big
majority of our members-readers is
that the present layout and formát
of the Vestnik is very satisfaetory. It
is a formát that allows the editor and
publisher a good deal of flexibility.
As far as we here in the Home Office
know, we are the only fraternal in
the United States that publishes a
weekly house organ. Most of the
fraternal Societies in the United
States and Texas publish a monthly
house organ. The largest fraternal in
Texas publishes a monthly house
organ with a formát like ours. Those
who publish a house organ monthly
generally use a better grade of
páper. I‘m sure that if we published
our Vestnik once a month we would
probably go to a better grade of
páper. While the cost is sizable,
there are no complaints about the
dollars and cents involved; it boils
down to a question of whether you
want the same publication with the
same frequeney or háve it published
less frequently with a better grade
of páper.
Our thanks are also expressed to
our Chief Medical Examiner, Dr.
Jack Weinblatt, who has fulfilled his
obligations and responsibilities with
the medical applications received in
the Home Office.
We wish to acknowledge the fine
work and cooperation of our new
actuary, Mr. John Agee of Dallas,
for his work thus far in performing
various aetuarial Services for the
Home Office.
Lodge Officers And Workers. To all
lodge officers and workers who
work so tirelessly at the many tasks
at their lodge, my sincere thanks
because without them, lodge
activities would surely suffer. Re-
grettably, it is often a lonely job
because the same few are making
most of the sacrifices and the rest
are enjoying the fruits of their
efforts. These tasks should be
shared by a greater portion of the
membership; the load would thus be
more evenly distributed and less of a
burden. It behooves us all to at least
check whether our Services are
needed by volunteering throughout
the year rather than showing up
once a year when everything is
prepared and ready for you. And
when you are asked to help in some
way, do so, if at all possible.
Operating a lodge, especially a large
one, is a year-round 12-month
business. Along with all the benefits
Wednesday, January 4,1984—YĚSTNÍK/3
SURVEY ORDER FORM FOR
A HISTORY OF THE SPJST:
A Texas Chronicle 1897-1980
Lodge No.
would like to purchase a copy of this
book in hard cover □ or páper back □
I would like to purchase my own personál copy of this
book in hard cover □ or páper back □
(Please pass on to non-SPJST interested friends.)
Signatuře of Individual or Lodge Officer
Mailing Address
Please do not send any money with this form.
Mail to: Supreme Lodge, SPJST, P.O. Box 100,
Temple, Texas 76503
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SURVEY ORDER FORM
Lodges And Individual Members:
If you haven’t already doně so,
please fill out the Survey Order
Form for the book, “A History Of The
SPJST.” The form appears in this
issue of the Vestnik. While a good
number of individuals háve
indicated interest in purchasing the
book, the number of lodges is woe-
fully low — 40 to be exact. Thaťs
and privileges there must also be
responsibilities. Fraternal Benefit
Societies such as ours must operáte
on the lodge systém.
Speaking of lodge officers, I was
reminded of something over the
Christmas holidays while watching a
nationally televised program
honoring the accomplishments of
some seven or eight prominent
Americans who had achieved
success and notoriety in their fields
of endeavor. It was a sparkling and
star-studded affair staged in one of
the most elegant settings in the
nation. The President of the United
States and his wife were present.
Having always been in favor of
giving credit and recognition to
people while they are still on earth
prompted me to suggest to the
lodges in this report that in the
coming weeks and months that
thought and consideration be given
to honoring and acknowledging the
fcwork of local lodge officers. Some
may wish to limit this to the office of
the president, but that is entirely up
to the lodge. The responsibilities of
lodge officers require them to be
present at every meeting of the
lodge and this in itself requires
sacrifice because they sometimes
may háve liked to háve been else-
where. Someone should bé
appointed to prepare the
appropriate information on the
officer(s) regarding positions served,
dates and length of time, and any
other pertinent data. I know that
frequently officers feel that all they
do is give of their time and Services
and no thought is given to
recognizing their work, so this
would be a good way to accomplish
this. It might také some doing to get
former officers to return to the
scene of their Services, but if a
not a very good percentage out of
some 128. A couple of issues back we
published pictures of what the front
cover and the first few pages of the
book will look like. Thaťs as close as
we can get to the reál thing at this
time.
Fraternally,
Nick A. Morris
President, Supreme
Lodge, SPJST
sincere effort is made, they will
probably agree to attend, or at least
send a member of their family to
stand in for them. Flowers for the
living . . . thaťs what this is all
about.
Re-Election — 1984. A year ago I
stated that I intend to seek re-
election to serve another 4-year
term as your president and ask your
support and vote in the convention. I
can only statě what I háve stated at
four previous conventions: I háve
doně my best and will continue to do
just that if re-eleeted.
We were honored to háve
received as many invitations to
Christmas socials and officer instal-
lations as we did and made every
effort to attend. Unfortunately, too
many of these occurred on the same
dáte and that created some
problems, however, I did the best
that I could. We appreciated the hos-
pitality of the lodges and we were
pleased to honor their requests to
install their officers for the new
year.
LAM Department. The Library,
Archives and Museum areas of our
Home Office building continue to be
of great interest and visited by large
numbers of people from all over the
world. Bro. Otto Hanuš tells me that
his registry shows that during 1983
he had visitors from 16 foreign
countries and 48 States of the union.
The visitors from foreign countries
include 68 from Czechosíovakia, 33
from Mexico, 16 from Canada and
smaller numbers from other
countries. Twenty-two visitors from
California constituted the largest
number from any one statě, followed
by 17 from Louisiana, 16 from Okla-
homa, 14 from Illinois, 12 from Iowa,
11 from Idaho, and 10 from New
Mexico.
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