Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1997 Page: 3 of 20
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Wednesday, October 15,1997—VESTNIK/3
From the Vice Presidenťs Office
Readers Write
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The SPJST
Monthly Insurance Report
As Of 9/30/97
MONTH-TO-DATE TOTALS FOR
★ INSURANCE WRITTEN AND ISSUED ★
DIST.
APPS.
INS. WRITTEN
INS. ISSUED
l
li
$ 147,500.00
$ 100,000.00
2
28
1,645,000.00
810,000.00
3
17
475,000.00
160,000.00
4
3
32,500.00
125,000.00
5
18
252,000.00
142,000.00
6
9
547,000.00
897,500.00
7
6
255,000.00
84,500.00
9
1
5,000.00
25,000.00
Totals:
93
$3,359,000.00
$2,344,000.00
YEAR-TO-DATE TOTALS FOR
★ INSURANCE WRITTEN AND ISSUED ★
DIST. APPS. INS. WRITTEN INS. ISSUED
1
69
$ 1,275,500.00
$ 1,090,500.00
2
253
8,483,500.00
5,761,000.00
3
182
5,584,500.00
4,894,500.00
4
68
2,546,000.00
2,103,500.00
5
186
4,121,000.00
3,076,000.00
6
102
4,387,000.00
3,015,000.00
7
50
2,605,500.00
1,940,500.00
9
8
80,000.00
80,000.00
Totals:
918
$ 29,083,000.00
$ 21,961,000.00
Fraternally,
Leonard D. Mikeska, FIC
Vice President
—SPJST—
Planning to buy or to build this year?
Then, consider financing your next
home or rea! estate
purchase through SPJST.
The Society offers competitive
lending rates and the security of
knowing who you will be
dealing with through the life
of your morigage.
INTEREST RATES
ANNUITYI
(Certificates Issued Prior to 4-1-93)
5.25% Annualized
Effective
8-1-97 through 10-31-97
ANNUITY II
(Certificates issued 4-1-93 and Aífer)
6.25% Annualized
Effective
8-1-97 through 10-31-97
INTEREST MATE
FOR UN1VERSAL LIFE |
|l 7.03% Annualized I
| Effective §
|j| 8-1-97 through 10-31-97 |
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SPJST MORTGAGE
INTEREST RATES
RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE
Home or Farm Mortgages:
7.00% for 1 to 7 years
7.50% for 8 to 15 years
7.75% for 16 to 20 years
Mortgages on Qualified
Owner-Operated
Business Rea! Estate
8.75% for 10 years
9.00 % for 11 tc 15 years
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Texas Observes Czech Heritage Week
October 19 - 25.1997
(Editorů Notě: The 1995 session of the
Texas Legislature with House Resolution
83 and Senáte Resolution 1024 designat-
ed the last week in October beginning in
1995 as Czech Heritage Week. In an
effort to promote the observance of this
event, the Travis-Williamson Counties
Chapter of the Czech Heritage Society of
Texas shares with us a short history of
the Czechs who emigrated to Texas.)
Emigration
The Czech population in Texas traces
its roots to the 19th century emigration
of their ancestors from the regions of
Bohemia, Moravia, Siiesia, and Slovakia
in what was then the Austrian-
Hungarian Empire in Middle Eastern
Europe. The country of
Czechoslovakia, which encompassed
those regions, was created after World
War I with the assistance of U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson.
Czechoslovakia’s independence was
proclaimed on October 28, 1918. Its
first president was Thomas Garrigue
Masaryk (his wife, Charlotte Garrigue,
was an American). He was elected on
November 14, 1918. Inspired by French
and American models, its constitution
proclaimed the country a Democratic
Republic. It was ratified in 1920.
Under the Munich Pact of 1938,
Czechoslovakia was occupied by
Germany prior to World War II. After
World War II, in 1948, Communists
under Soviet influence seized control of
the government.
The Velvet Revolution in the Fall of
1989 ended the fifty-year occupation of
Czechoslovakia. With the subsequent
creation in January 1993 of the Czech
Republic and Slovák Republic as inde-
pendent countries, the Czech Texans now
recognize the Czech Republic as their
country of ancestry. The early Czechs
who emigrated to Texas came from the
provinces of Bohemia, Moravia, and
Siiesia, which make up the present-day
Czech Republic.
Czechs in Texas
The roots of Czech culture in Texas
grow deep. Individuals and/or families
from the centrál European area that
would become Czechoslovakia, present-
day Czech Republic, emigrated to Texas.
One of the first known Czechs to come to
Texas was Dr. Anthony Michael
Dignowity who reached San Antonio in
1833. The first groups of Czechs to
reach Texas dates to about 1847. Groups
of Czechs began coming to Texas
through the port of Galveston and went
inland into Austin County, northwest of
Galveston, where they formed the first
Czech settlements in the Cat Springs
area. Áfter becoming acclimated to the
new country, they and later immigrants
began migrating to adjoining counties,
settling within the Blackland Prairie Soil
Region of Texas. The narrow strip of fer-
tile blackland soils runs north and south
from Galveston to just north of Dallas.
These migrations were related to the
search for good black farmland and at
reasonable prices.
One Million Strong
Czech Texans háve been recognized
as an ethnic group which has made major
contributions to the strength and vitality
of the State of Texas and the nation.
There are approximately one million per-
sons of Czech ancestry in Texas. The
Czech language is the fourth most spoken
language in the State of Texas. There are
Czech language periodicals, Czech rádio
programs featuring Czech music, and
many Czech-American festivals held
annually throughout the State.
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SlOVAKiA
About the Czech Republic
President: Vqcíqv Havel
Capital: Prague
Language: Czech.
Monetary Unit: Koruna
Population: 10.3 million
Area: 3GS449 Square MiSes
Religion: Roman Catholíc, Protestant
National Anthem: “Kde Domov Muj”
(“Where šs My Home?”)
The economy is based on indusfry, fouršsm, and agriculfure with crops such as eorns
whecf, poiafoes, and hops. The Czech Republic šs a landlocked country. bordered
by Germany, Paland, Slovakia, and Austria. Its ambassador to the U.N. is Dr. Karel
Gavanda, who afso serves on the U.N. Security CounciL The Czech -Republic'®
ambassador to the U.S. In Washington is Alexandr Vomdra. The Honorár/ Censu! of
the Southern hal! of Texas is Raymond Snokhous o? Houston and the Honoráry Censu!
of the northem h-alf of Texas is Jeny Bartoš of Dallas.
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Vanicek, Brian. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1997, newspaper, October 15, 1997; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth632410/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.