Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1983 Page: 3 of 16
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Wednesday, May 18,1983—VĚSTNÍK/3
SUPREME LODGE
EXCERPTS FROM THE
MINUTES OF THE SECOND
REGULAR QUARTERLY
MEETING OF THE SUPREME
LODGE SPJST HELD APRÍL
1143,1983, AT THE HOME
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The meeting was called to order
at 1:30 p.m. The following Supreme
Lodge members were present at the
meeting:
Nick A. Morris
Bernard M. Gebaia
Leonard D. Mikeska
Jerry Mikuláš, Jr.
Sidney Kacir
Ben F. Trcalek-I
Henry E.Vitek-II
Cyrill Pokladnik-III
Stanley Broz-lV
Louis Hanuš-V
Matt S. Vaněk-VI
Thelma Hrncir-VII
Director Vítek was unavoidably
absent for the Monday afternoon
session.
MINUTES-The minutes of the
January 10-13,1983 Supreme Lodge
Meeting were considered and
accepted as presented.
REPORTS
A motion was adopted that all
Supreme Lodge officers’ reports be
acknowledged and filed for record.
OLD BUSINESS
COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS-Financial Secretary
Mikuláš reviewed comparisons of
1982 and 1983 Society financial
statements and elaborated on
several items. He reported that the
annual statement for 1982 had been
prepared and filed with the State
Board of Insurance.
VESTNIK-Financial Secretary
Mikuláš reported that the base price
per annum per subscriber for
printing the Věstník was increased
based on the cost-of-living-increase
clause in the Věstník contract.
LITIGATION, BANKRUPTCY
AND FORECLOSURES -Legal Ad-
visor Kacir briefly discussed two tax
suits, a bankruptcy, and a foreclos-
ure, where after notices háve been
posted, the loan was reinstated.
LETTERS WERE READ AS
FOLLOWS:
1. A letter from the Commissioner
of the Texas Department of Human
Resources, expressing appreciation
for the SPJST’s decision to sponsor
a state-wide volunteer projeet in
support of protective Services for
children.
2. A letter from the chairman of the
NFCA Law Committee responding
to the SPJST objections to the pro-
posed Uniform Fraternal Code,
3. Letters of thanks from several
sales representatives were received
expressing appreciation for the trip
to the Mayan Ranch. One stated that
the presence of the Supreme Lodge
members contributed to the success
of the trip and he personaily listened
to and discussed ideas beneficial to
our Society.
DELINQUENT REÁL ESTATE
LOANS-The listing of 11 delinquent
loans was considered and recom-
mendations for action were
approved.
MINUTES OF SL OFFICERS’
MEETINGS AND INVESTMENTS-
The minutes of 15 meetings
concerning investments were
approved. The investments as listed
in Secretary-Treasurer Mikeska’s
report, were ratified on motion duly
passed.
LOAN APPLICATIONS The
interest rate on new loans and
assumptions was set at ll°/o. The
loan allocation for the quarter was
set at $200,000 per district.
PRODUCTION REPORT-Vice
President Gebaia explained a new
production report which was auto-
mated. He reported that 1983 sales
to dáte were approximately
$300,000 greater than sales for the
same period last year.
Recess for the day was taken at
5:15 p.m. until 9 a.m. on Apríl 12,
1983
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES PROJECT-Report
was made on the status of the DHR
Abused Children Projeet. Director
Hrncir had volunteered as a tem-
porary coordinator until a
permanent coordinator could be
chosen by the Board. The slide show
and procedures for implementing
the projeet were discussed. The
Board acknowledged that they
appreciated the many hours of time
devoted to the projeet by Vice
President Gebaia and Director
Hrncir in preparing the slide show
and setting ground work for the
projeet.
Director Thelma Hrncir volun-
teered and was chosen as the SPJST
Volunteer State Coordinator of the
DHR Abused Children Projeet.
Guidelines for the Coordinator were
to be considered láteř during the
meeting.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM-After
discussion, it was decided that for
1984-85, all scholarships be set at
$500.
FRATERNAL QUESTIONNAIRE-
Suggestions were heard concerning
a unique proceduře heard at the
NFCA Fraternal Section meeting. It
concerned a proceduře whereby the
local lodges would not receive their
8% refund until after their fraternal
questionnaire was completed and
returned. After due deliberation a
motion was adopted that the
Supreme Lodge will require return
of the completed fraternal ques-
tionnaire before the check for the
8% refund is released to the local
lodge. It was understood that the
fraternal questionnaire would be
mailed to the local lodge during the
month of November with a return
deadline of approximately January
7th. The motion carried.
To facilitate completion of the
fraternal questionnaire, authoriza-
tion was given to prepare a log book
to be made available to each local
lodge to be circulated during each
local lodge meeting.
YOUTH/FAMILY CAMP-In the
1980 convention, a motion was
adopted which read as follows:
“That the Supreme Lodge make a
study and acquire by purchase or
lease a site that would be adequate
for youth camping, family camping,
sales seminars and for committee
meetings before the 1984
Convention.” (Page 45 of the
Convention Proceedings)
The above motion had been
discussed in previous Supreme
Lodge meetings since the
convention. Consequently, it was
agreed, on motion duly made and
passed that:
Inasmuch as a rather extensive
study of owning our own camp site
had been made prior to the Houston
Convention in 1972 by a speciál
committee of three persons whose
findings were reported to that
convention and published in the
appendix to the Convention Pro-
ceedings of that convention, and
those findings having been reviewed
several times since then, it was
determined that the feasibility of
the SPJST owning its own camp site
remains essentially unchanged,
except for INCREASED costs in all
areas since 1972. Further, that
adequate facilities presentiy exist
for holding sales seminars both in
the Home Office and appropriate
places throughout the statě, and
that adequate facilities for
committee meetings exist in the
Home Office and do not require a
separate site for these two
functions. Further, it was concluded
that the sums involved in not only
the initial purchase of such a site
would be sizeable but the main-
tenance and generál administration
of such a site would not be in the
best interests of the Society and
that it remains more economically
feasible to eontinue leasing camp
facilities as has been the čase in the
past and that the interest alone
earned on any such sum would far
exceed the present annual leasing
costs.
It was also agreed not to proceed
with any further study or plans for a
multipurpose activity center in the
Temple area, as previously
discussed.
Recess for lunch was taken at
11:30 a.m. During the noon recess,
President Morris was honored with
a surprise luncheon by the SL
members in recognition for having
completed 20 years of Service as
editor and president of the Supreme
Lodge as of December Ist, 1982.
SPJST CALENDAR-Bids for the
1984 calendar were reviewed. The
bid from Western Media was
accepted on motion duly passed.
There was a review of what was
to appear on the front panel.
Proposals were considered and
decision was to be reached in July.
HISTORICAL MARKER-Plans
were made for dedication of the
Historical Markér in La Grange,
Texas during the July SL Meeting.
It was decided generally to háve a
relatively short but dignified
ceremony Sunday, July 10 at 2 p.m.
The July SL meeting would then
begin at the Home Office in Temple
at 9 a.m. July 11,1983. It was agreed
that the SL Officers work out an
appropriate program.
NEW BUSINESS
INCORPORATION OF LOCAL
LODGES-Legal Advisor Kacir
reviewed the incorporation of local
lodges now permitted under our by-
laws.
Recess for the day was taken at
4:45 p.m. until April 13 at 9 a.m.
SCHOLARSHIPS-After discussion,
it was agreed that the Society
Scholarship pian would not consider
separate entity scholarships, and
only donations to the Society-
approved pian would be adminis-
tered by the Home Office. It was
further agreed that local lodges be
discouraged from setting up their
own separate scholarship funds
because of administrativě and other
problems involved. Some of the
problems encountered by separate
local lodge scholarship account
donations would be that they may
not be tax exempt and the children
of lodge officers and trustees may
need to be exeluded from applying
for the local scholarships.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES PROJECT-There was
a review and discussion of the guide-
lines for the Volunteer Coordinator.
Guidelines were formulated and
approved.
CZECH LANGUAGE ALLOCA-
TION-Report was heard from the
Czech Language Allocation
Committee concerning the
recommended grants for 1983. The
following were considered and
approved for a total of $7,700:
1. Alvin Community College
2. Spring Branch ISD
3. Texas Tech
4. Northlake College
5. University of Texas
6. Lamar Jr. College
7. Sacred Heart High School
8. Eastfield College
9. Flatonia High School
10. San Jacinto College
11. U T Czech Club
12. Temple Junior College
13. Seeond Czech Conference
NFCA SEMINARS-Report was
made on the Fraternal Section and
Press and Public Relations Section
Seminars. There was a review of
emphasis and importance of the
Fraternal Questionnaire and also
reports on use of , Society
publications. It was announced that
the 1984 sectional meetings would
be held in Texas. Vice President
Gebaia serves as secretary
treasurer of the Fraternal Section
and Director Pokladník serves as a
director of the Press and Public
Relations Section.
TEXAS FRATERNAL CONGRESS
-The SL was reminded of the
upcoming TFC Board meeting in
Temple April 25, and the upcoming
TFC annual meeting in October.
WFLA CONVENTION-Authoriza-
tion was granted to President
Morris and Director Pokladník to
attend the WFLA Convention in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa in August.
The next SL meeting was set to
begin July 11,1983 at 9 a.m.
There being no further business,
the meeting ajdourned at 12:35 p.m.
Fraternally submitted,
Leonard I). Mikeska
Secretary-Treasurer
Pledge of Alleglunee
“I pledge aileglance to the Flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands, one
Nation, under God, Indlvisible, with
Liberty and Justice for all.”
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1983, newspaper, May 18, 1983; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth632455/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.