Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 12, 1981 Page: 2 of 16
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2/VĚSTNÍK — Wednesday, August 12,1981
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COMMENTS
Entered as Second Class Matter
January 3rd, 1933, at Temple, Texas,
under the Act of Congress of August
24,1922.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE
SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT
ORDER OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS (SPJST)
EDITOR-R.J. SEFCIK
P.O. BOX 85, WEST, TEXAS 76691
RES. 1204 N. DAVIS STREET
Res.: (817) 826-5989
PUBLISHERS:
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW
PUBLISHERS, INC.
P.O. BOX 769
TEMPLE, TEXAS 76503
SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $10.00 PER
YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1,1981.
(NONMEMBERS ONLY)
SUPREME LODGE SPJST
520 N. Mam St. - Temple, Tx
76503
Phone: AC 817 773-1575
P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503
OFFICERS
NICK A. MORRIS
PRESIDENT
Office Phone: 817-773-1575
Home Phone: 817-985-2378
BERNARD M. GEBALA
více president
Office Phone:817-773-1575
Home Phone: 817-778-3872
LEONARD MIKESKA
SECRETAR Y-TREASURER
Office Phone: 817-773-1575
Home Phone: 817-778-3720
JERRY MIKULÁŠ, JR.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Office Phone: 817-773-1575
Home Phone:817-773-2950
REUBEN B. LESIKAR
LEGAL ADVISER
817-773-2171
P.O. Box 5220
Temple, Texas 76503
DIRECTORS
BENF. TRCALEK
DISTRICTI
Home Phone: 713-272-8146
Routě 3, Caldwell 77836
HENRY VÍTEK
DISTRICT II
Home Phone 512-859-2549
P.O. Box 67, Granger 76530
CYRILL (SID) POKLADNÍK
DISTRICT III
Office Phone: 214-741-1874
Home Phone: 214-824-8072
2924 Elm St., Dallas 75226
STANLEY BROŽ
- DISTRICT IV
Home Phone: 915-442-3271
Lowake, Tx. 76855
LOUIS HANUŠ
DISTRICT V
Home Phone: 713-862-6866
2525 West T.C. Jester Blvd., Houston 77008
MATT S. VANĚK
DISTRICT VI
Home Phone: 512-578-2687
1009 Northgate, Vietoria, Tx. 77901
THELMA HRNCIR
DISTRICT VII
Home Phone:512-241-3114
10610 Stonewall Blvd., Corpus Christi 78410
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PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
DISTRICT III - EDWARD MAZANEC,
CHMN. ROUTĚ 9, BOX 387 - WACO
76705
DISTRICT IV - ANGELINĚ KRISTINĚK.
V-CHMN. ROUTĚ 7, BOX 834 — LUBBOCK
79401
DISTRICT I - MEL VIN H. SKRABANEK,
SEC. - P.O. BOX 270 - CALDWELL
77836
DISTRICT II - RUBY L. BOLTON
1017 SOUTH 23rd, TEMPLE 76501
DISTRICT V - TOMMY H. LOSTAK
P O BOX 194 — DANBURY 77534
DISTRICT VI - SOPHIE DYBALA
STAR RT., BOX 10A — GANADO, TX
77962
DISTRICT VII - EMIL E. MATULA
303 GAYLE - SAN ANTONIO, TX 78223
BY-LAW COMMITTEE
JOHN MURPHY, Chmn., 3413 N.E. 29th ST.
FT. WORTH, TX. 76111. PH: AC 817-838-
2977
WILLIAM URBÁNEK, Co.-Chmn., ROUTĚ 1 -
BOX 58, ROWENA, TX. 76875. PH: AC 915-
442-2091
MILDRED HOLEMAN, Sec’y., 1006
CHANTILLY LANÉ, HOUSTON, TX. 77018.
PH: AC 713-683-0018.
“SALES REPRESENTATIVE
ASSISTANCE”
Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Use Wats Number
After Office Hours And/Or Weekends
CALL
State Field Managers:
Siias H. Smith - (817)756-3427
Gene McBride - <817)859-5855
STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR
JANN THOMAS — PO BOX 100, TEMPLE, TX
76501 — PHONE AC 817: 773-1575 RES.: 817:
939-8381
LIBRARY, ARCHIVES, MUSEUM
OTTO HANUŠ, Curator, RES.: 773-5294 -
OFFICE: 773-1575
DISTRICT YOUTH COUNSELORS
DISTRICT I
MARLENE (HORÁK) STRONG - 2600
CYPRESS CIRCLE, BRYAN, TX 77801 - AC
713: 775-1538
DISTRICT II
FRANK KLINKOVSKY - 1503 E.
CENTRAL, TEMPLE, TX 76501 - AC 817:
773-4801
DISTRICT III
ED KAMAS - 11012 GENETTA DRIVE
DALLAS, TX 75228 — AC 214: 270-3176
DISTRICTIV
MRS. ED HAISLER — ROUTĚ 1.
SEYMOUR. TX 76380 - AC 817: 888-3309
DISTRICT V
JOYCE MYNAR - 6319 WOÓDBROOK,
HOUSTON, TX 77008 — AC 713:862-7939
DISTRICT VI
JANET MAREK - P O BOX 557
PIERCE, TX 77467 — AC 713:543-5087
DISTRICT VII
MRS. MAXINE PAVLISKA - KOUTE 2,
BOX 151, FLORESVILLE, TX 78114 - AC
512:393-2030
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LICATION CANNOT BE RETURNED UN-
LESS SUFFICIENT POSTAGE IS
ATTACHED. THIS INCLUDES PIC-
TURES. THE EXPENSE OF PUBLISHING
ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING PIC-
TURES MUST BE BORNE BY THE SENDER.
CHANGES OF ADDRESS AND CORRES-
PONDENCE CONCERNING DELIVERY
OF THE VĚSTNÍK MUST BE SENT TO
THE SUPREME LODGE. BOX 100,
TEMPLE, TEXAS 76501.
PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ADVER-
TISING MATTER SHOULD BE AD-
DRESSED TO THE VĚSTNÍK, P O BOX 85,
WEST, TEXAS 76691,
DEADLINE FOR MATERIÁL TO BE AC-
CEPTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ISSUE
IS THURSDAY.
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ARE YOU EQUAL TO
THIS PLANNING?
Planí 5 rows of peas: Preparedness,
Promptness, Perseverance, Politeness
and Partieipation.
Then 3 rows of squash: Squash
Gossip, Squash Criticism, Squash
Indifference.
Add 5 rows of lettuce: Let us be
Faithful, Let us be Unselfish, Let us
be Loyal, Let us Love One Another
and Let us be Truthful.
But no garden is really complete
without four rows of turnips: Tura up
for Work, Tura up with a Smile, Tura
up with a New Idea, and Tura up at
your Lodge meeting.
NOTICE
We need to advise you: Some of our
correspondents and reporters are
getting your letters in to us on
FRIDAY morning and, if we leave
them out, they would be worthless;
this delays us very much! Please
MAIL EARLIER! Otherwise, we will
HÁVE TO LEAVE THEM OUT!
When speaking of making the
lodge meeting a “family affair,” it is
one that has occupied the attention
of fraternalists for many years. It
cannot be solved quickly or in brief
spurts of activity; the desired objec-
tive can be accomplished only by
consistent, well-thought out effort.
The first step is to pian to put,
into each meeting, the elements of
interest for the various members of
the family. How can this be doně?
There is an old story about the man
who volunteered to find a mule that
had been lost for several days. In a
short time he returned with the
mule. When asked how he found the
mule so quickly, the man replied: “I
just figured out where I'd go if I was
a mule, I went there and there he
was!”
Too many program chairmen dis-
regard this point of view. It seems
almost as though they pian
programs purely to please
themselves. Obviously they háve not
put themselves in the plače of the
people whom they wish to interest.
They haven’t taken the time to sit
down, like the man who found the
mule, and figuře out just what the
people who come to meetings want.
Thus, it follows that it is
necessary to také an overall view of
the lodge meeting and to try to put
into it something that will entertain
or interest each member of the
family, father, mother and the
children, if possible.
What does father expect to get
out of a meeting? What will please
mother? What will interest the
children? A little thought will
provide many answers to these
generál questions.
We know that father responds to
opportunities to wear uniforms; to
march; we know he likes a chance to
express his opinions in front of an
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audience; we know he likes personál
recognition of various kinds.
And mother? She likes to háve an
opportunity to wear her best attire.
She likes music . . . recognition of
speciál events and anniversaries ...
she likes the opportunity to visit
with other members of her lodge ...
an excuse to get away from the
household grind.
Pleasing the children is a little
harder, but we know that boys and
girls love to ally themselves with
groups working toward the same
objectives. They like such
paraphernalia as buttons, caps and
pins. Children respond to and expect
tangible reward in return for good
performance. These také the form of
attendance prizes, scrolls of recog-
nition and other easily-provided
objects.
These broad, generál hints as to
what will tend to make the lodge
meeting more of a “family affair”
are intended merely to open up lineš
of thought for program chairmen.
Naturally, they cannot be all
inelusive.
The next step is to create more of
a sense of fluidity in lodge meetings.
Most meetings, by following the
same pattern as previous ones, tend
to create a feeling of deadly
monotony. lt is true that, in most
organizations, an order of business
is indicated, but the opportunities
for variation are seldom taken ad-
vantage of by resourceful program
chairmen.
The finál suggestion would be to
put into each meeting as much as
possible of the ingredient of “show-
manship.” This suggests that no
opportunity shall be overlooked to
stage the meeting in a dramatic,
colorful and interesting way. The
same stunt becomes doubly effective
when “showmanship” is added. For
instance, on anniversaries try to
háve the participants in costume, if
possible and also také fuíl advantage
of the opportunities your lodge
premises provides for effective
staging and lighting. Put as many of
the elements of the dramatic into
each phase of the meeting as
possible.
These suggestions are necessarily
of a generál nátuře. The successful
application rests in each individual
čase in the hands of the program
chairman and the program
committee. No effort should be
spared to make the lodge meeting a
“family affair” for the family unit is
the keystone of the whole structure
of fraternalism.
***
It may seem like only yesterday,
but it was a century ago that Billy
the Kid bit the dust.
On July 15, 1881, William H.
Bonney, a native of New York City
who achieved notoriety as a South-
western outlaw, was shot down by
Sheriff Pat Garrett. Billy was 21
years old — and he had no life in-
surance protection.
That isn’t surprising; in 1881, only
a handful of Americans carried life
insurance protection. Today, 7 in 10
adults in the U.S. háve some form of
life insurance.
***
Life insurance company assets,
built up primarily from policy-
holders’ premiums and investment
earnings, are a major source of
investment Capital for expansion of
the nation’s economy, making pos-
sible improved productivity and
creating new job opportunities.
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 12, 1981, newspaper, August 12, 1981; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth632502/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.