JUVENILE SECTION  OF "NAPREDEK"

CLEVELAND, OHIO, AUGUST 17th, 1938

Vrtec Section A Val-
uable Influence

What a prominent paper our
Vrtec Section has turned out to
be! Month by month it has
shown steady improvement un-
til, today, it is on the lips of
every reading members of the
Society. It has, literally speak-
ing, captured their hearts like
nothing else ever has. It has in-
spired not only the ten thousand
SSPZ members with new hope
apd courage in the younger gen-
eration, causing them to renew
their fraternal relationship, but
likewise the thousands of Slo-
venes in other similar fraternal
societies throughout the coun-
try.

Where once, not so many
months ago, we sometimes won-
dered and often \vorried if
enough contributions would be
sent in to fill four pages of the
regular Vrtec Section, now we
are wondering if eight pages
will be sufficient to fill the needs
of our Vrtec writers. A few
years ago, the Vrtec Section was
j ust another paper trying to get
ahead, but, today, it is being
pointed out as an example of
what a juvenile fraternal paper
should be' and the members,
vvhose contributions have made
the Vrtec Section what it is,
whose meetings have received
more than favorable comment
and whose intermittent social
affairs, cultural and education-
al entertainments and’ sports
events have brightened the com-
munity life in which they have
established themselves as or-
ganized groups, are being looked
upon as leaders in the new
YOUTH MOVEMENT among
the Slovene Societies every-
where.

With Our Juniors

By MICHAEL VRHOVNIK,

Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodges

Surprised?  — Me Too
Til bet a lot of you boys and
girls were surprised \vhen you
saw July’s Vrtec Section with
its eight full pages of news, poe-
try, short stories, history and
adventure—a variety that must
have satisfied every literary
mood and fancy. I know I was
surprised and I make no secret
of the fact that I thought it a
big improvement over June’s is-
sue even though it was not as at-
tractively printed and decorated
with pictures.

There were many outstanding
contributions to choose from—
There was Frank Zaitz’s “For
the Love of Sophie” \vritten, of
ali places imaginable in a coun-
ty jail, a story so interesting it
has everybody, except Sophie,
wondering who this “bird” Zaitz
is . . . Only the other day a
member wrote inquiring if he is
related to Frank or Anton Zaitz
of Chicago and if I would be so
kind to send Her his address .. .
What would you do in a čase
like that?— It’s got me puzzled
for this fellow Zaitz may like it
and then, again, maybe not and
fellows who get themselves into
jails and that sort of thing are
usually pretty dangerous, stop-
ping at nothing and shooting off
something fierce like . . “Who
is this dame—Where does she
live—How can I reach her—Is
she a member of the Vrtec?” ...

and boy, when they start pop-
ping-off like that, they’ve got
me “dead-cinch.” Won’t some-
one suggest something— How
about you, Frank Zaitz? The
next time you write for the Vr¬
tec Section include your address
at the bottom of your article and
ali you other writers might do
the same— Perhaps, through
correspondence, you will become
better acquainted with each
other for that, you know, is one
of the main purposes of your
membership in the Society,

Did you enjoy Angy Pevc’s
‘‘My Trip To Washington, D.
C.” — It carried me back some
twelve years ago when I made
the same trip with my high
school classmates and Angy’s
description of what she saw was

so vividly portrayed I could not
resist living those days over
again. I felt my self walking to
the Capitol building, taking a
seat in the senate balcony,
listening intently to a speech by
Robert La Follette, then to the
House of Representatives, the
White House, Washington Mon-
ument, Mount Vernon, Lincoln’s
memorial, etc. —- Five days full
of wonder and joys came to an
end once more. Someday, I hope
to make another visit there and
if you ever 'get the chance,
don’t miss it for the things

you will see will stay with you
as long as you live.

Valeria Artel’s prose and
poetry, filled to the brim with
rare gems of expression (how:
that girl can write), give the
Outlookers’ Pa ge a touch of
brilliance — And that very,
very “something different” arti- '
cle which, I’m sure, everyone
must have enjoyed, entitled
“Whatta Game!”, was just the
thing to tickle one’s sense of
humor on a hot summer after-
noon — “Whatta game! — No
runs! No hits! No errosr! What-
ta game!” — Whatta story! . ..
And Florence (wish you weren’t
stingy with the rest of your
name) of Nokomis, where Hia-
watha one marked trails with
his tomahawk, made friends
with man, bird and beast and
sang Indian love songs, wrote
an exceptionally fine opening
article. Helen Maren and Marie
Ermence sent in choice selec-
Continued on page 4

National Softball Tournament At Bridge-
ville September 3-4-5

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NATIONAL SOFTBALL
ENTRY DATE

Vrtec Administrators are

urged to send in their soft¬
ball entries without further
delay. August 19th, this
coming Friday, is the final
entry date. A fee of $5.00
per team must accompany
each entry before it can be
accepted and filed. Let’s
have those entries right
away so that the committee
can go ahead with the work
of arranging the schedule
of play. Your cooperation
is necessary for a success-
ful tournament.

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It’ll soon be a year ago . . .
While the Progressors were
handing the Challengers a
sound trouncing to clinch the
Senior softball championship
for the third straight year, an¬
other game, and what a thrill-
ing and exciting game it was,
was being staged on a nearby
diamond between the Cleveland
OUTLOOKERS and the Am-
bridge COMETS for the first
Vrtec softball title.

Going into the fifth inning
with the Comets leading by a
scoi-e of 11 to 4, the Outlookers
suddenly came to life and before
the Comets realized \vhat it \vas
ali about, a barrage of hits,
combined with a few \valks and
a couple of costly errors, pro-

duced 8 runs and gave them the
lead for the first time in the
game. The sixth inning ended
with each team scoring t\vice
leaving them stili one run apart,
and in the seventh and what \vas
supposed to be the final inning,
the Comets banged the tieing
run across the plate throvving
the game into extra innings.

And now for the fatal eighth

The score was tied at 14 ali § Challenger Jrs.

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LITERARY HONOR
ROLL

Month of July

Frank Mivec.Jugoslavs

Valeria Artel..Outlookers

Angy Pevc...Pioneers

Helen Maren..Vrtec No. 23

John Vadnal . Outlookers

Marie Ermence Balkan Jrs.
Andy Elersich Spartan Jrs.
Elsie Ohojak... Balkan Jrs.
John Kunstel The Buckeyes

John Obat.Spartan Jrs.

Josephine Kovic Outlookers
Julia Kosmach ...Kingsters
Mary Klevisher Moufneers

William Pevc . Pioneers

§ Andy Artel . Outlookers

Tony Kogovšek. ..Buckeyes

Florence...Hiawathans

* * *

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\vith the Comets coming to bat
first . . . Cekada on the mound
for the Outlookers— First man
up first man do\vn— Second
man up reached first on an er-
ror and then up to the plate
strode Charley Kerzan, Comefs
great little catcher and a whale
Contlnued oo Page 4

Progressor Jrs. 3.75

Vrtec No. 12 . 3.75

Blazer Jrs. 2.50

I Trail

S Vrtec No. 85 . 2.50

S Note: There were two
ties, one for second plače g
and another for third.



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'Gnile Section.  of

Augrust 17th, 1938

JFIACZE7 2

'  ‘JVapredek ’ ’

jj: One Night In A Bar red Room

By Frank Mivec

People  will soon start calling
ine  a regular bum if I don’t stay
out of jail. But no sooner do I
get out when they p ut me right
back in. This was ali Prap’s
fault again, Vil teli you hovv it
ali came about.

They let us off on pvobation
on our last offense. You see tbe
big shot of tbe club, \vhich was
giving a play we \vere in, had a
little puli with the judge.

As I was saying everything
vvent \vell until Prap started
Jelling Sophie bow we happened
Jo get in jail the last time. It
might have been ali right, but
Jhe darn fool started telling the
truth. Now I always say, “Why
Jeli the truth when a lie is so
much more interesting.” And as
1 had already told her my ver-
jsion, you can guess what hap-
'pened.

Everybody pitied me to some
jlegree. I must admit it WAS a
pretty good match. I was a bit
broken up about it but I found
ready conso.lation in Ann.

She was a pretty little thing.
yery delicate and shy, her blue
eyes and white skin contrasting
her raven black hair, curled in
the latest fashion. Nature put
special emphasis on her eyes,
and I j ust go for those big help-
less eyes that flatter vour every
act. That’s how it 'happened. I
was drinking and dancing with
Ann on the night of the play.
And I am putting special em¬
phasis on drinking; not that I
object to drinking, anyone who
knows me can teli you I don’t,
but too much is too much. Hon-
estly I spent more time at the
bar than on the dance floor.
Maybe it was my dancing, but I _
have my doubts. Anyway she
'drank and drank, and of course
I drank too. I get sick now that
I think of it.

I “Frankie, I’m getting thirsty
r again, will you get me another
jdrink?”

“Let’s finish this dance, it’s
not every day that I hold as
pretty a girl as you in my arms,

and—

i “I don’t think you need a drink
,\vhen you talk like that Frankie,
but another sip will help yo,u to
forget Sophie completely,' and
' jnaybe get some one else into
Jhat handsome head of yours.”

1 “How can I help but forget ,
vvhen I am with you?—Here—
l Two  beers.”

“Oh, make mine a whiskey,
and a beer for a chaser.”

Well! I wasn’t going to be out-
'done by no girl so, “Make mine
the same.”I could hardly get the
vvhiskey down so I rushed the
beer to the rescue, but she drank
as if she enjoyed every drop.
; Then and there I solemnly
swore that was the last time I
had anything to do with a girl
that drank. But this was not the
last of it.

, “Frankie, let’s go for a little
vvalk. There is so much smoke in
here, and it’s so crowded.”

“Certainly Ann, I’d love to.”
Boy, I thought, novv for some
fresh air. We walked slowly

down the dark Street, arm in
arm. As we started to cross, with
a screech of tires and a blowing
of the horn, a car came to a halt,
and out jumped a policeman.

“Don’t you drunks know bet-
ter and stay home. I got a mind
to lock you up.”

“Now .of-of-ficer,” I started,
but that is as far as I got.

“Feeling tough hey! Come on
along,” and with that he drag-
ged me into the car, leaving Ann
there, vvondering and be\vilder-
ed.

the Labor Day holidays. To ali

appearances it seems as though
the recession is over and the
transportation moguls čare not
for the few paltry dollars the
j ob \vould net them. I wish some-
body would teli me how to make
some money. (Right no\v I have
seven cents and a Canadian dime
between myself and a Ufe of
prime.)] 5  m  *fc|

When we found out the way
the wind was blowing with j ust
three weeks left to settle things
in and no meeting scheduled
before then believe you me we
ali did a heap of fancy thinking.

Well 1 This morning 1  awoke \g ome  bright lad had a brain

vvondering and bevvildered;
aching ali over from the hard
bed r  and a hangover from last
night. Ali I can say is I’m going
to reform. I’m not going to touch
a drop, nor look at a girl for
some time to come. J like to look
through windows but I don’t like
inch bars obstructing the view.

Frank Zaitz,
Merry County Jail

Look For The Cover-
ed Wagon

Hi ho Silver, we’re on our way
to Bridgeville, or are we?

That was the main theme at
our last Spartan Jr. meeting.
It seems that of ali the bus lines
opera ting in andaround Cleve¬
land, (about twenty I believe)
not one solitary company is
willing to bučk the traffic on
the highways and by ways head-
ing to Bridgeville, Pa., during

child and suggested renting a
truck and going in style. Once
more everybody got excited, that
is everybody but I. Maybe I’m
j ust a wet blanket and a pes-
simist but I don’t think I’d enjoy
riding in a picnic truck in the
black of the night for some
five or six hours and then ar-
riving at our destination cramp-
ped, sore and cross because of
lack of sleep and space. There
would be some thirty-five to
forty of us, beside luggage and
baseball equipment. Well, there
you have our sitpation here in
Cleveland in a niče tidy nutshell
so don’t be surprised if we come
in a covered wagon drawn by
pink elephants, for nothing is
going to stop us and as Mr.
Stokel suggested if we start
vvalking next Friday we’ll be
there by the third.

Helen Marie Poklicky.

Spartan Jrs.

LOOK FOR THESE IN BRIDGEVILLE!

Clara Chuck, secretary of Vrtec No. 126, Power Point, Ohio,
sent the above picture of its officers. She also writes: “At our
regular meeting, July 21f, we decided to attend the sixth Na¬
tional Athletic Meet at Bridgeville, Pa., and hope to meet a lot
of Vrtec members from other places there. If nothing uneopect-
ed happens in the meantime, our entire juvenile group will visit
Bridgeville

It Was A Grand

Outing

We members of Spartans Jrs.,
Vrtec 5 were avvarded a swell
day for our annual outing on
July 24 when a large number of
us assembled before the Slovene
National Home. We ali piled in¬
to Sedmak’s truck and proceed-
ed to Waterloo road, where we
picked up the Outlookers.

Gosh, was the truck crowded!
Bodies to the left of you, bodies
to the right of you, bodies ali
around you,etc. Cries of, “Gim-
me back my leg,” were heard
from persons evidently buried
alive or so it seemed.

We finally * bouncea, bump-
„ ed our way to Surtz’s farm about
24 miles out of Cleveland. Some
of the Collinwood group imme-
diately set out for a swim in the
exclusive swimming facilities
found nearthe farm. (Sh-Sh-h—
It was only a smalt creek, but
don’t those two words exclusive
and facilities sound good or
should I say look good ?•)

Daniel la Homovec and Frank
Lube challenged Eddie Stokel,
Andy Elersich and myself to a
fast and furious game of balina.
They beat us by a mile but ali I
know about the game is “ima”
a'nd “nima.” (Can’t I even alibi
a little.)

Later we joined the group at
the creek and was that vvater
cold and I don’t mean maybe!
Br-r-r-r, I stili shiver whenever
I think of it!

Did you know Daniela Homo¬
vec is afraid of eaterpillars, es-
pecially niče, big green ones?
Well, she is! Ask anybody and
they’ll teli you.

I wonder vvhere Gladys Mo-
horich and her girl friends were
ali afternoon?

The only casulty of the day
occured when Dorothy Lucia
and Charley Komin both fell as
he was attempting to throw her
into the creek. They weren’t hurt
seriously. I hope.

The bali game between the
Utopians and Spartans was won
by the latter team after five in-
nings. But no one seems to know
the score! The second game be-
tween the Outlookers and Spar¬
tan Jrs. was called off because
the majority of the Spartan
team could not get out to the
farm till quite late. Not that we
were afraid of the Outlookers or
anything like that!

Boy, oh, boy, was Mil lie Scrub
hungry! What’s the matter, Mil-
lie, don’t they feed you at home?
(No offense meant.)

My life long ambition was to
ride on the roof of the driver’s
cab. Going home in the truck in
the cubby-hole about the driver’s
seat and was that fun!

Oh, yes! Will the Outlookers
who took my babuska please re-
turn it to me as soon as possi-
ble? Sorry no reward offered!
It only cost a dime!

Did you ever hear of “Flat-
Foot Flbogie?” Well, Eddie Sto¬
kel and I certainly killed that
song Sunday night. Didn’t we,
Ed ? Don’t ans\ver the last ques-
tion. Doroihg Lou Prebil

Spartan Jrs.

-A ugust. lTth, 1938

Ju venile Section of “Napredeli”

VA.GE S

The Outlookers  Comer

“Outlookers’ Corner”, publishecl S
•is a section of the Napredek’s 'j
Vrtec page. The Junior Editors j|
are: j

Editor-in-chief - Valeria Artel , J

Nevvs Editor - Josephine Kovic \

Feature Editor - Fred Bashel j

“Do unto others as you would §
have them do unto you.’f S

ON CHEWING GUM

Have you ever been mistaken
for a cow? No wonder. Oh —
don’t misunderstand me — it’s
not your figure, or the way you
roli your big brown eyes, it’s
merely the manner in which you
chew your cud.

This subject was first intro-
duced to me by a member of the
male species (naturally) who in-
sists, with a tenacity character-
istic of men, that only morons
chevv gum. Nothing, of course,
could be further from the truth,
for (as you will be informed in
a latter part of the lecture)
there are six sane reasons for
indulging in this, the all-Amer-
ican pastime.

There are two methods of
chewing gum:

a) Nonchalnatly, with a va-
cant, dreamy expression;

b) Emphatically, with exten-
sive muscular activity, (guaran-
teed to build up your muscles
in twenty-four days.)

Either method vvill eventually
produce the same result — you
vvill become the pride and joy
of high society, thereby gaining
a reputation enviable by ali.

Even more pleasant is the
habit of chewing tobacco. A
fistful of “chavv” protruding
from either cheek will make
even a wad of five sticks of
Dubble Bouble feel cheesey. If
any of you girls find yourselves
classed as a Lonely Heart, take
the advice of Mother Experi-
ence, and make “chavving” a
daily habit. Inside a week, you
will need classify yourself no
longer as a Lonely Heart, for
you will by that time be labelled
as a full-fledged, completely
isolated Hermit.

To return, however, to the
original subject (before I com-
mence expatiuting on the vir-
tues of tobaccer),. — after ex-
tensive research, six beneficial
gains from gum-chevving have
been compiled:

a) Cleanses teeth( ?)

b) Prevents halitosis(?)

c) Straightens jaw(?)

d) Irritates enemies, thereby

e) Creating a friendly at-
mosphere ior ali concerned

f) Provides mušic (?) which
can be easily carried about.

So, if you’ve eyer been mis¬
taken for a co\v, don’t let it get
you dovvn, for, after ali, what
\vould vve do without them?

And so goodbye,

Valeria Artel.

HERE AND THERE

Well, another combined outing
of the Spartan Jrs.. and Outlook¬
ers’ Outing has passed. I can
assure you everyone had a good
time. To the members that did
not come, I can say certainly
missed some fun. There were
plenty of refreshments. Boy,
chat ham sandwich certainly was
good that Mrs. Pucel gave me.

I noticed: “The Three Com-
rades” forgetting their bathing
suits. Johnny Vadnal doing a*
somersault dive, and Aliče Ba¬
shel enjoying her “water-fight”.

The Spartans and Utopians
were playing just-for-fun base¬
ball. Bye the bye, Bill Raya, one
of the Utopian players was in-
jured sliding into second base.
I’m sorry to hear of that, Bill,
and I hope you hurry and get
well. The Outlookers and Spar¬
tan Jrs. did not have a game,
but in the meantime they had a
game for the follovving Satur-
day.

Millie Ryavec and her tali,
not dark, but he is handsome,
boyfriend Bob — disappearing
from the crowd. What happened,
Millie?

Josephine Kovic and Mildred
Krašovec getting lost in the
woods. What happened to their
escorts ?

Here’s hoping that I see this
in the paper waste basket, for
ifs my first article.

“Big Bertha”.

OUR PERSONALITIES
By Fred Bashel

Edward Slejko
Preš. of Vrtec 11.

Edward Slejko, born on June
11, 1922, passed his sixteenth
birthday not so long ago. (Took
me a half hour of multiplying
and dividing before I found out-
that a process called subtraction
would give me sixteen. Blankety
blank blank. Boy, am I getting
smart.)

The Spartan Jrs. (No. 5) lost
a good member when Edvvard
Slejko moved from way down
61st St., to his present residence
16203 Arcade Ave.

From the bottom of his size
9 shoes to the top of his brown
hair he reaches the height of
5’ 10”. Over this massive height
is distributed 155 lbs. of cor-
puscles, arteries, and vvhat-not.
(On the sly I took a glapce at
his manly chest(?), and was I
embarrassed when I found out
he carried a toupee.)

His ambition is to become ,a
musician in a symphony orches-
tra. By the way, yours truly
found out that he won second
rating in the clarinet solo divi-
sion in the ali Ohio band con-
test. (That’s going places, kid.)

Besides being Preš. of Vrtec
11 he is band leader of the Vrtec
orchestra and also ^is a mušic
teacher. For recreation he pre-
fers baseball and good ol' Lake

OUR PAGE

The Vrtec Page is our page,
And our page it’ll be;

In here we’ll vvrite an article
One — two — or maybe three.

Some will vvrifce—some will not,
Then others just for fun ;

Come one—come two—come ali
let’s write,

Until the task is done.

A few lines here; a few lines
thfere,

‘Twon’t give you writer’s cramp,
And ere your brow gets filled
with sweat,

The job is done and away you
tramp.

Prizes are given every month
To those who write the best;

Now don’t get discouraged if
you don’t vvin,

Next tjme a dollar may fill your
nest.

• Fred Bashel.

AN OPEN LETTER TO
VRTECES

To the Vrteces who have their
hearts set on a trip to Pennsyl-
vania and their eyes set on a
Softball Championship Trophy:

In less than three weeks, one
of our teams is going to feel the
thrill of national victory. We
Outlookers have that goal in
view, just as I know the rest of
you N have. And yet, I feel, that
underneath ali the enthusiasm
and ambition, our team has
been inspired to attempt another
ccnquest — that of making our
fraternal chain ali the stronger
by adding the link of personal
friendship.

We’re going out there with
the idea of making friends, and
if you’re willing to meet us half-
vvay, we’re bound to succeed. .

To ali the teams, — and es-
pecially to Martin Brogan of
Indianapolis — I want to say
that we most certainly will be
“looking out” the best we knovv
hovv. We came too close to the
taste of victory last year to let
it escape by carelessness this
time.

To our team — I just want to
say that, although I’m afraid I
myself cannot inspire them very
far towards victory, I can teli
them that what I’ve seen of
their playing, and vvhat Dve
heard of their possibilities from
others (, makes me feel that
t.here’s no reason at ali why
they shouldn’t get quite close to
the top. Ali I ask, is that they
try to get just a little closer
than last time. And we’ll be
there with ali our soul and body
rooting to help them on. Try
to repay Joe Zorman for ali

Erie. Stamp collectin’ falls um
dec the title of hobbies.

Not being able to think of
any more question to ask him,

I bid him a good day, thus end-
ing intervievv No. 1.

LET’S PRETEND
(Please note: These are nevvs
flashes on nevvs that never hap¬
pened. They are not to be taken
as honest-to-goodness facts.)

Our weinie roast was really a
success. It rained ali day. Ha!
He! Hi! Ho!

Boy, was Olga Zaubi glad, be-
cause she couldn’t go anyvvay.

.. The vveinie roast was started
and concluded in Artel’s  base-
ment. Everybody had cooked
weinies and unbuttered corn.
(The cheap skate). Boy, vvhat a
weinie roast! Everbedy was
there except the officers, the
vveinies-, and the best all-round
members.

Well, so long until the next
vveinie roast.

“Jo” Kovic.

NEWS OF YESTERDAV
Did you ever dress and un-
dress eight times in one day, or
go to such a distance to eat
your measly lunch, that by the
time you got back to your
friends you vvere tvvice as h\m-
gry as vvhen you started? WeH,
that’š just vvhat happened at
our outing on Zorc’s Farm.

Is Frankie Gačnik really go¬
ing to become the Outlookers’
Hermit ?

Another thing that I learned
Sunday was that the Slejko boys
can do other things beside play-
ing instruments.

We really had a swell Ume,
and I’ll meet you again next
month

with

“The Nevvs of Yesterday”
by Aliče Bashel.

BEHIND THE SCENES
July 24.

Did you see John Vadnal’s
sensational cannon bali dive (a
super colossal tvvisker. vvith a
half- flip, etc.) ? It vvas a vvovv!
Where vvas yoiir  bathing suit,
Frankie ?

Stanley Slejko seems to be
quite svveet on Josephine Kovic
and vice versa. (Ain’t love
grand ?)

Frankie Gačnik has a lot of
souvenirs from the ol’ svvimmin’
hole (a mes of scratches). It
seems to me he forgets to come
up to the top until he scrapes
the bottom.

“Cousin Valeria” spent quite
a lot of time trying to get some
pictures of us fish trying to
svvim. Maybe she’11 let you see
them.

Some of the girls vvere trying
to get me into throvving one of
Aliče Bashel's garments in the
vvater. Teh! Teh! such gals!

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the time and help he’s given to
you.

go — 'til September 3, vvhen
vve come hopping off the Grey-
hound, full of vim. vitality, am¬
bition, and vvhat have you, to
greet our nevv friends—.

Goodbve — and good lučk.'

Valeria Artel.


JTuvGnilG  Sec ti on  ojf "JVaprecJeic ”

Augusf 17th, 1938

National Softball

To urnam eni

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of a hitter . . . The first bali
pitched was a bali— The second
a strike j ust nipping the outside
corner —Bali two and bali three
follovved and \vith the count
three and one, Cekada let go of
a “peach.” right for the middle
of the plate and Charley sensing
this, drew back his bat as far as
he could and leaned against the
hali with al lthe force he could
muster ... C-R-A-C-K and away
it sailed over the middle field-
er’s head for a home run put-
ting the Comets ahead by a score
of 16 to 14; and that, boys, and
girls, is how the first Vrtec
championship game ended.

\Vhatta game that was! . . .
Runs — hits — walks — errors
GALORE! . . . Thrills and
cheers for hundreds of specta-
tors! . . . Action from the first
pitched bali to the last and that
is exactly what you can expect
at Bridgeville when the boys
from Indianapolis, Chicago, Cle¬
veland, Ambridge and other
-towns challenge each other for
the 1938 Vrtec softball title at
Presto Park this coming Sep¬
tember 3-4-5. At this writing,
six teams in each Class are vir-
tually assured of participation...
Beautiful trophies w i 1 1 be
awarded to the champions and
runners-up and each player on
the championship teams will be
presented with a token of merit.
Are you planning to be there?
Only two more weeks and two
days remain before the big
event opens . . . Be there and
give the boys a niče big hand as
they trot out on the field . . .
Cheer them on to victory and
fraternal sportsmanship ... Till
we meet at Bridgeville, so-long
and pleasant journey to you
ali . . .

Vrtec Director

SSPZ Day At White
Valley,  Pa.

With Our Junio rs

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Andy Had An Inter-

view

White Valley, Pa. — This year
we celebrate the thirtieth anni-
versary of our Slovene Progres¬
sive Benefit Society — the so-
ciety that plays an important
part in the Slovene group. Dur-
' ing these thirty years our SSPZ
has been accepted in many Slo¬
vene homes.

tions as did John Vadnal, Mary
Klevisher, Elsie Ohojak and ali
you other HONOR ROLL mera-
bers. CONGRATULATIONS and
may you continue your self-
expression of SSPZ glory, loyal-
yt and cooperation forever!

Challenger Juniors Win First
Frize

Girard Vrtec Went
Hiking

GIRARD, O. — The hike was
held Wednesday July 27 in the
woods at Avon Park. Now I will
teli you what we did at our hike.

First we played cards, such
as rummy, old maid, and war.
After we got tired of playing
cards we ate lunch. After lunch
we picked blackberries and then
vre walked to Liberty Dam.
There we sat down and vratched
the waves in the water. Before
we went home the boys played
horseshoes. That was ali we did
at our hike. We had lots of fun.

I wished ali of the Vrtec
members would have joined us
that day, and so goodbye and
good lučk to ali the Vrtec mem¬
bers.

Joseph Leskovec,  President
Vrtec No. 30

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Thirty years ago in the city
of Chicago, 111., a group of men
gathered to organize a society
which vvould be of great value
to men and women. With the
help of Mr. Martin Konda, an
intelligent man, the meeting was
successful. Discussion on sick
benefit, death, etc., took plače.
Being a Slovene gathering, they
named the society “Slovenska
svobodomiselna podporna zve¬
za”. Honor should be paid to
the pioneers and also the mem¬
bers of the supreme board and
various local lodge officers for
their splendid cooperation and
valuable Service. With the help
of the members thi»- Society is
progressing rapidly.

Twenty one years ago this
idea traveled way out to White
Valley, Penna. organizing Lodge
No. 142 by Mr. George Previc
and Mr. John Rupnik. Mr.
George Previc is also the organi-
zer of Evening Starš Lodge No.
218 and our Vrtec No. 103.

About five years ago they have
organized “Vrtecs” for us juve-
nile members. The first Vrtec
was organized in Forest City,
Penna. by Mr. Anton Zaitz/At
the present time he is Assistant
Supreme Secretary.

It was five years last fall that
our society sponsored its first
“National Athletic Meet”. In
March the National Bowling
Tournament was held in Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin. Many at-
tended these meets as contest-
ants and others as spectators.
This year the sixth National
Athletic Meet will be held at
Bridgeville, Penna. on Septem¬
ber 3, 4 and 5.

The year 1938 marks the
thirtieth anniversary of our so-
ciety. Every J unior and Senior
lodge should celebrate it in some
way or other. Our Vrtec King-
sters No. 103, Senior Lodges No.
142 and Evening Starš No. 218
are having a joint affair at the
White Valley Slovene Hall on
Saturday August 27. This affair
will begin at 6:30 p.m. (EST)
starting with .a Vrtec program
followed by moving pictures
shown by our Juvenile Director
Bro. Michael Vrhovnik. Dancing
will begin at 8:30 to ??? Musič
will be provided by the “White
Eagle Orchestra”, pfaying both
American and Slovene tunes.
Admission is 35c for adults and
lOc for children. Ali neighbor-
ing lodges are cordially invited
to attend this affair. We assure
you ali a good time.

Sunday August 20 at the Slo¬
vene Hall at 10:30 a.m. is our
Vrtec meeting. Ali members
must be present. Following the
meeting the committee is to meet

The Vrtec membership cam-
paign for the firšt six months
of the year, which were divided
into two periods of three months
e*ach, is ciosed and with its con-
clusion comes the announcement
of prize winners for the second
quarterly period of May, June
and July... Three widely separ-
ated districts figured in their
division — Pennsylvania, with
three out of five winners to
her credit (Strabane, Bridge¬
ville and Meadowlands), copped
the biggest share of prizes,
while the remaining two were
taken by Chicago’s Trail Blazer
Jrs. and the Vrtec at Palisade,
Colorado.

The third campaign period
will extend through July, Au¬
gust and September. Prizes of
$10.00, $7.50, $5.00 and $2.50
will be awarded to the Vrtec
units enrolling the four highest
number of new members. In
addition to the collective prizes,
the proposing member is en-
titled to fifty cents in cash or
goods for each new member.
Enroll your friends niw!

and discuss plans for the anni-
versary dance.

Julia Kosmach, Sec’y
Kingsters 103.

White Valley, Pa. — Report-
ing to you again so that you
won’t forget the big day at
White Valley, Pa. on August 27,
1938.

Perhaps some of you are ask-
ing, “What’s going to take plače
on this particular day?” Well
here’s your answer: The three
SSPZ lodges of White Valley
(which includes the Kingsters
Vrtec 103, The Evening Starš
218, and the Seniors 142) are
going to hold a joint picnic be-
ginning at 5:00 p.m. continuing
with two short plays, one in
American and the other in Slo¬
vene. There alsovvillbe moving
pictures shown by Bro. Michael
Vrhovnik. At 8:00 p.m. dancing
will begin to the White Eagles
orchestra, \vhich will play the
tuneful melodies of today and
the polkas we ali love. (To Mr.
Kvartich and Mr. Eržen: Slo¬
vene singing will be plentiful,
with your help!)

Now folks, there you have an
idea as to what’s going on. This
may not satisfy you, so if it
doesn’t why not plan to attend
and see for yourself. A great
time is in store for you, you, and
you. We are inviting ali distant
and neighboring lodges to come
and help celebrate the 30th an-
niversary of the SSPZ.

The SSPZ has long existed

Well, today I write from my
bed due to a slight accident. (I
got my eyes blackened and my
head knocked ali over creation.)
But, I’m a little ahead of my-
self and Pil teli you how it hap-
pened. (If you’re a little touched
already and try real hard you
may believe it.)

■ I was on the truck when it left
Zoxc’s farm. I decided to inter-
view some of the boys and girls.

I espied a likely-looking lad in
the crowd. I then approached
him boldly. (He was j ust half
my size.) I ask, “Well, lad.
What’s your name?— Pardon
me, but you’ll have to speak
Iouder. I didn’t hear you, yet.
Louder (shouting and stili a
feeble muttering). Oh! You say
your name’s Sonny and I should
not shout at you because that’s
your big brother over there. Ali
right, Sonny, not that I’m afraid
of your brother but I wouldn’t
want to hurt him. (Of course,
his being twice my size didn’t
have a thing to do with it, I
tried to convince myself, to keep
up my courage.) Glancing over
at his brother I got a sudden lik-
ing for Sonny. “What do you
like best about the picnic?” I
asked. “What say, Sonny. Didn’t
get it, oh! The baseball game.
Do you understand the game?
You say ali but one thing. And
what may I ask is that? Oh.” (A
Ione moan started deep in my-
throat. Big brother or no big
brother. I was about to bop
him.)

He didn’t understand why one
team made fielders of the other
teams chase ali over. (Clever lit¬
tle rascal. Yes? — No?) After
the kid told me about his snake,
his sore toe, his wart and other
such dumb things, I bopped him.

His brother came at me like
a bat out of — Ah! Er! I mean
—well-l he came plenty fast
anyway.

Fve got my head in a čast. (It
feels so big I can’t teli where it
begins and the plastered ended.)
Well I feel a little drowsy so I
hope Pil recover sufficiently to
write next month. So I’ll say Au
Reservoir— or something.

Andrew Elersich,
Spartan Jrs.

OUTLOOKERS CORNER

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Rudolph (John Hall) Bratina
had fun carrying girls on his
shoulders, and doing some fancy
diving. (The dives looked like
tidal waves.)

Harold (Webster) T a v z e 1
climbed half way up the tree
just to take a dive. Yes! He’s
stili alive.

Did you see Aliče (Eleanor
Holm) Bashel swinging on that
vine? Ah, what grace... what
charm...

Signing off,

Growin’ Pains.

and may it for many more years
to come.

So long until August 27, 1398.
PII be seeing U, U and U.

Shorty.