JUVENILE SECTION OF "NAPREDEK' CLEVELAND, OHIO, APRIL 21st, 1937 WITH OUR JUNIORS By Michael Vrhovnik, Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodges The Dearest Day '‘Mother’s Day should be to us More dear than any other, Because in ali the world there’s none So dear and sweet as mother.” Anonymous. Mother’s Day, as most of you know, falls on the second Sun- day in May. It is a day set aside to revive tender memories of Mother and to honor her in some special beautiful \vay. Every- where, in homes, churches and Sunday schools, in clubs and so- cieties, boys and girls, men and women observe this day as a sacred national holiday. Special Services and programs are planned and fittingly carried out in honor of Mother. Our Vr¬ tec units should do, likewise. Plan and prepare a short pro- gram for this day and invite the Mothers to attend. Refresh- ments served right after the program \vill make everyone a little bit happier; especially, lf ice cream and cake are served. Hoav many of you know who started the idea of Mother’s Day? It originated with Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, Avhen she Avas planning a memorial for her Mother who had died the year before. She \vrote to the governors of ali the States in the Union asking that a certain day of the year be set aside as Mother’s Day. To her 48 letters came only one reply and that from Governor Robert Vessey of South Dakota. He was hearti- ly in accord \vith the idea and Avas the first governor to issue a proclamation designating the SECOND SUNDAY in MAY as Mother’s Day. This took plače in 1909. Other states followed. In 1914 President Woodrow Wil- son, after Congress passed a bili favoring it, issued a procla¬ mation designating the same Sunday in May as a National Mother’s Day. A poem by Edgar Allen Poe, strikes me as being beautifully true . . , “Beauty fades, fortune fails, The leaves of friendship fall, But vcith unchanged devotion Mother love outlives them ali.” Anite Gačnik and I Villiam Pec Win Ist Prizes in Literarjj Contest Well, boys and girls, the sec¬ ond month of our Junior Liter • ary Contest is here and many of you, I hope, have already scanned the pages of today’s Vrtec Section to see how your article appears in and reads in print. Have you? The feeling you have experi- enced, if I remember correctly how I felt when I first gazed at mine in the paper, \vas simply grandiose; wasn’t it? You bet it was ! . . . And I knew, as you keep on with your Avriting, the urge to improve your composi- tions, Avill become stronger and stronger until, some day, you Avill have accomplished some- thing in the artistic field of Avriting Avhich, at the present moment, does not exist as a re- mote dream in your mind. So, keep bearing doAvn on that pen- cil or pen, and before long, you Avill surprise yourself.and your friends with the fine Avork you are capable of doing. Be pa- tient and pesistent. The rest Avill be easy. I believe ali of you are anx- ious to knoAV Avho won the con¬ test prizes for the March issue of the Vrtec Section. You know \vho the Ist plače \vinners Avere and right quick you will hav r e the names of the remaining con- testants. There Avere no losers. Six contributions from five Vr¬ tec members Avon for them a to- tal of five prizes. I might add that I was somewhat disap- pointed in the number of arti- cles submitted, but not at a)? disappointed in what was sub ¬ mitted. Each Avas carefully worded and Avell Avritten and deserved to Avin a prize. Prizes Avere aAvarded as folloAvs: Group “A” (Ages 13 and older) Anne Gačnik (Ist prize) $1.50. — Anne is the secretary of Vrtec No. 11; Cleveland, O. Mary Mlinar (2nd prize) —- $1.00. — Mary is an active mem- ber of Vrtec No. 77; Center, Pa. Julia Kosmach (3rd prize) — $0.50. — Julia is secretary of Vrtec No. 103; White Valley, Pa. Helen Previc (3rd prize) —- $0.50. — Helen is an active mem- ber of Vrtec No. 103. j Group “B” William Pevc (Ist prize) —• $1.50. — William is the presi¬ dent of the PIONEERS, Vrtec No. 1; Forest City, Pa. (Note: It’s certainly too bad that our IVilliam didn’t have someone to compete Avith him.«. I’m sure his article Avould have placed among the Avinners had there been others.) June Is Juvenile Month "Oh! What is so rare as a day, in June?” ... In accordance Avith the ruling of the Supreme Board, the month of JUNE of each year, henceforth, desig- nted as S. S. P. Z. JUVENILE MONTH is to be observed by Vrtec units and members of the Society Avith appropriate cere- monies and entertainment. For the first time in the history of our Society, a special period of the year is set aside to be de- voted primarily to the promo- tion of Juvenile Avork and in¬ teresi. (Continued on page 2) sa= Pioneer s and Trail Blazer Jrs. Tie For Lead in “Wheel of Progress Campaign” JUNIOR WIIEEL OF PROGRESS (Standing as of April 1,1937) New Wheel Spokes Group Leaders Competitive group “A” 18 Vrtec 1; Forest City, Pa., and Vrtec 139; Chicago, lil. Competitive group “B” 9 .... Vrtec -140; Pierce, W. Va. Competitive group “C” . 8 .... Vrtec 131; Coverdale, Pa. Competitive group “D” ...... 2 Vrtec 138; Harmarville, Pa. Total . 37 _ In first plače, tied for Group as ivell as National Hon¬ or s, are active Vrtec units No. 1 (Pioneers) of Forest City, Pa., and No. 139 (Trail Blazer Jrs.) of Chicago, lil., ivith six (6) new members apiece. The fine results obtained in Competitive group “A” are attributed cliiefly to the go- getter špirit of Sister Angela Pevc, administratrix of Vrteč No. 1, and Sister Theresa Rus, ivife of our Supreme Secre- tary and member of lodge No. 19. With Brother Charles Koman leading the way, the Spartans Junior tallied three (3) neiv members to puli up in second plače in this group. Competition in Group “B” promises to be just as keen and exciting as in Group “A”. Here, Vrtec unit No. 140 of Pierce, W. Va., under the tireless leadership of Brother Frank Polantz, forged ahead ivith five (5) neiv members, two (2) more than ivere garnered by their nearest opponent, Vrtec No. 126 of Poiver Point, Ohio, ivhere Brother Charles Bogataj holds sway. Brother Bogataj is, also, prominent in the Adult circle of competition. Vrtec No. 131 of Coverdale, Pa., leads Vrtec No. 31 of Chicago in Competitive group “C” by a single member, four (4) to three (3). Brother Frank Černuta, one of our most active ivorkers in the Million Dollar Campaign, and Sister Mary Putz are prominently mentioned in the present neti¬ vi ties. In Competitive group “D”, there ivas no actual compe¬ tition. Tivo new members are credited to this group, both being ivritten-up by Brother Anton Flisek, secretarg of lodge No. 196 of Harmarville, Pa. We sincerelg hope that before the current month closes there ivill be as much real honest-to-goodness competition in this group as in the other three. There is no reason why there shouldn’t be. (Note: You will find more campaign neivs in the E. S. L. Section) A <-//////-/«/«/ // i bitnim tittt t I “Pampadori! P a m padori !” That was the cry that ca me to me the re on the deck of the S. S. Pagen on its way from Trieste to New York. I looked around and saw an eight year old boy strolling leisurely down the deck calling in an almost per- fect immitation of the sailors. “Pampadori 1 P a m padori l” There it was again; the call that means please make way. He was a sight to behold 1 He was bareheaded and his chestnut brown hair were wav- ing in the slight breeze in a per- fect disorder. His big bo\v tie •was almost big enough to act as an anchor for any of the life- boats. Its crimson brilliance was offset by a spotless white shirt covered over by a blue coat cut in the same style as the offi- cers on the boat. The trousers ■\vere short, and below them \vere a pair of thick legs which seemed rather out of propor- tion to his general stature. The bandaged leg told he could not wear anything other than the sandal s he had on. But the ex- pressions on his face. He could change them from a grimace to another more rapidly than any vaudeville performer I have had the pleasure of seeing. Between the calls of “Pampa¬ dori! Pampadori!” he tried whistling in a mournful dreary manner—an equally cheerless song. Whenever he uttered a false not, which was often, he would appease himself by grin- ning from ear to ear, accom- panied by a twinkle of his blue eyes. After each such occasion he would draw his chubby hand through his hair and again shout, “Pampadori! Pompado- ri!” With a quick step to one side he gave a vicious look at the stewart who had heeded his ;warning, and disappeared from my view with a shout of “Pop¬ ka !” \vhich means pig in Italian. I returned to my musing. I looked at the water and thoughts came to me how allur- ing and beautiful the ocean was in its own way. The formations it made as the wind blew, the foam on the rolling waves could not be excelled in beauty by anything I had seen before. The spouting water looked j ust as enehanting as any fountain sprinkling out its soul in a gar¬ den. The low sun on the western hor— “Porka Italia!” “Essel! Es- 'sel! Porka! Porka!” “Porka Ita¬ lia!” I was jarred out of my pipe dream by these hideous \vords which were being shouted in a shrill voice around the turn of the deck. I could not see him, but I had a feeling it \vas the same mischievous little rascal I had seen before. Yes, it was him. He was running for ali he was vvorth a few steps before a well built gorilla-looking sailor. I admired the boy’s pluck for choosipg such a formidable sailor to tease, but this admira- tion \vas short-lived as I saw an old sailor come hobbling aft¬ er the two. The lad must not have seen the two-hundred pounder but had been teasing the old man. The other must have come into the fray with- out an invitation. The deck mops in the sailors’ hands did nothing to add to their charm, but who \vould not leave work when one was insulted so grossly by such a small creature. Especially small compared to the man’s towering bulk. The old man had by this time lost heart and had slowly walked back to his \vork murmuring inaudible curses. The sailor lost ground as he as- cended the stairs a bit out of breath, and as if thinking his prestige had been lowered enough by being seen chasing a Slovene brat, he schrugged his shoulders and slowly walked down the steps, across the deck, and out of my view. The boy was not coming back. It seemed as if he had had enough and had gone some- where to rest before he under- took another such venture, for an Italian sailor when he is called a pig and a donkey gets very, very quarrelsome but when you add an insult to his country he sees murder. Well! —I had seen enough for one day, so I think I shall go to my cabin and read. No— there is the supper Bell. I had forgotten about supper thinking of to- day’s ordeal. How wonderful it would be to be young again; to skip, hop, and jump. To run around and call sailors pigs as he did. Why I can j ust see— Oh! Oh! Look out you young idiot! Oouch! —xzqz ?— Come back here and help me. — What? — What was that you called me — Por¬ ka?! — You, you, just wait un- til I catch up with you—you, insolent little pup. I’ll show you—'Porka. Ouch! Oh! — Boys! — Humph! — Boyš! — Idiots; rattle-brain idiots! Why if I had a little thief like that I’d—Pd whale the tar out of him. Run¬ ning along bumping into people and calling— Pardon me! Pardon me! Pm so sorry. Oh! Here is the dining room. I hope my indigestion don’t bother me, or have a waiter spili something on my lap. But God guard that boy— Frank Mivec, Vrtec No. 9, SSPZ. France Bevk Lukec je mislil, da je že re¬ šen. Tedaj je šorec nenadoma zamijavkal kot mačka, kadar ji stopiš na rep. Deček je po¬ stal in se preplašen ozrl. čast¬ niki so gledali na kletko. “Ti, pridi sem,” so mu po¬ mignili. “Kaj imaš tam?” “Luka, Luka!” je vpil ško¬ rec. “To je škorec,” je pojasnil Lukec s tresočim se glasom. Noge so mu klecnile v kolenih. Gledal je, kakor da je obso¬ jen na smrt. Častniki ga niso razumeli. Go¬ vorili so nekaj v tujem jeziku. Smejali so se. Končno so mu za¬ mahnili z roko: “Le pojdi!” Škorec je bil rešen. Lukec sko¬ raj ni verjel, še mu je utripalo! srce. Mati ga je čakala vsa v skrbi. S sijočim obrazom ji je povedal: “Nič niso rekli. Smejali sos e.” Materi so odkazali posteljo v sjpalnici za ženske. Slokar je prihranil prostor za Lukca po¬ leg sebe. Dejal je materi, da bo on pazil nanj. “Lepo si začel svojo pot v A- meriko,” se je Slokar smejal Lukcu. “No, tu se ne boš izgu¬ bil.” “Hiše sem bil šel pogledat,” je dejal Lukec moško. Oziral se je, kam bo postavil kletko. “Saj škorca lahko izpustiš.” Ptič je bil svobode tako vesel, da je vpil kot norec. Letal je in se ni mogel utolažiti. Lukec ga je vzel na ramo. S Slokarjem sta odšla na krov. Iz dimnikov se je že kadilo. V trupu ladje se je začelo tresti. Parnik je zapiskal in se začel po¬ mikati od brega. Potniki so sta¬ li ob ograji. Gledali so na mesto ki je bilo obsijano od solnca. Ma¬ hali so z rokami in robci. Ljudje na obrežju so postali majhni kot pike. Hiše se niso več ločile druga od druge . . . Vse okrog je pljuskala zelena voda . .. 13 Prvo noč na parniku je Lukec trdno spal. Ne bil bi se še prebu¬ dil, da mu ni skočil škorec na trebuh in ga začel klicati: “Lu¬ ka! Luka!” Lukec je odprl oči, Klepec je plesal od objesti, popadel s klju- nam za rjuho in jo začel vleči. Potniki so se prebudili. Neka¬ teri so zaspani godrnjali, drugi so se smejali. Slokar je sedel na postelji, pozdravil škorca: “Dobro jutro!” “Dobro jutro!” je ponovil škorec. Lukec se je naglo umil in ob¬ lekel. Stopil je na krov. Or za¬ čudenja je na široko odprl usta Nikjer zemlje, vse okrog je leža¬ lo samo morje, morje ... Galebi ki so dolgo letali za parnikom, so bili izostali. Ribiške ladje s pisanimi jadri so izginile za ob¬ zorjem. Tudi mati je bila prišla na krov. Položila je Lukcu roko na ramo in se mu nasmehnila. Čuti¬ la je, da nima nikogar več razen njega. Sin je opazil materin bledi ob¬ raz. Prišlo mu je na misel: “Kaj, če bi matere ne bilo?” Zapeklo ga je v duši. “Mati, ali vam je slabo, ker ste tako bledi?” “Ne,” je odgovorila. “To kar tako pride.” Morje je bilo mirno. Nobena sapica ni pihljala. Za parnikom se je risala dolga peneča se čr¬ ta. “Da bi bilo vso pot tako!” je dejal Slokar. “Ali je kdaj drugačno?” je zaskrbelo mater. “Če nastane vihar, bomo do¬ bili morsko bolezen. Malo jih je, ki bi jih ne vrgla.” Lukca je neprijetno zadelo. “Ali kdo umrje za to bolezni¬ jo?” je vprašal. “Ne, ne. Prijetno pa, ni. Boš že videl.” (Dalje prihodnjič) WITH OUR JUNIORS (Continued from page 1) JUNE days are usually warm, but not too tvarm, and offer splendid opportunities for out- door entertainment and recrea- tion; for that reason JUNE was selected as S. S. P. Z. JUVEN- ILE MONTH. It is the month of the year when every effort and thought should be directed towards the increase in interest of our Juvenile members and their friends in the work of our Society. Membership campaigns shall, also, be emphasized dur- ing this month. EVERY DAY IN JUNE SHALL BE JUVEN¬ ILE DAY. Vrtec Administrators (trices) should be leaders in the celebra- V spomin umrli članici ca” E. Kramžer ‘Vrt- tion of JUVENILE MONTH and are urged to plan special entertainment for their mem¬ bers, their parents and friends. An outing or picnic, with out- door games and recreation, in some nearby grove or park \vould be an appropriate form of celebration. Such celebrations \vould provide not only a day of enjoyment for the members, but would be helpful in interesting their friends in the activities of the Vrtec and our Society. Again, you are urged to make such arrangements and provide such entertainment as seems most appropriate for the occa¬ sion, for every Vrtec should re- ceive special attention in JUNE. Čakali smo mi člani “vrtca spomladi, ki pride in prinese trate zelene in naše gozdove v novo obleko odene. Težko smo jo čakali veseli vsi, da pozabili bi na mrzle in zimske dni. Prišla je, a mi je nismo veseli — vsled naše velike v “vrtcu’ vrzeli. Utrgala si nam članico ‘vrtcu” ljubo, . za katero je nam, mamici, sestri in bratu hudo. Zakaj ... le zakaj si prišla, ti kruta smrt ravno sedaj v naš novi in še mladi vrt? Saj ti v vojni ne manjka kosila, mesta se našega bi lahko ognila, prihranila mamici drago hčer in nam nikdar pozabljeni večer. Večer, ko smo slišali, da nje večni ostal v spomin bo do konca dni. A. Zaitz. jLetters From Our Vrtec Members V A N D L I N G, PA. — Our March meeting tvasn’t very well attended -on account of the bad weather. Even though there were not many members pres- ent, we made plans for our« April meeting. Our administra- trix explained the “Wheel of Progress” Campaign to us. Our Vrtec wheel has gained some spokes. When members don’t attend the meetings regularly, they do not know what the Vrtec is doing or they don’t have the opportunity to express their ideas. Now that Spring is here, members don’t you think that you could ali make an effort to attend our meetings. Also with Summer coming on we tvill hold our meetings out-of-doors. Re- member the outing we had last year. We ali had a stvell time and I am sure that we would like such affairs. Our April meeting \vas very well attend¬ ed. Parents of some Vrtec mem¬ bers also attended our meeting. Four years ago this month our Vrtec was organized by Mr. An¬ ton Zaitz, tvho is now Ass’t Su- preme Secretary of SSPZ. At that meeting there were twelve members. At our last meeting which was our 4th anniversary meeting there were 47 members but that wasn’t a perfect attend* ance. Since that time Vrtec No. 1 gained members., has had Xmas parties, outings, and other affairs. Our Vrtec was the first one organized. Now in a period of 4 years there are many more. After our meeting re- freshments and soda were served. I wish to thank Mrs. Fe- Iix Rozina, Mrs. Anthony Draš¬ ler Jr., Mrs. Ig. Kastelic. Loret- ta Lauriha, Frances Gerstel and Angy Pevc for the refreshments they contributed. The full support and co- operation of every member is needed to make any affair a sue- cess. And this can only be done by having a perfect attendance at every meeting. Everyone has the same privi- lege of expressingtheir opinions. Members don’t forget to bring your photos to the next meeting so Mr. Rozina tvill be able to ar- range them in our Vrtec scrap- book. William Pevc Vrtec No. 1 SSPZ VRTEC 103 WHITE VALLEY, Pa. — First of ali, I want to express my sincere thanks to the contest judges for the prize I have re- ceived from them for my last monthly letter in the “Napre¬ dek.” The amount was received tvith great appreciation. I wish to recall to your at- tention, members of Vrtec 103 SSPZ., the slow increase of our membership this year. Do co- operate with one another and try to form a much bigger and better j uveni le organization. Be- ing the fourth month of this year, our membership should be enlarged tvith, at least a couple members tvhich would make our Vrtec a great success for the coming year. Members do try very hard so our Vrtec will be among the active Vrtecs this year as it was in 1936. We, the members of Vrtec 103, have scheduled a dance for April 24, 1937 at White Valley Slovene Hall. Everyone please follow the road to White Valley, Pennsylvania and enjoy your- selves at our first spring dance in 1937. An enjoyable evening is assured to ali. Well, we’ll be seeing you ali April 24, 1937 at White Valley Slovene Hall. Julia Kosmach. Sec’y Vrtec 103 SSPZ. OUTLOOKERS COLLINWOOD, O. — Spring is here. Outlookers are getting ready for baseball and other sports. The girls as well as the boys are going to participate in sports this year. There is noth- ing more to say about baseball until the next meeting. Outlookers are proud to have the first prize winner of the Lit- erary Contest of the month of March, Anne Gačnik our secre- tary. At the previous meeting tve had quite a few visitors. Mr. Va- tro Grili brought up the-idea of Slovene School. Outlookers fi¬ nali decided to have it every third or fourth Friday in each month. Mr. Vatro Grili will teach. AH the members that are interested should come. You will Iearn how to read, write, and speak better. So come to Slovene school as well as to the meet¬ ings. The next meeting is May 7, 1937. Au Revoir, till May 7. Josephine Kovic “E AT ING MUSTACHES” The play was a great success, but my eating sausages was not. Whiskers and salted pork don’t mix. I found that out, when I was dressed as a dwarf with whiskers up to my belley; and a part calling for stuffing my- self. I sat down and took the “dainty morsel” from the bas- ket. But the part called for pork sausages, and pork sau¬ sages it was. Well! Here I am telling you only about the sausages instead of my whiskers and sausages. Of course the \vhiskers tvere not mine, and therefore tasted ali the worse. So I bit and regret- ted, because as I started to chew a vomiting felling came to the pit of my stomach. Have you ever done this?—well don’t! I moved my eyes this tvay, and that \vay; I moved my mouth up, down and cross ways. I put my noše in the air, down to my chin. and evei'y which way; but alak and alas, pork and sau¬ sages \vould not go down. “Hur- ry up eat some more!” prompt- er’s voice came to me in my suf- f er ing. I grabbed the sausages, and \vith an angry shout, I heaved it witVi alt my migVvt at, my tor- mentor, and went calmly on tvith the next line. Frank M. Zakrajšek in colla- boration tvith Frank Mivec. Vrtec No. 9 Indianapolis, Ind. HOWDY FOLKS SYGAN, Pa. — This is the letter I planned to write a tvhile ago, but j ust couldn’t take time to tvrite it for I have been busy tvith my school tvork. Now that I have time I j ust don’t knotv tvhere to begin. First of a 11 I must teli of the bad news to our Vrtec members, that tve lost a good member of our Vrtec 72. My cousin, Elsie Kramzer died from scarlet fever on March 30, 1937. Elsie tvas a very good member of our Vrtec because she attended ali our meetings * and cooperated very tvell tvith ali Vrtec members. I am sure ali the members and ali her other friends tvill miss her very much for she tvas liked by ali and she liked everyone also. We tvill never foi'get sister Elsie, I hope. Our “Wheel of Progress” of 1937 is beginning to turn. We have 3 netv members and tve are ali trying to do our best to make the Vrtec larger and more suc- cessful. The members seem to ings and programs very much. Frank Dolinar, our president seems to get along very tvell tvith his accordion. Keep it up Frankie, tvho knows tv h a t might happen some day. I suppose ali the members are going to join the netv “Liter- ary Contest.” We ali have a hob- by don’t tve? Well, let’s ali join and shotv the elders tve take a great interest in our Vrtec. And not onIy that, but think of ali the prizes. Well so much for this time but I tvill be back again tvith more netvs concerning our meet¬ ings. etc. Julia M. Kramzer, Sec’y Vrtec No. 72 Editor’s Note:—Please keep in mind that Postal Latvs pro- hibit publication of any and ali references to games in tvhich there is an element of chance.) Dear Editor and Readers: DELMONT, Pa. •— As spring approaches, I make my first contribution to the Vrtec. Notv as there is only about six more tveeks of school, I hope more members of the SSPZ tvill have a better opportunity to tvrite. First I am reminding you of the dance tvhich is to be hela at the White Valley Slovene Hall on April 24, 1937. Musič tvill be furnished by Bud Tragessor’s orchestra. So ali of you neigh- boring lodges keep this date open, so that our dance tvill be a great success. Our lodge held its regular monthly meeting on March 21, 1937 at the White Valley Slo¬ vene Hall. We had a fair at¬ tendance and the “Easter Bun- ny” paid the juveniles a visit tvhich everyone enjoyed. As there isn’t any thing else to add at the present time, ali I ask is come i,o our dance A p r\\ 24,19VJ7. Everybody is w el come. Helen Kastelic Vrtec 103, SSPZ. l)ON’T TELL BIT— You’ll never regret the quarter you’ll spend At our Big Dance,—if you’H attend; The mušic, of course, by Bud Tragesser There is none better, or I’m a bad guesser. The stars tvill be out, the moon divine AH you iieed is a girl fair and fine. So get her, your friends, and ali And come to the Bali at White Valley Hall. When? —Saturday, April 24, 1937. Why ?—For a good time. By Whom ?—Lodge No. 103 of Slovene Progressive Benefit So- ciety. STUDY HALL ’Ttvas in tne room of 241 When the tvar of spitballs had j ust begun, Johnny, the boy, in the back of the rotv Prepared a spitball and let it go. Taking aim tvith the greatest of čare, teacher s hair, Turning around tvith a slyful glance Each thought he were being pierced tvith a lance. Inquiring of each and every boy Just imagine to Johnny’s great joy As up artid dotvn the rotvs she tvalked When nobody in the room tvould talk. Standing at the foot of the class Stamping her foot like a dot and dash She finally exclaimed that tve tvould stay And tvith detention tve tvould pay. Fred Bashel, Vrtec No. 11 Dear Editor and Juveniles: UNIVERSAL, Pa. — First of ali I must thank the ones tvho made it possible for me to re- ceive a one dollar check for my last month’s article. T tvas very glad indeed, for I had not been expecting it. I must also thank the Director for the very com- plimentary letter sent to me. I haye noticed not many ju¬ veniles have joined the SSPZ Literary Contest. I don’t think there’s enough interest in the page or there tvould probably be more letters. Probably too many of you have caught the Spring fever, but don’t let that keep you back. We must keep on tvriting in order to keep the “\Vheels of Progress” turning. Anne Gačnik gave some very good suggestions on hotv to tvrite an article last month. I am sure if you tvould follotv her plan through you’d succeed. The Director also gives some very Continued on Page 4 cooperate and enjoy our meet* Whang, Oh! it landed onto the Stran 4 Juvenile Section of “Napredek” Letters From Our Vrtec Members (Continued from Page 3) good suggestions on what and how to write. Let’s see if we can fill the \vhole Vrtec Section with juvenile letters. So much for writing letters. Now a few words on the weather. Well,- it is kind of warm. Lately we had been hav- ing some rain, but the sun is shining again. Before long we will be eating green vegetables from the garden. Before I go any.further, I will mention a few points about the community in which I live. It is a small town situated in the western portion of Pennsylva- nia. The estimated population is 16,000 and the present area is 28 square miles. There are 11 schools and approximately 90 teachers. There are 10 places of worship and one bank. This area was to have been pur- chased with one deer skin. Seems strange, but so Tis said. The first white of Western Pennsylvania was John Frazier. The tenth generation descend- ants of this man are stili living in our township. I could go on writing forever, but since space does not permit, Pil have to sign off, with Best wishes to ali juveniles and Director, Mary Mlinar (Age: 14) Vrtec No. 77, Center, Pa. OUTLOOKERS CLEVELAND, C o llinw6od, O. — AU boys who are out for the baseball team Of the SSPZ Vrtec No. 11, are to be present at the next meeting, May 7, 1937 at 7 o’clock sharp in the Sl ovene Workmen’s Home, Wa- terloo road. Ali boys who are out for the baseball team, please bring your friends at this meeting. There will be a captain elected at this meeting. This is the most important meeting of ali, because we are going to announce when and where practice will be held and ask ali the boys what position they would like to play. After the meeting there will be a so¬ cial. E. J. P. GIRLS Girls are funny, Don’t you think? Ali they talk about Is fur and mink. They never think They only talk, About the way You stand or walk. About the way You chew your gum, And if you don’t, They think you’re dumb. They want to sing, They want to dance, They never work, They want romance. The way to give it, Is over your knee, So the girls will be What they should be. Frank Mivec, Indianapolis, Ind. ROBIN HOOD VANDLING, Pa. — During the reign of Henry of England, there lived at Locksley with his wife and young son, Robin a for- est ranger najned Fitzooth. whose duty was to watch over a part of the forest of Sher- wood in Nottingham. One day young Robin and his mother, Mistress Fitzooth, started to Nottingham Town to visit the Fair and at the same time to pay a visit to the brother of Robin’s mother. While in the midst of the Forest, they were accosted by a robber band who demanded toll. But as young Robin and his mother had no money, Robin offered to shoot a match for the freedom of the forest with the leader of the band, Will o’ the Green. Robin shot first and his arrow (a goose-shaft) landed slightly to the right of the center pf the tree. Will o’ the Green acknowl- edged the shot as a fine one and placed his arro^v beside Robin’s but directly in the center. Just at this moment a band of for- esters came to the rescue and much to Robin’s chagrin, he had not the opportunity to try a sec- ond shot in an effort to better or at least equal, that of Will o’ the Green. Arriving at the Fair, Robin saw many wonderful things. Those which interested him most were wrestling matches, the tournaments, and archery contests. While visiting the fair one day he noticed in one of the boxes occupied by the titled spectators, a girl "about fifteen whom he thought much fairer than the daughter of the Sheriff of Nottingham who was being crowned as Queen of Beauty. Robin decided to enter the Archery Contest, the prize for which was a golden arrow, he bestowed it, contrary to the usual custom, upon the fair maid who he learned. was Mari- an Fitzwalter. This angered the daughter of the Sheriff of Not¬ tingham and was the cause of much of the disaster in Robin’s fortunes which immediately fol- lowed. Upon arriving at his un- cle’s home, he learned that his father had been injured by a stage in the forest and was sum- moned to his side only in time to receive his blessing. Robin there- after was entitled to his father’s position as Forest Ranger of that portion of the Sherwood Forest previously controlled by his father. The King had given to Fitzooth the house at Lock- sley. It was Robin’s rightful pos- session of course along went the priivlege of ranger. It was necessary to make ap- plication through the Sheriff to have his appointment confirm- ed. By his action in connection with the prize of the golden ar- row, the Sheriff managed his plan. Robin fought his rights. He lost his commission as For¬ est Ranger and his home was burned. He became an outlaw, joined the band led by Will o’ the Green. Will o’ the Green was killed. Robin joined them. Robin took Will’s plače as head of the band. Peroni then on, adventures were many. How he met Little John and Frier Tuck, Alan-a-Dale and the other members of his band makes very interesting reading. Of course Robin mar- ried Maid Marian and they lived very happily. Ivan Pevc (Age: 13) Vrtec No. 1 FOR H E’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW The icy March wind whistled and blew the hali rugs to one side as the door swung open and then closed quickly with a slam that shook the house to its very foundation. Johnny came in yelling at the top of his voice: “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow—!” “My goodness, son, who’s the jolly good fellow?” asked Mrs. Brimmer, Johnny’s mother. “Why Danny is the jolly good fellow,” replied Johnny. “And who is Danny, may I ask?” “Don’t you know Danny, Mom? Gosh he’s a swell guy! Why he even told me how to shoot my agates so I could win the game. Ain’t that swell, Mom? Gosh, he’s a swell guy!” Johnny kept on talking very excitedly until he heard his mother’s calm voice breaking in, “Johnathan Spencer Brim¬ mer Jr., I see that you’ve been playing marbles again after I’ve told you so many times not to in this weather. “Just look. The knees of your trousers are ali muddy, and — oh! Look at that, will you? You’ve even a hole in the seat of your trousers! And here—your hands are ali red and chapped and your knuckles are ali sore. “Oh, dear! What in the world can I do with you!” “Aw gee, Mom, a guy can’t even have fun around here any more.” Johnny grumbled as he trudged upstairs to clean up. As Johnny slipped into his chair at dinner that evening, he saw the rest of the family was seated at the tables, including his sister’s boy friend, Bill. He saluted his father with a meek, “Evenin’, Dad.” Dad answered with an, “Um- bum.” There were remarks about the food and there was a short silence. Janet broke the silence by saying, “Say, Bill, how many new members have you succeed- ed in getting for our lodge?” “I haven’t even tried yet.” Bill answered between mouth-fulls. “There’s plenty of time. What’s the hurry?” “There’s no hurry of course. I got my little brother in, and I’m expecting three of my girl friends to- join. I think that’s pretty good.” Johnny had suddenly come to life when he heard his name. “Say, what’s this lodge busi- ness ali about anyway? Here I am, eleven years old and not even told what a guy belongs to!” Dad Brimmer remonstrated April 21st, 1937 him for yelling with his mouth full. “You can say what you like in a mannerly way after you have eaten.” And to Janet he said, “Ex- plain to him what it’s ali about.” Janet went about explaining as carefully as her patience would allow. “Johnny, we have you entered in the j unior department of the Slovene Progressive Benefit So- ciety. “They are having a member- ship campaign now, and any member bringing in a new mem- ber receives fifty cents. There will be a Grand Prize. “Now, do you understand?” ❖ At the next meeting of the Vrtec who should walk in but Johnny leading six boys ranging from nine to fifteen years of age. Everyone turned to see who was coming in and were they surprised. Johnny was the hero of the day, and he was happy be¬ cause of the compliments he re- ceived. That evening, when he was going to his room, he passed the half-open door to his sister’s room. This is what he over-heard in passing. “Oh, mother, I feel so disappointed in Lois, Mary, and Boots for letting me down. They said that they don’t want to join because they can’t have a good time with little kids around. Isn’t that a horrid excuse?” “Now, Janet, don’t get ali het up about a trifling matter like that. You know that you can al- ways try again. “Believe me when I say that the only way you’ll get members is to try. Johnny did, and he’s succeeded!” Mrs. Brimmer ad- vised in her calm manner. Johnny chuckled as he re- membered that Danny had got two of the members for him, and he was happy because for once he was complimented in- stead of criticized. Jonathan Spencer Brimmer Jr. fell asleep wondering what he should get his mother for her birthday. Anne Gačnik (Age: 17) Sec’y Outlookers A HOE A hoe is not appreciated enough by us, We do not stop to ponder And think what it has done for us humans. We only stop to wonder. We stop to wonder why a hoe was made, As listening to a solemnless knell, Our thoughts turn to the help it gives us, On our way to hell! Frank Mivec, Indianapolis, Ind. WORDLY BREVITIES Wild horses died out in America at the end of the Ice Age, and there were no horses here until Cortez, the Spaniard, brought some in 1519. An engineer States that the oldest arch bridge known was built by the Assyrians about 4000 B. C. at Nippur. Glare caused by light reflected from a light-colored, glossy wall may fade some textiles, experiments indicate.