■ i ■ -■ _ sm« Tu i1 irov š{ jvlja"10 e bod« 1. slovenj klu^ a SN’’1 Kosll° kni^- , a«. * [i P*" u. r P ielico ; Za P1 ta M«) irib u/ . lvn|1,; ' V Sl^ z ^j > 3 dV ,ka F l d0 y? ”V ®j’ ^ /»<: ifi6 ^ redi f u, °1 03 J •ese1'1) P° FC’, J 3 # 11 / u« ia^i* 9^ v >V‘ dfP' ^ef /Vof The Light Of-Freedom Be Extinguished! American Home newspaper 100 Years of Service V01-- 101, No. 20 ( iJj America Ameriška OOOZEO WPNVAVMS r SLOVENIAN MORNING NEWSPAPER Nationwide, over 200.000 American Slovenians USPS 024100) AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, MAY 20, 1999 ISSN Number 0164-68X 60C olci? 4 Friends of Slovenian National Hotne Receives KSKJ Grant p . The American Slovenian Catholic Union presented the r'ends of the Slovenian National Home, Inc., a Cultural ^ant for $500. The Slovenian National Home on St. Clair ^venue in Cleveland, Ohio has gone through a series of I n®Vat'ons in the last few years to restore this cultural £1° mar,c- It is one of the largest cultural halls in the greater r eVe*ancI area ■j'hjg past November, Phase One of the cur-U ,restorat'on Pr°ject was completed to make this Cultural r .mark *lancIicapped accessible by installing stroom facilities in the lobby of the main hall. n. Slovenian National Home is celebrating its 75th an- C|rSary th'S year' h 'S VCry imPortant that this cultural [nark be restored so that our rich Slovenian heritage will . ntinue for many years at this hall. jj deluded in the picture above are Dale Lunder, Vice ^sident of the Slovenian National Home, Joseph Hočevar, ^ Vice President of the KSKJ National Board, and Robert °Pkins, President of the Slovenian National Home. The Mentation was made at the monthly St. Clair Slovenian phonal Home Benefit 50/50 Split Drawing that is held on ast Wednesday of each month. There were approxi-y 200 people who were in attendance at the drawing. ^°to by BOB MILLS) --Joseph V. Hočevar new evotional to Our Lady of Brezje t0 Sunday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. everyone is invited ^oadCt at t^e Gourdes Shrine on Chardon Vi ltl Euclid, Ohio for our annual May devotions in < ^ur Lady of Brezje, Patroness of Slovenia. lion efV°tionaI is bein8 sPonsored by the Ohio Federa-Slovg • Lodges. It is anticipated that various dev . lan clergy will be joining us to participate in the Fathe10l?a '>rile litur8ical program is being planned by CleVe;a-ePh Božnar, pastor of St. Vitus Church in Th ^sary6 ?rayer service will include the recitation of the ^ehed‘ 10 conjuncIion with a candlelight procession, lo tjj j^bon, and the singing of the Slovenian Litanies lessed Virgin Mary at the grotto. --Joseph V. Hočevar, Federation President st vew Society Members t'e'v memKS ^burc^ ‘n Cleveland announces the reception of ^scens; ®rs 'nt0 Ibeir Altar and Rosary Society during the This Thursday 7 P-m. Mass. Av^K ^ new members were inducted. They are M* ar»^anie,,a Avsec’ Jennie Antloga, Valerie h ^»LnnH F“tey’.Rosalia Hočevar, Agnes Koporc, ^Cic, jj | er» Sophie Mazi, Marinka Ovsenik, Helena i^Anny11 1ISek’ Louise Strauss, Ivanka Stupica, and Susan A. Zitko. Paul Hribar, A Son of Slovenia Paul Hribar, Cleveland Law School Class of 1941, is a man of matchless energy. On a Sunday in April, barely * a month before his birthday, he is hard at work in his City of Euclid office preparing for the 11 new cases he has agreed to take the previous week. Recently returned from Las Vegas, he looks forward to his trip to California in June and his trip to Iceland in September. He will- tell you that hard work, energy, and longevity are characteristics of the Slovenian people among whom he counts himself. And, in his case, it would be hard to prove otherwise. His father, Bartholomew Hribar, held many jobs before becoming a realtor, including a stint as a prize fighter, boxing under the very un-Slovenian name of Mike Murphy. “My father spoke several languages, and he could operate any machine,” Paul reminisces. His father lived to be 101, and his mother, Alice Hribar, died at 91. “She was a tiger, the youngest of 11 children,” Paul said with pride. Bom in Cleveland and raised in a Slovenian neighborhood around St. Clair and East OSlb Street, Paul Hribar was the grandson of Josef Turk, the first Slovenian settler in Ohio, the great nephew of a legendary Slovenian Catholic priest, Vitus Hribar, founder of St. Vitus Church, eventually the largest Slovenian Church in America and the center of the cultural life of the immigrant Slovenian population. He was named for an uncle, Father Paul Hribar, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church. When Paul was two, his parents moved their family into a German/Irish neighborhood in Collinwood. Perhaps growing up among several cultures and several nationalities fed Hribar’s respect for diversity, his interest in travel, and, above all his uncritical interest in people. Interviewing Paul Hribar, one quickly perceives that there are two interviews being conducted: yours and his. So, leaving his office, I am unconvinced I know as much about him as he does about me. “I am interested in everything I do,” he tells me, “and in people: Who you are and what you are. It’s caring about people and about what happens to them that makes law an interesting career.” Hribar graduated from the old Cathedral Latin School and then, in 1937, from John Carroll and always he was working at odd jobs. “I started working when I was 12. I delivered papers, caddied, worked in shops, in grocery stores, in banks. I was a mechanic, waiter, Paul J. Hribar voting booth judge. You name it.” How did he settle on law? “Basically, my mother decided I should go to law school.” His mother was right. The high school boy who loved bookkeeping, shorthand and accounting better than Greek, Latin and French found his calling in his evening classes at Cleveland Law School. A practicality in the study of law spoke to him in a way the classics had not. Like many of our law school graduates, Hribar expresses appreciation for the opportunity that evening law school afforded him. “So many people who are lawyers here would not be if there hadn’t been a night law school. I stronglysupport the evening program, and it is one of the reasons I became a life member of the Law Alumni Association.” Hribar has fond memories of several classmates, particularly Thomas Gray who remains a close friend. Judge Skeel was a “very enthusiastic person,” and Wilson Stapleton was a “slick Phi Betta Kappa-type guy.” Then, early in 1941, history caught up with the soon-to-be-graduated attor- ney. Hribar had received a draft notice. Fortunately, he was able to defer enlisting in order to finish school and take the bar. After Pearl Harbor, he ceased to delay his military service and was accepted into the U.S. Coast Guard Academy - one of 200 out of a thousand judged to be “officer material.” From 1942 until 1946, “four years and 11 days,” Hribar was the commanding officer of ships sailing the oceans of the world as part of the North Atlantic Convoy during a time when the German navy was busily sinking ships in the Atlantic. Today in his office, a map of the world is studded with pins marking the countries he has visited, either in wartime or peacetime. The territory he has .covered in a single lifetime is impressive and might consume three lifetimes. Returning home in 1946, Hribar began developing the law practice that is today focused on, but not confined to, real estate law. Initially, he worked at law part time while holding down a fulltime job, first as a title examiner and later, as a savings and loan officer. He also set about finding a wife. Three years later, there were almost as many women in his past as there were jobs in his past. The woman he finally chose and married in 1949 was from his own community of Slovenians. The niece of Monsignor Bartholomew Ponikvar, the successor to Father Vitus Hribar of St. Vitus Slovenian Catholic Church. Mary Ann Hribar’s roots were as deeply imbedded in Cleveland’s Slovenian history as Paul Hribar’s were. Together the couple had five children, including daughter Joyce Ann Hribar ’88 who shares an office suite with her father as a member of Associated Solo Practitioners. Paul’s wife, who had come to this country when she was 18 learned English, finished high school, and put herself through nursing school, died 15 years ago. Today, in addition to travel and law practice, Paul (Continued on page 4) AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, MAY 20, 1999 Jim’s Journal By Jim Debevec Facts and myths about the American scene: Was reading the mystery book “Murder on the Atlantic,” by Steve Allen. It was a mystery because I couldn’t figure out where the author received his information. Near the end of the book, the “Atlantic” (ship) passengers were saved from drifting hopelessly in the Atlantic by the United States Navy destroyer “U.S.S. Phoenix” who gave them a tow. Well, there you have it. The whole book was ruined. Why? Ask any ex-swabbie. He/she will tell you U.S. Navy destroyers are named after people, not cities. Normally, Navy cruisers are named after cities, such as the U.S.S. Cleveland, Indianapolis, etc., and battleships take their names from states such as the U.S.S. Missouri, U.S.S. Arizona, and so forth. Submarines are usually named after fish such as the Gar which you can visit and walk through near the foot of E. 9^ street pier in Cleveland. Nuclear submarines, however, are another story. Anyhow, I conferred with our local naval expert, Bob Mills and he agreed that something sounded fishy about calling the U.S.S. Phoenix a destroyer. Bob served two terms in the Navy, one during the Second World War and the other during the Korean Conflict, and he’s still active as a radioman in the Military Mars network which relays messages from families in Ohio to sailors serving aboard ships at sea. Anyhow, Bob, through his numerous contacts, found the U.S.S. Phoenix (SSN 702) which, to our amazement, is an attack nuclear submarine on active duty With Norfolk, VA as its home port. The first nuclear submarine was the U.S.S. Nautilus which was based in New London, Connecticut. I remember it well, because I was stationed there for a year when Nautilus berthed next door to our submarine tender. You had to have a special Naval clearance to board the ship because a lot of the equipment on board was then classified as secret. Today, you can visit the very same Nautilus at the New London base and it’s open to the public for tours. Bob and his wife, Marcie plan to take a look at the ship in the fall. Now if Steve Allen had named his rescue destroyer the U.S.S. Bob Mills, I would have believed it. ♦ Another book I was reading is called “The Contested Plains” by Elliott West. It talks about the conflict between the Indians and the white settlers in the Colorado, Kansas and Dakota territories. The one big event which took place that brought a large number of people to America was the discovery of gold flowing out of the Rockies in 1858. It was a bigger gold boom than the California strike in 1848, 10 years earlier. There was a depression going on, and people came from all over the world to the Rocky Mountains to try and discover gold, and/or supply goods to the prospectors. The Indians had moved to that territory, and (like the Russians under Communism), had no conception of the term “private property” and were pushed aside by the hundreds of thousands of prospectors who came west, some even bearing signs on their covered wagons, “Pikes Peak or Bust.” The pioneers were somewhat under the Autumn Get-R-LUay Cruise 4-day cruise, Sept. 12-16, 1999 Neui York to Halifax Carniual Triumph $999 pp* Ocean uiew cabin $899 pp* Inside cabin -includes cruise, airfare from Cleueiand, taxes, gratlltles, airport transfers, and shore excursion. Based on double occupancy. Space is limited. Call 216-261-1050 today! trauel@euclidtrauel.com EUCLID^^^\ 22078 Lakeshore Blud. TFlA\/ElPmm^ Euclid, Ohio 44123 ------- 100 WORDS MORE OR LESS by John Mercina To The Graduates. You are at the top of the world today. You have made it! Dollars are floating in front of your eyes and your mind is focused on becoming rich and famous. You plan on paying more taxes in your lifetime than your parents grossed in their lifetime. You are proud of yourself because you know that nothing can stop you from achieving your dreams. Did you thank your parents for helping you get to where you are now? Did you stop for just one moment and thank God for giving you health and wisdom? Did you pause and reflect on how you will handle problems which will undoubtedly occur in your lifetime? Have you considered taking some deserved time off to help those that are less fortunate than you? Life is full of surprises and you may have to learn how to respond to unforeseen circumstances. You may have to adjust your schedules and actions for the good of those around you. You may even have to take jobs that are totally foreign to you and do the best you can with them. Just for today, savor the goals that you achieved, remembering that sopn® °* the richest persons have not achieved their goals. As you go through life, make sure that your presence here on earth makes a difference for someone. Congrats to you and to your family'! protection of the United States government and their cavalry army. By sheer numbers, the Indians were no match for the American and European settlers. The Indians were hunters and roamed the plains in the summer in search for bison for food. When they returned to the base of the mountains for protection against the winter winds, they found the settlers had taken over “their” land. Then the farmers settled in the Indians’ summer hunting grounds. Some Indians settled for meager compensation from the United States, others preferred to Fight for their territory. There are a lot of books to read in this world; some are fact; some are foible; the ingenuity lies in discerning the difference. Comments to: Jim’s Journal, 6117 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44103; Fax: (216) 361-4088; or e-mail: j im@buckeyeweb.com It’S COOL To Be SLOVENIAN! I American Home | The newspaper the elite meet to read. The world’s largest landowner Is the U.S. government, with a holding of 728 million acres. “shallow water.” Eradicating the Yellow Dandelion By Rudy Flis Last Saturday, my wife Therese, and I worked in our yard. A perfect day to accomplish spring chores. We planted our flowers, tilled the soil, edged and trimmed the lawn before cutting the grass. But boy, how a situation can change in a few weeks. Remember two or three weeks past, when I told you about my tantalizing “dandelion salad,” and its place of honor in the salad bowl on our table? Well, today, it, the dandelion, went from friend to foe. Therese and I beat, heeled, stomped, crushed, smashed and cut out every dandelion we found in our yard. The dandelions had our adrenaline a flowing. I hope you don’t think me fickle. But you see, a dandelion is not always a dandelion. In my yard, dandelion is enemy number one, and my wife Therese is correct to say, “weed,” ^ referring to them misera q( critters in our ya^’ course, Therese t understands that early n , spring, our kitchen sink our salad bowl on our will be host to the Sloven\, delicacy, “Dandelion sa*ay Bathed in vinegar an® ^ and hard boiled e^’eaSe wilted from hot bacon 6^ and vinegar with “speC have a tasty salad. . . [(j If next year you w's ^ pick some dandelions* ^ the root free of the Ž ^ about an inch un^erje^, ground, take home> as prepare, and consumej often as you wish nnt' ^ bright yellow appears. ,]04 When the yc jt dandelion flower aPPea„0vV ¥ as ¥ I warns all, “This plant|S ,, bitter and shoul ^ considered a weed, no for a salad.” Until next spring, P pass the salata. Starting Over in Cleveland in 1950’s WORKING IN THE FACTORIES By Anton Žakelj; translated and edited by John Žakelj (Continued from last week) Monday, August 28,1950 There’s a group of us that 8010 w°rk together now. As We Wa|k from the last bus sfop to the shop, people rec-°8nize us by the briefcases We use for our lunches instead of proper lunchboxes. 0trie People greet us with a La'Sec* arm Hitler salute. hey mistakenly think we to leave Slovenia be-aHse we collaborated with ® Nazis. We return their a.ute ^'th the communist faised fist. Saturday, September 16 and ^ * helped Rihtar jn ^lancsar install a toilet it °Ur apartment. At 10 p.m. Was done. ^onday, September 18 °seph Grdina brought jj^ new workers for our ' professor Ovsenik y Blaž Vavpotič. *'re both °vsenik They hired. Prof. 's 60, but looks '^,^n8er- 1 lied and said he s 0. In Ljubljana, he was tea Sch°0l principal and cher 0f classical lan- is" dea8es‘ ^he communists ^ 1 If him, his wife, and bpf^ter to Hungary just Whe^ Christmas 1945, tueJ) he was close to retire- had^ Fr°m Hungary they * 0 go thru deep snow to in where we met them Critne \\efl ble of ,bl« lia” 4” oil ot ase ci)t ih6 tho |0'V c it refugee camp. His C Was that his mother’s that Was German, and So»n C a house and itw *an(l which the com-WAfISts wanted. In America, my co-workers asked me to stop recruiting; he’s worried there won’t be enough work left for the rest of us. Sunday, September 24 At 1:30 in the afternoon, the day turned to night for about an hour. The sky was cloudy and the horizon was beautiful like a sunset. Lights came on everywhere. At 4:30 we attended a concert of Slovenian, Croatian and American songs in the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair. The hall was full and the singing was beautiful. Governor Frank Lausche made a speech. Friday, September 29 Albin Klamer bought an bid Chrysler for $500 and drove me to work, even though he doesn’t have his license yet. Earlier in the week, I had to clean some parts in chlorine. I’ve had a headache ever since. I’m deathly afraid of that chlorine - it’s worse than the Gestapo. Sunday, October 1,1950 I had back pains last night and couldn’t fall asleep until early this morning. I was still sleeping when Cilka went to the 8 a.m. Mass and left Johnny with me, as she usually does on Sundays. Johnny, who is only 2, got out of the house by himself and walked to St. Clair, wearing nothing but a shirt. A man found him on the streetcar island in the middle of St. Clair. Somehow Johnny had walked across the traffic to get there. It looked like he wanted to catch a streetcar. Luckily, the man found out where we lived, and brought Johnny home to me. In the afternoon, we WyA *** / XiaiWtlWCl} -- ----- ----------—7 •' w pvsenik didn’t know walked to 1058 E. 74^ St. to visit a family from our home town in Slovenia. In an amazing coincidence, their landlord turned out to be the man who had rescued Johnny this morning. Monday, October 2,1950 teac^1 WeM enough to get a job jj'g 8 j°b> so he took any his ‘ould get to support Bug v d daughter-the Un^ VavP°tie worked at a C CrSlty in Ljubljana as ^ iohney SWeeP‘ joked PteSjH Was higher than the T ldent’s. Mikday’ ^ePtem|ber 19 'W; e Vrenko started to US- Partly due Ve 2 recru'ting, we now the 8 - ■ 'Vorkers instead of This afternoon I went to see Dr. Kern to determine whether I was healthy enough to get health insurance through the Slovenska ____ Dobrodelna Zveza (S.D.Z.). 'vhen I started°One of 1 am 5’7”’ weiŠh 140 lbs- and have too much sugar in and have too n my urine. The doctor asked me to come back tomorrow. He also took some fluid out of a swollen elbow which I must have injured on the job. The whole visit cost $2. Tuesday, Octobers, 1950 Dr. Kern determined my blood sugar was acceptable: what a relief. At work, the foreman suggested I go thank Mr. Risher for giving me a raise of 10 cents an hour, but I couldn’t find the right English words. I’m making $1.40 an hour now, but paying twice as much income tax as I did at Z&W. Mrs. Jereb brought winter clothes for Johnny. Sunday, October 8,1950 The American Stamping Co., across the street from Rihtar’s, is working night and day, and for the first time today, on Sunday as well. Their noise makes it impossible to sleep and reminds me of our trip to America as refugees on a military transport ship. We hit a terrible storm in the Mediterranean. The ship was tossing so heavily that the porcelain dishes came crashing down with such a noise that we thought we had hit a mine. Thursday, October 12 The pain in my elbow has made work difficult. I saw Dr. Kern, who took out more fluid and again charged $2. Saturday, Oct. 14,1950 A car hit 10-year-old Frank Rihtar and his brother Milan. We took them to the old Glenville Hospital on E. 106tb St. Frank has a dangerous head injury and Milan has shoulder pains. The police put the driver in jail. Saturday, Oct. 21,1950 Four more Slovenians got jobs at our shop: Balantič, Meglič, Skubic and Boh. The owners are building a warehouse and starting three shifts. I received my pay-check: $128.50, plus a 3-month bonus of $23.68. Monday, Oct. 30, 1950 The Ameriška Domovina says this was the hottest year in 80 years. Wednesday, Nov. 1,1950 Our foreman, Al, has been harassing me, the professor and the other Sloveni- rnr r>' COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR ON ALL MAKES & MODELS INCLUDING 4X4’s, LIGHT TRUCKS & MOTOR HOMES COMPUTER ALIGNMENT & BALANCE • SHOCKS • STRUTS C.V. JOINTS • RACK & PINION • BRAKES • EXHAUST GOOnfrEAR 731-7100 LAJESMW&Syffijg- 939 E. 999 St. ans whenever he cap. The evening foreman, Joe Ziate, is much better. Thursday, Nov. 2,1950 Al asked me to teach Frank Bizjak how to use the machines. Frank got mad when Al tried to teach him. Bizjak is studying to be an engineer and knows more than Al. Thursday, Nov. 9,1950 I sent $45 to the League of Catholic Slovenian Americans for food for poor ~ people back in Slovenia. And I sent $43 to the New York Dafmatia group for two sacks of flour and two packages for my mother. Sunday, Nov. 12,1950 This afternoon we celebrated the 40tb anniversary of S.D.Z. at the Slovenian National Home. The Rihtar’s celebrated the baptism of their new son, Stan. 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Back, left to right, Tony Lekan, Marilyn Lekan, Rich Sterle, Ernestine Machnik, Mary Sterle, Cecilia, Ann and Bob Dolgan. In front row, Joe Machnik. Not pictured Vera and Drago Udovich. The ABCs of Traveling With Cilka Lou Stafford of Marietta, Georgia came to town on his semi-annual visit for Singing Society Zarja’s spring frolic musical presentation. It was good to see this loyal American Home reader make the trek up north considering his sister Irma Pry-ately, a prominent member of Zarja, passed away last Fall. Lou was part of the Kollander Travel tour group in December 1997 and met relatives in Melbourne. My husband, Bob, and I were in an automobile in Melbourne. The car ahead of us had Australian license plates “MASLO.” The name rang a bell, because in 1993 we met some people named Maslo in Ostrožno Brdo, Slovenia, while looking for genealogical roots of Jennie Trebeč of Willoughby Hills. It’s a small world because it was Lou Stafford who was riding in the car ahead of us in Melbourne with his Australian cousins the Maslos. Slovenia is only the size of the state of Massachusetts, but it seems its people have settled everywhere. Last summer we headed for Alaska and a cruise down the coastline. While we did not have time to look up any Slovenians, our traveling companions were nice people, and added a sense of camaraderie to the trip. This was especially true as Mary and Rich Sterle, Marilyn and Tony Lekan, and my husband, Bob, teamed up to win the afternoon trivia contest on the ship. So, someone asked, “Where are you going this year?” Since we visited two places beginning with the letter “A,” the answer is “B” for Baltic. The 14-day adventure as planned by Kollander Travel begins with a flight to Amsterdam, August 25th, where passengers will board the stylish Italian Costa cruise ship “Allegra.” And we do plan to meet up with Slovenians in Stockholm, Sweden. The ship will sail to seven countries, including the capital cities of Amsterdam, Holland, Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm Sweden, Helsinški,-Finland, and Tal- linn, Estonia, as well as St. Petersburg, Russia and Gdinja (also known as Gdansk or Danzig), Poland. The ship is the hotel for 10 days and no lengthy bus trips, and all meals. The cruise puts into port each morning. Traveling with a group and visiting Slovenian communities in other lands adds a unique dimension to the travel experience. According to Joanne of the cruise desk at Kollander Travel, there are several incentives available during the month of May for passengers interested in joining the Baltic cruise of Northern Europe -2 nights free in Amsterdam after the cruise includes hotel, breakfast and sightseeing, early sign-up savings of $800 per person double occupancy, an upgrade in cabin accommodations, and a discount of an additional $50 this month. Call Joanne at 216-692-1000 for a color brochure or more information. —Cecilia V. Dolgan Paul Hribar... (Continued from page 1) holds lifetime memberships in the Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association and the Cuyahoga, Cleveland, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations. An ardent golfer, he is proud to have initiated with his good friend, the late Franklin Polk ’39, a moneyraising golf tournament for the County Bar that survives today. On the eve of his 85^ birthday, Paul Hribar has no intention of retiring and no time to settle gracefully into old age. In fact, old age is as foreign to his disposition as idleness or self-satisfaction. An engaging delight in the dailiness of life discovers adventure at his every turning. He did not learn this enthusiasm or acquire this energy at our law school. They are gifts of birth, and they are among the winning and admirable qualities that make us glad he is a graduate of the Cleveland Law School Class of 1941. —Law Notes Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association News Korotan Concert a Tribute to Bishop Anton Slomšek A n evening in May, a / \ gentle breeze send--Z -k-ing the soft fragrance of spring flowers in the air. An evening in May, a time to enjoy the beautiful melodies sung by Korotan at our concert on Saturday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in the Slovenian National Home, 6409 St. Clair Avenue. The new and old members of Korotan have been diligently practicing songs for our upcoming concert under the direction and tutelage of our new director, John Srsen. Our program will be a potpourri of nostalgic “narodne” favorites, “Koroške,” a tribute to Bishop A. Martin Slomšek, and a few surprises. We cordially invite the ^ readers of the Ameriška Domovina - English and Slove- J nian sections, to join us. Tickets for the concert are available from the members of Korotan. You may reserve tickets or a table by calling 216-692-2469 after 5 p.m., or by leaving a message on voice mail and we will return your call. Price of ticket is $10 for adults. Children under age 14 will be admitted without charge. Seating for the concert will be at tables and in the balcony. Refreshments will j56 available before, at intermix sion, and after the concert. -Cvetka (Terry) RiM«' Osteoporosis is Millions of people of all aged and walks of life are at risk - from teens to adults to the elderly. It affects half of all U.S. women. One out of two women in the U.S. and one out of eight men over the age of 50 will suffer from osteoporosis - related fracture in their lifetime. It’s called the “silent killer” because it can creep upon your bones quietly over the years, without warnings or signs of discomfort or pain. 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Euclid, Ohio 44119 531-8844 Imported and Domestic Beer and Wine Soft Drinks - Milk - Ice - Snacks Imported Slovenian Wines Radenska Mineral Water -=> We have all Ohio Lottery Games <= Open Mon. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday (No wine sold) 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Owner - David Heuer News from the Euclid Pensioners... $ US. are bers ;rve ling .m., : on refer age lout :on-i in be uis- t. itar pringtime greetings to everyone from the Eudid Pensioners. We Do- T that the beauty of this )Ve- I tlRle of year is an inspiration ®ah. Nature has been re-and hopefully will en-C0Urage a blossoming in J!011’ t00' Spring is a great ‘"fie to be alive. ,Su"lmer ^ picnic time ^ e Euclid Pensioners Planning a wonderful ^ Wednesday, July 7, i„ f our usual monthly (L. 'hS' SNPJ Farm will be JCation and everyone is ners C?rdia,,y ‘uvited. Din-3 VV1 * ^ served from 1 to Vn ^0**owec* by muSic ZtyU 1° 5 P m- by Fred from p 'Ckets are available , pensioner members or Mary Sterle at it;9418'Do"''fOT«« first P y°Ur cafendar for the $ummens’0ner picnic of the ^er°n July 7th. Vr ah have some that nal treasures,” items m Weh°ld dear but which meaningless to sHch 1,6 e*se- ^y father had C ‘terT1, a large soup na- iOna| .at he kePt in his per-tand n raWer in the night-Pooia?6,^110 his bed. A soup tin, ^ ‘ "'as so precious to e?ause ,i|: brought back ional jj «is m°ther and non- lim- s for iated i Per from Ionium) in ^ vail* m 10 nS it tSil: fc9 in Slovenia. • [y came to elevens t1* when my father ^11 years old, and he r°ught the spoon with and and live- lent* jave the ova' and ,las) him. It became the only tangible link to his birthplace that he had. He often told us about the spoon, and when he died, I inherited the spoon and have it in my curio cabinet. Hopefully it will be passed down to future generations as a family heirloom. Do you have a “personal treasure?” Have you told your family about the worn rag doll that you cherished as a child, or about the theater ticket stub from your first date with your spouse, or about some other item that contains a part of your soul? Will it be thrown into the trash someday by someone who does not know its story? I have a piece of broken brick in my living room. First someone will see a soup spoon in my curio cabinet and think I was senile, and later when they come across a broken brick in my living room, they will be sure. But, that broken brick came from Slovenia from the house where my father lived as a child, the house that was destroyed at the beginning of World War I. Soon after, the family left for America. If I don’t tell my family about the brick, you know where it will end up. My hope is that the great-grandchildren will someday own and cherish both an old soup spoon and a piece of brick. The Euclid Pensioners are very proud of their member Harry Brule who opens every Pensioner meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Harry was recently honored as the Man of the Year from the Slovenian Society Home. Congratulations, Harry. We give our final good byes to members who recently have passed away: Edwin Polšak, Joseph Lap, Alice Prijatel, Mary Zadeli, Marie Hosta, Alma Kovach, Bertha Walden, Victoria Klemenčič, Frank Fatur, Jack Banko, Jennie Silc, Mary Rotter, and Rose Hočevar. We will miss each and every one of them. After you are finished protecting your “personal treasures,” why not join the Euclid Pensioners at their monthly meeting, the first Wednesday of the month in the upper hall of the Slovenian Society home on Re-cher Avenue in Euclid. Meetings start at 1 p.m. with entertainment or a program but plan to get there much earlier because so much socializing occurs in the hour before the meeting. Remember, there is no meeting at the Home in July because that is the day we hold our picnic at the Farm. Join us for a good time. See you there. --Patricia Habat, Recording Secretary e to Pristava f>av M eTrial Day’ (Coin May 31, St. Mary’s We jt'V°0c*) church will V>uai ®'ke to Pristava in A cSeld’Ohio. \y> lsts will meet at St. Vdi at 8:15 •0% after Mass. [efl. ?°ig the VVh° W‘sh.t0 meet a.m. House Cleaner East side resident seeking a person to clean our home on a part time basis. We have no children or pets. Must have transportation and some English speaking ability. Please contact during the day (440) 424-0058 extension Us or evenings at (216) 595-0005. .nity tli 4 Churck 0 spi of the . m"0" #I0> and KSKJ Lodce 27 f*'®. 'C ^'°(V Was rh® daughter of ince ciand.Mary (both de-ek' ||riB. ’ ®*stcr of Frances Pi iwauk«6 ;nic at d Lak« Crcousin of sylvia . l> “ernadpttf. aI S# -L Bernadette Missman; ^ Edith Kakal. Friends called VERONICA M. BASTASIC Veronica M. Bastasic (Bass) nee Abramovich, of Richmond Hts., Ohio, died Monday, May 17 at Lake West Hospital. Veronica was the wife of the late Peter (Kenny Bass); mother of Kenneth Bass, Karen Dwyer, Peter Bass, Susan Phillips, and Danny Bass; grandmother of four; sister of Edward, and Rudy Abramovich, Gertie Dobay, and the late Charles. Arrangements by The Dan Cosic Funeral Home of Willoughby Hills, Ohio. Wh Ca,'ed at Zele ral Home, 452 E. Uere day 2-7:30 ?14 '^Liervices were held pensio11' ib’sl T t Moving Memory lose? noon,0l In Loving Memory of the 2nd Anniversary of the death of Of „ ^ Anniversary c ,Ur Heloved Husband, er and Grandfather Caroline Mihelich Vi Gorišek March 15,1915 ed May 21, 1995 A . /qCp ^ ar,d pleasant ' .qreapl \a hndlv ^ul-0P^easure t0 recall And d 'n<^y word for each I led beloved by all A light is from our household gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home. Which never can be filled. d "e ^0p(i to meet A™. 0 c/Oio tr He ^now not when, is hand in the better Ak Qnd er ,0 Part again. We have to mourn the loss of one We did our best to save, Beloved on earth, regretted still. Remembered in the grave. H missed by: V Borijo lane Jrandchildr Sr> Kristen Eva, Amanda T’was hard to part with one so dear, little thought the time was near, Farewell, dear one, life is past. Our love for you till the end will last. Sadly missed by son, Joseph, sister Pauline Sasa brother-in-law Steve Sasa In Loving Memory of Stephanie Rahne nee Dezelan Who was born Dec. 26. 1917 and died May 21, 1998 The depths of sorrow we cannot tell. Of the loss of one we loved so well. And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep, Her memory we shall always keep. Sadly missed by: Brothers Joseph and Louis Dezelan and many, nieces, nephews, and friends. Cleveland, Ohio, May 20, 1999 In Loving Memory Of the 28tb' Anniversary of the death of Joseph Mihelich died May 20,1971 28 years have gone by since you were at our side. Remembered, how rough things were. Now, I understand what they were. In my heart you still live in all the things I do. Now mom’s at your side. I hope it’s a pleasant ride. Sadly missed by Son,Joseph and Family ^««rloo Rd. 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Mrs. Ana Pimat gave the St. Christine report while Ivanka Matic gave the St. Vitus report. AH that we do through the year can be preserved through the minutes which are reported and we notice that we are still very nicely active. Our good member Linda Plečnik prepared many vari ous tasty goodies. Our thanks to Linda and aides Marge Kuhar and Ivanka Cerar. Our members also were very generous with all kinds of pastries. Josie Perpar also showed her talent with beautifully decorated tables, as always. On the tables the centerpieces were really beautiful. Happy members gladly took them home. One of these was shared by our pastor, Joseph Božnar. I would like to thank Fr. Božnar for attending and participating in our convention. Also thanks to members from St. Mary’s, and St. Christine. We hope you felt comfortable among us. Thanks also to our members for such a nice turnout; altogether there were 80 present. We thank God for the nice weather; and to all for the pleasant companionship. Remain healthy, and I wish that we will all meet again in Lemont in August. m IN LOVING MEMORY )UR BE )FATH V4 OF OUR BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER GREAT-GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER EJF MATT KASTELIC WHO PASSED AWAY 49 YEARS AGO ON THE 5'h OF MAY, 1950 Your gentle face and patient smile With great sadness we recall. You had a kindly word for each, And died beloved by all. SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY In Loving Memory and with Lasting Appreciation and Gratitude Josephine Kovač Jože Kovac Born 1898, died April 15, 1995 Born 1899, died May 20, 1956 Martin Bac and Family May God give them peace and may Eternal Light shine upon them. AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, MAY 20, 1999; AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, MAY 20, 1999 FOR VETERANS Veterans Battle For Fair VA Health Budget (NAPS)—The veteranu of America may get-miore of the'entitlements and health benefits they have earned and deserve if Congress goes along with the ideas in a recent speech Thomas A. Pouliot gave to a Joint Hearing of the Committee on Veterans Affairs U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Here are some excerpts: Throughout our proud 100-year history, the VFW has never wavered in the fight to ensure that veterans’ hard won programs and entitlements are both protected and appropriately expanded in keeping with this nation’s acknowledged obligation to her former defenders. It is for this reason the VFW is uniformly angered with the President’s FY 2000 VA Budget. With programs benefiting numerous other segments of the American public slated for large increases, as worthy as these initiatives may be, this Administration would seem intent on leaving veterans out in the cold. Funding for veterans’ medical care and other programs will be essentially frozen at the same level as was provided over the last three fiscal years under the proposed spending formula. The President’s medical care recommendation of $17.3 billion falls $3 billion short of what we have determined is needed just to allow the Department to properly care for veterans who are currently using the system. A related area of critical VFW concern pertains to long term care Veterans are aging far in advance Thomas A. Pouliot emphasized that no group is more worthy of benefiting from the nation’s emerging budgetary surplus than those who made it possible in the first place—America's veterans. of the general public and VA must now contend with providing for their intensive health care and long-term care needs. We urge swift action by the Congress and Administration toward enabling VA to fully provide for the long-term care needs of the veteran population, to include nursing home care and home care aid, support and services. It is also the VFW’s view that as part of a New GI Bill, Congress ought to place increased emphasis on education as well as securing veterans employment opportunities in the public and private sector. For a free brochure about becoming a member of the VFW, write: Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Headquarters, Membership, Broadway at 34th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111. Slovenia Summer Saver Fare Ljubljana *754' with EXCELLENT Connections! Depart NOW thru June 14th or after September 1st * Tax is Additional. Restrictions apply. Please Call TODAY! Tours to Slovenia Also Available. 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