A*r~.'./ SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, FRANCE Scene of our S.W.U. Excursion this June! ZARJA “DAWN URADNO GLASILO OFFICIAL PUBLICATION SLOVENSKE ŽENSKE ZVEZE SLOVENIAN WOMEN'S UNION NUMBER 3 MARCH, 1963 VOLUME 35 SLOVENIAN WOMEN’S UNION SLOVENSKA ZENSKA ZVEZA OF AMERICA V AMERIKI Instituted December 19, 1926 in Chicago, IH. Ustanovljena 19. decembra 1926 v Chicagu, III. Incorporated December 14. 1077 in the State oj Illinois. Inkorponrana 14. decembra 1927 v državi Illinois. MEMBER OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN ★ ★ ★ ZARJA — THE DAWN Official Publication oj the Slovenian Women’s Union oj America Uradno glasilo Slovenske Ženske Zveze v Ameriki Published monthly — Izhaja vsak mesec ] Editorial Ojjice: 1937 \V. CERMAK RD., CHICAGO 8, ILL. Annual Subscription S2.00 — Naročnina S2.00 letno Tel.: Bishop 7-2014 For SWU members Sl.20 annually - Za članice SŽZ Sl.20 letno j All communications jor the next issue oj publication must be Publisher: ZARJA, 1937 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago S, 111. ' in the hands oj the Editor by the fifth of llie month. Entered as second class matter November 13, 1946, at the Post \ Vsi dopisi :a naslednjo izdajo mesečniku morajo biti v rokah Office al Chicago, Illinois, under the Act oj August 24, 1912. I urednice do 5 v mesecu. WE VISIT LOURDES THIS SUMMER! Slovenian Women’s Union welcomes all members to join the excursion group to Slovenia this summer via Paris, Lourdes and Rome! 'I he livst jet plane group will fly to Paris on June 13th. On the following day, June 14th, they will continue to Lourdes to spend two days at the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady. Features of the visit to Lourdes include visits to the Basilica, to the Miraculous Grotto, to the shops and sights of the town and a beautiful candlelight procession in the evening. On to Rome the evening of June loth where a program is planned to include an audience with the Pope, visiting the catacombs and churches and sightseeing in the city. On June 17th, the group will proceed to Ljubljana. The conductor of this group is Honorary President, Mrs. Marie Pris-land. Another escort will be Mrs. Frances Sietz of Cleveland. The return date for this group is July 22nd with a tentative second return date of Aug. 19th. For members of S.W.U. and their families, the cost of this jet trip, round trip is only $404.00. The Side-trip to Lourdes and Rome includes hotel and food for only $(>9.00 additional. A second trip by jet plane is June 20th, conducted by Mrs. Albina Novak. This group will go straight to Ljubljana and two return dates are available, Aug. 5th and Aug. 19th. The jet plane fare for a member of S. W. U. and members of her family is $404.00, New York to Zagreb. From Chicago, $479.00 and from Cleveland, $456.00. RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO MRS. PRISLANn MRS. SIETZ, OR MRS. NOVAK AT ONCE! ZARJA ^DAWN OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLOVENIAN WOMEN’S UNION OF AMERICA VOL. XXXV. — NO. 3 MARCH, 1963 LETO XXXV. — ŠT. 3 Rev. Claude Okorn, O.F.M.: LENT Lent should be rightly considered as a time for spiritual extras. Special acts of self-denial are required: Catholics are asked to pray more and to meditate particularly on the sufferings of Christ. To profit by these things, however, it is necessary to come to Lent with clean hands, which means a daily sincere effort to obey God’s law. By penitential exercises, we must endeavor to seek a reconciliation with God by the means which are most likely to obtain his mercy. By receiving ashes upon our heads at the beginning of Lent we appear before Him in the posture of penitents, and, provided we accompany this outward ceremony with an internal sorrow and contrition for our sins, a true repentance, and firm purpose of a-mendment, we comply with the views of the church, and shall reap the advantages of mercy and pardon; but without such Interior dispositions, we shall find little benefit; for, though we may join with others in spiritual exercises, we only deserve the same reproach God made to the Jews by his prophet, Isaias: This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. All during the season of penance we must keep in mind the gravity of sin if we are to end it changed in heart and in mind, rending our hearts, not our garments. We have to make ourselves realize that those fleeing moments of bodily pleasure we have achieved in our sins are nothing compared with the good we have lost by them; a good which may be lost forever if we should die in a state of mortal sin. Another reason why the church sprinkles ashes on our heads at the beginning of the Lent is to bring us back to reality. When we lie on our death bed we shall regret bitterly those stupid sins which assume their real proportion now that we are faced with eternity. Why leave it until that last moment? God’s voice is now ringing in our ears and his grace is beating at the door of our consciences, begging us to do something about those sins now, before it is too late and before we are a day older. All we have to do is want to repent with all our hearts and make satisfaction for our sins; God will do the rest. ‘‘If today you hear his voice harden not your hearts,” the Scripture tells us. Lent is a time of great and special graces. We cannot afford to let it pass us by unheeded. SUPREME PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Members, Reports from the Home Office indicate that the Coupon Campaign has past the half-way point with five branches in the lead! So far, Br. 25, Cleveland, has 21 new members and close behind is Br. 33, Duluth, with 19 members. This shows that these Minnesotans are brave and courageous ladies, as the below zero weather they have up there hasn’t stopped them from doing a good job! Third is the new branch, No. 101 of Bedford Heights, Ohio wtih 12 new members. Then, we have a tie between Br. 12, West Allis and Br. 50, Cleveland. Time shall tell which of these will jump ahead. With only four months to go, there’s little time for delay. All of you who have not tried to obtain any new members should get in the race and try your luck. You’ll be awarded beautiful prizes and money. Remember the deadline is June 30, 1963. eastern bowling tournament—march 17, 1963 The King Pin Lanes, 4750 East 131st St., off Broadway is the location for our annual Eastern Bowling Tournament on March 17th. At 1 p. m. excitement will reach it’s pitch when the teams roll off for the first lap of the event. You are all invited to come and participate and help us to make it another successful tournament. The bowlers need you to come and cheer them on and also, to attend the luncheon which will be held after bowling when the prizes will be distributed. At this time, I wish all our teams GOOD LUCK AND HIGH SCORES! 27th ANNUAL MIDWEST BOWLING TOURNAMENT MARCH 30, 31, 1963 The scene will be La Salle, 111., for the 27th Annual Midwest Bowling Tournament on the weekend of March 30 and 31. Any tewms wishing to participate in the biggest S.W.U. classic can do so by writing any of the officers of the Midwest Bowling Ass'n or directly to La Salle in care of: Ann Pelko, 1216 7th St. S.W.U. EXCURSIONS! First excursion will leave for Europe on June 5, 1963 via S. S. Queen Elizabeth. Second trip is by jet, departing June 13th and the guide will be Mrs. Marie Prisland. Anyone interested in taking either of these two tours which include Lourdes and Rome, may do so by reserving space immediately. Third tour leaves by jet on June 20th. This trip is direct to Zagreb. Guide will be Mrs. Albina Novak. Cost of the two jet tours is only $404.00 round trip from New York to Zagreb for members of S.W.U. and their families. The additional side trip to Lourdes will be only $69.00. Take advantage of the sensational price cut and join one of the two jet tours in June! Contact either of the two ladies mentioned above or directly to Kollander Travel Agency, 6417 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland 3. Ohio. The Fourth S.W.U. excursion will take place June 17th, lor the Shrines in Canada. The cost from Cleveland, including bus fare, hotel and sight-seeing is approximately $100.00. The itinerary is being printed and will be distributed to all branches soon. Anyone who will be interested in the Canadian tour should contact her secretary. In spite of the cold, zero and blizzard weather that has been raging throughout the country this winter, I still see that all the members go out and attend meetings regularly and keep up all activities of the branch. Keep this good spirit going, members, for not only does it make you happy but healthy and full of energy. Once you get into a rut, it’s hard to get out of it and you lose all your ambition. So, keep your friends by keeping your activities. My motto is “Keep on going — go, go, go!” To all sick members, I wish them speedy recoveries and to all celebrating their birthdays in March, I wish a very happy day and many more. There are a number of branches preparing their anniversary celebrations for the spring. To all, congratulations and continued success. Toni Turek RECAP OF JOLIET STANDINGS TEAM NO. 1: ELLENA BUILDERS HIGH TEAM GAME: ELLENA BUILDERS HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME: Jo Mlakar HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES: MERICHKA’S RESTAURANT HIGHEST AVERAGE: Lorraine Rothlisberger (Continuation of Br. 7 Report) ing to be with you all in the near future, and thanks to all for your kindness. Christine M. No. 13, San Francisco, Calif. State Day now has a final date! Our State Day will be held in Fontana, Calif., June 8th and 9th with a promise of much action by State President, Rose Scoff. The fare to Fontana via chartered bus will be $11.70 if we have 39 members which is a bus-ful. If we cannot reach this number and have only 29, the fare will be $15.75 round trip, not counting lodging. We are spending one night in a hotel or motel so the cost for the entire tour should not exceed $30.00 (this figure allowing for 39.) Now, it’s up to you ladies to come south and have a real nice visit with sister members from Fontana. Thanks to Fontana for extending the invitation and to Rose Scoff who has worked to make this a real success. Congratulations to all and wishes for a successful State Day! Our money-maker to defray expenses for State Day is now in the offing. Betty Doherty (AGAIN) printed tickets FREE of COST. Our prizes are the makings of a good drink feel like have a belt, when you buy a ticket you might be lucky. Wonder what we’d do without our Mother of the Year, Betty Doherty, what with saving us money and being ever ready to pitch in and help. Happily she announced the engagement of her youngest daughter. Congratulations to this wonderful family we wish you only the best that God can offer! Bara Kramer at this writing has been holding her own despite a rough couple of months. Mary Slanec, too, we hear is feeling a little better. Katie Lampe is feeling a little better and we hope she will be at the meetings as we miss her. At a Convention at Santa Cruz one of our Zveza members and State President Rose Scoff’s sister, Margaret Fager was elected to the highest office, Director of Board of Grand Ladies Aid of the Catholic Ladies Aid Society. She has been Past President and received the Third Highest Vote ever recorded. Margaret gives of herself so willingly so it is no surprise that she should be so honored. A large banquet was enjoyed in her honor; this gracious lady, and I do mean lady, is so humble it makes one realize humility is a real asset. Margaret, may we all wish you a happy successful term of office. We are all proud of you. Thought for the year: Hold the value of a friend above all your earthly possessions as a friend cannot be bought but earned and thus you you know you have earned your worth when you can truly say “MY FRIEND." Fran Chiodo, Reporter No. 14, Euclid, Ohio — I wish to take this opportunity to thank Pauline Cesar, our former secretary, for the excellent cooperation and help she has No. 20, Joliet, III. Bowling League The third round of bowling has brought about some significant changes in the standings as of February 4th. Ellena Builders has moved into top spot, ahead of Merichka’s Restaurant by G games. Jo Mlakar’s high game of 250 and series of 593 is high for the season thus far. She attained this on January 21st in the March of Dimes Sweepstakes. We hope that it will be a prize winning score. Seems like everyone is performing at a set pace but there will be more changes before the end of the season. Our final night of bowling will be on (no foolin’) April 1st. Right now the ladies are looking forward to The 27th Annual S.W.U. Midwest Bowling Tournament in La Salle on March 30 & 31. By this time final plans will have been formulated and given me as the new secretary, and I only hope I can do as good a job. Also thanks are in order to Mary Iskra, treasurer, in helping me to get started. It is with deep regret that we report the loss in the death of one of our charter members, and who helped organize Branch #14, Mrs. Justine Skufca. Mrs. Skufca passed away Monday, January 28th, at the age of GO. Our deepest sympathy is extended to her family, relatives and friends. In closing, I hope to have more information for the next issue, such as that our attendance is increasing at our monthly meetings. Molly Sodja, Secretary No. 16, So. Chicago, III. — Our January meeting was well attended. Election of officers took place: but as usual the same officers remained, except for the addition of another auditor, Mary Rago. We discussed our coming “Games Party” to be held Sunday, March 3rd at 2:00 P.M. We hope you will attend and bring your friends. Congratulations to our Vice President, Josephine Krai and husband on their “Golden Anniversary.” A big celebration was held in their honor on the 12th of January which was well-represented by our branch. We wish them good luck and health and many more years. Our hardworking “Chairlady of all affairs,” Jean Bukvich and husband are spending these cold winter months in Florida. Though we are a little envious we wish them an enjovable time. We do miss her at our meetings and will more so at our “Games Party.” We were deeply shocked by the sudden death of our member, Mary Jar-kovlch. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family. 38% Won 829 pins 250 pins 2272 pins 169.2 all is in readiness for this event. Best wishes to the committee in charge and to the host Branch No. 20 for a successful tourney. GOOD LUCK, JOLIET BOWLERS! We are very sorry Evelyne Gregory couldn’t complete the season on account of an arm injury. Our hopes for a quick recovery and hope to see her back In stride again next season. We welcome back Lorraine Rothlisberger who is taking Ev’s place. The bitter cold and miserable winter is now about over with but still lingers in my thoughts and while it is still fresh in my mind I wish to take this opportunity to compliment our ladies as a whole for their faithful attendance during the season. March birthdays are: Mrs. K. Triller, Mrs. F. Kuhel, Mary Primo-zich, Angeline Novak, Mary Fugina, Mrs. G. Pucel, Mary Breberick, and Antonia Krese. Rose Salakar, Rec. Sec. No. 17, West Allis, Wis. — (Con’d.) Rev. M. J. Setnicar has advised us that here in West Allis at St. Mary, Help of Christians Church, is in need of a new church. So, plans had been made and the new church will be really a beautiful one. To be able to realize the project in the nearest possible future; we must raise a fund without further delay. To help Rev. Setnicar with this worthwhile cause, our branch has decided to sponsor 2 card parties for the benefit of St. Marys’ Building Fund. We have set a goal to attain and we have 3 years in which to pay. We will also have a card party for our treasury which will be held in the fall. Donations for these card parties will be greatly appreciated. Marlon Marolt No. 20, Joliet, III. — At our first meeting of the year, installation of officers for the year took place. President, Emma Planinšek, Vice-President, Theresa Marentlch, Secretary, Frances Gasplch, Rec. Sec’y., Josephine Erjavec, Treasurer, Josephine Sumic, Trustees: Josephine Muster, Mary Lesnik and Jennie Sprengel, Sergeant-at-Arms, Theresa Muhlch and Spiritual Advisor Is Rt. Rev. Msgr. M. J. Butala, who also was the installing officer. The door prizes were given to Anna Mahkovec and Catherine Smolich. Six prizes at $5.00 were given out to the following members: Catherine Matkovič, Sophie Korevec, Eliz. Kostelec, Mayme Laurlch, Josephine Martinclch Mary Gaspich, Sec’y S.W.U. Br. No. 20 Bowling League In Loving Memory of Our Dear Mother 1 who went to her eternal rest on Dec. 13, 1962 at the age of 82 years. A solemn high mass was offered at St. Elizabeth’s < church, Duluth, Minn., on Dec. 17th at 10 a. m. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery. Six of her sons served as pallbearers. She is sadly missed by her , daughter, Anna Podgoršek, seven sons, Michael, Joseph, Louis, Raymond and William of Duluth; John, Kenosha, Wis., atid < Rudolph, North Highland, Calif. Thirty-one grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren also survive. Mother was a charter member of Dr. No. 33. Thru her love and dedication to the S.W.U., she enrolled many members of her family in the branch, including daughter Anna, four daughters-in-law and 17 grandchildren, all members at present. She was a member of the Sacred Heart League, Daugh- ters of Isabella, K.S.K.J. and A.F.U. lodges. A sincere thank you is extended to officers and members of all the '• organizations for rosaries prayed, for the many mass offerings, beautiful floral pieces, food donations and messages of sympathy. To relatives and friends who attended the funeral especially those from out-of-town and to Mrs. Margaret Zalar of Detroit, Mich., who sent a personal corsage for Mother’s dress, a special thank you. To the group of S.W.U. members who prepared the dinner following the funeral and to the G honorary pallbearers from Br. 33 — heartfelt appreciation and may God reward you in return! Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord, and may the x>erpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen. Family of Mrs. Mary Spehar, Duluth, Minn. Mary Spehar VICKI’S FLASHES! No. 25, Cleveland, Ohio. — We are going to celebrate our 35th year anniversary in September. It has been many, many years of progress for Slovenian Womens’ Union and especially for branch No. 25. The membership of our branch is the largest in the organization. Reflecting the past shows constant strengthening and successful achievements made by our branch through the efforts of the members. A dinner and an entertaining program is being planned for this occasion. More details and complete information will be given in a later Zarja issue. S.W.U. is having the Eastern bowling tournament on March 17; all branches are invited to team up and join the fun. Entry blanks are available. March being the month of our Patron, St. Joseph, we wish to extend fondest regards to all “Josephines” and “Josephs”. It seems that seldom do we mention our “men” folk but they are very important in every women’s life. They are the fathers, brothers, uncles, nephews and are the Power and back-bone of every family’s life, home and the nation. He is God-given through Adam. The meetings of No. 25 are always on the second Monday of each month, Payments of dues are collected and as usual after the meeting, an attractive luncheon is served plus a changing of the “cards” game. (During lent we omit the chow.) PLASH! Campaign is still In progress; try to bring along a new mem-ber to our meetings. Vicki Faletič (No. 20, Cont’d) and Sophie Witscak. To be eligible for this prize, the member must have her dues paid for the year. So, please members, look at your dues book and if you are a paid up member for the year 19G3, so you are eligible for next year’s annual-meeting feature. It pays to be prompt when it comes to paying dues as you can see from the luck of others. Our branch is also preparing to celebrate the 35th anniversary. Much discussion has been held at the meeting. At our future meeting, we will come to some decision, so if you have any ideas about this celebration, Please come to the next special meeting. Our most popular mother for the year of 1963 has been chosen. The honor goes to Mrs. Jennie Sprengel, who has been our past vice-president and the director of our singing club from its beginning. We congratulate Mrs. Sprengel who is to succeed Mrs. Theresa Muhich. She will be honored at the May meeting. We again will have a three month vacation this summer and no meetings during that time. So, do hurry and come to the spring meetings which are Important. Greetings from Theresa Koleto were read at the meeting; she is vacationing in Crescendo, Cal. At our meeting, the following members were reported sick: Ursula Ambrose, Margaret Muha at home and Agnes Koerber in the hospital. Agnes was a former secretary of the bowling league. Also ill are Lorraine Benedik, Mary Lopynski and Apolonia Lockner. Anna Korevec is confined to the hospital also, after returning from her daughter’s home in Hawaii where she and her husband spent some time. Also on the sick list are Mary Horvat of Eliz. St., and Anna Adamich of Highland Ave. We wish them all a speedy recovery. Condolences from the members to Josephine Muster who lost her mother recently. Mrs. Theresa Menart resided in Cleveland and a Holy Mass will be offered in the name of the branch for the repose of her soul. Mr. & Mrs. Anton Trubich of Theodore St., celebrated their Golden Anniversary with an affair attended by their children and many friends. Our sincere good wishes for many more years! With best wishes to all our members and hope to see you on Mar. 17th. Remember that mooting date! Josephine Erjavec No. 23, Ely, Minn. — As in the past, the attendance (because of cold weather) was small. Our pres., Bar- bara Brennan opened the meeting with prayer. The session, held Jan. 16th, was at the Community Center Bldg. Plans were made for a hanky and Valentine exchange. The committee in charge was: Mary Toljan, Julia Zgonc, Mary Zgonc, Louise Seliga and Mary Vidmar. After the business meeting “Help Your Neighbor” was played which was enjoyed by all. Barbara Brennan took home the door prize. Lunch was served by the ladies on the committee, who were: Barbara Rosandich, Angela Kosir, Margaret Somrock, Julia Russ and Molly Richards. We wish a speedy recovery to all who are ill. Ann Rowe No. 24, La Salle, III. Because of the oxtreme cold weather and deep snow, not many of us have ventured out during these past weeks. As I’m writing it’s 12 below zero and unhealthy to be outdoors. In March we will have an important meeting and selection of our Mother of the Year. I’m hopeful that it’ll be much warmer by then so that you will all be able to come out. Please look up your payments and bring them a-long so that the secretary will be able to close the books for 19G2. This re-(Cont'd on page 37) RECENT WEDDING IN CALIFORNIA Mr. & Mrs. James Fischer, Sacramento, Calif., were married on Oct. 6th at the church of Our Lady of the Assumption. The bride, Mary Helen, is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John W. Pesely of that city while the groom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fischer of Kohler, Wise. It was a beautiful fall wedding with the bride radiant in a street-length gown of white embroidered satin, fashioned with a scooped neckline and short sleeves. Her crown was of seed pearls and sequins and she carried her grandmother’s prayer book with a white orchid corsage. Her matron of honor, a cousin, Mrs. Ernest Waldron, wore red and white satin brocade with matching accessories. Mary Helen is an elementary school teacher in Sacramento and James, while working on the McMellan Air Force Base is attending American River Junior College. He also served four years with the Air Force, completing his tour of duty this summer. He is the grandson of Mr. & Mrs. John Prisland of Sheboygan, Wise, and his mother, Margaret, who attended the wedding in Sacramento, is the active secretary of Br. 1, Sheboygan. All the best wishes to the newlyweds for a blissful wedded life. Mr. & Mrs. James Fischer WISCONSIN GETS READY FOR THE 5tli STATE CONVENTION On May 5th, 19G3 at St. John’s Hall, Branch #12 of Milwaukee will host the 5th State Convention. Preparations are being made by the committee. Wisconsin members, circle this date on your calendar! All details of this event will be in the April issue, and now Wisconsin; get set, ready, and let’s all go to the State Convention. Rose Kraemer, State Pres, of Wis. ACTIVITIES No. 1, Sheboygan, Wis. In December, the following committees were elected: Visiting sick committee: Mmes. Mary Godez. Amelia Mueller and Frances Seiko. Telephone Committee: Mmes. Ruth Sheck, Mary Brezovnik, Theresa Zagožen and Margaret Fisher. Publicity in Zarja: Mrs. Mary Godez for Slovenian and Mrs. Mary Vertacic for English. Rev. B. J. Wilimek is our Spiritual Director. I would like to give a report for the closing year. We have a total of 213 members. Our new members are: Mrs. Mary Saucheck and Mrs. Josephine Kramer, daughters of Mrs. Josephine Kotnick, who was our honored Mother in 1962; Mmes. Miml Nickoloff, Louise Petash, Giesela Pod-berk, Victoria Suppanchick, Annie Zidar and Stanze Francis, our organist at St. Cyril and Methodius church. It was also my privilege and I am verv proud to have enrolled a set of twins for the first time since I took office, namely. Miss Margaret Ann Walter, who Is a bank teller at Security First and Miss Mary Jo Walter, who is employed at the Ross Glove Co., in the sewing department. Their grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Prisland has been a member of our branch for a long time. We regret having lost three members in death, who were: Mrs. Agnes Skrube, Mrs. Mary Braeger and Miss Rose Francis. We express our sincere sympathy to their families. Our meetings will be held again in the St. Cyril and Methodius Hall every second Sunday afternoon and our annual meeting the third Sunday In December. Margaret Fischer, Sec’y. No. 2, Chicago, III. — Movie night at the March 14th meeting will be very interesting for all you who wish to learn more about the beautiful Shrines in Canada visited last year by a group of 45 members. Mrs. Zefran’s slides and movies will encourage many of you to join this year’s excursion, we hope, which is scheduled for July 22nd. The members send their best wishes to our ill members, Paula Music who had a lengthy stay at the hospital and little Linda Schultz, 2 year old granddaughter of our auditor, Frances Zi-bert who was battling pneumonia at St. Anthony’s Hospital. Also, we send wishs to Paula Ozbolt at St. Joseph’s Home in Lemont, 111., for many happy returns of the day on her 75th birthday! Our wonderful member, Mrs. Matilda Sever surprised us with a delicious treat after the last meeting. We enjoyed the cookies and wine more than ever! Thanks, Mrs. Sever. The short meeting was presided by the pres. Mrs. Železnikar, who urged all members to take care of unpaid dues. Secretary, Mrs. Novak will accept dues by mail or at the office, 1937 W. Cermak. Welcome to new member, Katherine Srabarneck who joined Class B, recommended by Mrs. J-Z. Congratulations in advance to all our top bowlers who will take home the trophies at the Midwest Bowling Tournament this month! Hope some of our Chicago teams are among them. We have ten teams bowling regularly each Monday night and the averages are climbing all the time. Bowling’s a grand sport and even the spectators like it! Once again, Here’s to all the S.W.U. Bowlers! Good Luck! Corinne Leskovar No. 5, Indianapolis, Ind. — At our annual meeting, members witnessed the election and installation of new officers. Pres. Sophie Krapes; Vice-Pres. Mary Marklch; Sec’y Joanna Sekula; Treas. Josephine Turk; Rec. Sec’y Delores Konechnik; Auditors Hermina Bruder, Sylvia Stanfield, Josephine Lampert; Publicity: Hermina Bruder for English, Julia Zupančič for Slovenian. The lodge bestowed Mother of the Year honors on Mrs. Mary Somrak. On Sunday May 19, we will have our anniversary celebration. Hermina Bruder and Sylvia Stanfield reported that they plan to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre in Canada on July 20. Our sincere thanks and appreciation to the outgoing officers for their splendid work done during the past year. Refreshments were served by the officers and an enjoyable afternoon was enjoyed by all. Hermina Bruder, Reporter No. 7, Forest City, Pa. — Hello! I’m back again on the job as usual after another stay at the hospital. I’m not able to work, having to stay indoors and with all the bad weather, our members haven’t been willing to venture out to meetings, either. Many are on the sick list — let’s hope and pray for all our members. Sorry to report that we have lost another member, Catherine Suponcik, who passed away on Jan. 25th. May her soul and all souls departed rest in peace. A junior, William Puntar is at present a patient at St. Christopher Hospital in Philadelphia. Hope he returns in the best of health — to all juniors: please say a prayer! For the current campaign, we hope our members will make every effort to sign up some new prospects. Hop- winder is especially for the members who owe for the past year. Hospitalized recently was sister Theresa Knapek who is now at home and sister Mary Savnik who is still there. Our auditor, Anna Jakse is ill at the home of her daughter. We wish them a quick recovery to good health. Please come to the next meeting so we can discuss the activities for 1963. We will have the observance of our 35th anniversary to settle. Thanks to our president, Mary, for her gracious hospitality in serving us good coffee after the last meeting. Best wishes to all. Angela Strukel, sec’y. No. 33, Duluth, Minn. — It has been some time since I made any reports concerning our functions and the progress of our branch. This was due to the fact, which is known to many of you, that my dearly beloved mother passed away in December and there was so much to take care of after the funeral. First, I must comment on the beautiful, decorative Christmas party held after the Dec. meeting. Carols were sung, directed by Frances Blatnik and many prizes were awarded to winners holding numbers. A delicious luncheon was served by the committee in charge. Our membership drive has been quite successful as 13 adults and 4 children have been enrolled so far. The drive is still on, so let’s strive for more members. Thanks to those who worked so hard! The election of officers took place, but since our former officers have done such a splendid job, they were asked to keep their offices for another year. An age limit for social members was voted. This is 60 years of age (inclusive), providing all other specifications are accepted. A trip to Washington, D. C., was topic A again as it has been at each meeting. Everyone would like to make the trip, I’m sure, as it would be very educational as well as relaxing. About 15 members have expressed a definite desire to go and we hope to have members of other branches join us. Anyone who is interested in making this trip, or whoever wants the information may write to me and I’ll be happy to answer. Come on, Hib-bing, Eveleth, Ely, Crosby — let’s hear from you! Our sympathies to Albina Novak and family on the loss of their Mother °n Dec. 15th. I, too, shall miss Mrs. Križman very much as we had many visit8 together whenever I attended the Board meetings in Chicago. May ber soul rest in peace! We have quite a few sick members and to each and everyone, heartiest wishes for speedy recoveries! We shall remember all of you in our prayers and may God restore good health to them real soon. A big thank you to the members of Br. 33 and to the ladies who helped us so much during our recent bereavement. It wasn’t easy, especially with the holidays so near. A person can really appreciate belonging to this great organization at times like this. We love you for being so helpful in this time of need. May God reward you all! Attendance at the meetings has been very good, considering the cold winter we have had. Please keep it up, members! Ann Podgoršek, Reporter No. 34, Soudan, Minn. — Because of the bitter cold, only 12 members were present for our first meeting in 19C3— but the warmth and enthusiasm of those who attended made up for the lack in numbers. Mrs. John Pahula presided, and during the business meeting Mrs. Mary Pahula gave a report on the Branch’s financial status. She also informed the members that there were more cans of the vacuum packed candy on hand and anyone wishing to buy some could get it at her home or call her. The sale of the candy to the members and public, is our only money making project for the Branch during the year. A social hour followed the business meeting and prize winners at cards were Mmes. John Pahula, Nick Te-kautz and Joseph Stefanich. Mrs. William Vollendorf was awarded the door prize. Following cards, Mmes. Joseph Jamnick and William Lilya served a delicious lunch to those present. Hostesses for the February meeting will be Mrs. Nick Tekautz and Mrs. Ludwig Mesojedec. I am sure that the news of the Soudan Mine closing, permanently, on December 15th came as a shock to all those who are natives of Soudan or Tower, or who have relatives here. The Mine had been in operation continuously since 1884 so the news of its closing came as a distinct shock to all the men and their families. The Mine employed 237 men, and mining being our only industry here, it left practically the entire communities of Tower and Soudan without jobs. However, there is an air of optimism about as at the time of this writing 50 employees are starting to work at the Ely Pioneer Mine (also an Oliver Mining operation) on Monday, January 21st. They were chosen according to seniority and eligibility for work. Another 61 employees chose to go “on pension” since they were eligible and felt they could make ends meet with their pension checks. To all of us who were born and raised in Soudan and who woke up to the sound of the Mining whistle, and studied in school or worked at home to the sound of the rumbling of the ore being dumped on the stock pile or in the crusher, the silence now is almost unbearable. The •‘dismantling” crews are still at work at the Mine so the familiar lights on the hill still shine as a beacon over all of Soudan, but when March 1st arrives, the Mine will be officially “closed” and “our Mine” will be clothed in darkness. We all feel as if we had lost a good friend in death. But we are all looking for a brighter tomorrow. Mrs. Anthony F. Yapel, Reporter No. 42, Maple Heights, Ohio. — All branch activities have literally been at a stand-still these many weeks. Now at long last the SNH has completed their new building, a modern structure of which we can be justly proud. Our January meeting was to have been the first to be held there but the inclement weather forced a last-minute cancellation. Until we resume our regular schedule of meetings and line-up our program for the year, there is little to report for the present. Thank you one and all for your patience these many months. Won’t you all please make a big effort to attend the meetings now and get the ball rolling again? You can start by recruiting some new members — this will go a long way in stabilizing our organization. Our best wishes go out to Antonia Kastelic, now recovering from major surgery. For any other shut-ins, take heart. Spring is just around the corner and we should soon see the end of this long cold winter. Doesn’t the anticipation of a fresh bright season and our grand new building make you want to do something? Well, why not direct this enthusiasm right to our branch meetings—we sure can use it! Your hopeful reporter, Lillian Sadowski No. 43, Milwaukee, Wise. — The Jan. meeting was opened with a prayer led by the president, Rose Kraemer. Our meeting attendance was fair — I guess just a little more cooperation is needed from our members. There were many things discussed. The Rummage Sale and card party are coming up and we would like all our members to attend the meetings and express their thoughts and give some suggestions on where to go instead of letting the president and other officers do so for them. I think we should all help. So, please cooperate and make our group what it should and could be. Our elections of officers was held and many plans were made for the year 1963. I also wish to urge all members to straighten the dues so our books will be in order. Start the new year right. Our next meeting will be held at St. John the Evangelist Hall on Mar. 10th. Please attend. During the holidays Mr. & Mrs. Albert Tratnik and son, Ronnie spent two weeks in Miami, Florida. Mr. & Mrs. John Rebernisek left for Florida the latter part of January . We hope you all had pleasant and safe trips. Congratulations are in order for Mr. & Mrs. Anton Hren, on their new grandson. They became grandparents for the first time. Best wishes and great success to our January graduates. Susan Miko-laczak graduated from South Division High School. Donalyn Walsh, formerly Tratnik, graduated from the University of Wisconsin. Donnie majored in Speech. Several of Donnie’s friends and relatives gathered at her home, to congratulate her. Congratulations to Anne Weisel-mann and her husband on their recent marriage. To our sick members, may God restore you back to health real soon. So, until our next meeting, best wishes for health and happiness to all. May God bless you. To all, a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Victoria Sporis, Reporter No. 45, Portland, Ore. — Meeting opened with prayer and usual attendance. After the business was taken care of, motion was made that Anna Krmpotich be selected as Mother of the Year for 1963. She was nominated last year but through some mix-up, was not entered for the May dedication in Zarja. Plans also were started for our annual Palm Sunday Communion Breakfast. Mass and communion will be as in previous years at the Cathedral at 9:45 a.m. on Palm Sunday. Breakfast will follow at the Mallory Hotel. Hope as many sisters as possible will attend. Guests are also welcome. Best wishes to all our sick members for a quick recovery. Also, congratulations to any new grandmothers in our local branch. Refreshments served by Florence I,olich and meeting closed with prayer. Happy New Year to all. Ann Carlisle, Rec. Sec’y. No. 49, Noble, Ohio. — Every so often, members ask me why we don’t have an article in the English section of Zarja. So, here we are with news of our branch, even though it took me a long time to attempt It! During the month of December, we lost one of our members, Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider, who passed away after a short illness. Deepest sympathy to her sons and family. We are proud of our member, Stephanie Balough, daughter of our dear late member, Mrs. Theresa Rozman, and sister of Mary Tarcnik, who is a very excellent bowler. She has been bowling for 22 years — in 1948 she had an average of 190,; in 1956 and 1957, her average was over 205, the highest in the country in women’s division. She has over G5 trophies and 50 gold medals. Five times, she was crowned champion of women bowlers in Cleveland, along with many city titles. Her greatest honor was to become national professional women’s bowling champion of 1962. If our branch had a bowling team, she would bowl with us, too, I’m sure. Anyway, congratulations to Stephanie and best wishes for continued success. I wish to remind the members about paying the extra 25c per year for Zarja. With best wishes to our members for an abundance of good health and good will, I am, Mary Stusek, pres. & sec’y No. 50, Cleveland, Ohio — Dec. news! All the same officers stayed as they were; no changes made. We have a very nice group anyway and enjoy having them. Talk about food! It was out-of-this-world! Hot roast beef, ham and all the trimmings with la variety of salads and baked goods was on the menu. But, a special cake, very large, was baked for our branch and beautifully decorated by Julia Hrovat. What an artist! She had her husband bring it as she couldn’t attend. Too bad, Julia, we wish you could have seen the girls’ expressions when they saw your cake! Mary Okiki made all the buns for our sandwiches — she is an expert on buns. Those of you who didn’t attend missed a very good time. Our Sophie Kaplan worked hard decorating the place to pretty it up and make it Chirstmas-like. When it was all over, it was my job to take apart ail the decorations and clean up! Ding, Dong! New year is in and we have 8 new members who were initiated at the party as well. We certainly are growing. I hope we keep it up! We have a beautiful singer in our group now, she is Carolyn Budan. I hope she will sing for us sometime and let us join her even if our voices are dull. We could pretend and have fun away. We all just love to sing, especially me! Started out in Jan. with a good attendance at the meeting and it’s really a pleasure to see such happy smiles. Why don’t you and you and you who are absent, come and Join us some month. Make our family a larger one. In Jan. we had discussions about our Valentine Party for the Feb. meeting which was to be an exciting one as usual. Our personality girl, Sophie Kaplan, was absent because of illness. Hope she will soon get on her feet and be with us next month. Again, we accepted a new member brought in by Mamie Marin. She is Sue Peternel. We hope she will enjoy being a part of us. We also had a birthday, Theresa Komat, to whom we sang greetings and wishes for many, many more. Theresa is also a very active member and works hard. We selected a new mother of the year — for 1963 and she is Louise Vovko. Louise made many beautiful outfits for the Infant Jesus statues and also is blessed by having a son studying for the priesthood. We wish him a lot of good luck, too. We are very proud of Louise, she is a good mother and a wonderful member. On the discussion concerning the bowling tournament March 17, we added our wishes that it will be successful. Our hostess was Rose Želodec and yours truly assisted. Our lovely secretary, Marie Beck, will be glad to accept your dues payments by mail or at the meetings. She is really on the ball and will appreciate any cooperation. Since the time for closing books is at the end of the year, she is anxious to do this immediately. Her address is 25854 Highland Rd., Cleveland 24, Ohio. Ann Dekleva reads the minutes so beautifully. I must say, Toni Turek is on the ball too, as well as our lovely pres., Rose Želodec. She sure means business! Good for her — she is doing a good job! So, to our absent members, don’t stay away but come along and see how we are doing. You’ll make the officers very happy. Again, Ding Dong, bells, to you and you — see you next month, o.k.? God bless you all. Mary Bostian, Reporter No. 52, Kitzville Loc., Minn. — Dear sisters! As you know, our meetings are held on the first Wed. of the month, and very often it’s after the Zarja deadline which makes it difficult to have fresh news to report each month. We do hope you will all understand as I know many of you look forward to reading about what went on at the meetings. We will continue to try to keep you informed as best we can. Our meeting in Feb. was held at the Little Grove at which time we held our White Elephant Sale and it was a great success. We also had a large turn-out for this affair, which encourages us to think about a bake sale in April. So, please, members, get your white thumbs in practice and turn out something delicious for the sale. We’d like your fanciest treats! Let’s make it a big success! We also wish our sick members God’s speed to a rapid recovery. To sister Katherine Marolt who has undergone surgery at the Hibbing General Hospital, we hope and pray that she is well on the road to recovery. Sister Josephine Oswald concluded the meeting with prayer and we then turned our thoughts to the social aspects of the evening. Our hostesses were: sisters, Jenny Crea, Angeline Hrovat, Angeline Russ and Frances Oswald who served a delicious lunch. Games were played with honors going to sisters, Ivanna Prelesnik, Josephine Oswald, Mary Musich, Margaret Pogo-rels, Mary Techar, Celia Palitano, Alice Baratto and Carmella Bonazza. Door prize went to sister Dorothy Russo. This ended a. very enjoyable evening. Our next meeting will be held at the Little Grove March 6th. Please come out and make it a gala occasion. May God bless you all and keep you in the best of health until we meet again. Gertrude Kochevar, Reporter No. 55, Girard, Ohio — Greetings from cold Girard. Hope your snow is not as deep as ours! But, we still made it to the January meeting. Vice-President, Barbara Umeck presided because pres., Beatrice Brayer was ill. At this meeting, all the members were in favor of a Valentine Exchange for the February meeting. After the business, games were played with prizes going to Theresa I-ozier and Maria Cvetnic. The refreshments for the evening consisted of delicious strudel made by Sophie Kren and delicious coffee made by Amelia Robsel. The following ladies also assisted: Mrs. 1-ozier, Barbara Umeck, Theresa Se-verinski, Mary Mehalco. Josephine Perusek and Ann Babich are still on the sick list which we are sorry to hear. Both girls sent thank you notes and their best wishes to all the members for the kindness shown during their illnesses. To our members ill at home, we send hopes for a speedy recovery. Mary Ann Mehalco No. 56, Hibbing, Minn. — The January meeting was attended by slightly fewer than usual due to the unusually cold weather we have been having. Cheers to those hearty women who brave the cold for an evening of chatter and enjoyment. It’s too bad that we can’t have a larger attendance every month after having such a wonderful gathering for our December dinner-meeting. Come on ladies, let’s see you more often. Our charter was draped in memory of Philomena Ruzich who passed away suddenly in December. We shall miss this loyal, conscientious member who was always ready to lend a helping hand to all our affairs. Hear Ye, hear ye!! Plans are getting underway for the annual Minnesota Day which will be held in Hibbing this year — our 30th Anniver-sary. We intend to make this a day you won’t forget so start making your Plans to come to Hibbing that day. After our business meeting members enjoyed playing cards and "B” with honors going to Anna Furin and Ann Mainerich in “B”; Ann Satovich and Claire Simmons in 500; and Frances I’uhek and Gladys Klaysmot In Canasta- A delicious lunch was served by the following ladies: Caroline Kozina, prances Prosnick, Angela Genac and Ursula Zaic. Get well wishes are extended to all °ur sick members. Liz Draskovich, Reporter MARIE PRISLAND: .r 1 i L f|A>irs _ I * and t>As*1Mis The first recipe in Zveza’s Cook Book “Woman’s Glory—The Ktichen” is one which is a favorite of Mrs. Albina Novak, our well known Supreme Secretary and Editor of the Cook book. It is a main dish — beef soup — with several variations. Soup is a healthy food for young and old. BEEF SOUP Ingredients: 1% lbs. beef and some extra bones a thin slice of liver, pork or beef 5 qts. water 1 whole onion with peelings 2 pieces of celery % in. slice of yellow turnip % piece of medium head of cabbage 2 tomatoes or % cup puree or tomato paste 2 medium carrots scraped 1 tablespoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper or a few peppercorns 1 clove garlic or a dash of garlic salt Bring to a boil and simmer for 1% hours. Strain to another pot, then add noodles, or dumplings, or rice, or whatever your family enjoys. At our house we like farina and liver dumplings in the soup. For farina dumplings, beat an egg, add a dash of salt, one tablespoon melted butter and blend gradually adding farina until you have a consistency which will quickly drop from the moist tablespoon into the boiling clear soup. Cook dumplings for 15 minutes In the soup. Add more clear soup before serving. To make liver dumplings, chop % cup beef or chicken liver very fine and blend with a dash of salt, one egg, tablespoon of melted butter, a little bit of finely chopped parsley and onion, *4 cup bread crumbs and about the same amount of flour and mix until the mixture will drop easily from the moist spoon into the clear soup. Liver dumplings should cook about five minutes longer than farina dumplings. * * » Mrs. Frances Plesko, President of Branch 12, Milwaukee and former Supreme officer, sent in her recipe for Flancete” which is a very delicious Slovenian pastry. FLANCETE Ingredients: 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons sugar 6 egg yolks % cup coffee cream 1 teaspoon brandy Warm cream to luke warm. Put all ingredients together and mix slowly till well-mixed to consistency of soft noodle dough. Then divide into five pieces. Roll each one out. Cut with knife or cutter in squares about 3 inches; within the square make two—two inch slits about an inch a-part. Have ready hot oil (not grease) and fry until golden brown. Lift out and drain well. When still warm sprinkle with powdered sugar. Use about one quart of oil for frying. * * * Here is simple way to prepare noodle dish excellent for the Lenten season: 1 8oz. package fine noodles (cooked) Add and mix: 1 can tuna 1 can cream mushroom soup, undiluted 1 can cream celery soup, undiluted % cup grated aged Cheddar cheese (slivers of pimento, optional) Pour mixture into greased, uncovered pan or casserole dish. If desired, top with crushed potato chips. Bake at 350 degrees until bubbles appear in the middle. * * * A few reflecting thoughts: This is maturity: To be able to stick with a job until it’s finished; to be able to hear an injustice without wanting to get even; to be able to carry money without spending it; and to do one’s duty without being supervised. One must always have the forward view. And what is the essential dynamic of life but looking forward? There’s a danger of developing bad habits at any age, and the worst habit of the middle years is looking backward. Don’t fall into it. You’ll be missing all the interesting possibilities that loom ahead. • Screws That Hold If screws work loose, remove them and dip in glue. That’ll hold ’em! • Lint-free Black Add a half cup of vinegar to rinse water when wrashing black garments. That eliminates objectionable, gray “linty” look. • Milky White Washing white paint with milk and a minimum of soap keeps it glossy. • Clean Burned Pans Burned aluminum pans can be cleaned by boiling onions in them. Did You Know? The Lord’s Prayer has 56 words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has 266; the Ten Commandment, 297; The Declaration, 300. Yet a recent government order on cabbage prices has 26,-911 words. SUPREME PRESIDENT’S MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN ENDS JUNE 30, 1963! Sign up a new member in the current drive and win a cash certificate for each member you enroll! Your winnings can total from 25tf to $1 cash per member! Top award winner will receive a surprise gift! Get application blanks from your secretary. S.W.U. FUNERAL BENEFITS The funeral benefit for class A members is $100.00, ages 14 to 50 years, and juvenile class benefit is also $100.00 from birth to any age. The schedule of ages under which Class B benefits are paid, as follows: $300.00 for those joining between ages 31 and 40 years inclusive; $200.00 for those joining between ages 41 and 45 inclusive; $150.00 for those joining between ages 46 and 56 years inclusive. These benefits are paid after two years membership in good standing. Assessments: Class A, 40 cents per month (25«i mortuary fund payment; 15tf expense fund payment); Class B, 65 tajnici olajšate delo. V decembru so dobili punčko pri “jrs. Slavka Žitnik in soprogu Dušanu. p vka je hčerka naše članice Amalije ovirk. Iskrene čestitke na vse strani! Na sestanku smo tudi izvolile našo najbolj zaslužno mater. Letos smo zbrale našo dolgoletno članico Mrs. aroline Turk, ki vedno rada pomaga P M ^ru®tvu kjerkoli je potrebno. nri«i ry ^razisar in njen mož Joe sta sla na počitnice k sinu Edu v Tak ^ity. Ob zaključku prejmite moje najlepše ozdrave. Na svidenje na seji. Antonija Sustar ^t. 15( Cieveland-Newburgh, Ohio. — anuarska seja je bila lepo obiskana, er v decembru zaradi hude zime nis- mo imele seje, je bila volitev odbora ter božičnica v januarju. Izvoljen je bil ves prejšnji odbor, razen blagajničarke, ki ni mogla sprejeti, ker se je preselila v drugi kraj. Za novo blagajničarko je bila izvoljena Rozi Jeric. Prav lepa hvala bivši blag. Mary Škufca, ki je tako lepo vršila svoje delo. Novoizvoljeni pa želim, najboljši uspeh med nami. Za častno mater leta smo izvolile Thereso Jeric. Iskreno sožalje izrekamo Frances Zimerman, ki je izgubila dobrega moža. Pok. pa naj sveti večna luč! Več naših članic je bolanih, ene že dolgo časa: Vera Gorenc. Alojzija Zupančič, je v bolnišnici. Vsem želimo naj jim ljubi Bog in Marija podeli ljubo zdravje. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Mirtel sta obhajala 40 letnico zakonskega življenja v krogu svoje velike družine. Ona je naša dobra članica in odbornica. Vse ji iz srca želimo, da bi zdrave dočakala zlato poroko. Iskreno sožalje izrekamo gl. taj. Albini Novak ob izgubi ljube mamice. Enako vse ostalim sorodnikom. Materi pa večni mir! Naša 35 letnica se bo vršila 19. maja. Draga sestre, lepo prosim, da se potrudite in da bi pridobile vsaj nekaj novih članic za Zvezo. Božičnico smo zelo lepo in veselo obhajale ob veliki udeležbi. Darovale so: Helen Mirtel (strudel), Angela Stražar (strudel), Theresa Jeric (želodec), Jennie Resnik (cake). Drugo se je plačalo iz blagajne. Hvala vsem, ki so kuhale in pekle: Fiances Novak, Antonija Stokar, in vsem ki so pomagale, da smo veselo prepevale dolgo v noč. Drage sestre, skupno delovanje nam prinese večje zanimanje in rast podružnice. Na svidenje na seji in vsem najlepše pozdrave, Frances Lindich Št. 17, West Allis, Wis. (Nadaljevanje) Nenadoma je umrl poznani rojak Michael Benesh v starosti G9 let. Zapustil je žalujočo soprogo, sina Rajmonda, brata in sestro v državi Michigan in mnogo sorodnikov in prijateljev. En sin pa mu je umrl že v mladih letih. Pogreb je bil iz po- grebnega zavoda Schaff na West Lincoln Ave. v cerkev sv. Avguština, od tam pa na pokopališče Mt. Olivet. Bil je član društva Najsv. Imena, tajnik pri družtvu Sv. Jožefa št. 103 KSKJ, štirikrat je bil delegat na konvencijah KSKJ. Bil je zelo lepega značaja in je rad delal pri društvenih prireditvah. Vsako delo je prevzel z veseljem in ni nikoli odrekel svoje pomoči. Da je bil zelo priljubljen je pokazal njegov pogreb, saj ga je zelo veliko ljudi spremilo na njegovo zadnjo pot. Naj v miru počiva! Njego- vi družini pa naše iskreno sožalje. Po kratki bolezni je umrl Gabrijel Kosmina, star 81 let. Pogreb je bil iz Ermenčevega pogrebnega zavoda v cerkev Marije Pomočnice kristjanov. Sv. mašo so brali preč. g. Setnlčar. Pokopan je na pokopališču Mt. Olivet. Zapušča žalujočo soprogo, štiri sinove in eno hčerko. Naj v miru počiva! Družini naše globoko sožalje. Obe vdovi sta naši članici. Anna Kastelic Št. 19, Eveleth, Minn. (Nadaljevanje) Iskreno sožalje v imenu podružnice naši gl. tajnici Albini Novak oh izgubi ljubljene matere in stare matere. Doživeli se lepo starost in napravili mnogo dobrih del v življenju. Koliko ročnih del so napravili in jih darovali. Naj jim bo ljubi Bog in Marija dober plačnik! Zelo jih bomo pogrešale predvsem na konvencijah. Tebi, Albina, pa vse priznanje, ker si bolni mami tako lepo stregla med njeno boleznijo. Iskreno sožalje izrekam tudi naši gl. odbornici Anni Podgoršek ob izgubi ljube matere. Udeležila sem se njenega pogreba. Čeprav so dočakali preko 80 let, so v krsti izgledall kar mladostni. Tudi Ti, Anni, si tako lepo skrbela za svojo mater. Pogreb je bil zelo lep. Udeležile so se ga članice podružnice 33. Ganljivo je bilo videti, kako so članice molile s svečami v rokah Vse priznanje članicam, ki so po pogrebu tako lepo pripravile mize in tako razbremenile užaloščeno družino. Hvale vredno je. da je bilo tudi preko 20 mladih članic, ki so v potrebi priskočile na pomoč. Naj blagi materi sveti večna luč! Medtem ko sem pisala to poročilo, so mi telefonično povedali, da je umrl mož Annie Trdan iz Chisholma. Bil je kak mesec dni v bolnici in prestal več operacij, ki mu pa niso pomagale. Tebi, Annie, in Tvojim naše Iskreno sožalje. Pokojnik je bil doma iz Suš-ja pri Ribnici, po domače Matevžev. Naj v miru počiva! Naše sožalje tudi Mrs. Jerome, ki je zadnji teden izgubila brata. Naj bo pokojniku lahka ameriška zemlja! Tebi ses. Jerome in tvojemu možu pa želimo ljubega zdravja. Prav tako želimo mnogo zdravja vsem bolnim sestram. Mary B. Lushine tudi izrekam globoko sožalje ob izgubi ljubega očeta. Med njegovo boleznijo mu je hči prav lepo stregla, bil pa je tudi dalj časa v bolnici. Naj počiva v miru! Doma je bil tudi iz Sušja, po domače Kočevarjev. Vsem, ki ste ali boste obhajale rojstne dneve, želim zdravja in še mnogo zadovljnih let. Vsem, ki ste postale mamice in staro mamice pa iskrene čestitke. Ne pozabite, da rabi zveza novih članic! Naj na tem mestu izrazim našo zahvalo ustanoviteljici Zveze Mrs. Prisland za lepe in poučne članke v Zarji, ki jih vsi radi beremo. Priznanje izrekam tudi urednici Corinne, ki tudi tako lepo piše in ureja Zarjo. Končno se za.hvalim vsem dopisoval- kam, katerih dopise iz naših podružnic tako rade prebiramo. Posebno zahvalo Tebi, Eila Starin, z iskreno željo za zdravje po prestani operaciji Tebi in tudi Tvojemu možu. Pozdrave! Mary Lenich Št. 20, Joliet, III. — Ob času naše prve seje v tem letu je bilo hudo mrzlo, vendar se je vseeno udeležilo seje lepo število članic. Naš duhovni vodja Msgr. M. J. Butala je zaprisegel naslednje odbornice za to leto: Emma Planinšek, preds., Theresa Martenich, podpreds., Frances Gaspich, tajnica, Josephine Erjavec, zapisnikarica in poročevalka in Josephine Sumic, blagajničarka. Nadzornice so: Josephine Muster, Mary Lesnik, in Jennie Spren-gel. Rediteljica Theresa Muhich in Msgr. M. J. Butala, duhovni vodja. Na seji so dobile door prize Anna Mahkovec in Caterine Smolich. Šest dobitkov po $5.00 so dobile: Catherine Matkovich, Sophie Korevec, Elizabeth Kostelec, Mayme Laurich, Josephine Martincich in Sophie Witszah. Imena vseh članic, ki so plačale asesment za celo leto so bila v košarici in imenovane so bile nagrajene, ker je bilo njihovo ime potegnjeno iz koSarice. — Sklenjeno je bilo, da bo za prih. leto enako prilika za vse članice, ki bodo imele članarino plačano za G3, da boste imele priliko biti srečne z nagrado $5.00. Na seji se je mnogo debatiralo kako bomo praznovale 35 letnico, ki se bo vršila prih. poletje. Vabimo vse članice, da pridete na prih. sejo, da svetujete na kak način bi najlepše proslavili to obletnico podr. Za častno mater leta je bila izbrana Jennie Sprengel, ki je bila dalje časa naša podpreds. In ves čas direktorica pevskega zbora. Čestitke Mrs. Sprengel. Počastile jo bomo na majski seji. Sklenjeno je tudi bilo, da letos ponovno ne bomo imele sej v času 3 mesečnih letnih počitnic. Mrs. Theresa Koleto je poslala pozdrave članicam iz počitnic v Cres-cento, Calif. Članice podr. izkrekamo sožalje ses. Josephine Muster, ki je Izgubila mater Mrs. Theresa Menart v Clevelandu. Naročile smo sv. mašo za pokojno. Bolne so naslednje članice: Ursula Ambrose, Margaret Muha; v bolnici se nahajajo: Loraine Benedik, Agnes Koerber, Apolonia Lockner in Anna Korevec, ki se je vrnila iz obiska hčerke na Havaii. Bolne so tudi: Mary Horvat iz Elizabeth St., Anna Ada-mich iz Hihgland Ave., in Mary Lo-pynskl, ki se je vrnila na svoj dom. Vsem bolnim sestram želimo hitrega okrevanja. Mr. in Mrs. Anton Trubich iz Theodore St. sta praznovala zlato poroko v krogu svoje družine. Iskrene čestitke in mnogo zdravja tudi v bodočih letih. Mrs. Trubich je naša članica mnogo let. Iskreno pozdravljam vse članice in vas vabim na prihodnjo sejo 17. marca. Josephine Erjavec Št. 21, Cleveland, O. — Pozdravljene vse sestre po celi Ameriki. — Naša seja je bila bolj slabo obiskana, zato je bila bolj kratka. Oprostite, da sem zadnjič pozabila poročati, da so naslednje sestre darovale v blagajno: Ana Sustarisic $5: ses. Zupan $2, ses. Stevenson $2, in Mary Hosta $1. Hvala vsem! Sporočam, da ne bo sej v juliju in augustu. Dne 1. maja bomo imele lepo slovesnost 35 obletnice našega društva št. 21 in Materinski dan. Na to proslavo pripeljite tudi svoje može. Naša tajnica mi je naročila, da vas opomnim, da bi pripeljale kaj novih članic v podr., ker ses. gl. predsednica ob-ljubja lepe nagrade. Potrudite se. Čestitke ses. Marie Prisland k 55 letnici. Bog vas blagoslovi še mnogo let v zdravju in sreči. Ses. Marie Hosta želimo da bi se ji zdravje hitro povrne. Enako Mariji Rahne, ses. Stražišar in soprogu ses. Kožuh. Ses. Sajbol se je vrnila iz bolnišnice ter se ji zdravje počasi vrača. Mary Mišmaš je tudi na poti o-krevanja. Tudi jaz sem bila hudo bolna. Torej želim vsem ljubega zdravja. — Ses. Pisel tudi zelo pogrešamo, upamo, da pride nazaj za Materinski dan, tako želi ses. Dancul. Vsem, ki obhajate rojstne dneve želimo sreče in zdravja. Hvala ses. Mary Hočevar za obisk in za lepa darila. Upam, da se bo se katera druga kaj oglasila, ker smo v času hude zime in komaj čakamo ljube pomladi. Zdrave ostanite. Frances Kave. Št. 23, Ely, Minn. — (Nadaljevanje) 4.november je bil poseben dan za našo faro sv. Antona. Naš g. župnik Rev. Francis Mihelčič so namreč v nekaj tednih obhajali kar tri obletnice: 70-Ietnico rojstva, 45-letnico mašniške-ga posvečenja in ravno toliko let so pri nas na Ely. Za to priliko mu je fara na nedeljo 4. nov. priredila Družabni dan. v veliki cerkveni dvorani. Celo popoldne je bila dvorana polna ljudi, ki so prišli duhovnemu gospodu čestitat. Vsi so bili postrežni z izvrstnimi jedili in kavo kar so oskrbele žene katoliške organizacije (Catholic Council). Večerja je bila pripravljena za 30 duhovnikov. Slavnosti se je udeležilo tudi mnogo faranov, ki so se izselili in živijo po drugih mestih. Iskreno želimo, da bi ljubi Bog ohranil še dolgo let našega župnika zdravega med nami! Katherine Slogar Št. 24, La Salle, lil. — Imamo tako hudo zimo, da ne moremo iz hiše, toda ko bo naša seja v marcu, bo že lepo, da se boste lahko vse udeležile. Prav vljudno vas vabim, da pridete, da bomo izvolile zaslužno mater tega leta. Ko bo bolj toplo, upam, da boste tudi bolj redno plačevale, ker je res hudo za tajnico, če članice ne plačate asesmenta. Vsaj ob koncu leta bi že lahko poravnale. Zato prosim, da tiste, ki ste v zaostanku gotovo pridete na sejo in poravnate. V bolnišnici se je nahajala sestra Thresa Knapek, ki se sedaj zdravi doma. V bolnišnici je še Mary Savnik. Naša nadzornica Ana Jakše se zdravi na domu svoje hčere. Vsem želimo ljubega zdravja, da bi zopet prišle na seje. Ker bomo slavile 35 letnico ustanovite naše podr., zato je potrebno, da pridemo skupaj in razmotrivamo, kaj bi ukrenile za napredek društva. Hvala preds. Mary, ki nas je lepo pogostila z okusnim kafetkom, ki se prav prileže v tej zimi. Bodite vse lepo pozdravljene in se vidim! na seji 3. marca. Angela Strukel, taj. Št. 30, Aurora, III. — V januarski Zarji sem poročala, da je Jim Mezan v bolnici, kjer so mu dali 8 pintov krvi. Žal, moram danes poročati, da smo ga že pospremili na zadnji poti. Užaloščeni in bolni ženi Josephine in njenim otrokom naše globoko sožalje. Uboga Mrs. Mezan je že 8 let v postelji in zdaj ji je še mož umrl, da je ostala čisto sama. Otroci so poročeni in imajo svoje družine. 23. jan. se je kot blisk raznesla no vica, da je umrl T.oui Lavrič. Zadela ga je srčna kap in drugi dan je preminul v bolnišnici. O. smrt, nikar se tako pogosto ne ustavljaj v naši naselbini. V zadnjih par mesecih si nam vzela kar 4 močne stebre, ki jih tako zelo pogrešamo! Mezanovi imajo farmo in prijazni dom; Lavrič, pa bi lahko užival še dolgo vrsto let, saj je dobival 6 najemnin (rentov) in stric v Mich. mu Je zapustil farmo z vsemi pritiklinami. Sinova sta pridna in izšolana. John je računovodja (accountant), David pa študira v Chicagu za zdravnika. Kakšna žalost, ko sta izvedela o smrti o-četa. i ! , 1 Mrs. Lavrič, potolaži se! Saj gremo vsi isto pot, samo morda malo kasneje. Imaš pa najlepše spomine na tvojega pridnega In skrbnega soproga. Loui bo zelo pogrešan, saj je bil z vsakim tako prijazen. Naše globoko sožalje vsem! Najlepše pozdrave in skorajšnjo toplo pomlad, vam želi, Frances Krajnc. Št. 31, Gilbert, Minn. — Zadnje mesece smo imeli zelo hudo zimo, toda kakor beremo v časopisih je tako bilo po vsej deželi. — Dosti ljudi je bo-lanih in smrt pobira mlade in stare. V januarju smo položili k večnemu počitku ses. Mary Božič. Bila je vedno zvesta članica in dokler je mogla hoditi je redno prihajala na seje. Pokvarila si je kolk in je morala v bolnico za par mesecev, dokler se ni preselila Iz tega sveta. Za Zvezo je storila mnogo dobrega, zato jo bomo zelo pogrešali. Žalujočim naše sožalje. Pokojni pa večni mir. Umrl je tudi komaj 48-letni Paul Tušar, sin naše članice, ki poleg nje Z LADJO V DOMOVINO Sedaj je skrajni čas, da si rezervirate prostor na ladji Queen Elizabeth za 5. junija, ki bo pod skrbnim vodstvom naših odbornic. Z ladjo se lahko vrnete kadar želite na Queen Elizabeth ali Queen Mary. Za informacije se obrnite na glavni urad, 1937 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago 8, 111., ali na glavno predsednico Mrs. Antonija Turek, 19170 Monterey Ave., Cleveland,Ohio, telefon: Kenmore 1-0230 Obrnete se lahko tudi na August Kollander, 6419 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, telefon: HE 1-4148 Cena tja in nazaj Je $560.00. Na razpolago bodo potnikom tudi naslednji izleti: 1.) 9 dnevni izlet po Avstriji, Nemčiji, Švici in Severni Italiji. Ta izlet se bo začel 26. junija in bo stal $89.00. 2.) 4 dnevni izlet po Sloveniji, ki bo 5. julija in stane $39.00. 3.) 9 dnevni izlet po Italiji bo 11. julija in stane $79.00. 4.) 8 dnevni izlet po Jugoslaviji, ki je vsaki ponedeljek in stane $99.00. Če se želite udeležiti enega ali več od gornjih izletov, pišite nam takoj, da Vam lahko naredimo rezervacijo. zapušča tudi ženo z družino ter 2 brata, 4 sestre. Vsem žalujočim ostalim naše iskreno sožalje. Pokojniku pa večno veselje pri Bogu. Na januarski seji smo ustoličili novo Predsednico Angelo Sušnik, kateri želimo mnogo uspehov v njenem novem uradu. Naša zapisnikarica Frances Lopp, je šla na obisk v Gal. k hčerki in sestri. Ker se nič ne oglasi, zgleda, da se ima imenitno v toplih krajih, medtem ko je tukaj tako mrzlo, da je težko prestajat. Francka, kar pomlad pričakaj, ko se bo tudi Minnesota o-grela. Kakor smo čitale v Zarji, je preminula mati naše gl. tajnice Albine Novak. Žalujočim naše sožalje, pokojni Pa večno veselje pri Bogu. Članice lepo prosim, da pridobite kaj novih članic in jih pripeljete na našo sejo dne 13. marca. Na svidenje! Antonia Lucich, taj. Št. 32, Euclid, Ohio. — Upamo, da je huda zima za nami in da bode tudi naše seje boljše obiskane. Rose Matko se je v dec. poročila z John Balish in ji želimo srečo. Lepa ji hvala za dar, ki ga je pustila v Prid ročne blagajne. Zlato poroko sta obhajala Karolina Peck z možem dne 5. jan. — Mr. in Mrs. Peter Ocvirek pa sta slavila že lani, pa smo šele sedaj izvedeli, tako da jima sedaj lahko čestitamo za 51 letnici zakona. Želimo vsem slavljencem, da bi živeli v zadovoljstvu in po smrti šli v sv. nebesa. Dne 2. febr. se je poročila vnukinja naše preds., Jean Ann Potokar z Richard Dries. Ona je izučena bolniška strežnica. Novemu paru želimo vso srečo v novem stanu. Jennie Strumbly in Katie Turk sta še vedno bolne. Obiskale so ju Ana Godlar in Mary Vodičar. — Rose Prevec je prestala v dec. operacijo in se sedaj zdravi doma. Njej in vsem bolnim želimo ljubega zdravja. Iz sončne Floride pošilja pozdrave Anna Požar. V našo podr. je prestopila Josephine Comenshek. Dobrodošla! Sožalje izrekamo Matildi Ogrinc nad Izgubo hčerke Agnes, ki je umrla 24. jan v mladosti 32 let Naj v miru počiva! Da se bo naša ročna blagajna zopet malo opomogla, so darovale: Mary Strnad, Ana Krmavnar in Frances Ko-rencic. V “birthday sklad” je pa darovala Molly Gregorc. Prisrčna hvala vsem! Za častno mater je bila izvoljena naša zapisnikarica Anna Tekavec. Pozdrav vsem in na svidenje na seji. Frances Perme Št. 41, Cleveland, O. — Ta mrzla zima ob tem časi se ni dosti odnehala, ni pa zadrzala naših članic od poseta zadnje seje, tako je bila prav lepa u-deležba. Srečno je prestala težko operacijo ses. Justine Girod-Zele. Po par tedenskem bivanju v bolnici se sedaj zdra- vi na domu, sest. Anne Vandal. Obema želimo čimprejšnjega popolnega o-krevanja. Najboljšega zdravja želimo vsem članicam. V blagajno so prispevale sestre: M. Hosta, K. Urbas, D. Ferra, A. Stefančič, K. Artel, J. Kozel, M. Jurkezi, M. Winter, A. Winter, A. Husta, M. Kren, U. Ponikvar, L. Romih in hčerkica Lucille, A. Skok, V. Jelenič, M. Raddell, A. Vauter, F. Pintar, A. Ogrinc, F. Stegu, M. Cerjak, M. Boltezar, J. Makuc in T. Segulin. Vsaki posebej prav prisrčna hvala. Ses. Theresa Segulin je k podr. premestila svojo mamico, Rose Miklavčič. Dobrodošla ses. Miklavčič. Od podr. št. 101 smo kupili nekaj srečnih listkov za njihov “card party.” Želimo jim mnogo uspeha. Po seji smo praznovale rojstne o-bletnice sester. Rose Strumble, Ančke Skok in Vere Jelenik. Ses. Skok nas je pogostila z imenitno potico in s kapljico ses. Debevec pa s finim mar-meladnim zavitkom. S čajem sta postregli ses. Rebolj in podpisana. Vsem želimo še mnogo srečnih-rojstnih obletnic. Sestersld pozdrav, Ella Starin, tajnica Draga Ella! Vse najboljše k rojstnemu dnevu 23 marca. - N Št. 47, Garfield, Ohio. (Nadaljevanje) Obžalujemo vse bolne članice, ki jih muči bolezen in morajo biti samo v postelji. Tudi one bi se rade veselile z nami. Z želje, da Vam Bog da ljube- v ga zdravja, Vas vse lepo pozdravjamo. Materinski dan bomo praznovale 5. maja ob 10 url dopoldne. Sv. maša bo darovana za žive in umrle članice v cerkvi Sv. Lovrenca. Podrobnosti bomo poročale kasneje. Naše sožalje glavni tajnici Albini Novak, urednici Zarje, Corinne Leskovar, družini in sorodnikom ob izgubi drage grandma Angele Križman. Naj v miru počiva in naj ji bo lahka ameriška gruda! Iz tople in cvetoče Californie sta se oglasili Mary Železnik in Josephine Ludvik. Mary Jelarčič se je oglasila iz Arizone, Uršula Strojim pa iz Ge-nlve, Ohio. Pošiljajo vsem članicam tople pozdrave. Pozdravljamo vas tudi me s ponudbo, da vam lahko pošljemo kolikor hočete snega, saj nas že cel mesec pošteno nadleguje. Jennie Pugely Št. 55, Girard, Ohio. — Kako veselo gre vsaka članica domov od seje, kadar je lepa udeležba, kakor je to bilo na zadnji seji. Moja srčna želja je, da bi se vse članice udeležile seje vsak mesec v tako lepem številu. Tako imamo priliko se srečati s prijateljicami vsaj enkrat na mesec in se nekoliko pogovoriti o vsakdanjih razmerah in o Zvezniih zadevah, ker do- sti članic ima nasvete v korist organizacije. Progrešamo Emma Zore, ki je bolj rahlega zdravja. Ona je imela vedno kak dober predlog. Upam, ko pride pomlad in ugodnejše vreme, da nas bo zopet razveselila s svojo navzočnostjo. Pozdravljam vse članice in na svidenje na prihodnji seji. Amelia Robsel Št. 64, Kansas City, Kans. — Pri naši podr, je vse nekam žalostno postalo, ker že dva česeca nismo imeli seje. Res je, da nas je starka zima zelo dobro prijela, pa vendar menda ni tako hudo, kakor po drugih krajih. Članice, ki ste zaostale z članarino, prosim, da pridete plačati, ker več kot za 6 mesecev tajnica ne bo mogla zalagati in katera misli pustiti, bi tudi morala prej plačati. V Zarji sem čitala, da katera je stara 75 let, naj da to vedeti tajnici, da bo potem manj plačevala in katera je stara 80 let, da potem plačuje samo za Zarjo. Torej vsaka, ki je dosegla omenjeni starosti, naj to javi tajnici. Pred kratkim je umrl Anton Stanfel v precej visoki starosti. Zapušča 5 hčera in 2 sinova ter več vnukov in eno pra-vnukinjo. Zapušča tudi brata in dve sestri, Helen Kavcic in Mary Poje, ki so obe članici Zveze. Naj mu sveti večna luč, družini pa naše sožalje! Ses. Mary Kobe je zopet stara mamica, ko so pri hčerki Theresi Smith dobili tretjiga fantka. Imajo tudi 2 deklici. — Pri našem sinu Edvvardu v San Francisco, so pa dobili šestega sinčka. Imajo tudi 3 deklice. Obojim staršem naše čestitke, novorojenčkom pa zdravje in srečo. Mr. in Mrs. Anton Kostelic sta za Novo leto obiskala njene sorodnike in prijatelje v Rockdale in Joliet, 111. Kakor pravita sta se prav lepo imela. Obiskala sta tudi našo hčerko Angelo in družino v Bellwood, 111., ki je bila zelo vesela obiska strica in tete iz Kansas. Prosim članice, da pridete na prihodnje seje, da bomo kaj ukrenile v korist podr. in organizacije. — Najlepši pozdrav vsem članicam Zveze. Antonia Kostelec Št. 71, Strabane, Pa. — Kljub hudemu mrazu in ledenim cestam, je bila januarska seja dobro obiskana. Izvoljene so bile vse prejšnje odbornice, z izjemo tajnice, ki je novoizvoljena, ses. Antonia Šenkinc. Prejšnji tajnici, ses. Frances Tomšič priznanje za dobro delo. Seje se vršijo vsako drugo sredo v mesecu ob 7 uri v KSKJ dvorani. Sklenjeno je tudi, da članice molimo rožni venec na predvečer pogreba umrle članice. Darujemo tudi venec, cvetlice in 5 dol. za sv. mašo za pokojno članico. Vsem bolnim članicam želimo ljubega zdravja. — Ne pozabimo na kampanjo za nove članice. Pridite vse na sejo dne 13. marca. Mary Tomšič Št. 93, Brooklyn, N. Y. — Kakor zgleda se bomo kmalu greli na prijetnem pomladanskem soncu. Izgubili smo 2 članici in to je naša dobra, vedno nasmejana Cilka Volkar (Walker) in druga je Lojzka Weber. Cilka je bila v starem kraju, doma je iz Bele Krajine. Bila je vedno dobra članica Zveze in vedno pripravljene pomagati kjerkoli je bilo potrebno poprijeti. Zapušča užaloščenega moža, sina, ki je v policijski službi in dve poročeni hčeri ter 10 vnukov, kakor tudi brata v starem kraju in sestro tukaj. Vsi je bomo zelo pogrešali. — Lojzka Verbar je bila pridna, tiha žena, vedno zaposlena. — Bog bodi obema dober plačnik! Francka, žena mojega sina in njun sin Jernej, sta bila v starem kraju prav v času, ko je bila tam pok. Cilka Walker, ki sta sosede. — Moj vnuk je z odliko končal višjo solo ter je kot 17 letni fant šel z materjo v stari kraj. Št. 72, Pullman, III. — Vsem članicam želim zdravja, srečo in zadovoljstvo v tekočem letu 1963. Prihodnja seja naše podružnice bo v nedeljo 17. marca ob drugi uri popoldne. Ker imamo več stvari za urediti, prosim, da se seje gotovo udeležite. Seja se bo vršila na mojem domu, 11431 Champlain Ave. Torej na svidenje. Lepe pozdrave vsem, Angela Bezlaj, preds. Št. 88, Johnstown, Pa. — Ko to pišem, imamo zelo hud mraz, tako da je najboljše se kar peči držati. Drage sestre, ob nastopu novega leta, bi vas najlepše prosila, da bi po ravnale svoj asesment pravočasno, ker nimamo velike ročne blagajne, da bi lahko zalagali. Prav lepa hvala vsem, ki so že plačale, nekatere tudi za celo leto naprej. Hvala Mrs. Mary Škorjanc, ki je poslala $2 za ročno blagajno in Miss Mary Svigel, ki je plačala asesment tudi za prihodnje leto. Da ne boste mislile, da govorim samo o denarju, naj tudi omenim, da sta obhajala zlato poroko, Mrs. Mary Ho-mala in njen soprog, dne 13. jan. v cerkvi sv. Ane s sv. mašo, katero je daroval prečastiti g. Father Blaž Che-mazar. Članice jima čestitamo in jima želimo še mnogo let zdravja in božjega blagoslova. Ses. Louise Novšak je tudi zgubila edinega sina, ki je skrbel za njo. Članice ji izrekamo globoko sožalje. Obiskala sem tudi našo prejšnjo taj. Mrs. Mary Lovshe, katere že dolgo nismo videle, ker je precej onemogla in ne more nikamor. Želimo ji ljubega zdravja. Sesterski pozdrav, všem članicam, Jennie Stusek, taj. Št. 100, Fontana, Calif. — Prva seja v tem letu je bila precej dobro obiskana, toda lahko bi bila še boljše, če bi se članice bolj zanimale. Seveda nekatere so bolne, druge nimajo vo- V BLAG SPOMIN f Cecilia Volkar Sedaj hodi že v college in med šolo dela, da si zasluži za stroške šolanja. Kakor on pripoveduje je Slovenija tako lepa, da si ni predstavljal in pravi, če Bog da, da bo se šel pogledati domovino svojih staršev. Pozdravljene vse gd. odbornice in članstvo SŽZ, posebno pri podr. št. 93. Helen Corel zila, zato bi bilo lepo, da ena drugo pokličejo in si pomagajo. Imele smo volitve ter moramo biti vesele, da še imamo nekaj mladih moči v naši sredi, da se zanimajo ter da so prevzele urade, čeprav težko. Izvoljene so bile: Mary Vidergar, preds., Pat Vidergar, podpreds., Dorothy Pel-rich, taj. in blag., Edith Drawenik, zapisnikarica in poročevalka v angleščini, Jennie Kurelich, poročevalka v slovenščini, in Anna Petrich, rediteljica. Za obiske bolnikov, Ann Horzen, Anna Petrich in Christine Filips. Nadzornice: Mary Evanicli in Christina Filips. Seje bodo kot navadno vsaki drugi četrtek ob 7:30 v KSKJ dvorani. Sklenile smo, da bomo imele rummage sale v marcu in se prosi, da vsaka kaj prinese Vsaka mala reč je dobrodošla, ker vem, da imate kako stvar pri hiši, ki vam je v napotje. Vsem hvala že v naprej. Prosimo tudi, da katera more, da daruje “blue chip books” v pomoč blagajne. Nekaj dobrih članic se je že odzvalo, da prinesejo books: Frances Kapel, Ana in Dorothy Petrich, Mary Evanich, Rozi Krajnik, Mary Vidergar, Mrs. Rupart in K. Filips. Prosim, da bi druge posnemale, kar bo poročano drugič. Hvala lepa vsem. Sklenile smo tudi, da bomo 9. junija imele Zvezin dan in državno konvencijo (State Convention) ter ste vse od blizu in, daleč že sedaj vabljene, da nas posetite, ker več nas bo, tem bolj luštno se bomo imele. Prosimo vas, da nas obvestite iz katerih krajev boste prišle in koliko vas pride. Iz San Francisco so že poročale, da pridejo. Bolne so: Mrs. Martin, ki je bila v bolnici ln se sedaj zdravi doma, soprog Mary Avčin je bolan že G mesecev, mož M. Pavšek je tudi že dalje časa bolan in mož Karolyn Kollvpi je bolan že črez 10 let. Prosimo vas, da jih obiščete in malo razveselite. Vsem želimo ljubega zdravja. God bless you all! Christine Filips, poročevalka IZLET SZZ V JUGOSLAVIJO V LETU 1963! Prvič v zgodovini nudi Slovenska Ženska Zveza svojim članicam in sorodnikom izlet v domovino z jet letalom — za posebno nizkoceno, A A v obe smeri: New York — Zagreb in nazaj, (davka prosto) Vsi potniki, ki be radi obiskali Lurd in Rim bodo imeli priložnost videti te zanimivosti sa isto ceno! Prvi izlet 13. junija, 1963 Druga skupina: 20. junija, 1963 Za vsa pojasnila o teni skupnem potovanju vprašajte ali pišite na glavni urad. JOIN ONE OF THE SLOVENIAN WOMEN’S UNION EXCURSIONS TO EUROPE - 1963! For the first time in history, the Slovenian Women’s Union is able to offer a special excursion to its members and their relatives! For an EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICE, you will be able to travel to Europe and see all the wonderful places you have heard about. You will see beautiful Slovenia and enjoy sight-seeing throughout Europe! 1st. 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