Let Not The Light Of Freedom Be Extinguished! American Home over 100 yea*s of serving American- Sloveni&ns- = f fv AMERICi Ameriška r-1 f v _ VCNVAVtfx NV7IW ^ SLOVENIAN MORNING NEWSPAPER Vol. 102, No. 32 USPS 024100 Serving over 200,000 American Slovenians AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUST 24, 2000 iSSN Number Q164-68X 60C KSKJ Lodge 169 Presents American Home a $1,500 Grant On Sunday, Aug. 20, St. Joseph Lodge #169 of the American Slovenian Catholic Union (KSKJ) presented the American Home newspaper with a grant in the amount of $1,500. It was given through their newly-formed foundation called “St. Joseph #169 KSKJ Foundation.” The grant was presented by the lodge president, Eugene Kogovšek, at Slovenska Pristava picnic grounds in Harpersfield, Ohio, after the 12 noon Mass at the St. Mary’s (Collinwood) annual summer picnic. The presentation letter read, in part, “The (St. Joseph #169) Foundation trustees were in agreement that the American Home Publishing Company has been and continues to be a cornerstone of the Cleveland Community, Providing information and a forum in which people can learn what is happening in their communities. “It is our purpose to encourage you to maintain the outstanding tradition your paper has enjoyed for many decades. Enclosed is a Foundation check for one thousand five hundred dollars to be used for the continuation of providing an important service to the community.” It was signed Eugene Kogovšek, Chairman, St. Joseph #169 Foundation. Other trustees are Anton Nemec, Secretary; Gregory Clack, Treasurer, and Charles Erzen, Philip Hrvatin, Mary Okicki and Charles Pezdirtz (Trustees). Also receiving a grant that Sunday at the same time was St. Mary's Church, Rev. John Kumse, pastor, in the amount °f $10,000 for church painting and restoration. The much-needed renovation project is now in progress with the parish having received only about one-third of the ft>tal cost. Further donations are needed. Hey. Ralph Roberts Celebrates 25 Years , On Sunday, Aug. 27, Fr. ^Ph Roberts of the Blessed acrament community will Celebrate a Mass of Thanks-8'v'ng at St. Mary Church holmes Ave.) in Cleveland 25th ^ P-m-> *n honor °f his Ordination Anniversary 0 ihe priesthood. Pr- Roberts’ parents were r,. h immigrants from c'Venia and he was educed at St. Christine Parish the 1 st to 8th grades. ^ather Roberts was sent to j 0l^e to' complete his stud-s or the priesthood. Everyone is invited to attend the Anniversary Mass. jOn June 29, 1975, Fr. t P” Roberts was ordained ‘hepri^hood in Rome by Vj 0|y Father, Pope Paul from6 hrS recently returned ^lesserl Ve'yCar term as the 'n Sacrament superior Past aSaka> Uganda. This ^Hce lek *1e Was in resi- (\rchheIping at St. Vitus Bishop Kramberger Visits U.S. Bishop Dr. Franc Kramberger from the Diocese of Maribor, Slovenia will arrive in Cleveland to visit the Slovenian parishes on Thursday, Aug. 31. During his stay in Cleveland, a Solemn Mass will be concelebrated at St. Vitus Church on Sunday, Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. Mr. Stanko Saj novic (left) presents the Slovenski Dom, Year 2000 Education Award, to Mr. Blaž Potočnik, (right). Toronto Slovenian Home Confers Education Award by OSCAR KOREN On the occasion of the Slovenian Day celebration in Bolton, Ontario on July 9, the Slovenski Dom of Toronto presented the Year 2000 Education Award to Mr. Blaž Potočnik. Under the direction of Mr. Potočnik and many volunteers, the Slovenian School has been a longstanding pillar of the Slovenian community in the Toronto area. The schoofhas introduced many young Slovenians to the language and culture of our homeland. The award was presented by Mr. Stanko Sajnovic. St. Vitus Village Groundbreaking On Sunday, Aug. 27 the official groundbreaking ceremony of the St. Vitus Village will be held. Cleveland Bishop Anthony Pilla will do the honors. The events scheduled: 10 a.m. Mass with Bishop Anthony Pilla 11 a.m. Blessing of construction site. 11:30 a.m. — Hospitality in the school auditorium. (Note: On that Sunday morning, there will be only ONE Mass.) The next Sunday, Sept. 3, Bishop Franc Kramberger of Maribor, Slovenia will be the main celebrant at a 2 p.m. Mass in St. Vitus Church. Bishop Kramberger is the fifth Episcopal successor of Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek, who was beatified in Maribor by Pope John Paul II last September 19. The purpose of the Bishop’s visit is to thank the American Slovenians for their prayerful and monetary support of the cause of the beatification of Blessed Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek. The St. Vitus Mass Schedule for Sunday, Sept. 3 is: 4 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass 2 p.m. Bishop’s Mass 3 p.m. Reception in the auditorium. Ladies of the parish are asked to bring baked goods for each of the two Sunday events. Additional parking will be at Zak’s, Sheliga’s, and KeyBank parking lots. Slovenia sends large team to Olympics Slovenia’s Olympic Committee on Monday approved a 74-member team to go to the Sydney, Australia, Summer Olympics, the largest to be sent to an Olympics since the nation gained independence from former Yugoslavia in 1991. A 37-strong squad won two Silver Medals at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Rowers Iztok Cop and Luka Spik are the country’s brightest hopes after winning the double sculls at a World Cup event in Switzerland last month. To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years'and in old age the vigor of youth. -Stanislaus. Slovenians Are eoojj AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUST 24, 2000 Jim’s Journal By Jim Debevec Was at Slovenska Pristava picnic grounds last Sunday to help St. Mary’s parish (Collinwood) celebrate their summer picnic. I was in the company of my bride of 37 years, Madeline, and her mother Dorothy Urbancich, and her sister 91-years-young Alice Opalich. St. Mary’s pastor. Rev. John Kumse had returned this week from an exhila- # # i rating mountain climbing expedition to the top of Mt. Triglav and other mountains in Slovenia. The day began with a 12 noon Mass. During the sermon, Fr. Kumse mentioned that a lot of people are wearing jewelry with the initials ‘^WWJD” on them. He asked if anyone knew what it stood for. Sure enough,I proudly thought to myself, it must stand for “Wise and Wonderful Jim Debevec.” But I was mildly disappointed to learn that it stands for “What Would Jesus Do.” However, my spirits were quickly buoyed after the Mass when Eugene Kogovšek, President of St. Joseph KSKJ Lodge No. 169’s newly recognized foundation, presented the American Home Publishing Company with a marvelous grant in the amount of $ 1,500. We can surely use it to cover the cost of repairs to our processor which broke down last Wednesday. It was a pleasant day and it was reported to be the largest crowd at Pristava this summer. We had a great time renewing our friendship with most of the people there. The food, cooked to perfection by Julie Zalar and her friends, was excellent. The Veseli godci band did a super job, and the Kres Dancers entertained us with their amazing feat of Slovenian folk-dancing. They also had a bake-sale inside the newly-installed windows and bright pavilion interior. I made a number of shopping trips to the bakery table. It was also great seeing Jenny Kogovšek again. She is coming along nicely from her stroke earlier this year. On the way home, we exited 1-90 a little early and maneuvered our way to “How Sweet It Is,” an hon-est-to-goodness old-fashioned ice cream parlor for some sundaes and black cherry ice cream to take home. The delightful owners are still Joe and Kum Rigler who had moved from Chesterland to 9443 Mentor Avenue in Mentor, Ohio, one block east of Heisley Rd. They are in the shopping center where the bagel shop used to be, not too far from Ed Pike Lincoln Mercury Dealership. Kum and Joe still have that delicious ice cream, and now offer other items such as a few bakery delicacies, hot dogs, stuffed cabbage, and sandwiches. We tried a box of Kutn’s home-baked raspberry horns which we rated as absolutely delicious. I know for the holidays we are going to order some of our pastry there. (Kum has even delved into baking poticas.) In my time allotted so far on this earth I have discovered some, of the things that make people smile. They are 1) the arrival of repairmen, 2) entering or leaving a bakery, 3) being in the company of friends, 4) having your hair done in a beauty parlor, and 5) enjoying a mild, sunny day. Sunday we had three-out-of-five which is a tremendous batting average in any league. Don’t expect anything original from an echo. 100 WORDS MORE OR LESS by John Mercina CLEVELAND PER 1926 DIRECTORY Picked up an old Cleveland Directory which was a brute some 6” thick, more than the current Cleveland White and Yellow Pages combined. Paging through the Directory was a course in history of a great city that is making a comeback. Consider the following facts, as enumerated in the Directory: • Cleveland ... the largest group of iron ore docks in the world • .... 5”* U.S. city in population. • .... lead the world in percentage of homes owned by the workers. • ....largest manufacturer of auto parts. • ....lead in manufacture of iron castings. • .. ..lead in the manufacture of “aeroplanes”/. • ....has the largest indoor ice rink in the world. • ....largest paint and varnish works. • of the big U.S. cities to adopt the “daylight savings plan”. • ....Operates a natural stadium with 100,000 capacity (Does anyone know the location of this stadium?” • ....mosthealthfulcity inthe U.S. • ....83 passenger trains arriving daily. • ....had four four (4) people in 1796 and 1,104,20 in 1926. Many Slovenian businesses were listed, including: American Home Publishing Co at their same location; Slovenian Auditorium on StCIair Ave at E. 64tfc Street; Norwood Moving Picture Theater at 6212 StCIair Ave; John Oblak Moving Vans on E. Ol'* Street; John Fleisman Saloon at 6400 StCIair Ave as well as Frank Corse Saloon at 1113 Norwood Rd. No Slovenian sausage manufacturers were listed. QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What was the telephone number assigned to the American Home at that time? (Hint: Randolph......) Counting our Blessings by RUDY FLIS The president can legally designate holidays only for the District of Columbia and federal employees, but most states observe such federal legal public holidays as Labor Day. Annual St. Jude Parish Festival On Sunday, Sept. 3 St. Jude Parish, 590 Popular Street, Elyria, Ohio will hold their annual festival and chicken Bar-B-Q dinner on the parish grounds from 12 noon until 9 p.m. There are activities for all ages and plenty of food. Pastor is Rev. Frank P. 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Therese didn’t need the wine to enjoy her meal. During our meal we talked about our kids and about our future. As our future is getting shorter, we tend to crowd it with more plans and it is fun. Our future is rosy and I pray our blessings continue. Tomorrow, on our anniversary, all our children, ^ their spouses and all °ur grandchildren will visit uS and enjoy grandma’s spa" ghetti and meatballs 'v'^1 lots of garlic bread and many desserts. When all our family 's together I know what 3 blessed man I am. As we e3t our meal of spaghetti, it Setj ana tastier as conversation kidding increase. ( Meal finished, clean-aP starts. Many little faceS’ hands and fingers must It doesn’t bother us, but we clearly remember when couples married as many years as we have been were considered to be OLD PEOPLE! My, oh my, how times have changed. wiped clean before they ^ escape the kitchen to together. The girls’ fing61^ must be clean so their aUl1 Monica can paint their na'*5' When all have left ^ home, and Therese and I 3l^ sitting in our living roorn,.,e little tired, but able to sm1^ at each other, we real|Z couples married as nia years as we are, ARE OL So, we will try to age graC^ fully, while thanking G° for all His blessings, some which have helped us age- | tf h; i ai I cl h< S, aui Gr fro 'He for ( Starting Over in America by ANTON ŽAKELJ translated and edited by JOHN ŽAKELJ (Continued from last week) Saturday, Jan.16,1954 In the evening, I went to a meeting of the S.K.A.S. (the Slovenian Catholic Academic Elders). Karel Mauser spoke about Slovenian Catholic writers. Monday, January 18, 1954 Bill laid off Paul Kaal, •I°e Kristanc, Rudi Knez, Lipovšek, Lamernik and an American. There will be 4 -6 more layoffs coming. Now there are 30 of us left; I am *2t or Rth jn seniority. The steel we are working 0n is poor quality and diffi-cult to machine properly. It ls easy to produce scrap. A Worker can get fired for pro-diicing scrap. Wednesday, Jan. 20,1954 The laid off workers got t eir paychecks, and then ^ere told they could come bac* next Monday. But s°me have already found 'V°rk elsewhere. Joe Kris-ktc got a job at the Hill Co. °n St. Clair and E. 23rd. °žo Lorber got a job at “Jet ^'Development,” where e Works six 10-hour days per week at $2.35 an hour. Thursday, Jan. 21,1954 The future looks better at e shop - they say we’ll aave lots of work in Febru-j 1 got my second pay-l ^ , ' the income tax with-(j0 ding is lower, but Social ^rity is higher. Thursday, Jan. 28, 1954 ^ n the evening, I helped 0 Lorber with his income Mfili ng for last year. iunday, Jan. 31,1954 So n the afternoon, I took n •l°hn to the church Grd't0r'Um’ where Anton fr lna was showing movies 0l? b's world travels. Monday, Feb. 1,1954 jnc| Very°ne in our family, tjding Cilka, has the flu. r«esday, Feb. 2,1954 for i>0uSl1t a bottle of wine n. Bla^ Hace’s 75th bjrth-as given us many toys for the children and furnishings for our house. Friday, Feb. 5,1954 Johnny Legan worked for 4 hours in Cerar’s apartment to install copper pipes for a new kitchen sink. We bought the sink at Grdina hardware for $127. Mrs. Cerar loaned me $50 to help pay for it. I’ll pay her back at $2 a month. I had been worried about all the requests - from the Cerar family for improvements in their apartment, but now I see that they are very reasonable. They understand that I don’t have the money to do everything they want. If they really want something, they pay for it and then we work out something like we did for the sink, or we deduct it from the next rent. Saturday, Feb. 6,1954 At 1 a.m., water came running down into our kitchen from Cerar’s apartment above us. The new pipes were not sealed. I turned off the water, but didn’t get back to sleep until 5 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 7,1954 Johnny Legan and I worked for 5 hours to install the new sink. He asked for only $10 for 6 hours of work. Friday, Feb. 12,1954 Our son John received 21 Valentine’s Day cards at school. He is happy. Saturday, Feb.13,1954 I went to the new notary public, Anton Novalc, at 6218 St. Clair, for help with my tax return. I’ll get a refund of $108.47. He charged me $5, which is the amount by which he increased my refund. Tuesday, Feb. 16,1954 It’s too hot - almost 70°F. I went to Mandel’s Shoe Store to buy a pair of new shoes for myself for $13.30. They took back another pair I had just bought which were already falling apart. Dr. Meršol came to see our son John this evening. John is coughing and has a temperature of 39°C. Dr. Visit us... Mirko Vombergar D.D.S. 6551 Wilson Mills Road Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 ^ for your appointment 1-440-473-4746 Office Hours - by appointment only. Saturday and evening hours available. !i'e.»fan sneak SLOVENIAN! Meršol said he has measles; Tony and Joe will probably get them, too, in 11 days. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1954 John is covered with red blotches. He sleeps a lot and talks loudly in his sleep. Thursday, Feb. 18,1954 At the shop, an oil can fell on my toe. The toe is black and it hurts. Saturday, Feb.20,1954 I fixed the water leak damage in our kitchen ceiling and then worked on the locks in our apartment and Cerar’s. Our refrigerator needs repair and the heater needs a thermostat. We’ve had lots of unexpected expenses this month. In the evening I went to a meeting of the S.K.A.S. at St. Vitus school. Mr. Sodja made a presentation about the Christian philosophy of life. About 30 people attended. Mr. Sodja was the director of the regional health insurance fund in Ljubljana, so he also talked about that. He said the Ljubljana region (which included our home town) had one of the best programs. I told him about the problems we had getting coverage for urgent medical needs in our town. When I Had ulcers, I couldn’t get the newer, more effective medication, when the doctor said I urgently needed dental work, the health insurance wouldn’t pay for me, even though I knew they were paying for dental work for the doctor’s friend. For most of us outside of Ljubljana, the prescription for all illnesses was powdered aspirin (they didn’t have tablets then). At the meeting, I also told them about three young men from our town who became very sick, but the health insurance refused to pay for their hospitalization. One of them was my wife’s brother, Polde; his hospitalization was finally paid for by the fund for war orphans, since their father had died in World War I. Polde and the second man got much better, but the third one could not get the medical care he needed and he died. After I talked about this at the meeting today, Mr. Sodja The author with his three sons. January, 1954. said, “Why didn’t you come see me back then? I would have taken care of this.” If we had such good insurance, why would we need special intervention? My brother Vlado sent me the first part of “The History of the People of Jugoslavia.” Anton Košir visited us for the first time. Thursday, Feb. 25,1954 Last night, at 2 a.m., a car ran over Joe Slak and Viktor Potokar at E. 55^* and Marquette. They were walking home from a bar. Friday, Feb. 26,1954 At the shop, I washed parts in a chemical solution all day. My hands hurt from the chemicals. Saturday, Feb. 27,1954 At 10 a.m., Mitvež Hočevar and 1 went to Mass and then to Calvary Cemetery for Slak and Potokar’s funeral. There were about 50 cars in the procession, all belonging to D.P.’s (displaced persons). In the evening, I went to a meeting of the S.L.S. (the Slovenian People’s Party) in Knaus Hall. About 200 people listened to Dr. Krek talk about the political situation in Europe. He sees no prospects for change. We will probably never be able to return to our homes. Sunday, Feb. 28,1954 Our sons Tony and Joe have the measles. Our renter, Mr. T., broke a step on the porch and demanded that I immediately make new steps. Monday, March 1,1954 We had about 8 inches of snow in the morning, and then 14 by evening. I made it to work on time, some of the workers didn’t get there until 9:30 and 4 didn’t make it at* all. In the U.S. Congress, three Puerto Ricans fired about 25 shots and wounded five congressmen. Tuesday, March 2,1954 From 6 - 6:20 a.m., I helped Miro Erdani shovel snow, so he could get his car out on the street. My heart was beating hard. I’ve paid for half of the house. I still owe $5,700. (To Be Continued) LAVRISHA Construction & Repair BUILDING IMPROVEMENTSER VICES 6507 St. Clair Avenue - Cleveland, Ohio 44103 216/391-0035 FLICKINGER TIRE & AUTO COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR ON ALL MAKES & MODELS INCLUDING 4X4’s, LIGHT TRUCKS & MOTOR HOMES COMPUTER ALIGNMENT & BALANCE • SHOCKS • STRUTS C.V. 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