555 ?* pA tedna c lo tedna S E bomo razumeli GlaV ni tajnik SNPJ, F. A. .■. eTi ni zadovoljen, ker smo ^ sovo , pr ed mesecem dni pri- "j^eno “statistiko” o slovenskih opornih organizacijah pred¬ rli v taki luči kot je zaslu- £ Hudo je užaljen in trdi, ! s mo ga brez podlage “surn- namenov, katerih sploh ni im el - Tajnik Vider še vedno noče al j ne more razumeti, za kaj za prav gre. Naj torej na- konkretno primero. ' *. \ • ' : : . : : ; t *. \ • • ■ • ■ bbu_•• . : Official Organ of The Slovene Progrei- »ive Benefit Society Glasilo Slovenske Svobodomi¬ selne Podporne Zveze Cleveland, Ohio, July 19th, 1939 ZDRAVNIŠKI NASVETI prav vedemo Jaz grem na ulico z nabitim revolverjem in streljam brez pomisleka na levo in desno. Pri [ e m nekoga zedenem in ga smrt¬ jo ranim. Prijeli me bodo in obtožili ubojstva. Jaz bi se lahko ; e tako izgovarjal in upraviče- va j i da moj namen ni bil, koga ustreliti, ampak vse izgovarja¬ nje mi nič ne pomaga. Dokazano j C) jda sem streljal in nekoga ubil. Kot človek z zdravim razu¬ mom sem odgovoren za posle¬ dice svojega brezmiselnega de¬ janja, pa če sem dotične posle¬ dice imel v mislih, ali če jih nisem imel. * * Tajnik Vider je priobčil neke številke, ki so bile zavajalr.e. Dejstvo je, da so dotične šte¬ vilke izzvale ne le “šušljajočo” kampanjo proti finančni stabil¬ nosti SSPZ, ampak aktualno sumnjo da se Zveza nahaja v zelo slabem gospodarskem polo¬ žaju. (Dopis br. Jankovicha v Prosveti!) Mar ni bila dolžnost odgovor¬ nih uradnikov SSPZ, vsekakor tudi urednika glasila SSPZ, da zavajalne številke razkrinka? Ali bi tajnik Vider pod enakimi okolščinami ravnal drugače? Poudarjeno je že bilo, da kdor pove le pol resnice, ostalo pa zamolči, faktično govori neres¬ nico. Naravnost povedano, kdor tako dela, aktualno laže. Ker tajnik Vider tudi tega nikakor ne more ali noče razumeti, naj mu postrežemo še z eno ilustra¬ cijo. Recimo: Ako bi kdo rekel: “Janez Ko¬ vač je velik ignorant” — bi se Janez Kovač lahko smatral u- žaljenega. Dvomim pa, da bi se Janez Kovač čutil užaljenega, ako bi kdo rekel: “V primeri s prof. Einsteinom je Janez Ko¬ vač velik ignorant,” — kajti v primeri z Einsteinom ni velik •Snorant samo Janez Kovač, am- pak v primeri z Einsteinom smo vsi veliki ignoranti. — Upamo, ta bo tajnik Vider zdaj razumel, N je razlika med celo in polo¬ vično resnico. * * V “pojasnilu,” v katerem taj- nik Vider skuša opravičiti svo- 1° famozno “statistiko,” se je s Potaknil še ob par drugih stva- Glede ene ga gl. blagajnik br. Kuhel, v današnji iz- taji “Napredka” poziva, da po- l as ni kako in kaj, in upamo, da 1)0 to storil. Druga se nanaša Da poročilo s seje Pennsylvan- sl!e federacije SSPZ. On vidi s hito zvezo med člankom “Ne- fbjetna epizoda” in omenjenim Poročilom, češ, namen članka je ^ "da se podre prijateljsko taz položenje, ki vlada med člani in SSPZ.” Samo ena ponižna sugestija v Piše dr. P. J. iVRCH, vrhovni zdravnik SSPZ Poslovnica v Pennsylv aniji dobljena \Cern, ki se zanimajo, se tem potom naznanja, daj ^ 'J e ^ lzava Pennsylvania podelila poslovnico, v veljavi za tekoče fiskalno leto. Ta poslovnica je bila na rešetu dolgo vrsto let, ter pi ec met javnih razprav na sejah Penn’a društev, federa- C1 je, na sejah gl. odbora in konvencijah. Skoro eno leto nazaj je državni urad Penn’a stavil _.\ezo na preizkušnjo; morali smo izdelati račun in oceno ceitifikatov na podlagi njegovih lastnih zahtev, mnogo težjih kot se jih drugače stavi na organizacije, z ob¬ ljubo, da se bo poslovnica izdala, ako na podlagi zahte¬ vanega računa dokažemo solventnost. In dokazali smo jo mnogo boljše kot je bilo vsestransko pričakovano. Ker poslovnice ni bilo takoj, so mnogi dvomili, da jo i - j- - * , . , . , 1 , • t -i . s. s J napačna dijeta materialni vzrok spion kclaj dobimo, čeprav sem nasprotno dokazeval, da bolezni. jo dobimo prej ali slej, ker povoda za odklonitev ni nikakega. Sedaj imamo to za željeno poslovnico. ž njo se je ustreglo predvsem Penn’a članstvu, ki bo gotovo odslej naprej s še večjo vnemo delovalo za svojo bratsko orga¬ nizacijo, SSPZ. WILLIAM RUS , gl. tajnik. This issue in two sections NUMBER 155 DOPISI IN POROČILA ČLA NSTVA ^ kratko O VITAMINIH Nobeno drugo odkritje, tika¬ joče se živil in hranilne vred- se Ji minulo zimo, da pošlje upra- Uspešna priredba v Gowan- di, N. Y. Goivanda, N. Y. — Ko je bil gl. odbor SSPZ sklenil na svoji nosti, ni imelo tako dalekosež- nih učinkov kot odkritje vita¬ minov in njihovega številnega sorodstva. To odkritje je po¬ vzročilo, da zdravniki zdaj šte¬ jejo kontrolo dijete med naj¬ važnejše faktorje pri izboljše¬ vanju poslabšanega splošnega zdravja in pri zdravljenju goto¬ vih bolezni, ker je znano, da je JAVEN POZIV! V uradni številki PROSVETE z dne 12. t. m. je gl. tajnik SNPJ brat F. A. Vider v svojem članku— “Pojasnilo o neosnova- nem sumničenju” med drugimi zagovori zapisal sledeče: “Kaj če bi mi enkrat opisali epizodo gentlemanskega dogovora med upravnim odborom SSPZ in SNPJ glede bondov Central Texas T elephone C o., katera bi bila posebno zanimiva za članstvo obeh prizadetih organizacij?” Ker je brat Vider toliko “korajžen,” da je prinesel to “ža¬ lostno” epizodo na površje samo s vprašanjem glede “gentle- manstva,” ter takorekoč grozi “kaj če bi mi opisali” pozivam bra¬ ta Vidra, da javno pojasni celo zadevo. Ker sem kot gl. blag. SSPZ imel več opravka pri uravnavi omenjenih bondov kot katerikoli drugi odbornik obeh organizacij, se smatram tudi osebno prizadet in želim, da razblini in razčisti sumničenje, ki Se zrcali v njego¬ vem vprašanju. Strinjam se z bratom Vidrom, da “ameriška jav¬ nost zahteva vedno glasnejše bolj odprto poslovanje raznih jav¬ nih podjetij, mi naj se pa pričnemo skrivati?” Torej, brat Vider, odpri knjige tudi v tem slučaju, ker boš storil veliko uslugo ne samo članstvu SSPZ, temveč tudi vsem onim, ki jim je beseda “gentleman” draga in plemenita. MIRKO G. KUHEL, gl. blagajnik. zv ezi: Tajnik Vider je seve- Phobčil zavajalno statistiko laneni stabilnosti SSPZ za- “ojači” prijateljsko raz- ^ da POlo; 'hzai Zen je med člani obeh orga¬ ni .— Mislimo, da to za- uje. “NEVTRALNOST” jf/\° 0seve ltova administracija ‘hnitivno naznanila, da ne Vi ^daljevMa z bojem za re- lr anje nevtralnostne postave. j 0 . Se P ra vi, da embargo na mu- ’J° in vojne sirovine ostane tiči Koledar prireditev SSPZ NEVIDNA VLADA La Follettov odsek za zašči¬ to civilnih svobodščin je obja- SOBOTA, 22. julija — Veseli- j vil imena dvanajstih korporacij, ca društva št. 69, BREWSTER, glede katerih je dognal, da so Ohio, v dvorani Bruno Masachia. Br. Vrhovnik bo kazal film iz stare domovine. NEDELJA, 23. julija—Velik piknik Federacije SSPZ v za- padni Pennsglvaniji na prosto¬ rih SYRIAN GROVE, pol milje iz Bridgevilla proti Canonsbur- gu, route 19. NEDELJA, 23. julija — Pik¬ nik društva št. 61, BARBER- TON, OHIO, in predstava film¬ skih slik iz stare domovine na Novakovi farmi pod vodstvom br. Vrhovnika. NEDELJA, 30. julija—Pik¬ nik clevelandskih “Vrtcev” na Zurtzov 1 farmi na Chardon Rd. NEDELJA, 30. julija — Pik¬ nik federacije društev SSPZ v vzhodnem Ohiju, v ALLIANCE, O. NEDELJA, 6. avgusta — I ik- nik in predvajanje filma iz Slo¬ venije pod pokroviteljstvom društva št. 18, GIRARD, O., na Dežmanovem prostoru v Avon Pctvhu* SOBOTA, 12. avgusta—Pro¬ slava 30-letnice društva st. U SSPZ, YALE, Kansas v nasel¬ binskih prostorih. NEDELJA, 20. avgusta—Pik¬ nik društva “Balkan,” št. 24, MILWAUKEE, Wis., P* A™« Lake( Station Army Lake, 30 milj iz Milicaukee, na Highway Route No. 15). NEDELJ A, 27. avgusta — be¬ se skozi več let posluževale za¬ kulisnih sredstev za boj proti organiziranemu delavstvu in po¬ pularnim reformam Roosevelto¬ ve administracije. Ta “nevidna vlada” sestoji iz sledečih velikih družb: American Telephone and Telegraph, Bethlehem Steel, E. du Pont de Nemours, General Electric, General Motors, Good- year Tire and Rubber, Inter¬ national Harvester, Irving Trust, Standard Oil of New Jersey, United States Rubber, United States Steel, Westinghouse man- ufacturing in neka velika new- yorška banka. CLEVELAND, POZOR! Prihodnjo sredo 26. julija ob 8. zvečer se vrši'sestanek pred¬ sednikov in tajnikov društev SSPZ za clevelandsko okrožje, in upraviteljev Vrtcev, v zvezi 'z obiskom br. Vrhovnika, ki bo navzoč na sestanku. Pridite vsi! Vrši se v dvorani št. 2, novo poslopje S. N. Doma. Vitamini so določene snovi v istem smislu kot so določene snovi namizna sol, sladkor in škrob. Sladkor je nekoliko bolj komplicirana snov kot je sol ter vsebuje več nedoločenih svoj- stev. Škrob je še bolj komplici¬ rana snov, vendar so te njegove zapletenosti precej dobro ugo¬ tovljene po kemistih. Vitamini niso enostavne zmesi, vendar so najbrž bolj enostavne kot mnoge druge snovi, s katerimi imajo kemisti opravka. Dandanes je mogoče vitami¬ ne izdelovati v čistih kristalih. Vsekakor je nerešeno vpraša¬ nje, če ima raba takih čistih vi¬ taminov isti učinek, kot če se jih rabi v naravni obliki, to je v zvezi z mnogimi drugimi kemi¬ kalijami, kakor se najdejo v na¬ ravni zelenjavi, sadju in drugih živilih. Par preprostih določb zado¬ stuje, da telo dobi vitamine, ka¬ tere potrebuje za dobro zdravje. Uživati je treba znatne količine mleka, jajc, mesa, zelenjave in sadja. Skoro prav tako važno kot dovolj ne in pravilno balan- cirane količine teh živil je uživa¬ nje primeroma številnih vrst ze¬ lenjave in sadja, ker tudi zelo sorodni produkti se včasih znat¬ no razlikujejo med seboj. Zelenjava in sadje vsebujejo važne mineralne snovi in gmoto neprebavnih snovi, ki so potreb¬ ne za redno odvajanje, poleg te¬ ga pa dandanes polagajo nanje veliko važnost z ozirom na vita¬ mine, ki jih vsebujejo. Obilica potrebnih vitaminov iz tega vira pa more biti garantirana le, če se uživa dovoljne količine tako zvanih protektivnih živil. Ta protektivna živila so jajca, mle¬ ko ,sveža zelenjava in sveže sadje. Vedno je vredno upoštevati dejstvo, da najboljši način na¬ kupa ali nabave vitaminov je iz vrta in sadovnjaka, ne iz lekar¬ ne. g^HadaljeTTveljavi, tudi za slu¬ čaj, da bi Hitler zanetil vojni požar v Evropi. ja Federacije društev SSPZ v zapadni P e n n s g l v a niji v BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. NEDELJA, 1. oktobra — Pro¬ slava 30-letnice društva “Slo¬ žna Brača,” št. 28. MADISON, lil., v Krusterl Bali dvorani, 13th St. in Madison Ave. SOBOTA, 21. oktobra — Pro¬ slava 30-letnice društva “Lun¬ der-Adamič,” št. 20, CLEVE¬ LAND, O., v avditoriju S. N. Doma. Položaj nespremenjen. Ev¬ ropski položaj se še vedno raz¬ vija v znamenju krize, ampak v bistvu se prošli teden ni spre¬ menil. Nemčija rohni in grozi, da Gdansk mora priti v nemške roke in da ne bo odnehala, do¬ kler Poljaki ne dovolijo svobod¬ nega prehoda skozi Koridor v vzhodno Prusijo, to pa je tudi vse. Poljaki ne kažejo nobenega znamenja, da mislijo na kapitu¬ lacijo. Pogajanja v Moskvi so tam kot so bila — na mrtvi točki. vitelja mladinskih “Vrtcev” na turnejo, kjer naj bi kazal film¬ ske slike naše organiazcije— nje mladino in slike iz starega kraja—nismo v Gowandi imeli namena, oziroma smo mislili, da bi pri nas v teh delavskih razme¬ rah ne imeli uspeha. V mladinski prilogi našega glasila meseca aprila smo pa opazili, da namerava br. Vrhov¬ nik posetiti tudi državo New York ,in ker je naše društvo edi¬ no od Zveze v N. Y., smo prišli do zaključka, da gotovo misli našo naselbino, akoravno je ni v svojem poročilu omenil. Takoj smo šli na delo in z br. Vrhov¬ nikom določili dan 8. julija za kazanje filmov v naši naselbini. Članstvo je šlo pridno na delo, posebno s prodajo vstopnic, in udeležba na prireditvi, akorav¬ no je bilo vroče v dvorani, je bi¬ la proti vsemu pričakovanju ze¬ lo velika, kajti v teh časih spra¬ viti v dvorano okrog 200 oseb v naši naselbini, je že nekaj iz- vanrednega. Slike so vsem zelo ugajale, ta¬ ko otrokom, kakor odraščenim. posebno pa, kar zna naš Mike svoj poklic. Tako je imel filme komične vsebine za otroke, za nas pa slike, katere si je vsak že¬ lel videti, iz starega kraja. Seve¬ da jih ne more kazati iz vsake vasi še sedaj ,toda obljubil je, da ko nas zopet obišče, da bo imel filme iz Slovenije, katere bo vzelo dve uri, da nam vse po¬ kaže, kar je za pokazati v glav¬ nem pomenu naše domovine. Po predstavi filmov je želel vsak seči Miku v roko, in plesna zabava se je nadaljevala, dokler nas ni poklicala roke postave domov v spalnice, nekatere pa v privatne hiše, kjer so se pripo¬ vedovale pravljice, poslušalci pa smejali “za počt.” škoda, da je moral br. Vrhov¬ nik tako naglo iz naselbine, ker če bi bil ostal več časa, mogoče bi bil pridobili kakega člana z njegovo pomočjo. No, pa saj je takoj napravil dobro delo po od¬ hodu. V Renton, Pa., kakor po¬ roča, so ustanovili aktiven Vrtec z 20 člani. Pri nas pa, če pojde vse po sreči, ne bom trdil da . . . toda če . . . upam, da ne bo br. Vrhovnik razočaran. Na tem mestu se moram za¬ hvaliti članstvu društva za lepo kooperacijo, posetnikom za ne¬ pričakovano lepo udeležbo, br. Vrhovniku, ker je vključil tudi našo naselbino v svojo turnejo najbolj pa našemu gl. odbo¬ ru, ker se je potrudil, da daje članstvu in sploh vsem Sloven¬ cem po naselbinah v Ameriki priliko .videti svoje rodne kra¬ je filmirane. Mogoče ne bo ime¬ la Zveza veliko pri vsem tem, to¬ da društva si s temi priredbami le pomagajo skupaj spraviti par dolarjev v blagajne, kar tudi precej pomaga. Radi tega ape¬ liram na društva, da aranžirajo prireditev, ako tega še niso sto rila, ker nam bi bilo v resnici žal, ako bi ne bili videli krasnih Prireditev v Brewster, Ohio ... . Hitler dobi Trst? Pred sve- Breivster ,0. — članom dru- tovno vojno je Trst služil kot 'štva št. 69 se naznanja, da je iz- trgovinsko izhodišče avstro- redna seja sklenila, da naše dru-■ ogrski monarhije in je bil vsled štvo priredi veselico dne 22. ju-, tega eno najbolj cvetočih mest lija v dvorani Mr. Bruno Musa-, v Sredozemlju. Toda ko je Trst ®rewster. Na ta dan nas' prišel v italijanske roke, je iz- obišče br. Mihael \ rhovnik, ki | o U bil svoje naravno zaledje in bo kazal slike iz stare domovine, L ačel je hitro propadatL Nje _ potem pa bo zabava s plesom. U, ov položaj je postal še slabši Vabljen, ste vsi elan, m elan,- ko je Hitler ok Iral Avstrijo ce, da se polnoštevilno vdeležite. Vabimo tudi društva in prijate¬ lje in bližnjih naselbin, da nas obiščejo na omenjeni dan, ob priliki jim pa uslugo povrnemo. Vabljeni ste vsi, stari in mladi. Godba bo iz Barbertona. Začetek ob 6. zvečer; vstopnina 25c. Marie Strah, tajnica. TURA SSPZ BREVVSTER, OHIO .... sobota 22. julija BARBERTON, O. nedelja 23. julija MASSILLON, O. soboto 5. avgusta GIRARD, O. nedelja, G. avgusta Društvo št. 16 Clinton, Ind. — Društvo št. 16 poživlja člane in članice, da se vdeležijo sej, ki se vršijo sa¬ mo enkrat na mesec. In če je ka¬ teri pozabil prostor, naj si za¬ pomni prostor, ki je označen spodaj. Morda vas bo zanimalo vedeti, da na zadnji seji 9. juli¬ ja je bilo sklenjeno, da vsak član, ki zahteva posojilo, mora priti na sejo osebno. Seje se vrše vsako drugo ne¬ deljo v mesecu ob 9. dopoldne pri John Bobiču na 12. St., Clin¬ ton, Ind. Valentin Lužnik, tajnik. 30-letnica društva št. 14 Yale, Kan. — Društvo št. 14 SSPZ bo praznovalo 30-letnico svojega obstoja dne 12. avgusta v navadnih prostorih in vas ulju- dno vabim, da se vdeležite v pol¬ nem številu. Vabimo tudi vsa okoliška društva, spadajoča pod okrilje Federacije SSPZ, in splošno občinstvo v obče, kajti taki pomembni jubileji se ne ob¬ hajajo vsaki dan. Torej na svidenje 12. avgu¬ sta! Pričetek ob 2. popoldne, vstopnina 25c. Vas vabi odbor: John šraj Frank Klucevsek Chas. Lenassi Pozor, članstvo društva št. 100 ! Chicago, lil. — Na člane in članice tega društva apeliram, da bi se bolj pogosto vdeleževali naših mesečnih sej, obenem pa bi tudi apelirala, da bi bili bolj točni s plačevanjem mesečnega asesmenta. Kot je vsakemu zna¬ no, mi je dovoljeno založiti asesment iz društvene blagajne samo za en mesec, in do sedaj 3em mnogokrat zalagala iz svo¬ jega žepa, toda odslej naprej se bom ravnala po pravilih, kajti meni ni mogoče zalagati za čla¬ ne. Prosim torej, da se to na¬ znanilo vzame na znanje. Člane, ki tega morda ne vedo in ne hodijo na društvene seje, opozarjam, da sem na domu vsakega 20. v mesecu od 6. do 8. ure zvečer, da lahko poravna¬ jo svoj asesment. Prosim, upo¬ števajte to naznanilo, ker mi ni mogoče vedno doma biti in ča- in češkoslovaško, kajti s 7 tem je bilo še tisto malo trgovine, ki je do takrat šla skozi Trst, dirigi¬ rane v nemška pristanišča na 3everu. Toda jasno je, da Trst bi bil Nemčiji, katere oblast danes sega do jugoslovanske meje, zelo koristen. Prošli te¬ den so se razširile vesti, da so med Italijo in Nemčijo v teku oogajanja, glasom katerih bi Nemčija tržaško luko dobila v najem. Tozadevna pogodba bi rajala deset let. Mussolini se brez dvoma zaveda, da sklep ta- le pogodbe bi pomenil, da je Trst za Italijo izgubljen, ampak v obstoječem položaju nujno rabi nemške pomoči, in bo to- :ej “najemno pogodbo” brez dvoma podpisal, če mu js prav ili ne. Stavka v avtni industriji. V Detroitu se vršijo pogajanja med General Motors korporaci¬ jo in CIO unijo avtomobilskih delavcev, v poizkus, da se po¬ ravna stavka, ki je v teku v 12 tovarnah/ omenjene korpora- :ije. V pogajanjih posreduje tu- ii zastopnik zvezne vlade. Iz¬ raža se upanje, da bo spor iz- avnan v teku nekaj dni, kajti družba je spoznala, da se je dudo motila, ko je pričakovala, da ji bo Homer Martin pomagal domiti stavko. Jasno je namreč, la je Martinova razkolniška u- lija brez moči, ker 'enostavno lima članstva. Vlada in relif. Medtem ko je takoj po sprejetju nove relifne postave izgledalo, da se reakci¬ ja v kongresu premisli iit da »odo najbolj kričeče restrikcije »rez odlašanja odpravljene, pa !e to upanje očividno splavalo po vodi. Navzlic temu, da je ši¬ rom dežele na tisoče WPA de¬ lavcev zastavkalo, administraci¬ ja zavzema stališče, da je brez noči, kajti “zakon je zakon.” fustični tajnik Murphy je odlo- ;il, da stavke pri relifnih na- jravah so “nelegalne” in za ljim je isto ponovil predsednik toosevelt. Izgleda, da je New Deal začel nastavljati uho des¬ ničarjem, v krogu katerih se DČividno nahaja bivši relifni ad- ninistrator Hopkins, ki je sedaj ajnik trgovinskega oddelka. dan, bi si prihranili sitnosti, iko slučajno nisem doma in tudi meni zmanjšali delo in skrbi, je bolje pa bi bilo, ako bi se /si po možnosti vdeleževali na- iih sej. Prav žalostno je, ko iride mesečna seja in nas je le toliko, da se seja vrši. Društvo šteje lepo število članstva, na seji nas je pa komaj 15 ali pa še toliko ne. V zimskem času je bil izgovor, da je premraz. No, kati, kdaj kdo pride plačat ases-1 seda j j e pa pr evroče. Tako gre slik lepe Slovenije. Br. Vrhov- ment. Pripetilo se je že, da so mesec za mesecem brez prave niku pa želim v imenu našega člani prišli plačat asesment in vde iežbe na sejah, društva mnogo uspeha na nje- me ni bilo doma. Niso pomislili, pokažite, člani, da ste aktivni govi poti in upam, da se še vidi- da označeni dan ni bil plačilni in vdeležite se naših sej in pri- mo v Gowandi, N. Y. datum, temveč bili so užaljeni, pomoritei da bodo naše seje John Matekovich, ker so morali še enkrat priti. ; kor-istne, zanimive in uspešne, tajnik št. 211. I Ako bi vsi upoštevali označeni! (Dalje na 2. s'- > STRAN 4. “NAPREDEK” DO YOU KNOW THAT - SSPZ Has Nine Modem Plans of Life Insurance for Adults and Juveniles? PROGR “NAPREDEK Fraternalism in Action The SSPZ paid to Us members $4,000,000 m benefits since organization. State of Pennsylvania Grants License to Progressors’Tid-bits SSPZ BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Sum- j mer time, vacation time, lazy To ali parties concerned, notice is hereby given that | time! Yes > laz Y indeed, when the application for license, which has been pending for some time, tvas granted to the SSPZ by the State of one continually receives cards, from friends on vacation, hav- ing a grand time, wish you were not having the opportunity of spending our vacations away, just naturaily take life a bit easier at home, enjoying the picnics and entertaining affairs Pennsylvania, the same being in full foice and effect foi h ere an( j e t c \^e less fortunate, the current fiscal year, The question of this license has been subjeet of dis- cussions at local lodge and Pennsylvania Federation meetings, Supreme Board sessions, and Convention de- bates over a long period of years. The history of this j our various lodges are spon^sor- development is too involved to go into at this time. J m ?- Altho the Progressors have About a year ago, the State Insurance Department nc t been “too” active socially, of Pennsylvania has decided to put this Society to a of late, they have been quite test; we were asked to submit the financial statement busy contac t i n g prospective and' estimate of our certificates on the basis of its re- members for the SSPZ. We have quirements which were _ sinete.- than ordinanly re- at each of our ^ quired of fraternal societies, with the promise that the license will be granted, if on the basis of the submitted financial statement we are in position to prove our sol- vency. In this, we succeeded better than most of us expected. Because the application for license was not im- mediately granted, many began to doubt that this will ever happen. I remained optimistic, believing that this will happen sooner or later, since I could see no real cause for refusal. Now the long desired license is in our possession. This will be especially welcome news to our Pennsyl- vama members, who no doubt will do everything in their , Elaborate plan3 and prepara . power to secure for tho SSPZ tliG plaC6 in om ficit6in£il ^ions are keing made for the movement that it deserves. joint picnic of the Pennsylvania SSPZ Federation and Progres¬ sors lodge No. 237. The pro¬ gram will consist of speakerg, singers, mushball games and other interesting events. Re-- freshments will be plentiful, and dancing will round out the after- noon and evening. This affair is to be held on Sunday, July 23rd at the Syrian Grove. The Grove is located on Route 19, one half mile out of Bridgeville, going towards Canonsburgh. Eddie Gaye will entertain and furnish the mušic for both mod¬ em and polka “strutters”. Do not let the weather disturb your plans of attending, as the large dance hali and bar-room are meetings and expect more at our next regular meeting on Tuesday July the 18th. So get busy members — go out and get you new members now — today! Congratulations are in order for our secretary Clarence Wid- mar and his wife Mary, who were married on June 28th. Al- so to Albert Klements and his wife, who were married on July lst. Don’t forget boys, we’re looking forward to having your wives as fraternal sisters. WILLIAM RUS, Supreme Secretary Hoosierland News J. F. Pešut INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Play- .viscek single scored another run. ing a ragged game in which Stonich’s two base hit in the seven errors were committed j fifth inning and Pesut’s single the Hoosier Pals lost their first } produced the sixth run of the game in the Emroe Tuesday Night League, forcing them to game for the Hoosier Pals. Then came the sixth inning an ava- stare first plače with the Ajax j lanche of base hits spelling de- Beer team both having won five j feat for the United Laundry. games while dropping one. The! Cesnik started things by wait- defeat was administered by the j ing out a walk. Lefty MitchelPs Junior Social Club, the score i second hit of the evening ad- being 7 to 3. Henry Fon was on the mound for the Hoosier Pals and pitched good bali, but the blowing up of the infield caused the J. S. C.’s to go ahead never to be passed by the Pals. A late last inning rally was cut short after the Hoosier Pals had scored two runs. vanced Cesnik to second and Fon bunted safely to load the closed in, you need have no fear bases with nobody out. Cesnikj of getting wet or being uncom- scored on Loviscek’s sacrifice fortable. fly to the outfield. Kestersons double to left center scored Mitchell and Fon and Stonich’s one base knock tallied Kester- The Federation and Progres- sor committees have been kept busy, making arrangements and taking čare of ali details, mak- little thing” has i crowd cheering the Pals on. I was surprised to see Mr. Vice son. Todar’s powerful hit in mg sure every In the second game of the ! deep center field cleared the i been taken čare of properly, so week the Hoosier Pals swamped jfence for a home run, his sev- as to assure you ali a very their traditional rivals the | en th of the year, scored Stonich pleasant Sunday afternoon and United Laundry by a 12 to 2 ahead of him for the fifth and evening on Sunday July 23rd. score thus settling the score of j sixth runs of the inning and i _ Lam and Pam a similar defeat handed the Pals eleventh and twelfth runs of latcly Never was there such a by the Laundrymen earlier in! the game. the season. “Slim” Todor proved j * * his no run no hit game last ON THE FIELD jPresident “Red” Ivančič and week v/asn t a fluke as he pitch- After the United Laundry w jf e present at the game. Seems ed invincibly limiting the Laun-1 game the players were treated' me he lost interest in the dry team to four hits. The Hoo-1 by Mr. Milo Semenick at Mr.) te am after the 7 to 3 defeat by sier Pals’ unknown power was|Butcek expense to a little beerl^e J.S.C.’s Don’t worry “Red” displayed in four innings and|party at the latters plače of | W e’ V e got more and better games once again high hopes of win- j business. ahead & so don’t give up hope ning a championship of some j * * | y e ^ kind are being seen. After a late j We regret very much in not J * * start the Hoosier Pals led an : having “Skeeter” Stonich withi mus t have been too cold assault on Angelopaulis in the j us at said party. Must have f or “i ove bug” to bite after third inning and conlinued on ; had more important business United Laundry-Hoosier Pal until the sixth inning untii, than drinking beer, anyhow you gam6i f or Milo Semenick had to twelve runs were scored. The missed a treat “Skeeter”. turn on the heater in his car to third inning started with Loviš- * * ; produce v/armth. Shy “Jean” cek getting first nase on an er- They are beginning to call' Kesterson and coy “Phyllis” _ “Balkans” Flash! MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Again some news from the Beer City . . . and, this time announcing and cordially inviting the mem- bership of Lodge “Baikans”, their friends, as well as ali neighboring lodges to attend a picnic, sponsored by Lodge “Bal¬ kan,” at Army Lake on August 20, 1939. The committee in charge is arranging ali neeessary prepara- tions to make mentioned date a most perfect day for your outdoor reereation and general re-union, so keep this date in mind and reserve same to spend with us. The Committee Victorians Spartans Trounce Utopians 10 to 6 By Stan Zorc CLEVELAND, O. — The Spartans took a firmer hold on first plače in the Inter-Lodge League when they trounced their friendly rivals and frater¬ nal brothers, the Utopians, by a 10 to 6 score last Thursday at Kirtland. This victory and the Loyalites’ loss to the Baragas gave Spartans a two game lead over the second plače Zumbe- raks, whom they meet next. Spartans had no difficulty in taking over the Collinwood crew. Frankie Bojack who had in the three previous games given up only seven hits, was pounded for ten hits by the boys of the blue and gold. Each one of the fifteen men on the Spartan roster saw action for at least one inning. Bernie Schultz received cre- dit for his seventh win of the season as he held the Utopians to five hits and got three out of three at the plate himself. First Impressions of Springfield of the Vrtec 9 had the whole back seat to themselves but alas! there was a space between them a mile long. Yep — Jean ror and advancing to third on j Louis “Lovesick” Loviscek ev- Stonich’s single. Pešut doubled j erything now. At the party he to left center scoring Loviscek j was called “Farmer”, “Hick” with the first Hoosier Pals run. | and what not, just because he Todor’s single scored both Sto- J had to peddle vegetables at the was w i s hing for a certain some nich and Pešut. He advanced toicity market at 1:00 a.m. Satur- one narne( i Josephine and Phyl- second and third on two wild day morning. Yet ali the time lis was hoping and praying for pitches and scored on Sekula’s I was going to call him “Man Tony _ sacrifice fly to the centerfielder. j of Iron” because of his jota at Such was the third inning four the Malleabie Works. runs scored on three hits. In * * the fourth inning, Henry Fon’s The fans are turning out in SPRINFIELD, 111. — We were going west along route 26, mounting a hill, eagerly looking forward, when upon the horizon appeared the dome of the State capitol and our hearts filled with emotions of patriotism. Then came the descent and the view was gone, but the impres- sion was made, that first im- pression of something majestic; and the next eight (or so) miles into Springfield seemed short and unimportant for our thoughts were čast upon the scene we had just seen. We found Springfield a very niče city; and after reaching downtown Sprinfield, we came upon an old building with a dome, which we at first thought to be the capitol. But no, it was the Court House. This building was once the Capitol, wbere Douglas made his famous speech “House divided against itself.” Next we visited the present Capitol which is something huge; something with a mean- ing; and as we walked up the steps, passing the statues of Douglas, Yates and Lincoln, we experienced a new surge of pa- CHICAGO, 111. — Here is a date to hold open for the Vic¬ torians. Information concerning ! this date will appear in the “Na- j predek” in the near future. This j is only a little reminder. | More pleasure and entertain- ! ment ahead waiting for you! We are having an evening cruise on Friday, July 21. Watch the “Na¬ predek” for more detail con¬ cerning the cruise. The cruise wdl be held from 9 :30 to 11:45 p. m. affording plenty of fun and pleasure for only “six-bits.” It is grand to dance ’neath the stars and the cool breezes are refreshing. You have an oppor- tunity to see Chicago from the lake. It sure is a beautiful sight. Last year the Victorians held a lake cruise—those attending sure had a grand time. At that time we also had the pleasure of having Pete Elish with us. Hope you are again with us this year, Pete. Hello Trail Blazers! Victori¬ ans are calling you to teli you of our evening cruise. Ali Trail Blazers are invited. Last year a few of you were with us, but those attending can remember what a niče time they had. Everyone is invited and the Vic¬ torians will greatly appreciate your presence. SSPZ members visiting in Chicago are invited to attend Victorian meetings which are held the first Thursday of the month. You are more than wel- come. Victorians please visit our sick members: Otto Spolar, 1921 Blue Island Ave., and Marie Chernich, 2004 W. Coulter St. Both reside in Chicago’s west side and are not very distant. We wish you both a speedy re- covery. $ Here is a bit of news of our last meeting. It was very hot, re- sulting in poor attendance. The attendance award will be given away at the next meeting, so make it your duty to be present as you may be the fortunate one. At the last meeting bro. Frank PartekePs name was called but Frank was not present. Here are some good times in store for ali: “France Prešeren” picnic at Kegl’s grove, Willow Springs, July 23. Good mušic and plenty of refreshments. Pioneer’^ annual prize and ju- venile picnic at Stezinar’s, Red Gate, July 30. The location is Willow Springs, a few miles past Kegl’s. Hope to see you at both afafirs. Don’t forget our sick mem¬ bers and pay them a visit. Fraternally yours, Mary E. Novak CLEVELAND SSPZ LODGES ORGANIZE drill TEAMS By Ann A few weeks ago Bro. Anton) Zaitz, Supreme Ass’t Sec’y, sug- gested in his article that one of our Cleveland lodges send a , “drill team” to the coming Ath- letic Meet which, no doubt, would add a brilliant touch to the affair. He asked me to give : a little Information on the mat- ter through our official organ. I Last year in October letters were sent to ali the parents of Spartan Jrs. Vrtec No. 5 mem¬ bers explaining to them that we would like to organize their children for a new activity, a drill team. If and how well this idea would progress depended on their response. A date was set for the first rehearsal and 20 boys and girls we.re present, some accompanied by their par¬ ents. Great enthusiasm and in¬ terest was shown by the young- sters and we were prepared to go on with this project. We had- plans made for the future, wej were going to find a way to j raise enough money to purchase | uniforms but ali of a sudden, for some reason or other, the Vrtec as a whole grew Iax, members didn’t attend their meetings and have become known as a “dead unit.” So you see, the Spartans Jrs. if their interest wouldn’t have ceased, were about to claim the first drill team of SSPZ. At the present we are trying to stimu- late the lost enthusiasm and start ali over again and hope to have them represented in the 1940 Vrtec Festival. The Spar¬ tan Jr. Board of Directors elect- ed at the beginning of this year had to resign due to their work. Bros. Matt Debevec and Charles Koman have accepted to act in their capacity and are working single and stolen base and Lo-1 droves at the Hoosier Pal games “Rip” Sekula would have driven Jean Kesterson and my- self home provided he was ac- (Continued on page 3) SSPZ Tour Schedule BREWSXER, O. Sat., July 23 BARBERTON, O. Sun., July 23 CLEVELAND, O. July 26-27, etc. MASSILLON, O. Sat., Aug. 5. GIRARD, O. . Sun., Aug. 6 Note: More stops will be added later. Opeka hard to bring Vrtec No. 5 back into the SSPZ limelight. Several months ago a new Vrtec was organized by a Cleve¬ land ladies’ lodge, Složne Sestre No. 120. This group has shovvn much activity and progress i n their short length of existence. They are known as the Con- cordians. The girls of the adult lodge got together with the Vrtec girls and organized a drill team. They rehearse twice a month under the supervision of Složne Sestre Preš., Josephine Zakraj¬ šek who has had much ex- perience in this type of work. The group has been training together until the present, but now according to Sis. Marge Jeric, administratrix of Con- cordians, they are about to se- gragate the group, one to re- present the adult lodge, and one the Vrtec unit who will be known as the Concordettes. Here’s hoping they keep up their good work. Drill work requires much practicing and training. There is nothing, I think, as impres- sive as a group cf youngsters, as well as adults, who can per- form through the various for- mations a drill team displays especially when they are mem¬ bers of your lodge or organiza¬ tion. I hope more lodges and Vrtec units of our Society will become interested in this new activity. I do not believe the Cleveland drill teams are ready to be re¬ presented at the Athletic Meet on Sept. 2, 3, 4 in Indianapolis as a new feature but I think they will be at their best and ready and willing to give you ali a great show at the 1940 Vrtec Cultural Festival. Spartanology triotism. After we visited ali the rooms and chambers, we walked over to the Centennial Building which is really a State Museum. It contains ali the im¬ portant flags used by the peo- Ple of Illinois, many beautiful articles that Indians gave us, and other things that can be found in a state as great as Illinois. Of course, in writing it sounds as though this was done in a short time, but it wasn’t Spring¬ field is a city with a population of over seventy thousand, and to find your way around, and visit these places of importance, it takes some-time. Then came Lincoln’s Tomb, this is a very beautiful plače in a very beautiful location. It, as the man it pays tribute to’ is something for ali United States’ citizens to be proud of. Lincoln’s Home is, also, a plače open to (Continued on page 3) CLEVELAND, O. — It seems the heat has affected quite a number of our members, there- fore our attendance at the last meeting has been the poorest I’ve seen yet. There goes an¬ other person (Agnes Klemen¬ čič) who could have been lucky, had she been present. Your name may be next, who knows? Come to the monthly meeting and see. Due to the lack of members the meeting was a short and snappy one. There will be a Barn Dance August fifth at Manchutta’s Farm on Green Road. Admis- sion twenty five cents and the melodic tunes will be furnished by the ever popular and likeable lad-Frank Yankovic and his or- chestra. The profits of this dance will go toward the boys’ baseball fund. So be sure to come and give these boys a helping hand. A good time I’m sure will be in store for you ali. The August meeting will be held in Room 1 Sokol’s hali on the third Sunday of the month which i s the 20th. Ever y body be sure to come, as we have many important business mat- ters to discuss. The biggest and “°p 7 ™P° r tant is the Seventh febRZ National Athletic Event which will be held in Indiana¬ polis September 2, 3 and 4. Ali baseball players be sure to at- will d h After the meetin S there 1 be a soclal - A Silex Coffee Maker and $2.00 will be givet away. Refreshments and enter tainment also. Be seeing -u- at the Augusl meeting. Here’s some bits of news il you’re interested. Off with the old and on wit! the new is what Stan Žagar is doing — Are you sure you hav< Blossom’s telephone number cor rect! Spartan gals are getting am- bitious, I mean actually work- ing. Yes, Myra Matetich is em- ployed at the Hoffman’s Sv/ee! Shoppe on Cedar and Lee while Julia Zdešar is at the Uptoivr Candy Shoppe. Its tough lučk for their friends as they both work nites. The newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schlarb are honeymooning at Indian Lakes. Two of the Spartan gals Dot Lucia and Sophie Opeka witb someother girls are going to spend the second week of Au¬ gust at a cottage in Mentol Hope you have a niče time. Is Joyce Gorshe corresponc ing with a certain someom Gee, the letters sure have long way to go — ali the wa, to Brazil, South America. Spartan girls play balinca a the SNH (indoor courts) ever. Thursday evening at 8:30 P- 111 Ali the girls interested in tN šport are welcome to join IU We have loads of fun! E-nuff said, . 19. j uli -> a 1939 overflow vrtec contribitions “NAPREDEK” STRAN 3. iny tion ber BETTY JANE’S FIRST LETTER j^jhvaukee, Wis. This is first letter to the Vrtec sec- I am happy to be a mem- ^ 0 f Vrtec No. 33 because it gives us a chance to show what le can do. Twice I have been jnvited to attend the Vrtec Fes¬ tival in Chicago and both times j have enjoyed it very much. The people were so kind to me, eS pecially the Townsleys and Gratchners. Mr. Townsley al- wa y 3 takes so much time to practice my dances with me. I W as so glad when Mary Lou Gratchner asked me for my autograph the last time we we re there. Of course, I asked for hers too. I must also men- tion Mr. Kuhel, who gave such a niče speech before I went on . I know our program was a success. Boys and girls, let’s keep up the niče work. I guess this is enough for my first let¬ ter. So long, boys and girls, till ne xt time. Betty Jane Bernik, Vrtec No. 33. “STARLIGHTERS” FIRST REPORT Bon Air, Pa. — On June 22, 1939 we organized a Vrtec unit. Brother Vrhovnik was here and we had a niče little gathering. Weelected our officers, who are asfollows: president, Tony Ger- mek; vice-preident, Frank Mid- dler; secretary and treasurer, Frances Pristow; recording sec- retary, Carolyn Yaeger; sar- geant-at-arms, Theresa Brezo¬ vec. Auditors: John Bregar, Ma¬ tilda Pristovv, John Germek. On July 2 we had our first monthly meeting. When the meeting came to order the first thing we did was to select a name for our Vrtec unit, which is “Starlighters.” We organized a mushball team. Our manager is Joe Bregar; John Yacoby is captain and Francis Marhefka is mascot. We have eight new members. If we keep it up we will be doing pretty good. Let’s hope that at our next meeting we will have eight more mem¬ bers. > Friendly tips: There’s a ru- mor that one of our members is j having a birthday party. Is it Johnnie Klayder? We were ali working on our bali diamond except one member. Let’s hope that he will show up too. Best regards to ali Vrtec units and SSPZ members. —Tony Germek, Jr., preši- j dent; Frank Middler, vice-presi- dent; Frances Pristow, secre- tary-treasurer. INCORDIANS GO ON AN OUTING Cleveland, O. — The members Vrtec 171 went on a picnie ly 9 to Metropolitan Park. When they arrived at the rk, some of them went svvim- ing, others went hiking and iding. At about eleven-thirty ey played baseball. Before nch a prize was given to Betty 3vak for the prettiest lunch x. The prize was a beach bali. After lunch there was a treas- e hunt, for there were th:rty- ie lollypops hidden. After the easure hunt, various games Jre played. Then vre were allovved to do eatever we vvanted, until it vas me to go home. Many of the children fell into e vvater and they were vvrap- 'd up in blankets which made iem look like Indian squavvs. AH in ali, everyone had a .good me. We are now planning tor i outing in August. Mary Menich, Sec’y travma to st l Jlmiors lengetb. t Strabane to chal- soffln / Um ° rS ln a series ed manv AT’ Which attra ^- many of the town folks Picnic A Success park w P1CniC held at Drenik ’ s Music / a succe ssful affair. ™i \ ZiiT r f eshme ” t5 p titul, and evervone time O t0 tn aVe had a won derful oR a 0 ^? anks t0 you all > w ho attended this affair and made it a success. Lcuvn Meetings The monthly meetings of the J umors are being held on the }awn of the home of our admin- istratrix, Miss Vrhovnik. Hav- mg these meetings outdoors seems to attract a number of members who haven’t attended t e past meetings. A surprising number of members attended July’s meeting, and plans were discussed as to where the “Sum- mer Outing” would take plače. The final selection was that it would be held on July 30 at Town Park. There will be svvim- m i n g> games and refreshments for ali, so don’t forget your bathing suits. The “Summer Outing” is a yearly affair of the Challengers. So let’s ali attend this affair and make it a grand success. Softba.il News After vvinning their first two league games the Challenger j Juniors suffered their first de- feat of the year by dropping a double-header to the strong Am- bridge Comets. Bill Knafelc, star pitcher for the Comets held the Challengers scoreless in both games. Bill allowed only 5 hits during both games. W. Pro¬ gar and S. Zampan twirled for the Juniors. Progar allovved only 3 hits while striking out 7. Zampan was touched for 10 hits vvhile striking out 5. The games ended in the scores of 10-0 and 1 - 0 . In the exhibition game be- tvveen the Progressor Jrs. and Challenger Jrs., the Challengers were vietorious by score 16-15. The score was tie 15 ali at 8 in- nings when Zampan doubled to score Christy with the vvinning run. ' On July 9 the Juniors again suffered defeat this time at the hands of their old rival the Sy- gan Vrtec 72. This was the first time that the Sygan Jrs, man- aged to defeat the Challengers. j The games played on a vvet field vvere very exciting and vvith the many falls taken by the players added to the excitement. The Sygan Jrs. taken advantage of 7 J unior errors managed to score their 9 runs to defeat the j Juniors 9 to 5. In the second game the Syganers overcame the Challengers’ 6 to 5 lead and nosed the Juniors out 8 to 6. Next Sunday the Challengers will travel to Bridgeville to meet the Progressor Jrs. to complete the first half of the Western Pennsylvania Jr. Softball League. Junior Reporter feel sure that she vvill go ahead and make a success. And may you do so, Flo! As everything has its good and bad so has this month for the Hiavvathans. We celebrate tvvo birthdays this month, of sisters Ann Strozar and Rosel- la Blazich. July the 7th brought the eighteenth birthday for Ann, vvhich means that she vvill have to leave the Vrtec and go to the adult department. May you also take an active part there, Ann. July 12th Rosella celebrated her 16th birthday. “Svveet sixteen and never been kissed.” Is that right Rosella? Well, “Happy birthdays to both!” * * * Why weren’t you at the dance, Rosella? Couldn’t it be that you and she aren’t connecting? I think Ann enjoyed herself, didn’t you, Ann? I’m sure I did. It seems as if our tennis fans are slipping. Are there any ex- cuses or could these be some? Betty and Pebble slipping. “Red” not coming out to play. Mondo vvorking and Rosella get- ting mad at Ike. (But I believe Rosella played the other day.) Frank’s (Kek) partners gone. “Chuck” Charles Rak giving Henry and I our defeats. Or is it j ust too hot? Try to sol ve the problem yourself if you can. We have a Vrtec member from Chicago visiting Henry Rak, John Louis Maček. But he is j ust starting to play tennis so he is quite lost. I’ll try to find more next time to vvrite. This is my first time so I’m kinda lost. Virginia Kmet, Treas. Vrtec 8 bLENGER JUNIORS >ane, Pa. — At the bali vnd picnic, held on June in Strabane, vvas one of !st gatherings of j uveni le rs. The Ambridge Com- hiawathAns CALL ONCE MORE Nokomis, 111. — Again vve greet the braves and maidens of old Nokomis, and ali our fellovv brethren. Since my sister, Flor¬ ence has vvritten her farevvell she told us Hiavvathans to con- tinue and never have the Napre¬ dek longing to hear from the Hiavvathans. So I have decided to vvrite, although it vvill be quite difficult for me since I am only going to start to high school, vvhile she has had four years finished. Last month the Hiawathans and ali others, were sufprised when the Nokomis paper came out vvith the picture of our sis¬ ter Florence Kmet on the front ! page vvith the announcement that she vvon a scholarship to the University of Illinois. I have no doubt that ali her friends ROŽNIK JUNIORS Chicago, 111,. — I’m a little late you know, it’s kind’a hot aroun’ Chicago these days. Well any way, better late than never. I gave others a chance to ex- press their opinions about the 2nd Annual Cultural Festival, vvhich vvas May 14, on Mother’s Day. A lot vvas vvritten in the “Napredek” about the affair. Already, it vvas mentioned about the entertainers on the program of vvhich, I myself vvas one. (You ali probably remember the Umbrella Man). We ali have to admit it vvas a success. We ali tried to the best of our ability, to make it a success. Ali par- ticipating in the program vvere mentioned, but the one that vvorked the most to make the affair a success, vvas forgotten. That man is our administrator Mr. Victor Zupancich. If ever anyone vvorked hard for any organization, it is Mr. Zupancich, vvho vvorks as our administrator of Vrtec 160 SS¬ PZ. We members of Vrtec 160 o vve him a lot. We are very thankful for ali he has done for our Vrtec. Another man that had quite a job and not mentioned is Mr. S. Možina, vvho taught the girls the successful play (Dve Teti). Ali those from Indianapolis and Milvvaukee made a fine job vvith their appearance. Ali I have to say is, “Thank you ali. When- ever you have something your vvay let us in Chicago knovv, we’ll be glad to help you in your affairs.” With brotherly salute I re- main your Roaming Reporter, Ed Udovich tan members it is hoped the Juniors vvill again be as active as they vvere a couple of years ago. So Juniors be at this meeting and let’s start that old bali rolling again. GIRARD BUDGETS Girard, O. — Our last meet¬ ing vvas held on July 11, at Na¬ gode^ plače at 6:30 o’clock. We decided that our meetings are going to be held on the first Tuesday of the month from novv on. Our next meeting vvill be held on August 1. I hope you vvill ali try to attend this meet¬ ing. Don’t let yourself get sum¬ mer fever. We eleeted Mary Les¬ kovec and Mary Kokovsek for our program committee. We vvill play some games after our meet¬ ing and there shall be tvvo niče prizes for the vvinners. We are going to try and start an “Avvard Night” at our August meeting, so if you don’t come to the meeting your name may be called and you won’t get the avvard. I think vve vvill ali enjoy ourselves so try to come, won’t you/ Our senior lodge is going to have a picnic at Dezman’s vvoods on August 6. On this event brother Michael Vrhovnik vvill be vvith us to shovv some pic- tures of Slovenia. We are ali looking forvvard to this event. Our Vrtec is going to have a share in the picnic too. We are going to give away a “lst anni- versary” cake at the picnic. Try to dispose of as many of your tickets as you can because the profit goes into our treasury. There vvill be plenty to eat and drink for everyone, young and old. There are many benches to sit on and plenty of shade. I vvould like to see children from other Vrtec units at our picnic. Novv don’t forget August 6, at Dež¬ mani vvoods for a svvell time. Fll be seeing you. Irene Rovan, Sec’y vvith my arms and legs, I gave one more attempt to vvork my- self loose. Suddenly — crash — a nevv vvorld opened up around me. Instead of being in the vva- ter, I vvas on the bedroom floor; instead of having a hel- met on my head, vvith oxygen completely exhausted, I vvas being smothered by the bed blankets vvhich vvere entangled around my head. Faintly hear- ing hoofs in the distance, I realized that a, nightmare had entered my room for a brief visit, and having accomplished its purpose, galloped on! Outlookers (Continued from Vrtec Section) SPARTAN JRS. MEETING Cleveland, O. — Spartan Jrs. vvill hold their regular meeting this Friday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the old building of t|je Slov. Nat. Home. Up till novv Myra Matetich and John Lekan have had charge of the Juniors but they had to quit because of vvorking nights. The adminis¬ trative duties vvill novv be in the hands of Matt Debevec, Spar¬ tan president, and assisted by Charles Koman, vvho is better jknovvn to the Juniors as “Uncle jCharlie”. With these tvvo Spar- ancl cause attention. Closer and closer he came. Aliče and I, too frightened to move, just stood and vvatched. Ali vvas vvell until a sea-horse came along and caught the attention of the shark. Again Aliče phoned and again vve got the same orders. The shark, having consumed his dinner, turned around and came tovvard us. Aliče, seeing this, quickly moved away from me. At first I thought she vvas yel- lovv, but then I savv she moved to attract the attention of the shark. He turned tovvard Aliče. With my spear grasped in hand I stabbed and cut him deeply as he passed by. Turning again, he svvam tovvard his nevv men- ace. Then, as he did so, Aliče succeeded in stabbing him in the side vvith her spear. This being too much for him, he svvam for better or for vvorse. Again vve tried to ascend. This time my life line became en¬ tangled in some reefs. We tug- ged and pulled, but to no avail. With our oxygen nearly ex- hausted, Aliče left me and re- turned to the boat. I kept fight- j ing and tugging at the life line desperately, believing my friend had deserted me. Suddenly I heard the men talking to me through the phone, telling me that Aliče vvas on her vvay dovvn vvith a nevv supply of oxygen. “Hurry!” I muttered between ! gasps, for my supply vvas very lovv. My ears vvere becoming stuffed and blocked. The hiss of escaping oxygen kept fading and coming back — fading and coming back. Then the sound faded altogether and I knevv this vvas the end. My supply of oxygen had been exhaust,ed and I knevv it vvas a matter of sec- onds. Thrashing about madly WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO Well, another day of freedom has been granted to my caged pets. The reason ? Well, they put in tvvo months vvithout starting a riot. No saying vvhat had to be done in order to get tvvo perfect months. Such brutality ! But it had to be done. Aliče Bashel had to be hypnotized by some great something or other. You should have seen hovv she looked! She vvas suspended in mid-air. Then she began to cry like a tvvo year old. I didn’t have a rattle, so I borrovved an old corn-cobbed pipe. Which did very vvell. Some- one turned in the fire alarm. Couldn’t stop her. Olga Zaubi aeted calm as the calmest of the calm during the day. But vvhen the moon rolled around, her “little lizas” got “inky” and couldn’t see the “Mare,” or mirror, in front of her, so she could practice put- ting herself into a trance. Crazy, doncha t’ink? Or is I half way there, too? Edvvard Slejko, the baby of the family, got a nevv plaything —a nevv zaxaphone. From vvhich pour tons of notes—svveet to him, but zisa zersa to specta- tors (or is it the other way around?) He vvalks around his cage vvith the zaxaphone in one side of he mouth and the clari- net in the other. It sounds like a busy harbor. No vvonder he can say the alphabet backvvards. What next? I don’t knovv, do you? Jo Kovic, our mystery story maker-upper, spends her tiri? strangling people, trying to pick up a vvay vvhich is different from other methods, such as using toothpicks as vveapons. The other day, she grabbed a spectator by the neck vvith her mighty arms; lifted him off the ground, and got a blood-stained knife, vvhich she placed up against his neck, and said in a lovv, tough voice, “Hey, bud! Got a match?” Then she drop- ped him from a height of five feet and out he vvent. Then she shouted, “Ha! Got a nevv sys- tem!” (Fellas, bevvare.) Stan Slejko got another good idea. He vvants to be Cupid. Imagine him vvith a bovv and arrovv and a pair of three cor- nered pants on his height of six and a half feet! I can’t stop him. He’s always predicting fu- ture husbands and vvives. Some of his predictions are: “Aliče Bashel vvould probab!y j bounce Johnny Vadnal around Ithe four corners of the room, but never the less, love vvould !be present. (Some love). “Frank Gačnik \vvould prob- ably be Jo Kovic’s hubby. Frank, she can cook. So can I, you tvvo timer. “Edvvard Slejko vvould get tangled up vvith some vvoman by the name of E. Ster. Who’s the toughest? Well, E. Ster plays football. Edvvard doesn’t. Too bad, Edvvard. “R. Bratina vvith someone unknovvn; he has just run into her. ‘Got me puzzled,’ says Stan, ‘they must be from the South.’ ” Well, more predictions next month. Hold your temper until then. Your Cage Keeper, R. Bratina. (So vvhatcha gonna do about it?) Vitamins Hoosierland News No other discovery pertain- ing to foods and nutrition has had an effect so far reaching as the discovery of vitamins and their many relationships. Vita¬ mins have made physicians come to look on control of the diet as one of the most important fae- tors in the treatment of im- paired general health as vvell as of many specific diseases, be¬ cause faulty diet is novv knovvn to be a material cause of dis- ease. Vitamins are definite sub- stances in the same sense as table salt, sugar and starch are definite substances. Sugar is somevvhat more complex than table salt and there are several undetermined features about its structure. Starch is stili more complex, yet the nature of these complexities is fairly vvell established by the chemist. The vitamins are not simple com- pounds, and yet they are prob- ably much more simple than many other substances vvith vvhich the chemist must deal. Today some of the vitamins can be procured in the clear crystalline State. It is hovvever questionable vvhether or not these pure vitamins have the same action or effect vvhen used in the pure state or vvhen found in and used in their natural state that is in combination vvith various other Chemicals as found in natural vegetables, fruits and other sources. To obtain the proper vitamins necessary for the vvell being of the body it is essential to follovv a few simple rules. Indulge generously in milk, eggs, meat, vegetables and fruits. Almost as important as vvell balanced and generous proportions of these classes of foods is a rea- sonably vvide variety of vege¬ tables and of fruits, since even closely related products may differ considerably. A 11 h ough vegetables and fruits are particularly valuable j in supplying mineral salts, vita¬ mins, and bulk or indigestible residue of proper texture, at present great stress is laid on ! them as a source of vitamins. Hovvever, the abundance of vita- | mins from these sources can be guaranteed in a practical vvav only by the use of a sufficient amount of the so called pro- tective foods. The protective foods, so designated, are eggs, milk, fresh fruits and fresh vegetables. It is alvvays vvell to remember that the best vvay to buy vita¬ mins is from the garden and orchard rather than from the drug counter. F. A. Arch (Continued from page 4) First Impressions of Spring¬ field (Continued from page 4) the public vvhich everyone vvho visits Springfield sees. A fevv prominent people, vvho have re- | cently visited these places, are: President Roosevelt, the Prince | of Norvvay, ex-president of the Czechs, Benes, Douglas Corri- gan (vvhose autograph I for- tunate enough to receive), Lovv- ell Thomas, and the actresses Aliče Brady and Binnie Barnes. After ali the patribtic scenes, a trip out to Lake Springfield is just the thing. Lake Spring¬ field is a very beautiful, very large, artificial lake. It has sev¬ eral beautiful bridges Crossing it; the most beautiful is the Vachel Lindsay Bridge, for as you knovv, Vachel Lindsay vvas a resident of Springfield. The entire trip around the lake is very interesting. The lake has a very beautiful bath-house and a svvell beach. Of course, I haven’t told you I of ali the interesting places in ( companied by someone else. I suggested Rudy Cesnik but he said no, looking wantingly at Sophie Krapes. * * There’s the one about Mrs. Horace Mitchell, starving her husband, that I vvould like to teli about, but just can’t. * * The four things notable about Alexander “Slim” Todar. He can pitch, he can hit, he can field and he can drink beer. # v For once Zora Seiuenick made an appearance at the softball game by rooting the right vvay. It took her almost a vvhole season to learn. Even “Hienie” Fon bought a round of beer celebrating his return as a slugger by getting tvvo hits in the UL-HP game. * * The Hoosier Pals have four more games to play in the Em- roe Tuesday Night League and if they cop three of them they vvill vvin the league. Tvvo of these games are vvith the Ajax Beer team vvho is sharing first plače vvith them. * * | The team vvill be in the city i tournament as it vvas decided upon by the players at the beer i party. Only members of the Hoosier Pals lodge eligible for the coming SSPZ National Tour¬ nament vvill make up the roster 1 of the team. ¥ ¥ It’s time for Adolph Madley to make an appearance at Hoo¬ sier Pal games. Surely your ) painting is done novv Adolph — ! Can’t you make a shovving Fri- day night. Afterall you have to prepare yourself and get in shape for the toumaments. * * Last vveek vve forgot to men- ‘ tion Loviscek’s batting average. To date it is: he played in nine games, vvas at bat 21 times, got six hits and scored 4 runs and has a batting average of .286. Springfield for there are manv more. Goin gto school here is very niče, but something nicer vvas going home and receiving a grand reception. July brought a birthday to Ann Stražar and her transfer into the adult department. Gee! vve hate to see you go Ann. , One consolation is the fact that in a fevv years vve shall have the privilege of joining the adult lodge, and thereby, be vvith you again. I haven’t told you ali about Springfield, but assure you that a visit here vvould be vvell vvorth your time for it is the Capitol of a great state. Florence TO VRTEC CONTRIBU- TORS! Time. and again appeals liave been made to send ar- ticles for Vrtec Section at least one iveek before pub- lication date, but, with a feiv exceptions, most of the contributions are received late, as late as Tuesdag morning immediately be¬ fore publication time. Un- der these circumstances it is 'unpossible to arrange a larger edition of V rtec Sec¬ tion and as a result, manij ivorthivhile articles must appear in the adult section of the official organ. If gou ivish a better and larger Vrtec Šection, please send in gbur articles earlg, as early as possible; co-opcr- ate ivith the Editor so that he may co-operate ivith you! Vatro J. Grili, Editor