tedna tedna ANGLIJA, KATERE HIT- LER NE POZNA V času, ko izgleda, da se sko- r0 ves svet pasivno udaja stra-1 hovladi fašističnih ditatur in se v mnoge duše naseljuje malo¬ dušje, človeku dobro de, ako sli¬ ši tudi kak optimističen glas, ki vliva poguma v srca in opozar¬ ja da ni vse tako črno kot bi se VOLUME III. Official Organ of The Slovenc Progres¬ sive Benefit Society Glasilo Slovenske Svobodomi¬ selne Podporne Zveze človeku zdelo na prvi pogled. Ameriški pisatelj Henrik Wil ] e m Van Loon, ki se sedaj mudi v Angliji, na primer pravi, da- Anglija premierja Chamber¬ laina, ki danes tako sramotno' mešetari s fašizmom, ni edina I Anglija, in da si bo Hitler rav-i no na tej točki nekega lepega dne pošteno opekel prste. Ob¬ stoji namreč še ena Anglija — Anglija preprostega lju*dstva, ki sicer še molči, ki pa bo spre¬ govorila, kadar bo prišel mo¬ ment za to. Cleveland, Ohio, June 15th, 1938 This issue in two sections NUMBER 98 v * V začetko tega stoletja so an¬ gleški toriji napovedali vojno Burom. Tedanja vlada si je do¬ mišljala, da bo to otročja igra. Ampak računala je brez ljud¬ skega sentimenta. Navzlic temu da se je nasprotnike vojne brez¬ obzirno napadalo in na vse mo¬ goče načine sramotilo, pa so u- radni patri joti končno doživeli poraz. Kajti mir, ki ga je An¬ glija sklenila pod pritiskom do¬ mačega javnega mnenja, je po¬ raženim Burom dal več svobode kot pa so je bili deležni pod svo¬ jimi lastnimi voditelji. In par stoletij prej je kralj Charles I. plačal z glavo, ko se je zbudila ljudska vest in pod vodstvom Oliverja Cromvvella temeljito pometla nesnago in korupcijo iz londonskega dvo¬ ra. In ista Anglija, ki, kakor pravi Van Loon, “poseda vest t^ko strahovite silnosti, da kratkomalo mora nastopiti, za to, kar smatra za pravo, brez o- zira na posledice, še vedno živi.’’ Hitler, ki slabo pozna zgodo¬ vino, bo to odkril, ko bo prepo¬ zno, in to bo tudi njegov konec. Van Loon je prepričan, da se to zgodi že v teku enega leta. “Kar se Chamberlaina tiče,” pravi Van Loon,, “ni treba, da bi si Hitler (ali Mussolini) radi njega belil glavo. Ampak ne¬ kega dne bo butnil ob senco Oli¬ verja Cromvvella in takrat bo joj, kajti ob tem duhu si je raz¬ bil glavo še vsakdo tekom zad¬ njih tri sto let, ki je sodil Angli¬ jo le po tem, kar je bilo vidno na površini in ne po njenih ne¬ vidnih lastnostih, vsled katerih so Angleži ne le eden najbolj zanimivih, temveč tudi najbolj dostojnih narodov. “Chamberlain ne šteje, šteje Pa Oliver Cromvvell. Kajti nje¬ gov duh še vedno živi v srcih ti¬ stega dela angleškega ljudstva, ki nikoli ne igra velike vloge v zgodovini dežele, razen v kaki krizi, ko postane nepremagljiv. “Taka kriza je nastopila se¬ daj. Ne bo dolgo, ko bo Oliver Cromvvell zopet enkrat dvignil svojo bojno zastavo in poklical svoje brambovce v boj, in takrat bo konec Adolfa Hitlerja. Poslanica našim najmlajšim V tem mesecu, ki je mladinski mesec Slo¬ venske Svobodomiselne Podporne Zveze, mi je v veselje in čast, da imam priliko tem po¬ tom najprisrčnejše po¬ zdraviti člane in člani¬ ce vseh naših Vrtcev ši¬ rom dežele. Moje vese¬ lje je tem večje, ker se zavedam, da mladin¬ sko gibanje pri SSPZ ni bilo še nikdar v zgodovini organizacije tako ži¬ vo in opogumljajoče kakor je danes. To je priznanje vam, dečki ip deklice, ki tvo¬ rite članstvo našim mladinskih postojank, našim starim društvom, katerih zanimanje za mladinsko gibanje se stopnjema veča od dneva do dneva, po¬ sebno pa neutrudljivemu prizadevanju onih mož in žena, ki vršijo dolžnost upraviteljev. In končno je to tudi priznanje dejstva, da je SSPZ danes, dasi- ravno ne največja slovenska bratska organizacija v Ameriki gotovo najbolj progresivna, in torej mo¬ re upravičeno verovati, da jo čaka lepa bodoč¬ nost. Prepričan sem, da vam bo to, da ste dobri čla¬ ni svojih Vrtcev, pomagalo, da boste zrastli v bolj¬ še može in žene, da boste boljši sinovi in hčere svo¬ jim staršem, in tudi boljši državljani te dežele. De¬ lo bratskih podpornih organizacij, na kratko reče¬ no, je prostovoljna kooperacija za dobrobit vseh, in še nikoli v zgodovini sveta ni bila potreba mož in žena, ki so izvežbani za kooperativno mišljenje, večja kakor je danes. Oklepajte se svojih Vrtcev, pomagajte jih graditi in gradili boste svojo lastno bodočnost in bodočnost vseh soljudi. Vas bratsko pozdravlja JOHN KVARTICH, glavni predsednik SSPZ. Koledar prireditev SSPZ Sprejem naših izlet¬ nikov v domovini Soboto, 18. junija. — “Moon- light Dance” društva “Victori- ans”, CHICAGO, ILL., na Heg¬ lovem prostoru v Willow Springs. Nedelja 19. junija. — Piknik društva “Hoosier Pals”, INDI¬ ANAPOLIS, na Otneg’s prosto¬ rih. Avtomobili bodo vozili iz¬ pred S. N. Doma od 1. do 4. ure popoldne. Nedelja 19. junija. — Piknik društva št. 162, BON AIR, PA.'' \na običajnih prostorih. Nedelja, 19. junija — Piknik društva Balkan, št. 21, MIL- WAUKEE, WIS., za prvo oblet¬ nico Vrtca št. 33. Nedelja, 19. junija. — Piknik društva ‘‘Združenih bratov,” št. 26, CLEVELAND, OHIO, na Stuškovi farmi. Nedelja 19. junija. — Piknik Vrtca št. 30, GIRARD, OHIO, na Pišlerjevi farmi, Mecca, O. i Nedelja 24. julija. — Izlet Skupnih društev in Vrtcev št. 5 in 11, CLEVELAND. OHIO, na Zorčevi farmi, Chardon rd. Sobota, 25. junija. — “Ram Dance” društva Spartans, št. 198, CLEVELAND, OHIO, na Glenridge Picnic Grounds (pr e j Manchutta farma) na Green Rd. Začetek ob 8:30 zvečer. Igra or- | kester Frankie Yankovicha. Nedelja 10. julija — Piknik društva št. 239, NORTH BRAD- DOCK, PA. Nedelja 17. julija — Piknik Vrtca št. 11 (Outloolcers) COL- LINWOOD-CLEVELAND, O., ] na Stuškovi farmi. I Pondeljek, 5. septembra (La¬ bor Dag) — Proslava 30-letnice Ljubljanski dnevnik “Jutro” je 25. maja objavil daljše po¬ ročilo o prihodu izletniške sku¬ pine SSPZ v Ljubljano. Omen¬ jeni list med drugim poroča: “Ko je vlak privozil na posta¬ jo, je godba Zarje zaigrala go¬ stom v pozdrav, a ko so izletniki izstopili in so si vsi v solzah s svojci stinili roke, so jih sredi zbrane množice pozdravili za¬ stopniki bana, ravnatelj izselje¬ niškega urada Finka, zastopnik mestne občine dr. Brilej, direk¬ tor Zveze za tujski promet dr. Žižek .zastopnik Narodne stro¬ kovne zveze in Narodnega izse- PREGLED VAŽNIH DO GODKOV PO AMERIKI Volitve v Iowi V primarnih volitvah, ki so se vršile pretekli teden v Iowi, je zmagal v boju za demokratsko senatorsko nominacijo doseda¬ nji senator Gillette, proti kate¬ remu se je izjavil zvezni relifni administrator Hopkins, vsled česar se smatra izid volitev kot delen poraz za administracijo. Hopkins je volilcem priporočal kongresnika Wearina, ki je do¬ sledno popiral Roosevelta v kongresu, dočim je Gillette na- protoval Rooseveltu, ki je sku¬ šal izvesti reformo naj višje sod¬ nije. 1 jenskega odbora Maške, zasto-, pnik družbe sv. Rafaela in šeni- Relifna predloga orka naših igralk Avgusta Da-! edeialna relifna predloga nilova, ki je svoj čas kulturno 3a omil Jenje posledic brezposel- mnogo delovala med cleveland¬ skimi Slovenci in je imela da¬ nes priliko, da v slovenski met¬ ropoli pozdravi mnogo znancev in sodelavcev iz ameriške kolo¬ nije. nosti, ki je bila sprejeta že v o- beh zbornicah, je bila prošli te¬ den poslana konferenčnemu odseku, da izravna razlike, ki so nastale potom dodatkov, ki so bili odobreni v eni ali drugi zbornici. Zastopniki poslanske zbornice so sklenili, da se bodo borili zlasti proti senatnemu dodatku, glasom katerega bi se del denarja rabilo za stabiliza¬ cijo farmerskih cen. “Za prisrčni sprejem se je v imenu Amerikancev zahvalil najprej nekdanji urednik cle¬ velandske “Enakopravnosti” Janko Rogelj. Ne morem izrazi¬ ti čustev, je rekel med drugim, ki so zagorela v meni, ko sem po ; laveg in C .1.0. 25 letih spet stopil na slovensko! Vodstvo CIO unij v Ohiju je zemljo, ki jo ljubim, spoštujem naročilo svojim članom, da naj in ki zanjo živim, saj sem njen| n ^^ ar ne motijo shodov, na ka- rodni sin. Eno samo skromno ^erih govori governer Davey, ki !društva št. 2, CLARIDGE, PA. ZDRAVNIŠKI NASVETI Piše dr. F. J. ARCH, vrhovni zdravnik SSPZ “Moral bi vključiti tudi sig- n °fja Mussolinija, ampak gle- njega nisem povsem gotov. Glede njega je nemogoče kaj Prerokovati, kajti on bo„ če se mu bo zdelo koristno, z isto rav¬ nodušnostjo vrgel svojega se¬ vernega prijatelja preko krova, ® katero je Italija iz leta 1914. žrtvovale svoje avstrijske in nemške zaveznike. in oseba je videti zdrava kot vedno. Začetni znaki tuberkulo¬ ze so večinoma osebni, to je taki, ki jih čuti ali opazuje le prizadeta oseba sama. Bolnik se čuti vedno utrujeAega in je obi- ne diši in morda ga napada akutno vnetje reberne mrene, brez kakega gotovega ali dolo¬ čenega vzroka. Pljuvanje krvi naj se vedno smatra za znak tuberkuloze, dokler ni nad vsak drugih vzrokov. Hitro utripanje i O jetiki Vsak, strokovnjak ali nestro¬ kovnjak, bi moral vedeti za di¬ rektne in indirektne vzroke tu¬ berkuloze ali jetike v svrho, da se iste ogne ali jo prepreči. Med indirektne vzroke jetike spada vse, kar more znižati telesno od¬ porno silo do točke, ko se telo ne more več uspešno ustavljati napadom nalezljivih bolezni. Razbrzdanost vsake vrste, ne¬ pravilna prehrana, pomanjkanje spanja, skrbi, pretiravanja vseh vrst, preveliki stalni napori pri delu ali telovadbi, slabe higijen- ske in življenjske razmere in razni mladostni pogreški so go¬ tovi indirektni vzroki tuberku¬ loze. Direktni vzrok jetike je pa bacil tuberkuloze, ki navadno pride v telo potom dihanja ali prebavnih organov. Vsak primer i potenje in vročnica so znaki tuberkuloze je povzročen po ba -1 močno razvite tuberkuloze, ki je čilih, kateri se nahajajo v iz- v takem stadiju le malokdaj DOPISI IN POROČILA ČLANSTVA POZIV NA SEJO Claridge, Pa. — Vabim član¬ stvo društva št. 2, da se polno- v . , TT številno vdeleži seje, katera se cajno zelo nervozen. Hrana mu , v., , „_ . .. „„ v J ..... . j , bo vršila dne 19. junija. Naše društvo šteje nad 50 članov, do¬ čim jih na seje zahaja le okrog 10, kar je žalostno spričevalo za člansko zavednost, razen te¬ ga pa tudi naša pravila določa- , j , ..... jo, da je vsak član obvezan vde- dvom dokazano, da izhaja iz , .... . , .... . . . ! leziti se seje svojega društva , . . v . . | vsaj vsak tretji mesec. Jaz bi srca m vzdržujoča se prenizka . , . . tudi rad videl, da bi elani na telesna toplota zjutraj ter vi- . . v , , , ,, , sejah plačevali svoj asesment, soka temperatura popoldne na-l, J j . .. .. . ,. , v.. . ,! ker s tem mi prihranijo dosti vadno znacijo jetiko. , , A J nepotrebnega dela. V zadnjem času se precej go- Ako se pojavi kateri koli na¬ vedenih znakov tuberkuloze, naj se prizadeta oseba podvrže na¬ tančni zdravniški p r e iskavi. Zdravnik je edini, ki zamore od¬ kriti jetiko v zgodnjem stadiju vori o možnosti združenja vseh slovenskih društev oziroma or¬ ganizacij. Tudi jaz sem za sku¬ pno delo, kolikor je mogoče, ampak dasiravno pazno čitam ko je še ozdravljiva. Hud ka -1 gi asd0j p a ci 0S l e i nisem še niče 2.1 J ni -iinTOvcin r>cl o Vin i šelj, močno pljuvanje, oslabe- ;sar čital Q tem Ni dvoma> da lost, znatna izguba teže, nočno mečkih jetičnih ljudi ali živali. Jetika ni podedljiva. Lahko pa oseba od svojih prednikov po¬ deduje slabotno in malo odpor¬ no telo, ki mnogokrat postane žrtev-jetike. “Ampak Hitler je zrastel v fanatični atmosferi Wagnerje- v 'h muzikalnih dram. Držal se bo svojih principov in tudi svo¬ je ignorance glede sveta okrog sebe. Počakajmo leto dni, ta¬ krat bomo videli, če se motim.” Znaki tuberkuloze zamorejo biti stvarni, osebni ali pa kli- niški, to je taki, ki jih odkrije zdravniška preiskava. Stvarni znaki so tisti, katere vidno kaze jetična oseba. V začetnem stadi¬ ju bolezni teh znakov m opaziti ozdravljiva. STRAH PRED VOJNO “United Press” poroča, da med prebivalstvom Londona ra ima to vprašanje svojo dobro stran, ampak tudi slabih in ne¬ ugodnih ne smemo prezreti. V prvi vrsti' je odvisno, kako bi združenje vplivalo na vrednost naših zavarovalnin in podpor. Priporočal bi, da bi odbor, ki je bil izvoljen v ta namen, kaj poročal v javnosti, da bo tudi in tiho željo imam: naj bi ta moja rodna zemlja zmogla vsaj malo več sodelovanja in razu¬ mevanja za nas. Naj ne bi osta¬ li v navadi samo pozdravi in za¬ hvale, temveč naj bi se vaše kul¬ turne skupine zavzele tudi za naše kulturne skupine v Ameri¬ ki. Slovenski Sokol v Clevelan¬ du po štiridesetih letih svojega obstoja umira, ker ga pozablja domovina. . . “Izvajanja Roglja so na mno¬ žico napravila najgloblji vtis, nato pa je spregovoril zastop¬ nik čikaške Slovenske svobodo¬ miselne podporne zveze Viljem Candon. Sporočil je tudi po¬ zdrave v imenu društva Lunder- Adamič, ki pripada tej zvezi in nosi nepozabno ime iz dobe pred tridesetimi leti, ko se je zveza ustanavljala. Po tridese¬ tih letih pošilja zveza svoje čla¬ ne v domovino, da se oživi spo¬ min našega skupnega trpljenja in obnovi močnejša zveza med narodom v domovini in sloven¬ skimi izseljenci v Ameriki. Mi vsi, je rekel med drugim, ki ži¬ vimo v Ameriki, čutimo z vami in v duhu bojujemo iste boje z vami. Nam je Amerika postala druga mati, a radi bi imeli tes¬ nejše stike z vami. To nalogo bi radi izpolnjevali v duhu svobo¬ domiselnega izražanja, ki stre¬ mi po svobodi posameznika in vsega slovenskega naroda, “Med igranjem godbe je vsa množica spremila goste do ko¬ lodvorske restavracije, kjer jim je Francoska linija preskrbela okusno malico.” ste prepričanje, da evropska vojna ni več daleč. Ljudje se iz strahu pred zračnimi napadi selijo iz vrhnjih nadstropij kupujejo živež ter ga spravlja¬ jo. Apartment hiše oglašajo pred zračnimi napadi varna za¬ vetja kot atrakcijo za najemnike. javnost vedela, kaj se dela. Naj še omenim, da na zad¬ nji seji Federacije v Library je bilo prav lepo. Zahvalim se zla¬ sti kuharicam, ki so nam tako pridno stregle. Upal sem, da bomo iz Claridga kakšno na¬ grado odnesli, pa so nas drugi pravi, da se bori proti “komu¬ nistični nevarnosti”, katero ba¬ je reprezentira CIO. člani CIO unij in drugi pametni državlja¬ ni bodo proti Daveyu najbolj u- činkovito protestirali, pravijo voditelji CIO, s tem, da se bodo vdeležili jmimarnih volitev in volili proti njemu. Voditelji A. F. of L. v državi podpirajo Da- veya. Zrakoplovska nesreča V bližini Delavana v državi Illinois je padel na zemljo neki armadni aeroplan, pri čemur je devet mož izgubilo življenje. Aeroplan je zgorel. Strahovlada v Harlanu V malem mestu London v dr¬ žavi Kentucky, kjer je na zvez¬ ni sodniji v teku obravnava pro¬ ti 44 posameznikom in 19 pre¬ mogovnim družbam, ki so obtože ne, da se poslužujejo nasilstva za odganjanje unijskih organi- torjev, oziroma kršitve Wag- nerjeve delavske postave, je bil prošli teden en moški, ki je pri¬ čal proti premogovnim podjet¬ nikom, bil zavratno umorjen, o nekem drugem -pa se poroča, da je bil ugrabljen. To je sicer do¬ cela v soglasju s tradicijo “kr¬ vavega okraja Harlan”, ampak vidi se obenem, kako divje je sovražtvo kraljev premoga v o- menjenem kraju proti organi¬ ziranemu delavstvu. Jug je zmagal Reakcijonarni Jug je te dni izvojeval pomembno zmago v kongresu Zedinjenih držav, ko je konferenčni odsek pristal na to, da se v predlogo za minimal¬ ne mezde in maksimalne delov¬ ne ure zanese določba, v smis Amerika proti Japonski Državni tajnik Hull je pre¬ teklo soboto naznanil, da je ameriška vlada na tovarne, ki izdelujejo aeroplane, naslovila nujen poziv, da nehajo proda¬ jati aeroplane državam, ki iz zraka bombardirajo civilno pre¬ bivalstvo. Medtem ko Hull ni nobene države direktno imeno¬ val, pa je jasno, da je akcija na¬ perjena proti Japonski, katere aeroplani so v teku enega tedna povzročili v rnestu Kanton na južnem Kitajskem strahovito razdejanje ter pobili okrog de¬ set tosoč civilistov. . Dočim ad¬ ministracija ne more ustaviti iz¬ voza orožja v Orijent, dokler uradno ne prizna obstoja voj¬ ne na Kitajskem, pa se smatra, da bo opozorilo državnega de- partmenta doseglo zaželjeni cilj. Eden žigosa Chamberlaina Španska situacija, o kateri se je zdelo pred tednom dni, da se iz nje vsak čas izcimi kaj odlo¬ čilnega,, se je vsaj na zunaj po¬ legla. Fašisti sicer še vedno iz¬ zivajo Anglijo in Francijo in so streljali na nadaljne angleške in francoske ladje, ampak Lon¬ don in Pariz doslej nista pod- vzela še nikake krepke akcije. Poslane pa so bile angleške in francoske bojne ladje v vojno zono. Bivški angleški zunanji minister Eden, ki je raje odsto¬ pil kot pa da bi pristal na po¬ gajanja s fašisti, je imel te dni govor, v katerem je prvič, odkar je zapustil kabinet, odprto uda¬ ril po premierju. Eden je.hva¬ lil nedavni govor ameriškega državnega tajnika Hulla, v ka¬ terem-se je slednji zavzemal za mobiliziran j e svetovne javnosti v interesu mednarodnega, miru in reda ter bičal Chamberlaino- vo “realistično politiko”, ki da¬ je koncesije fašističnim dikta¬ turam. Taka politika ne pri¬ pravlja poti za mir, temveč vodi v vojno, je rekel Eden. prehiteli; no, pa je vseeno dob ro, samo da je bilo krasno vre- j u katere bo v južnih državah me. Bratski pozdrav! Anton Menart, tajnik. IZLET VRTCA V GIRARDU Girard, O. — V nedeljo dne 19. t. m. prireja naše društvo št. 18 skupno z Vrtcem št. 30 (Dalje na 2. str.) mogoče uvajati nižje mezde kot severnih. V predlogi to ni sicer rečeno direktno, toda oblast or¬ ganov, ki bodo zakon izvajali, bo tako prožna, da bo učinek is¬ ti. Predloga načeloma uvaja 25 centov na uro kot minimalno mezdo v prvem letu ter 30c v drugem letu. Maksimalne de- Volitve na Češkem Občinske volitve v Češko¬ slovaški republiki, ki so skozi tri nedelje vzrujale mednarod¬ no pozornico, so se preteklo ne¬ deljo zaključile. - Dan prej je prišlo sicer do nekaterih spo¬ padov med Čehi in sudetskimi naciji, ampak volitve same so potekle mirne. V krajih, kjer prevladujejo Nemci, so naciji zmagali, ampak v deželi na splošno so kandidati vladnih strank dobili več glasov kot kdaj prej. Pričakuje se, da se bodo pogajanja med praško vlado in sudetskimi naciji v katkem obnovila. V Bratislavi, glavnem mestu Slovaške, je imel župnik in vodja slovaške klerikalne stranke Hlinka velik shod, na katerem je zahteval avtonomijo za Slovake, ampak ko je par dni kasneje v istem mestu govoril češkoslovaški premijer Hodža, ki je sam po narodnosti Slovak, ga je prišlo poslušat celo več ljudi in bolj navdušeni so bili. Hlinka govo¬ ri le v imenu svoje stranke, je i rekel Hodža, ne pa v imenu slo- ! vaškega naroda. Mir v Mehiki Vstaja, katero je začel v Me¬ hiki nezadovoljni general Ce- (Dalje na 3. str.) lovne ure so 44 v prvem letu, 42 v drugem in 40 v tretjem. Zakon stopi v veljavo 120 dni potem, 'ko ga predsednik podpiše. -1-'', 'L - -M'.... ... .. .-.r. . . vi . . . .. . ■ - .viatelv. - Si ■ v i .. , . r ’ - -v v. v /. 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DEL, KI GA OHRANIMO ANAŠNJA izdaja “Napredka” vsebuje posebno in povečano prilogo, ki je posvečena našim najmlaj¬ šim članom, ki so jo povečini tudi sami napisali. Upamo, da si boste vzeli čas in prilogo Vrtca prečitali; tako boste spoznali, da duh, ki preveva naše mlade čla¬ ne, se bistveno ne razlikuje dosti od našega lastnega razpoloženja. Ti dečki in deklice so navdušeni za orga¬ nizacijo svojih očetov in mater in so ponosni nanjo. Seveda, v prilogi je zastopan le majhen odstotek celokupnega članstva naših mladinskih postojank. Toda ti, ki se zanimajo in pišejo, so najbolj razviti in agresiv¬ ni in kot taki bodo nekega dneva logično zavzeli vodil¬ na mesta v okolici, kjer živijo, v društvenem in javnem življenju v obče ter na ta način izvajali svoj vpliv na o- stale, ki molčijo. Zategadelj se razpoloženje, ki ga izra¬ žajo ti mladi člani in članice, lahko brez skrbi vzame za merilo čustvovanja, ki ga goji naš drugi rod v obče. Saj vendar pri naših starih društvih ni nič drugače; vodite¬ lji in aktivni propagatorji so le nekateri, medtem ko ve¬ čina opazuje, posluša in sledi, ako je vodstvo dovolj močno in prepričevalno, da zbuja vero in zaupanje v to, kar se propagira. Naša Zveza je z ustanovitvijo mladinskih Vrtcev napravila važen korak. Nismo morda z njim dosegli to¬ liko kot so nekateri upali, ampak enako gotovo je, da smo dosegli več kot so mislili pesimisti. Dokazali smo predvsem, da je tako gibanje mogoče realizirati, da je mladina, kjer se ji starejši znamo približati, dostopna za našo stvar, in da je brez ozira, v koliki meri bomo uspe¬ li končno, to edina pot, upoštevajoč naše razmere in sredstva, ako nočemo, da se naš v Ameriki rojeni rod popolnoma odtuji nam in našim ustanovam. Vsak trezno misleč človek med nami seveda ve, da vseh naših mladih slovenskih Amerikancev ne bomo do¬ segli ne mi in nihče drugi. V tem imamo že delne skuš- rje zadnjih deset let. Gotov odstotek, brez dvoma znat¬ no večji kot odstotek prvega rodu, oziroma naseljencev, bo šel svojo pot, se pomešal med silno maso ameriškega ljudstva ter pozabil ali skušal pozabiti, da so bili njego¬ vi starši slovenski imigranti. Na to moramo biti priprav¬ ljeni in s tem računati. Tudi če bi hoteli, bi tega ne mog¬ li preprečiti, in je morda bolje tako. Pota usode so čud¬ na in nepreračunljiva, in zgodi se, da nekaj, kar se tre-, notr.o zdi zlo in pogubno, se ob primernem času izkaže za dobro in koristno, če bi bil Louis Adamič ostal med nami, ni sicer dvoma, da bi se bil uveljavil v našem živ¬ ljenju, ampak izključeno je, da bi mogel ne samo nam, ampak tujerodcem v Ameriki v obče toliko koristiti kot nam koristi kot ugleden ameriški pisatelj. In morajo bi¬ ti še mnogi podobni slučaji, dasi ne tako očitni in pri- jemljivi, da bi vzbujali širšo pozornost. Kot rečeno, del naše mladine bomo ohranili za nas in za naše ustanove, ako bomo delali na tem, da ga o- hianimo. Naša skrb mora biti, da bo ta del spoznal, da Ideali napredno usmerjenih slovenskih naseljencev v tej deželi se temeljno nič ne razlikujejo od idealov drugih narodnosti, temveč so skupni, akoravno obstoje navidez¬ ne in zunanje razlike; da preprost slovenski naseljenec, ki si je v Ameriki zgradil svoje organizacije, r.i s tem iz- v;ižno socialno in kulturno nalogo le za sebe, tem¬ več prav toliko za svoje potomstvo in za Ameriko v ob¬ če. Ako bomo to dosegli, bomo dosegli dovolj, kajti čo V današnji številki Napred¬ ka opazite novo in povečano prilogo Vrtec. Sklep zadnje seje glavnega odbora je bil, da dva¬ krat na leto Vrtčevo prilogo po-, večamo. Jaz sem se sicer trudil, da bi dosegel današnjo obliko vsaki mesec, pa za enkrat §e ! nisem uspel. Vidim potrebo z ozirom na naše sijajne uspehe I na polju mladinskega narašča¬ ja Vrtcev, da jim damo nekaj i več kakor vsak mesec eno stran. Pričeli smo skromno pred leti; eden dopis ali dva od naših malih je bilo vse, kar je 1 bilo za začetek. Šele ko smo u- i stanovih prve Vrtce, smo pri¬ tegnili zanimanje naših malih dopisovalcev. Literarni kontest minulega leta, fotografični, at- letični in nedavno prvi kultur¬ ni sestanek, vse to nas uverja, j da je bil naš korak z ustanovit- j vijo Vrtcev v pravem, in da I smo dosegli lepe uspehe. Mesec junij je posvečen na¬ šim Vrtcem; naj ga naša mla¬ dina izrabi s tem, da prirede iz¬ lete ali druge zabave, katere bodo podžgale aktivne Vrtce. Starši so naprošeni, da jim gre- | do na roko, kajti ena najboljših j investicij naših je porast naše mladine. Dokler bomo imeli mo- ! čan mladinski prirastek, se nam ni treba bati za obstoj ter zre¬ mo lahko ponosno v oko bodoč¬ nosti. Nikjer drugje kakor v naših Vrtcih je tako lepa pri- j ložnost, da se naša mladina j vzgaja in po svoje usposablja za ideale bratskega zavarova¬ nja. Zato je želeti, da se v tem mesecu pridružijo aktivnim Vrtcem še oni Vrtci, kateri ao- sedaj še niso aktivni. Kjerkoli | imate pri društvu zadostno šte- 1 vilo mladih, jih organizirajte v : aktiven Vrtec. V glavnem ura¬ du imamo sedaj od zadnje kon- l vencije zmožno osebo, direktor- ' ja mladinskega oddelka br. Mike Vrhovnika, kateri vam bo prav rad pomagal, dal potrebna navodila, ako se zavzamete, da ustanovite aktiven Vrtec. Z uspehi, katere smo dosegli sedaj, smo lahko zadovoljni, ne j sme se pa ustaviti. Hočemo še več aktivnih Vrtcev, še več kul¬ turnih sestankov, še več dopiso¬ valcev v Vrtčevo prilogo in še več članov v splošnem v mla¬ dinskem oddelku, da nam po- I magajo v velikih nalogah, kate¬ re nas čakajo. Vsak odrasli ; član naše Zveze naj ima vedno in povsod dobro besedo za na¬ še Vrtce ter pomaga, da dose¬ danje lepe uspehe kronamo še z | večjimi in obširnejšimi, kateri so izpeljivi le rama ob rami. Iz mojega bivšega mesta Fo- rest City, Pa., mi je prva taj¬ nica Vrtca, poznana Angela) Pevc poslala vabilo na Com-! mencement Exercises; gradui- rala je iz tamkajšnje High Sehool. čestitam ter ji želim uspeha. Angy je bila še kot ot¬ rok nadarjeno dekle ter smo jo pred leti, ko še ni bilo Vrtca, porabili v programih tamkaj¬ šnjega društva. Odkar smo u- stanovili Vrtce, mu je tajnica. Prejšnja leta je precej pisala za Vrtčevo stran, zadnja leta pa so ji na-jbrže šele vzele čas, da ni utegnila. Časi se res spremi¬ njajo hitro. Pred nekaj leti sem kramljal z malimi punčkami v Vrtcu, katere postajajo sedaj odrasla dekleta, ki me vabijo na Commencement Exercises, in ne bo dolgo, ko me bodo ne¬ katere na svatbo. Mnogo sreče želim vsem tistim malim deč¬ kom in deklicam, kateri sedaj že niso več mali pri Vrtcu št. 1. Lep spomin imam na vas in na tiste dni, ko smo se po skrom¬ nih močeh trudili z raznimi pri¬ redbami ter postavili Gozdno mesto na mapo enega najaktiv¬ nejših Vrtcev. Manj veselo vest sem prejel iz istega kraja. Jerry Bajc, dobro poznan v naselbini in aktiven član društva, kateremu sem ne¬ kdaj načeloval, je umrl. Jerry je bil eden izmed tistih članov, kateri ni nikdar pozabil časa društvene seje. Aktiven po svo¬ jih močeh ter ga bo društvo po¬ grešalo. Leto predno sem odšel iv Chicago, sem pustil predsed- ništvo društva. Pustil sem iz | razloga, ker se mi ni videlo pra- : vilno, da bi bil leta in leta eden lin isti predsednik ter dal priliko drugim. Nasledil mi je pokojni Jerry'Bajc, kateri se je trudil biti dober , predsednik. Zadnja leta predseduje društvu br. Joe Čebular, dobro poznan in akti¬ ven dečko, ki vodi gasolinsko postajo v Vandlingu. Frank Leben pa mu tajniku j e in če kdo, on zasluži po vsej pravici kolajno za svoje vestno delo. jJerry Bajc je bil takrat, ko sem |odšel, še močan in trden. Tista majna na Stili Water je mnogo pripomogla, da je društvo izgu¬ bilo pred časom Franka Kle¬ menčiča, Joe Uršiča in sedaj Jerry Bajca. Priganjaštvo z vsemi modernimi stroji je ubi¬ lo marsikaterega našega člove¬ ka, kateri bi lahko še živel, ako bi ne bil primoran žrtvovati po¬ slednjo moč za profit premo¬ govnih kompanij. Naj mu bo ohranjen lep spomin, družini pa moje sožalje. ve Lauricha, Šenčurja, kakor tudi od sestre Šenčur. Primer¬ jali smo pisave: beseda ‘ Pej , zapisana na plačilni knjižici br. Šenčurja, je najbolj slična pi¬ savi br. Franka Lauricha. Kdo o FESTIVALU Chicago, UL - Naj mi bo do- volieno nekoliko poročati o na preteklem festivalu mla- sem dinskih društev SSPZ, *" “j Vem, da ste uganili, ka , povoljno uspel, čeprav n. mla ki je skusili tudi letos Alaha žiti; mogoče se bo ujezil j^' bo pustil, da bomo šli v 19. junija suhi domov L 3 bt| kove farme. ; ui avi br. FranKa uaunwia. —j prav ie bilo pri-1 11111 F”*«"«*. «*vu ie p ri(ii je isto zapisal ? Porotni odbor | bila vdeteb* ta ^ ^ nedeljo k Stuškt, na pik^ . S. S. P. Zveze o tem ne bo od- ca kovati. bme p ]i na pa jo ne bi kateri kar ppV ločeval, ker ne spada v njegovo j e bila tudi vdelezba P'| P ,‘ x Je nekaj ?1% »% področje, sumljivo pa je, za-|g e pomisli “°^ a dvsTdob - s svojimi vozili, da tiste^jj^ br. Šenčurja vsote za meseca julij in avgust 1932, ker na pla¬ čilni knjižici je ravno tako za¬ pisano samo z besedo “Pej , h kaj br. Laurich ne zahteva od re . Program J ^ ^.' 0 “'' da b i meravajo hoditi) odpelje" el verjeti, j pikniške prostore in to - ro izvajan, človek skoraj ne mogm ver^o;: ^ v ; ak a)i “ V da je mladina kaj takega zn J. , Kl Ms. na J VsTigra ci so bili vešči svo- H hoditi, naj čaka med 1 . . vsi lgici _ nonoldne med izvajali program Liro popoldne pred Slov, kakor je za one mesece, ko tr- jih vlog in so iz ' v b ,au I ° Delavskim Domom na m <4a mn ie hr. Šenčur dolžan; izV rstno od začetka do konca. 7^ di, da mu je br. Šenčur dolzar., izvrstno ou 7.7“ vdeležen- rd. Naj še omenim, daT % zanje. Sem prav gotov, Po natančni preiskavi potom ; cem ni žal, ker so se vdelam bodo Vadnalov!, „ , ogromne korepondence, kakor j n videli na svoje as ne tudi osebnega zaslišanja priza- program, ki ga je Uvaja detih je porotni odbor prišel do g a mladina M ‘ h. Ker imamo vsako leto „ posebnega, zato boste tudi* soglasnega zakljnčka, da obto- Zahvaljujemo se: vsem, poset- ton imel, ^priloimost vkfc, ženi po br. franku Launchu, | nikom za prisotnost, kakor tu j p ‘Peti Franku Laurichu, nikom za pri-- , , , - - | br. John Leskovec, John Saje di delavcem in delavkam ki so mo a o let N, in br, Joseph Ferbižan niso kr- * trudili ustreči kol.korkoh je makih h bo šili nobene točke pravil S. S. P. bUo mogoče. Vsem skupaj lepa pm en a an kateremu Zveze, temveč so storili le urad- hvala, ki ste pripomogli do ta- Rite« ■ ^ e ™ je ^ no člansko dolžnost, ko so bili ; ko nepričakovanega uspeha. ^ P^ 7nR p r „._, f° M “! mi pozvani od gl. tajnika, da mu! Ne bom daleč od resnice, če ma NOV ZOB. Povedal U11 f poročilo pošljejo. Ker zgoraj o- j rečem, da je treba našo mladi -1 da ga bo kazal. raziagal, menjeni niso kršili nobene toč- j no podpirati v vseh ozirih in ji sno zavbo, da se čeljust ^ ke pravil, jih porotni odbor S. dat i pogum, ker mladina je da je uspet in da začno S. P. Zveze popolnoma oprošča, j zm ožna hitrega učenja; v mla- hm ljudem rasti novi Zobje.^ br. Laurichu pa svetujemo, da | d ini j e naša bodočnost in obsta- 1 liko bo računal, bo najbrže k naj bo malo bolj strpen in pre- ne k naših organizacij. zece , na doticnem ali dotični, t, viden, kadar koga obtožuje. S Znano nam je, da festival na- bo želel a i ze eia razlagaj tem smatramo to zadevo za po- gih prisotnih Vrtcev je za nami kolUoi oij o moral usta o;, rotni odbor za zaključeno, pa m kot blagajnik tega festivala pred, toliko več bo stalo. naj si bo od ene ali druge opozarjem vse one, ki imajo za rej le pridite, stranke. dobiti kakšna izplačila, kakor Pucelj, ..Porotni odbor Slovenske Svo- t ud j one, ki imajo poravnati ka- bodomiselne Podporne Zveze: ko obveznost, da to store v naj- Cleveland, Ohio. S temnt Frank Pucelj, predsednik, krajšem času, da mi bo mogoče znanjam vsem članom in člani. Frank Medved, prvi porotnik, ure diti končni rezultat in pred- cam našega društva Združen, 'k DOPISI ČLANSTVA (Dalje s 1. str.) Vincent Pugel, drugi porotnik j 0 žiti seji Federacije chicaških Bratje št. 26 SSPZ, da se društev SSPZ, ki se ima vršiti naš piknik v nedeljo 19 v kratkem. Uvažujte, da toč- na dobro poznani Stuškovi fa, nost je vsakemu ljuba. mi, in obenem vabim vse elan Naj omenim tudi, da bo red- in članice, da se piknika ! na seja društva Rožnik št. 227 SSPZ prihodnji četrtek dne 16. I junija. Pričakuje se, da, se je' vsi člani in članice vdeleže. Na¬ slednji dan 17. junija bo pa redna seja Vrtca 160 ob 7:00 , . , ... , , zvečer, zato ste starši prošeni, j -- kaj prebitka, bode nam vsem v . . . , , , ^ , , da pošljete svoje mlade elane: prijatelje in znance. Odbor korist. Da se ne boste koncem . , », .. na sejo v obilnem številu. Da se je prestavila seja Vrt na Pišlerjevi farmi izlet. Ome njena farma se nahaja v Mec ca, Ohio, road 88. Upam, da sel bodo člani sto odstotno vdele- žili tega izleta. Ako napravimo številno vdeležijo. Ravno tat tudi vsa ostala društva, kat® spadajo pod okrilje naše p« porne organizacije SSPZ iz C.- velanda in bližnje okolice in.r veda tudi druge rojake in roj kinje, da pripeljejo seboj sva leta izgovarjali: Ja, piknik bi napravili, pa bi ne bilo treba naklad — sedaj imate prilož¬ nost, da poleg zabave tudi pod¬ krepite društveno blagajno. Vo¬ žnja s truckom bo prosta. Za plesaželjne bo dobro preskrb¬ ljeno. V slučaju slabega vreme¬ na nam je Mr. Pišler obljubil barn na razpolago. Na izletu bo navzoč tudi en član glavnega odbora, namreč urednik glasila “Napredek” br. Vatro J. Grili iz Clevelanda, ki bo tudi nekoliko spregovoril glede našega mladinskega giba¬ nja. • Komur ni znano, kje se na- bo potrudil, preskrbljeno bc vsem in za vse, in tudi ra ples ca iz nedelje popoldne na petek željne bo na razpolago zvečer, je vzrok to, da se jim da boljša ugodnost za vdeleži- tev seje, ker v nedeljo si vsak želi hladne sence v okoliških j vrtovih in vsak želi imeti svo¬ jo mladino poleg sebe in v svo- | jem nadzorstvu. Z bratskim pozdravom, Victcr Zupančič, upravitelj. PIKNIK V BON AIRU godba. Torej bratje in sest Združenih bratov, pridite na piknik, da se vsaj eni' spoznamo, kajti na seji soj in isti obrazi. Pr ihodnji mesec, t. j. 17. ji ja pa se zopet vrši piknik: ravno istem prostoru, katere; priredi Vrtec št. 11 iz Col wooda. To je naša mladina,: tera se zanima za našo podji no organizacijo SSPZ. Tudi to prireditev ste vabljeni, f sebno še starši otrok, kateri! člaui pri društvu št. 26. Naj še omenim, da rad čitaJ RAZSODBA GL. POROT¬ NEGA ODBORA Uverjena sta, da so bile knjige pravilno pregledane, zato sta poročilo tudi podpisala. bodo na,ši sinovi in hčere s tem prepričanjem in to za¬ voljo stopili v življenje, se nam ni bati, da bodo kdaj delali sramoto narodu, iz katerega so izšli. Ta razsdba se tiče priziva br. Franka Lauricha, člana društ¬ va št. 39 v Burgettstovvnu, Pa., v katerem trdi, da mu br. Mar¬ tin Šenčur, član istega društva, dolguje trimesečni asesment še iz leta 1931, to za mesece ju¬ nij, julij in avgust. Zadevo je prinesel naprej pri društvu 3. oktobra 1937, nakar bi moral društveni nadzorni odbor pre¬ gledati plačilne knjižice Šenčur¬ ja, kakor tudi društvene račun¬ ske knjige. Knjige sta pregle¬ dala društveni predsednik in eden nadzornik, ker druga dva sta bila isti čas izven mesta, ko se je knjige pregledovalo, vsled česar pa br. Laurich ni bil za¬ dovoljen, namreč ker knjig niso pregledali vsi člani nadzornega odbora. Kljub temu je bilo po¬ močilo poslano v gl. urad, pod¬ pisana od treh nadzornikov; o- sebno sta bila vprašana ostala dva nadzornika, po prvem glav¬ nem porotniku, če sta zaupala predsedniku in enemu nadzor¬ niku, ko sta sama pregledovala knjige, in sta izjavila, da sta zaupala in da še danes zaupata. Br. Laurich pa trdi, da knji¬ ge niso bile pravilno pregleda¬ ne in poročilo, poslano na gl. urad, da ne bi smelo biti podpi¬ sano od ' treh nadzornikov. V tem smislu je br. Frank Lau¬ rich obtožil brate: Johna Les¬ kovca, Johna Saje in Josipa Ferbižarja, da so kršili pravila. Prizadete, kakor tudi Franka Lauricha je osebno zaslišal pr¬ vi gl. porotnik na društveni se¬ ji 1. maja 1838 ter je pronašel, da na članski knjižici brata Šenčurja, je zapisano z besedo “Pej” brez druzega podpisa ali datuma za mesec junij, julij in avgust 1931. Nadalje v letu 1932 je ravno tako in to za me¬ seca julij in avgust. Porotni odbor je pregledal prepis poro¬ čila, ki je bilo poslano v glav¬ ni urad od nadzornega odbora društva št. 139 ter je razvidno iz istega, da je bilo pravilno po¬ ročeno, namreč, da knjižice br. Šenčurja izkazujejo plačano, a društvena knjiga pa ne in to pa samo za mesece junij, julij in avgust 1931. Nadalje je porot¬ ni odbor pregledal plačilno knjižico Šenčurja; imeli smo in še imamo) lastnoročne pisa- Bon Air, Pa. — Kampanja z i pridobivanje novih članov je v teku, ali žal je uspeh nemogoč radi industrijske recesije. V do¬ haja omenjena farma, naj mu bi Hooverja se je imenovala de- -> — ,« to služi za kažipot: Iz Girarda presija, sedanja je recesija, k?j dc Pise v našem glasilu, p<» : vzemite Road 422 skozi Mc- j si bode še v bodoče izmislili, mi no se mi dopadejo Tedenski) Kinley Heights do križišča Rd. ni znano. No, ampak ko bi de- 46, tam zavijte desno po Road lavske mase resno vzelo polo- 46 do Meeca; od tam pa pa Rd. žaj v roke iiyna volilni dan svo- 88 levo eno miljo. Tam bo zu- je zastopnike poslale v državne naj ob cesti visela zaktava. in federalne zbornice, ne pa po- ma svetovna vojna in vse ) Iz Girarda znaša daljava 18 litične demagoge, kateri se z njo v zvezi. Bil sen*- milj. Truck bo pred Slov. Do- skrivajo za Rooseveltovo kami- t!i -T az v vojaški suknji v T) mom ob 11. uri dopoldne. žolo, mogoče bi bil rezultat dru- P ri 97 - polku v pokojni A” Tajnik, gačen. Pa kaj hočemo, pokoriti se moramo večini. DR. GORENJC, ŠT. 104 Naznanjam vsem članom menki pomožnega tajnika tj tona Zaitza. Po mojem t0\ bi bilo boljše, da bi se spUj nili v dnevne. Tudi mene A vsem etanom m Chicago, IM'. — Naznanjam ln članicam, da se bo vršil pik- vsem članom in članicam, da nik na 19. junija na navadnih smo na zadnji redni seji sklepa- Prostorih; ker'je blagajna praž¬ il, da bi se priredil kak basket na so se člani torej odločili za piknik v pomoč društveni bla- Piknik. Vsak mora kupiti za gajni. Torej prosim, da bi se S 1 - 09 tiketov, ako se pa ne vd»- vdeležili RP1P Tr rvrvl A, a : i m‘lrv.11,,. ji in potem sem bil premf 9 na Dunaj. To je bilo P rel * ( leti in dne 2. februarja T sem zagledal kip Svobode ki New Yorka. Prišel se® Pittsburgh, Pa., na Hacker potem na Meadovv Lands. • je naša postojanka, društv ^ 113 SSPZ, katerega se® 0 vdeležili seje v polnem številu piknika, mora na prispe- ostanovitelj in njega dne 17. t. m. v navadnih pro- vati v društveno blagajno $1.00 nik ' To J e bil ° leta l9l2 ‘ J,; storili, da zamoremo kaj ukre- Torej vsi na piknik. Samo bol- P°tem mnogo let, doki« ' niti. Opominjam tudi vse člane I so izvzeti. — Pozdrav' 1 n fllovnnrt /1 n -i i . in članice, da mora vsak za maj plačati po lOc mesečno in to do nedoločenega časa. Oni, ki poši¬ ljate po pošti, prosim, da vsak priloži tudi lOc, drugače se tudi ■redni asesment ne sprejme. Ca- letna z,h ^ ’ Ije. * .vsak plača reL vsak mesec, ker drugače bo suspeaJ 2 ^ 10 “™^'3“ 3° St ' diran. ovensKe Svobodomiselne Še enkrat vas«prosim, da 3e zadov^ru d e posetnike vsi vdeležite seje, da kaj ukre- bili —5--- k JUb temu ’ da sem preselil v metropol 0 Sylvia F. Skedel, tajnica. land - Bd <> je 9- ■ - prošli mesec, ko sem se znašel na seji pri drust 113 v Meadow Lands, P*, veda, po seji v veseli dru z ^ brata A. Tomažina, takra j pi cni- tajnika, medtem ko j e zapisnikar še vedno > s9 ’ Mike Grčar, predseduj Bajc in drugi, s kateri^ 11 f • A'3 IKNIK DR. “ZDRUŽENI BRATJE” Collimvood, O. _ Se vsaka ena s nemo v kori st 7ru7v“a,"£r“d”ul “l^ rkrat raal » °bojit7anZ T"” 0 “ **’t*7i frače hn U ,. u mokri ! sai veste. H a x_ . ziroma tistega dela, » f gače bo začasna naklada ostala" ^ VCSte ’ da že tako Zir ° ma tlSt6gP aem ’ Z* Frank SustaJf^S , S? katere g a Bog ljubi " ^enuje- Julijska Be»J Frank Šuštaršič, tajnik. K C r ^ Ubi ’ tepe. ečiJ a ’ t Pa no odjenjamo, i» mo £ sem (Dalje na 3. str.) _j_i—ž—.__ f 1 : 5. juniJ a > "NAPREDEK" STRAN 3. slovenska Svobodomiselna Podporna Zveza USTANOVLJENA 1908 INKORPOR1RANA 1909 GUAVNI urad: CHICAGO. 1LL. UPRAVNI ODBOR: ' JOHN KVARTICH. predsednik, 411 Station Street Bridgeville Pa RUDOLPH LISCH, podpredsednik, 1393 E, 47th St Cleveland O W ILLIAM RUS. tajnik, 245-47 West 103rd Street Chicago Id' ANTON ZAITZ, pomozm tajnik, 245-47 West 103rd Street Chi¬ cago, IH- ’ MIRKO KUHEL, blagajnik, 245-47 West 103rd Street Chicreo 111 MICHAEL VRHOVNIK, direktor angleško poslujočih in miadin- M 1 KKU auniu, uiagajmiv, zio-n vvest 103rd Street Chiceso Til MICHAEL VRHOVNIK, direktor angleško poslujočih in miadin skih društev, 245-47 West 103rd Street, Chicago 111 NADZORNI ODBOR: VVILLIAM CANDON, predsednik, 1058 E. 72nd St. Cleveland O JOSEPH H. GRILLS, Box 69, Moon Run Pa ‘ JOHN MARN, 618 W. Pierce St., Milwau’kee, Wis. POROTNI ODBOR: FRANK PUCEL, predsednik, 17921 Delavan Road, Cleveland Ohio FRANK MEDVED, Box 40, Yukon, Pa. VINCENT PUGEL, 1409 South 56th St., West Allis, Wis. UREDNIK-UPRAVNIK GLASILA: VATRO J. GRILL, 6231 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio GLAVNI ZDRAVNIK: DR. F- J- ARCH, 018 Chestnut St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 173 Frank Kranz . 75.00 Ljuba Elovich . 75.00 IZPLAČILA — SSPZ — DISBURSEMENTS ČLANSKI ODDELEK — ADULT DEPARTMENT 0VERFL0W VRTEC CONTRIBUTIONS (Dalje prihodnjič.) INOZEMSKA KRONIKA Marie’s Impressions Of The Festival (Dalje s 1. str.) Balkans News Dear Vrtec members: I am both thankful and proud - j to be one of the lucky Vrtec dillo, je popolnoma skrahirala t members who were chosen to j in v deželo se je naselil mir. Bo-1 participate at the- First Vrtec jazni,. da v deželi vzplamti ci- j Ciiltural Festival at Chicago, vilna vojna, ni več. jMay the 29th. It was a great Potres in suša v Evropi affair, it did make a great im- V Angliji,, Franciji, Gelgiji, Holandsik in zapadni Nemčiji pression upon me. Vrtec mem¬ bers from four different states, p AID — APRIL 11 — PLAČANO STAROSTNA PODPORA Old Age Bencfit Društ. št. Thomas Segulin . 9 .si Gaspar Segulin . 6.93 Peter Segulin . 9.42 Jennie Konestabo . 6.93 158 George Trgovac. 8.25 174 Jacob Tekavec . 8.85 177 Frank Caserman . 5,79 205 Marv Brunzo . 6.12 211 Amelia Andolsek. 3.34 216 Martin Zalokar . 4.38 233 Julia Sabo . 6.63 236 Joseph Tavzelj’ . 6.78 Benevolcnt Fund 'National Bowling Tournament) 204 Elsie Pucel — (For sleeping quarters for eleven ( 11 ) con- testants) . $ 11.00 198 Charles Koman — (For sleep¬ ing quarters for fourteen (14) contestants) . 14.00 PLAČANO — 4-15-38 — PAID OPERACIJSKA PODPORA — Operation Claims 6 Dan Jerich .$75.00 20 Joseph Florjančič . 75.00 26 Sophie Person . 75.00 46 Arthur V. Judnich . 25.00 63 Martha Jakovec . 75.00 83 George Ozanich. 75.00 176 Marv Mogert . 75.00 198 Joyce E. Gorshe 75.00 POSMRTNINA — Mortuary Claims CLASS — “B” — RAZRED Genevieve Babic, wile and beneficiary to Valentin Ba¬ bic . $500.00 INVESTICIJA — Investment lst Mortgage Loan on-pro- perty at Eaton and Bilt- more Drive, Barrington Country Club Estate. $2,200.00 Bonds M. G. Kuhel, Supreme Treasurer, in purchase from J u v e n i 1 e Department STATE OF MONTANA 4% Funding Bond, due 1/1/40 Principal .$1,000.00 Interest Jan. 1 to April 20 . 12.05 Paid — April 30, 1938 — Plačano BENEVOLENT FUND Junior Literary Contest Prizes je bil preteki osoboto potres, jgreeting each other in the great kakršnega se v dotičnih deželah 'city of Chicago. It was always ne pomni že več sto let. Potres- my wish to meet and get ac- ni sunki so bili najresnejši v quainted with those boys and Belgiji,k jer je bilo mnogo 1 j u- girls from the different Vrtec di poškodovanih. Ker so potre- ilodges, and so I am very happy si v tem delu Evropi nekaj ne- to say that my wish was at last znanega, so sunki med prebival- fulfilled. I shall always remem- stvom povzročili silno paniko, ber you, dear friends and In kakor da težave stare Evro- 'brothers. pe že niso dovolj velike, je se- I am very eager to give a brief daj po mnogih krajih nastopila report on the activities in Chica- tudi resna suša, ki je že do sedaj g 0 at the First Vrtec Cultural povzročila mnogo škode na po- Festival and praise you ali who! ljih. Nekateri pa pravijo, da je were participating at the Pes¬ to morda blagoslov za Evropo, tival. kajti pomanjkanje živeža uteg- The Outlookers Orchestra Vr- 10.00 10.00 10.00 220 1,012.05 POSOJILA NA CERTIFIKATE — Loans on Certificatcs 2 Matija Mazgon Anna Regina Frank Regina John Hervol Anton Hren 8 Jacob Črnic . Anna Črnic . 16 Anton Kodrich Vincent Verhovnik Rudolph Cesar 20 Marj- Steiner Marj’ Steiner Frank Babtich Mary Babtich Mary Zgonc John Zgonc 24 Barbara Paulinz 25 John Simec 27 Frank Leben Jcrrv Cerar John Okoren Jacob Mihevc 31 George Matkovič 35 Anton Selak 63 Frank Jamnik 80 Frank Srebernak 89 Joseph Tome Louis Tome 92 John Rakun Matt Stone 107 John Rupnik 125 Mate Paulic Frank Žitko 144 Frank Konestabo Valeria Artel (Vrtec No. 11) .$1.00 Marie Ermence (Vrtec No. 33) . 1.00 Andy Ilersich (Vrtec No. 5) . 1.00 Tillie Mladenick (Vrtec No. 103) .. . 1.00 Elsie Ohojak (Vrtec No. 33) .50 Aliče Popotnik (Vrtec No. 5) .50 IZREDNE PODPORE — Benevolent Claim Vrtec No. 3 Jack Modic .$ 10.00 72 VVilliam Barzanty . Društvo 25 Antonia Tanko . 65 Ralph Jerman . 67 Elona Resnik, Treasurer for Joe Resnik . 6.63 89 Rudolph Kramzar, Treas., for Louis Čebela, $5.16; Mary Vis- nikar. $6.42: Frances Pleter- sek. $6.63 . 18.21 112 Frank Dernovsek, Treas., for Mary Stimmell . 1.68 116 Martin Kukovich, Treas., for Caroline, Martin, Jr., Albert Kukovich, Frances and Mar¬ tin Kukovich, Sr. . 28.29 123 Martin Obed .Treas., for Mary, Anton, Stanley, Louis and Joe Pirkovič . 13.59 183 Steve Prelec, Treas., for Steve, Janett and Frances Prelec .... 189 Jacob Kavčič, Treas., for Rose, Mike and Edward M. Kohut . 10.53 POSMRTNINE — Mortuary Claims Razred — “A” — Class 18 Josephine M. Kikel, daugh- ter-beneficiary to late Mary Kikel .$500.00 Razred — “B” — Class 24 Amalia Bratanic, vvife and beneficiary to late John Bra¬ tanic . 500.00 162 Mary Pristavec, wife and ben- eficiary to late Mathew Pri¬ stavec . 492.98 M. G. Kuhel, Sup. Treas., re- paid loan on Cert. No. 23024 of Math. Pristavec 7.02 ne ohladiti vojno razpoloženje tec members; their mušic is fašističnih držav, ki bodo prisi- splendid. ljene denar, ki bi ga drugače The Jugoslav Vrtec members! porabile za oboroževanje, rabi-[from Indianapolis who aeted in. ti za nakup žita v inozemstvu,; the two Slovene comedies, pri čemur prideta v poštev zla- “Poštna skrivnost” and “Riben- sti Amerika in Rusja. DOPISI ČLANSTVA (Dalje iz 2. str.) 7.50 |čan Urban”; they were really jvvonderful, so comical in their I dialect and imitation of Slovene characters the public j ust went. |wild over them applauding, j , . ~ talking, praising them with en- sephine, omozena Bajc, in Tere- thusiasm zija, omožena Križaj, in seveda! ^ ’ ,. , „ . ,, ,, m Congratulations to ali of you tudi pri drugih, pri Math Tur- J ku in pri njegovem sinu, pri ka¬ terih sem bil gostoljubno po¬ strežen. Naj se na tem mestu vsem toplo zahvalim za gosto¬ ljubnost in postrežbo. Posebno se zahvalim sestram, njunim soprogom, kakor vsem ostalim. Z menoj bila tudi moja hčerka Albina in sin Vietor. Za šoferja smo imeli Nicka Špeharja; on je poročen s hčerjo moje sest¬ re Josephine in stanuje na Tra- falgar, oba člana društva “Uto- pians” št. 204 SSPZ. Žal, da ni bilo več časa na razpolago in se je bilo treba hitro posloviti. | Sprejmite lep pozdrav vsi sku-’ . , „ „ ,, . .. , A tions to the sponsors ot this paj m ostanite zdravi, želim, da ; T -,. ^ j Vrtec No. 9 actors; you belongi amongst real actors! F. Mivec, F. Zakrajšek, S. Brodnik, ali of you have a bright future beforej you. The “Rožnik.Juniors,” every-| one of vou did great work to win praise and a reputation as j fine performers and the same thing goes for “Trail Blazers Juniors.” Great work, you love- ly boys and girls from Chicago! Congratulations to ali whoj contributed their Service and time to kindle this new spark of SSPZ fraternal culture! May it live forever! And congratula-! Speech delivered at the lst Vrtec Cultural Festival; Ladies and gentlemen: Brothers and sisters of the SSPZ and my dear brothers and sisters of Vrtec. I wish to say that I am very happy and feel proud to be one of the many gathered here today. I wish to express my own and the wishes of ali the mem¬ bers of Vrtec No. 33 of Mil- vvaukee, Wis., to the first Vr¬ tec Cultural Festival to be sue- cešsful in its purpose and work. A mother hen takes čare and keeps a watchful eye over her brood of young chicks; they are a happy family when ali is well but if trouble threatens, the young chicks find warmth and protection under the outspread wings of the mother hen. In my mind I picture our SSPZ organization like a giant mother hen that is ready and waiting to give help and pro¬ tection to its members. We, young Vrtec members, have found a true friend by joining the SSPZ organization; we are treated so well, given so many privileges, more than in any other Slovene organiza¬ tion. We conduct our own Vrtec meetings and act like the grown-up members do at their meetings. The Vrtec Supervis- ors are real teachers to us, we have after - meeting refresh- ments. We are urged to give entertainments, to enact plays, and display our talents on the stage before the people which is something new and educa- tional for us boys and girls. We go on hikes and Vrtec outings vvith our supervisor'S. n On The Side” Continued from page 4 se zopet kmalu vidimo. Pozdrav vsem članom in čla¬ nicam SSPZ! And. Gruden zapisnikar št. 26 POSOJILA NA CERTIFIKATE — 149 Jacob Kotchevera Loans on Certificatcs 4 Frank Abram Frank Abram 78 Ray E. Radu « Stefan Tratnik f Martin Tomc f Anton Bensa 28 Anna Ropac Ivan Yukovic Yure Hodak Mathew Ropac 88 Joe Kolenc 82 Jacob Tomazlch ® 8 Paul Koss 72 John Rezek 30 John Trubich . Frances Peterneli Jacob Peterneli Frances Gradišek 88 Suzana Bonovich *•> John Supan 44 Plieresa Segulin . $90.00 9.60 8.76 8.34 9.54 9.54 3.60 11.88 5.25 7.65 12.42 6.90 5.88 6.60 8.55 4.53 4.65 7.08 Pauline Slogar Anna Fajon Rozalia Panijon 155 Božo Biondich 177 John Krvina Valentin Bogataj 183 James Folker 189 Frank Zupančič Paul Boštjančič 192 John Matičič 222 Anna Tominšek Frank Tominšek $ 6.75 7.20 7.53 7.92 9.45 11.58 10.32 10.50 8.07 7.95 5.55 75.00 8.13 8.13 5.13 10.71 5.79 5.55 9.12 13.41 11.70 12.03 6.51 6.30 6.75 8.40 7.20 6.00 4.22 8.22 6.12 12.09 9.42 7.65 6.96 6.96 10.35 11.88 8.25 8.04 7.77 15.06 5.94 8.16 24.18 5.94 6.75 Plačana — 5-6-38 — Paid STAROSTNA PODPORA Old Age Benefit 1 John Junko .$5 0° Louis Skubic . 5 00 Frank Pikuš.5-°° John Bogačnik . 5 09 John Scheller . 5.00 Jacob Vider . 5.00 4 Alois Breznik . 5.00 Joe Mlinar . 5.00 6 John Bizjak. 5.00 7 Frank Gradischek . 5.00 Vincent Hutter. 5.00 9 Anton Križman . 3.00 11 Anton Lubrant . 3.00 13 John Urban . 5.00 John Repolusky . 5.00 14 Joe Bučar . 5.00 Blaž Podpečan . 5.00 15 Andrew Mahne . 5.00 16 Paul Gregurich . 5.00 20 Frank Mežnaršič . 3.00 Jacob Okorn . 5.00 22 Andrej Krapeš . 5.00 26 Anton Gerbič . 3.00 27 Joseph Moder . 5.00 THE M E ANIN G O F JU N E June, the Juvenile Month, should be celebrated by every Vrtec member. This is a month of activities, therefore, every member should do his part in celebrating Juvenile Month. First Vrtec Festival, especially to our dear Juvenile Director M. Vrhovnik for his guidance and Jdirection of this great juvenile ; movement. You are a fine gen- jeral and a great leader. Keep it lup, forward march! and the i |young Vrtec army will follovv! |you to further vietories, further gains in membership, success and development of our SSPZ. And last but not least I pause ! at home and scatter like flowers I must not forget to mention the dear Juvenile Vrtec Sec- tion in which we write our ar- ticles, stories, and poems on any chosen subject, and com pete in the Junior Literary Contest for real attraetive prizes -in money and other avvards too many to mention them 3 11 here. And last but not least is the protection we or our dear parents get in čase of trouble or death. industry. Ne ver mind Joe, we saw you sneak that “shot”. Stranger than fiction, Charlie Ko¬ man leaving the dance immediately after the home waltz. What do you suppose held his interest from then until 4:00 a.m. when he hit the “hay'(. Didn t the married folks of Cleveland enjoy our dance, or is leaving so' early a habit vvith them. In spite of the fact Ann Pletersek seemed to be quite popular vvith the boys, there stili remained a fretful look enchanting her gracious smile. Could Frank Ilc’s ar- rival have helped matters Ann? We see Tony'Sirca fulfilled his promise of getting “pie-eyed” at our 4th anniver- sary dance, as per usual. Has the head- ache vanished yet? Did you ever see anything more collegiate than Felix Martinčič at our Rose Dance. United we stand, Starš and Stripes forever. It was much svveeter hearing Evelyn’s voice shout “Buy a Rose”, rather than the usual yell of “tickets” wasn’t it folks? And after ali this laughter and fun, in vvalks our Toonerville Cop, Sorry boys, closing time, lights out, ali is well-on the side. Upon entering Presto Park the fol- lovving day, we found Spartans and Progresscrs in the midst of an ex- citing mushball game. Ernest scoring a fake home run. Mrs. Lunder snap- ping shots of her husband at bat. Ray slipping on a banana peel at the fatal moment, vvith three men on. Spartans manageris smile fading as his boys began slipping. Much credit is due Peaches the Progressors con- tortionist vvhose brilliant catches aided the Spartans in holding the bottom. Progressor girls cheering their boys on to victory. Since the Challenger girls were entertaining many Cleveland visitors, they were at a loss as to vvhom their cheering should favor. Mr. Kvartich’s beaming smile marked his feeling of contentment within, as his boys continued to score. Regardless of the finai score in the Progressor’S favor, those Spartan boys certainlv deserve credit for their unique and fait plays mastered throughout the game. After the bali game, it was quite evident that ali those present werG mjoying themselves immensely as the Progressor’s picnic continued Hlitbi plenty of polkas, beer and refresh- ments. We do hope our Cleveland visitors had enjoyed their stay in Pennsy and vve're sure a certain fevv must have, far as rumors are passed, it vvas late Monday evening vvhen the last car load departed for Cleveland. Once again, ali remains well — on tlie Side. Spartans Continued from page 4 man—he may not be so tali but . . . — vvhispering sweet nonsense into your ear . . . The moon shining so brightly and you and you swinging and swaying to the enchanting strains of mušic, vvishing the night vvould never end . . . Members, cooperate with each . . , ,, , T ,: . ,, T _ my praise and gratitude upon other and I am sure that the Ju- T r ^ ■,, „„ ., ,, .,, , , our own Vrtec No. 33 members. venile Month will be a happy \ „ , . ,. ^ . TT , . , , Congratulations R. Perko, H. one. We should make this the' 6 , , , ,. ,, „ ,, Yerkich on your fme work, but most outstanding month of the . _. ^ T _ year. Here is a poem to show the significance of June. A DAY IN JUNE my dear friend Betty Jane Ber nik, you most of ali were the best all-around aetor and per- former. You won the hearts of! The sky flames vvith green, red, and ali those'who watched your tap gold„ There hangs but half a moon; Among the trees the v/inds blovv bold, ■ But svveet—for it is June. Birds are chirping cheerfully. Dogs bark, far away; Members are romping in the dusk—• This ends a perfect day. | dance and fine acrobatic stunts, i you \vere the talk of the day, the pride of your parents and Vrtec No. 33. 30 Štefan Adams 5.00 OPERACIJSKA PODPORA Operation Claims Paid — April 23 — 14 Frank Klucevsek 19 Adelina Kopač 20 Theresa Cerkvenik 12.36 127 Josephine Guzcl n sn 149 Louis Doshen - Frank W. Himpennan Plačano $50.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 70.00 Andrevv Renko . 5.00 Frank Maikish . 5.00 Ignac Vidmar . 5.00 36 Frank Molle . 3.00 39 Joe Morgel . 3.00 42 John Leskovec . 5.00 44 John Belčar . 5.00 47 Antonia Lesar. 5.00 Mary Skubic . 5.00 Agnes Pirc .1. 5.00 Pauline Wershay . <■ .5.00 48 Joe Klimek . 5.00 Joe Jordan .,. 5.00 54 Louise Delak . 5.00 55 Anton Merlak .---- 5.00 60 Gabriel Sumina . 5.00 Andrevv Čolnar .-.5.00 63 John Pirc . 5.00 67 Joe Črnič .-. 5.00 Joe Agnich . 5.00 68 Joseph Sibert . 5.00 Paul Koss . 3.00 72 John Režek . 5.00 77 Frank Slovanja . 5.00 79 Frank Lekan . 5.00 John Čuj . 5.00 83 M. H. Martinko . 5.00 85 Matt Romich . 5.00 89 Andy Zaman ."..I..;........ 5.00 The flovvers hand their heavy hcads, The spider speeds his.loom; The stars come out, one by one, To make the night a-bloom. Fireflies are darting here and there, Slovv flies the homing bee; Ali these things teli hovv svveet the end Of a day in June can be. Congratulations Betty! To the Junior Literary Con¬ test Judges I wish to express my gratitude for the awards grant- ed to me in the April and May j contests. It is a pleasure to write ! for the Vrtec. The month of June is also Icalled the Juvenile Month df Marij Klevisher, Treas. ggpz, This month we plan and Vrtec No. 140 arran ge Vrtec celebrations. Vrtec No. 33, with the help and cooperation of the parent lodge “Balkan” No. 24 is' ar- | ranging an outing, a picnic for iboth young and old .members in Jackson Park June 19th. We the Vrtec members will at the same We thank ali those who are so generous and kind and work so hard for the good of us youngsters and the Vrtec lodges in general. I say we youngsters are and should be proud that vve are members of the SSPZ organization, and to show our pride and appreciation to the Senior members we must do everything in our power to get new members and make our Vr¬ tec and our “SSPZ organization grow bigger and better from day tc day. I also want to say that it was my great wish to meet you Vrtec members from the different branches and see you face to face. I am happy that my wish was fulfilled. We must follow in the foot- steps of our fathers; the organ¬ ization that was good enough for my father and mother is goed enough for me. It is and always shall be my favorite organization. I am for What night? Why SATURDAY, JUNE 25th, 1938, at Glenridge Picnic Grove, formerly Manchutta's Farm, one mile off Green Rd. and Euclid Ave., vvhere SSPZ Spartans vvill hold their initial Barn Dance. The boys and gals of blue and gold cordially invite mem¬ bers and friends. August Kollande^ 6419 ST. CLAIR AVENUE v Slovenskem Nar. Doma PRODAJA parobrodne listke za vse prekomorske parnike; pošilja denar v sjaro domo- ; time celebrate the first anniver- ;sary of Vrtec No. 33 and will be treated to ice cream and other j refreshments by the Senior ! lodge. Ali Vrtec members are |Very cordially invited to attend 1 the celebration on June 19tli in vino točno in po dnevnih ce¬ nah; OPRAVLJA notarske posle. Kollander ima v zalogi tudi ju¬ goslovanske znamke. Jackson Park. Don’t forget to boost for our Vrtec too, and get some new members. There are some very attraetive avvards and prizes for those boys and girls who can get new members for our Vrtec and SSPZ. Do your best, do ali you can for your Vrtec, keep your eyes open for new members! Don’t forget to attend our Vrteč meet¬ ings; your presence and your help we need at ali times to make our Vrtec lodge grow big¬ ger and better from day to day! With love and fraternal greet- ings, Marie Ermence, Rcc. Sec’y Vrtec No. 33 (Age: 13) Spartans, in the past, have tried their best to make each affair the outstand¬ ing event of its kind. In view of con- sistently large and generous turnouts at their affairs, the Spartans know that their efforts in the field of popular en- tertainment are appreciated by the pub¬ lic; smiling faces of crovvds at their past events have been the highest recogni- tion of the higb calibre of their affairs, and the first Spartan Barn Dance vvill be another of those memorable events. That’s why you don’t want to miss it, that s why you are bound to be there if at ali humanly possible. To sum it up—for a night of fun and frolic, of good things to eat and drink and a full quota of romance, attend the Spartans' Initial Summer Jamboree next Saturday evening, June 25th, at Glenridge Picnic Grove lformerly Man- chutta’s Farm), on Green Rd. one mile from Euclid Ave. Signs will show you the way. Admission is only 25c. Out-of-town members of SSPZ and friends are cordially invited. According to a reliable source, a good many from Strabane, Bridgeville and other parts of Pennsy will be there. Also we expect visitors from points in Ohio close to Cleveland. See you one and ali, dancing in the moonlight, not forgetting the cool eve¬ ning breezes, keeping you keyed up to the highest pitch. “Unclc” Charlie SSPZ today, tomorrovv and ev- ery day. I thank you. ' Marie Ermence, Vrtec No. 33. VLOGE v tej posojilnici zavarovane do $5,000.00 po Federai Savings & Loan Insurance Corpo¬ ration, VVashington, D. C. Sprejemamo osebne in društvene vloge Plačane obresti po 3% St. Clair Savings & Loan Co. 6235 St- Clair Avenue llEnd. 5670 9.81 .. . ' .. . 5 TRAJ 7 4 . "TTAPREDEE?* DO YOU KNOW THAT - SSPZ HAS SIX MODERN PLANS OF LIFE INSURANCE? PROGRESS DRVOTE .TUNE TO Y m 'TH TKI, i. .he Juveni.e Mon.Kof for the Increase L - -- Progress Sverywhere “NAPREDEK” Renee’s Bits M. Vrhovnik By MICHAEL VRHOVNIK A little more than five years ago, our first ACTIVE VRTEC UNIT was established. There in the little heard of town of Forest City, in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, took root the Vrtec movement of the SSPZ under the guidance and supervision of brother Anton Zaitz. It was carefully nurtured; it grew and succeeded, an example of pioneering that can not be rivaled by any other similar organiza- tion. Since then we have come over a hard rough road... Five years of experiences, strug- gles and hardships, led by loyal Administrators and Supervisors, have overccme many difficulties; they have solved many problems. The rewards have been well earned. From one active unit we have grovvn to thirty-eight thriving, Progressive boys’ and girls’ units with nearly half the Society’s Juvenile member- ship enrolled in them. That is PROGRESS. Revievving their accomplishments in the parliamentary, so¬ cial, cultural, athletic and protective fields of endeavor, I am firmly convinced that our Junior units, first to be organized among the Slovene societies of America, have been permanently adjusted and fixed as the most valuable asset of the SSPZ. 1 — They are here to stay and nothing one can do or say can stop their growth and progress for betterment. The Society needs them as much as they need the Society and for that reason there can be no backvvard trail to the Vrtec movement. Nothing proves this more than the activities I have seen in my visits around the country last year and this. Wherever I have been, whether in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania or Illinois, I have seen the wonders of the Vrtec branching out, adding new prestige and glory to the records of the Society. My Juvenile Tour in 1937, which afforded me opportunity to meet and talk with our Juniors and Supervisors, many of you have already seen in print and the movies, “SSPZ SOUVENIRS OF 1937”. Not so long ago, I had the pleasure of spending a week-end in Madison, Illinois, with members of Vrtec No. 13. Mother’s Day was the occasion for the presentation of their operetta, entitled, “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs” with a čast of twenty-five boys and girls. I wish I could describe to you in detail the wonders of this program, but I’m afraid that my knowledge of cultural affairs of this nature is too narrow to do it the justice it deserves. The acting, mušic, stage scenery and costumes ali showed excellent direction on the part of sister Rose Tirpak, who, since her election to the Office of Administratrix, has certainly done a marvelous job. Madison is proud of her leadership and the SSPZ grateful and equally as proud to have one of her ability and ambition building with our youth. Congratulations to you, sister Tirpak, and to ali you Juniors of Vrtec No. 13! — And don’t forget, we’ll be looking fonvard to your participation in future cultural festivals. What is true of Madison’s Juniors is, also, true of Vrtec members at Center, Pennsylvania. A play entitled “The Wrong Suitcase”, coupled with individual and duet numbers, and movies and dancing completed an evening full of joyful enter- tainment on the night of May 18th. Here, too, we are fortunate in having at the helm of our Vrtec unit a very capable leader in sister Elizabeth Knafelc and who, in turn, has under her charge boys and girls willing to learn and work hard. That is a combination that is always hard to beat, GOOD LEADERSHIP AND WILLING WORKERS. So long as we have this combination, the Society need have no fear for her future welfare. There is PROGRESS EVERYWHERE. “On The Side »5 On the side — of Bridgeville, in our little town Strabane, vvhere the Chal- lengers Fourth Anniversary Rose Dance was held, in the quaint barroom, lean- ing against one corner of the bar, we found that every popular sailor from Cleveland, Johnny Koman with out- stretched hands, catching beers flying his way — on the side. Ernest Kvartich and the “Twins” were seen sneaking one or two occa- sionally. Cheap drunk, eh! boys? And say, did anyone keep track of ali the “pop" Dorothy M. guzzled? Was Lefty's absence appreciated by Bill? We won- der??? Although the Spartans were well represented, the absence of a certain few was quite conspicious. Jo Am- brose’s eyes were searching vainly for those of ??? — but this time they were met with disappointment. The same applies to Marrion, whose far away flame failed to arrive. Do you suppose she missed the plane? Pete Elish is naturally above ali others, but this night of the Challengers Rose Dance, I'm afraid he was lost in the cloud. Isn't she gorgeous Pete? The social success would have been com- plete, had Michael Vrhovnik been able to attend. And why do you suppose Rudy LLsch stayed sober? Could it have been his little lady in white, or wasn’t anyone “setting 'em up.” Overheard, — on the side — some- one telling Marge V., she was alright in a “weigh,” only she doesn’t - weigh enough. Do you believe them Marge? Certainly, by this time Joe Changle must have a fair share in the Soda Balkan’s Flash MILVVAUKEE, Wis. — Lodge “Bal¬ kan,” herewith cordially invites ali its adult members, Vrtec members and friends to attend a picnic held at Jack¬ son Park on Sunday, June 19, 1938. This day has a two-fold significance, name- ly—the mdnth June devoted principally to the Vrtec activities and culture, and secoridly, this occasion and date to be celebrated in honor of the first anni- versary of Vrtec No. 33. So, let’s ali make up our mind to at¬ tend this picnic and celebrate this oc¬ casion with them and thus encourage them in their juvenile movement. (Contlnued on page 3) “Open-Air” Singing Festival Singing society “Naprej” takes this privilege in announcing their “open- alr” singing and fun festival, and cor- dially invites everybody to attend! This “open-air” singing festival will be one of the first of its kind ever spoifc sored by the Slovenes in the Milwaukee area, and, to date, four singing clubs i (Slovene and Croatian) have already j consented to favor this occasion with : their songs. The remainder of the afternoon one jwill easily be able to spend on various J games, prepared by the committee, and will include very reasonable prizes. In the evening Matt Pink and his or- , chestra will play in the dance hali. His I mušic will, no doubt please young and |old as it will range from the old time j vvaltzes, polkas, etc., to the present, up- I to-date “swing-time.” The plače—Kozmuth’s Park, 92nd and Beloit Rd. Date—Sunday, June 26. Let's reserve this date and spend it with “Naprej”! John Maren Moonlite Picnic On June 18th will fine! the Victorians enjoying- their annual Moonlite Picnic. An ideal spot at Kegl’s Grove in Willow Springs has been seleeted. This brings back to the writer, memories of the Moonlite Picnic held by Challengers at the Sunset Beach a number of years back. Swimming, dancing, and general pleasure was sought by the different groups. There was fun galore!! Motor Tour First vacationists to leave on a sight- seeing trip among SSPZ group, are three Spartans: Anthony Bolka, An¬ tonia Žagar, Jacob Žagar, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Žagar. They plan to sight-see New Yorlc and Canada, and enroute home they will stop in Detroit. May they have a pleasant trip. Week-end guests in Pennsylvania were Charles Koman and his parents, and Mrs. Lekan, daughter Rose and son Frank. SSPZ 01ympic Meet At the June meeting of the Pennsyl- vania 01ympic Board held at Bridge¬ ville, it was decided that the Challenger Lodge would not be in collaboration with the Progressors in sponsoring the 01ympic Meet. The Progressor lodge, so reports have it, will have full charge of the eventful occasion. Remember mem¬ bers your cooperation and support will be needed to put over this 1938 Meet. Than k Tou! Spartans’ Barn Dance June 25th Personals Frances ?, is that way about one of the Alberg twins. Better take them both, Frances, they’re twins . . . “The fjhrinking Violet”—Debevec is Tbps with the Pennsylvania maidens. One in particular . . . Stanley Bergoč visited with his parents recently for a few day . . . The Supreme President seems to have his ups and downs vvith his ivories. They may be false to us but they’re true to him . . . OOH LA LA LA! What do you make of this—Stan Stokel upon arriving from Flint Michigan, im- mediately calls upon Dot Lucia . . . Here’s a tali story—Frances Batista and “Cibula” Shrockman are veddy, veddy, friendly ... A fine showing of the Progressors and Challengers at the Spartan’s 25th affair, is being planned on . . . ’Nuff of this chatter for this week—until again . . . Utopians Meeting The Utopians are hereby notified to attend in full numbers the coming meet¬ ing ,which will be held on Monday, June 20, 8:00 p. m. in the Slovene Workmen’s Home, Waterloo road. Several important matters need be transaeted, including the barn dance which will be held at Manchutta’s plače on Sat., August 6. Come and.help us make this a success. Elsie Pucel, Sec’y P er li ups, to some this expres- sion of appreciation ivill seem a little belated, bul believe us, we meau it as much today as we would have ivere this ivritten the dag after the Vrtec Cultural Festival was held and vohich, we are happy to report, was not only a great cultural and social success, but also, (even though it was not held for profit) guite successful, financiallg. This suc¬ cess we oive ... To those twenty-four talented Vrtec program participants and their Directors, Administrators and Supervisors and to their parents and friends ivlio accom- panied them . . . To these members who do- nated guarters for them: — Mr. and Mrs. Vidor Zupančič, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Berger, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bostic, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Marinich, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robaus, Mrs. Theresa Graichner, Mrs. Anna Vidmar, Mrs. Lucia Robaus and Mr. Wil- liam Rus . . . To these members who do- nated their car s and drove in the tour of the city : — Joseph Potsch, Laivrence Gradišek, Paul Berger, Victor Zupančič, Jacob Marinich, Frank Stroj and Milan Semenich . . . To the ladies who worked so hard in lite kitchen and pre¬ pared t h ose extra-delicious sandiviches, salads, poticas, cof- fee and tea: Theresa Gratchner, Amalia Zupančič and Barbara Robaus . . . To that score or more mem¬ bers ivho donated their Services behind the refreshment bar, or as ticket seller and takers, or as rushers during the program . . . To Anton Trojar for his all- around cooperation . . , As I See It BY PETE ELISIJ CLEVELAND, O. — Spartans’ regu- lar meeting will be held this coming Sunday afternoon, June 19th at Slovene National Home, room 3 of the old building, at 2 p. m. Sharp. Please be on time! Who is going to take home the at- tendance award? It .has grown to a con- siderable amount and you may be the one to get it, so it may be worth your while to think -about it and be on the spot Sunday. Aside from that, there is important business which must be discussed and attended to. For instance, as you know . our initial barn dance is on June 25th. | AH the final work in connection with the i affair has to be taken čare of at this j meeting. Have you sold your quota of tickets? If not better get busy. If you do not | haVe the tickets get in touch with the secretary immediately. Members, please pay your dues ON TIME! A N AWFUL PRIČE U Was Okay Then , g an old saying that a l eop never changes its spote, > but it ib surprj si how some of^the^g^reaetjo de. Pete Elish investments in conditions under different situations. 0 f , there has been a great deal of criticism dir e , t0 wards the so-called lending-spending bili signed to spend and lend close to tour bili dollars for recovery. Some of the most hement denouncers are men who i n j. shouted that the sky was the limit wh eil ve. came to winning the war, and saving th the Allied cause, stili others are ones that Sred huge profits from the governmenfs reck ess spend during the hectic days of 1918. But, today when it is nece SSa to hefp the needy and the destitute, it is boon-dogglmg, ^ pot, reckless and wasteful. In the city we have our beautiful bali rooms, dance halls and beer parlors where one can dance, eat and partake of “soft drinks.” No one can say we do not have a good time. But ali of us, at one time or another, like to do some- thing different, go somewhere where we can be natural—just “rip up the plače.” So it should be. Just picture a barn, a plače where once horses, cows, chickens, etc., etc., passed their mortal days, had their ups and downs, lived and loved and left, as our domesticated quardropeds are known to do. Plenty of fresh air blow- ing in from ali sides. Probably the dear departed cattle danced also, and maybe looked at the beautiful moon . . . Who knows? Such a plače, except that there will be no erstwhile cattle, is Manchut' ta’s Barn, >with a swell dance floor, a bar, but not modern enough to stop the cool breezes from reaching every nook and cranny and wiping the sweat from one’s perspiring brow. And then, danc- | ing to the tantalizing tunes of Frankie j Yankovich, a beautiful young lady in | your arms, or, a tali handsome young Contiuued on page 3 iGCKIcSo d i tet »r - - I do admit that 38 billions of dollars is a large chunk, x - . __ J 1-Lnf 1 o mir* , money in anybody’s language, and that is our present defi cj but let us remember that a great deal more than that % And last, but never least, to those hundreds who bought tic¬ kets and attended the festival and made the financial success possible . . . Especiallg, do we thanlc Josephine Jercinovic, ivho came ali the way from Madison, Illinois, as a represenlative of Lodge No. 28 and Vrtec No. 13. If we’ve missed anyone, ive’re very sorrg . . . THANKS EVER SO MUCH TO YOU AIjL! Chicago Vrtec Cultural Fes¬ tival Committee: Michael Vrhovnik Mirko G. Kuhel Paul Berger Andrej Cizej John Vraničar DUL It; L i cine«- - . - ' spent in shooting the Huns and saving the world for democracj, This is a war against human want and misery, and if it Wjs alright to spend 40 millions on a war of destruction, it i s ^ with me to spend twice that amount against the presejt situation. Coming Events Čast Their Shadoivs The real cost of the nine year depression with the briej interlude will never be able to be counted in dollars and cents Our social and moral fiber is already affected, crime of ever,' degree especially among the youth is inereasing each year o{ the depression. Law enforcement and detention asylums cos; tax-payers millions annually. Social diseases are also inereasing causing havoc among thousands, of course, undue poverty anj undernourishment increase disease of every deseription, the cost that will have to be paid by the tax-payer and Citizen; who support hospitals and charitable institutions. The Blackest Crime Undoubtedly, the blackest crime of the depression is fe suffering that is imposed on millions of innocent babies ati children whose only curse is that they were born poor. Thes ill-fed and ill-clad children will be hampered for life, growiig to be weaklings, mentally and physically. Society will pay untoij millions in the future for this present blunder, and our natios and our government will suffer. And add the misery and suffering, and want, the insanit and suicides, the destruction of morale and spiritual vata that the present depression has caused. Pit those against ft 38 billion dollar deficit, and the dificit will be a mole-hill; icomparison to these mountains of woe. More of It If the lending and spending program will alleviate some ( i these conditions, let’s have more of it, and if anyone has 11 gall to say that the country will go to hades if the deficiti! i creases, kindly inform the budget-balancer that it will go ; darn sight sooner if the present poverty isn’t relieved as * are about half way to that plače at the present time. Your Best Foot Fonvard By A nne Gačnik One sees so many niče, young people whose appearances are almost without fault. The first thing that comes to mind is that you’d like to meet certain people because “they look niče enough to know.” Well, it comes to the point where introductions are made, and one finds these peo¬ ple “very niče to talk to” — that is, for a while — because the en- thusiasm of conversing with these people “that looked niče enough to know” eventually dies out. One discovers that these peo¬ ple aren’t quite what the first impression led them to believe. It happened that their conduct didn’t quite caler to the stand¬ ard set up by their appearances. The people are met at a group gathering, and one finds that “the previously niče people” keep making supposedly wise remarks; interrupt, when some- one else has the floor, to make entirely unnecessary, uncalled- for criticisms, start heated argu- ments among themselves; dam- aging public property, and the like. There may be a visitor at the gathering, aad, naturally, this visitor forms an impression of these “cuter-upers” and carries away the idea that ali of the people of the certain group don’t amount to much. At meetings of an organiza- tion, where important business, dealing with large amounts of money, must be handled by the members, this “certain few” per- sist in treating the important problem as nothing more than a joke. These people, several times, are the direct cause to many a serious complication in the business matters of a lodge or a club and retard the organi- zation’s progress. • It is not fair to the organiza- tion to'which they belong, or to the other members, or to the president, whose duty it is to keep order at the meeting be- sides conducting vital business matters. It is very difficult for the president, or chairman, to do both at the same time success- fully. It is an insult supreme to the other people in the group, if serious matters are taken in a bantpring manner. It is the very rudest thing one can do to carry on loudly at any time, and es- pecially when someone is speak- ing. It is ali well and good to en- joy oneself after the work is completed, but until then, it is necessary “to get do\vn to busi¬ ness,” as the saying goes, and concentrate on the problem set before the body. The people ivho don’t know how to conduct themselves when they‘re in a group, are to be pitied because they haven’t learned to control their tongues, their desires to be the center of attention, their inability to work when there’s work to' do, and play when it’s time to play. Doubtless, everyone has, at some time or another, come into contact \vith the “species” just mentioned, and doubtless, we have ali wished, at one time or another, to exterminate this an- noying type. What to do? Well, just take yourself in hand and see what you can do about yourself in the way of conduct. One way to improve is to fol- low the well-known, age-old say- ing: “There’s a time and plače for everything.” One probably doesn’t know that one ^hows, unconsciously, what he is when he’s in a group; so, it’s up to you “to put your best foot forvvard,” and don’t make a nuisance of yourself to others who know better than to “cut-up and caper” at the wrong time or plače. Spartans Trounced By Orels 11-2 The Spartans put- ting on one of the worst baseball exhi- bitions in years, were beaten by the Orels, 11-2. Although the box score only indi- cates four errors, there were m a n y more committed. The outfield played poorly and many hit balls that should have merely been flyouts went for base hits. Once more the base running was poor and the Spartans threw away at least Stan Zorc ^ na m an tne Spartans played a very bad bali game had P t e nf Pi » h6d fairly good bali but h th . e . b ° S in the fifth because uedm. Joe Može, regular short- stop, was out of the game because of a badly mjured knee. The wet and soggy grounds seemed jerseyed bovfbut nofso foTthe OreL s««J S L 0 « ourth wi '"' a« - -* vuc jscure. .inKStSoSS S™ to the the walks and errors and ^ anta S e of to score eight runs t,, flve hits “Hoosier Pals” Picnic Sundav Att#' : INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - - ^ member! Our annual picnic v ' 1 * 1 t jun?; t0 score eight runs in LV five hits , Spartans looked so the the spectators left .. that m °st of: the spectators left the Snfe. meet the Lovaiite^at 1 !?:^? Spart »ns j Last week the Lovahtel Uand Park - Comrade aggveSn \ZT hed a guite as bad as the didn ' fc lookl score of 12-0 Thet Spartans by the' ‘look better but vvelTpfck 8 th C Loyalltes ■’ ust ^r fun and S ee C L h f ! parta ns| Game starts at 6:30 Sharp 1 at happens -1 B °X SCORE SPARTANS L- Batis, c, 3 b .... p - Lekan, cf .... . . at Oteys picnic grounds ° n r 1938. It is located one mik n0 L rs fi lOth St. on High School Road- *! be stationed in front of the Slo lf) tional Home, from one to 1° Ali members are obliged to pai lar as fees. There will be P 1 «® tertainment for young and ol svvimming, swings, sliding b the boys will plav soft-ball in noon, and horseshoe pitching- one i* 1 the a Remember members! The time we had last year! Yes sir- R 0 0 II 0 1 nau last )xoi i - members and their friends a ing about it. and are w°n ^ will be the same this yea f - ^ J sureeach and everyone that ^ a bigger and better P^^nera' year. Ali we need is the cool* , every member. Ali other vited to spend a day "' ltn hoping we see ali the old an and figures of 1938. *J| The 1 ■ h: ■ Continued