DON’T DO IT Ali too frequently, when we feel out of sorts or things don’t go the way we think is right, we take it out on someone who, perhaps, had nothing to do \vith it. Our advice, you will find, in the poem of the month, “Don’t Do It,” by Frank Shannon . . . If you’re inclined to rant and rare, Or puli some other fellow’s hair, Because someone has said the thing, That in your heart has left a sting, Don’t do it. If some friend you’ve helped along, Has forgotten it and done you \vrong, If gratitude he seems to lack, And you’re inclined to pay him back, Don’t do it. If •vvhen you see someone in need, And you can prove a friend indeed, If you can help his burdens bear, And prove to him you really čare, You do it. ❖ * * NATIONAL SOFTBALL CHA MPIONSHIP Notice is here given to Administrator s, at hi etic managers and players, that the 1940 S. S. P. Z. Soft- bali Championship (Junior and Senior divisions) ivill be decided in a Meet to be held in conjunction ivith the Pennsylvania F e deration S. S. P. Z. Day celebration on August llth at the Sy- rian Grove near Bridgeville. For more details on this event, as ivell as other im- portant information on matters pertaining to the athletic progress of the So- ciety, turu to the English page of the regular section of this issue of the “Na¬ predek” . . . Your ivhole- hearted cooperation and immediate action is neces- sary for the success of the coming National Softball Meet. ❖ * ffi OUR VRTEC CREED The idea of Vrtec Units hav- ing a Creed of their own is one of many interesting suggestions offered in the Ritual and Pro¬ gram booklet. Taken word for word as it appears in the Ritu¬ CLEVELAND, OHIO, JULY 17, 1940 By MICHAEL VRHOVNIK, Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodges al, this is what is said about the Creed: “It is customary for Junior groups to adopt a CREED and to repeat it at the first and last meetings of the year and, also, at ali initiation ceremonies. The duties of the members which is a part of our Vrtec By- laws, make an appropriate Creed, but each Vrtec Unit may compose its own Creed provided it stays within the jurisdiction of the By-laws and Constitution of the Society. The Vrtec Creed is given as an example: It shall be my honest en- deavor as a member of our Vr¬ tec:— (a) To attend its meetings, entertainments, socials and other functions. (b) To co-operate with and show respect to its officers. (c) To be loyal to my Vrtec in thought, word and deed. (d) To be honest and vvilling at ali times to play fair. (e) To be slow of criticism and quick of praise. (f) To develop in myself an appreciation of the finer things of life. (g) To be helpful to my fel- low-members, particularly, in times of need. (h) To guard my health and assist others in guar ding theirs.” VRTEC SECTION S AWARDS WINNERS In each of the three issues of the Vrtec Section, published during the second quarter of the year, appeared a number of excellently written literary com- positions. Particularly deserv- ing of high praise are those con- tributed by WILMA MER- GOLE, JULIA KRAMZAR, DOROTHY HELAY, MARIE ERMENCE, JOHN DOLINAR and MARY KLEVISHER. Cash prize awards were won by this group as well as members whose names follow: ALIČE POPOTNIK, EVELYN YAR- KOSKY, OLGA ZAUBI, AG- NES TEKSTAR, ELEANOR S TER, VIOLET WIDGAY, WILMA GRATCHNER, BET- OUR VRTEC TY BERNIK, ELEANOR MA- TEKOVICH, and HELEN MI- KRUT. The “Honorable men- tion” group comprises of ELLA' YUVANCIC, WILLIAM WA- POTICH, FLORENCE TURK, RUDOLPH KRAMZER, JEAN- ETTE BERESHIEM, JOHN MATEKOVICH, MARY ME- NICH, NATALIE SVETLIC, NORMAN STAMPFEL, JEAN- ETTE GABER, CLARA' CHUCK and ROBERT ZA* man. *mši- CHICAGO JUNIORS CELEBRATE The Chicago S. S. P. Z. Day, picnic celebration was the oe- casion for more than three seore boys and girls, members of Vr¬ tec Units located there ,to comc together for an afternoon and evening of merriment. Nearlv ali of them participated in ono or more diversions ori the pro¬ gram. Though late in getting started, the races and contests were indulged in by a large group of members and non- members. The most consistent; winner among the boys was ROLAND KUHEL, Trail Blaz- Marie Ermence, Vrtec 33 There’s a lovely garden, Full of pretty flowers, The gates are always open, C orne and enter, jolly visitors. When you enter this garden, And see the flomers in full bloom, It makes you think of heaven, Of happiness you dream. Once a month we meet in this garden, We are a group of happy children, Only healthy faces bloom, There’s no worry and no gloom. Young in body, pretty faces, Vrtec members are like flovcers, Fidl of joy, life and energy, To a garden they are compared so fittingly. Brothers, Sisters! Let’s bear in mind, Our duty is these meetings to attend, We will be reading, talking, acting, More visitors to our garden thus attracting. er Junior and son of our Su- preme Treasurer, who carriedj off first honors no less than’ four times and coming in sec¬ ond once. JACK MARINICH| of the ROŽNIK JUNIORS tooki runner-up honors, figuring inj prize \vinnings three times. Among the girls, LILLIAN; BEZLAJ of the TRAIL BLAZ- ER JUNIORS and EVELYN; MOŽINA of the ROŽNIK JUN¬ IORS showed up best, finishing first and second ih severa!; events ... Other winners tvere* MARGARET RUS, BERNARD; SCHWEIGER, EMIL RUS, MARY JO TOWNSLEY, EMILI KOSIČ, FRANK SCHWEIG- ER, STANLEY MOŽINA, AN- NA ZMUDA, SHIRLEY OZ- ORK and JOE ZMUDA . . The older folks, who stoot\ around \vatching the fun, en- Our motto shall always be: With fraternal love for you and me! To a fine Organization we belong you knoic, Everyone help it bigger and better to grom. joyed the results of the races; and contests as much as the, contestants themselves. It was. a real show \vhile it lasted. , j Progressor Juniors NEWSETTES Once again the two little birdies were flying around the little town of Pierce and picked up some gossip. Jennie Gasser is now vvorking in New York and she says it’s \vonderful. We miss you, kiddo! Richard Evans celebrated his fifteenth birthday on June 30 \vith a wonderful party. Thanks, June, for a s\vell time. ) Virginia Kavčič, our vice- prexy, is getting ready to at- tend business school. Lots of lučk in the business world! Wonder why Charles Sabota is so popuiar with the girls? Is it his bicycle? What’s that we hear about Josephine Kovach and Andy Keller? We always thought An- dy was bashful. Mary Klevisher and Flome Fortini really learned how to ride a bike. They say it’s lots iof fun. Mary Bulick is ready for swimming. Don’t you think it’s too cold up here, Mary? Junior Carrico, our handsome prexy, has not been seen with the Cheve lately. Won’t your pa let you have it? The Pierce gals certainly do give the baseball team plenty of support. Or is it just Sophie Polantz that does ali of the work ? Bill Mangin must be a good driver. He’s been seen driving many different cars lately. Flome Fortini is getting quite popuiar with the Johnnies. Nice going, Flick! Where’s Ann Pinasky keep- ing herself on meeting days? How about showing up the next time? Wonder why Mary Klevisher hasn’t gone on her summer va- cation yet? Could it be the 'dances she’s been attending that is keeping her at home? Can you imagine Dick Sayers not bashful anymore? Does Jean Rhodes have something to do with that? i Jimmy and Johnny Mangin, our talkative members, have been spending their vacation in Pierce. Wish you boys enjoyed yourselves. ■ The four Bulick brothers have been attending every meeting. Keep up the good SSPZ špirit. Where’s the articles Virginia Kavčič promised to write for the Vrtec section? Get that pen and paper out and write! Mary Aliče Poling never misses a baseball game. Could it be one of the baseball play- ers? Don Bell is getting to be a real cowboy with the ten gal- lon hat. Donny sang on the radio before. What happened to Lee Soults and Leon Brown? Haven’t seen them since school let out. Ernestine Gasser is always watching Margaret Ann Gove- dich. No wonder she can’t at- tend the meetings. Bruce Sayers is going to be A TTENTION, MOUN- TAINEERS! Pierce, W. Va. — If you ivish to have a real good time on Sundag, July 21, then bg ali means don’t fail to attend the golu af- fair given by the Moun- taineer Vrtec, at Horse Shoe Park. This annuahpicnic prom- ises to be another jollg get- together, and the commit- tee in charge, namelg Ann Pinaskg, Flome Fortini, Virginia Kavčič, and yours truly, is ivorking very hard to make this picnic an¬ other big success. Those of you who have attended our annual picnics in the past ivill need no coaxing to be there, but to those ivho ivill attend this picnic for the first time—ali ive can say is that you ivill be guaran- teed a grand time. A truck ivill be at Kle- visher’s home at 9 a. m. to pick up ali the members that are rarin’ to go on a good time. Ali ive aslc is that you bring along ten cents to pay for the cost of transportgtion. The main spot of attrac- tion ivill be the sivimming pool, (belicve me it’s a grand one ,too) so don’t forget your bathing suits. If you doiTt čare to sivim, there ivill be another at- traction — that’s none other tkan a softball game be- tween the boys and girls. Whata ya say girls — let’s shoiv the boys our stuff. Mountaineers be ready on Sundag for a bang-up time and bring along your friends. Ali SSPZ mem¬ bers from far and near are also cordially invited. Hoiv about you Comets and Sy- gan Juniors? It reallg ivould make us happy to have some of you members from other Vrtec units at¬ tend. So why not pay us a visit? See you at the picnic. Mary Klevisher, treas. Vrtec 140 Strategic Rastus was sent to the gen¬ eral store: “My boss,” he said to the clerk, “want a pane o’ glass nine by- ’leven.” “Haven’t got none that size, Rastus,” said the joking clerk, “but will a 'leven by nine pane do?” “I’ll try’er,” replied Rastus. “Maybe if we s!ip’er in sideways nobody’ll notice it.” a real baseball player some day. He’s always playing bali. Ali the Mountaineers are waiting for the annual picnic. No wonder — there’s so much fun! Until we flutter around again “tweet-tweet.” “Newsey and Nosey” AFTER THE BATTLE By Mary Klevisher It was one day during the last World War when dawn was descending over the shell-torn hills and trenches that this in¬ cident happened. The guns were quiet and the stillness made it seem quite restful. As the Ger¬ man soldiers were aroused from slumber, they were ofdered to begin firing on the Russians. The Germans were answered by return gun-fire from the Rus¬ sians. The battle raged for hours and soldiers were dying by the thousands. By nightfall the guns ceased firing, and the dead bodies of men were seen everywhere. The bright moon mast a light over the fields and ali was quiet again. The next day at the break of dawn a Russian and a German soldier met on the front line — face to face. For a while both stood in silence 'for they were enemies — one a German and the other a Russian. The Rus¬ sian greeted the German, “Hel- lo, comrade, wasn’t that a fierce battle we had yesterday? Two of my best buddies fell, and my brother may not live till night¬ fall.” “I, too, am grief-stricken for I have lost a dear brother, and the news of his death will sad- den mother greatly,” said the German. The Russian asked the Ger¬ man for a cigarette and match. The two smoked and chatted for a while of school day ex- periences, love affairs, and trav- els. The conversation finally got around to mušic, and to each other’s amazement both were musicians. They discussed fam- ous composers and artists — both German and Russian. ’ “My wife is a singer with a beautiful voice and has appear- ed in many of the great concert halls of Europe” said the Rus¬ sian while putting his hand in- to his pocket. The German not knowing what .the Russian in- tended to do became alarmed and drove his bayonet through the Russian’s heart. Little did both think that their friend- ship would end so trggically. The German then searched the Russian’s pockets thinking that he would find some weapon that the Russian intended to use to kili him, but no, he only found a package of photographs of the dead Russian’s loved ones. As the German scanned through the pictures he found a likeness of a beautiful Rus¬ sian Iady, and on the back were written the following words: “To my dear husband whose love I will cherish until I de- part in death.” This little sentence štručk the German with grief. He kneeled down beside the Russian and cried, “What have I done. You meant no harm and I have killed you!” He dried his eyes Bridgeville, Pa. — Here it is July already and not much of summer weather here in Penn’a. But the weather certainly does not stop us from going to pic¬ nics, dances, firemen’s Fairs etc. Vacation time will soon be over and back to school we’ll go meeting our old classmates and teachers. It’11 be good to get back for awhile, but there’s nothing like vacation time. Well tomorrow will bring back memories of good old Euclid Beach Park for it’s. our Com- munity Picnic at Kennywood Park. (A park like Euclid only larger.) Until next time. Ella Yuvancic Vrtec 169 Balkan Juniors INVITATION Mihvaukee, Wis. — Boys and girls of Vrtec No. 33, just a re- minder! Don’t forget our Ice Cream Social July 20. Come one and ali, bring your friends and relatives so that everyone may have a good time you know the old saying: the more the merrier. ^You will have your choice of ice cream and cake or ice cream and cookies. Please attend and support your lodge so that we will continue to en- joy those wonderful outings and refreshments that we have al- ways had. Remember, July 20! Stampfels Lavra! 1120 W. Wash- ington Street at 7 p.m. Fraternally yours, Marie Ermence, Vrtec 33 Heard at the Club “So you’re a salesman, are you? What do you seli?” ‘Tm a salt seller.” “Shake!” and murmured, “Farewell, may you rest in peace.” * * * SUMMER The sun that shines upon the trees, The beautiful valleys and busy bees, Makes life happy and gay For ali who are at work or play, Summer has come for ali to enjoy! The skies are at their deepest hue, The beautiful lakes are a deep bright blue, Oh summer that makes joy fill the air And. beauty to fiil every hill and dale, Oh glorious season of the year! Buzzing around is the busy bee, A robin 'feeding her little ones in the tree, The little children romp with glee, Beauty as far as the eye can see. Summer, the glorious, has come to thee! Mary Klevisher rjsxsxxx%%xxxx%sxs%sxxsssssss&ss!exxsxxxsssxss3sssiaisaaasa Ambridge, Pa. — As you ali knovv the month of June was SSPZ Juvenile month. It was in June also that our Vrtec cele- brated its 5th Anniversary! The Comets, Vrtec 44 held a big party to celebrate this grand occasion. Yes, and the party certainly went over big! Our month!y meeting was held be- fore the party and the attend- ance was very good. After this meeting the party took plače. Gee, it was good to see those smiling faces as they joined in ali the fun making. First of ali a Professor Quiz program took plače. The contestants were as follows: Henry H o c h e var, Charles Grosdeck, Jr., Louis Rosenberger, Mary Yanchar, Mary Ann Vlasic, and Marga¬ ret Tekstar. The questions that* were asked were mostly those referring to the Vrtec and the SSPZ Society, since it was Juve¬ nile month. Prizes were given to the vvinners. The first prize winner was Margie Tekstar, and the second prize winners were Mary Ann Vlasic and Mary Yan- char. Those boys claimed that they would win the prizes the next time. Too bad boys, better lučk next time! The w h e e 1 - barrow race brought many laughs and thrills. Everytime I think of this race, I have to laugh. The boys who, participated in this race sure had loads of fun. Stanley Uher- nik and Frankie Tekstar and Peter Georgiadis and Marshall Grasdeck were the winners of this race. An Amateur Hour was an- other attraction of the evening. The following members parti¬ cipated in this program: Peter Georgiadis — Although Peter was a little bashful at first, he soon got over it. He sang “Playmates” and he cer- tainly can sing. Jo Anne De Hart, a sweet smiling Comet lassie also sang, John Georgiadis sang “Wood- pecker Song” and also did a number of imitations. He imi- tated Popeye very well. Janet Jacobson, a sweet youngster, with a pleasing per- sonality sang for us. Janet has just joined our Vrtec and is only three years old. Frankie Tekstar and Stanley Uhernik also sang. (We’ll be looking forvvard to hear from you again.) Marshall Grosdeck played a number of selections on the piano. He sure can swing out on “Sweet Sue.” Everyone en- joyed the selections that Mar¬ shall played for us. Mildred Grgurus, a very niče girl, sang and she did very-good. (That’s the way Mildred, I knevv you weren’t stage štručk.) The first prize went to Mar¬ shall Grosdeck and the second prize went to John Georgiadis. After the games and contests were over, re'freshments were over, refreshments vvere served. Dancing vvas also enjoyed by some of the Comets members. I was surprised to see some of the younger members svvinging out, no fooling they really can dance. Stanley and Frankie were trying to dance. (They did pret- ty vvell too.) Louis Rosenberger certainly can dance the Polka (Must run in the family.) Ali in ali the Comets 5th An- niversary celebration was a grand success! I am. sure that ali those who were present at this party will agree-vvith me when I say that we ali spent an enjoyable evening at the Com¬ ets celebration. Why not maka the attendance at ali our meetihgs as good as in June. Attend every meeting and I am sure you’ll enjoy your- self. After ali as you ali know Cooperation is the Keynote of Success! * * Three new members joined our Vrtec during SSPZ Juve¬ nile Month. They are Val Jean De Hart, Frances Ann Gorup, and Janet Jacobson. The beautiful cake with five candles on it, which stood for the fifth birthday of our Vrtec was awarded to Betty Plese. Mr. Joseph Tekstar Sr., the administrator of our Vrtec was also very glad to see so many of our Vrtec members present. He hopes that our Vrtec will progress, so that our member- ship will increase. Mr3. Sumrok, and Mrs. Tekstar were also present at this celebration. The members of the Adult Lodge No. 41 are always vvelcome at our meetings. Mrs. Sumrok and Mr. and Mrs. Tekstar helped the girls of our Vrtec with the pro¬ gram and refres^pents. Our president, Frances Ro¬ senberger made a very niče speech about the fifth Anniver- sary of our Vrtec. She said that the members should cooperate with each other in order to make our Vrtec more success- ful. Frances also said that we should work hard to increase our membership. The Comets’ Vrtec vvill miss Raymond Kosela at our meet¬ ings. Raymond was transferred to the Chicago Vrtec. He was a very loyal member of our Vrtec and I am sure that Raymond will be a very faithful member of the Vrtec in Chicago. In 1935, when our Vrtec was organized the total member¬ ship was about 42 members. At present we have 84 members in our Vrtec. This is quite an increase in our membership. If it weren’t for the transferred members we would have a larger membership, but remem- ber that this builds the mem¬ bership of the Adult Lodge No. 41. Work hard, and keep the “Wheel of Progress” moving onvvard so that in 1941 we mav have a much larger membership than we do in 1940. The Comets extend their con- It’s niče to be able to say ‘Tve joined the Seniors.” Now I really feel grown up. I know I’ll have just as good a time vvith Seniors as I did with the Vrtec. Yes, we have to act more refined and the such. We do, don’t we, Seniors ? Oh, yes, before I run away with my thoughts; I want to in- form ali Vrtec members and Seniors of 89 of the event on August Srd at Sygan Hali. Ali other friends and distant lodges are also cordially invited . Come ali to the Sygan Club for a joyful evening. Julia Kramzer I KEEP A MEMORY BOOK As my Vrtec days end, I tuck ali memories in a book which I shall call “My Vrtec Days” and keep it in one special cor- ner of childhood memories. As I grow older and lonier I shall be able to soothe my loneliness and old age when I open my memory book, “My Vrtec Days.” * & “Dear me, here I am a tired, old maid, \vfth ali my thoughts of childhood. Ah! Those vvere pleasant days. Yes, I can stili recall the first organization, the Vrtec. After dinner we pol- ished up till we shone from head to foot. Then onvvard to the SNPJ hali to greet our fel- lovv members. With Mr. Mur as our administrator, we had a per- fect beginning. Five officers vvere chošen, of vvhich I vvas Secretary until I transferred in- to Senior lodge. Dear, dear if I could only re- member vvhere I put my photo album. PIIOTOGRAPHS ... yes this is it. Ho! ho! If Frank Do¬ linar could only see this picture again, he’d scream. How he hated the nickname, “Sam Lee.” But Frankie vvas such. a fine President and manager of mush- ball team. This picture vvas taken-on Sygan in 1937. Yes, I do believe these are also the mushball players. My, my there little fellovvs took championship in 1938 at the Bridgeville meet, vvhich vvas most perl’ect and this fine photo of a Tony Bayt.. , Let me see... is that Indiana¬ polis ? No, it's dated in ; 38 at Indianapolis, that’s it. “Tony Ig- natius Bayt,” that’s hovv he signed his letters, at times. Yes, he vvas a grand pen-pal. Gosh! I do vvonder vvhere he is novv and vvhat he is doing. And the young fellovv, John Ahačič ... he vvas — truly gifted vvith. the making of vvooden books. Oh! so beautiful are the tvvo hand cut and painted books, he ga ve me. I shan’t ever part vvith these memorable treasures. My mind stili lingers back to the Athletic meet in Bridgeville, vvhere I first met the truly grand Valeria Artel, vvho at that time vvas bursting in orig¬ inal poems and stories. Lovely girl did vvonders in the vvorld and is suceessful. In Ohio in 1940 I had the most vvonderful time at the Cultural Festival. There algo I met my pen-pal, charming Aggie Tekstar of Am¬ bridge vvho vvanted to become suceessful in Secretarial field. She’s probably landed her man, vvhile sitting on his lap in the office. Oh! vvell, some girls are' lucky that way, good job and man. My mama always said she vvas sorry she didn’t knock my stubbornness out of my head before I vvas fit for rnatrimony. Could I help it if the men folks bored me, huh? Shucks in my teens I had my fun at dances, parties and other socials. Results of my perfect Vrtec Days, reflect on the capable leaders, Bro. Vrhovnik, Rudy Lisch, Vatro Grili, Anton Zaitz and many others. Julia C. Kramzer gratulations and best vvishes for a very “Happy Birthday” to Mildred Grguras! Wake up you Comet mem¬ bers! I don’t see hardly any articles in the “Napredek” by our members. Novv that school is closed, you ali have plenty of time to vvrite to the Vrtec page. I knovv that many of you are busy playing mush bali, fish- ing, and vvhat not, but I am sure you can ali špare some time to vvrite a fevv lines to this vvonderful nevvspaper, the “Na¬ predek.” So Pil be vvaiting to see a large number of articles from the “Comets” so that vve may also have a page of our ovvn. Well, so-long till the next time. Agnes Tekstar, Sec’y, Vrtec 44 v * WHO’S WHO AMONG THE COMETS Ambridge, Pa. — This month I vvill vvrite a brief biography of Mary Ann Vlasic. This charming lass vvas born in Ambridge, Pa. on September 11, 1925. She has attended vari- ous schools in Ambridge and Mary Ann vvill be a freshman vvhen school opens in Septem¬ ber. Her favorite subjects vvere Social Studies and Typing. Among her hobbies are read- ing, dancing, and o u t d o o r sports. Although Mary Ann has never served as an officer of our Vrtec, she is alvvays vvilling to help to build our Vrtec. Mary Ann thinks that the SSPZ is a grand organization and that it offers many oppor- tunities to the Juvenile mem¬ bers of the SSPZ. Her ambition is to become a nurse. I am sure that she’ll sue- ceed in vvhatever she does in her future years. Here’s vvish- ing you ali the lučk, happiness, and success novv and forever, Agnes Tekstar, Sec’y JPJLGE 4. *Tuvenile Section of "JVapredeA:” .Tt/7.v ar, ar .o /o Frčeč 89 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Eveleth, Minn. — It has been some time since I arrived home from the National Vrtec Fes- ' tival that was held in Cleve¬ land, but due to difficulties in making up my school work I haven’t been able to tvrite an article in the “Napredek.” I’m giving a brief review of what happened while I was at Cleveland. First when we arrived in Cle¬ veland, that is Agnes'Bazil and I, we \vere met there by Mr. Kikol, who showed us some .. parts of Cleveland. He then took us to the Slovene Home on St. Clair Ave. It was at the Home when I met the other guest reprOsentatives, among who were: Mary Klevisher, Ag- nes Tekstar, Violet Widgay, Florence Žitka, Julia Kramzar, Ella Yuvancic, William Tršar, Louis Znidersich and many other boys and girls who I .thought were very niče. I now correspond with most of them and they write very in- teresting letters. I also corres¬ pond with Mary Ann Robas who was not a guest representative, but I also met her at {he Fes¬ tival. Saturday night we went to Euclid Beach where we ali had a grand time. Sunday morning we went on a tour through Cleveland. We saw many beautiful places such as Cultural Gardens, Art Museum and ma ny other interesting places. As for the program, I just can’t find words that would 'describe it. In other words, it was a great success. I know I should name each performer individually and teli what a grand piece of work he or she did but as I said before I was going to make this article brief. That night Johnny Pecon’s orchestra played for dancing. The part that I regretted most of ali was that most of the boys and girls I had met were leav- ing that night. I stayed in Cleveland the whole week and I thought it would be lonesome there when most of the representatives were gone, but to my surprise I had loads of fun. I attended some of the convention meetings which I thought very interest¬ ing. I also attended the ban- quet. Everything was delicious. I thought the cooks deserved some credit and I know many of the delegates thought so too. We left Cleveland at 11:45 Saturday night. I want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Jeberno for tak- ing us to the depot. By the way, Mrs. Jeberno, you’re a swell cook. We arrived in Chicago the next day where We stayed at some friends of ours over night. We met our delegate in Chicago and from Chicago on we travel- ed together, that is Mr. Cerar, SZGNPOSTS OF CIVIC PROGRESS The most notable feature of the park system of Topeka, Kan., is the municipal rose gar¬ den of about 15,000 rosebushes, covering nine acres, equipped with floodlights and elaborate garden accessories. It is open to the public night and day. There is but one sign in the entire garden. This, cut in solid stone on one of the pylons of the main entrance, reads: “The honest need no watchman.” * Eighty-four cities, towns and villages in the United States are entirely free from local taxes as a result of owning and operating public Utilities. Prof- its from Utilities are paying mu¬ nicipal salaries, sending chil- dren to school, paving streets, operating parks, playgrounds and libraries—often with rates lower than elsewhere. Thanks largely to its municipally- owned electric plant, the village of Skaneateles, N. Y., has had no municipal taxes since 1931, has $98,288 in cash on hand and owns $48,000 worth of its own bonds. The electric plant is debt- free. * Oklahoma City’s fire depart- ment uses university students. Most of them upon entering the Service look upon fire fighting as merely a way to finance their way through college, but many of them later choose fire fight¬ ing as a profession. Young men qualified as writers or speakers give fire prevention talks over the radio, and before clubs, schools and conventions. Grad- uate medical students report to ali major fires to give medical attention if necessary, and look after the health of the mem- bers of the department. Civil engineers make charts of ali dis- tricts in the city as to type of construction, population, value involved, exposed areas, etc. Law school graduates investi- gate ali incendiary fires, helped by students in chemistry, and plead the cases in court. Stu¬ dents, says the Fire Chief, learn more readily than other men how to apply the principles of scientific fire fighting. Time Marches On Author: “This is the plot of my story. A midnight scene. Two burglars creep stealthily toward the house. They climb a wall and force open a window and enter the room, the clock strikes one.” Svveet Thing (breathlessly): “Which one?” Agnes Bazil and I. We got home at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday. Now I want to thank every- body who made my trip possi- ble, which includes Mrs. Bazil, my dear mother, Mr. Vrhovnik, Mr. Kvartich, Mr. Lisch, Mr. Grili and many others. Evagene Chad, Vrtec 89 Girard Budgets Girard, O. — Our last meet- ing was held on July 10. Several members suggested that the members visit some more places of interest. The Ohio Leather Company and the WFMJ broad- casting studios were suggested. Our advisors will make the plans for the trips. A date will be chosen by the girls when ali members taking part in our play \vill meet at Nagode’s and rehearse their parts. We are sorry to say that our treasurer Joseph Leskovec was absent for our attendance award. Better lučk next time, Joe. What’s the matter with ali you Vrtec members? I wish you would \vake up and start at- tending our meetings regular- ly. I’m sure it’s not the walk up to our meeting plače that bothers you. Why ali the ex- cuses? I think you should have enough pride and interest in your organization to devote an hour in one day of the month to your Vrtec. Baseball, swimming, fishing and other sports are a favorite among you, but I am sure it wouldn’t hurt you to set aside one evening for your lodge meeting. In the winter school- work was the excuse for not attending your meetings. What is your excuse now? A Vrtec cannot progress if ali the mem¬ bers do not cooperate. I hope ali of you attend our August meeting. It will be held on Aug¬ ust 14 at 6:30 at Nagode’s plače in Avon Park. Who knows but that you may be called for our award. Please mark Aug. 14. on your calendar and don’t for- get it! I want to thank everyone who made the Cultural Festival pos- sible. I shall never forget the wonderful time I had. I met so many niče people, and I was es- pecially glad to see my pen- pals Mary Klevisher and Agnes Tekstar, both lovely girls. I want to thank the Spartans for making possible our swell time at the park. The program was lovely and I hope there will be another festival again soon. I am sure I can say this for Bill Marn, Matilda Krizay, Eva Križaj and Helen Mehivec, also. On the Fourth of July I saw many Vrtec members of West Point. The West Point Cadets sponsored a dance that day. My dad, uncle, some friends and I saw the coal mine where my uncle works. It was very in¬ teresting to see, especjally be- cause my dad used to work in a coal mine at one time. Now don’t forget to attend our meetings members. Why not try to get a few new members for our Vrtec, since so many older members are tranferring to our adult lodge? Pil see you Augusjt 14 at 6:30. Please re- remember the date! Irene Rovan, Sec’y Challenger Juniors Strabane, Pa. -— The Chal¬ lenger Jrs. played the Sygan Jrs. Sunday July 7 a game of softball and defeated them 13 to 5. The batteries. f or the Chal- lengers were S. Zampan and F. Cornell. For Sygan they were J. Dolinar, P„ Klemas and M. Danillo. There will be another bali game between these two lodges Sunday, July 21 at Stra¬ bane. There will also be a pic- nic at Drenik’s Park sponsored by the Challenger Srs. So come one and ali to watch the bali game and enjoy the dance. Sam Zampan Manager ¥ ■» BOX SCORE Challenger Jrs. 33 5 6 5 Challeng’r Jrs. 112 3 0 3 3—13 Sygan Jrs.10 3 0 0 0 1-r- 5 Home runs: Bob Davis; tri- ples: Don Pariš; Official scor- ers: Carl Bruno and Frank Sciabica. Pulling a Sleeper Tired after a long day of call- ing on the flinty-hearted mer- chants of Calgary, J. B. Mc- Warts, the commercial traveler, had just fallen asleep, when he was awakened by a figure that lurched up to the side of his bed. Svvitching on the light, J. B. saw a man in a sad state of in- toxication. “Beg pard’n,” mumbled the intruder; “thought it was m’ room.” Dropping off to sleep, the traveler was again awakened by the self-same drunk. Again the refreshed one apologized and reeled out of the door. When the occurrence was again repeated, J. B. was pre- pared to give the soak a piece of his mind, but the drunk was in a rage. “Look here!” he roared, “do you sleep in every dara room in the house?”