JUVENILE SECTION OF "NAPREDEK" CLEVELAND, OHIO, JUNE I6th, 1937 WITH By Michael Vrhovnik, Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodge« Louis Znidarsich Literary Contest Winner Here, again, you have the win- ners of our JUNIOR LITER- r ARY CONTEST—this time for the month of May . . . The best written composition was “A Let- ter of Appreciation” contribu- ted by Louis Znidarsich, treas- urer of Vrtec No. 9 of Indiana¬ polis, Ind., winning for him first prize in Group “A” . . . Second prize, in this group, was award- ed to Anne Gačnik, secretary of the Outlookers, Cleveland, O.... And third prize went to Kather- ine Zadnik, secretary of the Trail Blazer Jrs., Chicago, IH, Two consolation prizes were also awarded, one going to Julia Kramzer, secretary of Vrtec No. 72, Sygan, Pa., and the other to Julia Kosmach, secretary of Vr¬ tec No. 103, White Valley, Pa. In Group “B”, our little friend, William Pevc, president of the Pioneers of Forest City, Pa., carried off high honors for the third consecutive month and consequently \von for himself another first prize — CON- GRATULATIONS to ali of you and I’m sure we, expressing the voice and opinion of our Vrtec Section readers, hope you will be back with us in this Vrtec Sec¬ tion as well as in future issues. Keep up the špirit of friendly competition and the good work you have begun. Jurtior Wheel of Progress Due to the fact that I am now on a tour, visiting with Vrtec members in Western Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Ill¬ inois, and not having the latest figures of the membership cam- paign at hand, the standing of our Vrtec units in the JUNIOR WHEEL OF PROGRESS as of June lst will not be disclosed at this writing. This \vill be held over till July’s Vrtec Section when the results, which should appear in this issue, and those which will be obtained in the meantime on up to the first of the coming month, will be pub- lished. One thing we do know about the Junior membership drive in May and that is that up to the time of my departure for points east of our Home Office, as many new members were en- rolled as the months of March and April yielded together, and from the few bits of information I have been able to gather while journeying from one SSPZ com- munity to another, I feel cer- tain that June will be a banner month in this respect. So be on the lookout for July’s Vrtec Sec¬ tion and in the meantime speed up the JUNIOR WHEEL OF PROGRESS by gaining a new member or two before our JU¬ VENILE MONTH comes to a close—BE AN SSPZ VRTEC. BOOSTER v?herever you go! Facts You Should Know How many of you boys and girls, who are members of our Vrtec units, know what the let- ters SSPZ standfor? . . . They are the first letters of the words, in the Slovene language, which make up the name of our Socie- ty . .. The name in Slovene is SLOVENSKA SVOBODOMI¬ SELNA PODPORNA ZVEZA and in the English language is SLOVENE PROGRESSIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY. m - " • • ■'ips Our Society was established in the year 1908 in the state of Illinois ... The first adult mem¬ ber, of our pioneer charter mem¬ ber in other words, was and stili is brother Anton Mladic ... The first member to join our Juven- ile Department, and this took plače in January 1915, \vas brother Joseph Golobich who was admitted to lodge No. 7 at Arona, Pa. . . . Today, brother Golobich is secretary of this lodge. * The Juvenile Department Of our SSPZ is now known as the VRTEC ... The idea of organiz- ing ACTIVE VRTEC units was proposed and adopted early in 1933. The name Vrtec means “Little Garden’’ tvhere the flower of SSPZ youth is given its first ray of fraternal sun- siine and the first drink of the cup of mutual understanding and. cooperation. * The originator of the Vrtec idea within the SSPZ was broth¬ er Anton Zaitz, Assistant Su- preme Secretary, who laid his plans before the Supreme Board at the mid-year meeting in 1932 and saw their acceptance, as an integral part of the Society, in February 1933. * Immediately fol!owing the ap- proval of the Vrtec idea, brother Zaitz, who then resided in For¬ est City, Pa., organized the first ACTIVE VRTEC there. Later, it chose the name PIONEERS. The initial meeting was held in March 1933 with thirteen mem¬ bers present... Today, its mem¬ bership is fifty-five, and at one time numbered more t h a n eighty. The first administrator was brother Frank Drašler, who up- on matriculating at Common- wealth College, Mena, Ark., in 1935, resigned his office . . . Since then brothers Anton Zaitz, John Kogoy, Joseph Drašler and sister Angela Pevc, incumbent supervisor, have led this Vrtec. * The first Vrtec secretary was sister Ang-y Pevc about \vhom we ali have.read and heard a great deal during the past four years ... Angy has fulfilled this important Office satisfactorily ever since her election in 1933 and is now in her fifth year ... She has set an example of LOY- ALTY to her fraternal duties that has few equals. * The first Vrtec president was brother Ivan Pevc, brother to Angy . . . After holding this Of¬ fice for one year, Ivan decided to turn the reins over to his younger and more active broth¬ er, William, who willingly ac- cepted the position upon nomi- nation and election . . . Wil- liam’s presidential reign is now entering its fourth term and his activity, if you have read some of his articles, has not waned in the least bit. * The first Vrtec vice-president was Frank Grum and the first recording - secretary H e n r y Grum . .. There are now thirty- seven ACTIVE VRTEC units with a membership of more than twelve hundred . . . We hope to increase this number to double its present size in the near fu¬ ture. Remember . .. The month of JUNE is SSPZ JUVENILE MONTH.. . The JUNIOR WHEEL OF PROGRESS campaign \vill re- main in motion till Dec. 31,1937. The AMATEUR SNAPSHOT CONTEST ends September 30. Send in a snapshot . . . The JUNIOR LITERARY CONTEST closes \vith Augusfs issue of the Vrtec Section ... The JUNIOR HOBBY EXHI- BIT will be a main feature of the NATIONAL MEET at Cle¬ veland on September 4-5-6 ... (Continued on page 4) VRTEC LIBRARY (Books for Boys and Girls) Programs for Springtime Celebrations. The Children’s Book (Miscellaneous) . In Honor of Mother (Mis¬ cellaneous selections) . Mother’s and Children’s When Polly Was Queen of Specialty Entertainment for Baker’s Stunt and Game Stran 2 Ju venile Section of “JSTaprečlek” J vrne it5t.fi, 1937 France Bevk Stal je s škorcem na temnem hodniku. Vrata so vodila na vse strani. Lukec je bil tako prestra¬ šen in zmeden, da ni našel izho¬ da. V kotu so ležali svitki vrvi, ku¬ pi rešilnih pasov in sivega plat¬ na za strehe. Da bi ga dolgin ne našel, je Lukec počenil v kot za yrvi in stiskal škorca na prsi. Da bi le Klepec ne zavpil! “St, st!” je šepetal natiho in mu žugal s prstom, škorec je gledal Lukca modro, molčal je. Zdelo še je, da tudi njemu burno tolče srce. Nenadoma je bilo slišati kora¬ ke. Prihajala sta dolgin in sivec. Govorila sta razburjeno. Lukec še je nizko prihulil. Ali ga bo¬ sta opazila? škorec je hotel zavpiti. Lukec 'ga je zgrabil za kljun in mu ga tiščal. Ptič je postal besen. U- daril ga je s perotnicami, opra¬ skal ga je s kremplji po roki. Lukec ga je izpustil. “Potep, potep!” se je drl Kle¬ pec in skakal po vrveh. “Be¬ dak!” No, zdaj je Klepec lahko vpil. Tujca sta bila že odšla. Lukec je bil napol mrtev od neznanega strahu. Posluhnil je. Še je bilo slišati govorjenje odhajajočih. Splazil se je s škorcem za njima in našel na krov. Naletel je na dolgina. Ta je trčil sivca s komolcem in po¬ mignil na Lukca. Dečka je mrzlo spreletelo. Ni ju hotel videti, šel je naravnost do matere. “Kaj si si naredil?” se je za¬ vzela Marjeta, ko je zagledala Lukčevo okrvavljeno uho in o- praskane roke. Lukec se je ozrl po dolginu. Ta ga je gledal, kot bi ga hotel prebosti. To je pomenilo, da mo¬ ra molčati. “škorec me je opraskal.” Bilo mu je težko. Ni se zme¬ nil za škorca, ki je pozabil na jezo in ga klical. Molče je gle¬ dal na mesto. . . . Parnik se je oddaljeval od brega. 15. škorec je zbolel. Nekega jutra ni skočil na po¬ steljo in zbudil Lukca, kot po navadi. Stal je pod posteljo in klaverno povešal glavo. Ni se ga¬ nil. “Klepec, Klepec!” Ptič je žalosten pogledal go¬ spodarja, nato je znova povesil kljun. Lukca je stisnilo za srce. Kaj je Klepcu? Ali mu bo poginil? Brez moči je čepel pred njim. Vzel ga je v roko. škorec se mu je izmuznil in stisnil se v kot. Je¬ di ni pokusil. Tako dolgega in žalostnega dne Lukec še ni doživel. Bal se je dolgina, ki ga je venomer zasle¬ doval s pogledom. Toda še bolj ga je potrla škorčeva bolezen. Ni vedel, kaj naj počne. Zdaj pa zdaj je pogledal k bolniku v Spalnico. “Klepec! Potep!” ško¬ rec se mu ni oglasil. Le glavo je sklanjal še niže. Mati je videla sinovo žalost, tolažila ga je: “Izpostil se bo in ozdravel ...” Izseljenci so opazili, da ni Klepca. Kje je? Izvedeli so, da je bolan. Radi njegovih burk so ga imeli radi. Zbrali so se okrog Lukca in vpraševali, govorili s sočutjem. “Da mu ni kdo kaj škodljive¬ ga dal jesti.” Lukec se je spomnil na Bron- tolona. Ta je vse dni škilil na škorca. Nekoč ga je bil poklical k sebi in mu dal nekaj pikati iz roke. To je bil Lukec opazil šele, ko se je Klepec začel vrteti in vpiti: “Potep! Bedak!” Pristo¬ pil je in ga odnesel. “Ne bom ti ga pojedel,” je sli¬ šal za hrbtom. 1 Tedaj je iskal z očmi Bronto- lona, ki je sedel v kotu, gledal predse in se nasmihal. “Prinesi ga!” so silili izseljen¬ ci. “Videli bomo, kaj mu je.” Deček je ubogal, škorec je ža¬ losten stal na tleh. Skozi pol¬ odprte trepalnice je škilil lju¬ dem na noge. Potniki so ga ogle¬ dovali. Hoteli so ga božati, ško¬ rec se jim je molče umikal. Kli¬ cali so ga, ni se jim oglasil. Po¬ nujali so mu raznih dobrot, Kle¬ pec se jih ni dotaknil. “škoda, če žival pogine,” so dejali. “Ha,” se je oglasil debeluh, kateremu je škorec rad odvezo¬ val čevlje, “čemu imamo na par¬ niku zdravnika?” Res, prišel je zdravnik. Bil je mlad človek, obraz se mu je smehljal. Počenil je, ogledoval in tipal škorca. Pogledal mu je celo v kljun. Dvignil se je, pre¬ meril Lukca od nog do glave. “Nesi ga z menoj!” Stopila sta v ladijsko lekar- nico. Zdravnik j e vzel steklenico in nalil nekaj kapljic v stekleno cevko. Prijel je škorca za glavo in mu odprl kljun. Počasi, kap¬ lja za kapljo, je teklo zdravilo v ptičje grlo. škorec se je davil. Prišel je do sape in zakričal: “Potep! Potep!” “Kaj to pomeni?” je vprašal zdravnik. “Vagabondo,” je povedal Lu¬ kec italijanski. Zdravnik se je veselo zasme¬ jal. “Nesi ga pod posteljo! Jutri bo zdrav ko riba.” Lukec je bil neizmerno hvale¬ žen . . . Vso noč je sanjal le o škorcu. Prebudil se je in posluh¬ nil. Znova je zaspal . . . Zarana je zaslišal klic, ki ga je prebu¬ dil iz sanj: “Luka! Luka! Dobro j utro.” Na odeji je stal škorec. Dobro jutro? No, to ga je bil Slokar naučil. Lukec je iztegnil roke in od radosti privil žival na lice. (Dalje prihodnjič) Usodna barčica A. ZAITZ Spominski dan je bil izred¬ no vroč dan v Chicagi. Prevro¬ če za 14-letnega črnca Jimmi- ja. Nekako ob desetih dopoldne se je zgubil izpred oči svoje mamice ter z mlajšim bratcem odšel v Washington park. Jimmy je imel novo malo barčico, pa jo je hotel preizku¬ siti na umetno napeljanem po¬ točku v parku. “Poglej, kako lepo rona!” je kazal mlajšemu bratcu, vlekel malo barčico po vodi ter se veselil solnčnega dneva. Jimmy je hotel imeti barčico nekoliko dalj stran od obrežja, hotel jo je poriniti ma¬ lo dalj ter je stopil v plitvo vo¬ do. Barčica je bila lepa in čim bolj je bila daleč od obrežja, lepša je izgledala. Jimmija je to tako premotilo, da niti sam ni vedel, kedaj je pričel hoditi čim dalje globokejše od obrež¬ ja za barčico. Kar naenkrat je zmanjkalo Jimmiju dna pod nogami. Za¬ krilil je z rokami in čofnil v vodo. Mlajši bratec se je tako prestrašil, da ni niti na pomoč klical. Pobral jo je kar so ga noge nesle domov k materi. Na potoku se je napravil sa¬ mo mal kolobar in en par puč- kov — Jimmija ni bilo več. Ob treh popoldne sem šel na sprehod z ženo in sinom v tisti park. Na radiju sem slučajno ujel novico o tistem masakru delavcev v So. Chicagi. Ozna¬ njevalec je napovedal velik shod v Washington parku za tisto popoldne, ki ga priredi C. I. O. Pravega namena nisem povedal ženi, zakaj tiščim rav¬ no v tisti park tisto popoldne. Bal sem se, da bi branila. Saj veste, ženske se navadno vedno boje,- posebno še, ko je bilo o- zračje polno zgražanja proti brutalnosti policije. V parku ob potoku sva naletela na ^el kup policijskih avtomobilov.. Tu- kale najbrž bo, sem rekel so¬ progi ter ji razodel, kaj me je gnalo v park. Soprogi je zasta¬ la noga. Meni se je pa čudno videlo, zakaj so v gruči okrog policije sami črnci. Prašal sem bližje stoječega črnca, pa mi je pojasnil, da je v potoku dopol¬ dne utonil 14-letni zamorski de¬ ček. Iz gruče policije je stopila slabotna ženska, mati utopljen¬ ca. Zaslišanje je bilo končano. Čutil sem v srcu bol ljubeče matere, kateri je ostal mlajši, dočim je oni, kateri bi ji kmalu pomagal, ležal na dnu potoka. Dve uri smo stali na obrežju ter čakali. Meni ni šlo v glavo, kaj odlašajo, čudil sem se o- gromni množici črncev, a ga ni bilo enega, kateri bi stopil v potok ter poiskal utopljenca. Zakaj ni nobeden skočil za njim? sem prašal velikega črn¬ ca. Pa se je vse sorte opraviče¬ val, da ni na potoku ob tem času nobenega čolna in drugo. Slednjič se je našel oziroma se je pripeljal neki zdravnik mimo. Videl je gručo ljudi ter stopil k obrežju. Slekel je sraj- H O B B I E S B y Anne Gačnik Have you ever felt that you don’t know \vhat to do with yourself during summer vaca- tion? Of course, it’s too hot to en- gage in something more active than swimming, but many peo- ple seldom stop to realize that there are many things that take just a small amount of energy to do. Most of you know that stamp collecting is the most popular hobby today. Boys and men, as a rule, take to this hobby more than girls and women. Keeping a picture album is probably the most fun. There are so many different kinds of snapshots that they are certain to satisfy an individuaPs crav- ing for variety. You can enter some snapshots into the snap- shot contest if you wish. I have a friend who collects odd china. He has many inter- esting and unusual specimens from Germany, Portugal, Tur- key and many other places in Europe and South America. Another person I know col¬ lects dolls from ali over the world. Any time any of her friends go out of the country, she asks them to bring her any unusual doli they see. Right now, she has twenty-three speci¬ mens. There are other things to do besides sew or make things out of wood for hobbies. Here are some suggestions— Collecting wildflowers and in- sect specimens. Collecting first editions of mušic or books. Learning new dance steps. Collecting baseball pictures and scores. Writing stories or poetry. One doesn’t have to be intel- lectual to have a hobby. It just takes a little time and interest to have a good one. The more different and origi¬ nal your hobby is the more in- teresting. People always think more of a boy or girl who spends his or her time in a worth-while way. Try and see if that’s not so. co in se potopil pod vodo ter prinesel truplo dečka na površ¬ je. Vse poizkušanje, da bi se ga oživelo, je bilo zaman; bil je že predolgo v vodi. Neka črnka je godrnjala: Fant bi bil lahko živ, ako bi bil kdo tako srčen, da bi saj malo prej šel v vodo. Jimmija je odpeljal policij¬ ski voz in mi smo se razšli vsak s svojimi mislimi. Sopro¬ gi sem dostavil: Slabo se po¬ stavijo. Ako že belim ni za e- nega dečka, kateri je slučajno črnec, bi morali črnci biti toli¬ ko samozavestni, da bi se bil med njimi najdel nekdo, ki bi bil preje skušal dobiti dečka iz vode. Shod C. I. O. pa se je vršil v Washington parku v Indiani in ne v Chicagi, kar sem po¬ motoma zamenjal. X -J uvenilc Letters Fram Our Vrtec Members CLEVELAND-Collinvvood, O. —Oh, \vhat a grand time \ve’re ali going to have on Sunday, June20! The four English-speaking lodges are ali going to “pack” into buses and we’re ali going to enjoy a \vhole day out on Surtz’s farm! Baseball, s w im m i ng, horseshoe pitching, and roam- ing the country side are j ust part of the schedule. What we’re ali really looking forward to is Mr. Vrhovnik, his camera and his wonderful per- sonality! Let’s ali be ready with a great big WELCOME! Everyone is to bring his own lunch, and bring a big one be- cause the country air does things to a person’s appetite. Milk, ice cream and soft drinks will be served without charge. Water is free, too. Outlookers, get ali your Col- linwood cheers out of the moth- balls and start practicing them for the game, but whatever you do, don’t go yelling them at the top of your voice around the house. People vvill think that there’s a screw loose some plače. In the meantime, our cheer- leaders, Johnny Kushan and Ed- die Slejko are getting into tip- top shape to lead the bystanders in some lusty cheers. Our two attractive mascots, Valeria Artel and Josephine Ko- vec, are going to help the team vvith their bats and balls. Don’t forget! Surtz’s farm on the 20th with baseball, svvim- ming, and horseshoes. Don’t forget! Three big cheers for our director! RAH! RAH! RAH! LET’S GO, COLLINWOOD! Arine Gačnik, Secretary of Outlookers. VRTEC 160 CHICAGO, 111. — Members of Vrtec 160 SSPZ please note that the meetings will be changed from third Sunday to the third Friday of every month. The next meeting will be held Friday, June 18, 1937 at 7:30 p. m. at 2334 So. Ridgeway Ave. I hope this day \vill be convenient for you ali. IVilma Gratcliner, secretary of Vrtec 160. VANDLING, Pa. — School books are placed away for the period of three months. And now members of Pioneer Vrtec must start considering the char- acter and structure of our order in the “Wheel of Progress” cam- paign. We are far behind the others and why not go over the top to win the victory. We may think that the work is very hard for canvasing new members to put more spokes in the Wheel. But how hard \vas it for the ones that started the organization? To organize any sort of organi¬ zation takes the time and co- operation of many people. We have an example before us. If we, members of Vrtec No. 1 attended our last meeting vvith a large attendance we could have had an outing and spent the day with members and friends. The Slovene Progres¬ sive Benefit Society has not been built in one day or in one year, but in fact it cannot be completed. It is always being built. It is composed of individ- uals bound together to, help each other. By putting a new member in the Vrtec it means that each day the building is rising. I know that the assistant supreme secretary of the SSPZ vvould be proud to see the in- creasing of our Vrtec to gain its way to victory at this “Wheel of Progress” campaign for he had organized our Vrtec. So why not try? Let us put our minds on the fact that we want to win. We gain members and vre lose them, which is due to the vvork- ing conditions. Let us ali try to keep our Vrtec and be a mem¬ ber. When a member drops from the Vrtec everyone loses. The beneficiary is sure to lose. The insuring organization loses and the Vrtec loses a member.' Independence Daij July Fourth! The bright flags flutter Bands play patriotic airs; Marching feet parade together. Hearts are lightened of their cares. scViec\u\e is rm\de ovit. o v wc rrva.y not Viave anyone. to p\ay. Hal Ha! • See ali you other Vrtecs on the day we play you. Incidenttd- ly Lefty Pletersek is our mana- ger. See Lefty for games. Now comes the gossip. This is the part everyone growls about, but here goes ... A certain lad from our lodge bought himself a battle axe and can he drive. Hovv about a ride Tony ? No thanks, I’m too young to die. At our last meeting Popeye sa ng “Me and My Burro.” And after the meeting one of the members asked him vvhere he got ali the burros at. He had many in his song. I heard a lad say if he hears Chubby play his clarinet again he is going to smack him with a few spoiled tomatoes. Watch yourself, Chub. Boy! If you want to see some drug store cowboys j ust come up on Cooks Hill. Here you vvill see a group of boys ranging from 6 to 14, led by Machine Gun Tony. They even have grass huts. Toto and Willie think they can pitch horseshoes. Boy, you should see them pitch. Toto pitches as if the horse vvas stili vvearing them and there is no doubt about Willie knovving hovv to pitch. He finds everything except the peg. can \uck. to ITrarviv orvYy rniss \.Vvc but tVie tree a\so. Better next time, Frank. If you vvant to learn hovv play some shots in golf see Tony. He’ll teach you hovv to play like he does. He only slices. When he plays for a slice he hooks. Must be the gypsy in him. Tony if I vvere you I’d vvatch my voice. You may be another Crosby some day. I vvas in Sygan on the 31st. Can Tate and Josephine burn up the floor on square dances. You can teli they’re from them thar hills. 'IVell, putting ali gossip, jok- ing, etc:, as ide I close with this one vvish. I vvish to see ali of you on Saturday, June 12 at 7:00 p. m. Come and help us enjoy the even ing. So long — ‘Ernie’ VANDLING, Pa. — June is the month of roses. It is also the month in vvhich vve find many graduates. Speaking about grad- uates, I send my heartiest con- gratulations to ali the graduates vvho are members of the SSPZ. “To the Graduate” On this day of Independence, History unrolls its scroll, And the daring deeds of courage Give nevv vigor to our souls. Wm. Pevc, Vrtec No. 1 BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Novv here comes the šport column. It interests everyone, young and old. Vrtec 169 is ready for one and ali contenders. We had a fevv niče days for practicing and did vve burn up the field. Yea man! We sure are going to have a hot team vvhich every Vrtec vvill regret meeting. Of course vve don’t vvant to scare the other Vrtecs before our Most of our caddy members at St. Clair Country Club, vvent out on strike but didn’t come out so vvell. Incidentally Tony vvhat vvere you doing on number 12. Don’t get sore, I’m just joking. I suppose you lads vvish I’d quit but I’m just getting hot. Here’s a story I heard at a big “blovv-out”. A man vvas about to speak and another man shouted: “Order! Order!” And Tony said, “Make mine a beer.” DoiTt come around me and moan Tony, Popeye told me this. P. S. Popeye teli Tony, Toto told you. May happiness be ever thine, That thy glad špirit ne’er repine; May glovving lights in thy life beam— Yea, brightest rays of sunlight gleam Upon thee, as thou wander’st on Through days of youthhood- days that davvn Pure and unblemished, beauti- ous, rare, Like sunny skies of springtime fair. And should there come.clouds floating by, May not the dark, but silver lie Betvveen thee and the side of dread, And novv, God’s blessings on thy head! Education is a very beneficial another Frank Buck vvhen he grovvs up. The other day vve placed a tin can on a tree and PEACE IN GOD They gaze upon the vvar-torn land; They see the dead, the vvounded souls; They see destruction everyvvhere. They see the shell-shocked maniacs; They see the mangled forms of youth; They search—alas, no peace is there. • They gaze upon the raging sea That dashes o’er the rugged rocks. And drags the lifeless on to shore. They vvatch, vvhile ships are šunk, and lost; While bodies struggle frantic’lly: — Alas, peace reigns at sea no more. They search among the clouds above, But only threats and darkness find ;— They turn their eyes away in fear. And suddenly the storm bursts:— The vvind raves vvildly, torrents fall. “Alas,” they cry, “no peace is here!” And as they search, I vvalk, alone. Above me is a cloudless sky, About my feet, the blossoms nod. I hear the chime of chapel beliš, An organ sounds a great Amen:— ’Tis I vvho’ve found it—Peace in God! Valeria Artel, Vrtec 11 (Age: 15 years) Frank Zupančič is going to be thing in the vvorid of today. What vvould this vvorid be if there vveren’t high schools, col- leges, universities, etc.? Hovv vvould vve face the problems of today? The problems of today are more difficult than they vvere years ago. Schools give us training hovv to face these prob¬ lems. If vve don’t take advantage of this training, hovv are vve go¬ ing to solve these problems vvhen the people that have been solving them leave us? Then education vvill not be developed. We shouldn’t be content to knovv and do the same things vvhich our parents are doing. We should ali strive to do higher and better things. Just as our teachers say, “One never knovvs the value of high school train¬ ing until he goes into the vvide vvorid.” Education is a benefit to our organization. Our leaders re- ceived their foundation in their high school years. Reading books and penmanship aids Vr¬ tec members to vvrite articles for the Vrtec Page. Continued on Page 4 &Lra.n 4 Ju. venile Section of “Napredek June 16th, 1037 Leiters From Our Vrtec Members (Con tinued from Page 3) Is the “Wheel of Progress” turning? I hope that the other Vrtec lodges are doing their ut- most to make it turn. Vrtec No. 1 is trying to do its best but we don’t seem to be succeeding. Probably the conditions are hin- dering us. Thanking Pirate Jr. Vrtec for its invitation to their Bingo Par- ty. Hoping that it was a huge success. Angy Pevc, Sec’y of Vrtec No. 1—Age 16. ComeVa Column AMBRIDGE, Pa. — The Comet members seem to have spring fever because the last two meetings were very poorly attended. We request that ali the Comet members attend the next meeting which will be held on June 17 especially because Michael Vrhovnik, the director of the Juvenile Department of the SSPZ will be present. So be sure to attend and we also in- vite the members of the senior lodge 41 SSPZ. Refreshments will also be served to ali Vrtec members who will be present. It will start at 6:30 p. m. sharp. Cometa* Newa Flash! I wish to make the an- nouncement to ali other Vrtec’s in Western Pennsylvania that they are cordially invited to at¬ tend the Comets’ Vrtec 44 Third Anniversary Dance which will be held Saturday, June 19 at the Slovene Home at 127 Merchant St. The mušic will be furnished by a popular orchestra in the Ambridge district which will play your favorite polkas and jazz. The admission will be very small so come one, come ali. We especially invite the senior lodge 41 of the SSPZ to attend and make our Third Anniver- sary Dance a big success. Don’t forget to come, the date is J une 19th. We have five new members in our Vrtec and we will work harder to get more new mem¬ bers, to build our Vrtec so that it will be larger and better. So come on gang let’s ali show some good špirit and get as many new members as you can. Agnes Tekstar, secretary; Rudolph Rosenberger, vice president; Vrtec 44. on having a picnic at Silver Lake on June 6.1 am sure that ali the members had a good time. Some of our parents were there and I hope they had a good time too. We members had many good times together. We had many parties, dances and other af- fairs. We need the full support and cooperation of every member to be successful. I want every meet¬ ing to be attended as the last one. Don’t forget members to write some letters to the paper. Marg Klevisher, treasurer of Vrtec No. 140. P. S.—At one weiner roast I did not roast my weiners so I had to eat them raw. VRTEC 140 PIERCE, W. Va. — Wake up members of Vrtec No. 140 Write some letters in the paper. We aren’t going to leave our big Vr¬ tec behind. Are we? Our Vrtec \vas organized at the beginning of 1936 with only a membership of eleven mem¬ bers but now we are proud to say that we have thirty-seven members. That is a good num- ber for such a little to\vn as Pierce. The members are work- ing very hard to get more new members. We thank our admin¬ istrator brother Frank Polantz who is of great help to us. Our meeting which was held on June 2 was very well attend¬ ed. At this meeting we planned HELEN COMES THROUGH WITH AN ART1CLE EXPORT, Pa. — Dear Editor and Readers:— Well here I am coming back with an article as brother Vrhovnik said: “You come through once and then quit.” Well, brother Vrhovnik I guess you won’t be surprised to hear from me, and to see that I am not a quitter. The reason I did not write was that there was nothing to write about, hut now there is. It’s about the great time we had June 13 at White Valley. That was brother Vrhovnik’s day here. Brother Vrhovnik reached White Valley in time to attend the meeting of the Evening Starš, lodge No. 218 which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lavrich. After their meeting he attended the meeting of sen¬ ior lodge No. 142 which was then followed by Vrtec 103 who also had their monthly meeting; and who appreciated his talk very much. At the close of ali those meetings brother Vrhovnik then took moving pictures of ali the Vrtec members present, and then of the officers and the characters of the play that was presented. Not only did he take these pictures but of members of the senior lodge who seemed to enjoy this very much, also of a few of the members of the Eve¬ ning Starš. He also took pic¬ tures of our youngest member, Janet Primožič. Picture taking ali over with at the picnic, Frank Supancic furnished ac- cordion mušic for dancing until 6:30 p. m. At this time we then began our program which was an- announced by Theresa Kostelic. First we had an introduction played on the accordion follow- ed by a play entitled “Who Says Can’t” The characters acting were as follows: Mrs. Wright played by Valen¬ tina Prenic member of Evening Starš No. 218. Mr. Wright by Helen Sabec, member of Vrtec 103. Robert by Helen Prenic, re- cording secretary of Vrtec 103. Edith by Julia Kosmač, secre- tary of Vrtec 103. Tommy played by Helen Sa¬ bec. Isabella played by Valentina Prenic. I will write a summary of the play so that some of the other members can see what it \vas ali about. After the play the presi¬ dent of the senior lodge, Mr. Kostelic, addressed the audience in Slovene. Tillie Mladenik also said a few words. Brother Mich¬ ael Vrhovnik \vas now called on to speak to the members of the audience \vhich was appreciated and enjoyed immensely. Follow- ing his speech, he sho\ved mov¬ ing pictures that were of great interest to most of the members. Then came the time for the young folks to enjoy themselves dancing to the well kno\vn or¬ chestra, Art Defrance. If brother Vrhovnik would come out to spend a whole week with us that would not be enough. The reason for this is \vhen you once get started talk- ing to him someone would butt in and then take him a\vay or else they would call for him. There were many things that I wanted to talk over \vith him, but it was impossible to do so as he always had a large cro\vd around him. As the evening came to an end I met Marian Pellegrini, Louis Sarer, John Ahačič and Frank Sirca, members of the Challeng- ers who are from Strabane. These members wanted very much to dance, but could not get started or they were a little too shy. Sorry I didn’t know the boys earlier that evening. (That dance was swell—the one with Frank Sirca I believe. Just jok- ing!) Having said their good- byes they left. The perfect eve¬ ning came to an end. Will I get my sailor hat back Frank? We are looking forward to seeing them again. I wonder what kind of mem¬ bers we have that said that they didn’t know about this big time. We had written about it in the papers enough, both in Slovene and English. I am sure they couldn’t miss seeing it. Here’s hoping that everyone had an enjoyable'evening and I hope that brother Michael Vr¬ hovnik will not think that I’m a quitter now. What do you say brother ? Here’s good-bye till you hear from me again. Helen Previc, Record. secre- tary of Vrtec 103. •I 5 SUMMARY OF “WHO SAYS CAN’T” Mr. and Mrs. Wright are seat- ed at the dinner table. Robert and Edith reach for the same weiner and start arguing to see who got it first. Mr. Wright looks at the clock on the wall and teliš Mrs. Wright that they better get started, so he leaves to get the car. Robert and Edith then start arguing over the big- gest piece of cake which Edith had taken. Mrs. Wright tvould like to stop them but j ust then a horn is heard outside and she runs out. Robert is telling his sister that if she keeps taking the biggest piece of cake that she’ll never get a boy friend. She teliš him that she could be kiss- ed if she wanted to and then they make a bet of $10 j ust what Bob need s to pay for a boat. Robert tired of listening to her looks for his coat and runs out. Edith clears the table. Isabell her girl friend comes in with a vase of flowers and sets them on the table. Edith drops the dish and Isabell asks her \vhat is wrong. She then teliš her of the bet she made with Robert. They then see Tommy a friend of Bob, coming up the \valk and Edith teli her to practice on him. She changes her dress and is seated as Tom enters and asks for Bob. He is about to leave as she calls him back. He sees her sewing and says that she must be getting ready for a boy friend. He gets down to look for something and Edith offers to help him find whatever it is. He then says he lost his heart. He then is thrown over by her. He jumps up to choke her and Bob enters thinking that he is going to kiss her and tries to stop him. Tommy then asks him “Who Says Can’t” and kisses her. Bob kicks his hat and starts out. Tommy follows but turns back at the mention of cake. Edith hands him the biggest piece and asks him if he is sorry that thdy' lost the boat and he says “not as long as I have you.” They hold an embracing position and Bob and Isabelle enter and they stare. Curtain then falls. Helen Previc MRAVLJI Zvečer sta se sešli mravlji, so¬ sedi v mravljišču. “Joj, kako sem zdelana,” reče prva, “ves božji dan sem prevla- čevala košček sladkorja, pa ga nisem mogla spraviti do doma; na sredi poti sem ga morala pu¬ stiti.” “ “A tako, ti misliš drobtince od sladkorja, ki ga je razsula ne¬ ka deklica tam na cesti? Pa kako je to, saj je bilo polno majhnih koščkov tam “Da, ali jaz sem se lotila naj- večjega.” “ “Brezumnica,” ” reče druga, “ “vidiš, jaz pa sem nosila le bolj majhne koščke: le pojdi pogle¬ dat, kakšen kup jih je! Seveda, ti hočeš vse najedenkrat. Nu, pa imaš. Boš saj vedela za drugo- krat!” ” WITH OUR JUNIORS (Continued from page 1) Attend your Vrtec meetings regularly... Plan a summer program of ac- tivity that will interest ali your members. Gentle Hint “Angel face, say hello to your aunt.” “I hate choo! I hate choo! I hate choo!” “Baby dumpling, thafs not niče. Say hello to auntie.” “I hate choo! I hate choo! I hate choo!” “Please, snookums, for momma’s sake, say hello.” “I hate choo! I hate choo! I hate choo!” “Listen, plug ugly, say hello to your aunt before momma knocks whatever teeth you’ve got down your little throat.” “Why, auntie, dear, when did you arrive?” i