JU VENILE SECTION OF "NAPREDEK"

CLEVELAND, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939

By MICHAEL VRHOVNIK,

Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodges

What Do You Think

‘‘If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost certain ypu won’t.

Life’s battles don’t always go
AGNES TEKSTAR To the stronger or faster man;

And sooner or later the one who win
Well, first of ali I want to Is the man who thinks he can
thank Mr. Michael Vrhovnik for Anon—

the niče letter he had sent me.

In his letter he stated that I Prizes?—Trips to National  Fr-
should write something along ^ €C  Fultural Festival at
with sending my picture to the Cleveland

“Progress.” I was a bit puzzled Although no official an-
at first but at last I decided to nouncement has been made of
write an autobiography. So here 0 ur new JUVENILE MEM-
g° es - BERSHIP CAMPAIGN, I’m

I was bora in Ambridge, Pa., taking this Iead because I feel
on August 19, 1923 and have that it is high time someone
been living in Ambridge ever were letting you in on a few of
smce - - its major details, which, I’m

During my school career thus sure, you’ll find very much to
far, I have attended a number your interest and liking. The
of schools here in Ambridge. starting date, we want you to
Now a Junior in the Ambridge know, is OCTOBER 1,1939, and
High School I am taking the will last ali of three months,
Commercial Course. My favorite ending DECEMBER 31, 1939.
subjects are typing and history. You’ve probably read or

Continued on page 3 of regular section heard of our FIRST NATION-

-- AL VRTEC CULTURAL FES-

TIVAL; and that it will be held
THIRD QUARTER ME M-  j n  Cleveland j ust before the
BERSHIP DRIVE  opening of the Society’s lOth

lst prize. $10.00 Regular Convention. If you

have, then you know it promises
2nd piize . 5.00 £ 0 a  g rea t stage show put on

July- August Standings  by outstanding Vrtec talent

Members

secured

Datvn Patrol

Gowanda, N. Y.17

Starlighters,

Bon Air, Pa.....16 ■

Concordians,

Cleveland, 0.15

Vrtec No. 72,

Sygan, Pa.13

Vrtec No. 77,

Center, Pa. 7

Challenger Jrs.,

Strabane, Pa. 6

With the balance of Sep¬
tember stili to go, which of
the above Units will win
the cash prizes, or will
some dark horse sneak thru
to tape top honors? Not
likely, but stranger things
than that have happened.


CONGRA TULA TIONS!
TO VRTEC JUGOSLAVS
OF INDIANAPOLIS
1939 Junior Softball
Champs!

Presenting to you a team
of champions . . .

John Praprotnik
Louis Znidersich
August Zupančič
Frank Zakrajšek
Anthony Bayt
Martin Dragan
Rudolph Flajs
Albin Turk
Charles Komlanc
Algred Armin
Louis Dragan
Rudolph Milharčič
William Komlanc
Melvin Scott
Tillio Cendon
ANTON OUALIZA,

Mgr.

from many states. The boys and
girls, who will receive invita-
tions to participate in this cuL
tural spectacle, will have their
fares paid by the Society and
their quarters and meals will be
furnished free through the lo-
cal Festival Committee.

Since the program will be
completed with a variety of tal¬
ent from several states, we are
anxious to have as many or more
states represented in the audi-
ence by Vrtec members, who will
be honored guests as well as
visitors on that special occasion,
there to see with their own eyes,
to hear with their own ears and
to learn what their fellow-mem-
bers are capable of performing
in the cultural field. For that
reason, the Supreme Board went
on record at its last meeting ac-
cepting a campaign plan which
offers every Vrtec member in
the Society an opportunity to
earn his/her way to and from
the Festival.

How can you win this trip,
you ask? ... Well, here’s ali you
have to do to be among the win-
ners...

If you live outside the state
of Ohio, enroll 25 juvenile mem¬
bers and the trip and per diems
of $2.00 is yours .. . If you live

SCORES

Jugoslavs .14

vs

Trail Blazer Jrs. 1

*

Sygan Jrs. 5

vs

Spartan Jrs. 1

*

Jugoslavs . 6

vs

Sygan Jrs. 2

*

Trail Blazer Jrs. 9

vs

Spartan Jrs. 2

*

Sygan Jrs.12

vs

Trail Blazer Jrs.. 1

*

Jugoslavs .13

vs

Sygan Jrs. 6

in Ohio, then 15 members is
that is required.  t '

This doesn’t mean that you, :
yourself, must enroll every newj
member credited to your namc. :
No! That isn’t necessary; buli
if you can, so much the better!]
Your friends, relatives or any-
one may cooperate with and'
help you win! Our advice to you
is to organize your “Help for-
ces” behind you and go to tvork
for ali you’re worth! If you
don’t want the trip for your-
self, then the next best thing tel
do is to give your Services to
some other deserving member
and help  him/her win a trip to
Cleveland.

We repeat— Once you have
the required number of neu »
members, you will be entitled to,
a round trip to the FIRST NA¬
TIONAL CULTURAL FEST.lt
VAL and $2.00 per dag from the
time gou leave home until gou
return. Two per diems shall be,

(Continued on page 3 of regular issue)'

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RE IN ST AT E YOUR
LAPSED MEMBERS!

Whg is that so import-
ant? — There are two very
good reasons why it is.
First, because a ‘ member
reinstated is a member
gained and second, whicb
to some might be the more
important reason of the
two, because assessments
for the months of October
and November will be re-
funded to ali members ivho
are in goodstanding as of
October 31,1939.  If you are
numbered among  the
lapsed members, b r i n g
your dues up to date for
that is the only \vay you
can assure yourself this re-
fund. Administrator s and
secretaries are advised that
assessments for October
and November must be col-
lected and foncarded ivith
the monthlg'statements to
the supreme treasurer the
same as ang other month
of the gear.

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Juvenile Section of  "Napredek”

September 20, 1939

Spartan Jrs.

»MMPOLtS JUGOSLAVS

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A TALE 0F TW0 CITIES
Ho! Hum! Won’t that train
ever come? Let's see vvhat time
it is? 12:20. That train ought to
be here soon. Gosh! Boy-oh-
boy! Haw. Here comes the choo-
choo, and are we going to have
iun.

■ Weboarded the train at 12:25.
[That is most of us did. We had
jto send out a foraging expedi-
tion to find some of them.

Here comes Matt Debevec, our
administrator.

“You boys had better try get-
•ting some sleep. You play two
jgames today.”

Sleep! On a trip like this? A
£hysical impossibility.

' We arrived at the station in
Indianapolis at 8 o’clock. We
jvere driven to the hali in pri¬
jate cars with a police escort
'clearing the way.

At the hali be had some much-
heeded breakfast, and were as-
signed our sleeping quarters. (I
<don’t think many of the Spar¬
tans made much use of theirs.)
,We unpacked our grips and
■vvent “bumming jaround” for
the remainder of the morning.

We had some lunch and then
changed into our baseball
elothes, and went to play bali.
To coin a phrase, FcT say, "Oh!
Woeful Day!”

The results of our double
header, are knotvn to ali I guess,
but if by chance someone does
not know, I won’t teli.

After the games, we got
dressed, and had a bite, and then
took in a show (That Indianapo¬
lis show almost put ali of our
boys to sleep.) .

On the way home we stvore
we wouId sleep till noon the
next day, but next morning
again. It was an altogether dif-
ierent štory. We were up at 8.

We went to the hali, and then
had some breakfast. Our next
t°P the Spartan bali game.
Another victory for Bernie
Shultz. After the game some
.imore food. (It seems that was
about ali we did in Indianapo¬
lis.)

Another show, and then a lit-
tle more wandering, and so to

bed.

Next morning at 9 some more
food. (Aren’t we the eatingest
people?) We watched Bernie
Shultz hurl his fourth victory
in three days as the Spartans
defeated the Hoosier pals to
take home the bacon, the much
coveted trophy on display in
Cleveland.

There wasn’t much after that.
A dance at which the Spartans
insisted on kissing ali the girls
goodbye. A little dancing and
singing at the terminal to the
accompaniment of an accordi-
on, and then off to Cleveland.

We arrived Tuesday morning
with many a big head, and on
the \vhoIe, a much wiser and
sadder lot.

Andrew Elersich

HIGHEST MOUNTAINS

The five highest mountains in the
world are located in Asia among that
vast range known as the Himalayas. Ali
of them rise over five miles high, and
the greatest, Mount Everest, has an
elevation of about 29,141 ft. This moun-
tain was named after Sir George Ever¬
est, who first fixed its position on the
map he was determined to find the
height and he did in 1841. The other
four of the world’s greatest mountains
are Goldwin-Austin of an elevation of
about 28,265 ft., Kinchinjunga, 28,146,
Kinchinjunga the II 27,803 and the
mountain of Makolu, elevation is 27,790
feet. The next highest group of peaks
stand in the Andes of South America.
The highest is the Aconcagua peak in
Argentina, with a height of 22,834 feet.
Other high mountains in South Ameri¬
ca include Mercedario, 22,302 ft., and
Hauscan, 22,188 ft., in Chile and Peru.
The three highest volcanoes are in the
Andes of Ecuador. They are Chimbo-
rago 20,702 ft., and Antisana 19,260 feet.

After South America comes the North
American continent with the next high¬
est peaks in the world. Mount Mc-
Kinley in Alaska towers to a height of
20,300 feet. In the Rock Mountains,
Mount Logan 19,850 feet and Mount St.
Elias 18,008 feet, both in Canada, exceed
the rest of the range in height.

The highest peak in Europe is in the
Cauccasus Mountains. Next comes the
Alps with Mount Mlanc, 15,782 feet, the
highest peak.

Africa offers one of the most inter-
esting mountains in the world. Located
in Fanganyika, Mount Kilimanjara,
which is a native name for Mountains of
the Cold Demon, has two peaks, the
highest measures 19,710 feet above sea
level .

I looked this up in different library
books and found the elevation of these
mountains.

Sophia A. Colarič
Spartan Jr.

FIRST JOBS

Twenty-five centa- a aay for fifteen
hours’ work! That is what John D.
Rockefeller received for his duties on
the farm where he began his business
career. If we study the lives of noted
people, we shall find that a large per-
centage of them began with ordinary
jobs such as a boy or girl could obtain.

Charles R. Hook had a job as Office
boy at $2.00 a week. He fulfilled ali his
duties so faithfully that he soon was
promoted. In a few years be became
president of a company with 15,000 em-
ployees.

Charles R. VValgreen started on a
farm. Now he owns a Chain of drug
stores extending across the nation.

David Sarnoff, a young lad, started as
a messenger boy and he now is presi¬
dent of the Radio Corporation of
America. *

Can you imagine Andrew Carnegie
working for $1.20 a week? He did, as
a bobbin boy in a textile plant:

Michael Faraday asked for something
to do at the Royal Institution. He got
a job as dish washer. Faraday seized an
opportunity and later became Profes-
sor ip the Royal Academy at Woolwich.

How much inspiration ■ and encour-
agement we can find in the biographies
of noted people. The boy that refuses
to do a job that is not important enough
or does not pay him enough may never
get a chance to do important work and
earn big pay.

“William, where did you get that
blake eye?”

“It’s ali right father, I’ve only been
civilizing the boy next door.”

Sophie A. Colarič
Spartan Jr.

SPARTAN JUNIORS GOSSIP

Our last meeting which \vas held on
Friday, Sept. 15 was poorly attended.

The business of the day was our Hal-
lowe’en party which will be held on Oct.
20. The party will proceed after a short
meeting. Ali members are urged to at-
tend this party.

Andy Elersich doesn’t seem to be able
to forget the SSPZ 01ympics (especially
the pretty girls).

Say Eddie Stokel and Andy Elersich,
who is V. K.? Come on let us in on the
secret.

Tommy Tavčar late as usual . . . (We
forget he had to take., his girl home
first.)

Sophie Colarič must have forgotten
that our meetings are on the third
Friday of every month.

Dolores (Dolly) Rossman hasn’t been

Indianapolis, Ind. — With
only remeniscepces of the Ath-
letic Meet of 1939 in the minds
of the SSPZ members ali will
now concentrate on the various
activities scheduled for the win-
ter season in each lodge.

The last meet was a huge suc-
cess as there were ten teams en-
tered in the softball tournament
and almost a like number in the
balina tournament,

Now we wish to acknowledge
to the champions of 1939, name-
ly: the Spartans in the senior
division of the softball tourna¬
ment; the Jugoslavs in the jun-
ior division; the Spartans No.
2 team in the ladies’ division of
the balina tournament and the
Danica of Indianapolis in the
men’s class.

In vvinning the j unior cham-
pionship the Jugoslavs defeated
the Trailblazers from Chicago
and the Sygan team from Penn-
sylvania. In the final encount-
er the Jugoslavs romped over
the Trailblazers by a decisive
margin with the final score
reading 14-1 in favor of the
Slavs. Gus Zupančič pitched
marvelously as he limited the
Chicagoans to 5 hits and fanned
6 men. Tony Bayt starred in
batting ,getting three hits and
1 walk.

The second victory for the Ju-
goslavs was chalked up against
the Sygan team, who vvere the
defending champs. The score
was 6-2. Louis Znidersich pitch¬
ed for the Jugoslavs and ga ve

How many of these questions
can you answer vvithout looking
them up? Credit yourself vvith
1 point for each question an-
swered correctly. 8 is average,
10 is good and 12 or more is ex-
cellent. The answers appear
elsewhere in this issue.

1. What year was the SSPZ
organized?

2. Who was the first presi¬
dent of our Society?

3. Where was the first lodge
organized ?

4. The-name of the Supreme
Secretary is what?

5. When are your monthly as-
sessments due?

6. Who is the Editor of the
Official Organ?

7. What is the English trans-
lation for “Napredek”?

8. Where should your contri-
butions to the Vrtec SOction be
mailed?

9. Can a Vrtec member be in-
sured under more than one
policy?

10. What is the maximum ul¬
timate amount of insurance for
juveniles?

11. How soon after a child’s
birth may an application for
membership be made?

12. Up to what age is insur¬
ance issued in the Juvenile De¬
partment?

seen lately around here.

Why does Helen Papesh eye one cer-
tain fellow thru the meeting?

Until we meet again, we remain the
Two Spartan Jr. Gals

up but three hits and fanned 5
batsmen. Melvin Scott and Mar¬
tin Dragan each hit a home run
to lead the attack of the Jugo¬
slavs.

In the championship game the
Jugoslavs once again met the
Sygan team and vanquished
them by a score of 13-6 Johnny
Proprotnik limited the Pennsyl-
vanians to 5 hits while his team-
mates collected 15 hits off Hen-
chimer and Dolinar. Johnny al-
so štručk out 12 batsmen in
gaining his victory. Allgerd Ar-
min and Tony Bayt each got 3
singles to lead the team to vic-
tory.

In vvinning the three games
and taking the championship,
the Jugoslavs brought their sea¬
son record to 22 vvins and 8
losses. Ali their pitching was
done by the 3 aces on the Jugo-
slav roster, namely John Pra¬
protnik, Louis Znidersich and
August Zupančič. The leading
batters for the Slavs in the tour¬
nament were Tony Bayt with an
average of .546, Martin Dragan
with .446 and Allgred Armin
with .429. Other members of the
team are Louis Dragan, William
and Charles Komlanc, Adolph
Flajs, Rudolph Milhaucic, Al¬
bin Turkand Frank Zakrajšek.

And so until the time again
arrives for another meet vvhen
the Jugoslavs vvill defend their
title, the Spartans, Trailblazers
and Sygans ,we’ll be seeing you.

Martin Dragan
Vrtec No. 9

(Books for boys and girls)
PROGRAM MATERIAL

Hallowe’en Happenings.$.40

Hallowe’en Fun Book.40

Favorite Hallowe’en

Collections . 50

Hallowe’en Merrymakers .40

Jolly Hallowe’en Book.50

Thanksgiving For Ali ‘..40

Thanksgiving Day and Ways .. .60
Glad Time Thanksgiving

Book .40

Harvest Moon Thanksgiving

Book .:..50

AU-Around Christmas Book.50

Star Christmas Book.50

Christmas For Ali.40

The Christmas Book...50

One Hundred Christmas

Recitations .40

Christmas Recitations for

Grades .   .40

Tip-Top Christmas Book.40

ONE-ACT PLAYS

Christmas At Casey’s.35

The Christmas Orphans .30

The Boy They Turned Away .. .35

Mrs. 0’Malley’s Christmas .35

Tiny Jim .25

Just What They VVanted .35

Ask Nancy .35

His First Shave.30

Orville's Big Date .35

The Red Lamp .30

Who's Crazy Now (3 Acts) .50

Our Boarding House (3 Acts) .50

NOTE: Mail ali orders to the

Director of the Juvenile Depart¬
ment, 247 W. 103 St., Chicago, Ili.

13. How long may a member
be lapsed and stili be eligible
for reinstatement? What are
the main requirements?

14. In vvhat four states do ap-
proximately 2/3 of our members
live?

15. Name the three important
coming holidays.

OUR QUIZ BOX . VRTEC LIBRARY

September 20, 1939

Juvenile Section o£ “Napredek 5 *

PAGE 3

Kingsters

SUGGESTIONS FROM A
KINGSTER LASS

Dear Members:

Here is a short article telling
you about our meeting in July,
and a poem with a recipe on
how to bake a cake. You see, I’ve
started to take up cooking and
baking and would like to see
other Vrtec members doing like-
wise, so I’ve decided to try ali
kinds of recipes and then send
the best ones to be published in
the Vrtec section of the “Na¬
predek.” My first recipe -is in-
cluded in today’s article, to-
gether with an appropriate
poem. I would also like to have
other girls send in good recipes
that they have tried, or corres-
pond and exchange recipes with
me. I think this should be great
fun for everyone. Try it, won’t
you, girls? I’ll be waiting to hear
from you.

'i' ' 1 '  ; *!'

On Sunday morning, July 16,
the regular meeting of the
Kingsters, Vrtec No. 103, was
called to order by president
Helen Kastelic. The minutes
vvere read by the recording sec-
retary, Anna Gerlosky.

Three of our faithful mem¬
bers, Theresa, Pauline Kogov¬
šek and Stanley Pravic were
transferred to the adult lodge.

Having no further business to
discuss, the meeting was ad-
journed by the president.

Helen Mladenick, Sec’y
Kingsters, Vrtec No. 103

A THOUGHTFUL THOUGHT

One day I thought and thought a while
But no thought could come.

Then I got to thinking
Maybe I was dumb.

What I really wanted
Was something niče to do.

Then ali at once I štručk a thought
But sister only laughed and boo-ed.
Ha! Ha! You bake a cake
I never heard a better joke.

She laughed and teased until at last
My little heart was almost broke.

In spite of ali the razzing I took
I was determined to do my best.

So I carefully followed my little book
And with my plan I went ahead.

But when my cage was finished, Oh—

It could have šunk a ton of lead.

I was hurt and felt so bad
I cried and cried, Oh how I cried!
That such a naughty rotten cake
Should hurt me and my pride.

But things don’t get me down so fast.

I straightened up and with a grin
Went on my way and thought again,
“Why spoiling cake is not a sin.”
Then one day my courage returned
And once again I, tried«

Oh what a cake I really made
A cake quite fit for a bride.

After that I baked more and more
Boy! Such Goodies I turn out now.
Even though I say so myself
Yet it’s so easy to learn how.

And listen girls, here’s a hint
Thru his stomach’s the shortest way,
To the heart of a man
Is what they say.

So here I come, out of the fog
With help for those who will and can.
And I assure you some sweet day
You’ll hold the hand of a handsome
man.

Just follow my recipes
My hints and my plans
And some day yoti’U be great fans.

Here's lučk to ali of you
And hope for the best,

But it’s up to you
To do the rest. -

Here’s a very simple recipe for a cake
for any beginner. Trv it. Only don't
forget the baking powder, like I did in
my first cake.

ONE EGG CAKE
Vi  cup shortening
2 3 cup sugar

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NEWS NOTES

Wilma Gratchner, our beloved
secretary, seemed to be very
happy at our last meeting. She
must have saw her “one and
only,” before she came. (Am I
right, Wilma?)

Who did Edward Udovich ex-
pect to find at the meeting? He
came in dressed like the “Duke
of Windsor.”

My, my ,what is this younger
generation coming to? Mary Lou
seems to think there is no one
like our Umbrella Man.

Flash! Isn’t Angeline Moži¬
na sporting a niče ring. From
who could she have got it?
Something teliš me a young man
by the name of Leonard is mixed
up in this somewhere.

My call for Louie Zorko
seemed to help in last months
edition. He was actually present
at the last meeting.

Bernice Žlogar is going to the
Sacred Heart Boarding School.
Ali Rožnik Jrs. wish you the
best of lučk as you enter your
new surroundings.

Hasn’t Jackie Marinch got a
niče coat of tan. He looks like
the second Robert Taylor.

What happened to Jeanette
Vollo? The meetings are usual-
ly a bit more brightened up
when' she contributes some of
her \visecracks.

Vigor and vitality. Who has
it? Yes, you’re right. Miss Joyce
Meden!

Come on, ali you Rožnik Iads
and lassies, start attending the
meetings regularly. Remember,
we now hold them at the home
of our administrator, Mr. Vic-
tor Zupančič, 2421 So. Lawn-
dale Avenue.

September. School again.
Books, papers, pencils, pens,
tests, teachers and notebooks.
Oh heckIBut at second thought
it’s good to get back to school,
to meet new friends, and greet
old ones.

So long, till—?

Angeline Rokavec

ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS

As I sit there in the dentists’s
chair waiting for the doctor to
appear, I wonder if Pil live
through this intense moment.
I watch the people outside in
Street cars and think how little
they have to worry about, but
I . . . raising my head, I see
needles, long needles, which the
doctor will use on me. Why
doesn’t he come? This is torture.
The nurse comes in, raises the
seat ,prepares a cup to drink
from and puts a napkin around
my neck. Stili no doctor. Finally
after 15 minutes of torturous
thinking, he enters with a smile
on his face ,trying to cheer me
up.

No, he can’t fool me, he’s stili
a doctor. As he flashes the light
into my mouth, I close my eyes.
I hear the sound of the needles
as he puts them down on the
shelf. I’m shaking . . . wonder-
ing if this is the end. My mouth
is dry; I can’t catch my breath.
This is too much, Life is so
short. Why must it be this way?
I slouch down into the seat. He
pushes me back up. I wish he’d
leave me there. What must he
think of me! “That’s ali,” says
he, suddenly. Ali that worrying
for nothing and I walked safe-
ly out of his office.

Angeline Rokavec
No. 160

POWER POINT RAINBOWS
Lisbon, O. — Well folks, here
I am again, writing you a few
lines about the farm.

Thirteen acres of corn is a lot
to cut but we finally got it cut
a couple of days after Labor
Day. It took my dad, brother,
sister and I to cut it about four
days. And we got about 50 tons
of hay put up so guess it ought
to last us until spring.

We’ll start husking corn pret-
ty soon and digging potatoes so
you ought to know on the farm
you’re always busy.

We also got 120 quarts of
peaches canned, 140 quarts of
cherries and berries and some
more things, but I caiTt think of

l egg

1 % cups flour
Vi  teaspoon salt
l'k  teaspoons baking powder
,% cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together the shortening and
the šugar until very light and creamy;
add tlie egg, that has been well beaten.
Sift together the dry ingredients three
times. Add alternately with the milk.
Add the flavoring and beat thoroughly.
Bake in a greased pan, in a moderately
hot oven—about 400 degrees F.

This cake is very plain, but also de-
licious. ITI be around soon with some¬
thing fancier. Please watch.

Helen Mladenick
Kingsters, Vrtec 103

them right now and we’ll stili
have to can some more other
things.

Well so long till next month
that will give you a lot to think
abouf.

Well Clara and Stephie I hope
you don’t have to work too hard.

Signing off with best regards
from the Rainbows.

Agnes June Lesjak
Vrtec 126

QUIZ ANSWERS

1. 1908.

2. Anton Mladic.

3. Chicago.

4. William Rus.

5. First to and including the
last day of the month.

6. Vatro Grili.

7. Progress.

8. Napredek, 6231 St. Clair
Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

9. Yes—T\vo or more policies
may be held.

10 . $ 1000 . 00 .

11. First day.

12. 15 years, 6 months.

13. 12 months. Must be in
good health and ali assessments
paid to date.

14. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi¬
ana and Illinois.

15. Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas.

Comets’ News t

i

Ambridge, Pa. — The month
of September is here vvhich
means our vacation days are
over and school has begun. Bcy,
I just know how you ali hated
to return to school. I hope ali
you members had a grand vaca¬
tion.

I wish to congratulate the In¬
dianapolis Jugoslavs who have
vran the SSPZ Vrtec Softball
Championship for the year 1939.

Fali will soon be here which
means that the vveather will not
be so warm. This means that we
should have better attendance
at our meetings. The monthly
meeting will be held Thursday,
September 21, at 7 :30 p. m. at
the Slovene Home. So why not
surprise the officers and attend
in full numbers. We’ll be look-
ing for you, and you, and you.

I was glad to see Jane Gaš¬
peršiči article in last months
“Napredek.” It was very inter-
esting Jane, so keep up the
good work anctcontinue vvriting.

What about you other Comet
members? You can ali write
something to the “Napredek”
vvhich I am sure we’ll ali enjoy
reading. The time to start is
n ovc.

The “Wheel of Progress” has
been turning somevchat here in.
Ambridge. Our Vrtec has se-
cured quite a number of new
members in the past months. V/e
ali hope they will enjoy being
members of this splendid or-
ganization, the SSPZ. So keep
up this good work and strive to
keep the “Wheel of Progress”
moving continuously o-nvvard
and upvvard.

Flashes

Bernedete Sekanic joined our
Vrtec.

When will we see an article
from Marion and Margie. (I
hope it \vill be soon.)

Franees Rosenberger ssems to
puzzle the teacher when she
looks out the window.

I wonder if Bill Knafels miss-
e(s the other Comet boys in
school.

The Comet boys who have
graduated are taking life easy.

The Comets of Vrtec 44 hope
Mr s. Josephine Rosenberger is
feeling better. We ali hope her
a speedy recovery.

The “Rožmarin” Slovene S.
Society of Ambridge will hold a
concert on Sunday, Oct. 15.

It looks as though I haven’t
much to vvrite about this month.
So Pil be signing off until next
time \vhen I hope to have more
to vvrite about.

Agnes Tekstar, Rec. Sec’y

. Vrtec 44

- SYGAN VRTEC

HOLLAND

The kitchens of Holland
They are so neat and clean.

Not even with a microscope
Can trače of dirt be seen.

With pots and pans of polished brass
And plates of blue and \vhite
So ali you little children
Who never \vipe your shoes
If you would go to Holland, why—
That habit you must lose.

Priscilla J. Manges (Age: 91
Vrtec 72

F*A. GE 4.

Jnv&aile Scctioaa  o/ "IVapredeak ”

September 20, 1939

- The Outlookers’ Corner

OUR PERSONALITIES

“Ontlookers’ Corner”, published k

as a section of the Napredek’* '» By Fred Bttshel

Vrteo page. The Junior Editors
are:

Editor-in-chief - Valena Artel
Sports Editor - Frank Gačnik
Feature Editor - Fred Bashel

"Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you.”

LET’S DANCE

Well, the dancing season is
in session at last, so come on,
let’s dance.

If you don’t know how, we’ll
teach you how; and if you do
know how, you’ll teach the rest.
As we are planning to hold a
dance sometime during the
Thanksgiving season, we want
you ali to come to our next
meeting and decide when and
where we want it.

Right now, we have been
planning, unofficially, that is,
to have the dance a Football
Jamboree, so that you can wear
your football clothes, šport togs,
and don’t forget the pigskin.

If you have a brainstorm
which you think might work
out better than this idea, bring
it along with you to our meet¬
ing and we’ll talk it over. The
meeting is October 6.

Jay Kay

IMAGINE —

Let’s see how good you are
at creating images or imagin-
ing. If your images are good,
teli me about them and I’ll
plaster them up and give you
some more cracks in return.
Tanks.

Just try and imagine F. J.
Bashel being a little active in-
sect running around loose with
no plače to go. With about a
thousand legs to transport him
over this great country of ours;
with a thousand eyes to guide
him so he can see at ali angles
— back, front, bottom, both
sides, and ahead. You try it.
I can’t.

¥ ¥

As more days and nights flow
by, I often try to imagine J.
Kovic as a foreign poisoner,
with a big, black coat on, trying
to get her man. She broke jail
once or twice, but never the less
she is stili at large. She tried to
shut up Tavzel Tarzan’s Hollow
Tunnel. But he always manages
to fight off her vicious plans by
looking into her big brown eyes
and saying “Hah!” and putting
her in a trance. Poor Jo.

¥ ¥

Olga Zaubi, authoress of the
great book, “Find Him, Get
Him, and Hold Him.” Olga has
different ways in which to get
her man. She gets her man with
the aid of a persuader (a roll-
ing pin), which is one of the
methods not listed in the list of
lures. Through a reliable source
of information, we find that the
authoress is an old maid.

Rudy Bratina

OLGA ZAUBI

Tičk — točk, — tičk — točk.
With slow and steady beats, the
front room time-piece issued
forth its monotonous sound,
that September 11, 1923, in a
little residence in Braford, Pa.
Five feet away walked Mr. Zau¬
bi, a young man in his early
twenties, whose steps coincided
with the tičk of the clock. As
he walked back and forth, he
kept smoking one cigaret after
another and glancing with a
nervous look toward one par-
ticular door. Every little sound
that issued from behind that
closed door would make stop,
stare, and wait for the worst;
then, when nothing would hap-
pen, he would again begin that
same monotonous step... back
... and forth... back... and
forth.

Suddenly that door opened,
and in the framework stood an
elderly gentleman, wiping his
brow with his right hand, and
holding a pair of spectacles in
his left A smile spread aeross
his features as he told Mr. Zau¬
bi, who stood petrified, and with
gaping mouth in the middle of
a stride, that everything was ali
right.

Timidly he approached the
room, not knovving whether to
enter or flee away to some re-
mote spot. Gathering together
ali of his remaining courage,
he stepped boldly, but not with-
out quivering knees into the
room. There, greeting his eyes,
he saw his wife holding a bun-
dle in outstretched arms. “Here,
take it,” she said, “I present to
you a baby daughter; one whom
we shall cherish and love until
death do us part.” At that mo¬
ment no one breathed who
could say he was happier than
Mr. Zaubi as he held that pre-
cious bundle in his big and awk-
ward hands. The following week
his baby daughter was named
and christened, Olga.

Five years later Mr. Zaubi,
Wife, and Daughter Inc. moved
from Braford, Pa. where they
lived on E. 155th St. for a
while. Later on they moved
again to their present residence,
16114 Huntmere Avenue in Col-
linwood' a suburb of Cleveland.

Today, on her sixteenth birth-
day (I wrote this article on Sep¬
tember llth. Just a coincedence,
that’s ali) you observe her to
be 5 feet 4 inches in height, 120
pounds in weight, with brown
eyes and brown hair constitut-
ing her facial features. Her
pleasing personality and ready
smile enable her to make friends
with whomever she associates.
She has attended classes at Me¬
morial Elementary and Collin-
wood High Schools. At the lat-
ter she is attending at the pres¬
ent time the llth grade. For
her life’s work she would like to

ELEANOR GO ES ON  A TRIP

At 2:30 Saturday morning we
left for Indianapolis. Dark as it
was, we could not see the scen-
ery until we got to about thir-
ty miles on the other side of
Columbus. The weather was
very warm and sunny, with no
rain. Our first stop was at a
wayside inn. There we had our
coffee and a few sandwiches.
Again on our way, we saw val-
leys with trees on the hill sides,
water with little islands, with
trees and bushes on them. That
was ali that we saw ali the way
to Indianapolis, making a few
more stops here and there.

Having no idea where we
would find this plače, but only
the name of the Street, Holmes
Ave., we rode till we came to a
sign “Welcome SSPZ.” That
was our destination, and we
went a ways down the Street,
until we came to a big hali.
People were standing every-
where; cars were parked here
and there and everywhere. First
thing we saw were the Spartans’
Utopians, Sygan Jrs., Challen-
gers, and a few others from ali
over the States. We went down-
stairs to the hali, and we were
shown the plače to register for
our sleeping quarters. Then we
were taken to the bar where we
had a few hard and soft drinks.
We went to find out where
Beach Grove is, how many miles
it is, and where my cousins
lived. In the meantime we were
told to come back at noon for
our dinner, and when we came
back — no dinner. We waited,
for about an hour, after which
we had to go to a restaurant to
eat, with ali the rest of the
people. Such Service.

They started to clean the
dance hali when we came there.
The Balina Tournament was
changed from 1:00 to 4:00.
There were thirteen teams and
only one alley. The baseballi
started at 1:00.

After dinner we went to the
plače where they were to balina,
and whom should we meet there
but a few of our Supreme Board
diretcors, such as Michael Vr¬
hovnik, our Vrtec director; Ru-
dolph Lisch; Mr. Zaitz; and Dr.
Arch, the supreme medical ex-
aminer. Not quite time for the
tournament to start, the men
started to practice, among them
being Dr. F. J. Arch. At 4:00
the tournament started. Team
after team played; some losing,
Continued on page 3 of regular section

become a stenographer, and is
taking a business course in her
sčhool’s curriculum. Her hands
are also adapted to needle work,
and during her time has turned
out excellent pieces of hand-
work. Her favorite šport is imi-
tating a fish, yeah, you guessed
it, swimming.

And now on her sweet six-
teenth birthday and never been
kissed (?) (now don’t blush,
Olga) I and ali the rest of our
members wish her a happv
birthday and many more of
them.

Adios.

HEADLINE PLASHES

To the Jugoslavs of Indiana¬
polis goes the Outlookers’ very
special set of congratulations
on winning the coveted baseball
trophy, and my only regret is
that I wasn’t able to see them
as ehamps. Also to the Sygan
Jrs., congrats on coming much
closer to winning it than we
did.

¥ ¥ v

Almost exactly one month
apart are the birthdays of
Sweet Sixteen Olga Zaubi, and
the Honorable Mr. Fred Bashel
(who hits his eighteenth year-
stone on the nine of October.)
Good lučk, Olga, and may you
get whatever, (and whomever)
you want out of life. Freddy, if
hard work, impeccable charac-
ter and fine personality aim
towards success, y'ours will be
success which is well deserved.
Three days after Freddy, John-
ny Ažman celebrates a similar
birthday, and Johnny, since
God has granted you a terribly
handsome “physiognomy,” may
I wish that ali your life be just
as “handsome” and faultless.
Best of lučk to ali three of you.

¥ ¥

At our October meeting, we
are inaugurating a “Mothers’
Evening” which we will hold
every three months. At this
evening, mothers will be espe-
cially invited to attend, so that
they can better see how meet-
ings are conducted and realize
more fully the advantages of
the lodge. Special invitations
will be sent to mothers before
the end of the month.

¥ ¥

The arrival in town of the
satire “The Women” stirs with-
in me the long-dormant impulse
to “lecture” on the ill-effects
of gossip, particularly among
the young people of our age.
These so-called “gossip col-
umns” in our paper are not par-
ticularly harmful, in that they-
are written, and read, in the
špirit of fun. In a different
class altogether is the “human
broadcasting system” who goes
around saying a lot she has
found out by gaining someone’s
confidence and then misusing it,
and a lot she didn’t hear, but
thought up ali by her own
terribly intelligent (?) self. The
only result is that it is going
to break up friendships, spoil
a good reputation, and make a
lot of people change their opin-
ion of innocent victims. Maybe
that isn’t much to some of you,
but I know it would mean a lot
to me. (In re-reading the para-
graph, I found that I had un-
eonsciously used the pronoun
“she” in reference to gossips,
which might help prove a point
that the men have been insist-
ing on for many years, any-
way.) Anyhow, it’s something
to think about until I’m back,
for the last time, next month.

_ Valeria A.