Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 25, 1974 Page: 3 of 32
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Wednesday, Ďecember 25, 1974
VĚSTNÍK
3
This Ďecember 25th issue is the
last number of Vestnik for this
year; a periodical weekly páper
which belongs to the generál mem-
bership of the SPJST Society.
Fifty-two times we háve met on
the pages of the English and Czech
sections, to advise you of the vast
number of happenings throughout
the statě.
On the part of the publisher,
personnel, and editor, we invite
you to continue reading the Vest-
nik and become more familiar with
the way active members of all agete
strive for the growth and interest
within their lodges, wlth some
lodges holding activities every night
of the week. The countless activi-
ties on the local lodge level never
cease for the benefit of those who
care to carry on the lodge, district
and statě load for a bigger and
better SPJST Society.
1975 is speedily becoming history
again and as we pause and look
back, we find that fchere are some
things we did not do and others
which we would háve accomplished
otherwise. However, also, the op-
portunity has vanished and we,
therefore, háve only one tjhing left
to do and that is to try to correct
those shortcomings and petty
things in the New Year, 1975. Ac~
tully, are we capable of the task?
That is a question only each in-
dividual can answer. Let us all také
a good examining look at our own
individual life for the past 365 days.
Háve we attended all of our lodge
and district functions? If not, are
we resolving to do better and re-
lieve others of some of the heavy
responsibilities which are in reality
aiso ours?
Looking back over the past year,
we realize the sueeesses and achi-
evements attained in our SPJST
Society and, also that they were
possible beeause of your faith and
loyalty to our own belief in our
Society. For the relationship in
it, we are happy and grateíul and
look to the future to strengthen
that relationship, Today's trying
times certainly prompt us as wor-
thy eitizens of our Nation and
workers in the field of brotherhood
to help secure and establish a last-
ing peace in the entire world.
As the editor of Vestnik for the
past six years, allow me to get
somewhat personál and thank all
of our readers for remembering our
family with the multiple greetings
for the Holý Season — Christmas
and the New Year. Here I must
make a confession: that depart-
ment of sending greetings, etc., is
annually turned over to your
editoris wife. It is also in plače to
thank the Publication Committee
for their understanding and coop-
era.tion, our correspondents (es-
pecially the velry consistent ones,
for it is not an easy assignment
and arrangement to dedicate one-
self to write every week and to ad-
here to the Thursday deadline), all
of our readers and tíhe cooperative
fellowship type of work . . . all the
Way to the individual members. We
repeat, that it is no easy task to
be the editor of a fraternal organ
since so much materiál is restrícted
and which he has to steer clear
of, and these lineš are written with
sincerity beeause that type of fra-
ternal effortsrnakes the work easier.
Last, but not least, I must give
aeknowledgement to my fellew-
workers here at the Čechoslovák
Publishing Co. (the personnel);
for without their devoted and fra-
ternal effort, your Vestnik would
not be what it is presently, They
are John Ripley, Leo Janiček, Er-
nest Tobola and publisher, Linn
Pescaia. They are all a, pleasure to
work with.
May the very best be in store
for you in the coming year!
4* *
Please drive carefully always,
especially during this holiday sea-
son. Don’t become a statistic — Be
alive in '75!
♦ *
In a time of world tension, in an
age of undreamed of scientifie ad-
vancement, we are ořten inclined
to be satisfied with ourselves —
content to leave men with probing
minds build a brighter life, trusting
to test tubes and instruments sci-
entists are preoccupied over, to
guard and lead us. Once the feel-
ing of satisfaction has saturated
our minds and hearts, it is a signa!
that our efforts are in danger of
slackening. Šelf-satisfaction is the
anesthetic of life which puts initia-
tive to sleep and mak es us good
candidates for the bottomless pit
where all hope is abondoned if we
allow ourselves tp sink that low1.
Millions of words háve been writ-
ten to explain the advantages of
what is called free enterprise;
therA bas been a vast symposium
upon this subject. For a hundred
years some of the best minds in
the world háve been writing books
and making speechesí about free
enterprise.
Yet day after day we hear the
complaint that what this country
and the world needs is a clear dis-
cussion of free enterprise that can
be understood by the common man.
We can’t see what may be lacking
in the literatuře now available —
if we knew we would write some-
thing that would be the most ef-
fective ever written. '
We confess that we don’t know
how to improve on the job already
doně. The truth is that the same
things must be said. over and over
again. Advertisers realize that
constant repetition sells their Prod-
ucts. They are in there pitching
day in and day out and that is the
job that must be doně to bring
home to the people( of the world
the tremendous advantages of a
government, an industry, a world
operating on free enterprise prin-
ciples.
The ancient Romans had an
adage: “Repetitio mater studiorum
esť' . . . repetition is the mother
of learning.
* *
It is said that during Mark
Twain’s day as a newspaper man,
he was editor of a smáli Missouri
páper. One day he got a letter from
a subseriber stating that he had
found a spider in his páper and
asked if this was an omen of good
luck. Mr. Twain wrote: “Finding a
spider in your páper is neither
good or bad luck. The spider was
just looking over our páper to see
which merchant was not doing any
advertising so that he could go to
that store, spin his web across the
dooř and lead a life of undisturbed
peace ever afterward.”
* *
You can learn without listening
and you can leam to listen. Listen-
ing is like reading. You learn what
the other fellow said and ponder
what he meant. A good listener is
both tender-hearted and tough-
minded. The tender-hearted listen-
er gets the feel of the situation, is
sensitive to the needs of others,
builds emotional kinship. The
tough-minded listenen knows how
to telí a fact from an opinion, is
neither a slavě to unrelated fafrts
nor at the merey of s-weeping gen-
eralizations. He is becoming an
educated man.
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 25, 1974, newspaper, December 25, 1974; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth626141/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.