Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 19, 1966 Page: 1 of 32
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Official Organ Of The Sla vonic Benevolent Order Of The State Oř Texas. Founded 189?.
BENEVOLENCE
HUMANITY
BKOTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Piease Send Form 35?9 with Undeliverable Copies
to: SUPKEME LODGE, SPJST, P. O. Box 100, TEMPLE, TEXAS
VOLUME 54 — NO. 3
JANUARY 19, 1960
FR01 THE EDITOR S DESK
THE START OF 1968
1966 will spon be in its third week.
Like a lot of other new years, it pre-
sents new challenges to us all, both in
SPJST activlties, and in our daily
lives. It has been often said that the
start is very important, that the be-
ginning inďicates what sort of year is
in store for us and what it portends. If
the start was good, then, according to
this line of thought, the year will be a
“good one”; if the start was a bad one,
then we should beware of what is to
come. Any way you look at it, the first
few weeks do tend to influenee our
lives, at least psychologically,
♦ ♦
1965 was a good year for the SPJtST,
indeed, the best ever. Whether we
maintain the rate of growth in 1966
will depend, in large measure, upon
the efřorts of us all, but especially
upon our corps of organizers, who are
chiefly responsible for soliciting new
members and new insurance.
♦ ♦
In his New Year’s message to the
membership, President Marek exhorts
us all to attend our local and district
meetings in greater numbers. This ap-
peal is quite appropriate, since attend-
ance at some of these functions is quite
poor.
This brings to mind those lodges that
are barely makihg it, and who meet
just long enough to také up prémium
payments, and where there is little or
no fraternal activity. When, and how
AMERICANS BELIEVE:
Government should be strong enough
to protéct tiie people from aggression,
foreign and domestic, but not strong
enough to regiment them. The law
should creaíe and maintain the con-
ditions under which the people are free
from monopolistic restraint to pian,
Vvork, protluče, and develop them se lv es
to the full measure of their individual
abilities. Americans believe that a
strong nation is based íundamentally
on strong, self-reliant citizens.
ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE
OF LIBERTY!
many of these lodges will “come to
life” in 1966? Yes, the New Year pre-
sents an opporfcune time to start afresh,
but we must start! There will be no re-
,sults if there is no action. One of the
best ways to tackle the statě of inac-
tion is get busy and start planning
NOW, TODAY, and not keep putting it
off. The Chinese proverb, stated several
times by the latě President Kennedy,
reminds us that “even a jonrney of a
niillion miles must be started by taking
that first step.” How true! Of course,
no one can forsee what is to come, but
that must not stop us from planning
and working like the dickens to achieve
our goals and to improve the lot of us
all. It requires faith, hope, (yes, and
love), — and work!
For some, the start of 1966 was sad-
dened by the loss of a loved one, either
someone we had known all our lives, a
member of our family, or a dear rela-
tive. In some instances, their passing
was due t0 an incurable disease, such
as cancer or heart ailments, which con-
tinue to plague our modem society.
Our modem life today is something of
a paradox in that tremendous progress
is being madc in the technological
fields, men to the moon, rocketry, so-
phisticated guidance systems, etc., but
we háve still not been able to conquer
these incurable diseases, nor háve we
been able to surmount many of the
other troubles that beset our modem
society. World events háve forced ns
into this “horse-before-the-carť’ race
Speaking of races, reminds me of the
minister’s appeal to “gct out of today’s
rat race because we are NOT rats!”
U. S. Senátor Thomas Dodd of Con-
nectícutt, tells us that, for the Ameri-
can people as a whole, this is unques-
tionably the best of times. Our people
are happier, healthier, more prospei'-
ous and bettcr educated than ever be-
fore. The value of our national outpufc
is at an all-time high. Yet, in many
ways, for many Americans, this is the
worst of times. In the midst of all this
great prosperity, there are still pockets
of poverty and squalor. “We live in an
age of wisdom, but it has also been an
age of foolishness. We háve built the
greatest economy in history and háve
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