Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1966 Page: 3 of 32
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VĚSTNÍK 3
Sister Agnes Houdek pauscs from her prcparations for Czeeh Day at tile State
Fair to pose in her authentic Moravian eostume, hanked by her unique collec-
lion of dolls, all dressed in hánd-made originál Czeeh costumes that she made
herself. The brkle and groom at íhe right ar “liattie” (from Hedviga) and Josef.
Eaeh doll has a Czeeh name. (Photo by Jo Balí, Dallas Morning News). Sister
Agnes is a member of SPJST Lodge No„ 130, Dallas.
Wednesday, October 19, 1986
visit a son who lives in Waco. The
Charbas are members of SPJST Lodge
No. 130, Dallas.
# •
John Zajíček, 82, pássed away in
Hermann Hospital in Houston on Sept.
14th. Birriai was in Resthaven Ceme-
tery, Houston. Brother Zajicek was a
member of SPJST Lodge No. 15, Buck-
holts.
♦ í
Cyril Tobola, 47, passed away in
Matagorda General .Hospital in Bay
City on Sept. 28th. Burial was in St.
Peteťs Catholic Cemetery in Blessing.
Brother Tobola was a. member of SPJST
Lodge No. 148, Blessing.
—SPJST—
Convention 1968 Benefit Dance —-
Lodge 130, Dallas, Oct. 29th.
Use Zip Code
Wayne King at Linden Halí — Oct.
19th,
Features
Elditoťs Notě: The following is a
slightly edited version of a feature ar-
ticle that appeared in the Sept. 28tb
issue of the Dallas Morning News. AI-
though this year’s Czeeh Day at the
State Fair of Texas has come and gone,
the article is still of great interest to
many of our readers. Picture eourtesy
Dallas Morning News. — Editor.
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CZECH HISTORY RECREATED
Dolls Symbolize ‘Old World’ Memories
By Mary Brinkerhoff
Costumes and customs, crusty ko-
laches, savory sausages, music and
merriment make up the reeipe for
Czech-American Day, Oct. 9 at the
State Fair of Texas.
If you want an appetizing preview of
the feast, just get yourself invited to
the home of Miss Agnes Marie Houdek
at 660® Wofford in East Dallas.
The president of the Circle of Czeeh
Women, which has dues-paying mem-
bers as far afield as Venezuela, will in-
troduce you to 38 dolls in Czeeh eos-
tumes.
Elách outfit is diíferent from the
others; eaeh represents the tradition-
al dress of a particular village or
neighborhood in Czechoslovakia.
Miss Houdek made them all, insur-
ing their authenticity through re-
search and supply-hunting operations
almost as painstaking as the needle-
work itself.
Much credit also goes to her brother,
William Houdek of 4814 g. Lamar, who
devotes his days off wrom work to
drive her on the scouting expeditions.
(Miss Houdek shares the home on
Wofford with another brother, Joe F.
Houdek, Jr.)
Agnes and Willie háve gone as far
as 100 rniles on their safaris, buying
an antique doll at a First Monday sále
in Canton, talking up Czeeh Day plans
with people in smáli towns and big
ones from here to yonder.
And any lucky visitor, regardless of
national heritage, who sits down to a
plate full of Miss Houdek’s calorie-
crammed pastry will get a heaped-up
helping of Czeeh Day Information on
the side.
The annual event draws Czech-
Americans from Michigan, New York,
and Alabama as well as all parts of
Texas.
They range in age from infants to
a 90-year-old regular from Rowena,
Runnels County. Many are in costumes
brighter than the Midwav.
This year, the Czech-American Fes-
tival is scheduled from 10 a.m. until
noon in the State Fair Coliseum; aft-
erward, everybody will gather in the
Bandshell to continue the celebration.
For entertainment, there will be folk
dancing and singing by adults and
ehildren, band music, gymnastic per-
formances, prizes for the king and
queen — the oldest man and woman
present. Miss Houdek will introduce
visitors from distant places and pre-
sent ribbons for outstanding costumes.
Many non-Czech fairgoers look for-
ward to Czeeh Day eaeh year; every-
body’s welcome. “You can sít down and
enjoy yourself all you want to,” says
Agnes.
She will be in her own spectacular
eostume of heavy brocade and láce,
finely pleated and embroidered. It was
made by a Michigan woman of Czeeh
descent and typifies the colorful
province of Moravia.
Despite her eostume, Miss Houdelťs
parents came neither from Moravia
nor from Slovakia, also known for
gaudy dress, but from Czechoslovakia’s
third and most soberly clad province.
Many people lmow it as Bohemia; she
prefers the native name, Cechy.
In Ennis, where Agnes and her
brothers were born, their grandfather
became a charter member of the
SPJST, a fraternal ínsurance organiza-
tion, in 1897. (The words for which the
letters stand translated as Slavonic
Benevolent Order of the State of Tex-
as).
The Houdeks, who háve visited
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