Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 2001 Page: 3 of 16
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Wednesday, February 21,2001—VESTNIK/3
State Youth Director reports on
Youth Clubs’ Fall 2000 Quarter
SPJST Supreme Lodge to honor
Augusta Špaček as 2000 Fraternalist
Dear Merabers,
SPJST youth club members were
giving and participating this fall
(September, October, and November)
quarter. Youth clubs honored their
grandparents for Grandparenťs Day,
enjoyed Halloween activities, and
participated in parades. Youth clubs
at Lodges 9, Snook; 13, Dime Box;
and 29, Taylor participated in Make
A Difference Day on October 28.
Other youth club activities around
the statě this quarter included:
• Lodge 9, Snook
Youth Club
entered an edu-
cational board
for the Burles-
on County Fair.
They received
first in best of
show.
® Lodge 24,
Cyclone Youth
Club learned to
make kolaches
for Czech
Heritage Month
in October.
• Lodge 47,
Youth Club participated in a
fundraiser for the March of Dimes
and their youth club. They sold
bulldog and snowman beánie
babi es.
® Lodge 66, Waco Youth Club got an
early start on Christmas. They
crafted angels to be ušed as plače
cards at their annual Christmas
party. Youth club members also
made Santa bags.
• Lodge 84, Dallas Youth Club mem-
bers danced the beseda at the State
Fair of Texas.
• Lodge 97, Placedo Youth Club
rehearsed a skit called “Pete’s a
Pizza” which they presented at
their districťs fall meeting.
• Lodge 107, Floresville Youth Club
made lots of peanut brittle for their
community’s annual Peanut
Festival.
• Lodge 160, San Angelo Youth
Club honored grandparents with a
Thanksgiving meal. The grandpar-
ents shared stories of the “biggest
trouble they got into” as young-
sters.
• Lodge 177, Academy Youth Club
donated bags of candy to the
Children’s Miracle Network
Halloween Fest. They also pre-
pared candy for Thanksgiving bas-
kets and delivered them to pediatrie
patients at Scott and White
Hospital.
• Lodge 196, Houston-West Youth
Club hosted a benefit garage sále
for a needy family.
Several youth from District Five
shared their Thanksgiving Day
with the Salvation Army. They
assisted with the Thanksgiving
meal.
District Six Youth Clubs from
Lodge 4, Hallettsville; 30, Taiton;
and 97, Placedo participated in the
District Six Fall Festival and
Barbecue Cookoff. The youth
clubs sponsored booths and later on
in the day enjoyed a fun sociál with
pizza.
Congratulations
to the following
youth clubs who
added new mem-
bers: Lodge 17,
New Tábor and
Lodge 39, Bryan
who each added
one new member
to their youth
clubs; and Lodge
177, Academy
who added two
new members.
Speciál recogni-
tion goes to
Lodge 97, Pla-
cedo who added
seven new members. That is won-
derful! Superjob!
Twenty-five youth clubs submit-
ted their second quarter reports cov-
ering September, October, and
November. Based on these 25 clubs,
an average of 277 young people
attended their SPJST youth club
meetings during these three months.
Twenty-five checks were issued to
the youth clubs for a total of $831.
Young people are encouraged to
attend their youth club meetings
each month. Beginning January 1,
2001, for each member who attends
a monthly meeting, the youth club
receives $2 from the SPJST Home
Office. Thaťs a great way for a
youth club to inerease its funds!
Memberš are also reminded that
they musí attend a majority of youth
club meetings during the youth club
year (June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001)
to be eligible for Youth
Achievement Day and summer
camp.
Lodge leaders and parents,
encourage your lodge’s young peo-
ple to attend their youth club meet-
ings. Young people, get involved in
your SPJST youth club today!
Quarterly Reports
Due March 15
Youth leaders, please notě that the
winter quarterly report for
December, January, and February is
due March 15, 2001.
Fraternally,
Melanie Zavodny
State Youth Director
—SPJST—
Congratulations to Sister Augusta
“Gussie” Špaček of Lodge 202,
Jourdanton on her selection as the
SPJST’s Year 2000 Fraternalist of the
Year. An outside panel of judges
selected Sister Špaček from a field of
24 outstanding nominees. In addi-
tion, four other frateraalists were
named Honorable Mention honorees
for the Year 2000. They are:
Sheldon Holub of Lodge 40, El
Campo-Hillje; Helen Kelner of
Lodge 28, East Bernard; Frank
Pajestka of Lodge 80, Holland; and
George Pauling of
Lodge 66, Waco.
Fraternalist
Profile
A cheerful, ser-
vice-oriented fra-
ternalist, Sister
Gussie Špaček has
been an active
member of SPJST
Lodge 202,
Jourdanton for the
past 12 years. In
that time, her com-
passion has
touched her lodge
and many other
paits of the community. The lessons
she has learned in life háve been car-
ried over from living through the
Depression years.
“I grew up on a farm in those
times,” said Gussie, the mother of
three, in an article which appeared in
Today’s Catholic. “My mother helped
neighbors and strangers all the time.”
As a result of those early lessons,
Gussie and her husband of 58 years,
Ernest, háve been “looking out ” for
their neighbors all across Atascosa
County.
As a member of Lodge 202,
Jourdanton, Gussie has been both an
inspiration and active worker, assist-
ing with many committees, including
the Refreshment Committee, Audit
Committee, Float Committee and
Phone Committee. She has been
instrumental in involving the lodge in
various community Service projects,
including the ACCEPT (Atascosa
County Christmas Elf Project Target)
program, which assists deserving
families by providing necessary food
items during the holiday season.
“Gussie’s a very fine lady,” says
District Seven Director and Supreme
Lodge Chairman Bob Bayer. “ She
and her husband, Ernest, are both very
energetic and were both instrumental
in the process which brought Lodge
161 and Lodge 202 together.”
Lodge 202, Jourdanton Secretary
Bettie House, echoes Director Bayer’s
observations, “When Gussie laughs, it
makes you feel good. She is truly a
servant of the Lord and an inspiration
to all. We are truly blessed to háve
Gussie Špaček in our midst.”
Sister Spacek’s fraternal effort
extends well beyond her local lodge.
For years, she has been active in sis-
ter fratemals KJT and KJZT, serving
in a variety of capacities, including
district president. For more than 20
years, she has contributed her time to
assisting the CAM (Christian
Assistance Ministry) which makes
clothing and non-
perishable foods
available to any-
one in need. And,
as her friends will
attest, her hus-
band, Ernest, sup-
ports her in all
that she does.
That dedication
includes their
commitment to
God and the
church. For
years, Gussie
taught religion
classes in their
local parish.
Nowadays, she and Ernest assist with
the St. Matthew’s hospitality ministry.
“Every other Tuesday, we go to the
nursing homes to pep up the residenís
with ‘joyful noise!’” Gussie says.
She is also an active member of the
Senior Citizen Club and president of
the Family Counsel, a group which
counsels nursing home patients and
their families to make their stay more
enjoyable. In 1998, Gussie and
Ernest Špaček were presented with
the Guardian Angel Award for their
church work.
An active community booster,
Gussie has been an active supporter
of the area Parent Teacher’s
Association and is a past vice presi-
dent. As an adult 4-H leader, she
provided years of assistance, helping
young people with their livestock
show animals and teaching 4-H girls
how to sew. In 1960, she was named
Atascosa County 4-H Mother of the
Year. In 1988, the Jourdanton
Chamber of Commerce honored
Gussie as Senior Citizen of the Year.
Congratulations, again, to Sister
Gussie Špaček for doing her part to
spread fraternalism in Lodge 202,
Jourdanton and in her community.
Sister Špaček, along wit h other
statewide fraternalists, will be hon-
ored on Saturday, February 24 at the
Lodge Recognition and Incentive
Banquet at Lodge 24, Cyclone.
—SPJST—
= Inieresi rates on SPIST
annuities and IRAs
f ^ inereased February 1.
CTTim Check out the new rates
y LLUJ in the column at right.
SPJST Mortgage
Interest Rates
Rates subject to change without notice
Home or Farm Mortgages:
6.50% for 1 to 7 years
7.00% for 8 to 15 years
7.25% for 16 to 20 years
7.50% for 21 to 30 years
Quallfied Business
Reál Estate Mortgages
8.25% for 10 years
8.50% for 11 to 15 years
JJniversal Life
7.25% for Annualized*
Roth IRA
6.50% for Annualized*
Annuity il
6.50% for Annualized*
Certificates issued 4-1-93 and after
Annuity I
5.50% for Annualized*
Certificates issued prior to 4-1 -93
* Rates efřective 2-1 -2001 through 4-30-2001
"Lodge leaders
and pare
encourage your
lodge's
people to attend
their youth club
meetings."
"A cheerf
service-oriented
fraternalist, her
compassion has
touched many
parts of the
community
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