Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1985 Page: 2 of 16
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2/VÉSTNÍK—Wednesday, January 16, 1985
VĚSTNÍK
THE
Editor
COMMENTS
VĚSTNÍK (USPS 658480) is published
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and third week of August by
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members only. Memberís fee is paití as
pari oř íhe insurance fee coSIecíed by
íhe Supreme Lodge SPJST, 520 North
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...237^4237........
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SHROPSHIRE, EL CAMPO, TX 77437—(409)
543-3746
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3907 SKYLARK, SAN ANTONIO 78210—(512)
532-3916
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348-1514
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SO. CEDAR, SEYMOUR, TX 76380
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6702 LINDY ANN LN„ HOUSTON, TX
77008—(713) 864-0489
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78114—(512) 393-2030
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THE FOLLOWING ISSUE IS THURSDAY.
Sunday, January 6íh íhe editor was
asked by President Robert Dobecka,
Sr., of Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood, to
install their officers for 1985 and I
obliged. They had a nice, eíficiently
conducted meeting and discussed their
future, plus their plans for 1985.
As usual, a friendly evening was
spent among the reál fraternalists.
Lodge 6, of course, is one of our
originál twenty - five organizing lodges
that started our SPJST Society and
History in July 1897.
Much Iuck is wished to them. They,
as so many of our lodges, háve a
problém of their membership wanting
a few to do all the work. Our entire
membership in all the lodges of our
SPJST Society is reminded that too
many of our members elect officers
and committees to serve in the coming
year in each annual meeting and then
let the officers and committees do all
the work, The thing all members
should remember is: “Help your
elected members in operating your
lodge building after you elect them!”
Don’t let them slavě!
Monday, January 7th we had the
pleasure of meeting Mr. Jim Ballew,
editor of “The Fraternal Manitor”
where all of the ninety - nine plus
Fraternal Benefit Societies send
correspondence to. He is a very
intellectual and good conversationist
with a typically fraternal sense of
humor. It was indeed a pleasurable
evening spent among the guests,
Supreme Lodge officers and directors.
We look forward to seeing Mr. Ballew
in the near future.
Time. You cannot stretch it, you
cannot borrow it. You can only make
the most of it!
And making the most of it includes
attending your lodge meetings for the
foliowing reason.
If you ask ten people what they
think about anything, chances are you
will get ten different opinions. As
Montaigne said more than four
centuries ago, “There were never in
this world two opinions alike, anymore
than two hair oř two grains. Their
most universal quality is diversity.”
And overtime, we háve somehow
concluded that this is often bad, that
too many opinions make more trouble
than they are worth.
In practice, though, only a handful
of disciplines cannot afford diversity
of opinion. Law and mathematics are
two that come to mind. Why insist, for
example, that 1 plus 1 = 3, or argue as
the officer is filling out your citation
that the 35 mph speed zone should
really be 45 mph zone?
Montaigne’s principle as applied to
our own lodges, says that on any given
issue there will be many opinions
within our member - societies. This is
often borne out at our meetings, where
moderators find themselves doing
double duty as referees because a hot
issue has triggered a flurry of opinion
from the audience.
Few leave such sessons
disappointed, and informal discussion
often continues long after the session
has ended. People of similar opinions
gather to argue fine points, while those
at opposite ends of the spectrum
patiently try to straighten each other
out. - V
This type of exchange is one of the
benefits of membership. Time and
again people comment about the value
they plače on the idea - sharing that
takés plače at our meetings.
They know that important decisions
call for a full range of facts, and that
one of the greatest Information
resources available is their peers in our
lodges.
***
May you ever háve enough - health,
understanding, humility, success,
work, love, laughter, desire,
fulfillment, respect, responsibility,
long life with meaning, and with them
will you háve a prosperous 1985.
This is the time we look forward
with new determination to make the
new year one of accomplishment and
growth in our personál lives as well as
our jobs. If you are not sending your
reports and letters to our Vestnik on a
regular basis, will you please resolve to
do so in 1985? It is very important to
háve them on time: THURSDAY
NOON, we ask for your cooperation!
AI! but three of the fifty statě
iegislatures convene someíime in
January. Kentucky does not meeí in
1985. Florida and Louisiana do not
convene until Apríl. If past sessions
are any criteria, there will be a group
of bills introduced dealing with life,
health and accident insurance that
háve or may háve an affect upon the
operations and business of fraternal
benefit societies, Bills in the U.S.
Congress that impact upon the life,
health and accident insurance business
will be presented and háve to be
watched. The National Fraternal
Congress Association and Texas
Fraternal Congress will háve to
scrutinize them.
The NFCA reports that activity in
preparation for introduction of the
revised and up - dated Model Fraternal
Code [MFC] is increasing as 1985 statě
legislativě sessions approach. The
project is under the direction of the
MFC Subcommittee of the NFCA Law
Committee, William R. Heerman,
chairman. The pian is to arrange for
introduction of the MFC in selected
States. The Subcommittee decided that
concentration on six to ten States in
1985 would be practical from the
standpoint of NFCA personnel and
financial resources. A brochure
outlining the principál features and
improvements contained in the revised
MFC is being prepared for use in the
legislativě efforts.
The MFC is included in the Virginia
Insurance Code Revisions, which
probably will not be introduced until
1986. The fraternal chapter of the
proposed Utah Insurance Code
revision is patterned after the present
Wisconsin law, and probably will be
introduced in 1985. Oregon is expected
to consider some insurance code
revisions in 1985, including the
Fraternal Chapter, for subsequent
legislativě consideration.
Other States where there is a high
probability that the MFC will be
introduced in 1985 include
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Minnesota, Nebraska and
Pennsylvania. Member - societies will
be kept informed of developments and
their support will be essential in
obtaining enactment.
The revised MFC has been enacted
in RHODE ISLAND, effective
January 1, 1985.
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1985, newspaper, January 16, 1985; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth632435/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.