Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1997 Page: 1 of 16
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Changing
to meet the needs
of fraternalists.
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“Joining Hands To Touch Lives-
Fraternalism for the Family
and Our Nation ’
BENEVOLENCE
VĚSTNÍK
SPJST Herald
Official Publication Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, Founded 1897
HUMANITY
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BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503
VOLUME 85 NUMBER 3 ISSN—07458800 January 15,1997
SPJST 100 Pennies
Scholarship Drive
tops $12,500
Through January 10, the SPJST 100
Pennies Schoalrship Drive had collected
a total of $12,857.88 enough for 25 addi-
tional scholarships.
“We want to remind al! of our mem-
bers who may háve been thinking of par-
ticipating that the drive has been extend-
ed through January 31,” says Assistant to
the President Barbara Rosenkranz and
interim scholarship drive administrátor.
“Thanks to everyone who has opened
up their heart to our deserving young
members. Your gifts are appreciaíed.”
The sixth listing of members who
háve donated to the 1996 100 Pennies
Scholarship Drive follow. Contributors
of $50 or more are lisíed in hold priat.
Bili and Bee Adami
Dorothy and John Alexander
Jeanette Anděl
Ashley Anderson
Krisíi Anderson
Andy Baker
Danny Baker
Jimmy Baker
Joe and Rosamond Baker
Mandy Baker
Tammy Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Bobbv Barron
Joshua Bayer
Kevin Bayer
Roxy Bayer
Tracy Betak
Marion Boatman
Helen Ray Bragewitz
Maegan and Caleb Brewer
Theresa and Kevin Brewer
Peggy Brinkman
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bmovak
Annie E. Caldewey
Angela Casteel
Debra and Christy Chisolm
Gordon and Jan Cox
Jimmie C. Cox
Alton and Emily Danisch
Herman and Joan Danisch
(Continued on page 4.)
1996 100 Pennies
f Scholarship Fund Drive ^
extended through
, January 31!
' See page 3 for details. '
Thankyou!
Register to attend bu Februam 1
Southwestern theme to
characterize '97 banquet
All 1996 SPJST Lodge
Officers and spouses, newly-elect-
ed 1997 lodge officers and spous-
es, and 1996 winning sales repre-
se ntati ves and spouses are invited
to the 1997 Lodge Recognition
and Incentive Banquet. The ban-
quet, which follows the SPJST State
Workshop at Lodge 24, Cyclone, is
Saturday, February 22, 1997, at 3 p.m. at
Lodge 47, Seaton. The banqueťs theme
is “Sunset on Terra Cotta Terrace” and
everyone is encouraged to dress western.
Come enjoy fellowship, fun, informa-
tion, good food and entertainment on
Saturday, February 22, 1997. Recognize
your fellow fraternalists around the statě
for their accomplishments in 1996.
"Come enjoy
fellowship, funf
information, good food
and entertainment"
Plaques and cash prizes will be pre-
sented. Photos will be taken for local
papers, the Vestnik, and lodge records.
Registration forms were mailed to
local lodges and they are due back to the
Home Office by February 1,1997.
For more information, call the
Presidenťs office at (800) 72-SPJST.
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Sister Anna Farek
Achieves Grand Age of 96
For Lodge 35, Elk
member, teaching
career provided
ticket to the world
The SPJST congratulates Sister Anna
Farek, who celebrated her 96th birthday
on October 5, 1996. As such, Sister
Farek is entitled to all SPJST member
benefits with no jurther dnes or assess-
ments required.
was born and reared as a
farniers daughter not knowing
how to speak English,” says Sister
Anna Farek of Waco, Texas. “I
began my educa-
tiona! career at
the age of seven 4
in a two-teacher | i. * *
schooi and fin- . 4
ished nine grades , ‘
in due time,” she
says. Anna’s
father, Joseph
Adolph Farek,
was born near *
LaGrange and Anna Farek
her mother, -
Albína Agnes Rohel, was born in
Moravia. The family farmed in the com-
munity of Elk near Waco.
Sister Farek decided early in life to
become a teacher — she also knew what
she didmt want to do: “1 was not going to
be a farm girl!” she exlaimed. Upon
graduation from Waco High School in
1919, Anna completed exams at the
McClennan County Courthouse, qualify-
ing her to teach second grade. Six
months later she had attained the creden-
tials to teach first grade.
“I started my teaching career in
Gerald, Texas — a six-month contract at
$60 per month,” she says. By 1925,
Anna had eamed two bachelor’s degrees
— one in math and another in physics
— from the University of Texas.
“Armed with a first grade certificate
and a bachelor’s degree, I w'as seleced to
head the math department at Laredo
High School,” she says.
Twice, during her early years on the
Rio Grande border, Anna decided to
leave — and twice she returned. The
departures resulted in two-year teaching
stints in both San Angelo and New
Braunfels.
During a visit to Washington in 1941,
Miss Farek was urged by a former
Laredo pupil of hers, Covey Oliver, then
a State Department official, to consider
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Vanicek, Brian. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1997, newspaper, January 15, 1997; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633071/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.