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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 VOLUME 62 — NO. 24 JUNE 19, 1974
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS! Because of the erratic delivery of our mail, too much of our letters are arriving on Friday. We appreciate all of you who are striving to write early and ARE doing so, however, we DO NOT know what our trouble is in our mail system and letters sent from Houston and vicinity sometimes get here the next da y and, then, maybe 4 days later. This is being written, mainly, to let all of you know that situations will continue to get worse, evidently, and conditions may occur when we just will NOT be able to publish a late letter. We will continue to work late and do our best, however, if it does happen, please understand. The best you can do is MAIL EARLY! Sincere Thanks from your editor. Sunday, June 9, we attended the District IV YAD at Abilene. It was a nice day and we certainly enj oyed seeing all of our acquaintances in that area and the entire day was pleasant. There seems to be nothing that can buoy your spirits up more, than being in the company of true friends and sincere fraternalists! Sister Mary Haisler DYC of District IV has an account of the day and we are including some pictures we took while there. Her report is in the DYC Youth Section. We regret that we could not be at the District V YAD in Pasadena on the same day. Our hopes
QUOTES Our own troubles, if we have any, concern us far more than the troubles of the world, grave as they may be. What can't be done easily probably can't be done well. With the so-called liberals wanting more and more government, and the so-called conservatives wanting less and less, no wonder we're confused. So far as hangover cures go, the best is none too good. The American juryman's idea of a proper verdict in a personal injury suit is governed by the defendant's ability to pay — he doesn't deal out justice, he merely levies an assessment. If a man compliments his wife ten times a day, is that enough? are that they had a, very nice and successful day. • • If there are some errors -- typographical or otherwise — in this issue, we ask your kind indulgence. Sister Sefcik was not feeling up to par this week and all the things she usually takes care of were left to your editor. I wish to thank the publisher, Brother Linn Pescaia and all the printshop
personnel for their help and understanding in making sure the Vestnik is on time. • • We hear more and more about the advantages of knowing two or more languages which idea your editor certainly always approves of — the more languages you know, the better off you are! Here is a Czech anecdote that illustrates that advantage: A cat came to a mouse hole where he had seen 'a mouse disappear. The cat sat there for awhile and then let out a bark, like a dog. The mouse that was hiding inside thought, "Where there is a dog, there won't be any cats," and came out of the hole, whereupon the cat pounced on him. and ate him. As the cat licked his chops, he muttered: "There certainly IS an advantage in knowing more than one language!" • • Upon finishing a highly praised concert, Ludwig von Beethoven was surrounded by friends and admirers who could not say enough for his skill and technique on the piano. One particularly enthusiastic woman remarked, "Oh, Sir, if God had only given me that gift of genius." Beethoven is reported to have replied: