Volume 101 Number 13
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T
Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity
ISSN —07458800
Colors of the Season
Taking a break from hunting Easter eggs at Lodge 88, Houston on Saturday, March 23 are Mark and Darlene Polly and sons Jered and Nathan. Lodge 88 Youth Club’s Easter party included food, games, and an Easter egg hunt that featured 60 dozen boiled, dyed, and decorated eggs. Below are, front, left to right, Keith Wockenfuss, Tyler Parker, Mathieu Barcak, Nathan Polly, and Lea Barcak. In back are Denae Bronikowski, Jered Polly, Cheyenne Parker, Allison Wockenfuss, and Catherine Casey.
★ Brotherhood
April 3, 2013
TCGS Raising Funds for Czech Veterans’ Military Museum at Home Office
Plan now to attend “Spring Steppin,’” sponsored by the Texas Czech Genealogical S o c i e t y (TCGS), on Saturday, April 6 at SPJST Lodge 47, Seaton Star Hall in Seaton, Texas, located on Highway 53, a few miles One of the auction east of Temple, items is this crocheted tablecloth Texas. handmade by The event is Lodge 47, Seaton being held to member Dolores raise funds to Skrabanek.
purchase a World War II Jeep and a Battlefield Cross Display to enhance and further honor Czech Veterans in the Czech Veterans Wall of Honor and Military Museum, located at the SPJST Home Office in Temple. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. This is what you can expect: • A barbecue chicken and sausage dinner with all the trimmings, catered by Slovaceks. • Silent auction with many useful and unusual treasures. • Live auction, featuring Harvey Johnson. Items include a City of Prague tapestry wall hanging, two
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Spring Greetings!
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Interest Rates.......................................3 Important Dates ...................................3 Model Lodge Program ........................4 Bloomin’ Temple Entry Form..............5 District News........................................6 Lodge Section....................................11
Lodge 186, Caldwell Youth Club members decorated and delivered potted flowers to the local nursing homes of Caldwell. “We wished the nurses and patients a happy spring and Easter,” reports Youth Leader Yolanda Brinkman.
Inside Th is Week’s Vestnik
Death Claims......................................18 Youth Section.....................................19 Vestnik Project...................................20 Czech Culture ....................................26 Advertisements ............................27-29 Lodge Calendar .................................30
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District Two shares spring meeting scenes
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Lodge 76 Wichita Falls honors longtime member
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Lodge 88 Houston Youth Club hosts annual Easter party