Volume 105 Number 36
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
September 13, 2017
Lodge 189 Bryan-College Station celebrates 40 years
Lodge 189, Bryan-College Station treated members and guests to a barbecue buffet on Saturday evening, August 19, 2017, to celebrate the lodge’s 40th anniversary. The event was held at C&J Barbeque in Bryan, and more than 40 members and guests attended, including a few that had been at the chartering celebration on July 17, 1977. A slideshow of lodge photos and news items that appeared in the Vestnik over the past 40 years ran on the television screen during the evening. Early scrapbooks and the lodge’s original charter certificate were also on display. Continued on Page 11.
Lodge 189, Bryan-College Station celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday, August 19 at C&J Barbeque in Bryan. Pictured are, left to right, Secretary/Treasurer Gerald Rieger, President Henry Mayo, SPJST President Brian Vanicek, Honorary President Henry Scasta, Sales Agent Jim Schroeder, and Vice President Fredrick Wenck.
Live the Adventure Top Agents - August 2017 1st -Annualized Premium 2nd - Certificates Issued $300 Award
Janice Kaluza Lodge 54 West District Three
1st -Certificates Issued 3rd - Annualized Premijum $300 Award
2nd -Annualized Premium 5th - Certificates Issued $100 Award
3rd - Certificates Issued 4th -Annualized Premium $100 Award
4th - Certificates Issued 5th -Annualized Premium $100 Award
Frances Aleman Lodge 49 Rowena District Four
Albin Machu, CFFM Lodge 29 Taylor District Two
Susan Skrabanek, FIC Lodge 17 New Tabor District One
Baltazar Nunez, FIC Lodge 219 El Paso District Four
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Interest Rates ......................................2 Important Dates ...................................3 Job Posting..........................................3 Membership Program Update ............4 District News .......................................5 Scholarship Information .....................7
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Lodge Section......................................7 Youth Section.....................................13 In Memoriam ......................................17 Czech Culture ....................................19 Advertisements ............................20-21 Lodge Calendar .................................22
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District Two shares fall fun day scenes
Happy back to school!
“We are so excited to be at our brand new elementary school, Voss Farms Elementary,” Lodge 185, New Braunfels youth Mallory Vasquez says. “I am in third grade; my sisters (Anabella and Shaylee) are in kindergarten; and our mom (Andrea) teaches second grade. Best wishes for a great school year!
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Lodge 169 Brenham members celebrate special days
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Lodge 30 Taiton youth serve National Guard