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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
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 It is south of GaIicia for almost ifs entire length with most its entire length with the Carpaiian Mountains northern border BuEOvna the east. Tansvania the lagyer country south and Inc other two states of the Czecno a country whose history prccedes the invasion of the Iartars and Huns. The history people their national unity and purity despite invasions by bararos hordes in ancient times and the soldiers of modern Europe during the past
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
FIRST CITIZEN OF AUTONOMOUS
 TIYIRD STATE OF CzECH0-SLOvAK
 REPUBLIC CAME B YEARS AGO
Birth and History of St, John The Baptist Greek Catholic Church of Which Rev. Orestes
 ChOTnOCk is the Pastor.

Tho first Uhro-Rusins to Bridgeport thirty When but handful had arrived they founded the st John 9rse part Of ho history of t' patriotic and prosperous uhro- Their first pastor here was Rev. Ncohel Jqckoyo who FTs,,, 1-1r', @ ,, lrl ] % I m % ~ @ ~ fi IS 1-I'r i'( W'4 WIS jo a7-~ m s'rnT proper place Tor church ed hall Pmhokr street. In lgoi under the Rev Alex nudnsy parcel of land consisting of four lots purchased ncud ing l U .i.'.n, .'r , ,,', pr lo %. Fl i, who +, 4 ] s. ] % , @ . & | i 7r' fitted up as place of worship . m. ar @ n.a @ Es o5ssss n95 ga25aes .ss saos nur szo families r property cona7 The church corporation is tho r,r of large tract of land have a -ncs .'-ar rg ,as r5 ard Of thei- eioption earli-s ,e sdseport @ ] a has @ aga er % as zqR295e4 so sossass sSa ] R,sh trs so szo l5o er lE 52ss2h Eosst 5a orenqFd street r % Joseph The ] % 3 of 13aa a l e p gl4ant Branch st % For ter dn l9& Baa 1saa 5sa,r5 sr.tn 5o rars society. or=anzcS senDlns their principal branches where folks of the Gh for social 9"tnsrinE dances and for society be English will be an yvorl O Hr
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
Thomas Strich.

Thomas Strich of 76S Maple street is another Uhro-Rusin who helped to raise funds for the building of the church. MT. Strich's fidelity in his various duties for the interest of the parish has won for him hundreds of life long friends and a warm spot in the heart of every. member of the congregation. He has been a mem Der of St. Nicholas Society, Branch 522 of the Greek Catholic union for g years.
 Mr. Strich has had two sons in the service John Strich, aged 19 years, was recently discharged at Fort Ham ilton. NY. He served with the dough boys at La Ganffiere June zs, 1918, Ravino des Vignes July 2nd and 3rd 1918; Fit de Marre, Mouse, Sept. 9th to Oct 26, 1918. He also served in England.
 Michael Strich aged g years was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. He served in France with the A. E. F. from Sept. 26, 1918 until July 23, 1919.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

Occidental ward-obes But it was diff ferent in the old times. And still to- day the sultan's hareem numbers lovely women from Persia, Cashmere India, the Island of the Sea. It is a theme for poets and romance writ CTS. Alas, not for painters-for the hareem is still 50 zeaIously guarded by the enuuch that male or other than the husband gains admittance to the hareem at the peril of his life. But, the writer has in her possession a painting called The Flower of the Seragio," painted tn the hareem. A lover of a mysterious beauty painted the picture. The Circassian girl, of great charm, has a wild frightened look in her splendid, 'mOOnHght' eyes as she leans forward on the siI- ken couch. Her attire enhances her charms,-a loose robe of silk, and bare feet! On the big toe of the right foot she wears a ring, a ruby ring of priceless value. And the foot adorns the ring-nOt the ring the foot. Could her Christian sisters say as much.
 The Mohammedan woman of today may go out of her residence, but all ways wearing the yashmak or veil that conceals her feature-au except the eyes. And she always is closely guard ed by the eunuch.
 The reader is advised to read Lofts pathetic picture of the Eastern har- eem of today. The book is called Les Desenchantees" CThe Disenchanted OneS.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

MT. Joseph Adztma Of $50 Maple street Was one of inc first men to help organize the cor-.eGa-:ou of sr Johns parish and start a fund for buldiug the church.
 1Ir. -aalla-a with a number of other men .s-- an entertainment in an East IuH hall for the purpose of starting a church funG. Sheriff O'- Lr.gl happened on the scene and Mir E.-,". -. arrested with lls brother a..r.-- and Steven and John Hal pin. Tho court freed he prisoners. and their arrest stimulated the ac- tiyittos of the embryo corErcgaton. so that the entertainment resulted in a fund or $500.
 He remembers when mass was held in a store on Pembroke street before the basement or the charch was ready.
 The ambition to have-a church for Thro Eusins never died despite many hanGica-e. EEar angry housewives with broom sticks did not stop the AGz-ua brothers when they called t0 collect money.
 lIr. NGz-na conducts an uDdertak- CT establishment at rhe above ad- dress. He has been in Bridgonort for @ years and is citizen. He is also a member of Sr. Johns Soc.oty so 2G and st. Nicholas Society No. 522 of the Greek Catholic Union. His two oldest brothers. Joseph and Frank at tend the Bridgeport High school MT Adzima intends to send them to col lege.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

A book that convulsed a nation and brought on a Civil war The book was Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was called Uncle Toms Jaoin." Fiction in the long run is the only form of statement that carries convic- ton. Uncle Toms Cabin was made out of the burning material called 'fThe Anti-Slavery Question" Harriet Bee cher Stowe was born in 1S11. She was of the famous Beecher family, and the sister of Henry Ward Beecner. She was the wife of Rev. Calvin Stowe. She had gained a personal ac- quaintance with the handling of flu gitive slaves-and the novel was born! Its success has never been equalled by Q work of fiction. II was translated into nineteen languages. It was written amidst severe hone cares and slender means; but the divine spark seems to demand these incen- tives to climb into the torch of pow
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
THE TURKISH HAREENL.

It is a word with a mysterious fas- cination to #. a magic that will never die, the Arabic word IIareem. On Sept. 4, 1886. the day we celebrate. the Sultan of Turkey released all the inmates of his seraElio or hareem from the perpetual imprisonment within it's palace to which they con sidered themselves condemned for life.
 It was only the other day that the world was thrilled by the news from tho East-from Constantinople,-th Yildez was in flames. It was burned to the ground. Yildez and it's immense park and its residences for the Sut- tan's hareem was the palace on the banks of the Bosphorous of the Sultan of Turkey, the formal official resi- dence of the famous Abdul-Hamid. Yildez and it's harem was the seat for half a century of intrigue, splendOr, horrors, and of diplomacy that kept nations from each others's throats. Its hareem numbered a thousand wo- men. The word hareem, in Arabic means anything forbidden or sacred, from the word harNma to forbid.
 The hareem in every prominent Mohammedan house of rank is the suite of apartments, jeaIously seclUd- cd and to which secret staircases as cend, set aside for wives, cOncubines, and female servants of an Islamic household. Around the hareem cen turies of mystery, of enchantment of love and death assemble. For, the most beautiful women in the world are inmates of the hareem. The story of their sorrows, ardors, trysts, flights and punishments would form a libra ry in itself The seclusion of women in enjoined in the Koran. The Mo hammedan is permitted by the laws of his Koran to have four legitimate wives and as many slaves for concu- pines as he may have acquired, and can support Practically today the ! Mohammedan gentleman can support but one wife, for European fashions have crept into the hareems, and the ladies are demanding the luxuries of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
IOScnh TcSlka..

Joseph Teska of 916 Boston ave- nue, is another Bridgeport citzen who contributed toward the success of St. Johns church. MT. Teska not only gave his services but donated large sums of money toward the building of the splendid edifice
 He has been a resident of Bridge port for 30 years and a member of st. Nicholas Society, Branch No 326 of the Greek Catholic Union for II years. He is well known rn Bridgeport and is remembered by East End res- idents as the genial proprietor of the meat market on Willard street where he was located for several years.
 NIr. Teska is a large property own CT and another fine example of the quality of citizens comprising the cor greEatiOn of St. Johns church.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
TIE EsCUINL, SPAIN.

ruffst0-z have character. Archttec. turn ,Nurrasee the soul cor Che want of 10 Of the artist. There arc other bundiues that auufhr as 60 stream of music. others that Cjare; nut build luea that frgo2u your blood iu your veins t1 look upon them. To this lat for cInss belongs The gloomy, superb EscurilT iu the suburbs of Madrid, Spain. On today the day we cele- urato. September q. Philip II Of Spain died In tho Escurill of loathsome disease, In 159S.
 The EscuriaI comprises in one building a palace, a convent. church, Al library. and a tomb The massive walls of granite seem to be sweating out the sins of tho 10th century. A dampurss oozos through the place as YOU walk through it's sinister Curri- dors. Tine Escsrill owes it's exist ence to dark. mysterious, very rei- eious and interruptions Philip IT. He built the EscuriaI after a VOW that he made. He expended COOL 100000 ducots upon it, and sacrificed 20,- GOO. 900 of human lives l. has seven towers and fifteen gateways. Of the grandeur of the church within itS walls there can be no doubt The frescoes of tho palace are by emin- Cnt artlstS or Jle peI4ou' anu LIlS IT. brary contains manuscripts and mis- Rals of great value. The royal tomb or 1nauso1eum gives one an impress sion that one never forgets. The sin 4ster ma gnificance of the place reeks with the life and epoch in which this
 cruel monarch lived. The reader will recall that Philip 1T was the hus- band of Mary Tudor, Queen of Eng land, called "Bloody Mary" She was the daughter of Henry VIII, and sis ter of the Queen Elizabeth. Philip IT was an abnormal man, and his Es- curial expresses the trend of his being. One is glad to come out from its shadowy interior into the light and festival of dazzling, colorated Spain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
lOng the younger JThro-Rusin

Among the younger Uhro-Rusin residents is attorney George Ferrio, Jr He has offices in the First Bridge port National Bank Builling to which he has just returned after serving IS months in the T.. s Navy. where inc held the rank of Ensign and dur ing his term of duty saw service in England and Scotland aboard the IT. $. $. Roanoke which is the largest mine planter in Uncle Sam's navy and also the largest in the world. While in Scotland he took part in many expeditions into the North Sea where his ship was engaged in plant iAE mine barrage extending across the North sea from the coast of Scot land to the coast of Norway. It was the biggest undertaking in the his tory of the navy. to lay six strings of mines. $50 miles across the sea.
 Attorney Ferrio has been a resident of Bridgeport for the past five years having begun the practice of law af- ter his graduation from the Dickin- son Law School at Carlisle. Pa. 4 na- tive of Dickinson City where he was born.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
Paul Stefura.

Paul Stefura of 53 Sage avenue, is another member of St Johns Greek Catholic church and a native of Jhro Rusinia. He is deeply interested in civic improvement of the city streets, sewer system and street light ing.
 He has been a member of the church for T3 years and was church trustee for two years. He IS a:so sec retary of St Johns Society Branch No 126 of the Greek Catholic Union and treasurer of St. Cyril and Meth odius Society, Falcon Branch of the same union.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
IOlln POn.

John Pop, another well known bus- mess man in the East End is a native of Uhro-Rusinia- He owns a. pros porous grocery business at 531 Arctic street.
 Nr. Pop is president of St Cyril and Me1hOdius Society, Branch No. 3 of the Falcons Greek Catholic union and is secretary of the Society of the Blessed Virgin, Branch No. 5. This is the children's organization in St. Johns church.
 Mir. Pop married an American girl. They have one son. Although Uhro- Rusinia is a long way from Ireland. MT. and Mrs. Pop did not hesitate to contribute to the cause of Erin. N1r Pop believes in the League of Ma tions and that every country should have the right to be free and inde- pendent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
Gcnrrc Na-.acr-

George Kaspcr of SS0 IIauett street is native of Chro-Rusinta. He has been a member of St. Johns congre- sa-ior for 16 years and a member of S. Nicholas Society, Branch No. 522. ALr. kaspar was a member of the Bridgeport committee to the Nation al Convention of the Greek Catholic Union held here in 1916.
 Mrs. Easper has been a member of St. Narys Society, branch No. Il for nine years.
 John B0rodoch 8 property owner residing at 1946 East Main street. is another native of Jhro-Rusinia. He has been a citizen and a member of St. Johns church for 20 years
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
John KiIl1ak.

John Kimak, Michael Turchik Geo. Kasper and John Borodoch are mem bers of St. Johns church to whom the congregation is indebted for their conscientious, loyal work, resulting in a great measure toward the present success of the church.
 MT. Kimak lives at 1864 East Main street. He is church treasurer and has been a member for 23 years. He is also a member of St. Johns Society. Branch No. 126.
 MT. Turchik of IS Summerfield ave- nue has been a member of the church for 20 years. He is president of St Johns Society, No. 126. cemetery treasurer for four years and Is a mem Der of the Uhro- -Rusin Political club.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

Mir. George Bandurich is one of the most popular members of St. Johns Greek Catholic church and has been a resident of Bridgeport for 25 years. He is in business at 749 Hallett street and is recognized by East Side resi- dents as a leader among the people. He is also q hard worker for the in terests of St Johns parish and the Greek Catholic Union.
 MT. Bandurich was chairman of the Bridgeport Committee to the Ma tional Convention of the Greek Ca tholic Union held in Bridgeport in 1916. He was elected at the convention as NatioaI Tribual Secretary of the Greek Catholic Union for 1916 and 1917.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
GeOrUe RiSteY.

George Pistey of 43 Rielly street has been a member of St. John's S Greek Catholic church from the time the first mass was .eld in store on Pembroke street. He has lived in Bridgeport for 43 years. He is citi- zen and has been in the undertaking business for 30 years. He is a member of St. Nicholas Society of the Greek Catholic union and the National So- kol.
 MT. Pistey's two sons, George and Charles are graduates If the Renou- ard Training school of New York city George Pistey, Jr.. served with the A E. F. in France for months. He has also served in the navy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
Ennrnn EneLnrcv.

George Bestercy of 124 Hallett street is one of the best liked men in the East Side of Bridgeport He is in business at the above aooress and has been Q member of St Johns church for Z5 years. He was also sec rotary of St. Johns Society, Branch No. l26 for four years.
 George F. Eestorcy, Jr. served in the navy for 1g months. Michael Bos- tercy. another boy, attends the Bridge port High school
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

Mrs. Mary LukaCs of SC Orchard street is president of the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin, Branch No. 614 of the Greek Catholic Union. This branch has membership of over 100 ladies' Many of them being na- lives of UhrO- Rusinia.
 She has been president seven years and came to Bridgeport 19 years ago. She is the wife of John Lukacs, a bus mess man at S46 Pembroke street. They have seven children.
 Mrs. Lukacs is another example of the splendid women who have con- tributed so materially toward the success of St. Johns Greek Catholic church.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

While many farms in the central states are selling for S50,0OO to $1OO,- 900, some of those ambitious boys who left the dull country to work at the city store store ribbon counter are striking for S2o a week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
"CARBON COPY"

First Black Lady ''Dat baby of yours am de puffect image of his daddy
 Second Black Lady ''He suah am. He am a reg'lar carbon copy"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
HISTORY OF BRTDGEPORT"S UHRO- -RUSTNS
GEORGE TERROR, U. s. ENSIGN
 PLANTS EIiNES IN GOLD NORTH SEA

Among inc Uhro-Busns in Bridgeport gained distinction their fellow in the perform nce of civic religious duties few of the most notable presented herewith. oIEal cua
 of the n Arlay of themse serving
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
NOT \ BAD ONE.

He-"I understand that rich old maid married a struggling young man"
 Shelves, he struggled. but he couldn't get away"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
TRY IT ON YOUR DOOR.

Ever bothered with tramps out your way?"
 No; have a sign on the gate read ing: We are vegetarians, but our dog isn't"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

Great demand reported from the singers for "heart songs" which the song writers will gladly turn out for a cent copy royalty.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

The most eloquent address at the picnics is given by the man who an nounces that the ice cream is ready.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
MRS. ANNA KoCIITss.

Mrs. Anna Kochiss. wife of Mir. Jo- seph Eucliss. residing at ITS Orchard street. this city, is president of St. Anu's Society. Branch No. 27O of the Greek Catholic Union. Although not a native Of UhrO-Rusin, she is close ly identified with the Jhro-Rusius who are members of St. Johns Greek Catholic church and the Greek Cath ollie Union. Here indeed is a ztriIzi-E example for all American women. Miss kochiss left her native land 97 years ago and came here because of her admiration for America and American ideals and has contributed her share in full measure toward the progress of the country. In addition to being president of St. Anu's SoCi- ery, she is vice-presideut of St. Nary's Society, Branch No. 45: a member of St. NIary's Society, Branch No. of the Bridgeport Union serving as a member of the Auditing committee.
 Miss Kochiss is known throughout the United States and Canada and has represented Bridgeport at the Ma tional conventions of the Greek Cath ollie unions and St. Mary's SocreJy for twenty years. Shc VII go to Home stead, Pa. in August to attend a Ma tional committee meeting of St. NIary's Society. She is a. thorough business woman and an ideal mother as the devotion of her eight children will testify and their admiration for her in her many accomplishments as an organizer
 Joseph Kochiss, the eldest. is in the real estate and insurance business at No. HOS Pembroke street He is an eX-serviCe man. Louis J. kochiSs, age q, is studying chemistry.
 The girls show the progressive spir- it of their mother and take an active part in church societies. Miss Hazel Kochiss was treasurer for ' years in St. Anu's Young Ladies Union, No. 4 of St. Johns Roman Catholic church. and Miss Josephine KOchiss has been treasurer of the same society for the last four years. The other children are Anna Ballas, Alberta and Marcel B. Kochiss. Mrs. KOChiss in addition to her numerous duties is interested in woman suffrage. She believes she is entitled to vote and is strongly sup ported in this opinion by her four daughters.
 Andrew Habzansky of 655 Arctic street has been a member of St. Johns s church for IS years. He is an Ameri- can citizen and was born in UhrO- Rusinia- MT. Habzanslly is working hard for the interests of the Uhro- Rusins in Bridgeport and is very en- thusiastic in helping Father ChCr- 1 noll prepare Jhro-Rusins for citizen ship.
 He is a member of the Uhro-Rus- l mia Political club, acting as instructor ! of history and civiCs and is well ! known by East End residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-26

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