Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1947-07-18
my privilege and honor to

is my privilege ana nonOf TO
greet:
The Hon. Former State Sc
nator Wilmar Cronin, Aber-
deem; Mayor Archer, Belair;
Lieut.. Col. Burkins, Belair;
DR.. Juraj Slavik, Czechoslovak
Ambassador from Washington
Mr.. Karel Prchal, National
president of ASO.; Mrs. Blaza
IJ. Cihak, National Vice-Presi-
dent of ASO.; Mr.. Josef Falta,
Treasurer of ASO.; Mr.. Josef
ISazama, President of Eastern
District of American Sokol Or
ganization; DR.. Antonin Hire
blk, President Of Czechoslovak
lSokol Organization; DR.. Miro
slav Kavalir, Chief Instructor
for men of Czechoslovak Sokol
Organization; Mrs. Marie Pro-
vaznik, Chief Instructor for
women of Czechoslovak Sokol
Organization; Mr.. Milos Ko-
vacfk, Vice-President of Gee
choslovak Sokol Organization;
Mrs. Otilie Martinez, Chief In
structor for women of Eastern
District of Amer. Sokol Orga-
nization; Mr.. Josef Pokorny,
Chief Instructor for men of
Southern Part of Eastern Dis
trict ASO.; Mr.. Karel Hn1z,
president Of Sokol New York;
Mrs. DiviSek, President of So
kolky, New York; Mr.. Charles
Kuss, President of Sokol, Little
Ferry; Mrs. Lillian Etkins, Pre-
sident of Sokolice, Newark
Mr.. Josef B1lek, President of
Sokol "Blesk'', Baltimore; Mrs.
Sylvia Peiferova, President of
Sokolice, Baltimore Mr.. Krej-
elk, Secretary of Sokol Curtis
Bay; Mr.. Eugene Prostredn1k,
President of Sokol Philadel-
phia; Mr.. John Waters of Sokol
Washington; Mr.. Kielkowski,
from Far East "Sokol BAHAMA
gar, India.
Now it gives me great pleas
ure to introduce to you the
Honor Group of Czechoslova-
kia, who have displayed their
Sokol ability in New York and
at Soldiers Field in Chicago,
and with them I greet the So
kols from the Southern Part OF
the Eastern District and all OF
our friends and guests.
And now | wish to say in
honor of the Czechoslovak
Group in their native tongue:
Bratri a sestry:-
Dostalo Sc nam dnes pocty
re mGzeme p~rivitati predstavi.
tele COS zde ma teto pro &C.
choslovaky pamatne maryland
ske pIde.
Jak Sc ,jiz vcera br. Velvysla-
nee Slavik We sve Teci zmfnil
jest tato marylandska pIda pre-
Cechoslovaky pamatna tim, Re
Sc stala jiz pred 800 lety maja-
KEN velkeho Cechoslovaka Au-
gustfna Hefmana.
Augustin Herman narodil sc
v Praze v roce 1900.
Odejel "a 3O-lete valky z
vlasti do Holandska a obtain
ltud Sc preplavil do Ameriky.
Byl to proziravy a pruzny
obchodn1k, ktery uz tehdy We
del, jak dGlezity jest zamorskJ
obchod pro zivotnf STANDARD e.
vropskych zeml.
Nejprve Sc usadil v New
Amsterdam, to jest v dnesn1n
New Yorku a pax Sc odstehO-
val do Marylandu.
Svym vzdelanlm a obchodni
houzevnatosti stall sc zahy va
zenou osobou a zakladatelem
americkeho prGkopnictv1 v II,
stoleti a proslavil dobre jmeno
ceskoslovenskeho naroda zde
ma teto pGde.
Vyhotovil prvnf radnou ma
pu Marylandu a Virginie.
Ia tuto hodnotnou praci by
odmenen $4,000 akry nejlepsi
pnddy v Marylandu zde nedale-
ko mas.
Ma pamet vlasti sve naval
Herman uzeml toto Bohemian
Manor, t. j. ceskoslovenska u
sedlost a take reky pojmeno-
val ceskoslovenskymi jmeny.
Pecoval O povzneseni tohotc
kraje rozumnym hospodar-
stvfm a obchodem a proslavo-
val dobre jmeno sve vlasti zro-
vna tax, jake wy, bratri a SEES
try z Ceskoslovenska proslavu-
.jete svou praci ma teto pnde
zdrave a houzevnate jadro ces-
'koslovenskeho naroda.
Wy, bratri a sestry z Cesko-