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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
Sixty Grand

NRAISE is due, and herewith given, our
United Lodges of South Chicago for
their pledge to enrich the Society's insur-
ancc in force by $50, 100000 before they
celebrate the Goth Anniversary of the Gro
attain Fraternal Union on September 5.
Comprised of Lodges 9, II, 80, 118, 229,
275, 300, 44O and 94S. the Committee is out
to write that much in the way of projection
and present it in the form of a birthday
Bouquet to Supreme President bro. V. |.
Mandich when he visits South Chicago Sep
tcmbcr 5 for the purpose of addressing this
extraordinary celebration.
In these days of boX-car figures, when
ever millions mean nothing to that recently
crowned "iilionaire' in Texas, the Croatian
Fraternal Union will gladly accept any and
all $50, 100000 insurance packages and do
so with grateful thanks.
The Society needs every siXty-gland
deal that can be swung in the weeks ahead
if its Diamond Jubilee Membership Cam
paign goals of 5000 new members and
IS OOO. 900 in new and increased insurance
are to be met by November 50, 1854.
If as much can be lone in South Chi
cago, and done it will be, why can't other
Committees undertake to at least follow
suit before they mark the Society's D:a-
mond Jubilee with celebrations still weeks
and months removed from their often pub
licized public staging dates?
For example, late season Goth Annivcr,
sary fetes are being planned in both South
crn and Northern California, in Cleveland
and Chicago, each blessed with a Com
mittec which can, if it wishes, accomplish
the impossible of matching the South
Chicago Committee dollar for dollar in
writing insurance business.
If this be food for thought, we gladly
pass it along for whatever it may be worth,
hoping only that the Croatian Fraternal
Union will be the beneficiary thereof in
the final analysis.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
Not Guilty

\h/E have been accused of trying to
w make a Croatian' out of Miss Helen
Vidovich, the very pretty young Conway,
Pa, lady who reigned as Miss Pennsylva-
MIA during the recent Miss Universe
contest held at Long Beach, California.
For the record, we never identified Miss
Nidovich as being anything other than II
a wholesome, American born lass, p a
member of the Society's Conway Lodge $40,
and - a credit to her people. If these three
facts represent treason on our part, then
let those who would make the most of it,
us and Helen. We're standing pat.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
Southern Cal In
Jubilee Festival

Los Angeles, Calf. -
The Southern California,
Central Committee of CFU
Lodges will celebrate the
60th Anniversary of the
Society on Sunday, Sep
TENDER IL.
Planned for the festive
occasion are a gigantic
outing and dance, with the
Croatian Recreation Gen.
ter, 1925 South Budlong
Avenue, Los Angeles, serv-
ing as the gathering place
for what the Committee
freely predicts will be a
record turnout.
All other local organiza-
tons have been respectful
'1y requested to refrain
from scheduling any coun-
ter-attractions for this
great day, Sunday, Septem-
Der IL. Their cooperation
will be deeply appreciated
and long remembered by
our Committee.
Further details will be
published in the Zajednicar
as rapidly as they are con-
sidered and duly adopted
by the Lodges affiliated
with the Committee. In
the meantime, we urge one
and all not to miss this STIR
ring salute to our Society.
Mary M. Packard, Pub.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
Seeing, Red

A LMOST unbelievable are the ends to
! \ which some people are going these
days in their zeal to connect this, that and
everything else not to their liking with the
likes of Communism.
Now of all things - they would have
the proper authorities look into Folk Dane
ing and Folk Singing Groups in the United
States and ascertain whether they are be-
ing used to put across Communistic propa-
ganda in this Country of ours.
Speaking for those organizations of our
natlonalistic background, we regret to in
form these cultural witch hunters that
they are barking up the wrong tree if they
have any Croat Singing Society and-or Kolo
Dancing Group in mind as representing an
un-American propaganda outlet for any
force alien to the United States.
Aeons before anyone dreamed of, let
alone heard Of, Communism, the Croats
were singing and dancing their way through
history to establish a culture which has
W.thGtocd the ravages of time and to this
day is being pcrpetuated by numerous Sing
ing Societies and Kolo Groups.
These are the same cultural ties which
bound oar people together as far back in
history as 1919, the year that saw Pope
Leo X refer to Croatia as "Antemuralc
Chr.stianitatis,' or THE Strongest Shield
and BulWark of Christianity They are the
same tics which will bind our people togeth-
er tomorrow, and SO on, al infinitum.
X 4 X
People who devote a part of their time
to singing or dancing, or both, can't be
rropa9andizing anything under the sun
save the culture handed down to them by
their illustrious forcbears.
Those who blend their voices in singing
"Cni ne Gini, y "~JasenGice," or "Oi Bosil-
jc," or dance to such Kolos as Hal Boze
dai,' "Pleskovac,' or "Nebesko," cant pos
sibly be thinking, on the side, of ways and
means to overthrow the Government of the
United States.
Perhaps this is too much for the "cul-
tural witch hunters in our midst to be-
lieve. If so, they should brush up on the his
tory of the United States Of America.
Here, in the annals of our Country, they
will find that men and women Of all ma
tjonalities worked together that they might
leave behind them a land where their chill
dren. and their childrcn's children, could
carry on the finest traditions of the Old
World without k~owtowing to the whims of
a dictator or his political satlaps.
America grew with the people Of those
early days in the history of the Republic,
just as it will grow in the years to come
with those who are not ashamed to admit
that they are God fearing Americans Of
this or that respected nationality.
The heritage of our people is part and
parcel of the culture of the United States
take that away from them.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

normally will tell you that he desires to
protect his family. If that is his purpose.
it would then be sensible to find out what
the needs Of the family will be, and to de-
termine the extent to which his present
life insurance will meet those ends. The
general problem is simply that of under
standing what the job is that life insurance
must do, and whether a not enough life
insurance, CIV just enough, or go too much
to do the job that must be done. To think
along these lines is good business sense.
. Raymond w. Schmidtke
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

his detail put SO carriers
into commission. In 1915 he
was assigned to a similar
job in Tacoma, Wash,
where he saw another II
new carriers he had helped
prepare for battle sail for
the Far East.
Filled Unusual Post
Assigned to Quonset
Point, R. l., in November,
1850, Crlenjak was origi-
nally assigned as a division
chief of the airframes divi-
sion. On one of the squad
ron's cruises he served as
line maintenance chief, a
position not ordinarily as
signed a structural mocha
mic.
AS structural mechanic
he also achieved a unique
distinction in being desig-
mated a combat air crew.
man, a job usually reserved
in squadrons of this type
for electronics and ordi-
nance personnel.
Crlen.jak has served a.
board the aircraft carriers
Valley Forge, USS Siboney,
USS Gilbert Islands, USS
Mindoro, USS Saipan, USS
Wright and USS Palau.
He has three brothers,
all of whom served in the
armed forces during World
War II.
Crlenjak wears the Anne
rican Area ribbon, Ameri-
can Defense ribbon, Ash
atic-Pacific ribbon, World
War II Victory Medal, Ma
Wy Occupation ribbon and
the National Defense Ser
vice ribbon for service dur
ing the Korean conflict. He
also wears the wings of a
combat air creWman.
Editors Note: - Bro.
Alexis Crlenjak, once affi-
lated with Junior Order
Nest 301, has been a men,
Der of our Lorain Lodge
140 for 20 years. AS a mat
ter of fact, his 2O-Pay Life
Certificate m atured on
June 80 of this year. His
parents, three brothers,
and his three children are
all members of the Croa-
tan Fraternal Union. We
are grateful to Lodge 40
Secretary bro. Anton Yuri-
cic for bringing this story
to our attention.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

sive spirit in it's mail SER
vice, as it did even in 1918
and at other times when
the Department has pio-
neered new service" he
said.
This progressive spirit
is typical of our operations
tolay. In addition to the
transit Of regular mail by
air, we are speeding mail
and saving money through
use of functionally-design
ed new vehicles, painted
red, white and blue in the
spirit of the new postal
revolution.
"We are bringing admin
istration of the mail SER
vice closer to the people
thr u g h decentralization
from Washington of many
important postal opera
tons. We have instituted
longer hours of service to
the public by keeping Post
Offices open at hours to
suit public convenience and
by making later collections
in most major cities.
"These and many other
developments are evidence
that we have recaptured-
after a. previous 80 years
of decadence and deficit in
the postal service - the
constructive m a g nation
that marked the start of
the air mail service on
August II, 1913" !,
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

duty ABOARD the original
U. S. Navy aircraft carrier,
a vital job readying fight
ing ships for war, a crash
landing in the Caribbean
early this year and about
1000 hours in the air.
Native OF Minnesota
He plans on retiring
from the Navy in 16
months and going into
business. He arrived home
on leave but spent the
weekend with relatives and
friends in Milwaukee, Wis.
1t was his first return to
Lorain in two years.
A native of St. Paul,
Mimi, Crlenjak enlisted in
the Navy in February,
1886. His first tour of du-
ty was aboard the SIS [ ang-
ley, a former collier con-
verted in the ear.y 192G's
by the Navy into America 5
first aircraft carer.
1t was during the war
years from 1943 to 1915
that the Lorairite per-
formed a job that may well
have produced the margin
Of victory in more than
one Pacific battle, accord
ing to Navy officials.
In Kodiak, Alaska, Cr-
lenjak helped get opera
tons at the Navy overhaul
and repair shop up to war
time standards. w
there he was promoted
from first class structural
mechanic to chief.
Assigned To Oregon
On his return from Alas
ka he was assigned to AS
toria, Ore, as leading chief
petty officer of the pre-
commissioning detail.
Escort aircraft carriers,
being turned out at a high
rate at the Kaiser works
in Portland, steamed down
the river to pick up Navy
crews at Astoria.
Crlenjak supervised the
initial operation Of the lub-
ricating oil and aviation
gasoline systems on the
new ships. His duties also
included sending prospec-
tive crew members for the
new carriers to Navy
schools so that they would
be proficient in such skills
as gunnery, recognition
and firefighting.
During 1913 and 1914
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
Fashion Note

DRFATHES there an editor with soul so
= dead who hasn't followed the latest
news end wished he had said
Nan and boy. come hell or high water,
it'll be Dior or die this Fall!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

rev ANldClOn flONecFS
Pioneer pilot Max Miller
(burned to death in Sep
tember, 1920, over Norris
town, New Jersey, while
carrying the nails was at
the controls Of the first
plane taking off that day
with airmail from College
Park, Maryland.
The plane left at 1875
AM, carrying about 220
pounds Of mail; pilot Maui
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

purpose of organizing a mu-
tual benefit society was held
September 2, 1894, in Majak
Hall, 116 South Canal St.,
Allegheny, Pa, now North
Side Pittsburgh.
In attendance at that his
toric session were 13 men:
Ivan Ljubic, Josip Subasic,
Franjo Sepic, Josip Buneta,
Bozo Gojsovic, Josip Zegu-
dovic, Franjo Zibrat, Nikola
Bukovac, Franjo Tahija, Ig-
Mat Jarnevic, Juro Papa,
Anton Nemanic, and Mike
Moskun. Also in attendance
was Petar Pavlinac, a great
leader in his own right.
Only one meeting was
held that day in Majak Hall,
for on the next day, Septem-
Der 3, 1894, the delegates
called their second session
to order in the offices of the
newspaper "Napredak," To-
Gated at 1874 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh.
The prelim1naries-e ver,
the Society commenced to
do business as an order as of
Tuesday, September 4, 1894.
God Fearing Pioneers
Of special significance, at
least to us, is the fact that
those hardy pioneers of 60
years ago chose a Sunday =
September 2, 1894 - to lay
the Society's cornerstone.
1t showed, if nothing else,
that those people of ours of
six decades ago were God
fearing and did not leave Di-
vine Providence out of their
ways of thinking, planning
and reasoning. In their own
way, those organizers Of to-
days Or o t a n Fraternal
Union were not unlike the
Founding Fathers of our Re-
public, for they, too, called
upon The Almighty to
strengthen them during the
birth of these United States.
Sunday, Sept. 2, 1894
And what did those pio-
neers see on that day of
Sunday, September 2, 1894?
Here is what they saw as
the late Petar Pavlinac re-
corded it for posterity: -
"The burning sun vibrates
on heavenly skies, rejoicing
that mother earth reflects
its magnificent brilliancy. It
seems to come nearer and
closer to earth, as if to lend
a kiss and then to sink lower
for a rest. It hides behind
the mountains of Pennsyl-
vania, and to the world
comes the blackness Of
night. On the eastern skies
there appears a bright star,
which the Croatian people
have Immediately recognized
and named it the Star of
Consolation, and accepted it
as their guide. The National
C~roatian Society was born!"
A little on the "corny
side" in these modernistic
times, but sentiments which
came from the hearts of peo-
pie who never knew what
freedom meant until they
came to these shores. "Cor-
ny" or not, without them
there would be no Croatian
Fraternal Union on the
scene today.
Stephen F. Brkich, Editor
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18

Lorain, Ohio, Lodge 40 Member Is
Nearing Twenty.Year Mark With Navy
Chief Alexis Crlenjak Served Aboard
First United States Aircraft Carrier
(Reprinted From Lorain journal Of July 81
Lorain, Ohio = Chief aviation structural mechanic
and top enlisted man in the Air Anti Submarine Squadron
81 at Quonset Point, r. l., is Chief Petty Officer Alexis
Crlenjak, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Crlenjak, 1887 East
32nd Street, Lorain.
Now home on 80 day leave, the veteran 37-year-old
chief has an 18La-year Navy career marked by a tour of
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18


New York at 2:15 Pm.
Two other pioneer pilots
flew the southbound trip
from New York to Wash
ington, in three hours
starting at noon. They
were pilots Robert Shank
and Edward V. Gardner.
Aviation pioneers Of
t'.ose days hailed the aero
mali as the first CONNER
c!al use-to which the "aero-
plane had been put, and
recognized the Post Office
Departments air mail SER
vice as the forerunner of
today's tremendous air in
dustry, Mr.. Summerfield
noted.
New York To Chicago
The Post Office Depart
ment, sensing the possibi-
lities of air mail over long
er routes as a vital need in
the expanding American
economy, moved ahead ra-
pidly in charging the SER
vice. The next route started
between New York and
Chicago on September 5,
1918, and was permanently
established on May Is,
1919.
New routes followed
quickly - from Chicago to
Omaha, st. Louis, Mime
apolis, and San Francisco.
The Post Office Depart
ment made it's first trans
continental flight from
New York to San Francis
CO on September 8, 1920,
with the plane carrying
16: 900 letters and averag-
ing 80 miles an hour, Mr..
Symmetrical recalled.
Development of the air
lanes by the Post Office
Department continued and,
in 1926, Congress passed
the Air Commerce Act,
providing for commercial
passenger flights and
routes for private compa-
MES. When these ventures
h a d been demonstrated
successfully, the Post Of
flee Department - having
seen commercial aviation
safely through it's fledgling
days - stepped out of the
picture, and contracted for
its airmail service with pri-
vate. carriers. Contracts for
carrying the air mail were
let in 1927.
Public Wants Progress
The Post Office Depart
ment, however, has not lost
its keen interest in the de-
velopment of the aircraft
industry, Mr.. Summerfield
noted.
In line with President
Eisenhower's mandate for
better mail service at less
o t, Mr.. Symmetrical
pointed out that the Post
Office Department on o.
tober 6, 1858, pioneered a.
mother major development
in this field, launching a
service for more rapid
transmission of regular
mail by air on a space-a-
valuable basis.
This service, already op-
Grating e~xperimentally be-
tween Chicago and Wash
ington and New York, as
we'll as between those three
cities and Florida points
and between various small
err cities, means that milli-
ons of pieces of mail are
delivered every day as
much as a day earlier, Mr..
Symmetrical pointed out.
However, equally i'm
~portant, today's anniversa-
ry of our establishment of
the worlds first regular CT
villain air mail reminds US
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18


master General Albert Bur-
Lesson conferred with Secre-
tary Of War Newton Baker
and others, and, as a re-
suit, set up an experiment
tai air mail service between
Washington, D. c., and
New York, New York, with
an intermediate stop at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
First Flight In 1918
The first flights both
ways were made on May
Is, 1918.
The United States Army
furnished planes and pilots
and conducted flying and
maintenance, and the Post
Office Department handled
the mail and all operations
connected with it. 1t also
printed the first 24-cent
carmine rose and blue air
mail stamp, with the pic
ture of the early flying ma
chine, the Jenny
Incidentally, one sheet of
these first airmail stamps
with the Jenny printed up
side down escaped the Post
Office in Washington and
gave philately one Of its
Tost dramatic moments. A
fortunate mint-sheet buy
or. so the legend goes, went
to the Washington Post
Office the day the stamp
was first issued in 1918.
"A man ahead of him or
dcrcd a sheet of the stamps
and then Indignantly hand
cd it back to the clerk be-
cause the airplanes were
upside down. The next man
in line was given this sheet.
Today, a single stamp from
this sheet, the only one of
it's kind ever released by
the Post Office Depart
ment out of billions of
sheets of stamps issued
since July /. 1S47, is val
uod at $500.
Army Showed The Way
Before 1918, Mr.. Sum-
merfield pointed out, no
regularly-organized airmail
had been set up anywhere
by any nation,
All attempts had been of
short duration, and on an
experimental basis only.
The United States Post Of
flee Department itself had
cooperated in such expert
mental flights in Septem-
Der, 1911.
To organize the United
States first scheduled eX-
p%erimental service, the ar
my assigned Captain Ben
,jamin B. Lipsner, who CO.
ordinated the efforts of the
two Departments, and who
became the Post Office De-
%partment's First Superin-
tendent of Air Mail Service
when the Department took
over the service.
The experimental service
launched in May, 1918 con-
tinued until August 10,
1918, when the last mail
in the experiment was
flown. On Monday, August
y, 1918, the Post Office
Department, equipped with
six cust m-built, 15O-
horcapoWer new aerO-maU
b i p e S, advanced for
their day, began h e
worlds first regular per-
manent civilian airmail ser
vice.
Few Aviation Pioneers
Pioneer pilot Max Miller
(burned to death in Sep
TENDER, 1920, over Morris
town, New Jersey, while
carrying the nails was at
the controls Of the first
plane taking off that day
with airmail from College
Park. MARYLAND.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
YESTERDAY
-.
AND TODAY

There seems to be some
doubt abroad as to the date
of the organization of what
is today the worlds most
powerful Croat fraternity,
the Croatian Fraternal
Union.
The records show that the
first meeting called for the
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
In Passing

When you approach a
prospect who has a fam
lily and ask him why he
EuVS lifn iDSurapca hn
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-08-18
America Observing 9th Anniversary
Of First Permanent Air Mail Service
Experimental Flights Also Resulted In
Start Of Nations Commercial Aviation

Washington, ID. {. - The Post Office Department last
week observed the Both Anniversary of the founding by
the United States on August II, 1918, of the first per-
manent civilian air mail service in the world.
The date is also important as marking the beginnings
of commercial aviation in the United States, Postmaster
General Arthur E. Symmetrical noted in an anniversary
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-10

back to the day before yesterday
It is not for lack of something
to say that Ben Gurion called for
four million American Jews {.
In my widest dreams I cannot
imagine such an exodus from
America, nor do I think it wise
But, 1 do believe, that a pro-
gram such as I outlined here
might bring a hundred families
and I think that at this time
Mr.. Ben Gurion would welcome
a hundred we'll chosen families
against the four million he will
not live to see in his time -.
The problem of Israels security,
you see, is an intricate one 1t
is a problem which seeks a solu-
ton for battling forces within its
boundaries as it does for those
outside of it's borders :. In both
cases American Zionists can help
greatly =.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-10
AN INVITATION

The Southern Jewish Weekly
cordially invites Rabbis and or
ganizational heads throughout the
South to send us their Rosh Hash
onah messages to appear in our
168-page holiday issue coming out
on September oath.
No letters are being sent out
this year, and we take this means
of reminding our friends of the
proximity of the date of. publica-
ton and urge them to submit
their material together with a
photograph, if available.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-10
Congregation
Etz Hoyim News

Rabbi Martin M. Portin wishes
to announce that registration for
the weekday Hebrew School will
take place Sunday, September
18th at 1000 A. M. This is the
newly organized school that will
give the children very fine and
thorough training under the SUI
pervision of the Rabbi.
All those who are unaffiliated
with a congregation are invited
to join Etz Haydn. Here one will
find an environment and atmos-
phere of true traditional Jewry.
Our daily services are held
every morning at 1880 A. M. and
evening at $50 P. M. Sabbath
services are held $3.50 A. NJ, 6:15
P. M. Services are held Sunday
morning at $50 A. M. followed by
breakfast.
Preparations are being made by
the Rabbi for the coming High
Holidays. 1t will be enjoyed by
all who attend. Phone the Syna-
gogue office for your reservations
for the High Holiday tickets.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-10
LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned intend to register with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Duval
CoIntv. Florida, in accordance with
The Fictitious Name Statute of Florida,
the the following fictitious name under
their business is carried on, to-wit:
LAKE FOREST RESTAURANT
Isl James NJ Wilson
Isl Isadore Gartner
Owners
Goldstein & Goldstein
Attorneys at Law
Florida Title Building
Jacksonville, Florida
September 1O-17-24 October l, 1854.