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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27

past year and in turn e a C h
one introduced the young lady
who would take her post for
the coming year.
Officers for the school year
of 1854 SIS are Deanna Deia,
president; Earla Hills, vice
president; Carol Johnson, sec
retary and Mary Lou Wilder,
treasurer.
Miss Bican thanked commit
tee members for their support
during the year and Mrs, Grace
Bradley for her leadership. She
pointed out how with Mrs.
Bradley as advisor of Y-TeenS
the group had grown from a
membership in the forties last
year to the present member
ship of about 81 girls. Mrs.
Bradley said that she had en-
joyed greatly the association
with the girls and thanked them
all for their willingness to CO.
operate. She also thanked the
mothers who had so ably as
sisted in some of the projects
and said that she hoped that
with the growing of the or
ganization more mothers would
participate actively in Y-Teens.
She commended the girls high
ly for their various projects
and especially the work done
for the Blood Bank
Mrs. A. David Price was
asked to report on a recent
tWo-day meeting she attended
in Columbus Of the Ohio Dis
trict of the Y. w. C. A. and
had much Informative and in
tereSting information to give
the group. She told of the con-
nection of Y-TeenS and the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27
2dGraders
Spends Day
at Zoo

Two of Chardon'S school bus
ses packed with second grade
boys and girls, parents and
teachers, left the school Thurs
day morning at 9 o'clock for
the Cleveland ZOO. Robert Skid
more and Herman Dreyer drove
the buSSeS.
1t was a beautiful, bright
sunny day although bit chill
ly but everyone seemed to have
a very good time looking over
the animals and going through
the bird building where t h e
display of birds in their glass
enclosures is very interesting
and educational.
Shortly before noon everyone
stopped to buy pop, a candy
bar or popcorn to eat wit h
their packed lunches.
The train rides taken by the
children on the miniature train
was very popular and som e
were not satisfied until they
had taken the trip at lie a S t
twice.
The buses were scheduled to
leave the ZOO at Ito and the
return to the buSSeS was made
on schedule, as everyone seem
ed ready and willing to be
able to sit down once again in
the nice warm buSSeS. G DIN g
home some were so tired they
had to doze while others en-
joyed singing.
Parents who accompanied the
children from the various rooms
were Mrs. Dan Best, Mrs. John
BocSkey, MIS-. Ray Gilbert and
Mrs. Kenneth Carroll, assisted
by Mary Lou Noel with her
second grade class. Grac
Goodfield was assisted by Mrs.
Paul Whitwright, Mrs. George
Wallis, Mrs. David Holloran,
Mrs. Harvey Kase and Miss
Nancy Shaw, a student teach
er from Lake Erie college.
Anne Skidmore was assisted
by Mrs. E. G. Better, Mrs S.
Charles Layne, Mrs. Charles
Jameson and Mrs. John Gore.
Mothers who helped M a e
lid were Mrs. Howard Opling-
er, Mrs. Victor Brediger, Mrs.
Claude Shaw and Mrs. Jerry
White. Charlotte Farinacci, Mrs
George Alderman and Mrs.
Clyde Rarick were driven to
the ZOO by Mrs. Sam Carmigi-
ano to assist with and enjoy
the days outing.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27
Card of Thanks

We wish to express our
most sincere thanks at this
time to all of our friends,
neighborS, and relatives for
their many acts of kindness,
for their beautiful flowers and
cards and also to Rev. Charles
LuSher and the Burr funeral
home for their comforting words
and help at a time greatly
needed in the loss of our dear
husband and father.
Mrs. Edward Rybak
Edward ]. & Jane and Bill
Jones. 1p21.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27
Pioneers Present First Play
in Churd0n Jcbool Z0nlgbt

Zone of Behrman'S maturest
revelations of people" is BIOG-
RAPHY to be given by tn e
Pioneer Players of Geauga
county Thursday, May 27, and
Friday, May %, at the Junior
high school auditorium in Char
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27

don at $50 pm.
BIOGRAPHY by S. N. Behr-
man was played by Ina Claire
on Broadway and Ann Harding
in the movie version in Char
don Carol trask, a Woman Of
a thousand no hundred
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27
Coming Events

FRIDAY, MAY 20
The Past Chiefs of the Pyth-
ian Sisters meet at the home
of Margaret Bleadingheiser. Co.
hostesses will be Amy Carlson
and Mildred McAnaney.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-27

FRIDAY, MAY 28
Women's Relief Corps will
have a bake sale on the sheriff
porch at 2 pm.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
Christmas Wish

\ MAINTAINING a holiday season tradi-
'V' ton of long standing, the members of
the Societys Farrell, Pa Lodge 1926 and
Junior Order Nest 100 will co-sponsor
gala, colorful Christmas Program
on Sunday, December 26th. ~'
Highlighting the afternoon fes- N
tivities in the community's Gro
attain Home, 412 Staunton Street, will be
play, "Prodani Died. and concert by the
"Sloga' Tamburitza Orchestra.
Representing the Croatian Fraternal
Unions Home Office on the occasion as
speaker will be the English Editor of the
Zajednicar, who is looking forward to the
visit and anticipating the pleasure of renew
ing acquaintances with old friends
Center of attraction Sunday afternoon
will be the Sloga" ensemble, comprised of
seventeen boys and girls. All are affiliated
with Junior Order Nest 100.
For their sake, we hope the Croatian
Home is jammed to capacity when these
youngsters take to the stage for only their
second major appearance since the forma-
ton earlier this year of rarity in our times
- juvenile tamburitza orchestra
Our people in Farrell may well be proud
of the fact that these seventeen boys and
girls have become avid devotees of the tam
buritza arts; that they, their fathers and
mothers, were not ashamed to instill ill
great Croatian culture
Youngsters like these truly deserve the
public support of all of U.S.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

first-born son, and wrapped him in swadd-
ling clothes, and laid him in manger be-
cause there was no room for them in the
inn.
And there were Shepherds in the same
district living in the fields and keeping
watch over their flock by night. And be-
hold, an angel of the Lord stood by them
and the glory of God shone round about
them, and they feared exceedingly.
And the angel said to them, "Do not be
afraid, for behold, l bring you good news of
great joy which shall be to all the people;
for there has been born to you today in the
town of David Savior who is Christ the
Lord. And this shall be sign to you: you
will find an infant wrapped in swaddling
clothes and lying in a manger"
And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host praising
God and saying, GLORY to God in the high
est, and peace on earth to men of good will"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

few coins of money for sing
ing carols.
A Sad But True Story
The memories of those hap
py times came back to me the
other day as l listened to a
friend who was rel. ting to me
the story of the old country
as he saw and heard it while
visiting relatives in the home
land last summer.
The story was sad one.
They still have Christmas
over there, and churches and
Midnight Mass, but not for
all the people, not for all the
children. Some children are
not allowed to celebrate
Christmas Day, receive or
give presents, or even 20 to
church, because their parents
are working for the govern
ment, on federal, state, coun-
ty, or city jobs.
Government employees are
afraid to have their newborn
baptized, for fear Of losing
their positions, and without
that the whole family would
starve.
Glory To God In High
Officially, to be sure, there
is no law against the church,
Christmas or Santa Claus, but
a government employc need
try only once not to come to
work on Christmas Day, or
send his children to church,
and sec what happens! "
Some day, thc-e in power
will realize that they cannot
within or without the law
fight the goodness Of God in
ones heart and endure for
long. Many have tried it be-
fore, and failed. To destroy
faith in the Fatherhood Of
God is to destroy the faith in
the Brotherhood of Man. Life
without either of these is a
farce, but life without both.
is no life at all.
Here, in this blessed coun-
try of ours, we ,,now Christ
mas, because we live it. Some
day, there will be Christmas
for all the peoples :" II over the
world. Some day, the carols
will be sung everywhere in
the spirit of the day the
Christ Child was born and the
Angels were singing: GLORY
to God in the High, and Peace
on Earth to Men of Good
WILL
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
Pennsy Sa|utes
0hio's New Pike

M o toris is following the
Pennsylvania Turnpike west
will no longer deadend in a
cornfield near Petersburg,
Ohio. Instead they will be
able to continue their jour-
neys on the ne and finest
of the nations toll roads-the
Northern Ohio Turnpike.
The first % miles of this
superhighway were officially
linked to the western ter
minus of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike at ceremonies De-
cember 1. BY next October,
the entire 241-mile route will
be completed. And it is an
ticipated that by 1857 an
eastern network will permit
a motorist to traverse express
h 6 h ways uninterruptedly
from New York to Chicago,
via turnpikes in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indi-
ana.
Profiting by the experience
of Pennsylvania, pioneer in
turnpike building, Chic is
constructing an expressway
which promises to = the
safest yet devised. A 56-foot
medal strip between the op-
posite lanes should hold to
a minimum cross-over acci-
dents of a sort which have
been too common in this state.
Again. unlike our Turnpike,
Ohio will provide dual bridges,
so that there is no narrowing
or crowding at intervals along
the route.
We salute our neighbors
across the state line for a
fine start on a project that
will serve the people not only
of Ohio and of Pennsylvania
but of the nation at large.
They are following a trend
which should result eventu-
ally in express highways af-
fording quick and safe motor
ing the breadth of the nation.
-Pgh. POST Gazette"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
America: : Last Best Hope Of Earth

Christmas, as Dickens said,
brings a brief season of en-
joyment.' Let us make the
most of this gladstone period
in a world saddened today by
the enemies of all that Christ
mas represents. Let us be
humble in the shadow of the
Cross.
And shall we not rededicate
ourselves to tho; other SYM
bols of the great American
heritage that is ours t? George
Washington, the youth, prac-
ticing the rules of good con-
duct and honesty; later, as
a young man, strengthening
his qualities, not by lolling in
ease, but in the hardships of
frontier life; at Valle.,' Forge,
under the most desperate
conditions, on his knees pray
ing that the future of our ma
ton might be preserved: later
(April 30, 1882 at New York.
sworn in as our first and
greatest President; and then
at the end of his two terms,
his imperishable Farewell
Address" warning us to main
tain sound national credit
and avoid "foreig,, entangle-
ments."
Here, too. is that great
Symbol Of Liberty-the De-
claration OF I n d e p e n dence
which mirrors the genius of
jefferson standing irrevoca-
bly,, as he did, for freedom
from tyranny and warning us
that only by preserving a
Government of Limited auth
ority" could we hope to keep
all the liberties proclaimed
for us by those immortal
documents, the Declaration
and til K Constitution.
AS VIE cross the bridge that
we call Christmas HOLIDAYS"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
Detroit ESL To
Toast 18th Year

Detroit, Mich. - "OnyX"
English Speaking Lodge III
of the Croatian Fraternal U.
ion of America will COM
memorate it's 25th Anniver-
sary on Saturday, January 20,
1855, with an elaborate pro-
gram of festivities.
This unit is one of the
oldest and largest of the So
ciety's numerous E n g Ii s h
Speaking Lodges domiciled
throughout the Uni States
and Dominion of Canada.
Details ertaining to the
gala celebration remain to be
made public.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
Xmas Pudding

Take some Human Nature,
as you find it, the commonest
variety will do; put a little
Graciousness behind it, add a
lump of Charity or two.
Squeeze in just a drop of
Moderation, half as much
Frugality, or less; add some
very fine Consideration, strain
off all of Poverty's distress.
Pour some Milk of Human
Kindness in it, put in all the
Happiness you can; stir it up
with Laughter every minute,
season with Good Will toward
Every Man.
Set it on the fire of Hearts
Affection, leave it till the
jolly bubbles rise; sprinkle it
with Kisses, for Confection,
sweeten with a look of Loving
Eyes.
Flavor it with Children's
Merry Chatter, frost it with
the snow of wintry dells;
place it on a holly-garnished
platter, and serve it with the
Song of Christmas Bells!
Author Unknown
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so uaS rN s.a a,a ses se4
Salute To Canada

CHRISTMAS, 1854 will carry more than
~ the usual, time honored significance
for bro. Juraj Boljkovac, Secretary of the
Croatian Fraternal Unions Schumacher,
Ontario, Canada, Lodge $50. long
>14u one of our most active units in
z3t At least this Yuletide should
long remain in his memories, for
the Society's Home Office at Pittsburgh
last week proclaimed bro. Boljkovac an
Honorary Delegate to it's 9th Quadrennial
Convention at Philadelphia in 1855 as the
result of his sterling efforts during the
course of the Croatian Fraternal Unions
1854 Sixtieth Anniversary Membership
Campaign Drive.
In amassing better than the $50 Points
necessary to qualify as an Honorary Dele
gate to the 1855 Convention, bro. Boliko-
vac also laid claim to another signal honor
It that of being the first Canadian recruiter
20 scale The Campaign heights.
Others in the Dominion were miles
ahead of him in Points for major portion
OF the 1854 Campaign, but "he had what it
takes when his friendly competitors folded
in the stretch drive
Congratulations, bro. Boljkovac, and
many many happy returns of the day.
Canada may well be proud of you.
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them on the log to dry out.
He would be slipping
black wine out of his very
own, specially decorated
pitcher, after first spilling a
little of the wine on the log,
following the old custom of
offering sacrifice for the de-
parted predecessors of our
homestead.
He wouldn't male toe big a
sacrifice, to be sure, because
he did not have too much
wine, and because he liked to
have some for himself. | re-
member old Granny remark
ing: "a little more for old
John! You know how we'll he
liked it." Never mind"
Grandfather Wo ID answer,
"hc had his share, God bless
his soul"
Off To Midnight Mass
The big excitement really
began when the time came to
start for Midnight Mass.
The church bells would peal
out through the darkness of
the night. Out of every town
and village, through the wind
ing roads, up the hillside,
young and old would con-
verge on the church square.
We, the young ones, would
carry a lighted torch for the
others to follow.
We were promised to be
permitted to carry the torch
on the way home from church
if we did not fall asleep dur
ing the service. Some of us
just couldn't make it.
The warmth Of the indoors,
plus the aroma of the incense,
and the chanting to the soft
music of the organ, was too
much for us.
Oh, Yes, We Had Santa
Did we have Santa Claus
and presents at Christmas
time?
Oh, yes! Only Saint Mich
olas really came on December
9th to fill our stockings with
presents, and merely helped
the Little Child take care of
us on Christmas Day.
We would sing carols, going
from house to house and
from village to village, until
we had received more pres
ents than we could carry. In
the evening Of Christmas Day,
we would slip unobserved into
the village inn, where we
would sometimes even get a
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

governor OF 5 yrla.
And all were going,
each to his own town,
to register.
A n d Joseph also
went from Galilee out
of the town of Naza-
reth into Judea to the
town of David, which
is called Bethlehem
because he was of the
house and family of
David - to register,
together with M a r y
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Day" for young folks and old people
alike. We would all draw closer to-
gether then than at any other time
during the year.
In our household, Grandfather
would see to it that big log or a
stump-"Badnjak" in tn
fireplace, slowly and steadily burn
ing itself out for a full fifteen daus
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
Greetings From
Former Secretary
Anton DerkOS In
Thanks To Friends

Pittsburgh, Pa. = 1t is my
sincere desire, in this manner,
to wish my many, many
friends throughout the United
States and Can 4; a truly
Merry Christmas and a very
Happy and Prosperous New
Year.
Serious illness prevents me
from acknowledging the many
kind holiday cards and greet
ings forwarded me by those
whom I served during my
tenure as the Supreme Secre-
tary of the Croatia1 Fraternal
Union of America. To each of
you go my humble thanks for
remembering me. May God
bless all of you on this Christ
mas of 1854.
Anton Derkos
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

and pass through the entrance
into another year-a year of
great moment-let us all with
reverence look to the future
with hope, confidence and de-
termination. Together. let us
enjoy this Chr. mastide and
reinvigorate the spirit that
produced a Christian nation
which is now "the last best
hope of earth"
George Washington Robnett
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

\ 7 that time: There went forth a decree
from Caesar Augustus that a census
OF the whole world should be taken. This
first census took place while Cyrinus was
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

. Charlemagne was crown
ed as emperor of tLe Holy
Roman Empire on December
Is, 800 A. D.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

. Christopher Col umbus'
flagship, the Santa Maria,
was wrecked on a coral reef,
off what is now Haiti, on
Christmas Eve of 1892.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
When December doth arrive,
Kids can't count past "25."
HI. j. Higd0D
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his espoused wife, who was with child.
And it came to pass while they were
there, that the days for her to be delivered
were fulfilled. And she brought forth her
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from Christmas Eve to the feast of the Three Wise Men,
Grandfather would also to it that we would not
too close to the fire with our wet and haf-frozen
feet that would not burn mttens when placing
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Merry Christmas

\h/HAT is it about the Spirit of Christ
w mas that fills mankind with peace
and contentment, with love, if for only one,
flccting day. for his fellow man?
There are no doubt many answers to
this intriguing question = all good
But the one we like above all is attri-
buted to Merle Crowell, a great American
in his own right, who once said:
NEI "The Spirit of Christmas is as
AMW simple as the heart of child 1t
INE1Y needs no new slogan and no spe
cial sales effort No advertising
agent can lend new glamor to it's ancient
- Is as rental as the sun and the
wind and the rain, as the stars that glowed
on Galilee on Holy Night.
christmas is still Christmas.
'In world awry with changes, let us
give thanks for one precious permanency.'
X X
Yes, the Spirit of Christmas is certainly
good thing for all of us, spiritually, ply
scally and mentally. SO good in fact that
we should carry it in our hearts throughout
the entire 365 days of the year.
And why not when we realize that for
nearly two thousand years men have cele
brated this great Feast Day without regard
for or fear of innumerable causes and re-
gimes which sought = still seek - to be-
little or destroy its deep spiritual meaning,
to minimize the Spirit of Christmas as rep
resenting an "opiatc' of the people.
Belittlc, minimize, destroy our abiding
faith in the Prince Of Peace?
Never never so long as we can cele-
brate Christmas and thank God for privi-
lege no dictator can deny our hearts.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22
Bonus A1carzs

OUR Lodge Secretaries and Nest Man
~ ayers are respectfully reminded that
they have up to December 81 to qualify for
their 1854 Conservation Award Bonus.
After that date, now only scant few
days in the offing, none can possibly enroll
new members to make up for any member
ship losses incurred between January and
December 81 of this year.
K X
The Holidays ahead should enable many
Lodge Secretaries and Nest Managers to
make up their losses in membership and
qualify for a Conservation Award Bonus.
~ Peonle ,ss5S~azto circulate more dur
ing the Christmas Season than at any other
time Of the year. And they are
generally in the mood to accept LIB
sound insurance advice from
friend of the family when he ~
drops in for visit - to accept
the counsel at time when his family is
around him and he realizes what his loss
would come to mean to their welfare
Talking about the Croatian Fraternal
Union to a prospective member during the
Christmas Season would be anything but
sacriegious, for Fratcrnalism is based on
the teachings Of Christ Himself
If our Lodge Secretaries and Nest Man
ayers would do their eligible friends a gen.
uine favor they would recommend to them
one Of the finest Christmas Gifts of all
a Croatian Fraternal Union Certificate of
Life Insurance with all its many, many
wonderful benefits.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-22

Beautiful, Everlasting Memories Of
My Childhood Christmases in Europe
Americans Should Indeed Be Grateful
For Their Blessings On This Yuletide
By w. l. MANDICH, Supreme President
Croatian Fraternal Union Of America
When | was little boy in Istria the land where
was born there always Christmas, usually White
Christmas. Of all the days in the year. that was 1.-THE
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time Of the year. And they are
generally in the mood to accept
sound insurance advice from
friend of the family when he
drops in for visit = to accept
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sAa ~ Ne nss hH 30 Nj
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in his own right, who once said:
"The Spirit of Christmas is as
simple as the heart of a child. 1t
needs no new slogan and no spe-
cial sales effort. No advertising