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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01
New Year Greeting

Here is to Wish you happiness
And best Of luck, my friends.
PROSPERITY wish you ond
Pure 10y that never ends.
Your fondest dreams, hope come true.
No sadness comes your way.
Each day thot downs for you, hope
Will be q pleasant doy.
Yes friends, wish you happiness
E-och doy in Fifty -Four,
And may God bless |ond keep you and
R-eword you eVermore.
SincereYyou
/ D Whtok
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01

AS has often been said. il is
more helpful and just as true, to
say that God is like Christ as that
Christ is like God Christ. we may
say. IS the movable, the believe
able God God apart from Christ
is like an inscription left on
great rock IN an inaccessible des-
ert. an inscription in an unknown
tongue God in Christ is written
in our own language. 1t has been
said with pardonable exaggera-
tioD that Christ is the only God
the Christian knows. Surely this
much the Christian church has
always believed: that any notions
Of God that are out Of line with
what we know of Jesus are out
Of line with truth. Now there are
many things we want 10 know
about God. and soq1e of these
things we really do not need 10
know. But some things we des-
perately do need to knoW-every-
thing hangs on 1t.
One question is this: Does the
high God have any concern for.
or concern with, the affairs of our
little planet? Is he so great that
our prayers never reach him, or
if they do. give him no concern?
Jesus is Gods answer to that ques
ton. Everything human interested
jesus. Sad things like funerals,
glad events like weddings-peo-
pie ordinary problems and their
great crises. wherever people
were, however obscure and "un-
important" there Jesus of Naza-
reta was concerned. We cannot
believe in Christ as Gods Word
and still fancy an Indifferent God.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01

Boss pointing to cigarette stub
on floor Smith. is this yours?
Smith Not at all sir-you
saw it first.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01

THE year 1854 enters the worlds stage
with the United States and Soviet Rus
sia two giants, competing for influence
in every section of the world The new year
brings with it as much hope as anxiety,
for a change and the outlook today is
certainly an Improvement over that of
year ago two years ago, or even three
years ago
In the first place, the United States is
better prepared today to meet a challenge
or aggression than at any time since World
War IL The armament program, begun
hurriedly in 1850 is nearing completion,
and therefore comparative armament add
vantage enjoyed by the Communists in re-
cent years has been considerably whitfield
The (. 5. Army today is supplied with
modern tanks, modern guns aud is large
enough and we'll enough trained, to be eX-
panded rapidly
The United States Navy, has to a large
extent, been de-mothbaled and work is
underway on several modern carriers and
atomic submarines In addition. the air
arm of the Navy has been greatly modern
lied and is being expanded The United
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01
American Freedom

ADLAI e. STEVENSON, speaking re-
~ Gently in New York, called attention to
he fact that The freedom Of the individual
in this country is the key to progress i'll
these troubled times. Expressing his be-
lief that the United States would continue
70 lead the Way 70 a better life for lis poo
pie the defeated Democratic candidate OF
1852 said
But reason Will not triumph unless
the mind is free. The struggle Of our times
IS a struggle to preserve integrity and ere
atlvlty OF the free mind. 1t has many enc
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
The Road Ahead

. EARRING unforeseen circumstances we
= see no earthly reason, at this time, why
the Croatan Fraternal Unions 9th National
Quadrennial Convention at Philadelphia in
September of 1855 should exceed five -
six at the most - working days
We say as much with an outlook based
on experience, for we have attended every
Convention of the Society since it's Milwau-
kee gathering of 1885 and know what can
be done if the Chair and the Delegates are
of the mind to work in the spirit of unity
for the welfare of the Society,"
Both the 1947 and 1851 Conventions saw
entirely too much time and money wasted
on the rather questionable right, sport"
would be the better word for it, of taking
certain officials of the Society apart. That
can be done, if done it must be, through
simple vote of censure, and not via fulmi-
nations which entail hours on end.
Of course a Delegate has every right to
because of personal dislike for someone or
other cannot embellish the Societys repu-
tation in any conceivable manner.
The five six - Convention working
days in 1855 should be devoted to discuss
ing the business of the Croatan Fraternal
Union, and not individual pet peeves.
In the end, the place to "settle the hash"
of dsliked officials is in the Convention
ballot box, for no matter how much abuse
the like must take, the fact remains that
votes not costly TRADES from the floor, arc
the answer to his fate.
Or isn't the time ripe yet for us to con-
duct modern Convention?
The Last Word
THAT'S LIFE: - Today is the tomor-
row you worried about yesterday w.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
Master Politician?

Whatever else may be said
of Marshal Tito, the man has
shown himself to be a master
politician by his ability to
play the two great power
blocs against each other to
the benefit of himself and his
regime.
His country is not consid-
cred a co-beneficiary of this
balancing act, since from the
standpoint of the average
citizen of Yugoslavia, no
great distinction can be made
between Titoism and what We
once knew as Stalinism.
But with this reservation,
when Marshal Tito discusses
matters relating to power
politics, he is dealing with a
subject he understands. And
he seems to have something
when he says that France
and Germany must settle
their differences in advance
before steps can be taken
toward the establishment of
an integrated European Com
munity.
The United States and
Britain have tried to bring
France and Germany into
such a community on the
theory that that of itself
would compose their differ
ences-and it hasn't worked
out.
Now instead of playing
Germany against France, or
vice versa, perhaps the Tito
formula should be applied. Of
course, German sovereignty
would have to be restored,
putting the two countries on
equal terms, politically. That
could be brought about for
all practical purposes by a
joint American-British decla-
ration ending the German oc-
cupation as of some given
date.
This would force the French
to deal directly with the Ger
mans instead of bargaining
as they are attempting to
do-for concessions from the
United States and Britain.
We can support an in
tegrated Western Europe, but
integration is not something
we can force upon Europe,
as the record of the past
several years can testify.
Pittsburgh press
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
Conway Members
Move Up Ladder
Borough Solons
Pick Right Man

Conway, Pa. = At the semi
monthly session of Conway
Borough Council, held Septem-
ber 27, Charles Cottage was
elected to one-year term on
the Conway Municipal Authori-
ty. He will serve as Assistant
Secretary and Treasurer.
He succeeds William Pandak,
who resigned recently to be-
come the head basketball coach
at Staunton, Virginia, Military
Academy. Both bros. Cottage
and Pandak are popular, widely
known members of the Cro-
atian Fraternal Unions "Uni-
ty" Lodge $40, Conway.
Well Known Sportsmen
Bro. Pandak will be remem-
bered for coaching the Conway
Nest 113 team to three con-
secutive National Croatian Fra
ternal Union Junior Basketball
Championships and for his out
standing floor play during his
collegiate days at the Univer-
sity of Virginia.
Bro. Cottage is also a sports
man of note and rarely misses
attending the Society's Annual
Duckpin Tournaments, not to
mention other outstanding ath-
letic and social gatherings Of
our people.
We wish bros. Cottage and
Pandak we'll in their important
assignments.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
w Orth Booking

\h/E are pleased to note that an increas-
w ing number of our Lodges, both here
and in Canada, are planning to screen the
Socety's educational film, This Is Your
Croatian Fraternal Union"
Narrated in English by the English Edi-
tor of the Zajednicar, the film is 16mm
sound, technicolor production entailing 55-
minutes running time and covering some
of the more interesting facets of the
worlds greatest Croatian organization.
While in no sense challenge to the
Hollywood arts, the film is nonetheless one
the Society's Home Office force at Pitts
burgh is quite proud of and does not hes
itate to recommend to all sincerely inter-
ested in promoting the time honored name
of the Croatian Fraternal Union.
Literally interspersed with tamburitza
music in the background, the film acquants
the audience with three we'll chosen seq
ments of our organizatonal life.
Shown first is the Home Office at Pitts
burgh, with shots of the Official and Cleri-
cal Staffs, the editing and publication of
the Zalednicar and the Junior Magazine,
etc. ETC., highlghtng the visit" of the
viewers to the National Headquarters of
the twenty-fourth largest fraternal order
on the North American Continent
The narrator and camera then swing to
Gary, Indiana, and colorful closeup shots
of the Junior Order Nest 10 Summer School
in action, an undertaking which has been
hailed in the Midwest as a smashing vic
tory over Juvenile delinquency.
Covered in the third and final portion
of the film is the Croatian Fraterna Union
Chldrens Home at Des' PLANES, Illinois,
together with shots taken during the
Homes Annual Summer Camp and its In
dependence Day Outing and Program. We
can guarantee that this part of the film
will stir the emotions of many member.
This Is Your Croatian Fraternal Uni
on" will make its Pacific Coast debut this
weekend in Sacramento and Cupertino,
California, and then move on to the south
ern part Of the State for an October 16
date with our fellow members in San Pedro
Still other centers are now arranging
bookings with the Socety's Sports -Educa-
tional Department, 3441 Forbes Street,
Pittsburgh 13, while more are expected to
do so in the near future as the cooler days
set in to make indoor gatherings natural
social drawing cards
We invite discussion of this film at
monthly meetings of our fellow members
and comments, pro or con, once it is shown
in any American or Canadian community.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06

members, attended in person
and was the first to receive
the blessing from Father Pre-
dovich.
Greetings came, too, from
Father Krajacic in New Jer-
sey, and from Father Marko
Badovinac; and Father Hra-
nilovic of Akron, Ohio, dedi-
Gated Mass to the health
and success Of Father Predo-
vich.
And to all of these people,
the Predovich's one and all,
want to say thanks. They
were overwhelmed by the re-
sponse to the announcement
that their son and brother
was to serve his first Mass
in Cleveland.
Daughter Enters Convent
And then, in the midst of
all this rejoicing and celebrat-
ing, Alice Predovich came to
her parents and very humbly
told them that she wanted to
enter a Convent so that she,
too, like her brother Nick,
could devote her life to God
and her Church. A
Mr.. and Mrs. Predovich
were just a mite surprised
and a little stunned at the
news because it came so un-
expectedly, but they told their
daughter that if that was her
wish, she could 60 with their
blessing.
And so, as Father Nick was
preparing to return to West
Baden to complete his theo-
logical studies, Alice Predo-
vich left for the Convent to
take her Novitiate vows, thus
embarl1ing on an entirely new
way Of life.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Ely Predo-
vich, and to all members of
the Family, we extend our
congratulations and greetings.
And in their behalf we want
to say again Thanks to all
of you good people who at
tended the First Mass and the
Reception at Holy Name
Church!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
Famed Composer
Siqna|Iy Honored

Chicago, Ill. "Reflec-
tons" for orchestra by Fedor
Kabalin, which won a prize
from the Louisville Philhar-
monic Society this spring, will
have it's first performance by
the Louisville Orchestra on
Saturday, October 9 at 3 PM
in the Columbia Auditorium,
$50 South 4th Street, Louis
vile, kentucky. The work will
be repeated on three success
sive Saturdays.
Mr.. Kabalin is a resident of
Chicago, music instructor at
Park Ridge Military Academy
and chorus director of Croa-
tan Singing Society "Zora" in
Chicago, the oldest such choir
in the United States.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
100000 Short

A MERICA is said to be the home Of some
N 100000 tone million) men, women
and children of Croatian descent.
If so, then the Croatian Fraternal Union,
with something like 100000 adult and Ju-
venile members on it's rosters, is approx
matelv 100000 short of housing every
Croat said to be part and parcel OF the
American way of life, the best on earth.
Frankly, we will never live to see the
dav when every Croat in this Country be-
comes affiliated with our Society. Neither,
for that matter, will anyone else
Seriously. America is full of Croats and
elieible others on the loose, so to speak,
people who should be members Of the Gro
attain Fratelnal Union for their own good
insurance-wise.
There can be no doubt that the woods
are full of these prospects. Nor that the
same prospects are just as much within the
reach of the Society's 1854 Membership
Campaign Field Workers as they are within
the range of old-line company agents.
Even in these days of economic unrest
there are thousands in the position to take
out life insurance. So, let us not give up on
our Campaign Ship of State at this stage
of the drive, but carry on to the end de-
termined to succeed.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
America FACING
Education Crisis
Recession Hits
Nations Schools

Philadelphia, Pa. = Six of
Americas foremost experts
on the subject warned last
week that the United States
is in the midst of a severe,
far reaching educational re-
cession.
Headed by President A.
Whitney Griswold of Yale
University, these authorities
air their views in a round
table forum published in the
October issue of the Ladies
Home Journal Most of this
particular issue of the maga-
zine is devoted to various ar
ticles dealing with the school
crisis in the Nation.
SIG Billions Required
DR.. Griswold points out
that at least $26 billions will
be needed the next six years
to build schoolrooms alone to
house the ever increasing
school population.
The eminent educator also
stresses the fact that schools
face a growing, alarming
shortage Of qualified school
teachers in almost all fields
and warns that school pro-
cedures themselves must be
drastically overhauled for the
good of the Country.
Regarding the necessity of
overhauling school proceed
ures, DR.. Griswold says:
There is a tendency not only
in the public school system,
but in colleges and every
where else, to gear things to
the slow student"
Citizens Have Failed
DR.. Paul Woodring. Profess
sor of Psychology at Western
Washington College of Educa-
ton, calls the present crisis
in education an indictment of
"our failure as citizens to de-
eide what we want the schools
to accomplish
Asks DR.. Woodrin G:
"Should the schools be re-
sponsible for the child's in
tellectual development only or
should they be responsible
also for his social, moral, re-
ligious, vocational, physical
and emotional development
and for his recreation ?'
Drs. Griswold and Wood
ring were joined in this
thought provoking round
table discussion by such
greats in their field as Chair
man Francis S. Case, Chicago
Department of Education;
Professor Leslie B. Holman,
Duke University; Principal
William J. Laramy, Haver-
ford, Pa, Junior High School;
and Mrs. Grace B. White, Mi
ami, Fla, primary teacher.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06

sonable young fellow whom
they all knew from the very
day he was born. Father Pre-
dovich gave his blessings to
all who attended the reception
before an improvised Altar
which, appropriately enough
in this Marian Year, was
dedicated to the Blessed Vir-
gin.
Hundreds of people knelt
before him and to each he
gave the Blessing, a very
friendly smile and cordial
handshake. He won the hearts
of all his people.
Swamped With Greetings
And those who were unable
to attend sent their greetings
Dy mall ana telegram.
Among the many greetings
was the message from the
CF'U, and it was our pleasant
privilege, too, to extend greet
ings and a little token from
the CFU Home Office to
Father Predovich.
From Bingham Canyon,
Utah, came greetings and out
there a special mention was
made from the Altar of the
local Catholic G. hurch by
Father Pellegrino, who is
Pastor Of the Church attended
by Peter Predovich, an uncle
of the new Priest.
Monsignor Tomislav A. FL
ris, Pastor Of st. Nicholas
Greek Catholic Church, of
which the Predovich's are
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
Wendell P|atek
kending Slowly
SlOVak Leader
Felled Sept. Is

Pittsburgh, Pa. = Wendell
Platek, Past President and
now Honorary President of the
National Slovak Society, is
slowly recovering from heart
attack which floored him dur
ing the Society's recent Con-
vention, held September 1918
at Cleveland.
Bro. Platek, long a staunch
friend of the Croatian Frater-
nal Union, was elected Chair
man of the Convention and car
ried on until Thursday, Sep
tember 16, when he was felled
by the attack and ordered to
bed.
President Sixteen Years
The President of the MSS
for A6 years, bro. Platek has
our sincerest best wishes for
a speedy and complete re-
covery. The fraternal field can
i'll afford to have him bedded
on the sidelines when there is
so much to be done to expound
the cause of fraternalism
throughout America, and so
few capable of preaching it as
he can.
To which we can only add:
"Uzdravte sa skoro, brat
Wendell Platek!"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
English Editor
Loses Assistant
Wedding Bells
Rang October 2

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Wedding
bells rang out Saturday morn
ing, October 2, for Miss Louise
Grasha, Pittsburgh, and Frank
Bursic, Verona, widely known
Western Pennsylvania MEM
bers of the Croatian Fraternal
Union.
The couple exchanged their
vows in st. WendelinA Church,
South Side Pittsburgh, and
were the obvious center of at
traction that evening at a re-
ception held in the Rankin
Croatian Home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bursic are spending their
honeymoon in New York and
other Eastern points of inter-
est.
Croatian Day Secretary
A member of the CFU Home
Office Clerical Staff for a
number of years, Mrs. Bursic
was assistant to the English
Editor of the Zajednicar at
the time of her marriage. She
has also served as Executive
Secretary of Greater Pitts
burgh's Croatian Day Com
mittee for the past several
seasons.
She has been an active men,
ber of South Side "Trojans"
Lodge 76 ever since she trans
ferred to this affiliate follow
ing her removal from Buffalo,
New York, to Pittsburgh, and
served the Lodge in the ca
pacity of an official for several
years.
Mrs. Bursic is the sister of
Michael Grasha, Junior Order
Director of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union, who was elevated
to the office by the Delegates
to the Society's Los Angeles
Convention of 1851.
Our sincerest best wishes go
out to the newlyweds for every
happiness in life, a part of
which, we hope, will be fraught
with the joy of raising a fam
ily,
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dear bro. Brkich:-

Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dear bro. Brkich:-
knowing full well that the
tremendous success of the
September 4, 1854, observance
of our 23rd Annual Croatian
Day was, in large measure,
due to the extensive publicity
in our Official Organ, Greater
Pittsburgh's Croatian Day
Committee has asked me to
convey to you our deepest
appreciation for your wonder
full cooperation.
We realize that without the
pages Of the Zajednicar at
our disposal, such an out
standing success on the occa-
sion could not have been made
possible.
Fraternally yours,
Louise Grasha
Executive Secretary
X X X
Youngstown, Ohio
Dear bro. Brkich:-
The m m bers of the
"Strossmayer' Croatian Sing
ing Society are most grateful
to you and Croatian Section
Editor bro. Philip Vukelich
for the wonderful publicity
you gave us during the or
ganization here of our new
kolo Dance Group.
The response tor the first
meeting was far beyond our
fondest expectations, thanks
to the manner in which you
handled our publicity ma
terial. Again, thank you both.
Sincerely yours,
Helen Badnek
Publicity Director
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-10-06
Facts OF Life

X 10 newspaper editor given to a sober ap-
praisal of the cold hard facts can deny
that America is faced with an unemploy-
ment problem of serious proportions.
No matter what any political candidate
many say from now until the off-year cleo
tons on November 2, there can be no deny
ing of the fact that tens of thousands of
men are out of work in this, the richest
most powerful nation on earth.
ITO cite but one example of the unem
ployment in our national midst, let the rec
ord show as it does - that the steel
industry is operating at only 66ec of So
called normal capacity"
Let the record also show that some
225,OOO steelworkers have been laid off;
that another 900 are working fewer
than the usual forty (4O) hours per week.
And this out of the 100000 members af-
filiated with the now stricken ranks of the
United Steelworkers of America
Surely no member of a "one-third de-
modified" union can even beg to consi-
der the United States as being prosperous
or foresee better days ahead of him.
1t is only natural under the circumstan-
ces, for labor leaders to blame the admin
istration in power for the economic ills
plaguing America at the moment. This the
unions have been doing with increasing
tempo the past several weeks
By the same token, it is only natural
that the administration is denying respon-
sibility for the industrial unrest by point
ing out that since 1852 production in indus
try is down only 7'r: that initiation has
been stymied that weekly earnings at $71
are down only thirty cents; that retail
sales are only q off from their high
On the other hand, the administra tons
political opponents contend that highs in
employment, payrols and retail sales are
not enough to meet, let alone cure, the un-
employment problem.
The 'outs" are also elaboring the "ins"
for the admitted fact that unemployment
has risen 70co since January Of 1853 and
brought with it 10e, reduction in produc-
ton and 4rc cut in the total value of all
the varied goods and services.
Finally. the opposition is making much
Of the added fact that only 40 areas were
classified by the Department of Labor as
having large surplus of workers when the
present administration was seated in 1852
whereas today there are 141 such groups
All of which can be of no comfort to
those idled by production cutbacks in such
industries as steel, autos, metals, and COAL
copper, lead and zinc mining, the hardest
hit of all enterprises.
Nor to those of the Croatian Fraternal
Unions members who are sitting at home
wondering how to make ends meet until
hey are called back to the mines, mills and
actories which mean everything to them
nd those they must feed, clothe and raise.
Politics to one side, this is something
for each and every one of us to consider
for the good of America before we set out
to cast ballot on November 2 ~