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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

shortcomings our failings, our questionable
motives To blazes with those who would
wonder what we are up to; ten thousand
curses on those who would counsel us for
our own good; the devil take those who
would live with us in peace on earth.
Aren't we perfect, each in his own way?
Why should anyone find any reason to dis
agree with us when we already know every
thing, know what is best for others? How
can anyone possibly think we are wrong
when we know that we are always right?
Why, man alive, each and every one of
us is the splitting image of perfection per-
sonificd, It's the other fellow who is mo
damn good and never will be. It's not -
it can't be us.
All of which goes to prove that this
world would be a veritable Garden of Eden
if it wasn't for those VINO know you and l
are 1907 right all the time but are too
1clfish to admit as much. Oh, if only those
thers' would follow in our footsteps.
Which also goes to prove that Puck was
right when he said: What fools these NOR
tails be- Of course you and l aren't incu-
ded How could we possibly be fools?
Hoppy Now Naor ~ Won ond ,-ourr'
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Miami YugosIavs
To Hail New Year

Miami, Fla. - The Yugo-
slav Club of Miami will hold
it's Annual New Years Eve
Party on Friday, December
81, in the Armory Hall, 2Sth
Street and 7th Avenue.
The celebrating will start
at 500 PM with the serving
of a supper consisting of bar
becued sucking pig and tur-
key, delicious home baked
cakes and cookies, and all the
time honored refreshments
that are "musts" at these
farewells to the old year.
Steve Lucic, Scribe
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

BarbertOn, Ohio - Mark
ing the initial social venture
of CFU Lodges 34S and 971
since merging with Lodge 254
recently, the members Of the
newly formed CFU affiliate
will toss an exhuberent well
come to the New Year of
1855 at a gala New Years
Eve Party at the Croatian
Home, 4O7 Third St., N. w.
Tasty spareribs, sausage
and sauerkraut dinners will
be served during the course
of the festivities and, natur-
ally, there will be a fine or
chestra on hand to dish out
your favorite shuffling music.
There is a possibility that
Prof. A. Sournote Whata-
schnozzle and DR.. Wheezle
Schneczle might be able to
return to our midst to fur
nish the entertainment for
both the young and old.
These two hilarious char
acters were highly instrument
tai in making our Junior
Nest Christmas party such a
grand success. Their antics
were really a riot and went
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Gary Proud Of
Snot In CFU Sun

Pittsburgh, Pa. - The Ex-
ecutive Board decision to a.
ward Gary, Ind, the July 2
3-4, 1855, staging of the Gro
attain Fraternal Unions 4th
National Junior Order Con-
vention is but another feather
in the community's "CFU Cap
Of Many Feathers"
Already the proud home of
the Croatian Fraternal Uni
on's largest Lodge and Junior
Order Nest, Lodge 10 with
1,130 members and Nest 10
with 922 members, the COM
munity also boasts of having
three representatives in the
administrative branches of
the Society.
They are Sylvia Niksic,
member Of the Supreme
Board. N. j. Erbesti, member
of the High Trial Board, and
John M. Pavlovic, President
Of the Children's H O M e
Board. All three are affiliated
with "Croatian Sons" Lodge
ITO.
The Croatian FIR a t ern a
Union is likewise proud of
the fact that one of it's ma
tional network Of English
Speaking Lodges is domiciled
in Gary, "Croatian Sons and
Daughters" Lodge 727. This
Lodge will this year observe
its twenty-fifth year of affi-
liation with the Society.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

least Of which are those call
ing attention to it's position of
eminence in the Society -
the home of the Croatian
Fraternal Unions large S t
Lodge, No. ITO with 1,130
members, and the home Of
its largest Nest, No. 10 with
922 members.
The city is also admirably
equipped to house such a
gathering. It's Hotel Gary,
which will be official head
quarters during the Junior
Convention, is modern in ev-
cry respect, while it's Croatian
Center, 3679 Broadway
which will house the Conven-
ton business sessions and
social affairs, is one of the
finest such structures in
America.
Then, too, the great me-
tropolis of Chicago is but a
short distance from Gary, as
is the Croatian Fraternal
Union Children's Home at
Des PLANES, Illinois.
If the Delegates to the
July 2-3-4 Junior Convention
can't enjoy themselves in
Gary, then they can't be en-
tertained anywhere, anytime,
under any circumstances.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Milwaukee Mons
Praise New Club

Milwaukee, Wise. - We
mothers of the Milwaukee
and West Allis vicinities are
very happy to announce that
a Mothers Club was organ
lied on December 1st and we
are looking forward to a
great year of progress and
success in 1855.
Our first order of business
included the election of tenn
porary officers and the fol-
lowing were selected from our
group: President, Mitzie Kna-
file, Secretary, Ann Puska-
rich, and Treasurer, Mary
Homes.
To make things more in
teresting we have a Secret
Pal' system which has proved
very popular with the group
so far. We all know it's fun
to receive phone calls or let
ters from an unknown some
one, as this delight stems
from our youthful days.
We are hoping that many
more of you will attend our
next meeting scheduled for
January 9, 1855, at 200 PM,
at Kralj's Hall, South Goth
Street and West Madison.
And, by the way, bring your
children along so that they
may join our Kolo Club.
The kolo teachers are very
anxious to get started and
would welcome all youngsters
who are interested in learning
the art of this popular folk
dance.
We are entertaining the
hope that after we once get
started that the tamburitza
orchestras in the area will
permit us to attend their
practice sessions and dance
along to the kolo tunes.
AS our main activity so far
has been the promotion of the
kolo dance, we hope that
enough mothers will volun-
teer to sew the costumes of
the youngsters in the Kolo
Club.
For any information on the
Mothers Club or if you wish
to join us, call any of the
following: Mitzie, Evergreen
3-5522, Mary, Spring 4-6105,
or Ann, Bluemound 8-0351.
Mitzie knaflic, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Happy New Year!

JUMAN nature being what it is, many
man will wax pious this week and draw
up an imposing to him - list of re-
solutions to guide him during 1855.
Some will swear off smoking and-or
imbbing too freely. Others will pledge to
cease using the Little Woman for a sparr-
ing partner picking the Little Ones piggy
bank, kicking the household pet swearing
at the drop of hat, and so on, ad inf
nitum ad naseum.
But no matter what mere man resolves,
time will dissolve it for him.
X
Most of us in 1865 will, as always, de-
mand perfection in the other man and con-
denim him to kingdom come if he fails to
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

in partial payment, say, for
an assessment, ETC., then
have it endorsed on the re-
verse side exactly as it
reads OH the front thereof,
plus the signature of two
Lodge officers directly un-
dorneath.
The above advice also ap-
plies to dividend checks made
out to the Lodge. These
checks must be endorsed on
the reverse side, as made out
on the face of the check, and
signed by two Lodge officers.
Unless this procedure is
followed, we cannot deposit
such checks signed only by a
Secretary or Treasurer. They
must be returned for correc-
ton and time is lost.
Our Canadian Lodges and
Nests are reminded that they
cannot purchase supplies
from our Print Shop. All
such necessities must be Sc
cured through concerns in
the Dominion.
Slowly but surely, we are
eliminating many of the
small errors which once
plagued our Secretaries and
Treasurers in dealing with
our particular office.
Even the few which still
crop up can be eliminated if
all of us work like a frater-
nal team within and without
the Supreme Office. And
work we must as a team!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Gary Has Earned
Junior Convention
Steel Center Is
CFU Stronghold

Gary, Ind. - This great
steel producing center, situ-
ated on the shores of Lake
Michigan, will play host July
2-3-4, 1856, to the Croatian
Fraternal Unions Fourth Ma
tional Junior Convention.
That Gary richly deserves
the honor to host the Junior
Convention is best attested
to by many facts, not the
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Please Be Advised

Material intended for
publication in the English
Section of the Zaje'lnicar
must be in our hands no
later than 1900 Noon of
the Thursday preceding the
publication date itself. No.
thing received after this
strict deadline will be pro-
cessed for publication in
the following issue. There
can be no exceptions to
this fast rule!
Stephen F. Brkich, Editor
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

but the things l did not do
the chances / missed"
At this time of the year, l
am accustomed to taking a
little time out for an account
ing with myself, in my mind
going over the happenings of
the year drawing to a close.
| like to recall the faces of
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Year OF Decision

. EGINNING our eighth year as the Eng
- 1ish Editor Of the ia. .edniCar, we look
onward to 1855 with utmost confidence in
the future welfare of the Croatan Frater-
nal Union of America.
We predict for the Society Year of
Decision" in many respects. one which will
find it on December 81, 1855 at the height
of its numerical and financial strength and
fully prepared to cope with and overcome
whatever the future may bring.
And we predict for it peace within it's
ranks in spite of the fact that it must go
through its 9th Quadrennial Convention at
Philadelphia in September of 1855 and suf-
fer the pains brought on by biased fulmna-
tions which. for no good reason at all, al
ways bedevil such gatherings
We know not what the future holds in
store for us personally. We know not whc-
ther we will be reelected to office by the
Delegates to the 1855 Convention
In fact, we know not how much longer
we may be fated for this earth. Perhaps we
will depart it long before the next Conven-
ton is called to order. Perhaps "our num-
ber'' in life is about to come up.
Perhaps the ''pcrhaps' of life are bless
lngs none Of us can appreciate.
But this we do know: = We will live
each day in 1855 as it comes along and work
just as conscientously daily in the interests
Of the Society as if the morrow should be
our last to live and enjoy
Come what may at the 1855 Convention,
we have the 40th Anniversary Junior Or
der Membership Campaign to worry about
in the months ahead the 4th National Jun
ior Convention to promote and publicize
during the weeks ahead, this, that and
hundred and one other organizational acti-
vities to look after before we can get
around to the luxury of even trying to
guess what = if anything = will happen
to us in Philadelphia
Finally we will not engage in any perso-
alitics whatsoever during the year ahead.
That's something no one can possibly profit
from - least of all Fraternalist.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

most part, the trend has been upward
From generation to generation there has
been an increase in the number of persons
employed, greater production per worker,
and larger personal income.
Let's not be confused with this talk of
business fluctuation, depression and recess
sion Our responsibility, as Life Insurance
Counselors, never changes. We must point
out to our prospect his need.
- George V. Krampien
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Barberton's New" Lodae 24 To Hold
New Years Eve Social AT Croat Home

over with bang with our
guests.
So. until we see all our
members Of all three former
Lodges, effected in the mer-
ger, We'll take this opportu-
nifty to wish you all a Happy
and Prosperous New Year!
Walter McNOsky, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

measure up 10
the standards we
who else
believe all others,
S a We ourselves,
should follow in
life to the letter.
No1yar mind o:lr
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

and then try to help tighten
the tasks of the officers, es-
pecially our Secretaries and
Treasurers.
Today we want to have a
little talk, so to speak, with
all Lodge officers and Junior
Order Nest Managers who
forward m o n t h ly assess
ments, ETC., to the Treasurer's
Department of our Society.
w hen forwarding your
Lodge assessment, be ad-
vised that you may cover the
payment of the following
items with one check, bank
or money order:
The Lodge assessment it.
sell, Liens, Loans, charges
for any Lodge books and
Ledger Sheets. Also, if no
separate account is main
tanned for the purpose, you
may include the assessment
for your Nest in the very
same check.
When sending a check,
bank or money order, cover
ing more than the Lodge as
sessment, make certain you
detail in writing the item or
items contained in same.
How To Write A Check!
Another important thing to
remember is to send along a
copy Of the receipt you gave
for a Lien or Loan payment
and the regular Junior Order
form for Nest assessments.
For the benefit Of those
who are in doubt, we should
like to point out that assess
ments, ETC., may be paid by
bank or money order if your
Lodge or Nest does not have
its own checking account.
Make all checks and-or
money orders for the above
detailed purposes payable
to the Croatian Fraternal
Union. If you wish to alb
breviate, simply write:
"CFU of America"
Under no circumstances
should you ever make checks
payable to the Supreme Trea-
surer, or any individual.
All checks intended for
payment to your Society
should never carry anv other
notation save that of Gro
attain Fraternsl Union or
"CFU of America"
Printing Orders Extra
Should you order letter.
heads, envelopes, admission
or lunch tickets. ETC., from
our Print Shop Department,
then you must execute an
entirely different check for
same.
This Department maintains
a separate checking account,
so kindly make your checks
payable to the Croatian Fra
ternal Union Print Shop, or
"CFU Printing Department"
when settling any accounts
under that function.
In other words, you may
pay everything with one
check except bills rendered
by the Print Shop. We trust
You will make careful note
of this important exception.
If both your Lodge and
Nest have bank accounts,
then by all means send a sep
arate check monthly to cover
the assessments of each.
These may be forwarded in
one envelope, or separately if
more convenient for the Off
cials concerned with the mat
ter.
How To Endorse Checks
Now, then, let us discuss
the disposal of checks your
Lodge, or any individual
member thereof, may receive
from the Supreme Office and
desire to make payable, for
any reason, to our Society.
If, for example, such a
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In Passing

Ups and downs in busi-
ness have been common in
American history. There
have always been periods
Of fhlct,,atiop h,t for tho
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Lodqe And Nest Officers Advised How
To Deal With Treasurer's Department
Adhering To Simple Rules Of Procedure
Will Aid Lodges, Nests And Home Office

Pittsburgh Pa. Each year at this time note that
many new faces listed among the officers elected by
Lodges throughout the United States and Canada to
the administrative burdens which befa all such
leaders in our ranks.
When such official changes made in Lodges,
first extend all concerned heartest congratulations and
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29
Croatian Fraterna| Union Destined
For Action On Many Fronts In 1855
Society On Threshold OF What Promises
TO Be "Year OF Action" In Many Respects
lich, Supreme President

By '. I. Mandich, Supreme President
Under the glass top of my desk at the Supreme Office,
there card with the following quotation "All my life
the things have most regretted not the things did,
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

Finally, we will not engage in any perso-
ahtlcs whatsoever during the year ahead
That's something no one can possibly profit
from - least of all Fraternalist
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

Happy New Year to you and yours.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-12-29

Never mind Our
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-12
As Matters Stand
Joe Breig Says.
Essay On A Dog
Joe Breig Say

door, beaming. to bring the dog
home
So Lady is still with us, con-
found it.
However, I do not want to leave
the impression that | am anti-dog.
On the contrary, | am truly pro-
dog, which is something that a lot
of dog-lovers aren't.
Being truly pro-dog, | consider
a dog a dog. Some folks behave as
if dog were a human being, or
even some kind of super-human
being.
Such people. / contend, are anti
dog, even though they consider
themselves great dog-loyers. A
chap who really likes a dog, likes
it as dog, because it is a dog
In other words, youg truly pro-
dog man likes the dogginess of
dogs. He doesn't try to pretend
that dog is something other than
a dog He likes the dog for being
a dog.
A great many self-styled dog
lovers, however, do not like dogs
at all They like themselves, and
they like what dogs can do for
their egos.
That kind of dog-lover some
times is droolingly sentimental
about his (or herr dog. Sometimes
he is brutally overbearing toward
it. Either way, he grows so attach
ed to the dog that, If anything
happens to it, he acts as if he had
lost his wife, or a son or daughter.
But the loss he bewails is not
the loss of dog, but the loss of a
great part of his own ego. He new
er really regarded his dog as dog.
He never respected its right to its
J doggishness. His. dog, in his eyes,
was not a dog. but an accessory
to his own vanity.
That kind Of person is not truly
T pr0-dog. He is pro-himself and anti
dog. He does not want to let dog
( be dog. He wants to absorb his
dog into himself. Subconsciously,
he objects to the dogs independent
existence as a being separate and
different from himself.
These possessive people often
treat their children in the same
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way; but that is another subject.
AS for myself, / try to be
truly pro-dog. l want Lady to
be dog, not counterfeit human.
Half the time, / do not even call
her Lady address her, with a fine
philosophical precision, as Dog"
After all, she is not lady; she
is a dog. | do not mind the chill
dren being fanciful about her
They can call her Princess, for all
| care But in this muddled world,
somebody must assume the burden
of keeping the record straight; of
insisting that things are what they
are, and that reality is what it is.
My false reputation for being
antiLady stems, ] suppose, from
the fact that | object violently to
her disturbing the neighbors with
her barking, and | insist that she
be kept inside until everybody is
up and around. For that, you can
call me anti-dog if you please. |
contend that l am simply pro
human.
AS Chesterson remarked. | like
dog so long as nobody spells it
backward.
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serving her and other women.
Have you ever noticed that wom-
en- practically never answer di-
rect question, except by asking an
other, or by changing the subject,
or by going off at tangent?
have ar idea that women do
this to avoid committing them
selves. A woman always likes to
leave herself an out. | sympathlze
with lawyers who have to question
women in court.
Be that as it may, / did not an
swer my wife's question. / shot
back at her:
whats happened? Has Lady
got herself hit by an automobile?"
My wife promptl1 crossed me
up. Instead of evading, she gave
me direct answer. She must have
been upset, or she wouldn't have
done that. She said:
mo. She broke her leash and
she's gone. We've searched the
neighborhood and we can't find
her"
| told her not TO worry; Lady
would be home when she got hun
CRY. Either that, or the dog warden
would find her wandering around
and would notify us.
When / got home that evening
neighbor had just telephoned
Lady was in his backyard 0uI
daughter, Betty, was going out the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-12
Official Praises
Philippine Bishops
For Radio Series

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Defense Jose Nj. Crisol com.
mended current series of anti.
communist radio programs spon.
sored BY the Philippine Hierarchy
and Catholic Action as a patriotic
crusade"
In the opening talk Of the pro.
gram, the government official
stressed the utter impossibility of
co-existence with communism be
cause of its evil theology.
1T is either they or we, com
munism or democracy, slavery or
freedom, death or life he said.
There is no choice. We must grid
our loins and fight If we do not
destroy communism, communism
will destroy US"
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My wife got me on the phone
at the office and asked, How
many prayers have yoL been say
ing that we would get rid of the
dog?"
I hadn't been saying any. I have
more important things to pray for.
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And a n Y h 0 W,
e chill d re n
W ould pray
against me, and
the chi | d en-
would win.
H o W e yer, /
did not mention
all that to my
wife. Instead, |
played a little
trick on her
tn at I h ay e
learned from OBJ
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Keep this listing for
future referenee.l
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-12
EVERGLADES PARK
CONTINUED from Page Ski

Continued from Page Six
easterly boundary to a point 2.s4
miles west. Grading and bitumin.
Gus base.
3. Paradise Key Road - Route
4 from Route / to Paradise Key =
2 miles. Grading and bituminous
base.
4. Royal Palm bypass road -
Route S from Route 4 south to a
point .76 miles. Grading and BIZ
luminous base.
Items 2, and 4 total mileage is
ST miles at cost of $39S, 500.
The two Senator's have been
pressing vigorously for additional
roads in the Park. When informed
of McKay's recommendation Hol-
land said:
II am delighted to know of this
request and / hope it will receive
early approval by the Appropria-
tons Committee. One of our press.
ing needs in the Park has been
adequate roads"
SmatherS added:
''This expanded road system will
greatly help our tourist travel in
the Park. I am glad Secretary
Mckay has requested this con-
struction."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-12
LEGAL NOTICES

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
IN CHANCERY.
Case No. 13-1145
MERCEDES HANNIBAL BRANCH,
Plaintiff,
VS.. DIVORCE
WILLIAM ALLAN BRANCH, JR.,
Defendant.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
TO: William Allan Branch, Jr.,
RESIDENCE UNKNOWN.
YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED
and REQUIRED to serve a copy of
your Answer to the Complaint for
Divorce on the Plaintiffs Solicitor,
and file the original Answer in the
Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court on or before the 18th dav of
July, A. D. 1854, in the above en-
titled cause, otherwise the allega-
lions therein contained will be taken
as confessed.
DONE and ORDERED at Key
West, Monroe County, Florida, this
18th day of June, A. d. 1854.
(SEAL) EARL r. ADAMS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Monroe County, Florida.
By: (sd) SOPHIE SAUNDERS,
Deputy Clerk.
J. Y. PORTER, ",
Solicitor for Plaintiff,
sos Whitehead Street,
Key West, Florida.
june 12-19-26: july 3, 1854