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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28
A Great Field

ONE of the questions certain to be asked
~ during the Society's "Visit Yugosla
VIA" Membership Campaign in 1856 is:
who may become member of the Gro
atian Fraternal Union of American
Section LA of the Bylaws which
went into effect December 1st, 1855, an
swers: - "Any person, male or female,
of good health and moral character, and
sound i'm body and mind, who is of Gro
attain or Slavic birth, and who resides in
the United States or Canada, and at the
time of application is not under 16 nor
over 60 years of age, may be admitted to
(adult) membership ;"
Since most of us are Of that extraction,
or descent, the words "of Croatian birth
should need no further Interpretation, no
additional Qualification.
Or at least we think So
But what of "Slavic brth?'
This would embrace better than 10 mil
lion such people in this Nation.
Belonging to one of twelve az Slav
groups, they are Bulgarans; Byclo, or
White Russians; Carpatho Russians;
Croatians; Czechs; Macedonians; Poles;
Russians; Serbs; Slovaks; SIovenes; and
Ukrainians
In other words, there are at least 10
million men, women and children in Ame-
RIGA eligible to affiliate with the Croatian
Fraternal Union under Section 144 Of it's
Bylaws - Membership Campaign Field
Workers dream if there ever was one.
What recruiting potential.
Surely this should serve to enthuse
those awaiting the January /, 1856, open
ing of the Visit Yugoslavia" Campaign.
Surely tlis should enable many to win
the Campaign Grand Prize Award of a
round trip. all-expense paid trip to Yugo-
slavia in August of 1856. Interested?
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Pitt Nest 81 Juniors
Await Dec. 28 Funniest

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Junior
Order Nest No. b7 will hold
it's annual Christmas Party,
for all its members, on We'd
nesday evening, December %,
at 7::30 PM, in the down
stairs meeting room of the
Bratska Sloga, 146-44th St.,
Pittsburgh.
There will be cartoons,
games and ample refresh
ments for the kiddies. Also,
Santa Claus has sent word
that he will distribute a gift
to each member present.
Your Nest Manager has
been working very hard to
make this party a success, sc
we hope that this will serve
as a reminder to the parents
Barbara Shaginaw, Mgr
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par excellence. He is d man among men.
His fellow Lodge 185 members are 60
ing to show their admiration for bro. SlIr-
tic during Testimonial Banquet to be held
in his honor December 81, 1855.
They will be honoring a man who has
always been true to his word, one who
cannot be called fraternalistic Janus
He has never used friend as a step
ping stone to power; nor abused a friend
ship to show his given authority.
An open-minded man, bro. Skrtic is
proud Of his people and has never been
known to kick them around. 1t just isn't
in him to go against his own people.
He has done many things for the better
ment of the Croatian Fraternal Union and
may we'll be proud Of the fact that he is the
President Of the Board Of Trustees Of the
largest, most powerful organization Of its
type on earth
His fellow Lodge 185 members in turn,
may we'll be proud of bro. Skrtic.
A finer man we never met.
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Wrong Interpretation

\ AUCH was said on these pages last week
w pertaining to the erroneous belief
that the Croatian Fraternal Union will in
1856 begin paying Lodge Secretaries and
Nest Managers SO cents at the end of the
year for every member on their books.
Which is 1000; incorrect.
True. this subject was brought up and
discussed during the Society's 9th Ma
tiOnal Quadrennial Convention of Sep
tember 1926. 1855, but most certainly
nothing concrete resulted therefrom and
the matter was turned over to the then
incoming Supreme Board for further de-
bate and adoption-if the idea is feasible.
The Supreme Board did discuss the
problem during it's meetings of November
28-December 3, 1865, but it tabled the plan
until March of 1856 in order that it could
be studied by the Society's actuaries from
every angle
In the meantime, some Lodges have al
ready voted not to pay their Secretaries
salary in 1856 in the belief that the Gro
attain Fraternal Union is to reimburse them
to the extent Of so cents per member on
their December 81. 1856, rosters. Those
Lodges which have done so have done their
Secretaries an injustice.
There has never been any official no
tice in either Section of the Zajednicar
that such new plan would go into effect
January /, 1856. Not one Official at the
Home Office in Pittsburgh has written
SiuvIa limo fO that affact
Who, then, to blame? Perhaps some Of
the Delegates to the Convention.
Perhaps they didn't listen good when
this proposed new plan was discussed and
went home under the impression that it
was adopted by the Convention.
TT WAS NOT =. period
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Cleveland Al Ladies
Await Dinner, Dance

Cleveland, Ohio - ALI the
members and friends of CFU
Lodge AZ are invited to at
tend the New Years Eve Din
ner-Dance which will be held
at the Croatian Home, 6314
st. Clair Avenue.
A delicious meal will be.
served beginning at 600 PM
and continuing on through
the evening. The menu will
consist of home cooked soup,
roast chicken, sarma, roast
pork, salads, a variety Of
baked goods and refreshing
drinks.
The members of our lodge
are asked to help out with
the work for this affair, so
that it may be a success. Re-
member that the proceeds go
into our lodge treasury.
Music for dancing will be-
gin at 900 PM to the tunes
of Tony's Trio.
Our good ladies of the
lodge promise everyone a
good meal and an enjoyable
evening, so be with us when
we welcome in the New Year.
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occasions, a man we eX-
t oil G d editorially on
these pages, a man we
thought to be a sincere
friend of ours.
But we do not believe
that time will prove us
to be wrong about the
esteem in which we hold
bro. Milan Skrtic, Camp
bell, Ohio, President of
the Croatian Fraternal
Unions Board of Trus-
tees and a Fraternalist
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ranks in spite Of the fact that it would have
TO go through it's 9th National Quadrennal
Convention at Philadelphia in September
always troublesome gatherings in the past.
And again we were correct for 1855
was indeed year of peace within the So
ciety and its 9th National Quadrennial Con-
venton turned out to be the most harmoni-
Gus, most constructive such conclave with
in the memory of many member
Now. on the threshold of 1856 we would
again peer into the future
We predict that the Croatian Fraternal
Union will on December 81, 1856, be even
greater and stronger than it is today.
We foresee for the Society Member
ship Campaign of the first magnitude,
one during which an amazing number of
Field Workers will win the Grand Prize
Award of round trip, all-eXpense paid
trip to Yugoslavia in August of 1856.
We predict for the Croatian Fraternal
Union, in all seriousness international ac-
claim for contributing in 1856 to better re-
lations between the United States of Amer
ica and Yugoslavia through the medium of
this Membership Campaign, which opens
January 1 and is to close July 81.
X X
But to accomplish all this during 1856
there must be peace first, in the Societys
Official Family and among its members in
the United States and Canada.
And peace there will - must - be il
all concerned carry out the mandate of
the 9th National Quadrennial Convention
Of 1855, to wit, that the CrOatian Frater-
nal Union is bigger than any one of its
leaders regardless of his stature.
Let us in 1856 "Accentuate Tie Posi-
tive and progress accordingly.
:
Happy New Year to you and yours.
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available for the public,
will have great bonfires 60
ing i'm the church plaza and
a huge fire in the fireplace
of the Mission Granary -
the oldest edifice standing
in Texas.
In fact, many people Sc
cretly hope the night will be
cold just so they get to enjoy
the added thrill of seeing
these fires.
An Old World Atmosphere
This play originated in the
mountains of Southern Eu-
rope in the Middle Ages and
has survived time and space
to bring it's benediction to be-
wildered humanity.
The Old World atmos-
phere of LOS Pastores"
strikes the tourist at once.
Standing next to you may
be a Franciscan Brother In
his traditional brown robe
and sandals. Or a young
cadet from nearby Ran
dOlph Field.
Or a cute little Mexican
child roofing for the devils
in the great play.
Children are children.
Put them all together and
you have a fine example of
Americana itself.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28
Tony hihaIovich
Popular Announcer
Lodge 872 Member
Has Big Following

DeS MOineS, Iowa - One of
Des Moines' most popular
personalities is now on the
air over KIOA every Sunday
afternoon.
It's Tony Mihalovich, who
presents the Balkan Melody
Hour" Sundays from 400 to
500 PM. Tony is we'll known
throughout this area as the
friendly traffic officer who
patrols the downtown area of
Des Moines through the
morning hours.
The Balkan Melody Hour"
features Croatian music Sc
lected from Tony's huge per-
sonal record library pol
kas, folk dances and songs
from the central European
countries.
Especially popular on the
show are requests which To-
ny plays for listeners who
write in not only from the
Des Moines area, but from
many parts of Iowa.
Our coverage Of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri also
bring response to our KIOA
programming. d e d i C ations
are made for those who re-
quest them, human interest
stories about some of the lis
teners are told, and special
announcements of general in
.terest are frequently made.
Tony's sense of humor and
his ready ability for story
telling, which have made him
such a popular figure as a
traffic officer, lend to his
radio broadcasts an equal
amount of appeal.
The lifting quality of the
music and the human, enter
tanning way in which it is
presented are fast making
the Balkan Melody Hour
with Tony Mihalovich a popu-
lar favorite among people of
all racial backgrounds and in
Z, all walks of life.
Tony is a member of "Wild
Rose" Lodge 872 of the Gro
atian Fraternal Union of
America, the largest such or
ganization in the world.
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The last speaker was
Judge John G. karel of
Milwaukee, then Supreme
President of the Equitable
Reserve Association and a
member of the Executive
Committee of the National
Fraternal Congress of A
merica. He passed on years
ago.
Four years after the 1881
Reunion, Judge Karel hosted
many of the Delegates who
attended the Croatian Frater-
nal Unions 1885 Convention
in Milwaukee. incidentally,
the writer of these lines was
the youngest Delegate in at
tendance at that 1885 Con-
vention. Tempus fugit!
Yes, Time Marches On
The program ended on a
hectic note with two exhibit
ton boxing matches and ath-
letic contests for the boys
and girls. The awarding of
prizes climaxed the furffest.
The evening was given over
to dancing, informal recep-
tions, swapping of tall tales
and jokes circa 1881 -
singing, and just plain "rais-
ing the roof" But everyone
had a good time.
The late Nj. j. Horvath,
then English Editor of the
Zajednicar, was the Chair
man of the Reunion Com
mittee on Arrangements.
Vincent l.. Knaus, Chicago,
was LIST Vice Chairman; John
j. Malovich, East Chicago,
Ind, End Vice Chairman; Jo-
seph Mulch, Kenosha, Wise,
3rd Vice Chairman; and Miss
Sylvia Pokopac, Gary, Ind,
served as Chairlady of the
Reception Committee.
The Miss Pokopac of those
days is now Mrs. Sylvia Mix
sic, the wife of Stephen Mix
sic and still a resident of
Gary, Ind.
She has since gone on to
become somebody" in the
administrative body of the
Croatian Fraternal Unicn
First, she was elected to the
CFU Board of Trustees in
1851 during the Sth Quad.
rennial Convention in Los
Angeles, Calf, and is now
the Secretary Of the Board
of Trustees following hel
election at the recent 9th
Convention in Philadelphia.
To Be COntinued)
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nothing accessible to the pub
lie elsewhere in America,
Los Pastores" is enacted an
nually by the poor people of
Mexican origin from the West
Side of San Antonio.
And yet as poor as they
are, the costumes these
people wear are incredibly
beautiful and ornate al
most beyond belief. Most
of the costumes are made
of scraps of silk and sport
five-and-ten-cent store Sc
quins and anything else
that glitters.
The fine things are saved
year in and year out to be
used over and over "as is" or
to be made even more beauti-
full by the imaginative wives
and mothers of the players.
And imaginative they are.
Children Are Children
When all is in readiness,
the shepherds in this play
emerge looking like Spanish
dons of yesteryear in their
satins and toting 7-foot dec
GRATED shepherds crooks.
The devils in the play,
hell bent OH keeping the
shepherds from reaching
Bethlehem, are richly be-
decked i'm dark mantles and
wear the most grotesque
masks imaginable. They
are a sight to see.
Joseph and Mary, the Ang-
ell Gabriel, and a shepherdess
named Gila,. are always play
ed by children, this because
they are still presumed to be
pure in heart. AS the play
progresses, with songs and
chants, these children often
doze in their parts.
Children are children.
Ready For Chilly Night
The crowds contribute a
great deal to the color and
excitement of this annual
show in San Antonio.
Many of the spectators are
Mexican working men with
their families, all in holiday
attire, all proud of their an.
cestors, all glad to be in
America.
Although the weather at
this time of the year in Sar
Antonio is warm and spring.
like, the celebrants at Sar
Jose need not fear a chill ir
the air the night of Los
Pastores."
The San Antonio COnser-
vation Society, which helps
| to keep this Miracle Play
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would llllu IL Oll DSCSlil-
Der 81, 1855, at the
height of its numerical
and financial strength.
That is precisely its
status quo as 1856
looms on the horizon.
We went on to pre-
dict for the Croatian
Fraternal Union a year
of peace within it's
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True To His Word

\A/E have seen fit in the past to praise
w some of our better known members
to the heavens above - only to have sew
eral of them stab us in the back in the end
Such an act of fraternal treason was
committed not long ago by a man we
praised in public on two very significant
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resented at The Reunion,
some of the delegates hailing
from as far East as Pitts
burgh, others from centers
along the Pacific Coast.
America was already wal
lowing in the Great Depres-
sion of the 1905, but this
Reunion nonetheless saw rep
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rcscntatives making the trip
to Des PLANES by special
train, day coaches and auto
mobiles. Some even hitch
hiked their ways to the scene
The early part of Sep
tcmbcr 6, 1881, was devO-
ted to strolling through the
spacious grounds of the
Children's Home, inspect
ing the buildings, and get
ting acquainted.
Each ESL representative
wore a special badge. Some
still have theirs.
Remember Adolph SABBATH?
A baseball game was the
first event of the program
following which there was
dancing to the strains Of g
tamburitza orchestra.
The celebration was almost
at its height when the Chill
dren's Home Band of those
still memorable days marched
through the entrance and
taking their places on the big
bandstand, proceeded to play
a stirring program of varlec
selections.
Vincent l.. knaus, Chi
cago, ILL.,, presided during
the program of addresses
which followed. Bro. Knaus
! still lives in Chicago and is
still a CFU member.
The first speaker was Uni
ted S t a t e S Congressman
Adolph SABBATH of Illinois
who gave a fine talk on th'
importance of "foreign-lan
guage' groups to the welfar'
of America and complimentet
the Croatian Fraternal Uniol
on the splendid work it wa
doing to relieve the distres
of it's fellow members. MI
SABBATH died some years age
The next speaker was Gee
Kutuzovich, then Superinten
dent Of the Children's Home
He is still living and acts a
the bookkeeper for the Home
Judge Was A Grand Man
More speeches followed
this time by Frank ]. Petr
and Otto AIKEN.
Mr.. Petru was at the tim
President of the Cicero, Ill
Board of Education, Will
Mr.. AIKEN was Superintendent
of Schools for the Des Plaine
District.
The former, a CFU men
Der for many, many years,
still in the real estate, loan
and insurance business a
1443 West 18th Street, CHI
cago. We do not know wha
has happened to Mr.. AIKEN i
the interim.
Probably the finest addres
made on the occasion was de
livered by DR.. Edward l.. M
loslavich, tn en- a widel
known Pathologist and Pro
fessor at Marquette Univers
| ty in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Here again we do not kno,
whether he is still living.
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even better than last year and you will re-
member that Christmas was the first one
in many years that was not marred by the
tragic incidents of war . and as we utter
simple prayer for peace, we will be join
ed by the multitude of the earth"
President Dwight ID. Eisenhower
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28

. The Croatian Fraternal
Union is the largest, most
powerful and widely known
organization of it's kind in the
world.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28
Happy New Year!

A LMOST one year to the day, December
20 to be exact we made number OF
predictions here concerning the Croatlan
Fraternal Union and the year 1855.
We predicted for the Society Year
of Decision" in many respects, one which
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28

By Stephen F. Brkch, English Editor, Ia jedncar
Pittsburgh, Pa Twenty-four historic years have
and since the English Speaking Lodges of the
Croatian Fraterna Union staged their st Annual
September g. 1881 the grounds of the Chdrcns Home
Of the Society," located in Des PLANES, Illinois.
The Croatan Fraterna Union boasted of 63 English
Speaking Lodges at the time and many Of these rep
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28

Mission Of San Jose has a colorfuI aWak-
ening almost beyond description.
Thousands of visitors from all parts of
the North American Continent storm the
city that evening to thrill to the Miracle
Play LOS Pastores,' or, in English "The
Shepherds" It's an old Spanish play about
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28
In Passing

This Xmas is brighter
in its background and in its
promise for the future than
any we have known in re-
cent NnarS / think II iS
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the celebrated journey that shepherds made to
adore the infant Jesus at Bethlehem.
Truly coorfu and touching spectacle that resembles
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-12-28
Spanish Mission AT San Antonio Set
For Annual Enactment Of Miracle Play
First Sunday Following Christmas Day

COlorful Los Pastores' Originated In
Southern European Mountains Decades Ago
San Antonio Texas - On the evening of the first Su
day after Christmas in San Antonio the ancient Span
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Society's English Speaking Lodges
Held First Annual National Reunion
September 9Th, 1881, AT Des PLANES
Late English Editor NJ j. HOrvath Was
Chairman OF Committee On Arrangements

BY Stephen f. Brl<ch, English Editor, Zajednicar
Evening star., 1955-01-11
Council lnstoIIs
New Officers

Elizabeth L. Elder was in-
stalled as councillor at q meet
ing of the John Z. Burnett
Council No. 5. Daughters OF
America. yesterday at 410 Sew
enth street NV.
Other officers installed were
associate councillor, Charles
Lynn: vice councillor, Edna
Parks: associate vice councillor,
Alice Rogers: recording secre-
tary. Josephine Herbert; as
sistant recording secretary,
Ethel Collins: financial secre-
tafy, Gladys Cameron; treas
urer. Mary Hansen: conductor,
Helen Johnston: warden. Bea
Hannah: inside sentinel. Ruth
Merrill: outside sentinel, Mae
Hollingsworth, and trustee,
Mayree Daley.
Evening star., 1955-01-11
Niscount Horcourt
Is Guest Speaker

viscount Harcourt, Economic
Minister and Financial Ad-
wiser TO the British Embassy,
win address the English Speak
ing Unions members and their
guests on Thursday afternoon
after q tea and reception at
the Sulgrave Club.
His subject win be 'sResur-
gent Britain"
Viscount Harcourt and Vis-
countess Harcourt will be guests
Of honor at the event which
Is scheduled for 5 o'clock.
Lord Harcourt Is executive
director Of the international
Monetary Fund and the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruct
tion and Development. His
sister was q visitor here re-
Gently when she attended the
Queen Mother as lady-in-
waiting.
Evening star., 1955-01-11
senote chopIoi,1
To Be Honored

DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
chaplain Of the Senate and
pastor Of the Foundry Metho-
dist Church. was to receive the
Daughters Of the American
Revolutions award Of merit In
3 ceremony today in his church
study.
The award Is being made by
the Continental Danes Chap
ter Of the District OAR and
win be presented by Mrs. John
Morrison Kerr, past treasurer
general. and q member Of the
chapter. DR.. Harris was se-
lected for the honor BY the
chapter for his contribution
toward "the betterment OF our
community which in turn bene-
fits our entire country
Others expected to be pres
ent ct this afternoons cere-
mony are Mrs. Allen r. Wrenn.
state vice regent; Mrs. james
M. Haswell. State chairman Of
national defense. and Mrs,
Taylor o. Timberlake. regent
Of the Continental Danes
Chapter.
Evening star., 1955-01-11
By Violet FouIkner

Ask any homemaker why
she likes q casserole meal and
among her answers win be.
ITS easy I can do 50 much
preparation in advance il
doesn't take much watching
and I can do other things while
it bakes It tastes good
Casserole meals have an
other thing In their favor i. !.
they make excellent use Of
ieftoyers. You can disguise
those few leftover peas or the
tag ends Of g roast so the FAM
lily win never recognize 'ern.
And it's also 3 good way TO
incorporate more dairy foods
into the menu. Cheese Is most
useful in supplying protein.
and often to extend small
quantities Of meat. fish or
fowl. Milk, made into 3
creamy sauce, blends wen when
combining several food fiayors.
Good go-alongs with any
one Of these casserole dishes
would be . bowl Of colorfuI
raw relishes or b crisp green
salad and q simple fruit
dessert.
CHICKEN BAKE WITH
PIMIENTo BISCUITS.
s tablespoons butter or mar
garine
small Glove garlic. minced
y cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped green
pepper
s tablespoons -four
" teaspoon salt
v teaspoon paprika
11a cups milk and vegetable
liquid
l cup chopped cooked chicken
" cup whole kernel corn
" cup cooked peas
Melt butter In saucepan. Add
garlic, onion and green pepper
and brown lightly. Stir in
flour, salt and paprika. Add
milk and vegetable liquid and
cook until thickened, stirring
constantly. Add chicken, corn
and peas, mixing until blended.
Pour into 1-quart casserole and
top with the following pimien-
to biscuits:
PIMIENTo BISCUITS.
2 cups sifted -four
3 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
V cup shortening
2 tablespoons chopped pt-
mientO
~ to u cup milk.
Sift together -four. baking
powder and salt. Cut or rub
in shortening until mixture
is crumbly. Add pimiento.
mixing lightly. Add milk to
make q soft dough. Turn out
on lightly Toured board or
pastry cloth and knead gently
80 seconds. Roll out Ha-inch
thick. Cut with Toured bis
cult cutter. Arrange biscuits
on top chicken mixture. Place