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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
Californian Is
$4,000 Cursed

Clarion, Pa. - Many peo-
pie are often hoodwinked and
parted from their money by
shysters promising false Sc
curity. Take the case of one
Pasadena, Calf, gentleman
who was recently advised by
a gypsy to throw his fortune
of some Cursed" $4,000 in
to the ocean, in order to OBJ
tain divine healing powers.
You may not have a
"cursed" $4,000 hanging a.
round the house, but we of
CFU Lodge 248 suggest that
you consult your local Lodge
Secretary for adequate CFU
insurance coverage r a t h e I
than rely on divine healing
powers of false security when
the need arises.
Mark NikOlich, Sec'y
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Abrasevic Choir viii
Hold Program May 9Th

Cleveland, Ohio - Due to
unforeseen circumstances, the
"Abrasevic" Singing Society
announces that it's program,
slated for April 18th, has
been postponed.
We therefore inform all of
our friends that their present
tickets will be honored in
stead on Sunday, May 8, 1855
when we will stage our Con-
cert and the comedy Pore
meceni Plan at the Croatian
Home, 6314 st. Clair Avenue,
at 800 PM.
Our Concert, with it's beau
tiful new songs, a few solos
and duets interspersing the
action to give you a pleasing
variety, and the comedy play
which is said to be truly one
of the best we have come
across, all these should serve
to pack the hall on May 9th.
Following the program we
intend to serve a delicious
meal to those who wish to
stay. Home made pastries
made by our wonderful wo-
men will tempt you during
the meal and refreshments,
as usual, will be plentiful.
For your dancing pleasure
we have engaged the Plavi
Jadran Orchestra, a group
comprised of talented young
men who are very we'll known
among our people.
To our old friends, new
f r i e n ds, and soon-to-be
friends, we extend a cordial
invitation to come and have
a good time with us at the
good old Croatian Hall on
May 9th.
Maria PrOcer, Publicity
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Fontanans Prime
For Mothers Day

Fontana, Calf. - At the
regular March meeting of
CFU Lodge $50 it was decided
to stage a Mothers Day
Dance on Sunday, May 9Th,
with refreshments to b e
served by the ladies of the
Lodge and the music in the
hands of the Tomazin Broth.
ers.
The shuffling will com.
mence promptly at 500 Pm
and last until the wee hours
of the morning. Our members
and friends are bound to en-
joy the festivities immensely.
Men, here is your opportu.
nifty to treat the little wo'
man" to a bit Of fun and fro
lie on a day especially dedica'
ted to her. Eli Shayotovicf
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
East Pitt Choir viii
Sponsor Concert May 8
East Pittsburgh.

East Pittsburgh, Pa. -
The "Sloboda" Singing Soci-
ETY. will stage it's Annual
Spring Concert on May 8,
1855, at the South Slavic
Workers Hall, North and
Electric Avenues, at $50 PM.
Guest choruses will include
the "Jelica" of Clarion, "Ja-
vor" of North Side, and the
German Women's Chorus of
East Pittsburgh. The Youth
Kolo Group, under the direc-
ton of Catherine Grcevich, is
also slated to appear on the
program.
The "Sloboda" Chorus, un-
der the leadership of Prof.
Edward Sambol, is prepared
to render four selections, "U
Nasim Selo," "Lovacki Zbor,"
"Starovirski Pismice," and
"Oj Hrvatski Matt"
Music for the affair will be
furnished by the inimitable
Danny Kukic and his Slav
Continentals.
All sorts of refreshments
and home made cakes and
cookies may be obtained
throughout the festivities, so
make definite plans to be in
attendance.
Dorothy Poropatic, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
Rochester Lodge Will
Pick Candidates May 8

Rochester, Pa. - The next
monthly meeting of "Abra.
ham Lincoln" Lodge IS will
take place at 200 PM Sun
day, May 8, in the School Hall
of st. Cecilia Church.
Among the highlights OF
this very important session
will be the nominations of
Candidates for our Lodge 85
Delegate to the Croatian Fra
ternal Unions 9th Quadren-
nial Convention, which will be
held in Philadelphia, Pa, next
September.
Elections for our Delegate
will take place in June, but
nominations must be made
this month. It is the duty of
every member of Lodge IS to
attend the May 8 meeting and
participate in the nomina-
tions.
John II. Mikan, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
Pitt Lodge "a Awaits
May 1st Monthly Meet

Pittsburgh, Pa. - T h e
members of CFU Lodge "a
are requested to attend the
next regular monthly meeting
scheduled for Sunday, May 1,
1855, at the Bratska Sloga
Hall, 146-44th St., in Pitts
burgh. The session will get
underway at 200 PM.
The most important issue
on the agenda is the nomina-
ton of candidates for dele
gate to the 9th Quadrennial
CFU Convention to be held in
Philadelphia this com n g
September.
1t should concern each and
every member to be in atten-
dance when such an impor-
tant issue demands our atten-
ton. Let's see a large major
ity of our members present
on Sunday, May 1st.
John Naglich, Sec'y.
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Thirty-Five Campaign Points Enough
To Qualify Many For Junior ConcIave
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CONTINUED From Page u
eventually earn the high hon
or of being accredited Junior
and Honorary Delegates to
the 4th National Junior Order
Convention.
Young, Old Welcomed
The Home Office is fever
ishly processing new mem
bership applications W h | c h
are coming in at a record
pace. This is a true harbinger
of success for both the cam
paign and its crowning
event - the Junior Conven-
ton. It Is concrete proof of
the popularity of the under
taking.
However in checking over
the geographic alignment of
candidates and proposers we
do notice that some G. F. u.
strongholds are still conspic-
uous by their absence. We
realize that, particularly this
year, much energy will have
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27

Red Manning's freshman
quintet.
He transferred from Junior
Nest 81, in March of 1858,
and his early days bring to
our mind his experiences in
1886, when he was brought
back home from the hospital
the day before the st. Pat
rick's Day flood, only to be
forced to leave the next day
by boat.
Having been an outstand-
ing performer with the explo-
sive Trojans of North Catho-
lie High, which in his final
year copped the Pittsburgh
Diocese Class "a" Champion
ship last year, he was pre-
vailed upon to join the fresh
man squad at Duquesne Uni
versity.
Bill Celik is a student in
Business Administration and
he hopes to be able to fill the
! gap left by the graduation of
Dick Ricketts, and Jim Fallon
If determination and team
play can win another MI
Championship for Duque~ne
University, then we know
that William Celik will be a.
vailable to play the type OF
basketball which merits con-
sideration by Coach Dudley
Moore.
Tony Brajdic, Scribe
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Cokeburg Lodge Plans
Mothers Day Program

Cokeburg, Pa. - Lodge 354
and Nest 122 will co-sponsor
a Mothers Day Concert on
Sunday, May 8, in honor of
the 10th Anniversary of the
Junior Order of the Croatian
Fraternal Union.
The program will begin at
400 PM and feature the
"Strossmayer" Singing Soci-
ETY. of Youngstown, Ohio, the
"Kolo Aces" of Cleveland,
Ohio, guest speakers from
the CFU Home Office at
Pittsburgh, and concert and
dance music by the "Sloboda'
Tamburitzans of East Pitts
burgh. Bernard Luketich
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|Pitt's AII-U Tammies
lin Cleveland On Nav 8

Cleveland, Ohio - On Sum
day, May 9Th, our Cleveland
area tamburitza enthusiasts
will be offered a special treat
when Matt l.. Gouze, past
master of the instrument,
brings his Pittsburgh ALL
University Tammies here.
This group of versatile per-
formers is comprised of stu
dents furthering their educa-
ton in various Pittsburgh
universities. In the compara-'
lively short time they have
been organized the artists
have attained great success
with their lively kolo dane
ing, robust choral singing and
accomplished instrumentals.
All music lovers would do
we'll to be in attendance to
hear and see this unit in ac-
ton, and also to see that
famed RCA recording star,
Edo Lubich, make his appear
ance with the troupe.
On Mothers Day, May 9Th,
it would be only fitting to
bring the "old folks" down to
the Slovenian Home. The
time spent will be we'll worth
your while. Remember, the
curtain goes up at 800 PM
sharp.
George Relich, Dr. Rep.
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Junior Convention Candidates Must
Qualify Without Exception By May 31st

either a Junior or Honorary
Delegate to the Convention
and share the same hotel
room will be Accommodated by
the Home Office.
Those so inclined should
inform us as soon as possible
as to their intentions and we
will act in accordance with
their wishes.
Check Your Standing
We also call the attention
of all Candidates to a COM
plete listing on page 10 of
their Points Standings. These
were brought up to date as
of Friday, April %.
We urge each Candidate
to study his or her Points
Standing and do so with
the thought uppermost in
mind that whatever Points
they need to qualify as a
Delegate must be secured
by Tuesday, May 81.
Many Candidates are with
in easy reach of their re-
quired Points Quota. Others
are going to find it will take
steady work from here in to
make the grade. Some, of
course, have waited too long
and have too little left in the
way of time to qualify.
In the end, the qualifiers
should number at least rs
boys and girls and men and
women, not one of whom will
ever regret attending our 4th
National Junior Convention.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27

graduate of Bowen High
School, Class of 1854, and is
currently a freshman at the
University Of Illinois in the
college of Aeronautical Engi-
neering.
We take this opportunity
to congratulate the proud pa
rents of this up and coming
young man, as they, too, are
prominent and active mem
bers of our organization.
To Tom we send our best
wishes for a happy and sue
cessful career in his chosen
field of endeavor.
Bessie Dundich, Sec'y,
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been expended towards ano-
ther and even larger gather
ing, but certainly no more
important for the long range
welfare of the organization.
Certainly the honor a.
chieved in becoming an
Honorary or Junior Dele
gate to the Junior conclave
stamps one with the mark
of true fraternalism for it
will have been achieved by
bringing i'm new members.
Let us utilize these remain
ing weeks to good advantage.
Let's see to it that every CFU
bastion is represented at Ga
ry. Let's spread the good
word that Gary and the 4th
National Junior Order Con
vention is definitely within
reach. Be it on the basis of
20-35-5O-75-100 Points or
more the choice is yours, and
a bargain it is whatever that
choice may be.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
Des Moines Lodge Has
Dance On May ] Agenda

Des Moines, Iowa - The
affiliates of "Wild Rose CFU
Lodge S72 will stage a Dance
on Saturday evening, May 7
from 800 PM until 12:0C
midnight at the Highland
Park American Legion Hall
3712-2nd Avenue.
Music for the occasion will
be dished out by the popular
Viking Accordion Band from
Albert Lea, MINI.
The Entertainment Com
mittee cordially invites all
CFU members from this and
surrounding vicinities to join
us for our gala celebration.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
Lodge 351 Members In
Phil Nominations Nav 7

Detroit, Mich. - Afflllates
of CFU Lodge 351 are hereby
advised that the next month
ly meeting will be held on
Saturday, May 7, 1855, at Z
PM, instead of on our regu-
lar meeting date which falls
on May list.
The change was necessita-
ted by the fact that our Ban
uuet is scheduled for May ]
and we would not like to have
anything stand in the way of
our members being in atten-
dance at this affair, which is
being held for the benefit of
the Lodge.
1t is of the utmost impor-
tance that all members at
tend our May meeting, since
we will have nominations for
Delegates to the 9th Quad
rennial Convention to be held
in Philadelphia, Pa, in Sep
tember. We have been noti-
fled by the CFU Home Office
that we are eligible to elect
six Delegates inasmuch as we
have twelve hundred mem
bers 80 let's have the majority
of these present at the vital
session.
At our annual meeting it
was decided that during the
months of June, July, August
and September we will hold
our sessions on Saturday at
ZOO PM, at the Croatian
Home, 1875 E. McNichols Rd.
More details about our
banquet may be obtained in
articles appearing in current
issues of the Zee" Don't for
get this event and also that
our Picnic will be held on
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Every waking moment be-
tween May 81 and July !
must be utilized if the 4th
National Junior Convention is
to be free of unnecessary de-
lays or other time wasting
bugs which usually plague
plans for handling a large
number of active people.
We must, therefore, adhere
strictly to the May 81 Cam
paign deadline and ask that
all concerned on the outside
Judge their future actions ac-
cordingly.
Home Office Set To Act
All train arrangements for
both Junior and Honorary
Convention Delegates will be
made by the Home Office at
Pittsburgh and tickets will be
forwarded all well in advance
of their departures for Gary
Hotel Accommodations in
Gary will likewise be made
by the Home Office, but on
ly for those actually quail
fled as Junior and Hon
orary Convention Delegates.
Guests desiring hotel rooms
in Gary may write the Home
Office and ask for reserva-
ton forms. But they will have
to act on their own after
that and reserve their own
rooms in the host city.
There will be one excep-
ton to this rule: - Parents,
close friends, wives or hus-
bands, desiring to accompany
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27
Youngstown Ladies In
Spring Party April 9th

Youngstown, Ohio - The
Ladies Auxiliary of the Gro
atian Home, 1912 West Fed
eral Street, will sponsor a
Bingo and Card Party, on
Wednesday, April 9th, at the
Home.
Along with this we intend
to have a Bake Sale and raf-
file of some beautiful lamps
We invite all our ladies and
gents to be on hand for the
event.
Speaking of you gents
there were quite a few OF
them present at our last af-
fair, so fellows, do not hest
tate to drop around and join
the fun.
Barbara MikOvich, Pub
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Bill CeIik Looms
As Duke Cage Ace

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Brother
William Celik, a member of
Liberty" Lodge 234, in the
Lawrenceville Dis trio t of
Pittsburgh, has just compile
ted his college apprenticeship
on the hardwood floor at Du-
quesne University with Coach
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Anyone who wishes to be-
come a writer should endea-
vor, before he allows himself
to be tempted by the more
snowy qualities, to be direct,
simple, brief, vigorous, and
lucid. - III. w. Fowler
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Thomas SchurIa
Is U-I Freshman

Chicago, iii. - The mem
bers of c. F. U. Lodge IT'S
proudly announce to the en-
tire CF'U membership the re-
cent transfer of Thomas John
Schurla from the Junior
ranks.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Schurla, Thomas is a
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Frisco Lodge 81 Seek
Has New Home Address

San Francisco, Calf. -
This is official notification to
all members of CFU Lodge
81, and to the parents of the
youngsters housed in Junior
Nest 282, that our new ad-
dress is 2600 Brayant Street,
San Francisco 10, Calf, tele-
phone AT. 8-1164.
May we also remind you to
check your dues books and
make sure that your assess
ment payments are up to
date. If not, contact us at the
earliest possible moment and
remedy the condition.
Leo Ubojcich, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27

June 19, 1855, at Clinton Val
ley Park, 19 - Mile Road, in
Vandyke. Rattle tickets for
this affair are now available.
Mark kramarich, Rec.
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Acceptance OF Non.SIav Applicants
Might Prove Future Asset To Society

tive Board members of his
change of heart" in advance
of the article in which he
took his surprising standing
against accepting non-Slav
applicants for membership.
Society's Future Welfare
Perhaps we are wrong in
holding that non-Slavs should
be accepted as members of
the Croatian Fraternal Union.
Perhaps we will make ene-
mics as the result of our be-
lief that such applicants
should be accepted as men,
bers.
However, we know that
no man can enter into any
great and far reaching
question without mourning
i'll feeling, animosity and
dislike on the part of those
who are against certain
proposals.
And yet we sincerely be-
lieve this to be an important
question, one directly con-
nected with the future well
fare of the Croatian Frater-
nal Union, one well worth dis
cussing on these pages for
the benefit of all interested
in the future of their Society.
What The Records Show
Let us, first of all, admit
to the fact that were it not
for our strong Junior Order,
the Croatian Fraternal Uni
on's progress these past few
years would have been virtu-
ally inconsequential.
The records at the Home
Office show that from 1946
to 1850 the Junior Order in
creased it's ranks by 2,661
new members and that from
1850 to 1854 it's rolls were
increased by another 2,751
new members. This period
covers the years prior to the
7th Convention and the end
of 1854, or the year preceding
our 9th Convention.
Let us now turn to the in
crease of new membership in
our Adult Department.
From 1943 to 1947, the
increase was 6,64O; 48O
during the next four years;
and an increase of just 247
new adults the past four
years. Thus i'm the span of
but a few years we dropped
from 6,64O to 247 members
in this respect.
And still, in spite of these
cold, hard facts, someone
would now argue with us that
there is mo good reason" for
changing our Bylaws in a
necessary effort to attract
more and more applicants to
Join the Croatian Fraternal
Union!
Prize, Award Payments
Let us go still deeper into
this singularly important
question of changing our
Bylaws to permit accep-
tance of non-Slavs as men,
bers' of our great Society.
During the years 1943-44-
1916 when the Adult Depart
ment was enriched by 6,64O
new members the Croatian
Fraternal Union rewarded it's
Campaign Field Workers in
the amount of $14,722.75 for
enrolling those APPLICANTS.
We might add that during
those years 1943-46 the Home
Office paid it's Campaign
Proposers a prize of $4.O0 per
each $1,000 written in new
insurance business.
During 1951-52-53-54
these prize payments soar
ed to $126,899.18 in the
Adult Department. Inclu-
ded i'm this sum are pay
ments made during that
time to Lodge Secretaries
who qualified for a Con-
servation Award Bonus.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27

Campaigns and the Lodge
Secretaries and Nest Mana
gers who qualified for Con-
servation Awards. In other
words, the money wasn't
thrown away"
However, some will say:
Wouldn't it have been far
better to have had paid Field
Men, or Organizers, working
during those years to bring
new members into our ranks
Wouldn't such paid operatives
have enrolled far more men,
bers than we actually signed?
In my mind there is no
doubt but what Field Men,
or Organizers, would bene-
fit the Croatian Fraternal
Union immensely, particu-
larly If they are still young
In years, aggressive and
ambitious, and have a COM
plete knowledge of our
Society.
But should we even enter
tain thoughts of Field Men
and at the same time limit
such potential workers of the
future to the strictly limited
recruiting field of Slavs only ?
Surely that we make little
or no sense in the end and
gain us nothing.
Let Us Be Reasonable
Let us be sensible, let us be
reasonable, and agree that
the times dictate that we
should change our methods of
thinking and operating &C
cordingly.
Let us be no less sensible
and agree that the Croatian
Fraternal Union would suffer
in no possible way if it were
to accept non-Slav applicants,
providing every such appli-
cant met all provisions Of our
Bylaws and did so without
any question.
Let us put no stock
whatsoever in the cry that
to accept non-Slavs would
"internationalize" the Soci-
ETY., or that the Croat char
acteristics of the Croatian
Fraternal Union would in
time completely disappear
from the scene. That isn't
true.
Let us also admit to the
fact that today the Croatian
Fraternal Union already
houses members of virtually
every nationality under the
sun as the result of inter-
marriage, that it is far -
very far - from being a
1000 Or o a ia n organiza-
tion."
In fact, no matter what
others may write and say, no
matter how they choose to
argue to the contrary, the
Croatian Fraternal Union, a.
bove all, is today as Amer
lean as any recognized insti-
tuition in the United States.
Who would - can - deny
that?
Now Up To Convention
Yes, this question of ac-
cepting non-Slavs as members
will come before the Dele
gates to our 9th Quadrennial
Convention at Philadelphia
next September.
There no doubt will be
arguments for and against
the proposal. But out of
them should come some
concrete decision which will
aid - and not deter - the
CrOatian Fraternal Union
in the future.
We have the utmost con-
fidence that the Delegates
will arrive at a sensible de-
cision and make certain that
the Croatian Fraternal Union
will progress after they leave
Philadelphia, for that is pre-
cisely why they will attend
that rofharinU
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27

Why do we whisper words
of praise, but shout criticism
for all to hear?
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-04-27

Does one ever resign from
oneself?
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What we have been denied
is precisely what we want.
Evening star., 1955-11-13

why no People FAlRT7 Next wssk an A.Ra.A.-
Approved article tells why. and gives so9r rIes evssy
ono slsouid know Cor 1FeakFnenE 81 fainAnFe.
Evening star., 1955-11-13

Ths rugged o-csdur ''J6"
posses ths ''sqssexs te.s"
shewn 0beva. even OTTER
yeoss Of FsgUl0E use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-22
Averi|I-LuttreII
Fracas Probed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. %
l(P. = Nashville Catcher Earl
IAverill. jr.. has been suspended
lby Charles Hurth. Southern AS
Isociation president, pending an
investigation of a fight during a
game, Saturday night in which
| Chattanooga Shortstop Lyle
Luttrell suffered a broken jaw
and a conclusion.
Averill is free under $500 bond
ION an assault and battery
IchaEge.. He also is the defendant
lin A $4,000 damage suit filed
for Luttrell.
The origin of the suit was not
clear, however. The Nashville
ETennessean said today the writ
of summons" handed Averill
Saturday night was not signed
by a plaintiff or notarized and it
listed conflicting dates for a
iklCdL iitS.
Luttrell was reported in good
condition at a Chattanooga hos
Ipital. Authorities said he will
probably be released tomorrow
The fracas came during the
fifth inning with Luttrell at bat.
A pitch by Nashville's Jerry Lane
repeatedly hit Luttrell on the
leg. Luttrell hurled his bat
toward the mound. Averill then
let loose with a hard right to
ILuttrell's jaw.
Other players Joined in the
fight. Police broke it up a few
minutes later. Luttrell was tax
en- to a hospital and Averill was
arrested in the dressing room.
Ironically. Lane and Luttrell
formerly were teammates with
the Washington Senators. Lut-
trell is still in the Washington
organization, but Lane was sold
to Cincinnati and then farmed
out.