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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
Recruiters Dream

All Slavs residing in the
United States and Canada
are eligible to affiliate with
the Croatian Fraternal
Union during It's 1856
Lets Visit Yugoslavia!"
Membership Campaign.
Some 10 million in num-
Der, they belong to one of
IL Slav groups: Bulgari-
ans; Byelo, or White, Rus
slams; Carpatho Russians;
Croatians; Czechs; Mace
domains; Poles; Russians;
Serbs; Slovaks; Slovenes;
and Ukrainians.
Any one of these eligi-
bles should consider it an
honor to be asked to join
the Croatian Fraternal
Union, for it is the largest
and most powerful organ
izatiOn of it's kind on earth.
1t has no peers in the fra
ternal life insurance bcne-
fit field!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

High Trial Board and for
many years a member of the
Society.
Honors will also be paid
the Lodge 1T pioneer, or Fiji
ty Year members.
There are no less than II
of these venerable, old time
fraternalists in the ranks Of
Lodge 1T. Several have been
members for more than 80
years, or S decades.
Arrange Fine Program
This Testimonial Banquet
will be held in the Church
Hall, ia North Alpine Street,
Los Angeles, and start at
$50 PM sharp.
An outstanding program
has been arranged as one of
the highlights of what should
be a great gathering. Noted
speakers will be heard and
entertainment is to be provi-
ded by the nationally famous
Crlenica Tamburitza Orches-
ira and others.
Tickets may be obtained
from the officers of Lodge
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

Trustees. He too was elect
ed during the Philadelphia
Convention of 1866.
Fourth among the five
foremost recruiters was Mike
Cindric, Uniontown, Penna.,
Lodge 70. He was down for
Al Points.
In fifth place came Philip
Zebich, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, Lodge GA Secretary.
His 80 Points gave him the
early lead over all Canadian
Field Workers.
Other interesting Campaign
news may be found on page
nine of today's English Sec
ton.
X X X
On o tie: - Approximately
so more Junior and Adult
membership applications were
received by the Home Office
Monday, January 16, the day
this issue went to press.)
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

day for the first 13 days o1
the Campaign. If the same
recruiting pace can be main.
tanned throughout the current
month, the Home Office
should be able to account for
more than 400 new member.
ship gains in both Depart
ments when January, 1856, is
relegated to history.
The weather at this time
of year being what it is,
the efforts expended afield
this January by our re-
cruiters is nothing short of
an amazing thing. Certain
ly we did not expect such
Campaign interest SO early
in the drive.
Not when it is remembered
that the Campaign will not
end until July 81 next, almost
seven months in the offing
or, as they say, "a long, long
way from here to there u
Hence our amazement.
JOhnstOWner Perennial
Five Field Workers, two OF
them Officials of the Croa.
tian Fraternal Union, made
splendid starts during the
first two weeks of January
Milan Skrtic, Campbell,
Ohio, Lodge 1876, topped the
five with u points.
Bro. Skrtic, Secretary of
his Lodge, is the President
of the Society's Board of
Trustees. He was elected to
the post during the 1865
Convention in Philadelphia.
In second place as of Janu-
ary 13 was Michael Batch,
Secretary of Johnstown, Pa,
Lodge 5 and a perennial Cam
paign leader.
He had 66 Points to his
credit, SO of them in the Sen
ior Department.
Early Canadian Leader
Third on the Recruiting
Hit Parade" as of Friday last
was John R. Mikan, Roches.
ter, Pa. He had 48 Points to
his credit, all of them in the
Junior Department.
The Secretary of Lodge
IS for years, bro. Mikan
is serving his first term as
a member of the Croatian
Fraternal Unions Board of
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

Clair Avenue. The Banquet
portion of the fete is sched-
uled to start at $50 PM.
An interesting, varied pro-
gram will highlight the after
dinner hour and dancing to
Frank Muza and his Blue
Danube Tamburitzans is to
climax the festivities.
Three speakers have al
ready announced their inten-
tions of attending.
Representing the Home
Office of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union at Pittsburgh
will be Supreme President v.
I. Mandich and English Edi-
tor of the Zajednicar Stephen
F. Brkich.
The third speaker will be
Thomas R. Balaban, former
General Counsel of the Gro
atian Fraternal Union and
now the First Deputy Insur-
ance Commissioner of the
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

1T, all of whom are leaving
nothing undone to make this
affair one of the finest So
cials in Lodge history.
First To Fill Office
Bro. Kovacevich was one
of three Lodge 1T Delegates
to the Croatian Fraternal
Unions 9th National Quad
rennial Convention, held Sep
tember 1926, 1866, in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
It was during the course of
that historic meeting that he
was elected to the office of
3rd Supreme Vice President
Of the Croatian Fraternal
Union. He is the first to hold
the post, which was originally
set up during the 1851 Con-
vention in Los Angeles and
made subject to- election at
Philadelphia last Fall.
incidentally, Lodge 1T is
the largest Lodge of the Gro
atian Fraternal Union West
Of the Mississippi River.
Committee
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

on, we still give a full free
years protection!
No One Can Top This
The above is conditioned
on the child being enrolled
within six months of birth
and CFU membership of at
least one of the parents.
Thus, since the first year
is entirely free, it leaves
only IL years in which dues
are collected. But that too
is not entirely correct, be-
cause we shall continue to
give the Annual Waivers of
5 months Term dues.
Oh, but that is not all. We
must keep in mind that at
transfer to lodge time, when
this contract terminates, the
Junior Order will refund a.
mother so cents for each year
of membership or a maximum
of $500.
liz Cents Monthly
Now if we compute the cost
of our Term certificate at 25
cents per month it gives us
a yearly total of So. For Is
years that would be $54.
Now let us compute the
credits. First year free cover
age equals So. For the next
II years five months waivers
reduce it another $17 and fl.
nally the transfer credit OF
SO brings the total to $29.
Actually, therefore, we are
receiving a full $500 Term
protection over a period OF
Is years for just $29. How
does this compare with a cost
of $64.80 for $1,000? On a
monthly basis your CFU is
giving you this Term protec.
ton for just 111a cents. Is
further proof needed that NO
one, but no one, can better
this offer?
Our $500 Term protec-
ton at a monthly cost of
just 11H cents certainly
needs no apology In any
comparison with a monthly
charge of 80 cents for
$1OOO-in effect 8 times
the cost for not even a du-
plicate in coverage.
Yes indeed, this is but one
of the many reasons why our
1856 Campaign is predestined
for success. Our Term Certi-
ficate may well be described
as a gift, a foot in the door to
further sales. "Zaista, nitko
nema sto Hrvati imaduw
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
Pitt Lodge ! Plans
Banquet In Honor Of
Four Supreme Officers
Quartet Members
OF Oldest Lodge

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Lodge l
of the Croatian Fraternal
Union, the Society's trail
blazing Lodge of 62 years
ago, will sponsor a Testimo-
nial Banquet and Dance on
Sunday, March 18, 1856.
The festivities are to be
held in the Lodge 1 Hall at
1916 East Ohio Street, North
Side Pittsburgh. Social de-
tails will be released on these
pages in due time.
Deemed Unique Record
The Testimonial Banquet
will be rendered in honor of
four members of Lodge /, all
ssofficials of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union.
They are Supreme Sec
retary Joseph Bella, Secre-
tary of the Sick Benefit
y Department John Ovcarich,
Supreme Treasurer Martin
Krasich and Medical Direc-
tor DIR. Francis j. Arch.
Bro. Bella first became an
official of the Society in 1947,
at which time he was elected
Junior Order Director. He
was elected Supreme Secre.
tary in 1851 and reelected to
the post in 1855.
Bro. Ovcarich is now in his
second term as Secretary OF
the Sick Benefit Department
He was first elected in 1851
and returned to office the
past year.
Bro. Krasich was first elec.
ted Supreme Treasurer via
referendum vote in 1943-44
He was reelected at the Con
ventions Of 1947, 1851 and
1855.
DR.. Arch is now in his third
term as the Society's Medical
Director. He made his official
debut in 1947 and was re.
turned to office by the Dele.
gates to the Conventions Of
1851 and 1855.
This is indeed a unique re-
cord in the history of this
old, old Lodge.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

er with both OF the basic re-
quisites of a successful drive.
The first of these is an at
tractive award. Here we have
really hit pay dirt, for what
could be more appealing,
more fabulous, than a full
months sojourn in scenic Yu-
goslavia, the land of our fa-
TIERS birth, the land with a
history spread over two mil.
lennii. And all this on the
house, yes on the CFU, for
just $50 Campaign Points.
The second prerequisite
to a campaign is the neces-
sity to equip our field wor-
kers with saleable goods
and most assuredly we now
have a line of wares second
to none. The organization
has just completed the
modernization of it's entire
portfolio of certificates and
they are the best in the
world.
AS time permits we will de-
scribe these one by one. For
the present we will limit our
discussion to but one and that
is our new CSC Term con-
tract, that peerless piece of
protection that is the envy OF
the insurance industry.
$64.8O For 18 Years!
Oh, we've already been ask
ed by some of our members
why did we not adopt a $1,000
Term certificate which others
have placed on the competi.
tive market. Well now, let us
analyze and compare this
competitive piece of goods
with our own.
In the first place, just be.
cause others have blindly &C.
cepted this certificate is rea-
son enough for us to desist,
for the CFU has always pri-
ded itself on being a leader,
and not a blind follower of
precedent.
Secondly, the cost to the
member was upped to 80
cents for the $1,000 and
upon termination "you're
out" You've paid in $64.8O
over a period of 18 years,
and admittedly, had the
benefit of mortuary protec-
ton for that period.
Now let us closely examine
the CFU's CSC Term con-
tract. It remains as the basic
unit of 5000 to be paid in full
should death strike. And
what is the cost - still 25
cents per month - but is it
really? Let us not forget that
despite the great increase in
Liability assumed by the Uni
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
Chicago Lodge 14S To
Mark 45th Anniversary
Sunday, April 18Th, 1855
Jr. Director And
Editor Will Speak

Chicago, Ill. - We are
pleased to announce that the
membership of 'Istarska Slo.
ga" Lodge 148 of the Croa.
tian Fraternal Union is plan.
ming a major social event.
Scheduled to take place
April Is, 1866, in the Croa.
tian Sokol Home, 1903 South
Racine Avenue, Chicago, the
gathering will be in the ma
ture of a public salute to the
45th Anniversary of Lodge
148 itself and the 40th An.
niversary of the Junior Or.
der of the Croatian Fraternal
Union. al
Two From Home Office 81
Plans call for an afternoon
program of speaking, enter
tainment, etc.
Officially invited to at
tend and thus represent
the Home Office of the So
ciety at Pittsburgh are
Junior Order Director Mi
chael Grasha and English
Editor of the Zajedni6ar
Stephen f. Brkich.
Both accepted their invita-.
tons the past week and are
looking forward to this ex-
traordinary day in the annals
of the membership of "Istar-
ska Sloga' Lodge 148.
Nick d. Sarich, Chair.
Arrangements Committee
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
Junior Order $500 Term Certificate
Countless Ways Better Than Anything
Competitors Can Offer In 100000 Line

Croatian Fraternal Union Ever Leader;
Never Follower In Giving Best For Least
BY Michael Grasha, Member, Campaign Committee
Pittsburgh, Pa. Our 1856 membership drive is in full
swing with dozens of campagners already in the produc
ton line New membership applications literally deug
ing headquarters and interest in the grand prize full
months 1856 CFU paid trip to Yugoslavia growing by
leaps and bounds Your Society has again been able to strike
another responsive chord for has provided the campaign
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
Los Angeles Lodge 1T Members Will
Honor Society's Third Vice President
Former Trial Board Member And Pioneers
To Share Spotlight With Math Kovacevich

Los Angeles, Calf. - Math Kovacevich 3rd Supreme
President of the Croatian Fraterna Union of America
will be rendered Testimonial Banquet here Sunday Janu
ary 20, by his fellow Lodge 1T members.
Sharing the spotlight and plaudts with bro. Kovace-
vich on the occasion will be Lodge 1T member Luka B.
Konjevod member of the Croatan Fraterna Unions
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

been enriched by LA Junior
and II Senior members, or
215 new members in all.
This is an average of bet
ter than 16 new members per
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18

. Adequate CFU Life In
surance can hold tragedy at
bay if you are suddenly taken
away from your family.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
United Lodges OF Cleveland Planning
Fete Honoring Trial Board President

Many Expected To Turn Out February 5th
For CityWide Salute To John Badovinac
BY Anna Rescic, Secretary United Lodges Committee
Cleveland Ohio - The United Croatian Fraternal Uni
Lodges of this city planning Testimonial Banquet
Sunday February s. honor of John Badovnac President
of the Society's High Trial Board.
This public salute bro Badovinac former Junior Or
der Director and Supreme Secretary of the Croatan Fra
Union is be held in the Croatan Home 6314 St.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-01-18
Milan Skrtic Takes Lead
In Ist Campaign Report
First 13 Days Of 1855 Drive Enrich
Junior, Adult Ranks By 215 Members
Michael Batch In Runnerup Position AS
Recruiters Start Cunning For Big Prize
BY Stephen f. Brkich Campaien Comm Secretary

II secretary
Pittsburgh, Pa - The Croaan Fraternal Unions 1866
Lets Visit Yugoslavia Membership Campaign the great
est such undertaking in the annals of the Society,"
amazingly successful start
Through Friday, January 13, since the beginning
January of the drive the Croatan Fraterna Union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
ReuItorWeek
Will Open
+ omorroW

The week beginning tomorrow
and ending the following Sun
day has been designated Ma
tional Realtor Week by the Ma
tional Association of Real Es-
tate Boards which is inaugrat-
ing the observance this year.
The name, Realtor. is one the
association applies to active
members of local real estate
boards and the national associa-
ton.
In observance Of the week
here, Harvey L. Jones, president
of the. Washington Real Estate
Board, issued a statement prais-
ing the work of the Realtors and
stating his belief that:
"A large volume of new-home
construction, the stepped-up re.
development and rehabilitation
program, easier home financing
terms and a more thorough
check system of home quality
have combined to make home.
more readily available and de.
sirable at this time"
| In addition, the Alexandria.
Arlington Fairfax Real Estate
Board has announced that Jen'
Inings Randolph, assistant to thu
president of Capital Airlines. vii
speak on 1.-THE Realtors Role il
building a Better Community
following a luncheon at moor
Thursday in the Terrace Room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
Winston, McAIIister
Ito Speak at DuIIus

Carey Winston, Of Washing
ton. chairman of the Mortgage
Bankers Association Of Americas
Educational Committee, and w
w. McAllister. chairman of the
Federal Home Loan Bank Boarc
here. will be two Of the speakers
Iat the Southwestern Senior Elk.
ecutives Conference in Dallas
Tex, March 1920.
The conference, which is spon-
Isored by the MBA in cooperation
with Southern Methodist Uni.
Iversity, is for executives of mort
gage lending and investing insti-
tutions at the administrative
level. 1t is the second such con-
ference that the association has
Iset up, the first having been held
each January at New York Uni
Iversity for the past II years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10

of the National Airport. The
luncheon is being given by the
board in observance of National
Realtor Week.
Gov. McKeldin Of Maryland
has issued proclamation urg-
ing citizens Of Maryland to join
me in extending warmest wishes
and congratulations to the Real
tors of this State"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
FORUM
By NORMA and DON

cupboard. Then use an empty
salt carton with pouring spout
as your everyday flour or sugar
dispenser.
| This eliminates the need to
reach down your bulk reserve
supplies for such small and fire.
quent jobs as Touring chicken,
thickening gravy, or sweetening
salad dressing.
/ Other cooking short cuts: hang
IA one-cup measuring cup and a
pair of kitchen sissors near your
range or your food preparation
area. The -sisSors are wonderful
time-savers in making green
salads or cutting up a number of
types of spices, while the meas
Iuring cup is one of the most
used of all kitchen tools in
modern cooking.
I Those Picture Windows -
There are many attractive ar
rangements of curtains ano
/ Grapes on picture windows which
will let in the light and, al
the same time, close of an un-
| pleasant view.
These include cafe curtains
glass curtains with Venetian
shades, and, in extreme cases
/ covering the window with trans
lucent, decorative plastic ma
/ terials.
i Picture windows which have
I attractive views, however, re-
/ quire a different treatment. One
very satisfactory solution is tt
use a decorative roller shade
/ which matches the material Of
the curtains.
This both makes the view
more attractive by giving it q
decorative frame, and tends tc
unity the wide picture window
1t has the added advantage Of
eliminating the problem of dust
/ ing wide Venetian shades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10

i Sprucing Up ClOsets-If you
are about to give your closets
their yearly spring cleaning,
here are a few suggestions which
might be helpful. One OF the
main problems, of course, is in
trying to keep the closets neat
looking after they are re-organ-
'Iized-especially difficult because
|Iof the need to store so many
unrelated items in them.
Apartment clothes closets
Iofen are used to store out-of-
|season blankets, luggage and
the vacuum cleaner. The linen
closet may contain such items as
1.-THE extra set of dishes or cans
! of paint left over from touching
UP your furniture.
Much of the appearance OF
clutter can be reduced by uni
| flying items on closet shelves
into a single decorative scheme
IiCover the shelf with a bright,
small-print wallpaper or Other
decorative paper. Then use the
same paper to cover the lids OF
hat boxes and the tops OF
blanket boxes.
For Wall Cover
You can also cover the back
wall of the closet above the shell
with the same paper by using
pressure sensitive tape which
has adhesive on both sides, OF
by using a paper or plastic which
comes with adhesive on the back
The paper can be removed
whenever you wish without
/ damage to the walls.
You'll be surprised at what q
neat appearance this decorative
treatment will give to even your
most difficult closets.
A useful trick in keeping linen
closets neat looking is to fold
your towels in sets of three or
four-or whatever number you
use when you put out clean
towels. And fold sheets and
pillow cases together in packets
for the weekly changing of beds,
This package" approach helps
to eliminate the usual shutting
through stacks of sheets and
towels every week which tends to
give the linen closet rag-bag
look.
Cooking Short Cuts-When
you reach for the flour In your
kitchen, do you have to wrestle
with three or four large canisters.
prying off the lid of each before
you find what you want? Then
dip out the flour with a cup or
measuring spoon?
If you do. you may benefit
from studying the do-it-yourself
trend a bit more closely. Do-it-
iyourSelferS sooner or later dis
cover that no job is really diff
cult if you have the proper ma
terials to work with. And the
same thing is true where cook
ing in small kitchens is con-
,cerned.
Bulk storage of items such as
-four and sugar is always a
problem in small kitchens.
Varied Solutions.
A simple way to handle this
problem is to store reserve sup
plies of this kind in glass jars
or in clearly labeled canisters
10patpd in the hack 0f q kifphen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
Varied Solutions.

/ A simple way to handle this
problem is to store reserve sup
plies Of this kind in glass jars
or in clearly labeled canisters
located in the back of a kitchen
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-11-22
Services Held Monday For Pandora Couple
Killed In Auto Truck Crash I'm Iowa

20, 1912 he and Mrs. Neill, the form
er Bessie Wirth, were married.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Laura Bracy of Pandora; Mrs.
Wayne Schumacher of Lafayette; a
son, Wilbur of Bluffton rural route;
brothers, Ora of Ottawa, and Robert
of Van Vert; sister, Mrs. Lynn
McElderly of Columbus Grove and IL
grandchildren.
Mrs. Neill was born August 21,
1892 in Putnam county. Surviving in
addition to the children, are a brother
G. F. Wirth, and a sister, Mrs. Fred
Schey, both of Leipsic.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-11-22

Final rites were held Monday from
the Pandora Methodist church for
Louis A. Neill, II, and his wife, Bes-
sic, 63, who were killed Thursday
afternoon of last week in an auto
truck crash near Corydon, Iowa.
The Rev. William Reeves officiated
at the double funeral and burial was
in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neill lived in Pan
dora, and were visiting relatives in
Iowa at the time of the accident.
Their auto collided with bread truck
at the junction of highways Cd and
2 near Corydon.
Mr.. Neill was born December s,
1885 in Putnam county. On March
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-11-22
Cor-Cranaer NuptiaIs
To Be SOLenay,ized

December z has been set as the
date of the wedding of Miss Patsy
Cox, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert d. Cox of Roundhead, and Paul
H. Cramer Jr., Lima, son of the Rev.
Paul H. Cramer former pastor of
the Bluffton Methodist church.
The wedding will be performed by
the bridegroom's father at the Round
head Methodist church. A reception
will follow in the church social
rooms.
Miss Cox was graduated from Ohio
Northern university, Ada, and is
employed as teacher in the Kenton
City School System.
Her fiance is attending ONU,
where he is majoring in physical
education. Mr.. Cramer is also en-
ployed at the Kewpee hotel, Lima.
ONE BUSHEL of fall apples will
yield from 31a to 4 gallons of cider