ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-04-10

Sports.Educationa| Department viii
Support Qualified Junior koIo Clubs
Aid To National, State Pin Tournaments
Recommended Anew BY Department Director
Supreme Board of Directors
of the Croatian Fraternal Union of America
Esteemed Sister and Brothers.
In covering the last six months of 1856 bring into
review by reference only the successful Midwest Golf Tour
nament Gary Indiana and the Softball Tournament in
Youngstown Ohio The latter climax to most of the
lodges which engage in that sport
We were honored by the Executive Board to conduct
the american Contributions from Croatia" program
Pittsburghs educational T-V station, WQED.
Carrying out your decision of the September 1856
semi-annual session. hundred copies of DR.. Nkola
Tesas photography were mailed to all of the larger uni
verses and technical colleges in the United States and
Canada The receipt of many acknowledgements attest
to the fact that the photography well received.
The 1956-57 bowling got off to its usual en-
AS usual the major portion of the sports
must still be prepared to the form in which it finally
appears in the Zajedncar.
In the field of folk dancing point to the well
activity of Nest 242 in So Chicago of Youngstown
and Greater Pittsburgh. is recommendation that Koo
and Junior Tamburza groups be given financial aid Ill
amounts ranging up $4,000 annually upon application.
The would be Nest granted
would be governed by the number participating Final ap-
prova any group would rest solely with the Execu
tive Board.
year ago. in similar report, we made reference
to making contacts for a Croatian reader grammar.
Now pleased to report that source for such
textbook 'Introducton to the SerbO- -Croatian Ian
guage" by DIR. Thomas F. Magner of the University of
Minnesota has been made. With due and proper publ
city in the Ia encar and the Junior Magazine hun
copies of the book have been handled through this
Department. indicating that Americans and Canadians
of Croatan descent not ashamed and want to gain
better command of their parents language if provided
with the means.
The requests for plays though not phenomenal, con-
tnue We also receive requests for showing the two CFU
films, being handled out of this Department
We position to give you detailing of the
Sports Educational Fund expenditures which otaled
$229488 Of it $14O797 went for basketba bowling cost
$11 ,00317; softbabasebal, S68715 golf $53873; folk
dancing, $27294; books, $77351 miscellaneous S5438;
newspaper cuts $12640 administration $60OOO0 and Of
al travelling 81 33063. Junior activity aided to
amount, in the above figures, for $161985.
We suggest that you reaffi clarity the September
1858 Supreme Board decision to appropriate necessary
amount for Juniors activities Nothing for the years 1854
and 1856 made for Juniors activities.
If it is your wish to annually decide suggest that
the so-called national bowling tournaments Tenpin
Duckpin, Five Pin, Montana State and California State
receive appropriation heretofore, their prize
funds based $3.50 for each oman adult team en-
tered
We shall be glad to detail any part of this report if
you so desire
Respectfully submitted