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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

bled, face to face, in the BEAU
tiful Carnegie Music Hall is
such an enjoyable experience
that from year to year the
choirs develop many un-
expected program possible
ties.
And FANS" as it were, ga
ther from far and near, not
only to hear the carolers, but
to "get into the act" them
selves - when DR.. Bidwell
leads the Community Singing.
Costumed choirs seated
everywhere about the audi
torium create a kaleidoscO-
pic pageant in themselves.
But the Pageant of the
Trees" with it's hundred Her
itage Representatives bearing
their symbolical offerings one
by one across the stage adds
poignant heart-appeal to the
spectacle.
In recent years Exchange
Students from several of
Pittsburgh's colleges, togeth-
er with other visitors from
far off lands, give global ex-
tension to the Festivals mes
sage.
Twenty-Four Groups
The roster Of Heritage
Songs in this years program
Will iIlClUuC.
Austrian; Bulgarian; Chi
nese; Croatian; French; Ger
man; Greek; Irish; Italian;
Latin; Lithuanian; Magyar;
Negroi Polish; Portuguese;
Russian; Scottish; Serbian;
Slovak; Slovenian; Spanish;
Syrian; Ukrainian; Welsh.
Also, this year, for the first
time in the Festivals history,
an ancient Japanese New
Years melody will be heard.
A small choir of visiting ia
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
Fonfana Members Put
Benefit Over The Ton

FONTANA, Calf. - It is
with great pride that CFU
Lodge $50 announces that the
Cancer Benefit, held October
18, was a great success.
We wish to express our
thanks to such wonderful peo-
pie as Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Devcic for their generosity in
donating all the fresh fish
that was served at the benefit
dinner and also to Mrs. Steve
Malek, formerly Mary 'Tadich,
for the sale of the most tic
kets.
We must not forget our
Doctor TicinOvich, who
took time out from his busy
schedule to show us films
on cancer and to give us
some advice on this dread
full disease.
Thanks also to all our men,
bers and friends for their fine
cooperation in making this af"
fair one of the most success
full.
Just a reminder to all mem.
bers, this month is our yearly
meeting. Please try to be
there, for without you all, we
will not be able to continue to
progress as we have in the
past.
Marcia r. Rakich, Pub.
The Croatian Fraternal
Union was organized In
1894.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
weIIand Lodge b17 In
Warning To Membership

WELLAND, Ont. - At the
October Z meeting Of Lodge
GIT Of the Croatian Fraternal
Union it was decided by the
attending members that all
delinquent members be Off
cially reminded to meet their
obligations.
Every member, still owing
two months dues or more by
the end of the month, will be
placed on reserve or suspen-
ded, whichever case may ap-
ply.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

to share with one another
their Christmas music and
customs.
This they did with pleasure
and satisfaction, and at the
same time discovered an ex-
cellent way to encourage the
preservation Of their cher
ished traditions.
The initial program in
1887 was welcomed to
Carnegie Music Hall by DIR.
Marshall Bidwell, it's Musi-
cal Director.
Today's more elaborate
program fulfills the same
urge to share hallowed
Christmas observances.
MinOrities? No!
Now, none of the Festival
folks think of themselves as
belonging to "minorities" -
whatever the date of their
ancestors arrival upon these
shores.
All are citizens of the Uni
ted States of America, and
are in the Festival program
as "He r ia e Representa-
tives," demonstrating their
Americanism all the more
Loyalty by treasuring the cul-
tural heirlooms of their for
bears.
After all, why should
! people of Croatian, Ukrai-
nian, Lithuanian, Lebanese,
British, German, Irish - or
any other cultural extrac-
ton - hug tightly to them
selves their part cular
Christmas traditions?
Thus each of the twenty OF
more sdifferents choirs bring
to the, Festival "a, favorite ca;
rol; and this IS usually sung
in the language of its origin
All Get Into Act
tsj-fl 'S.. ? 'f.L H "a.
Finding themselves assem-.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
Most CoIorfu OF Kind In North America
In united We SING" Festival December Is

PITTSBURGH - The United We Sing" Christmas
Festival two presentations will be held this year on
Sunday December 15 at 23O and 43O pm There ad
mission charge and the doors of Carnegie Music Hail. Oak
land, open at and pm.
This unique Christmas event Pittsburgh Natural"
which instituted twenty ago in response to
impulse in the hearts of many of the Cs cultural groups
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
Conway's Croat Home
Scene OF Sal. Dances

CONWAY, Pa. - Th e
members of Unity" Lodge
$40 take pleasure in announc-
ing that they are sponsoring
a series of Fall and Winter
Saturday evening dances.
The next such social ses-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
Ambridge Seek Wants
To Balance His Books

AMBRIDGE, Pa. - The
Secretary Of CF'U Lodge 304
wishes to remind all his men,
bers to have their dues paid
up by December 20.
This action by all the men,
bers is necessary so that the
books may be in order for the
yearly audit.
Fred Perich, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

. America is now cultural
ly mature and is as much con-
cerned with art, literature and
music as with bubble-gum,
blue jeans and Hollywood.
- London telegraph"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
Xmas Traditions
Are Centuries Old

Continued from Page 81
candles.
Christmas books say that
the trees bloOmed the night
Christ was born; the
Christmas tree is decorated
in red and other bright col
ors to mark the night.
Martin Luther, history re-
veals, in trying to explain to
his wife the wonders of the
Christmas night he had seen
on his walk home through the
woods under the tars,
brought in a fir tree.
Placing candles on it, he
said: This is like the Xmas
sky. 1t is a Christmas tree"
The Christmas Flower
Our history books tell an a
musing story.
Queen Victoria, who want
ed to continue the Christmas
candle tradition, kept a SER
want standing at attention by
her tree, ready with a pail of
water to douse the candles
should a fire start.
Even today, green and
green trees are part of the
ceremonies of many lands. In
Scandinavia green branches
are tied to trees and fences at
Christmas, perhaps an echo
of the old hope that spring
might be enticed to come a.
gain across the snow.
Red, too, has many roots,
Vassarette researchers re-
port. The Greeks wore red
robes to symbolic sacrifice
and love, sentiments carried
over to the Christmas season.
Old Saint Nicholas wore a
bright red robe and Santa
Claus wears a red suit and
rides a red sleigh behind his
red-nosed reindeers.
Interestingly, the poin-
settia, known universally as
the Christmas flower, a
chieved that status only
slightly more than a CEN
tury ago.
1t was brought from Mex
leo to the United States in
1885 by Mexican ambassador
Joel Roberts Poinsett and
was adopted as the Christmas
flower for it's colors - dark
green leaves below, and a flat
cluster of scarlet leaves sur.
rounding the flowers at the
top of the stalk.
English Loved Carols
We wear our gayest clothes
at Christmas time, and whe.
ther we know it or not, ar
ancient custom is honored
when we do.
Christmas in medieval Eu'
rope was a gala affair - last
ing IL days and eliminating
in a great celebration or
Twelfth Night.
People wore their finest
garments in honor of the
holiday, and spent their time
at feasts and pageants, tour
naments, masquerades and
plays, in which, often, ever
the guests dressed up ano
played a part.
Christmas caroling, de
veloped to it's fullest in
England, was done by
bands of carolers attired in
the gayest of colors who
went from home to home
bringing Christmas cheer
with their songs.
! And red, above all Other
colors, has remained with
Christmas because it's bright
and warm and CHEEKY.
The old English carol in
!structing us to "deck the
halls" says, don we now oul
gay apparel" And appropri'
,toI1, co for of oil tho ho1i
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11
Scholarship Aid Wonderful Thing

\NOuCAuucu Hrs
mistaken idea about our ,
true purpose, how can we
expect the common people
in Yugoslavia to know what
we really are:
No wonder we so often re-
ceive pleading letters, asking
us to help the writer build a
house for him, or buy him a
tractor or at least a motor
cycle, or help find him a suit
able mate for a female BEAU
ty, who is just dying to come
to America.
While many of these letters
are pathetic, one can not help
but grin at others who, in
their ignorance, ask for i'm
possible things.
These MISUNDERSTANDING
stem from the years imme-
diately following World
War Two. The CFU and its
members went all-out to
collect money and clothing
with which to help our war
stricken brethren.
1t was then that thousands
of people received help from
us. And so they began to be-
lieve that the CF'U Is a great
mother Of charity and that
all anyone needs to do is
write to her and his desire
will be fulfilled.
OF course we would have
liked to extend much more
help if possible, but the need
was too great and our means
too limited.
This shows the difference
between a true fraternal So
ciety and the old line insur-
ance company. One has a
warm, brotherly heart, while
the other is a cold, business
proposition that shows no
mercy to anyone not able to
live up to it's contract.
While all fraternals extend
aid to their members when in
need, the CFU, no doubt,
stands among the foremost in
this respect.
Scholarship History
Not only did the CF'U in
countless instances help it's
members financially, it also
extended aid in the field of
education.
During the last decade it
contributed thousands of dol
lars in scholarship aid to our
deserving students. The a.
mount of each of these scho-
larships ranged from one to
two hundred dollars.
Not big money, to be sure,
but nevertheless a substan-
tial help to the student.
Last year as well as this
year, we have paid out
twenty scholarships, each
amounting to $4,000, to
the most promising stu
dents. A special Scholar
ship Fund is now in the
making from which we may
be able to offer more sub
stantial sums to more stu
dents.
Our school system is such
that much valuable talent
goes to waste each year. Be-
cause of financial inability,
parents can not send their
children to college, even
though they may have special
ability for a certain profess
sion.
Thus many a youngster, in
stead of becoming a doctor or
an engineer, finds himself
driving a truck, while the
country cries for more doc
tors, scientists, nurses, teach.
ers and others.
To partially correct this sit
uation, any corporations
now give scholarships to stu
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

sM rage o.
backward country, Is now
turning out more engineers
and scientists than the United
States.
Until the launching of Sput-
mix, they did not believe this,
but now they know otherwise.
This is not hard to under
stand.
There the state pays all the
expenses of schooling. AS
soon as a pupil shows special
talent and interest for a sub
ject, especially mathematics,
he is picked out to study that.
Besides, all youngsters
must study mathematics
for ten years during their
course of studies. Since
they have no financial wor-
ries, they devote their en-
tire time to the school.
The state takes care of
them until they graduate and
are ready to 60 to work. Of
course they must then work
for the state wherever they
are sent, something we Amer
leans would never consent to,
as we want to be free agents
to 60 whenever we want and
wherever opportunity calls.
So, the people will have to
see through combined efforts
that our bright and deserving
students get a chance to de-
velop their talents. There are
plenty of young people who
would become a credit to us
if we only give them the ne
cessary means.
Cast Thy Bread ..
The C.F.U. can contribute
it's bit toward this noble pur-
pose by granting more and
bigger scholarships.
And, in return, those who
are thus being helped should
do their share by repaying,
when they once become estab-
lished, what they have re-
ceived, so that others can be
aided in the same manner.
In fact, we believe that
all scholarships should be
considered as loans, to be
repaid when the recipient is
established and begins
making money.
Of course a III ese loans
should not be put in the same
category as other convention
al borrowings that bear inter
est and must be met on a Ger.
tain date.
Instead they would be con.
sidered as honor debts and
would bear no interest, to be
repaid at their convenience.
This would have to be clear.
ly understood at the time the
scholarship is granted, so that
the student would know that
he is obligated to repay the
loan when he is able to do so.
A Long Range Program
Since only the better stu.
dents with above average
marks are usually chosen for
scholarships, few will drop out
before graduation.
The majority will in time
secure lucrative positions,
commanding good salaries
or will 60 into their own
/ practice.
As such they will be able to
pay the loan easily and hav.
ing responsible positions they
will, no doubt, do so, instead
Of forgetting all about it, as is
the case now, when they know
they are not obligated in any
way.
This, of course, is q long
range program. But if il
would work - and we believe
it would - we could in time
grant many more and better
scholarships, for which there
will be a greater need as edu.
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sion is to be held Saturday,
Dec. 14th, in the Lodge $40
Croatian Home Trophy Room.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

Dancing will begin at 9 pm.
and last until the proverbial
wee hours of the morn.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

The Croatian Fraternal
Union was organized In
1894.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-12-11

Americans can not UNDER
stand why Russia, a so-called
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
TO CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY
State BPW Club Invited To
Attend Local Clubs Eighth
Anniversary Celebration
MONDAY, APRIL Is

The Smyrna-Clayton Business
and Professional Womens Club
will celebrate the eighth anniver-
sary at The Wayside Inn on Mon
day, April Is at $50 pm. All
clubs in the state have been, in
vited. Mrs. Lillian Smith, vice
president; Mrs. Anne Mills, hos
pitality chairman; and Miss Esth-
er jefferson, historian, comprise
the committee arranging the pro-
gram. Miss Ruth Ellen Reihm,
state BPW president, will speak
on Approaching the Past, Anti
cipating the Future" This will
be the last meeting before the
state convention in New Castle
on May AS. Delegates to the
convention are Mrs. Helen Dea-
kyne and Mrs. Lillian Smith; al
ternates, Mrs. Gwendolyn Smack
and Mrs. Catherine Bailey.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
CHURCH GROUP
PLANS EVENTS
st. Peters Church Auxiliary
Plans Many Spring Events
at Meeting Tuesday
NAME DELEGATES

Plans were made for many
spring events at the regular meet
ing of the Woman's Auxiliary of
st. Peters Episcopal Church
Tuesday night. Mrs. ]. Edward
Tikiob, Rehoboth Beach, educa-
ton secretary for the diocesan
Woman's Auxiliary, was guest
of the group and spoke on the
true function of a parish, empha-
sizing the new approach to Chris
tian education for the entire par
ish. Mrs. Frank Greenwich, local
educational secretary, presented
the speaker. The auxiliary voted
to make a convention pledge of
SIS toward "Inglesiden1. the first
unit sponsored by the Episcopal
Church Foundation. Delegates and
alternates were named to attend
the annual diocesan meeting to
be held at the Cathedral Church
of st. John, Wilmington, on We'd
nesday, May 8. Delegates are Mrs.
F. S. Bancroft and Mrs. James
Rodney; alternates: Mrs. Fred
Heinold, Sr. and Mrs. Henry c.
Webb. A white elephant sale will
be held at Rodney's garage on
Continued on Page Twelve
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
ORGANIZE TEEN-AGE CLUB
Confraternity Club Formed at st.
Joseph's Church, Clayton

Harold Mofitt of Clayton was
elected president of the recently
organized st. Joseph's Teen-Age
Confraternity Club of st. Joseph's
Church, Clayton, at a recent
meeting held in the administra-
ton building auditorium. Raymond
Westrod of Clayton received the
office of vice president, Miss San
dra Thornton of Clayton was
named secretary, and Miss Ann
Rogers of Smyrna became trea-
surer. The young ladies of the
club will continue to form COM
mittee assisting Mrs. William
Horney, councillor, in providing
refreshments for the meetings,
and Charles Mast of Clayton was
named to carry on the Teen-Age
Clubs project of posting the Leg
ion of Decency ratings of moving
pictures shown in theatres of this
vicinity. The third Sunday of
each month was selected for
monthly Communion Sunday, and
the members of the club will re-
ceive Holy Communion in a body
at the 9 am. Mass on that Sun
day every month.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
GRANGE TO SEE SLIDES
Harry G. johnson win Show
Slides of Recent West Coast Trip

harry ". JOInSOH VIII snow
Slides of Recent West Coast Trip
Harry G. Johnson, past state
master, will show slides of
recent trip to the west coast at
the regular meeting of the Smyr-
ma Grange Thursday on a pro-
gram arranged by the lecturer,
Mrs. Norman Shorts. Mrs. James
r. Fleming, master, has accepted
certificate of award for service
at the USO, given in recognition
of the USO's 18th anniversary.
Mrs. Charles Dukes, community
service chairman, is assisting with
the cancer drive in the rural
area. Fifteen local grange men,
bers attended the Pomona Grange
meeting held at Trophy Grange
FELTON,. The next Kent County
visiting program will be held at
Kenton Grange on Tuesday, April
16 at pm. in the Kenton School
Fruitland Grange will present the
emblem of the "Three Graces" to
Chapman Shockley, master of the
Kenton Grange. A plant ex-
change will be a special feature
of the program. {
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Applications Now Being Accepted
for Van Gasken Scholarship

Applications Now Being Accepted
for Van Gasken Scholarship
If you are graduate of Smyr-
ma High School and would like to
be considered for the Van Cas-
ken Scholarship Award, your
application should be mailed at
once to Mr.. George v. Kirk, Sec
rotary, Board of Education, Smyr-
ma, Delaware. The VanGasken
Scholarship Award, made possible
through the will of the late DR..
Frances Van Gasken, in memory
of her father, is awarded annual
ly by the Board of Education of
the Smyrna Special School Dis
trict. Letters of application need
state only the interest of the STU
dent and the plans for his or her
education, as regards the institu-
ton to be attended. The benefits
of the award are made in two
installments, paid one half at the
beginning of each semester to the
institution attended by the sue
cessful applicant. School officials
stressed the fact that all applica-
tions must be in the school Office
by Monday, April %, 1857.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
ROTARY HEARS
FIREMAN TALK
Robert Jacobs Tells of Effort
to Form Volunteers from
Boys Ia to, Is Years
FINE EQUIPMENT

The Citizens Hose Company is
interested in forming a company
of future volunteer firemen of
boys fourteen to eighteen years
of age, Robert Jacobs, president
of the fire company said in a
speech at the Smyrna Rotary
Club last Thursday night. William
Willis was chairman of the pro-
gram. The fire company has 1877
members, rs per cent being ac-
tive, with five pieces of equip
ment valued at more than $780,
900, the speaker stated. The life
of any piece of apparatus is fif-
teen years, according to under
writer's, he continued, telling of
the modern use of chemicals in
fire fighting, with special crews
on duty in emergencies, and all
active firemen fully equipped with
rubber clothing, including boots.
Referring to the history of the
company, he said that the fire
house was built in 1924 and has
been in constant use since. The
original bell, now used to notify
residents that the town water
will be turned off, was purchased
in 1887. Real estate is estimated
at a value of $150,000; the aver
age attendance at fires is q men;
fire schools are held bi-monthly;
over mile of hose is ready for
service; fire inspection of homes
and business places is made an
nually; a rural identification sys-
tenn is in effect, were aiming the
facts related by the speaker. DR..
c. j. Prickett gave the response.
Birthday greetings were extended
Harry P. Jones and Hal Wick
ham. Edward S. Wilson, Jr., pres
ident, announced the district con-
ference being held at Atlantic
City April Is, IA, and 10.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
AIR DEFENSE
INFORMATION
"Sky-O-R Rama" Trailer To Be
in Smyrna for Four
Days This Week
TO GIVE INFORMATION

Local residents will get an OPP
portunity to get up-to-date infor-
nation about our nations Air De-
Tense system at first hand this
week as a newly created and
equipped "Sky-O-Rama" trailer
visits Smyrna. The 22-foot trailer,
completely modernized and equip
ped for the purpose at the state
Civil Defense headquarters in
Delaware City, has been schedul-
ed to visit Smyrna for four days.
1t is parked across from the Post
Office and will be open to the
public from 10 am. to 6 pm. on
and Saturday, and from
10 am. to pm. on Friday, ac-
cording to Mrs. June G. Anthony,
supervisor of the local Ground
Observer Corps plane spotting
station, sponsors of the trailer's
visit. Fluorescent lighting, sound
equipment and a movie protector,
with seating for approximately 20
persons at time, are special fea-
lures of the display van, and ex-
hibits and displays Inning the
walls will portray the complete
cycle of Air Defense, from the
Ground Observers report from
the local station, to the ultimate
destruction of an attacking bomb
er. II think a great many people
in the area have heard something
about the Ground Observer Corps,
through the papers or on radio,
but do not fully understand how
the Air Defense system includes
the plane spoilers reports in our
overall defense program, Mrs
Anthony said. During the trail
er's stopover in Smyrna, Major
William E. Blagg, Air Force
Ground Observer Corps Coordin-
ator for Delaware, and Sergeant
William r. Parman, COO Train
ing Specialist, will be on hand
to conduct visitors through the
trailer and to answer their ques-
tions about the Air Defense sys-
tem," Mrs. Anthony explained. I'm
addition, volunteers from our OBJ
servation post will be on duty at
the trailer to help additional vol
unteers choose their duty assign
ments, give them initial training
through a training film, and to
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1957-04-11
SPEAKER AT CLAYTON LIONS
Major G. G. Allen, of Dover Air
Base Gave Talk Tuesday Night

Base Gave Talk Tuesday Night
The Clayton Lions Club heard
an informative talk by Major C.
G. Allen, Dover Air Force Base,
at their meeting Tuesday night
on a program arranged by Joseph
w. Ennis, president, who intro
duced the speaker. Major Allen
illustrated his talk with slides on
the airlift, or "box car" operation
out of the Dover base to far
away bases, saying that as many
as eleven trips are made each
week to one base alone, carrying
tons of fresh vegetables, medical
supplies, and other needed articles.
Joseph McClements, Albert Pleas
anton, and Mr.. Ennis were named
delegates to the Lions district
convention to be held at the Chal-
fonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City
starting May s2S. w. Henry En-
mis-, a member of the Clayton
Lions Club will be a candidate
for district governor. The Clay
ton Club will participate in the
annual District % dinner meeting
at Fourier Hall, Wilmington on
April %. There are two hospital
beds and two chairs available to
any person in the community
needing them, the Lions have an
nounced.