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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Group of Forty In a Show To Remember!
Steetons Ko|o Club Marian In Annual Concert April II

STEELTON, Pa. - 7 h e
kolo Club Marian will stage
it's Annual Concert on Sun
day, April 9th.
The program will get un-
der way at 500 pm, sharp,
in the st. Mary's Auditori-
UNI, Second and Hoffer SITS.
This group of 40 young
sters, more than half of
whom are CFU members,
will provide entertainment
with a whole new show of
songs, dances and instru-
mental selections.
The club members are ex-
erting every effort so that
they may give their best per-
formance.
We extend a most cordial
invitation to all our friends of
Steelton and the neighboring
towns, and especially to men,
bers of the Croatian Frater-
nal Union of America.
Barbara A. YablOn, Pres.
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Croats, Serbs, Others In Limelight May 9Th
Third Annual Pitt Folk Festival Will Be ThreeDay Affair

seech your purchase of ad-
mission tickets.
At the present they can
be had at the C.F.U. Home
Office and the Etna Lodge
4 Home in Etna, Pa.
Arrangements are tentative
at the present to have them
available at Javor Hall and
the American Croatian Club
in North Side and South Side
Pittsburgh, respectively.
Nothing But The Best
The Croatian Exhibit can
be seen over all three eve
nings.
The same holds true for the
Croatian Market Booth which,
stated by the ladies of the
Parents of the Alumni Of Du-
quesne University Tamburitz-
ans, will be catering Croatian
foodstuffs and delicacies at
a nominal sum.
The Festival has only a cul-
tural motive; there is no COM
mercialization or profit angle.
Advertising during the Festi-
val is not permitted.
Duquesne University and
the participating groups de-
sire but to cover expenses.
Under these conditions, we
think that this 3rd Pittsburgh
Folk Festival deserves your
support.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Big Business

CTRANGE AS it may sound in these times,
- the first quarter of 1858 found Amer
lean life insurance sales soaring to the high
est point in the history of the industry.
Which can only mean that while fam
lilies in the US.A. were cutting $$$ corners
here and there during January, February
and March, they still saw fit to pour mil
lions with confidence - into the No.
investment on earth, life insurance.
Our Field Workers should stress this
point during the present Campaign.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Croatian Language Assuming Natl Importance
Russias Sputnik Brought SIav Peoples To Forefront
letters) Ona napisala pis'-
mo bratu.

letters) Ona napisala pis'-
mo bratu.
This is not to say that the
best way to study Russian is
through Croatian; obviously,
for one with no knowledge of
a Slavic language the most
direct way to master Russian
is to study Russian. -
However, for those who al
ready have a base in Croatian,
it is possible to perfect the
knowledge of Croatian, a very
desirable goal in itself, and
then to move to a study Of
one of the related Slavic Ian
guages with confidence and
understanding.
Times Have Changed
When America was young
and immature, it was the
popular thing for children Of
immigrants to ignore the Ian
guage Of their parents and to
immerse themselves as rapid
ly as possible in American
society.
Rather than feeling pride
in being able to speak two
languages, these children re-
sponded to the anti-foreign
climate by separating them
selves from their ancestral
language and culture.
This has been the story
of many immigrant groups,
and many Croat-Americans
will recall that their own
behavior followed a similar
pattern.
Times have indeed changed
and many thoughtful Amer
leans feel a debt of gratitude
to little Sputnik for shocking
America into reality.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23

PITTSBURGH - The 3rd
Annual Pittsburgh Folk Fes-
tival, again under the spon-
sorship Of Duquesne Univer-
sity, will take place at Syria
Mosque, located at Bigelow
Boulevard and Fifth Avenue
in Pittsburgh.
The festival dates are Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday,
May 9, 10 and II, 1858.
Twenty nationality groups
in all will display their arti-
facts, portray folk dances or
depict festive scenes, and also
have available their respec-
tive nationalistic foods and
delicacies.
On Friday evening, May
8, the Carpatho- Russians,
Chinese, Croatians, Greeks,
Irish, Mexicans and the
Serbs will be on the pro-
gram at 500 pm. The 9TH
or Of the 20 groups will be
seen. Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
The Duquesne University
Tamburitzans A lumni o f
Pittsburgh have volunteered
to portray tn e Croatian
group.
We ask our many readers
and members, especially since
the Croatian Fraterlal Union
is supporting the Festival too,
to back this cultural UNDER
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
MINNEAPOLIS

MINNEAPOLIS The
successful launching of Sput-
mix, Russia's earth satellite,
rocked America and Ameri-'
cans to the. core.
Hurting at a speed of
$4,000 miles an hour around
the earth, this Russian moon
let gave dramatic proof that
American society had been
browsing in the sun while the
Soviets worked at break-neck
speed to capture chronological
leadership.
In the wave of self-criti-
cism that swept over Ame-
rica two fields, science and
foreign languages, were
singled out again and again
as areas of neglect in Ame-
rican education.
1t was pointed out that
Russian school children begin
studying foreign languages at
an early age and continue for
several years.
Soviet diplomats invariably
speak fluently the language
Of the country to which they
are assigned. Any American
adult will realize that the
study Of foreign languages in
this country presents a pathe-
tic contrast.
Better Late Than Never
There are hopeful signs,
however, which indicate an
increased awareness of the
need for knowing the Ian
guages and cultures Of peo-
pies in other countries.
In all the excitement of
our re-discovery of the
Russian language, it must
be remembered that there
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
DR.. THOMAS F. MAGNER
Associate Professor
Dept Slav Languages
Univ. of Minnesota

are other languages Wor-
thy of our attention and
study; in fact, some of the
most important languages
are members of the same
Slavic group which has
Russian as it's largest
member.
1t is thus that the Croatian
language begins to assume a
national Importance, reaching
far beyond a particular group
of Americans of Croatian de-
scent.
Language Relationship
For Americans, however,
Croatian is not an easy Ian
guage and it is here that
at-Americans have special
advantages.
Their task will simply be to
build on the conversational
foundation already developed
in home and Church, to learn
to distinguish between dialect
features and the characteris-
tics of the literary language,
and to develop skill and prac-
tice in reading Croatian texts.
Since the Slavic languages
are still closely related, an
intelligent person can pass
from one to the other with no
great difficulty.
A CrOat who knows the
meaning of a sentence such
as Ona je napisala pismo
bratu will have no prob
lens in understanding the
Russian sentence Tin Latin
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he will call them. The majority leader Of
the Senate not only knows what he wants,
but he knows how to get it out of the tan
gled web Of congressional procedure. The
man has the hallmark of All executive With
his driving energy and his ceaseless atten-
ton to detail he could just as well be at the
head Of big corporation as manager of
the 49 widely-assorted Democrats in the
Senate. - Marquis C.lilao
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Parents Alumni
lin Pitt Festival
They'll Cater To
Inner Mans Needs

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The
Third Annual Pittsburgh Folk
Festival will be held May g.
10-11, 1858, at Syria Mosque,
in the Oakland district, and
sponsored by famed Du.
quesne University.
Each nationality represen-
ted will have an exhibit stand
to display it's various arts and
crafts, as we'll as a kitchen
stand, where typical foods
may be purchased at very
reasonable prices and eaten
on the premises.
The Croatian stands at
the 1858 Festival will be ar
ranged and managed by
members of the Parents
Alumni of Duquesne Uni
versity Tamburitzans.
An entirely new display of
Croatian handcrafts is plann-
ed. A different menu will be
offered for each day, of a va
riety Of delicious, home pre-
pared, hot dishes and exotic
baked goods. Ample dining
space is available in the spa
cious exhibition. area.
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Set EN- Up!

THE SOCIETY's annual post-season pin
] tourney parade will get under way this
weekend with the staging of two of its old
est and most popular such classics
In the van will come the members of
Etna. Pa, "Guardian Angel Lodge 4, who
are scheduled to play mine host Friday,
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23

SdtUI Udy q II u HJa'J'
April 25-26-27, to the Gro
attain Fratelnal Unions
22nd Annual Duckpin
Tournament.
Right behind them will
be the members of Toron-
to. Ont, "Slavensko Brat
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Expediting Payments

. Therefore, in order TO a.
void such situations as much
as possible. we shall outline a
few helpful procedures for
your future guidance.
To begin with, all deaths
should be reported to the
Home Office Immediately and
the Lodge must submit the
following:
!. Report of death form
properly completed and duly
signed.
! 2. Certificate of death from
the proper authorities. !.
3. Certificate of deceased
member.
4. A bill from the under
taker if the deceased designa-
ted any portion of his insur-
ance for funeral expenses.
When the four items listed
above are received by the
Home Office, all death claims
are then paid to the proper
persons in a matter of a few
days.
Please Remember This
. Every member is urged
to change beneficiaries imme-
diately if any present benefi-
|ciaries have passed away.
| Otherwise, we shall be obli-
gated to request a family tree
and the payment would be
made according to the laws
of the State where the men,
ber resided, which might not
have been the wishes of the
deceased.
A member cannot designate
more than $4,000 for funeral
expenses and $500 for a mon
ument. In the State of Illinois,
only 5000 may be designated
for funeral and nothing for a
monument.
One final note: - Please
expedite all change of benefi-
ciary requests Immediately,
since any delay might prove
Embarrassing to the Lodge
and an injustice to the men,
Der and new beneficiary.
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Tickets Now On Hand
The time, 5 pm. to IL
pm, over all three dates will
be accessible to the public.
Tickets, separate for each
of the three dates, sell for
$3.50 each, which is the only
price for any admission.
We Croatians will be ad-
judged by the number of ad-
vance sales made and thus be-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23

StVO Lodge bOU - the nOStS tllS SplllS W
the running Friday and Saturday, April 25-
&c, of the Society's 18th Annual Natl Cana
dian Five Pin Tourney.
Surprisingly, both gatherings will be
we'll patronized, entry and social-wise, in
spite of these troublesome economic times
here in America and across the border in
Canada.
X 4
Ours will be the pleasure to represent
the Home Office at the Toronto end of this
weeks tourney activities.
A pleasure indeed - ior it so happens
that we personally fathered this annual
"fivesta' back in 1947 and saw it through
the political hell and high water which be-
set the Society in those days
In fact, we were the Secretary of the 1st
Annual Canadian Natl Five Pin Tourna
ment held at Hamilton. Ont, April 1919,
1947 and instrumental in organizing a ca
ravan of "a Western Pennsylvania CF'U
bowlers to make the trip northWard and
participate in a version of kegling unlike
anything practiced in America.
1t was, by every standard, the first In
ternational Bowling Tournament in the his
tory of the Croatian Fraternal Union and
the dawning of new era for the Society in
the Dominion of Canada
1t made the CF'U in Canada
4 4
Q The Annual Canadian Natl Five Pin
Tournament has come a long, long way
since it arrived on the scene in 1947.
Few - if any of the Societys such
sports trysts had rocker start.
Certainly none of their hackers had to
weather as many picayunish political
storms as did those who joined with us
twelve pin seasons ago to give our mem
bers in Canada something worthwhile to
look forward to each Spring.
Small wonder, then, that we are looking
forward to being in Toronto April 1926
and taking another loving look at our
baby of 1947 on it's 18th birthday.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Cost OF Learning

wv E ARE hopeful that every reader of
w the Zajednicar will take time today
to peruse Proclamation (p. y dealing with
an appeal for voluntary contributions to
the Scholarship Fund Of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union.
AS presently constituted by 9th Natl
Quadrennial Convention mandate of 1855,
the Scholarship Fund is limited to expen-
ditures amounting to $4,000 annually and
- by Supreme Board decree - to grants of
5000 to each of the 20 applicants deemed
most deserving of this, to us, pittance.
But which is by far better than the
scholarship records of other fraternals.
Yet not good enough.
Do you have any idea of the cost TO-
day of a sound college education?
A study of statistics at our command
shows that the average cost of such an
education is now at an all-time high in the
United States - $1,5OO annually in a pub
lie and $4,000 at private institution.
Which means that the average CF'U par
ents must come up, as of now, with ways
and means of arriving at no less than $4,000
if they would give their offspring four
year college education. And since many of
our low-income families are currently de-
voting 2Ofe OF their income to child's COL
lege education, that's staggering outlay
OF hard earned money.
Hence this appeal for voluntary support
OF the CFU Scholarship Fund.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
In Passing

\Y/HEN Lyndon B.
" Johnson com e s
charging onto the Sen
ate floor there is no
doubt about the sig
nails he will call or how
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Live And Learn

. So, you think that Prcsi-
dent Eisenhower is the first
Chief Executive with a mill
tary record in the political
history of America.
Which isn't so.
In fact, he's the 10Th Pres
lident with a military record.
The others we're: Washing
ton; Monroe; Jackson; w. H.
Harrison; Tyler; Taylor:
Pierce; Buchanan; Lincoln;
Johnson; Grant; Hayes; Gar
field; Arthur; Benjamin Har-
rison; Mckinley; Theodore
Roosevelt; and Truman.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Mountainous Land
. Mountains and plateaus

. Mountains and plateaus
occupy 1879 of the territory
of Yugoslavia, which is COM
prised of the six Federated
Republics of Croatia, Serbia,
Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia
Herzegovina and Macedonia.
The Croatian Fraternal
Unions 1958-59 Membership
Campaign Grand Prize A.
ward Winners may visit Yu-
goslavia in 1860 if they so
choose at the time.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
The Old Homestead

. Three out of 4 families in
the U.S.A. serve home baked
goods.
Northeasterners do the
least home baking, Southern
ers the most. Among city
folks, 509e in the Northeast
bake one or more item, COM
pared with 809o in the South.
Among farm families, the fig
ures are 889o in the North
east, 97fo in the South.
X
Shorter The Better
. The adult life of a May
fly ends within a few hours
due to the fact that the insect
cannot. digest food.
+
Famous Last Words
Q Most women are not so
young as they are painted.
- Max Beerb0hm
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23

Pennsylvania, was the first
man to serve as the Speaker
of the United States House
of Representatives. He served
from 1889 to 1871.
X
Higher Education
. Universities, in the mod
ern sense of the term, sprang
up in the 18th and 18th Gen.
turies in response to the re-
surgence of learning that pre-
ceded the great Renaissance
in Europe.
The first European univer-
sity was that of Salerno in
the 9th century, which was
then known as a school of
medicine. Salerno, of course,
is in Italy.
Stem To Stern
. The average total content
of a daily American newspa-
per is equivalent to a g. x g"
book of 204 pages.
X
Well, Well, Well
. A Plymouth Colony rec
ord book of 1853 mentions
card playing among the Pill
grims. Could it be that they
knew what "deuces wild"
meant even in those days?
Rather Exclusive
. The only diamond mine in
North America is in Murfree-
boro, Arkansas.
The Seven Wonders
. The Seven Wonders Of
the World were the Pyramids
of Egypt, the Hanging Gar
dens of Babylon, the Statue
of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia,
the Temple of Artemis Obi
anal at Ephseus, the ,Maus-
oleum at Halicarnassus, the
Colossus at Rhodes, and the
Pharos of Alexandria.
X
Old As The Hills
. The Code of Hammurabi,
circa 23OO BE-, is the oldest
existing written code of laws.
X
April In History
Q The month of April
marks the 50th Anniversary
| of the fire which destroyed
Chelsea, Mass, and left in it's
wake losses exceeding six mil
lion dollars.
Mountainous Land
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23

ONE FOR THE ROAD
DRIVE CAREFULLY, don't insist on
your rites. - WOW. Magazine
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G.''[.@-M2
HOrsi!mn1l& ] Z
Around
, With The Editor

. F. A. G. Mtihlenburg,
Pennsylvania, was the first
man to serve as the Speaker
of the United States House
of Representatives. He served
from 1889 to 1871.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Well, Well, Well

. A Plymouth Colony rec
ord book of 1853 mentions
card playing among the Pill
grims. Could it be that they
knew what "deuces wild"
meant even in those days?
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Rather Exclusive

. The only diamond mine in
North America is in Murfree-
boro, Arkansas.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23
Old As The Hills
April In History

. The month of April
marks the 50th Anniversary
of the fire which destroyed
Chelsea, Mass, and left in it's
wake losses exceeding six mill
lion dollars.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-04-23

. The average total content
of a daily American neWspa-
per is equivalent to a 6" x 9"
book of 204 pages.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
Judges of Christmas Display Contest
Are Announced by Chapel Hill Jaycees

Four men have been selected to
udge the outdoor home decoration
contest being sponsored by the
Chapel Hill Jaycees. They are the
lev. Bernard Boyd Of the Univer-
.ity's Department Of Religion;
ollier Cobb III, president Of the
Jaycees; Ty Boyd of the WCHL
radio station and the Rev. Kimsey
King, chairman of the contest.
Cash prizes will be given to he
Chapel Hill and Carrboro resi-
ients who put up the best out
.oor Christmas displays with a
iStinctly religious theme in keep
.ng with the Christmas spirit The
displays will be judged Friday
evening, December 10.
To enter the contest, send a
postcard with your name and ad.
iiress to Jaycee Christmas Con
lest, P. o. Box $50. Chapel Hill,
as soon as possible. Or use the
coupon printed below.
The prizes will be SIS, first; SIS,
second. and $40. third. Here are
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
e rules Of the contest:

the rules Of the contest:
l. Those desiring to enter the
Jaycee Christmas Home Decora.
ton Contest must send o postcard
Tor the coupon below stating
name and address to Jaycee
Christmas Contest, P o Box $50,
Chapel Hill to arrive prior to
December 10. All entrants must
be residents of Chapel Hill or
Carrboro
@ All displays must be lighted,
outside the home. clearly visible
from the road, and portray a dis
tinctively Christian theme.
3. All displays must be complet.
ed before 8 pm, Friday. Decem-
ber 10.
4. The decision of the judges
will be final and winners will be
notified by mail and announced in
this newspaper. Prizes Of SIS. SIS,
$40 will be awarded to first, Sec
ond. and third place winners.
5. Displays will be judged on
the basis of appropriateness, orr
ginality, and skill OF execution.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
Holiday House
Set This Weekend

For their Holiday House of
1858, the members of the Chapel
Hill Garden Club win decorate the
home of University President and
Mrs. VILLAIN C. Friday at 400 East
Franklin Street.
The house will be open TO the
public from 2 pm. to $3.50 pm.
this Saturday, December I3. and
from 1880 pm. to 6 pm. Sunday,
December IA. Tea will be served
Saturday afternoon. There will be
recorded Christmas music on both
days.
A silver offering will be taken
for the benefit Of the Elizabethan
Gardens on pca"o'e Island, a pro-
iect Of thN state Federation of
Garden Clubs.
Mrs Hu~h y Z .lbr ~ is chair.
man OF the tea,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
Church Social This Friday

The Laymens Fellowship of the
United Congregational Church will
sponsor an all-church social at 8
pm. this Friday, Dec. IL. in the
church's fellowship hall The event
viii include square dancing, bridge.
and refreshments Everybody is
invited.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
Food Sale In Carrboro

The congregation of the Carr
boro Methodist Church will hold
a food sale from $50 pm. to 9
pm. this Saturday, Dec. l3, at the
church. Brunswick stew will be
sold by the quart and also for sale
will be pies, cakes. candies, and
other goodies made by the women
OF the church.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
A.A.U.w. Group Meeting

The Recent Graduates Group of
the Chapel Hill Branch of the
American Association of Univer.
sity Women will meet at 8 pm.
next Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. II. f. Kennedy. II Dogwood
Acres, for Christmas program.
Mrs. Luther Taft will be the guest
speaker.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
Victoria Ann Carson

DR.. and Mrs. Warfield Carson
announce the birth Of a daughter,
Victoria Ann, last Tuesday morn
ing, December 9, at Memorial
Hospital. They have another
daughter, Rose, who is two years
old. DR.. Garfield is the head of
the Department OF Experimental
Medicine in the University's
School of Public Health. Mrs. Gar
son was formerly Miss Frances M,
Rice OF Sanford.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-11
Masonic Lodge Is
To Meet Monday

University Masonic Lodge No.
4OS will hold its last regular meet
ing OF the year at 7.30 pm. Mon
day, December Is, at the Masonic
Temple on East Franklin Street.
At this meeting Past Masters
OF the lodge will be honored. A
Third Degree will be conferred,
with Past Masters filling all sta
tons and places.
All Master Masons are invited
to attend. Light refreshments will
be served.