ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-23
Brother and Sister Delegates:

h business standing and operations of the Croatan Fra
terna from the last Convention to the present oate
Nv report will only the main points for it is tied
in with the reports the remaining permanently stationed
officers and officials who submitting their separate re-
ports to vou for his department and Jur1sdco
In the past years. after the reorganzationa meet
ing we held regular sessions OF the Supreme board
at which regularly submitted my reports So there is mucn
that do repeat here in the belief that you read
those reports and followed the discussions in connection
Herewith.
Each Convention of the Croatian 'Fraternal Union
is an important event, especially for the membership
and the Croatian immigrants and their descendants IN
America and Canada This Convention is even more I'M
porant for it being held in the of the Societys
fifth anniversary and because it is being held in
times of stress and myriad of happenings of world
wide significance.
The four years since the last Convention passed so
quickly For many of you who were In Philadelphia -FOUR
wears back, easily that seems 70 me as oush
we only took leave month or two ago
Bv decision of a majority Of the adult membership
YOU are gathered here in Detroit to dedicate all OF your
abilities gained by experience in work for the Society,"
for the welfare of the membership For several days
of the duration of the Convention the fate OF the Gro
attain Fraternal Union will rest in your hands.
You have the confidence of the membership and an un
limited power but you have also assumed great respon
sbty You will completed your task well you Will
LET fraterna harmony and mutual respect be your gong
thought and not struggle of against another
with the desire for revenge or greed for power
In Memory of Our Departed Dead
From the last Convention to the end of December Of
last year we lost 413e members by DEATH so consider
il nv duty from place call upon who are repre-
sentine the entire membership of the Croaan Fraterna
Union in the United States and Canada to rise IN memory
of our departed dead and to extend to their families ana
relatives our very deep sympathy.
Among our deceased members see the names OF
several former officers and officials whom will mention
here specially for they have deserved with their Work
in behalf Of the Society.
Soon after the last Convention and before the
ganzational meeting death took from the most prom-
nent and most respected public worker for Society
the city of Cleveland the Lifetime Honorary Member and
by Ninth Convention newly elected Alternate to the
Supreme Trial Board Brother Frank Masokato, who de-
parted this life November 49, 1855.
While the reorganizatonal meeting was still IN session.
word was received Of the passing after long Illness
December 1855 Of the former Vice President OF the Gro
attain Faternal Union and for many Supreme Board
Member Brother Kuzma Kuharich The late Brother kuz
ma Kuharich of the Soceys pioneers In his early
wears he was one prominent leaders He joined
the National Coaan Society 1911 He elected into
the Supreme Board the fourteenth convention At the
and second conventions Of the Croaan Fraternal I'm
elected Supreme Vice President He faithful
and loyal Society during his entire adult lifetime and
by his good qualities host of friends and admirers
among people in America and Canada
On March q 1856, Brother Matthew Oreskovich for
President of the Supreme Board of Trustees and Chair
time he loyal to the Croatan Fraterna Union and
gave willingly and unsefshly of his time and energies
work for it's progress The duties of President Of the
Supreme Board Of Trustees he performed conscientousy
and he presided at conventions paraly thereby winning
the respect of all with whom he came in contact.
While the Supreme Board in session in September
1857 word to the Supreme Office Of the sudden DEATH
Collngswood Ohio September 30th Of Brother Flo
rian Tumb 5Oyear member of the Croatian Fraternal
Union former member Of the Supreme Trial Board dele
gate several conventions lodge officer and staunch fra
tenast At the Croatan Fraerna Unions Second Conven
tion 1929 at St. Louis he first elected member
of the Supreme Trial Board The last time he dele
gate 1947 but he did not seek office He at
all active in national endeavors and of the foun-
ders of the vatsk Radisa" in North America In 1927
at the Hrvask Radsa" assembly at Pittsburgh, he
elected into the Board of Trustees
On April 49, 1885, a message came from LaSaIle,
Illinois, of the sudden death there in his sleep of DR..
Joseph H. Pavlnac in his 58t year. The late DR.. Pav
linac the of the founder of the National Croa~
tan Society," Peter Pavlnac deceased who the first
of the National Croatan Society," having been
elected at it's first convention in September 1884, The
late Dr. Joseph H. Pavnac held the office of Supreme
Medical Director in the Croatian Fratefna Union from
1929 to 1948
At Joliet Illinois, on April 27 1858 there died the for