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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30

- the Most Reverend John J.
Wright, Bishop of Pittsburgh,
who spent three-hours with
us. He certainly enjoyed the
music, songs and dances of
the various junior tamburitza
ensembles and after the pro-
gram sat. down with men,
bers of the Croatian Day
Committee. in meal of Barbe-
cued lamb and pork, includ-
ing other -Croatian delicacies.
We are fortunate in Pitts
burgh in having the head of
the Pittsburgh Diocese visit
us for the first time in the
history of Croatian Days and
it's when you are in his COM
pany that you are proud that
you're a Catholic.
Anthony j. Brajdic
Executive Secretary
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
Karbor Croat Home
Scene Of Sat. Dances

IND. HARBOR, Ind. -
Under the new management
of Tony Trubich, the Croatian
Home will begin the Fall sea-
son with tamburitza music
every Saturday in the Club
Room, 4O33 Main Street.
On October 3 and 10, the
famous Neven Orchestra Of
So. Chicago will entertain our
guests and on the following
Saturdays, the equally popu-
lar Star Serenaders will play
at the Croatian Home.
You are welcomed to come
and help make the Croatian
Home, once again, the center
of Croatian fellowship and
merriment.
John Ceperich, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
"SIoga" Singers To
Sponsor Picnic Oct. 1

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. -
The Croatian Singing Society
"Sloga" will sponsor an in
door Picnic on Sunday, Octo-
ber 4, at the Croatian Home,
4O33 Main st., Indiana Har-
Dor.
Barbecued lamb will be
served at IL noon and Marty
Vidovich's Tamburitzans Of
Chicago, Ill.,, will furnish the
music for dancing.
The public is cordially invi.
ted to attend.
The mems division Of the
chorus is now holding regular
rehearsals every Tuesday, al
500 pm, at the above ad.
dress. Anyone interested in
joining, please contact Matt
Rivich, President.
Helen Zafran, Cores. Sec'y
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30

CHICAGO, Ind. Ano-
ther day of fun and relaxation
is being planned for the men
by the members of the "Hr-
vatska Sloboda" Athletic Club
Of Lodge 80.
Prizes, games and fun will
be provided at the Annual
Smoker to be held Sunday,
October II, from 200 pm,
until ???.
This affair will be held
at Yugoslav Grove, $40
South Narragansett Ave.
and tickets may be obtain
ed from any Club member
or by contracting Ticket
Chairman, Joe Jerbic, 1916
West 93rd Place, Chicago,
ILL.,, phone CE. S-2449.
A home cooked meal will
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
Mildred Palla, Mgr.

same, premises.
Mrs. Pticek has always had
a handy kitchen right be-
tween the store and the bake
shop and one will be found
in the new plant, too. It
makes the serving of good,
quick meals very easy and
has many other convenient
uses.
Many, many bakers wives
feel about it exactly as Mrs.
Pticek does.
Mrs. Phcek was born In
Chicago eand spent her
girlhood In Lyons, Illinois.
She, Of course, operates the
store. y,
She is very efficient and un-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
Altar Society To Stage Annual Berba Oct. 4th

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Pa
rishioners and friends of st.
Nicholas Croatian Greek Ca
tholic Church are cordially
invited to come to the Annual
Harvest Dance on Sunday,
October 4, at 1880 pm, in
the Church Hall on East Seth
and Superior Avenue.
This popular dance is also
called the "Berba" or the
"Berba Grozdja" dance. These
titles refer to the ancient fes-
tivities our Croatian ances-
tors observed upon the COM
pletion of the grape harvest.
Needless to say, this was al
ways a happy occasion.
All ladies, as well as men,
who are proud possessors of
Croatian National costumes
are asked to wear them. To
further provide an authentic
atmosphere the hall will be
decorated with grapes and
fruit. Of course, there will be
the traditional stealing Of
grapes"
There will also be a display
Of beautiful Croatian hand
craft and national dresses
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30

sity of Minnesota, where she
is majoring in elementary
teaching.
Mishele had transferred
to our ranks of Lodge 742
from Nest SO4 where her
sister is also q member.
Both girls, as well as their
parents, are active in lodge
work and their grandmother,
Barbara Vaidich, has been a
member of the lodge here
since it was organized.
The officers and members
of Lodge 742 wish Mishele
the very best of success dur
ing her schooling and in her
future career as a teacher.
Mildred Palla, Mgr.
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failingly courteous and cheer
full with all the customers,
under all conditions. This is
her business philosophy and
it is a very sound one.
John and Antoinette Pticek
have proved themselves wor-
thy examples of the American
tradition. Their career dem
onstrates once again that
hard work, honesty, intelli-
gence, and self reliance are
the best passports to success
still in our great country.
X
Editor: - John Pticek is
q member of Croatian Fra
ternal Union Lodge 785, Chi
cago.)
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S|oboda Athletic Club Members In Smoker

be served and just think, the
price for this day will only be
$3.50.
We hope to see all our
friends there along with some
of their friends.
Remember: For Bowling q
Nifty, Chicago in &C.,"
Publicity Chairmen
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30

from various areas Of Gro
alta.
This dance is under the
sponsorship of the st. Nicho-
las Altar Society.
Admission is nominal and
refreshments will be served.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30

. To buy. CFU Life Insur-
ance, you need the willingness
to give up something today
% that your family won't
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
Edward kocyan
Was Rox Member
World War Vet
Died August Is

McKEES ROCKS, Pa. -
The Grim Reaper, in the
death of Edward Kocyan,
reached into the Spirits Lodge
143 ranks twice within five
months.
Ed Kocyan died Saturday,
August Is, 1859, at the Vet
Grams Hospital in Aspinwall,
Pa, where he was being
treated since July 27, 1859.
The doctors diagnosed it as
cancer of the stomach.
The deceased, the son of
the late George (who died
in 1866 and Francika
Kocyan, was born Febru-
ary Is, 1925, in Worthing-
ton, Pa. Shortly thereafter
the Kocyan family moved
to the ROx area from
whence we knew them as
an all-C.F.U. family.
Edward went through the
local public school system,
and joined our lodge from the
Junior ranks in March 1943.
Shortly thereafter he joined
the armed forces of the U.S.A.
and served with the Marines
from August 1943 to June
1916, being connected with
the 3rd us. Fleet in the Pa
cific during World War II.
He was one of the fifty
seven Spirits out of some ITO
members that were then in
the service. A plaque in the
Croatian Home attests to
this.
Fraternally, our late men,
ber was little known in the
local lodge ranks. He attended
few meetings in his sixteen
years of membership. This
leaves us at a loss to say
more in this category. He was
employed by the u. S. Steel
Corporation locally as a mo-
tor inspector.
He is survived by his
m IT her Mrs. Francika
Kocyan, whom the local
C.F.U. populace gives due
credit as q widow raising
five children, the oldest of
whom when becoming fa-
therless was In the early
teens.
Surviving also are three
sisters, Mrs. Anna Vignone
Miss Norma Kocyan, Mrs
Ruth Mcclellan, and a brother
William.
Requiem mass was sung al
the local St. Marks R. c
church on August 10th with
a burial to the air of military
funeral, Marines and the Ca
tholic Veterans Post 1719 ir
full charge.
The undersigned attended
to officially represent thu
CF.U. Lodge 143.
Frank Braidic, Pres
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Member Chooses
Teaching Career
Mishele Vaidich
Active In Lodge

SO. ST. PAUL, MINI. -
Pictured is Miss Mishele Val
dich, daughter of Michael and
Josephine Vaidich.
A graduate of So. St, Paul
High School, class of '58, she
is now attending the Univer-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
hicagoan CIings To 50-Cent Piece
He Found En- Route To United States
Croatian "Horatio Alger" Grateful
For Chance To Make Good In America
Continued from Page 81
Continued from Page 81

course to the younger men,
bers of the immigrants.
'In God We Trust"
The children looked for
ward to America with the
same mixture Of trepidation
and shining hope of their ell
.ders and John was typical. He
discussed his "boy plans"
with the boys and girls of his
own age and confided them
gravely to some of the older
people he had become friend
,ly with on the boat.
They were kind to "the kid"
and wished him well and he
found them easy for a boy to
talk to. He was engaged in
this very activity one day
while strolling on a part of
the deck with a man much
older, but a fellow Croat,
bound for Cleveland, when he
saw it..
The sun hit it at just the
right angle when Johns eyes
lighted on it and although it
was half hidden in a sort of a
corner of the deck it shone
like fire for an instant. He ran
and picked it up and showed
it to his companion.
1t was round and heavy
and shiny and although he
could do but a poor job at
making out what was said
on it he knew it was Amer
lean. 1t was obviously q
coin and looked like silver.
It had q beautiful lady in
sort of Grecian robes on one
side with the shining sun COM
ing over the horizon. The
word Liberty" was spelled
out around the edges of the
coin, and down toward the
lower right side it said I'm
God We Trust"
On the other side was a
magnificent eagle and a mot
to that to the immigrants
seemed so typical of Amer
lea, "E Pluribus Unum". To
John Pticek it looked rich and
somehow clean and full Of
hope - to John Pticek it
looked like America!
1t was in reality an Amer
lean half dollar, the fifty cent
piece that has become the
lucky charm of Johns life.
Truly Lucky Charm
When he showed it to his
companion, after examining
it admiringly the man said,
"You have made a very good
start, my boy. They say there
is gold on the streets Of Ame-
rica and it looks like you
have set about finding some
of it already. May you always
be as fortunate
That friendly wish OF his
fellow Croat John Pticek has
never forgotten and that
blessed half dollar = he has
it yet. He, like the most of us,
has seen times when our
American economy seemed to
symbolic the chief hope
America holds out always to
the world, the good new life,
with greater comforts gov
.erned by moderation and lib
erty to nourish a mans soul.
He will proudly show
that half dollar to anyone
who wants to see it. 1t Is
among his most treasured
possessions.
When fortune was at an
ebb and when the future look
ed dark the memory Of it's
finding or the actual contem-
plation of the coin itself al
ways had a cheering effect
and seemed to hold forth the
promise that fortune would
smile again someday soon.
Any piece of money can
represent either of two things
to any man. It can represent,
=
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30

Pticek has achieved what
that American half dollar
long ago seemed to symbolic
that he could.
Got Start In Chicago
In America he began his
career in the baking industry
by learning his trade at Gre
gurich's, 1925 S. Racine Ave-
nue., here in Chicago.
In due time Mr.. Gregurich,
who is still his personal
friend, sold him the bakery.
John operated it successfully
until he bought Krubert's
Bakery.
1t was while he was at
Gregurich's Bakery that he
met Mrs. Pticek. She worked
in a restaurant nearby and
used to notice the bakery on
her way home from work.
One day John happened
to patronize the restaurant
and to say he was i'm
pressed by Antoinette Pti-
eek is putting it mildly.
John Pticek is a fast work
er. In three weeks they were
The fairy tale came
true. They always lived hap
PLY ever after. They have
two fine children - a boy and
a girl - both in high school.
Their harmonious family life
is gayly happy and a very
good thing to see, especially
in this day and age.
Once Bohemian Area
In 1850, he bought Kru-
bert's Bakery at 2120 S. Pu-
laski Road, Chicago.
Krubert's is in what was
once a settled Bohemian
neighborhood that of late
years has undergone consid-
cradle change, like so many
city neighborhoods sin c e
World War II.
Mr.. Pticek has found no
difficulty in changing his
baking in response to his To-
cality's changing needs. Ame-
rican bakeries, Pticek's a.
mong them, are quickly re-
sponsive to any change in
their customers buying ha-
bits.
His Bohemian and Croatian
specialities are the same as
they always were and what
changes there are in the rest
of his products he has
brought about almost effort
lessly.
His efforts have be e n
crowned with success, and
his bakery continued to be an
important community asset.
Builds New Bakery
In 1858 was begun the
most important project he
has asked his lucky half dol
lar to smile on.
It is a complete new .bak-
cry John has built from the
ground up at South Nara
gansett> near Archer Avenue.
1t is in a rathef new neigh
borhood that is basically
American although many of
the forebears Of it's present
population came from the
Slavic countries of Europe.
Mr.. Pticek bought the lots
(there are two wide ones) a
little time before he began
building, but his purpose was
clear from the first.
1t is q complete manu-
featuring retail bakery In
every respect with practi-
cally everything new even
to items Of minor equip
ment.
The sales space is ultra
modern in decor and very
beautiful. All the store fix
lures are plastic covered; the
very latest in design and Gus
tom made excIusivelv fn,. All
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10
SENIOR UDAEA
GROUP FORMS

A Phoenix Senior Judaea group
was formed during March % par
ty at the home of Joan Cries hon.
oring Ed Berman, Harvard Univer-
sity sophomore and national Senior
Judaea president.
Members of the groups tempo
rary board of directors are Barry
Lerner, Kenny Meyer, Regina
Klein, and Miss Cries. Other char
ter members are Barbara Gordon,
Sheila LeBoyer, and Harvey Ros-
enStock.
The group had another party last
Sunday, featuring Israeli songs and
dances for new members and
friends, and will hold an Oneg Sha-
bat April 18 at the home of Regina
Klein.
The intermediate goods group
will present a play April 26 under
direction of Eve Horowitz on her
Radio Station KONI Jewish Hour
broadcast.
Miss Cries has been announced
as new junior leader of Young Ju-
daea's Shoshanoth Girls. Sol Hersh-
kovitz and Schlomo Sherer, both
from Israel, will be advisers to the
senior group.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10
JEWISH BOOK CORNER
Jobs Role On Broadway

see and understand this question.
Bildad declares God is far within
mystery. Why should God have
time for you?
Then out of the depths of an
guish, JB cries, "God, my God,
answer me. 1 cry out of sorrow,
but l am not heard. I cry loud, but
there is no judgment. Though He
slay me, yet will 1 trust in Him.
But will maintain my own ways
before Him. Oh, that knew where
1 might find Him, that 1 might
come even to His seat! / would
order my cause before Him and
fill my mind with arguments. Be
hold l go forward but He is not
there; backward but I cannot see
Him."
And then, like in the Bible, Gods
voice is heard in a whirlwind. The
author quotes that famous 38th
chapter in which God speaks:
"Who is it that doubts My counsel,
My words without knowledge?
Where were you when I laid down
the foundations of the earth?"
There is a basic difference be-
tween Job and the play. The Book
of Job does not mention love nor
does it mention faith. There is
basic reason why the two books do
disagree, for the play, J.B., is not
a religious experience but secu-
lar experience of one who tries to
understand life but does not see it
as the Book of Job really meant it
to be.
The answer of God is that He
first challenges Job to take his at
tention away from himself. So
much of suffering is due to the
fact that there is too much ego in
our cosmos. We center the world
around our own personalities and
our little world; then everything
seems dark and chaotic. The whirl-
wind voice of God speaks to show
that we and our ignorance cause
our great problems. He challenges;
us to overcome our inadequacieS.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10
New Termite Poison
Formulated By Orkin

The Orlin DISCRIMINATING Com
pany has announced the formula
ton of Orkil, which it considers the
most effective termiticide availa-
BILE.
The firm offers complete liability
insurance and a guarantee to re-
place or repair future termite dam
age up to S., 900 to users of Orkil in
support of it's claim that the odor-
less product kills termites on con-
tact and sets up durable protec-
tive barrier. Annual reinspections
and additional treatment, If neces-
sary, at no added cost are other
phases of Orkin's complete protec-
ton plan.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10

SAY YOU SAW 1T ADVERTISED IN
THE PHOENIX JEWISH NEWS
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10
Arab World
To See Peace
Need d-Eban

BOSTON (JTA)-Abba E. Eban,
IsraePs ambassador to the United
States, declared that it was "trag-
ic" that the Middle East, "the re-
gion which first gave the world
its understanding of unity in nature
and unity in man." should now "be
the most ravaged and disunited
of regions"
Asserting that the Middle East
had "a better destiny" than its
present disunity, Eban said that
the mission of the region was
"peace, not war. It's vocation is
progress, not conflict. There is not
a single state in it's midst which
cannot well afford to live in peace
with every other state in the re-
gion."
He predicted that history would
summon the peoples of our re-
gion to a realization of their under
lying kinship. The Arab world will
awaken to the sheer compulsion of
a future to be shared with us in
peace"
''The great powers can do much
to hasten this day, by strengthen
ing security under the rule of law" :"
he added. "They can do this by
positive action-by protecting the
territorial structure against forci-
BILE change; by helping Middle
Eastern states to develop their
new political freedom into broad
er visions of economic and social
progress; by avoiding any disloca-
ton of the intra-regional balance;
and by sheltering our fragile Sc
curity from the stormy gusts of
great power rivalry"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10

ship" for Thorn
as Carlyle was
deeply inspired
by this book. No
other book that
he had ever read
gave him such in
spiration a n d
knowledge as did
the Book of Job.
] o h n Ruskin,
the famous writ
er on paintings
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10
Brundeis Women
ToHoId Moy Teo

The Phoenix Women's Committee
of Brandeis University will hold a
paid-up membership tea at 1 pm.
May at the home of Mrs. Newton
Rosenzweig, 1905 E. Thomas.
Mrs. Morris Meckler, program
chairman, assisted by Mrs. A. H.
OSeran, will present a dramatic
enactment featuring Adventures
in Literature"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10
By RABBI ALBERT PLOTKIN

"It is the greatest thing ever
written with pen, there is moth
ing, written in the Bible or out of
it, of equal literary merit" So
spoke Thomas Carlyle in a second
lecture on Heroes and Hero Wor-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-04-10

Life is infinite and mysterious, as
God has made it. Each of us has
to struggle out in his own suffering
and find through Gods law the UNI
derstanding and the belief in the
goodness which life has to offer.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-14
Airline Pilot Fined for Carrying Too Little Fuel On Trans-Pacific Hop

WASHINGTON, R - The fed eral Aviation Agency disclosed Saturday it has penalized an air line pilot for flying from the Aleutian Islands to Japan with inadequate fuel reserves.
 FAA settled for $250 proposed $500 fine for. Thurston R.. Perry, Lafayette, Calif., pilot of an over seas National Airways DC6-A plane last April 5 on a flight from Shemya in the Aleutians to Tachi- kawa Air Force Base, Japan.
 FAA said the fuel supply of 2O,419 pounds was sufficient for a two-hour reserve on the planned flight of eight hours and 14 min utes.
 However, the pilot elected to fly a longer route that took 10 hours and 35 minutes, and he reached Tachikawa with only 128 gallons of fuel, or a 30-minute re- serve supply. FA.A said the change of route was made at the choice of the pilot and was not the result of an emergency.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-14
Black Magic Cult. Broken Up in Swiss Village

BERN, Switzerland, H A black magic cult whose disciples were reported ruled by hypnotism and torture. behind electrified barbed wire has been broken up by Swiss police raiders.
 Paul Baumann, Az, former pa tient in a mental home, is under arrest as the master mind on charges ranging from interference with personal freedom to er1bez- clement.
 The raid was made last week on secluded estate at Linden, village 12 miles south of Bern.
 Inside, raiding officers found 6s men, women and children in var ious stages of hypnotic trance,
 All of the disciples were in a state of fear and subjection to Baumann. Several had to be transferred to mental homes for psychiatric treatment.
 The estate comprised five houses, a chapel with an altar dedicated to magic spirits, movie theater and mechanical work workshops.
 New disciples, found by per sonal contact, were taken to the estate and told they had been chosen by the spirits to join the community.
 They had to swear an oath of allegiance to the sect on an cleo trified book of magic which sent a heavy charge through their bodies.
 Incoming disciples were re quired to turn over all their cash and belongings to Baumann. The officers found a small fortune in cash and valuables.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-14
Classical Forgery

LANSING, Kans., tR Fl A Kan- sase State Prison inmate won a prison poetry contest with some lines from John Greenleaf Whittier poem.
 Floyd E. Ireland signed his. own name to the lines. Three judges quickly gave him the first prize - two cartons of ciragettes.
 One judge, however, got to thinking about it and wrote to the New York Times. Back came a letter from the Times, citing book and page of Andrew Byk- lans Prayer"
 Ireland had smoked the cigar cites by then. All this came out Friday as the, state parol board considered a plea by Ireland for parole from a 1-to-5 year term for forgery. He didn't get the parole.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-14
LIN. Applauds New States
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, N

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., R The U. N. General Assembly Saturday hailed the emergence of Alaska and Hawaii into statehood It adopted a resolution congratu- lating the United States and he people of Alaska and Hawaii on ''the attainment of full measure of seR-government" by the people of those former territories.
 The vote was 58-0 with F ab stentions, in which the Soviet bloc and some colonial powers joined. It endorsed the United States ceasing to give the U. N. infor- mation on Alaska and Hawaii as non-sef-governing territories.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-14

Superase Bond Tipping Paper
 For Sale at The Nugget
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-30
Eisenhowers Give Luncheon
For Ituliun Prime Minister

President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover entertained at lunch
con today for visiting Italian
Prime Minister and Mrs.
Segni. shortly after the
visitors plane landed in
Washington.
Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon headed the group Of
American guests at the
luncheon. which also included
the members Of the Italian
visitors official party.
Members Of Party
The latter are: Foreign
Minister Giuseppe Pella, AM
bassador to the United States
and Mrs. Manilo Brosio,
Minister of Public Instruc-
ton Giuseppe Medici. MI.
Carlo Alberto Straneo. Direc-
tor General for Political AZ
fairs Of the Ministry Of
Foreign Affairs and Mr..
Federico Sensi, director of
the international relations