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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Dawn Of New Era In History Of The Society
Impressions Of a Board Novice

Missouri into a Moon orbit.
Shoe On Other Foot
The second days session
convened in the less preten-
.tious board room of the Soci-
ety's Home Office.
Here one could almost feel
the presence Of the many who
passed through here before
and had shaped the destiny
of the G.. F. U.
Here had sat men with
dreams and vision; auda-
tious men of action; men
wise and compassionate;
and, because men have
many attributes, also men
who were timid, foolish,
pompOus and self-seeking.
Overall, the sincerity, good
will, wisdom, service and hard
work of the vast majority of
the predecessors was the
minds strongest impression.
Our own presence attested
the fact that we were but the
inheritors of the fruits of
past accomplishments a n d
the greatness of those who
had been here before us.
Our eagerness to partici-
pate in leading was tempered
by thoughts on the adequacy
Of our capabilities, for now
we no longer were the OBJ
serving judges of others, but
occupied the seat of those
who would be judged.
Parting of The Ways
The outgoing Supre m e
Board members made their
farewell addresses and both
they and those who were to
remain felt uncomfortable
emotions.
Severence from any posi-
tons, people, habits, and
other things held dear, is not
easy. We wish our departing
colleagues well and hope we
shall have sufficient stature
to fill their shoes.
We hope they will continue
| (Meetings OF p. 11)
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

so. CHICAGO - Light
rain was falling when we ar
rived at the entrance. The
plaque to one side stated SIM
ply pittsburgh N a t o n a l
Bank" and left to the infer
ence of the caller the conclu-
sion that part of the skyscra-
per was the home office of
one of the city's great houses
of finance.
The prosaic doors led to
the inevitable marble inter-
ior, clustered with ornamen-
tation Of a by-gone era.
Though the interior greet
ed the eye with forms from
the temples of the Hellenes,
the chant the ears heard was
not to the Olympians but the
rasp and clack, the whirr and
click of mechanical robots
that spoke of deposits and
withdrawals, of interest rates
and discounts, Of growth and
yield, and other esoteric jar
gon of high finance.
The elevator lifted us to
the third floor and the teen
aged operator pointed out the
Board Room, the Inner Sane
tum, where the fateful deci-
sions effecting the life and
death of corporations are
made.
In this room we would sit
for our maiden CFU Supreme
Board session; view and han
die the golden horde that was
the Society's financial back
bone.
Meeting of Emotions
The assembly of Detroit in
miniature shook hands all a.
round in customary fashion
and consolidated friendships
formed but a short time ago.
Traitorous emotion reveal
ed elation and disappoint-
ment with equal impartiality.
One could feel despair, re-
sentiment, cocksureness, pride,
humility, and others in the
!, gamut of emotions men bring
to groups.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Michael. Canic
To Be Honored
Jan. 9 Fete For
Canadian Leader

VANCOUVER, B. C. =
"Hrvatska Sloga" C. F. u.
Lodge 787 will sponsor a
Banquet Saturday, January
9, in honor Of bro. Michael J.
Canic, the first Canadian to
be elected to the office Of
Vice President of the Croa-
tian Fraternal Union.
Vancouver is very happy
and proud that one of it's
members has been thus hon.
ored and therefore will strive
to make this banquet the
most successful ever to be
staged by Lodge 787.
A family-style dinner
will be served at $50 pm.
in the Terrace Room of the
B. G. Building, Pacific Ma
tional Exhibition, and dam
cling will follow.
Tickets at $3.50 per per-
son must be bought in ad-
vance from the lodge Off
GERS.
Those living out of town
may mail their request for
tickets to Mary Pavelic, 1880
E. Georgia ST., or Margaret
Polonio, 2623 Turner Street.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Milwaukee Mothers In
5th Anniversary Fete
Saturday, January q

MILWAUKEE,, Wise.
The meetings of the C.F.U.
Mothers Club Of Milwaukee
and West Allis will be held
at Pasquale Hall the first
Sunday of each month dur
ing the coming year.
Also, on January %, we
will celebrate the 5th An
niversary of our club. We
hope that the lodges of
this vicinity will take note
of this date and not sche-
dule events for that date.
The officers elected to
serve for the new year are:
Mitzie Knaflic, Pres; Mary
Homes, Vice Pres; Mary Ann
Vukusich, Treas; Ann Pus-
karich, Rec. and Kolo In
structress; Gizella Pintar,
Ann Zalec, and Frances Pa
pa, Auditors; Mary Sikich,
Wilma Movrich, and Mary
Kata i n i c h, Entertainment
Committee.
We take this opportunity
to thank the former officers:
Mary Sikich, Vice Pres; Ca
therine Kappa, Treas; and
Phyllis Jurovic, Rec.
We thank them for doing q
very fine job.
Mitzie Knaflic, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Spirit of Season

living FREELY of their time and more
~ often than not of their money, num-
ber of Western Pennsylvania heritage
groups have been making the rounds this
holiday season to bring cheer to hospital
.ized war veterans, children, and oldsters in
local and area institutions.
In the Spirit of The Season, these
groups of entertainers - including Croa-
tian Kolo Dancers and Tamburitzans -
have performed the miracle Of getting the
aged and suffering to forget their trials
and tribulations for precious moment.
Blessed indeed are they who give and
ask for nothing in return.
- Pooling their entertainment efforts
to carry out this Operation Good Cheer"
have been amateur and professional Croa-
tian, American, Polish, and German groups
of talented performers.
u The Croatian groups have come from
Trafford, Rankin, Etna, East Pittsburgh,
Cokeburg, Ambridge, Wilmerding, Bellevue,
: and Homestead to do their bit.
Also giving in the spirit of the Yule-
tide Season were members of the CF'U's
Home. Office Clerical Staff, whose cash
contributions resulted in the serving of re-
freshments during the visit Of the groups
to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.
And yet none Of the groups are seeking
a pat on the back from U.s.
Dear hearts and gentle people.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

1859 with the accent in America on strikes
in industry; the disclosure of fixed televi-
sion quiz shows and the payola racket;
President Eisenhower's dramatic flight a
round the globe in quest of peace; and
general unrest on the national scene as
whole
What happened to mankind in the in
tervening years was no better.
q d
Union during the past decade? And whi-
ther bound this great Society?
On JAM 1, 1850, the Society's combined
adult and juvenile membership stood at
1O1, SIS; it's insurance in force at $77, ,1O4,-
633: it's assets at $17,775,34
Because the official statistics for 1859
are. now being compiled and will not be a.
vai1ab1e for quite some time, we cannot
give the reader complete picture Of the
Society from the dawn to the close Of "The
Fantastic Ffties."
However, it's Jan. 1, 1859, annual state
ment the ninth of the present decade, read:
110,158 adult and Juvenile members;
S89,259,999 insurance IN force; and SZ6,-
948,097 in assets.
So, in nine years, the Croatian Frater-
nal Union was to increase in national sta
ture by. 1858 adult and juvenile members;
$12,155, 1866 insurance in force; and $9,172,-
756 in assets, the latter tribute to sound
financial management.
Last but not least, it was to be de-
cade of peace for the Society.
. Held during the decade were three Con-
ventions - Los Angeles, 1851, Philadel-
phia, 1855, and Detroit 1859 - and not one
of them was to leave lasting bitterness a
mong the membership, a tribute to the
common sense Of our people
All in all, 1.-THE Fantastic Fifties' were
kind to the Society,"
Happy New Year to you and yours!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

youngsters for their wonder
full energy, enthusiasm and
eagerness. To their willing
ness to please, to their Won
derful ability to perform, and
to their youthfulness.
To the members of Sloga
my thanks go to each OF
these children for bringing to
Detroit the spark of youth,
laughter, energy and talent.
Thanks to Mr.. Emil BOs-
sick, the director, who has
done such a great job Of
molding these children.
To Mrs. Jennie Monteson,
President of Sloga, for her
love of these children and
thanks to all the other par
ents who gave us their chill
dren for this entire weekend,
SC that we here in Detroit
could have a real day of
Thanksgiving.
We also thank Sloga's
chauffeur, Russell Maine 1--WE
made him a Croatian, renam-
Ing him Mainovich), for his
good nature and willingness
to please, a real buddy.
To the entire Farrell COM
munity, thanks, thanks, for
your wonderful children. We
loved every che Of them and
every minute we had with
them.
| We sent them back to you
with tears in their eyes, as
well as tears in ours. May the
time come very soon when
we will again get together.
Just meeting all of you and
making your acquaintance,
thanks.
Wilma ID. Kodak
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Mesabi Daily News
Issue November 30, 1859

persons in lower income brac-
kets, re-establishment Of the
excess profits tax on corpor-
ations, and to permit all med
ical expenses to be deducted
in computing federal income
taxes.
In the field Of labor,
the delegates called for an
end to what they termed
'the delay" on minimum
wage legislation, and re-
quested amending the law
to bring in all persons not
presently covered under tho
wage laws provisions.
They called for . minimum
SIPS an hour wage.
The group urged immedi-
ate legislation for . 30-hour
work week, with time-and-a-
half for all hours worked
over the limit.
Sympathy For Aged
The group recommended
federal aid be granted for
school construction and to
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

School Division No. Z. It is
to be given to her in four in
stallments of $3.50 a year.
The Crcatian F.'aternal
Union Scholarship Founda-
ton, Inc, awarded Lucille
$3.50. She was one of four
chosen from Canada.
One $10O grant was given
to her from the Canadian
Sugar Factories and the
other was the Queen Eliza.
beth Fund Scholarship.
Lucille, who is II, attended
Picture Butte High School
and is now at the University
of Alberta, where she enroll.
ed for a four year course
leading to a Bachelor of Ed.
ucation.
Her first years training
will be obtained at the Leth.
bridge Junior College anc
she plans to enter the teach.
ing profession following hel
university graduation. n
Lucille recently transferred
from CF'U Nest 537 to Lodge
834.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Fantastic Fifties

MYTH THE year 1859 about to bow OH
w the stage of history, we would re-
view in brief what came to befall the Gro
attain Fraternal Union during the past de-
cade - "The Fantastic Fifties."
The decade opened in 1850 with news
shots heard around the world: The rob-
berry in Boston of Drinks, Inc, of $2,T|5,-
395.12; the proclamation of Jerusalem as
the capital Of Israel; the bizarre espionage
trial in New York of Judith Coplon; the
beginning of the Korean War; the attempt
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

EONARD kNE, ChlShOlm,
l. was reelected President
of the Minnesota American
Yugoslav Association at it's
35th annual convention held
Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Min
ers Memorial Building.
Other officers named were
Ann Krall, Eveleth, reelec-
ted first Vice President;
Charles MOURN, Virginia, Sc
cond Vice President; Stan
Shusak, Chisholm, third Vice
President; Eli Smolich, Ku-
rora, fourth Vice President; /;
Mrs. Mary Brank, Virginia,
Secretary; and Frank Te-
kautz, Chisholm, Treasurer.
Trustees named were Ann
Gerencher, Eveleth; Peter x.
Fugina, Virginia; Veda Po-
nikvar, Chisholm; and Jo-
seph ]. Bayuk, Eveleth.
Would Reduce Taxes
Nearly 100 delegates at
tended the convention and a.
dopted a number of resolu-
tions recommending federal,
state and county legislation.
Recommendations included
reduction Of income taxes for
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

NY L uCl W 1SiSoAi
tics on the life Of then
President H AIRY S.
Truman; the explosion
at South Amboy, New
Jersey, of four ammun-
ition barges, W h i c h
claimed 80 lives and
manned $50 others;
and so on.
It was to end in
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1859
Deserving Honor

WE UNITE with his countless friends
w and admirers in congratulating Msgr.
Tomislav Firis, Pastor of St. Nicholas Gro
attain Greek Catholic Church, Cleveland, on
his recent reappointment as Papal Cham
berlain to serve under Pope John XIII.
1t is the third such honor to befall Msgr.
Firis, who is a member of the Croatian Fra
ternal Unions Cleveland Lodge 859.
His first appointment, by the late Plus
XI, came in 1888 when Msgr. Firis was SER
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
Detroiters Hail
Farrell Tammies
Youngsters Take
Crowd BY Storm

DETROIT, Mich. On
Thanksgiving Day, November
26, the Croatian Home was
invaded; not by men from
Mars, flying saucers, or sput-
niks, but by the youthful Slo-
ga Junior Tamburitzans Of
Farrell, Pa.
To give thanks to one per-
son is impossible. Our thanks
must go to each Of these
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
BY Stanley r. Juracich
Supreme Board Member

Some of the regulars of
yesterday would sit on the
benches and watch the
rockies play the game and
hoped. We are sure, the
play .wS;-ld 60 well.
The room, built as much to
convey an impression as to
house an assembly, did it's job
well. The massive table and
throne like chairs bespoke of
strength and endurance, the
fine matched paneling, and
carving, of wealth, prestige
and power.
With simple dignity, the
chairman addressed the as
sembled, extended greetings
and outlined the proceedings
to follow. In rapt attention,
the rockies listened to the re-
cital of the ritual. The for
malities over, a team of pro-
fessional accountants was ad-
mitted, introduced, and wa
ded into the job of counting
the bonds, representing the
major tangible assets of the
Society.
Paper Worth Millions
The Trustees acknowledged
the presence of and initiated
record cards for the bundles
of securities.
AS casually as though han
ding bundles of common pa
per, millions of dollars OF
bonds, labeled with names of
inanimate industrial and mu-
nicipal giants, passed through
a dozen or more pair OF
hands.
Lest the reader get the i'm.
preston that security mea.
sures on the safeguarding Of
the Society's wealth are lax
permit us to say that we fee
it would be about as simple
to make fraudulent use of thu
bonds, or indulge in larceny
as to place the battleshiE
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

wing as the Pastor OF
the largest Greek Cath
olic Church in lumber
ak, Croatia, and on the
virtual eve 20 years ago
of his departure for
America to take charge
of st. Nicholas Church
IN Cleveland.
He was to be recon-
firmed in 1889 by the
late Plus XII and now
for the third time by
Tob, yYTTI ono of thp
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23

tween working liberal and talking lib
eral. l for one have no time for Johnny
come-lately, well-fed liberals who would
like to have disproportionate voice in the
party. There aren't any liberals in the
Democratic Party: they're all Democrats.
Elk Pres. Harry S. Truman
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
lucille Bosnjak
Foundation Choice
Four Awards For
Lodge S34 Member

PICTURE BUTTE, Alta
Lucille Rose Bosnjak, pic
tured here, is the winner of
four scholarships, amounting
to S105O.
Her largest scholarship
grant was $500, the Owen
Williams Memorial Scholar
ship from the Lethbridge
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-12-23
In Passinq

I EFT /, US Demo
L crats) choose q
liberal who meets
the requirements Of
the people who know
fha diffornnna hn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05
Child Readers

Prize winning authors
shared the spotlight with
discussions of values in
books. The American child
must be a child before he is
a reader" cautioned DR.. Le-
land Jacobs Of Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University.
who reminded a large audi
ence that the real clue in
reading is purpose, rather
than interest or phonicS. He
pointed out that the Ameri-
can child, even before he
learns to read, is very So
phisticated in visual SYM
bols and broadly oriented
through the complexities of
American life. He also en-
phasized that a child needs
poetry and big ideas which
open up his mind, factually,
fictionally and fancifully.
That's a friendly and
lively crowd" a taxi driver
said to me on the third day.
who are they, anyway?"
Librarians, of course, and
editors, and authors. Prize
winning authors even brought
their children to Washing
ton to see the sights in be-
tween speeches and parties.
At the Newberry-Cal
awards dinner, both winners
talked about their children
and their careers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05
Some Sharp New
Definitions
A DICTIONARY OF

A DICTIONARY OF
THOUGHT, by Dagobert D.
Runes philosophical Lii
brary; So is a compilation Of
pungent comments on topics
as widespread as life itself.
A few samples: Civilization:
Can be judged by the value
it places on human life E.
ClevernesS: Will set the mind
ajar; wisdom will set it at
rest Communism: We'll
fare without liberty is only a
plush form of enslavement
:. Great Ideas: Were never
discovered by one man, but
often halted by one In
tuition: Is thinking ahead.
as reason is thinking back
Judgment: Listening to
both sides does not neces-
sarily bring a correct judg-
ment Prudence: May fill
the purse but empty the
heart PSychoanalysis:
Hanging a Greek tag on
every culver of human emo
ton may create the illusion
of knowledge where there is
only classification. The at
tempt to cure alterations Of
the present by recalling aber-
rations of the past" -C.B.J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05

secret" until the guests were
seated, one copy for each
guest at the head table, one
copy for each Of the 1873
tables for other guests.
Guests were invited to auc-
ton of this original keep
sake. Methods and prices
varied from table to table, as
individuals valued the Al
manack merely as a souvenir
or as a book collectors item.
The highest price raised at
any table was 500. The total
collected was 1882, a tidy
sum to be added to the Fred
eric G. Melcher Scholarship
Fund for training children'S
librarians. awarded for the
first time in 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05
Award Winners

Mrs. Elizabeth George
Speare, winner of the New
berry Medal for THE WITCH
OF BLACKBIRD POND,
spoke about the magical
magnifying glasses" which
some people call historical
research. She said. 1T is
often as hard to leave out a
fragment of history as to
leave one child home from a
picnic"
Barbara Cooney. winner Of
the Caldecott Medal for her
illustrations for CHANTI-
CLEER AND THE FOX,
brought her doctor husband
and four blond replicas of
herself, two boys and two
girls, between S and Is years.
She called them her long
suffering family" but they
didn't look a bit neglected.
Whether she is working in a
passionate frenzy" on a SUBJ
ject of her own choosing, like
Chanticleer, or when she
draws-"just for money"-as
she sometimes does when the
furnace in their big old house
needs repairs. you cannot
imagine that she ever does
less than her best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05

apparently has nowhere to
go. There is hardly any plot
to speak Of. No one changes
a great deal. Mary Grace be-
comes more beautiful, virtu-
Gus and competent. Her chill
dren survive several personal
and professional crises, but
none seem crucial. Mr.. Swim
merton takes us to an arty
party in Chelsea and behind
the scenes in a frantic dress
making establishment. Mary
Grace becomes the president
of the local woman's club.
There are constant refer
ences to a preceding novel,
which really must have been
something. But apart from a
series of really brilliant VIZ
gnettes Of designing women,
"A Tigress in the Village" just
doesn't have a plot worthy
Of its characters. Mr.. Swim
merton excels in detailing an
tagonisms between women,
and he is on the side of the
angels. But through the years
we have been accustomed to
expect more than right
thinking from this old Eng
lish master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05
Record Crowds

There were about 2.700 IL
brarians at the 1929 con-
ference. This year there were
twice as many. The rapidly
growing sections devoted to
work with children. together
with the section for young
adults, made up approx
mately a third of the grand
total. Programs for these di-
visions drew their own mem
bers and also attracted a gen.
eral audience concerned with
children and lifetime read
ing habits.
The pre-conference devot-
ed to books for young adults
reflected the concern with
books for this age group.
Book evaluation round tables
drew crowds of over 500 and
the State Assembly break
fast for school librarians had
delegates from nearly every
State, with the District of
Columbia at the bottom OF
the heap. The Newberry-
Caldecott banquet. gala
event of the children's serv-
ices division, attracted 1,407
guests, a record total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05
The American Indian
Still Needs Help

the authors conclude, land
resort to legislation at this
moment is premature"
At another point in their
discussion the authors say:
1T is not out of any obstinate
refusal to come to terms with
modern society that Indians
oppose efforts, however we'll
intended, to cut them off
from their past. The reserva-
tions are their homes, and
Indians have the same at
tachment to the homeland as
a Frenchman has to the
sacred soil of France or a
German to the fatherland."
This is a well-informed and
helpful study. DR.. Fey is
editor of the Christian Gen.
fury. In 1855 he received a
citation from the National
Congress of American Indians
for distinguished service to
its people. Mr.. McNickle was
born on the Flathead Reser-
walton in Montana and was
on the staff of the Bureau of
Indians Affairs for Is years.
He is author of two novels
and a history of the Indians.
&C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05

The problem of helping
those American Indians in
need of it-and this proba-
bly, includes a majority Of
them-has often been over
simplifed. In INDIANS AND
OTHER AMERICANS Harp
er; $3.75) Harold E. Fey and
Darcy McNickle examine the
situation compassionately and
yet realistically.
They point out, for in
stance, that many Indians re-
sent and resist being Amer
icanized" to the extent of
dividing up their land indi-
vidually and otherwise adopt
ing certain practices of a
culture alien to them. While
some Indians leave their res
ervation and merge complete
ly in the life of the con-
querers, others prefer to re-
main Indians, and the tribal
ownership of land is an i'm
memorial custom.
Takes More Than Law
THE nature of the prob
lem will not yield to law"