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Can Kodiak Be Beautiful?

It is gratifying to read from time to time about an entire city with sufficient pride that declares A holiday from routine activities and instead puts in day of clean up.
 Springville, Utah is oae such town. Every; year the entire town residents; make. it a community project and declare the Friday before Easter town cleanup day.
 Men,. women and children spend tHe7entire day getting rid of junk, raizing lawns, picking up litter so that their town can look its best ol Easter Sunday.
 The Civic Improvement com mittee has set aside Saturday, April Il as such a day in Kodiak. City trucks will be pressed into service on that day, as well as
 
 trucks furnished by Russ Wright and Harry Felton for the purpose of hauling accumulated junk away ftetn all parts of the City. A big gRcup Of volunteers will assemble at the City Hall early in the morn ing, and the big job of cle aling the town will begin.
 fn order for this cleanup to be fully effective, it wil be necessary for home owners, renters, and all those who have junk around their homes and business premises, to assemble the stuff into heaps along the roadside. It will then be picked up
 Fhis is an opportunity that many homeownerS will welcome Over a period of winter there usually collects a certain amount Of junk. To get rid of it is the problem. That problem can easily be Solved-it's hauled away for FREE.
 Besides that factor, which is a good argument for cooperating, there is another good reason for
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helping out in this campaign. If you were going to have your pie ture taken you would want to spruce up-look your best. For afterall, many of your friends and relatives near and far are going to see those picctures.
 So 1t is with Kodiak. Amos Berg, the photographer who has been shooting film Of the king crab operation the past month or so, will return to Kodiak shortly for shots of the town to incorpo- rate in the movie when completed. Kodiak, too, even as you when it is having its picture talk en. should look it's best. Cleaning up the town will go a long way in enhancing its appearance.
 As we have said before-we say it again-Kodiak is really photo genie, really beautiful town. Many people are going to view this naovie-not in Kodiak but all over the United States and Alas ka. All will agree the least we can do is put our best foot forward. The beauty of it is. we can bring out so much beauty with just one day of concerted effort. Join in the cleanup.
 Then. too, there are a lot o1 people talking about going one step further-applying a little paint where needed. That, too, is a splendid idea. For these movies are going to be in color. A splash Of color never hurt any town.
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20. Film on nv

A film, Light on Democracy, being distributed by the Federal Postal Employees Association, will be shown on nv today at 5 pm. It depicts various civil service workers and their jobs.
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same as they charge for one days stay in khospital in Sesttle.d. \ : The father to the boy and q prominent surgeon in Norway figured out that in case the father at some future date should need an operation-for example, for ulcer of the stomach or any other sickness could save money by buy ing round trip ticket to Norway and spend a couple of weeks in a hospital for the same amount as they charge for one day in a Se- attle hospital.
 STOP ME IF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS ONE: It was mid dle,aged couple and mans wife had been badgering him for months to take some youth" pills she had been reading about. Fin ally he relented one night before he was going to bed and took several from box she had bought for him. The next morning his wife kept shaking him to get up,
 Get up," she stormed, tits time you were. out of bed.'
 "All right, all right" he said, defiantly, squinting one eye open, "Tll get up: But I won't go to school"
 We were reminded of that one this week on receiving in the mail a piece of advertising that shows a man and wife in bed, the hus- band pounding the pillow; and the wife sitting up with a baffled look on her face and saying: "He didn't even kiss me good night" Since we haven't had any com plaints along that line, we of
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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22

Croatian Church, Rankin, and Honorary
Lifetime Member of the Croatian Frater-
nal Union.
Rev Bekavac joined what was then the
National Croatian Society back in 1901 and
has long since been q benefactor of his
fellow CF'U members and people in America.
Rev. Bekavac, the Dean of the Gro
attain Catholic Clergy in the United States,
was born Aug. 5, 1870, in Obrenovac, Par
ish of Podhum Croatia. Ordained July 28
1897, he arrived in America Dec 13, 1900.
Following his arrival here almost SO
years ago, he was placed in charge of Pitts
burghs st. Nicholas Parish and remained
there until Sept. Is, 1904
From Sept. Is, 1904, to Nov. 10, 1906,
Rev. Bekavac held the pastorate at Lyn-
dora, Penna., where - with great effort
and countless personal sacrifices - he was
to establish a new parish among the Slo-
vaks and Poles of the area
On Nov. 10, 1906, Rev. Bekavac assumed
the pastorate at st. Nicholas Church, Mill
vale, Penna. and remained there until Feb
%, 1907. He was recalled to Lyndora at the
time and served there until July 4, 1908.
He was next assigned to Slovak con-
gregation in Ambridge, Penna., and served
in that community until Nov 7, 1910.
From Nov. T. 1910, to March IL, 1911,
in addition to his regular parish duties at
Camerons Bottoms, Penna, he was in
charge of missions at Heilwood, STAFFORD.
and Dixonville, all Pennsylvania towns
. Rev. Bekavac arrived in Rankin on
March II, 1911, to become installed at st.
Marys Croatian Church and 90 on to an
unparalleled record as a servant of God.
He celebrated his Silver Anniversary as
Priest on July 28 1920, and marked his
Golden Jubilee as Man of The Cloth" on
July %, 1915. On July %, 1855, this kindly
man celebrated the most coveted of all
Church milestoneS - the Diamond Jubilee
of his ordination to the Priesthood.
Truly a remarkable man - a man who
throughout his lifetime has hued to the
teachings of Jesus Christ, The First Fra
ternalist.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22

DETER PRE- R AID VIC,
] Croatia's most beloved
poet laureate" was born
March 10, 1918, in the small
village of Grabrovnica - the
Bjelovar district in Croatia.
In his early years he at
tended the public schools of
Grubisno Polje, Gjurgjevac
and Bjelovar. At the age of
twelve he was admitted as a
state ward to the Austrian
military academy at Wiener
neustadt, where he was to re-
main for the following eight
years - continually under the
complete outward dominance
of the German language, idea
and spirit, yet inwardly his
thoughts beckoned to his
homeland.
Oddly enough the land of
his birth had an unexplain-
able strangeness to him.
Leaders of The Time
After graduating from the
military school in 1888 Pre-
radovic returned to Croatia,
visiting his mother and ex-
periencing great difficulty
conversing in the native
tongue which he had almost
forgotten while at school.
During this visit he met
several young Croatian patri-
OTIS in the city of Zagreb who
were active in the national
istic and cultural movement
led by the i1lustrious DR.. Lju-
devit Gaj.
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those who pursue tenpins seem to feel that
duckpins must be for the birds" when the
popularity of the game is so centralized
geographically
Which isn't so - as any good duckpin-
ner will state for the defense
Not so long ago a member of the
Pittsburgh "Post-Gazette" sports staff took
long, hard look at duckpin bowling and
came up with some rather startling obser-
vations.
In his estimation, duckpin bowling is by
far more scientific than it's tenpin counter
part for the simple reason that high scor-
ing with duckpin ball is true test of
skill as opposed to the lucky breaks" which
befall those who go after the naples with
the larger tenpin ball.
The writer took special pains to point
out that converting duckpin splits is a real
art, whereas and these are his words, "con-
verting tenpin split, even the so-called
'impossibles, is no problem to the swingers
Of the bigger tenpin ball"
Which will probably floor those who
have been blowing tenpin splits.
Be that as it may, the Croatian Frater-
nal Unions 23rd Annual Duckpin Tourna-
ment will hardly amount to private party
in the end. Not with 60 teams in the fold
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22
Southern Cal In
Scholarship Drive

LOS ANGELES -. The
Southern California Central
Committee Of CFU Lodges is
taking = big step ahead, be-
ginning with the Picnic and
Dance to be held on June Z
at $40 s. Ford Blvd, and
continuing with the c. F. U.
Scholarship Drive, which will
follow 1T q later date.
All lodge officers and nest
managers are requested to CO
operate to the fullest extent
in these undertakings.
This CFU Scholsrship
. aid could affoct any sef cur
bright youngsters; could
even como close to homo.
So let's all get behind the
drive and give our very own
something they deserve, d
something which win make u
proud of them and in turn
make them look to us with re-
spsct.
IAs& ]. Coyael, PrsG
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1859, during the annual Fra.
ternal Day festivities which
will mark the 65th Anniver.
sary of the CFU.
The daughter of Hntho-
ny and Jennie Monte S0n,
she was born OH April IL,
1914. She is a Freshman
at Farrell Jr. High, where
she is an honor student and
Secretary of her class.
Patty plays the "prim' and
takes part in most of the
dancing with the Sloga Jun.
ior Tamburitzans, with whom
she has been affiliated fol
four years.
She also plays the piano,
enjoys all sports, and helps
her parents, part time, in the
Flower shoppe which they
own and operate.
Her father is of Italian de.
scent and her mother, a for.
mer member of the "Aria'
Singing Society, is of Croa.
tian parentage. Both ara
members of Lodge 126 as are
Patty's grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Dizdar.
The all-CFU family Is
rounded out by her younger
brothers, ages 10 and !,
who are also members of
Nest 100 and the Sloga
Dance Group.
We are confident that
Patty's family, relatives, and
friends will help her in her
campaign to reign as Frater-
nal Day Queen.
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McKeesport Story

"A UGH OF THE early history of the Gro
iVl attain Fraternal Union of today was
written many decades ago by our. people
who settled in McKeesport, Penna., follow
ing their arrival in the United States.
In fact, McKeesport Lodge 8, which will
publicly celebrate it's 65th Anniversary on
Sunday, April 26, 1859, was one of the -ori-
ginal units to bring about the founding in
1894 of the Hrvatska Zajednica, the first
fraternity of Croats on the North American
Continent and the forerunner of the multi
million dollar Society of our time
McKeesport was also to play mine host
in 1897 to the 4th Convention of the Hrvat-
ska Zajednica. That conclave of 81 years
ago was held in the community's Wagner
Hall and lasted 9 days as the Is officers
and 81 delegates present wrestled with the
problems of the fledgling organization
The Hrvatska Zajednicas membership
at the time was around 14OO men and wo-
men and it's total assets amounted to
$3,229.58, roughly about $3.50 per member.
Incidentally, it was during that Conven-
tion Of 1897 that the name of the Society
was changed to Narodna Hrvatska Zajed-
MICA (National Croatian Society as step
in the direction of popularizing the organ
ization in the minds of the then constantly
increasing colonies of Croat newcomers to
the United States.
No doubt the archives of Lodge are
filled with many other references to the
trials and tribulations of the old Hrvatska
zajednica and the struggle of the men,
bers of Lodge to be accepted by the COM
munity on the eve of the Goth Century.
May those days of yesteryear be re-
called during the celebration Sunday, April
26, of the 65th Anniversary of Lodge 3,
for they are indeed a page in the history
Of our people in the United States.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22
Proud loft

WYE HAD THE pleasure April IL, 1859,
w Of co-sharing the speakers spotlight
during the Banquet and Program held in
Youngstown, Ohio, by the Society's United
Mahoning Valley Lodges in honor Of the
65th Anniversary of the Croatian Fraternal
Union.
Three Of the speakers, all CFU mem
bers, came from the political level Mayor
Frank x. Kryzan, Youngstown, Lodge 66;
President of Youngstown City Council An
thony B. Flask, Lodge 66; and Mayor Mi
chael Kovach, Campbell, Ohio, Lodge 185.
y q y
All three were to surprise the audience;
Mayor Kryzan by delivering portion of his
speech in Polish Council President Flask by
concluding his remarks in Italian, and Ma
yor Kovach by sprinkling his address with
Hovak praise for the CFU.
Showing off? Hardly
They were merely showing their pride
publicly for their heritage and demonstrate
ing once again - that knowing more
than one language can work many wondsrs.
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BY SYLVIA NIKSIC
Member, Lodge ITO

de Ponte, daughter of a Dali
matian Judge in Zadar. He
had three children, one of
which died in infancy. His
wife died in 1855.
In later years he advanced
in military rank and served
in several army garrisons
with a further appointment to
the headquarters Of the Aus
trian general staff and finally
being promoted to the rank
Of general.
His last remaining years
were spent in Vienna, and
he continued to write innu-
merable songs. In 1872 he
suffered from colds and on
August 18, 1872, he died
and was buried with mill
tary honors in Vienna.
His body was later brought
to Zagreb and buried in Mo-
rogoj, the Croatian Westmin-
ster Abbey, with unparalleled
national honors among other
distinguished Croatian patri-
OTIS and dignitaries.
On his monument are in
scribed the words from his
poem "Putnik":
~ svom polju daj mi gro
ba,
"Svojim cviecem grob mi
kiti!"
(Give me a grave in your
fields of splendor and deco
rate it with your lovely
flowers.)
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Later he met other Gro
attain army officers in var
ious cities of the Austro-
Hungarian empire who
urged him to study his
mother language and write
Croatian poems.
Again when he was later
transferred to Zagreb he met
some of the prominent lead
ers of the Croatian Renais-
sance, such as Ivan Kukulj j.
vic, Ivan Trnski, Franjo Mar
kovic, Franjo Racki, August
Senoa, Spiro Dimitrovic, STAN
ko Vraz and Bogoslav Sulek,
who persuaded him, to write
poetry in the Croatian Ian
guage rather than the Ger
man in which he had written
for over ten years.
Croat Masterpieces
His poems found 4 general
recognition in literary circles,
and in a few years he pub
lished his first book of poems.
Many of his later poems
have been acclaimed as the
masterpieces of Croatian po-
etry.
His initial work "Zora puca,
bit &c dana" was acclaimed
a masterpiece Of simplicity -
yet of immense beauty.
Until his death the under
tone of his personal tragedies
is reflected in all Of his po-
etry.
Promoted To General
In 1848 he married Pavica
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Society More Than Fair To Veteran Members
GU Isn't Neg|ecting O|dsters

PITTSBURGH - Describ-
ing the Croatian Fraternal
Union as a continental house
Of brotherhood and a true
friend of the aged can never
be anything less than a fra
ternal appraisal of an organ
ization whose watchword is
humanitarianism. It's acts of
charity are legion; it's extra
contractual benefits without
number.
Every echelon of member
ship reaps a rich harvest Of
benefits over and above the
stipulations of the insurance
contract. There is however a
small, though most articulate
segment, particularly at con-
vention time, which insists on
saying that nothing is being
done for our "Old Members" "
Actually, nothing could be
farther from the truth for no
organization on earth does as
much for it's old timers as
does the CFU.
BY decision of the 1855
Convention our 85-year-old
contract holders are re-
lieved Of the dues paying
burden. Their monthly con-
tributons are paid out of
the National Fund.
There has been a movement
to revise this dues-free age
downward to 80, 70 and even
so years. No one would be a
gainst this liberalization if it
could be done without passing
the cost on to the member
ship in the form of increased
monthly dues for all.
It is a simple mathematical
fact that one can take out of
the ''pot" only what one puts
into it.
Concern For The Old
There is another CFU ben
eft, an incompatible frater-
nal gest which, although oc-
curing regularly, unfortunate
ly receives all too little pub
Ncity or credit.
That is the fact that the
Society does not drop any Of
it, old members even when
they can no longer pay dues
and even when that dues debt
has erased their equity in the
contract
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the affiliation of their
Lodge with the Society
and the 81 fifty-or-more
years members in their
midst.
Although his advanced
years may prevent him
from attending the April
26 festivities, particular
tribute will be paid on
the occasion to Rev. Bo-
siljko Bekavac, Lodge 6
member, beloved Pastor
Emeritus of st. Mary's
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BY Michael Grasha
Junior Order Director

SSSSSSSSSSSs>Ss'eSs
BY decision Of the 1947
Convention old and INDECENT
members are guaranteed at
least a $4OO debt-free certifi-
cate even if they have exhaus-
ted their reserve and right to
National Fund benefits.
Whereas, in other organi-
cations, the exhausting Of the
reserve value and the inability
to repay it means automatic
expulsion, the CFU certificate
holder can continue in MEM
bership by asking for assis-
tance out Of the National
Fund.
When that too Is used up
the organization wipes out
the debt and issues IN un-
hampered certificate for up
to $4OO ($10 for every year
of membership.
Instances Of this peerless
generosity are marked in the
minutes Of practically every
CFU Executive Board meet
ing. At the session Of March
II, 1859, the Supreme Secre-
tary presented 5 such cases
for approval and just to sub
stantiate our foregoing thesis
here is a short analysis Of the
3 acts of benefit over and
above the contract obligation,
of fraternalism beyond COM
pare.
Debt-Free Certificates
A member had exhausted Z
reserve credit Of over $500
and had no more rights Or
equity Of any kind.
In any other organization
he would have been 1T the
end Of his membership rope.
The CFU however spent IN
additional $28S.75 10 buy
him 4 new, debt-free cerud-
cate in the amount Of 500.
For another such member
the Union had to pay $3A.91
to purchase = new 500 un-
encumbered certificate which
will assure him Of at least =
decent burial.
A third recipient Of this
"only CFU" generosity had
stopped paying dass baak y
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Beloved Pastor

TITS INDEED heartwarming to note that
! more and more Lodges of the Society are
beginning to pay public tribute to the pio-
neer men and women members in their
midst during this, the 65th Anniversary
Year of the Croatian Fraternal Union.
The next to do so will be the members
of Rankin. Pa, Lodge 6, who will hold a
Banquet and Program Sunday, April 26,
in honor of the sixty-fifth anniversary Of
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time members of the CFU,
who reside at $50 Barbara
Ave.
Dolores will graduate in
June, 1859, from Garfield
High School and in the fall
she will enter Averett Col
lege in Danville, Virgins,
Where she will ma jor in no
failing.
A member of Nest 426
since 1941, she transferred to
Nest 240 last year.
Katherine Dizda1, NeY.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1859
Going Concern

A LTHOUGH THEIR brethren on the
~ tenpin side of the fence cant see the
sport" the Societys Duckpin Fraternity
will be front and center this weekend in
Pittsburgh
Sixty teams are entered in the Croa-
tian Fraternal Unions 23rd Annual Duck
pin Tournament, which is to be run off
April 24-25-26 under the aegis of "Pitpa
Triangle Lodge FOG, to prove that the
followers of the peewee pin arts represent
a going concern in the Society's scheme of
things.
Unlike the Annual Natl Tenpin Tour
naments, which attract teams from the four
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22
Dolores Gracan
Joins Akron 472
Newcomer Looking
Ahead To College

AKRON, Ohio - We are
very happy to introduce to
the readers of the Zajednicar
Miss Dolores Gracan, a trans
feree to our Lodge 472.
She is the daughter of Geo.
and Barbara Gracan, long
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corners of the CF'U earth, the
Duckpin Tournaments are vir-
tually limited in drawing pow
er to Western Pennsylvania.
Duckpins are unknown to
the vast majority of the So
ciety's bowlers here in the
United States and across the
border in Canada. In fact
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22
Patricia Monfeson
Enters Queen Race
Farrell Boosting
Nest 100 Member

FARRELL, Pa. Pictured
in the beautiful national cos
tune is pretty Miss Patricia
Ann Monteson, a member of
CF'U Nest 100 in Farrell.
Patricia has announced her
candidacy in the Popularity
Queen Contest which will
take place at the Croatian
Center on Sunday, July rs,
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1888, YES-AWAY BACK
Il YEARS AGO.
In that period Of time he
had exhausted HIS reserve or
cash equity and National
Fund benefits.
The Society now had to
pay out $314.61 to present
him with = new and abso-
lutely clear certificate In
tho amount Of $4OO on
which, because of his finan-
,cial inability to meet any
monthly assessments, he
will not have 10 pay any
dues.
Is there another organiza-
tion on the face Of the earth
which does as much for its
members? Is there anyone
who can say that the CFU
has forgotten its Old Mem
bers? ? Is there an iota Of doubt
a. to the rightful claim of our
great Society to the title OF
being the most humane, the
most fraternal, the most gen
erous organization in the
world?
Most emphatically, NOT!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-22

THE WORLD is a wheel, and it will all
come round right. - Benjamin Disrael
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