Page 8 "ZAJEDNIČAR* August 13, 1958

iT7> With Our Members In Port Arthur, Ontario — II - & — ENGLISH SECTION — U/ Covering The Nat'l CFU Beat Established November 6, 1929. Published weekly By The ,away from home for months Croatian Fraternal Union Of America Ontario Lodges By V. I. Mandich at a time, which, quite under­ STEPHEN F. BRK1CH, English Editor Supreme President standably, complicates the Horsing Editorial Offices, 8441 Forbes Street, Pittsburgh 18, P*. ' work of the lodge secretaries Lackawanna, N. Y. Bury Differences ¥ / Telephones: Mt'seiim ''-4470 — 2-4471 happy they were that we re-1 and other officers, which Unsolicited articles, manuscripts, letters, pictures, etc. August 1st, 1958 HE TWO Lodges of the Around Honif nflM-es snbmitted to THE ZAJKONICAH are forwarded at the membered that they, too, are jshould cause us at the Home owner's risk and THE ZAJKONK'AB expressly denies Dear bro. Brkich: — Croatian Fraternal Union • With The Editor — CROATIAN FRATERNAL UNION ret>ponsil>ilit> for their nafelteepine or return. THK T members of the Croatian Office to give special recogni- BAJKDXirAR reserves the right to edit, revise or reject Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania My article or other matter snbmitted for publication. I Fraternal Union even though ition to these lodge officers! • Fritzie Zivic, who all but 31-57. 7-23-58) an anniversary held a joint celebration with • , i « i i • j they arev hundreds,ItUilvli Cvioi evenCV vil forXvi keepingiVVvUililk theirLllCil membersIllv-lilX O pulverized HenryJ ArmstrongO article about the CFU's 1956 a anque o mar e anni thousands, of miles from the in the ranks of the Society *n 1940 to reign for a brief WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958 Yugoslav Tour it revives a lot versaries of their founding. of happy memories of a trip Lodge No. 679 "St. Nich­ Home Office in Pittsburgh, [the way they do. iSampira oftoe woridj^now that never will be forgotten. worc s one e olas" was organized in 1928, Hail Geraldton Leader * °* *°d£ working for a car dealer Going Concern Yes, Or No? Fortunately for those who * , j i i. m i secretary: "It is easy for you whose establishment lies iH have never been there, the while Lodge No. 873 "Stjepan .After a most delectable in the g e office tojthe shadows of the CFU NE OF THE "organizations within an HERE IS considerable evidence in this CFU is now offering another Radić" was organized in 1938. Home 0ffice Bld home-style dinner, prepared qUote me dlfferentdifferent sections! S- at 3441 organization" which has done much in T issue of the Official Organ that the opportunity to visit a country The celebration consisted by tuthe ladies of ^the lodges sections Forbes Ave> Pittsburgh. O „ , . £' a. j j -t .i . of the by-laws which must be recent years for the commonweal of the So­ Croatian Fraternal Union is in the midst of of a banquet the first day, and under the supervision of Mrs. . ^ , ,. , • ^ _ ,, , ,. „ , „ . , adhered to and according to ciety is its United 4-County Lodges Com­ a Membership Campaign of — to be sure a meeting of the membership Barbara Grgunch, the young , . , . College of Cardinals . • « 11 /% i « . * • , , HIUSl &CLi Oil v 1l mittee, which operates from the western — the first magnitude. on the second day of the fes- people enjoyed themselves m • The Catholic College of Reams of space are devoted today to , ... .. were to follow them explicitly Cardinals is made up of 70 extremities of Pennsylvania. tivities. j dancing while we older ones haye „ members, of whom, ordinal Unique in that its representatives hail articles covering this and that phase of the The banquet was held in : continued our conversations drive; to a run-down of all recruiters in """ special clerk just for our 6 are Cardinal-Bishops, 50 from communities scattered all over the the Croatian Home on Sat­ about the Society, about con- , ,. f are Cardinal-Priests, and 14 America and Canada credited with 50 or , /' , members m this section vast stretches of Fayette, Greene, Washing­ urday evening, June 21st. ditions prevalent there, about ~ , , , ° ! are Cardinal-Deacons. The 1 more Points as of July 25, 1958; to a listing , . . . i Canada, from whom we some-,e ollege nate ton ?- Westmoreland Counties — all either Here, Mrs. ManHich and I the functioning of the lodges,6 """V* : ™" " lS iS ^ S« <* of all officially interested in winning one of , \ times do not hear for six Roman Church. industrial, mining or were once again shown the and so on. the two Campaign Grand Prize Awards, I months. These, of .course, farming areas — the high regard and esteem in Here, too, we were happy It Gets Around either a trip to Yugoslavia or a Caribbean would have to be suspended Committee is comprised which our members, both to get to know all of the • The St. Lawrence River, Cruise; and so on. and then reinstated some two of what is anything but young and old, hold their officers and officials of which is 1,945 miles in length All interesting material — all proof that or three times every year. and flows into the Gulf of an unlucky number of 13 supreme officers, guests of both local lodges, and the nothing succeeds like success — all a tri­ , That would be easy enough Mexico, has its source ip the Lodges. honor at their celebrations. president of Lodge No. 820 bute to the greatest organization of our in the case of members with State of Minnesota. In numerical order, During the banquet and the "Javor" of Geraldton, Ont., • people in the world. sufficient reserves, but if they they are Uniontown 72; brother Matt Troselj, who The Man's Right • • • entire evening, we were ap­ have no reserve, we would Herminie 142; Monessen proached by our members came all the way from • Says Prof. H. C. McCla- • However, there is one thing about lose members. We know our 194; West Brownsville desiring to introduce to us Beardmore, Ont., to meet ren, noted British obstetri- the Campaign which the Home Office would members, we know their fam- dan: — "Husbands are a 307; Donora 327; . . . Charles J. Verbanlc , their children, grandchildren, us and to greet us in the Greensburg 345; Coke- like to "put the heat on" before it is ilies, we know where they damn nuisance and really friends and acquaintances, name of the members of his are, and believe that, when need nursing themselves, burg 354; Mariana 412; swamped with needless future inquiries. which I consider a "must" for anyone who has yet to tour .giving expression to their lodge. they come back from the °Ut °f maternity Bentley ville 437; Slovan 548; Masontown It is a two-part matter: 1) If you are in the field seeking new members, or doing in­ Yugoslavia. {sheer pleasure and satisfac- From conversations, par­ bush, they will pay what they 566; Canonsburg 567; and Mather 633. In expressing my opinion as tion at the opportunity of wel- creased insurance business, do you intend ticularly with the lodge secre- owe the lodge. We practice Reaching To Heaven Their combined strength? Better than to which is preferable a coming us to their midst, to apply your Points to either the trip to taries, we learned that many ; what you preach—that fra- • The spires of Ulm Cathe­ 2,300 men and women members! private, individual, or group Yugoslavia or a Caribbean Cruise?; and tour - I must admit that a I Numerous times during the of our members work in lum-: ternalism is insurance protec- dral (529) and the Cathedral Truly a going concern. 2) if not, do you desire the Home Office to person will find the trip far; evening we were told how ber camps and are frequently1 (Port Arthur - P. 10) of Cologne (512), both in * • * Germany, are the tallest in exchange your Points for cash when the more enjoyable by travelling} • While these United 4-County Lodges the world. time comes for making such payments in ^ I Supreme President "Steered" Through Wyoming have much in common with similar CFTJ the near future? groupings throughout the United States Dep't of Longevity True, the trip to Yugoslavia and the s h first 8UCh lt to • In 1900 only 4.1% of the and Canada, they do differ in one respect ^'gos iav il ™ - Rock Springs Lodge 374 Anniversary Civic Celebration Caribbean Cruise are months away. 1 people in the United States well worth noting here. Yes, I have a strange feel-1 Nor — even in these times of economic ing that I'll be with the next! ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — were 65 or older. The propor­ tion is now about 8.5%, which They sponsor their own weekly radio unrest — has there been a rush to cash in CFU group in 1960. Now thinking back on hap­ broadcast — The Voice of The CFTJ — means that the elders cur­ on everything in sight. Fraternally yours, penings of a month ago, when rently account fofc, say, 1 in and come into the homes of our people in But the Home Office must know where Charles ». Verbanlc " "***" to aM*ar 0181 V every 12 in the population. Fayette, Greene, Washington and West­ every Point owner stands as of now. Member, Lodge 726 | Mandich and his congenial • moreland Counties every Sunday at 12:30 ^ lady were not to be guests Wilson The Wit What's your pleasure? : p.m. via the medium of airwaves. and • The way some girls dresi (Editor: — Bro. Verbanic' visitors during the/50th to catch a man, they stand No. the Home Office of the Society does is a former CFU Supreme Anniversary of our beloved a not in any manner subsidize this weekly Welcome Back! better chance of catching Board Member and once "Gospa Rozaria" CFU Lodge pneumonia. — Earl Wilson publicity bow in its direction. It is strictly T IS NOW virtually certain that the once served as the President of the 374^ j am giving special • in the financial hands of the United 4-Coun­ Ivery active Cleveland, Ohio, CFU Men's Society's Board of Trustees.) to a wise.directing Lest We Forget ty Lodges and the benevolent members in Bowling League will be back in business ' God that He endowed me with • Tomorrow, Aug. 14,1958, their ranks. when the 1958-59 pin season is called to jQrggf [)gy CoiUfTlittCC sufficient stubborness to not is V-J Day, the 13th Anniver­ sary of the surrender of Ja­ • • • order in the Fall. ' * quietly accept the Supreme Or so we would venture to predict after pan and the end (?) of World • Naturally we at the Home Office are To Sponsor 5 Masses j Board's conclusion that "he War II. grateful for such outside support of the perusing bro. George Celezic's coverage of will not come". According to Japanese leg­ the subject, which appears on page 11 of In District Churches Croatian Fraternal Union. My stubborness was re- end, the empire was found«! this issue of the English Section. by Emperor .Tenno in 660 B. Only an ingrate would ignore the many PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The warded and, with a counter- If so, welcome back! C. Power was exercised by helping hands needed to keep the Society Greater Pittsburgh Croatian decision, the Mandich's • • • successive families of Sho> humming with activity and ahead of its Day Committee in conjunc­ came and their splendid guns for centuries, until Em­ • We cannot recall why the Cleveland Rook Springs Newspapers, Inc., Photo many competitors in the industry. tion with the celebration of stay in our midst, for a few peror Meiji came on the scene CFU Men's Bowling League departed the LUKA KEZIC, left, Oakland, Calif., only living organizer of Ergo this salute to the United 4-County the 27 th Annual Croatian days, is now7 just a pleas­ in 1867. The feudal system Lodges on the eve — Sunday, Aug. 17, 1958 Society's scene several seasons ago after Rock Springs, Wyo., Lodge 374. Congratulating him here are was abolished in 1871, mark­ Day, on Saturday, August 30, ant memory. CFU Supreme President and Mrs. V. I. Mandich, guest« of — of their 4th Annual "Fraternal Day" many years of regular action. at Kennywood Park, has ar­ ing the rise of the upper mi#» Those of us who never be honor at the Lodge's 50th Anniversary fete of June 28, 1958. die classes and trading farfc* Program at Shady Grove Park, located near Nor do we care what it was that came ranged for fivfe (5) Memorial ilirfML to cause the circuit to disband. fore had the opportunity of. Uniontown, Pa, Requiem Masses which will vel over 50 of U S and A feeling of brotherly love • What matters now is that the next meet­ meeting with this fine couple : P be celebrated at five (5) Cro­ are now loud in our praise of i downs» will be fully realized immediately possessed me for Meaningless Mush ing for the purpose of reorganizing this atian Churches throughout Coast "J Day' the outstanding ability and jon^ 48 ^me £oes ^ I, too, spent nearly a half-cen- • The most meaningless loop will take place Monday, Aug. 18, in the this area for the deceased (and insincere) phrase in cor­ j forceful character of the Su- i Out In God's Country tury in a similar institution PEAKING OF group Lodge undertak­ Croatian Home, 6314 St. Clair, Cleveland, a members of the Croatian Fra­ and know how to sympathize respondence is "Sincerely preme President of the Croa­ Shortly after bro. Mandich yours." ings, the Society's Southern California rally which will make or break the hopes of ternal Union. with one who had received the S tian Fraternal Union. arrived here, I learned that — Sydney Harris Central Committee has one coming up those endeavoring to resurrect an obviously same hard knocks (me re­ In Ambridge, Pa., Holy The immense good his pres­ for several years he had been • Sunday, Aug. 24, 1958, in the form of what good thing. ceives in a bank. Tremendous Tonnage Trinity R. C. Church at 8 ence at our Golden Anniver­ confined behind bars and had we have chosen to christen "J Day". We can do no more than bro. Celezic is Bro. Mandich came to us • The Great Lakes harbor A.M.; In McKeesport, Pa. sary created in the ranks of been pushing a pencil, with For the simple reason that the day will doing in this issue to interest all concerned from the Norih by way of of Duluth-Superior, Minn, and see the Committee staging its Annual Pic­ in attending the Aug. 18 meeting. He has Sacred Heart R.C. Church our Lodge, which has just the rubber largely gone, in a Wise., handles more than 50 nic at the Croatian Recreation Center, 11625 done his bit in his way, we in ours — via at 8 A.M.; In Millvale, Pa., completed its successful tra- bank. (Luka Kezich—P. 10) million tons of shipping an­ Budlong Ave., Los Angeles, and bringing its the published word. St. Nicholas R.C. Church at nually. The Port of Chicago 8 A.M.; North Side Pitts­ is next with 32 million tons; Junior Order Nests talent to the forefront. Which should be enough. the Port of Detroit third with Always a project destined to succeed — But, in the final analysis, all the publici­ burgh, St. Nicholas R.C. He Left His Mark On Old Nat'l Croatian Society — VII 22 million tons. this "Accent On Youth" business. ty we give the undertaking on these pages Church at 8 A.M.; and hi • • • • won't amount to a tinker's dam unless it is Rankin, Pa., St. Mary's R.C. Land of South Slavs • Just how many youngsters will come backed up by a large turnout of Cleveland Church at 7 A.M. Vlaho Bukovac - Artist Supreme • Just in case you're among those planning to visit that to display their talents during this gather­ Lodge bowlers determined to "get going" A cordial invitation is ex­ country in 1960 as a C.F.U. ing in Southern California remains to be Monday next. the young sea cadet was real­ dislike for Captain K., possi­ tended to all lodge officers ly a spy for the company bly because he knew him from Membership Campaign Grand reported here in the future. And now — Forward! Vlaho Testifies Prize Award Winner, here's and their members to attend which owned the ship. somewhere in the past. However, we do know from advance these services at the church Yugoslavia in a nutshell: publicity releases out of Los Angeles that At Court Hearing Enter Captain Salts Court Dismisses Case Capital: Belgrade. Area: specified in their immediate 98,766 square miles. Popular quite a few have been rehearsing their In Passing vicinity. By Adam Sudetic, Pres. Now, what made the cap­ On the way to Plymouth, tion (United Nations 1956 es­ "acts" for the program which will highlight — ^Detroit Lodge 519 — tain feel that Vlaho was a England, this dislike among timate) : 17,550,000. Flag: the Aug. 24 festivities. HE AMERICAN John R. Segina, Chair. company spy? the captains turned to bitter three horizontal bars, blue- OUNG VLAHO Bukovac's Nor will the best of them go unrewarded delusion that this Larry Deiost, On one trip from Odessa, quarrelling and hatred. white-red, with red star in countryT (Yugosla­ recovery from the severe center. Monetary unit: Dinar save for the customary applause. First Vice-Chairman Y unusually bad weather hit One day things almost via) is cowering un­ bruises he sustained as he (give or take, U.S.A. 0.333c). On the contrary, the Southern California Ann Subasic, them on the Black Sea. Strong resulted in fisticuffs, some­ der a terrorist regime tumbled into the hold of his Central Committee has set aside four a- Second Vice-Chairlady winds and mountainous waves thing young Vlaho could The Boston Side is . . . unfortunate. ship, then in Constantinople, wards to be tendered the finest individual Anthony J. Brajdic, forced the members of the not help seeing and hearing. • Marriage ... is a damn­ Tourists arrive here under the impression was a slow process. or group performers among the Juniors; a Secretary crew to resort to ropes to When the ship arrived in ably serious business, partic­ that their footsteps will be dogged by the About a week after the ac­ ularly around Boston. first prize worth $50, the next two $25 each, Frank H. Becer, keep themselves from being Plymouth the crew was or­ secret police and that microphones are hid­ cident, one of the ship's skip­ — John P. Marquadpf and a fourth gift of a valuable Yugoslav Treasurer swept overboard. dered to take the cargo to Folk Dance Album. den in their hotel, rooms. Many are amazed pers — a Captain Anthony K. No one aboard tasted Liverpool. He Bit The Dust Well worth "fighting" over. at the complete freedom with which tour­ — paid Vlaho a visit. Inform­ warm food for four days, By this time Captain K. de­ • An American Indian who And well worth travelling many miles to ists circulate, and this amazement is irk­ ing the youngster that the EVERY MEMBER so fierce was the sea. cided to sue Captain Saitz for was appointed a Justice of the' Los Angeles to participate in this Aug. 24 some to their hosts. The Yugoslav, rightly ship was ready to sail, he Peace back in 1797 issued the insulting him. "J Day" fete to prove that we elders — we or wrongly, is intensely proud of his free­ shook hands with Vlaho and Finally, the ship arrived at following warrant: Me High happen to be a grandfather twice removed dom and does not like to have it questioned, wished him good luck. Constantinople. It was here Both of the combatants Howder, yu constable, yu dep­ uty, best way yu look um Je­ - are 100% behind our youngsters in all even by implication. Vlaho didn't regret this that the other skipper — N. wanted Vlaho to testify in Pendo — left the boat and their behalf in court. Well a- remiah Wickit, strong yu take heir endeavors. — Dr. Peter Gray parting of the ways, for he um, fast yu hold um, qtiiftk May it always be so. Univ. of Pittsburgh disliked the captain's cru­ was replaced by Captain Lou­ ware of the cruelty of Captain you bring um before me. elty and was glad to see is Saitz. a native of Dubrov­ K. — but fearing him not — (Editor: — Dr. Gray is the head of the D&p't of tfie youngster decided to tell THE SIMPLON tunnel through the Alps him get out of his lifef nik. C — CO-OPERATION Biological Sciences at the University of Pitts­ the truth and the court dis- between Switzerland and Italy is 12 miles burgh. He is engaged in current research at the Nor did the captain care for From the very beginning, p — FOSTERS GET A MEMBER 1 long. OcwMographio Institute at Splitt Yugoslavia./ Vlaho, for he suspected that Captain Saitz showed open XVlaho Bukova« - P. 10) D — UNITY I /