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Mitzie Knaflic, Chair.
Anna Rescic, Sec'y.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1956.
John Buban, Sec'y.
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22nd Annual Tenpin
Tournament, May 3-6,
Buffalo, New York
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Fifty-Three Teams Scheduled To Roll
For Adult Division Dux Championships
During Three-Day Tourney In Johnstown
Three Dances And Banquet Listed Among
Numerous Events Which Are To Highlight
Twentieth Renewal Of Annual Tournament
JOHNSTOWN This city, long a citadel
of the Croatian Fraternal Union, having waited
eight years and having geared itself intensely the
'ism/fro* Pas^ twelve months stands in readi-
sons, with Ambridge through
its Lodge 304 on the first
squad Friday evening, April
27th, and this by their own
request.
Spirit Or Camaraderie
The Croatian Hall, 610-612
Broad Street, Johnstown,
which will serve as the social
mecca will be in readiness
throughout the three days to
servć the tournament guests.
This schedule includes a
Fish Fry and Dance, Fri
day evening, a Bowlers'
Dance that is a must Sat
urday evening, and the Vic
tory Banquet and Dance,
Sunday evening, April 29,
to wind up the tournament.
The program itself was de
tailed last week in these col
umns, and we at this time but
Hr\ft members coming into its midst.
^he
Last week they catered to the Juniors, 15
five-man teams. This week itf
the C. F. U.
Y_J 28 and 29, weekend will be the run
ning of the Society's 20th Annual
wt9y/- Duckpin Tournament with St. Ro
elius Lodge 5 assuming that very important role
of a tournament host for the second straight week.
the April 27,
will be to 53 adult teams, 137 I remind you to procure these
doubles and 276 singles, quite banquet ducats which at
an array of bowling. |$1.50 are reasonably priced.
The complete schedule ap-1 A capacity crowd is anti
pears elsewhere in this issue cipated with the bowling so
of the Zajedničar. To Etna scheduled that all will finish
Lodge 4 goes the distinction well in time by Sunday, 6:00
of sending the largest delega
tion of eight teams, six men
and two women's.
From the extremities of
the C.F.U. duckpin world
as we know it, Farrell
Lodge 705 will be repre
sented by four teams while
from the other furthest
point will come a large del
egation from Donora and a
little smaller one from
Monessen.
All in all seventeen com
munities where the Society
does business will be meeting
in Johnstown for sports rea-
Croat Editor To
Visit Milwaukee
Mothers Shape
May 13 Program
Milwaukee, Wise. The
Committee in charge of the
Mothers' Day Celebration to
be held on May 13 met again
on April 4. We are very hap
py to announce that plans are
all under
way for this event
which wlll tke place at the
Harmony Hall, 939 So. 6th St.
Bro. Nick Hinich brought
back from Pittsburgh the
good news that Croatian Edi
tor Philip Vukelich has ac
cepted our invitation to be
guest speaker that day.
Following the program, a
fine supper will be served and
dancing will follow.
Tickets are being sold in
advance and can be purchased
at the door on the day of the
event.
We also wish to remind our
members that there will be a
campaign meeting held at
Karlovich Hall on May 12 at
8 PM. We hope that many
officers and. members from
near and far will attend both
these functions.
United Lodges Of Cleveland Will Hold
Annual "CFU Day" On Sunday, August 26
Queen Contest Will Again Be Highlight
Of Celebration In Puritas Springs Park
CLEVELAND The Uni
ted CFU Lodges of Cleveland
hereby give advance notice
that the 20th Annual Frater
nal Day will be held on Sun
day, August 26, 1956, at Pu
ritas Springs Park.
We, therefore, make an ap- of a CFU Nest or Lodge is
eligible to enter.
peal to all our various organ
izations to please refrain
from planning an affair for
that date. Instead, plan to at
tend our Fraternal Day Cele
bration.
The United Lodges will
once again sponsor a Queen
Contest. Lodges and nests are
asked to select their candi
dates and send the name, pic
ture and activities to the
Sec'y. Mrs. Anna Rescic, at
19301 Renwood Ave., Euclid
19. Any girl or lady member
Each contestant will be
awarded a prize according to
her activity in selling tickets.
These prizes will be an
nounced in a future issue of
the Zajedničar.
Mayor Of Johnstown
Welcomes Dux Keglers
To Friendly Community
Walter E. Rose
Awaiting Tourney
JOHNSTOWN It is a
pleasure to join the members
of the "St. Rochus" Lodge 5
of the Croatian Fraternal
Union of America in welcom
ing the visiting contestants
a y o W a e E o s e
atid guests in the Croatian
Fraternal Union's National
Duckpin Tournament.
I trust that all of you will
find every reason for us to
merit our designation as "The
Friendly City".
My best wishes to every
body for a successful tourna
ment and a time filled with
pleasure, so that you m^.y be
good enough to accept anoth
er invitation to visit Johns
town, Pa., again soon.
Mayor Walter E. Bose
Cleveland 99 In
Testimonial Fete
Peter Margetich
Will Be Honored
CLEVELAND We have
the pleasure to announce that
a Testimonial Banquet is be
ing planned in honor of a
widely respected fraternalist,
Peter Margetich, for his 70th
birthday.
The Banquet is to take
place on Sunday, May 13,
1956, at the Croatian
Home, 6314 St. Clair Ave.,
at 1:00 PM.
We take this means of so
informing the friends and
fellow fraternalists of bro.
Margetich so that they fhay
plan to attend and inform
others who may not have the
opportunity to read this an
nouncement.
Bequest Reservations
To those who have known
bro. Margetich, there is no
need to describe his devotion
to fraternalism, his unselfish
and ever-ready willingness to
contribute to a common
cause, his modesty and his
sincerity.
We would appreciate an
early response in buying
tickets so that we may
make definite plans as to
the number of guests. Tic
kets are priced at a
nomi
nal two dollars.
Everyone welcome to
attend.
Steve Shimits Comm.
Official Organ Croatian Fraternal Union of America
Oldest Ladies Lodge In 60th Anniversary Fete
Johnstown Weekend Scene Of 20th Annual Dux Tourney
TOWERING Shown are the towering
spires of the Cathedral of St. Mark in Za
greb. Croatia, one of the most famous Cath
olic Churches in the world. The members of
the CFU Tour Party wjll visit this great
Cathedral August 7, 1956, or shortly after
St. Louis Committee
Selects Picnic Dates
St. Louis, Mo. This is to
notify the lodges of St. Louis
and vicinity that the Central
Committee of C.F.U. Lodges
arid Nests will hold Its An
nual Picnic on June 10, 1956,
at the Croatian R. C. Church
Grounds, 12th and Russell
Blvd.
Other outings already sche
duled will take place June 24,
sponsored by CFU Lodge 50,
and July 22, sponsored by
Lodge 167.
We ask all other lodges and
organizations to please re
frain from holding an affair
on the above mentioned days.
Case Of Endowment Versus Motor Boat
PITTSBURGH We are
happy to be able to continue
reporting a successful Mem
bership Campaign. As we've
oft repeated, this year's re
sults are just short of spec
tacular—certainly the best in
our fifth year of incumbency.
The results to date place us
well into the second half of
the third thousand new mem
bers.
More than half of the Cam
paign's duration has elapsed.
Three whole months of the
drive remain and we can well
expect an acceleration of re
cruiting activity and a cor
e s o n i n y e a e n e w
membership count.
In this article We want to
touch upon another though
CFU Tour Party To Visit This Historic Croat Church
Coast Tournament
T§ Be Heki In May
Los Angeles, Calif. Sou
thern California will host the
7th Annual CFU California
State Bowling Tournament
during the weekend of May
26 and 27, 1956.
Approximately 35 to 40
teams will contest at the La
Cienega Lanes (formerly
owned by Art Linkletter),
8491 Santa Monica Blvd. The
lanes contain 22 alleys with
automatic pinspotters.
The usual banquet will take
place on Sunday afternoon,
the 27th of May.
their arrival in Zagreb from the United
States and Canada. Latest Membership Cam
paign standings and other information per
taining to the forthcoming visit to Yugosla
via may be found elsewhere in both Sections
of today's Zajedničar.
Committee
Junior Cash Surrenders Rare
By Michael Grasha
Junior Order Director
I closely related aspect of
membership fluctuations. A
huge organization such as
our CFU takes giant steps,
regardless of the direction
which strides take.
I Any undertaking must be
|of a gigantic nature if it is
to make an impression. Thus
'our membership drives must
produce large numbers of
!new members if for no other
reason than to offset the nor
mal losses that the Society
sustains in its day to day ex
istence.
Losses Aren't Large
In any grouping of over
Summit Members Plan
To Hold Dance May 5th
Summit, 111. "Unity" C.
F. U. Lodge 278 will hold its
Annual Spring Dance on Sun
day, May 5, 1956, at the So
kol Hall, 41st a&d Gage Ave.,
Lyons.
The ever popular' Sloboda
Tamburitza Orchestra, fea
turing Johnnie Ivicek, will
furnish the music for danc
ing.
The ladies will serve coffee
and ham sandwiches and, of
course, there will be liquid re
freshments for both young
and old.
tality will naturally account
for many hundreds. Over this
category we have no control
and so have to resign our
selves to its ravages.
Every other type of termi
nation however presents an
opportunity, a challenge to
turn it into a revived and per
haps even a more ardent
member. What good 10,000
new members if that gain is
offset by an equal lapsation?
Happily our losses are
relatively small, but even
these should be reduced to
an absolute minimum. We
personally accept no sus
pension notice without im
mediately contacting the
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100,000 people annual mor­
The records show that "St.
Anna" Lodge 29 was organ
ized about a year and one
half after the Society itself
came into existence in 1894,
or 62 years ago.
In the early days of today's
Croatian Fraternal Union, it
was planned to accept female
applicants only as "associate
members," and not as full
fledged affiliates of the then
small Society. It was a
"man's world" in those hal
cyon days.
But those powers that
were in those days changed
their attitude in time and
the first by-laws allowed
admission of female appli
cants and set up machinery
for the organization of
Lodges for female mem
bers only.
"St. Anna" Lodge 29 was
the first such Ladies Lodge
to be organized.
Today, 60 years later, it
boasts of more than 450 mem
bers and has the unique dis
tinction of being the largest
Ladies Lodge within the So
ciety.
First Female Delegate
And the records show that
"St. Anna" Lodge 29 was the
first unit of the old "Hrvat
ska Zajednica" to restrict
membership to members of
the fair sex.
Lodge 29 can likewise boast
of the fact that it was the
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Established 1929
ENGLISH
SECTION
Lodge 29 Priming
For Diamond Jubilee
Sunday, April 29th
Rev. Marian Soric, English Editor
To Attend Festivities In Javor Hall
PITTSBURGH The 60th Anniversary, or
Diamond Jubilee, of "St. Anna" Lodge 29 of the
Croatian Fraternal Union of America will be cel
ebrated with an appropriate program Sunday af
ternoon, April 29th.
nals of the Lodge is expected to attend the festi
vities, which are to take place^
in Javor Hall, 822 North Ca
nal Street, North Side Pitts
burgh, and commence at 2:00
PM Daylight Savings Time.
Representing the Home Of
fice of the Croatian Fraternal
Union as the speaker will be
Stephen F. Brkich, English
Editor of the Zajedničar.
Highlight of the program
will be a hilarious play en
titled "žene, Žene ." Enact
ing the roles will be the "Slo
ga" Dramatic Club of Farrell,
Pa., one of the best such
groups in this part of# the
United States.
Our other speaker and
guest of honor will be Rev.
Father Marian Soric, Pas
tor of North Side Pitts
burgh's St. Nicholas Cro
atian Roman Catholic
Church.
PAGE SEVEN
largest crowds in the social
K-C Committee
To Stage Dinner
Sunday, May 20th
Fete Vital Part
Of Big Drive To
Reactivate Area
KANSAS CITY Tickets
for the "Fraternal Homecom
ing" Banquet to be held Sun
day, May 20, 1956, under the
aegis of the Central Educa
tional Committee of Greater
Kansas City Lodges are now
available and may be pro
cured from the following:
Matt Grisnik and Joseph
Krizman, 424 North 6th St.,
Kansas City, Kansas Jaksa
and Yarmek, 506 North 4th
Street, Kansas City, Kansas^
John Skradski, 400 North 5th
Dancing will climax the Michacl Drasko
celebration and good food
and refreshments will be
available in the Hall.
Those "Good Old Days"
vich, 556 Central Avenue,
Kansas City, Kansas any of
ficial of the St. John's Cath
olic Club, 4th and Barnett
Avenue, Kansas City, Kan
sas Mr. and Mrs. Michael W.
Hotujac, 5401 Leavenworth
Road, Welborn, Kansas Tom
Blaskovich, 11220 Norledge
Street, Sugar Creek, Missou
ri Michael Miljevac, 715 Ala
bama Street, St. Joseph, Mis
souri and John P. Ribic, Pa
a e o i n 1 2 a n
Grand, 2nd Floor, Kansas Ci
ty, Missouri.
Deadline for reservations
is Monday, May 14. It is
most urgently requested
that reservations be made
at once, as a huge crowd
is anticipated on the occa
sion.
The Banquet guest of hon
or and principal speaker will
be Stephen F. Brkich, Pitts
burgh, Pa., Editor of the
English Section of the Zajed
ničar and Secretary of the
Croatian Fraternal Union's
1956 Membership Campaign
Committee.
John P. Ribic, Pres.
Jos. Preblich, V. Pres.
Joseph Zarga, Sec'y.
Michael Hotujac, Treas.
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