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Annual C. F. U. Day
Sunday, June 17,1956
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SIX PAGES
4-County Lodges
On Air June 17th
Pictured, right, are mem
bers of the Pozega Tambu
ritza Orchestra of Girard,
Ohio. These artists are among
the many stars who will per
form during the program
which will highlight the stag
ing Sunday, June 17, of the
United Four-County Lodges
2nd Annual "Croatian Frater
nal Union Day" at Palmer
Park, Donora, Pa.
The Four-County Commit
tee embraces Lodges domi
ciled in Fayette, Greene,
Washington and Westmore
land Counties. The group has
a e e e n o u s s i e s
since its organization and
boasts of a weekly Sunday
radio program over Charleroi
Station WESA.
Arrangements Comm.
Supreme Secretary To
Deliver Speech Sunday
During Brighton Picnic
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa.
a n k i n o o s e v e
Lodge 490 of the Croatian
Fraternal Union of America
will sponsor its Annual Pic
nic and Program. Jrere Sun
day, June 17.
The festivities, one of the
local highlights of this year's
observance of Father's Day,
will be held at Wise's Grove
off Route 88, Mercer Road,
on the outskirts of New
Brighton, Pa.
Our guest of honor and
principal speaker will be
bro. Joseph Bella, Supreme
Secretary of the Croatian
Fraternal Union of Amer
ica.
Music is to be provided by
the nationally known and al
ways popular "Sloboda" Tam
buri tzans of East Pittsburgh.
These artists are in a class by
themselves and can cater to
the musical whims of the
young and old.
A plentiful supply of bar
becued lamb has been order
ed for this festive occasion.
Available also will be sand
wiches of all kinds, your fa
vorite cooling refreshment,
and goodies for the children.
The members of Lodge 490
invite you to be their guest
Sunday, June 17th.
Supreme Treasurer To
Speak Sunday, June 17
At McKeesport 25 Fete
McKeesport, Pa. "Hr
vatski Sokol" CFU Lodge 25
will stage its Picnic on Sun
day, June 17, at well known
Kosut Park.
We will have with us
that day the Supreme Trea
surer of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union, bro. Martin
Krasich. His address will
be of interest to all the
C.F.U. members in attend-
ance.
A very popular tamburitza! jts
for your dancing and listening
enjoyment.
Hot barbecued lamb and a
variety of liquid refreshments
will dominate the picnic menu.
We extend a warm welcome
to all the CFU members and
friends of the vicinity to at
tend.
Entertainment Committee
Sick Benefit Department Secretary
To Represent Home Office As Speaker
At Four-County Festivities In Donora
Charleroi Station WESA To Broadcast
Hour Long Salute On Sunday, June 17th
DONORA, Pa. The United CFU Lodges
of Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmore
land Counties will hold their 2nd Annual "Croa
tian Fraternal Union Day" at Palmer Park on
Father's Day, Sunday, June 17.
Palmer Park is located near Donora off Route
837, which runs between Donora and Monongahela.
Signs throughout the areaf»
will help guide motorists to
the Park, one of the most
popular outing sites in the
area.
Barbecuing of lamb and
pork will begin at 10:00 AM
and both delicacies will be a
vailable for the dinner hour.
Championship s o all
games will get the big day
under way at 11:00 AM
when the Cokeburg Lodge
354 and Monessen Lodge
194 teams cross bats. The
Clairton Lodge 248 and
Youngstown, Ohio, Lodge
66 teams will "go at it" at
12:30 PM.
The winners of the 11:00
AM and 12:30 PM battles will
clash at 2:00 PM for the CFU
Championship Trophy to be
awarded the victors during
the afternoon "CFU Day"
Program.
Special Radio Program
The mid-day highlight of
You are most cordially in
vited to tune in Sunday, June
17, at 12:15 PM for what will
be a stirring public salute to
the greatest organization of
kind in the world, the
orchestra, the Tammie Sere- Croatian Fraternal Union,
naders, will provide the music
program is
a weekly feature and is nor
mally broadcast every Sun
day from 12:30 to 1:00 P^
via Radio Station WESA.
Program At 5 PM Sharp
The afternoon program,
the "meat of the day", will
begin at 5:00 PM.
The Pozega Tamburitzans
will open the program with
the traditional National An
thems, following which Uni
ted 4-County Lodges Com
mittee President Mike Cin
dric will greet the crowd.
Two selections by the Po
zega Tamburitza Orchestra
will be the next order of so
cial business, after which
August Z. Chambon, Burgess
of Donora, will speak.
The audience will then
have the privilege of hear
ing the "Javor" Singing
Society of North Side
Pittsburgh render three se
lections.
the celebration will be an
hpur long radio salute over
Charleroi Station WESA, 940
kilocycles, to this 2nd Annual
"CFU Day."
The program will begin
at 12:15 PM and last until
1:15 PM, DST. Featured
will be the Pozega Tambur
itza Orchestra of Girard,
Ohio, one of the most pop
ular string ensembles ever
to perform in this part of
Western Pennsylvania.
Next will come CFU Sports Orchestra and Kolo Group to
Director Frank Braidic to jtg members and friends,
present the beautiful Home! Karns City High School
Office Trophy to the team! should be packed to the walls
which dominated the softball for this Saturday evening,
wars earlier in the day. june 23, Concert.
Songs by the Pozega Tam- Pablicity Committee
buritzans and Gus Rogan are
Serious Side Of Life
Moving along, time will be
taken out here for the serious
side of life.
Our guest of honor and
principal speaker will step
forward at this point to de
liver an address which we feel
certain will be of importance
to one and all.
He is John Ovcarich,
Pittsburgh, Secretary of
the Croatian Fraternal
Union's Sick Benefit De
partment.
Bro. Ovcarich is now serv
ing his second term as the
heafl of this Department. He
was first elected to the of
fice during the California
Convention of 1951
elected at the
Following will be a skit by ley of Santa Clara,
the Pozega Tamburitzans and
Gus Rogan.
The next and final speaker
will be the Hon. William J.
a n e e n n s y v a n i a S a e
Senator from Washington
Official Organ Croatian Fraternal Union of America
United Four-County Lodges In Second "CFU Day" June 17
FARRELL The sensa
tional "Sloga" Junior Tambu
ritza Orchestra and Kolo
Group will present a Concert
Saturday evening, June 23,
in the Karns City High
School
One of the outstanding
such juvenile organizations in
the United States, these ar
tists will appear under the
auspices of CFU Lodge 293
of nearby Kaylor and are
scheduled to begin the Con
cert at 8 o'clock.
Tens of thousands of words
could be written in a sincere
effort to describe the versati
lity of these tamburitzans
and dancers, all of whom
make their public appearan
ces in native dress. But one
must see them in action to
appreciate just how truly a
mazing they are.
e o a i a n a e n a
Union has long been extreme
ly proud of this unique cul
tural organization in its
I midst and it recommends the
"Sloga" Junior Tamburitza
EVERY MEMBER
GET A MEMBER
Not onlj, the of Nor.
thern California will storm
the shaded grounds, tables
and benches of the park but
a number of our CFU mem-
tour up from south.
(Continued on Page 9) I em California this we learn- Luka Konjevod
McKeesport Tarns And
Croat Radio Director
in Joint Fete June 24
Farrell Junior Tarns
Will Star June 23 In
Karns City High School
eri a n-Croatian Radip
Hour (WMCK) and the Mc
Keesport Junior Tamburitz
ans will jointly sponsor a
This event will mark the
26th year of broadcasting by
the Director of the American
Croatian Radio Hour, Tony
Brajdic, and the second year
of the 50-member McKees
port Juniors as a tamburitza
ensemble.
So, plan now to attend this
district's most outstanding
musical festival and outing of
the year under the joint spon
sorship of the American-Cro
atian Radio Hour, (WMCK)
McKeesport, and the McKees
port Junior Tamburitzans, on
Sunday, June 24th, at the
Croatian Center, off Babcock
Boulevard, Millvale.
McKees Rocks, Pa. The
two McKees Rocks C. F. U.
Lodges, 125 and 143, will hold
their jointly sponsored picnic
Sunday, July 8th, at the usual
and well known place, Ru
precht's Grove on Ewing Rd.
off McCoy Road in Mc Kees
Rocks, Pa.
This has become a social
must for the occasion with
o u e e s a n e i
friends. Thus far the commit
tee, consisting of the officers
from both lodges, has held
several meetings. The next
such committee meeting will
take place at the Croatian
Home, 8:00 PM. Friday June
15th, 1956.
Central Committee Of Northern California Lodges Primed
For Staging Of Annual Outing June 24th In Cupertino Park
Committee Will Award Free Trip To Yugoslavia During Day-Long
Fete Publicizing National Greatness Of Croatian Fraternal Union
SAN FRANCISCO Sun
day, June 24, is approaching
and over that Croatian Day
weekend in Northern Cali
fornia, hundreds of our mem
bers and their friends from
every section north of Fresno
will be headed for the beau
and re- tiful picnic grounds of Na
Philadelphia predak Park in Cupertino,
Convention of 1955. the heart of the romantic val-
The Committee
McKees Rocks Members
Prep For Annual Tryst
Milwaukee, West Allis
Lodges Set For Outing
Sick Ben. Secretary
And Editor To Speak
In Massillon June 24th
nička Sloga" CFU Lodge 600
will sponsor its first Picnic
of the season Sunday, June
24, at the farm of bro. Josip
picnic on Sunday, June 24th, Matesic, in the nearby town
at the Croatian Center, off of Navarre, where we held
Babcock Boulevard, in Mill- our outings last year. The
vale, Pa. outing will begin before noon
The day's outing will fea- and continue until late at
ture a gala tamburitza fes
tival including songs and
dances by several prominent
Junior Tamburitza Orches
tra's participating through
out the afternoon and eve
ning.
night.
Directions to the outing
are as follows: Take U. S.
Road 21 out of Massillon.
Where the road divides,
watch for the Henry Street
sign. Follow Henry St. across
the railroad and the grounds
are but two minutes away.
The grounds are now bet-
ter equipped for picnics than
they were last year. Available Iour
now are a platform for danc
ing and many other conveni
ences.
Our guests of honor and
speakers will be two CFU
officials, Sick Benefit De
partment Secretary John
Ovcarich and Croatian Edi
tor of the Zajedničar Philip
Vukelich.
Djoko Bribich and his pop
ular Plavi Jadran Tamburitza
Orchestra will be present to
entertain you with their
songs and dance music.
The committee will see
that there is an ample supply
of barbecued lamb and other
solid and liquid refreshments
on hand for your convenience.
We cordially invite our
lodge members and all our
friends of Massillon, Brew
ster, Barberton, Akron and
vicinity to attend.
Johnstown 5 Meeting
Scheduled For Sunday
Johnstown, Pa. Mem
bers of CFU Lodge 5 are
urged to attend the forth
coming meeting on Sunday,
June 17, at 2 PM, in the Cro
atian Hall.
Members are also asked to
bring their dues payments up
to date at that time.
ed while attending the Cali
fornia State C.F.U. Bowling
Tournament, held May 26th
and 27th in Hollywood.
Bro. Chris Radovan,
President of the Central
Committee of the Northern
California CFU Lodges,
formally invited Matt Ko
vacevich, the third Vice
President of the CFU, and
his wife to attend the pic
nic.
A number of other mem
bers from the Southland will
be here, including Louie and
Helen Dobrich of Van Nuys,
John Konjevod of Los Ange
(Continued On Pace 9)
The Blati Brewery Quar
tet, one of the finest such mu
sical groups in the United
definitely be in
midst June 17th to
Representing the City of
Milwaukee will be the Hon.
Frank P. Zeidler, one of
the most popular Mayors
in the political annals of
the community.
Speaking for the City of
West Allis will be the Hon.
Arnold N. Klentz, whose pop
ularity as Mayor is equal to
that of his contemporary in
adjacent Milwaukee.
Pride In Nationality
The guest of honor and
principal speaker this year
will be Stephen F. Brkich,
Pittsburgh, English Editor of
the Zajedničar.
Those who follow the local
Croatian Radio Hour faith
fully will first hear bro. Br
kich deliver a brief speech
via that medium on Sunday
morning, June 17th.
His afternoon address at
Arcadia Park Inn will be
aimed at his younger, Ame
rican born listeners, men
and women who may not
understand the true great
ness and national promi
nence of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union of America.
Entitled "Pride in Nation
ality," bro. Brkich has deliv
ered this address in different
sections of the United States
and Canada and only recently
spoke in like vein in Kansas
City, Kansas, before one of
til« large«! CFU gatherings
Established 1929
ENGLISH
SECTION
English Editor Of Zajedničar Will
Be Principal Speaker June 17 During
Annual Gathering At Arcadia Park Inn
Mayors Of Milwaukee And West Allis To
Salute Members and Friends Of Society
MILWAUKEE Sponsored by the Society's
Milwaukee and West Allis Area Lodges, the 8th
Annual "Croatian Fraternal Union Day" Picnic
will be held here on Father's Day, Sunday, June
17, at Arcadia Park Inn, 13600 W. Greenfield Ave.
An outstanding afternoon program has been
arranged for the gala occasion and an imposing
array of entertainers, disting-^
uished speakers and others
are scheduled to appear be
fore what is expected to be
an all-time record crowd of
celebrants.
our guests. So will the color
ful Blatz Brewery Band, who
are in a class by themselves.
The Milwaukee-West Al
lis CFU Mothers' Club Ko
lo Dancers are also sched
uled to take part in these
festivities and treat the
crowd to some great danc
ing,
A spot on the colorful pro
gram has also been found for
John Petek's Orchestra, out
standing musicians in their
own right and long the pride
and joy of our many people
in this part of America.
Mayors Popular Leaders
While the speakers will be
few in number, all are dis
tinguished in their calling in
life. They will be heard be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock on Sun
day, June 17.
PAGE SEVEN
there in the past decade and
more.
Offer Free Bus Service
Free bus service from 70th
and Greenfield to Arcadia
will begin at Noon and con
tinue through 8 PM.
Volunteer Red Cross Ser
vice will be on the grounds
throughout the day to look
after those who may find
themselves in need of medical
or other attention.
Parking facilities for
cars will be available in
side the Park and atten
dants will be on hand to
take care of the automo
biles. Absolutely no cars
arc to be parked along the
highway or in front of the
Park.
The Committee will not as
sume responsibility for any
cars parked along the road
or in front of the grounds.
We cannot stress this point
too strongly.
Committee In Readiness
Long before the trek be
gins to Arcadia Park Inn,
Steve Vukonunich will be up
and about preparing the bar
becued lambs and pigs for
the many hungry mouths.
Bro. Vukonunich will begin
his chores at 5:30 AM on
Sunday, June 17.
Others will also turn out
bright and early to begin
preparing for the crowd.
These include Mrs. Walint,
Chairman of the Food
Committee John Gudlin,
Chairman of the Bar Com
mittee Mrs. Srok, who will
o v e s e e s a e s o s o
drinks and Mike Papa,
who will handle tickets at
the gate.
Arrangements have also
been made for vendors to cir
culate throughout the Park
and sell candy, pop corn, ice
cream and other goodies so
delightful to the children.
Tickets Still Available
Tickets for' this 8th Annual
"Croatian Fraternal Union
Day" Picnic are in the hands
of all Lodge Secretaries. They
may be purchased at a re
duced rate prior to the cele
bration and may be obtained
from the following:
Lodge 255 Joseph Wod
warka, 640 West National
Avenue, Milwaukee 4.
Lodge 391 Mary Komes,
1305 South 92nd Street, West
Allis.
Lodge 392 Steve Illes,
2215 West Garfield Avenue,
Milwaukee 5. Ksthryn Kor
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