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Nikola Dizdar, Sec'y.
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i \n\n Trafford Juniors To
Hold Holiday Funfest
TRAFFORD, Pa. Prepa
rations are in effect for a pic
nic of the Junior Order Nest
203, on July 4th, at the Traf
o S o s e n o u n s
First Street Extension. If any
of our members are interested
in helping our fete be a suc
cess, their help would be cer
tainly appreciated.
A most cordial invitation is
extended to our neighboring
Nests and Lodges. More de
tails will appear in the future
issues of our "Zajedničar".
We are happy to notify all
tliat our recent endeavor to
raise funds was a great suc
cess. The winner of the U. S.
Savings Bond was one of our
Junior Order members, Mark
Kromer. Mary Dobos won the
award for selling the most
tickets.
Detroit Home Ladles
Cookng Dp Something
DETROIT, Mich. The
Ladies Building Committee
will serve dinner June 1 in
the Croatian National Home.
1735 E. McNichols, preceding
the membership meeting.
Dinner will be served from
5 to 7 p.m. The menu: Bread
ed chicken potato salad
green salad rice and giblets
dessert. Price of the meal
$1.75. dessert $0.25 extra.
All proceeds will go into ]ocjges
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apologies for my non-appear
ance for the dinner date.
This time bro. Brkich had
George Sankovich in his com
pany. I was surprised to see
him back so soon from his
Lika. after stating that he
was going to stay there for
at least twenty days.
sion to complete in Sisak and
boarded one of the local
IRONWOOD, Mich. Pic
tured id little Miss Linda Ray
kovich, a member of CFU
Ne^t waa bom in
Alons with the Jr. Order Ironwood on October 24, 1947,
officers. I would like to thank j*™1 3olned
Nest 66 in
all who helped make our first i *954.
endeavor a great success. Linda resided in lronwood
with her grandparents, Mr.
until recently. She now makes
her home with her mother
and dad, Mr. and Mrs. John
Raykovich of Idaho.
Louis Miklesh, Sec'y.
Pitt Organizations In
Picnic At Croat Center
Lena R. Vidusic, Sec'y.| John Naglich, Sec'y. |tian Home.
A Foreign Born Immigrant Returns To Yugoslavia
Detroiters Will Try
Rainy Sunday Socials
DETROIT, Mich. Come
one, come all and join the
big ball especially all you
young adults. It has come to
our attention that our young
adults want to create some
new activities at our club at
1735 E. McNichols Road.
Beginning with Sunday,
May 26, at 3 p.m., until ??,
we will have an orchestra
(name unknown at his time)
i or your dancing pleasure. If 2n(j_
we can
adults to take an interest in
this new venture we intend
to have an orchestra at the
club every rainy Sunday dur
ing the summer months.
"The Ladies Building Com
mittee" will have the kitchen
open for your eating pleasure.
Bring your friends, as we can
assure them an enjoyable
time.
Watch the club bulletin
board for future notices.
Helen A. Stimac
PITTSBURGH. Pa. CFU
Lodge 34, KSKJ Lodge 163
and Bratska Sloga will spon
sor their Second United Pic
nic on Sunday, June 30, 1957, 'These are Lodges 99, 47, 14,
at the Croatian Center.
This will serve as friendly
notice to all other societies,
The board members request
all officers and members of
all chartered and assistant
lodges and clubs to attend.
663 and D. D. D. Dalmacija.
Also invited are the Gospo
jinski. Goranin, Abrasevic and
various clubs in Primorski Clubs.
the Building Fund. So, come vicinity, trusting that Purpose of this meeing is
out and eat and do your, ^ey
schedule an af- to hold open discussions for
fair for that date. the betterment of our Croa-
home from Zagreb the car
was loaded with milk cans
and talkative women.
A couple would open up
their suitcase and pull out a
large salami sausage and a
i loaf of bread and munch a
'way, entirely oblivious of the
rest of the passengers.
Nearing Sisak, I was
stunned to learn what a
small world this is. A wo
man asked me if I was
from America. She said
that she had a brother
there. I replied "Where?"
Her answer was, in Lack
awanna, New York.
I said, "George, what's
the matter with Lika?" He
replied, "Don't talk Char
ley, I'm sick. I never saw
anything like it before. I've
been kissed by more men in
Lika in two days than 1
have in my entire lifetime
in the United States. Who
wants to be kissed by men
all the time?
"1 gave one big party for
the people in my village. I ne
ver thought that there were
so many people in all of Yu
goslavia. They take me to the
cleaners. At night time 1 ask
for the rest room, they tell
me to go in the field. Charley,
1 can't stand that.
"Now I come back to Za
greb, the orchestra leader
says I owe him money for compared notes on our exper
playing Junak Iz Like, and iences in Yugoslavia.
the hotel clerk wants to put
me out. Charley, have I got
troubles! I told bro. Brkich
to change my date for going
home. If he don't, I'll die in
Zagreb. Well anyway, I told
that louse of a clerk to try
and put me out. What kind of
a Yugoslav are you letting
foreigners stay in the hotel
and me, who for the first time
in 55 years visits my country
where I was born, you want
to throw me out."
I told her that I knew her
brother. Elia Trnjinich, and
that I would convey best re
gards to him from his sister
Stana Dabic.
Ann Rusher's Arm Yarn
My assignment in Sisak fin
ished, I returned to Zagreb to
the Hotel Esplanade, which
was filled with guests for the
Zagreb Fair. Again I met Ste
phen F. Brkich, Stephanie
happened until Friday, Sep
tember 8, at which time we
were invited to attend the
opening of the Zagreb Fair.
It was to be opened officially
by Marshal Tito himself.
The Fair was divided into
two sections, the old and new
parts of Zagreb. I visited the
new part and saw all the ex
hibits from Germany, China,
Russia. Italy, Poland, India
and Yugoslavia.
I never realized that
such a variety of products
were manufactured in Yu
goslavia, such as clothing,
furniture, stoves, refrigera
tors, electric motors and
equipment, small machine
ry, aluminum windows, and
a host of other articles too
numerous to mention.
Upon my arrival at the old
part to see the American ex
hibit. I discovered that it was
not officially opened and no
one was being admitted. I
proceeded to the hotel to keep
a dinner date with a law stu-
Walter. Thomas Chulig and dent at the Hotel Esplanade
Ann Rusher and, as usual,
Stephanie Walter gave a vi
vid description of her excur
sion along the Isle of Love,
just off Dubrovnik, where
men are men and women are
glad of it.
Ann Rusher told us of an
amusing incident on how
she almost lost an arm in
the Hotel Esplanade eleva
tor. It's good for a laugh
anytime.
Being invited out for dinner
with friends, I made a hasty
That was George's tale of trip to Wagon Lits to pick up
woe. After a full week of toy reserved seat tickets for!
sleeping at the Putnik Agen- the Simplon Orient Express,
cy, George's change of date a private sleeping compart
came through. It was a hap- ment. Fortified with the tic
py day for our George. Need- kets I visited my friends in i
less to say, George wasn't Zagreb and had dinner with
evicted from his hotel room. them. Those tickets made me i
A Small World Indeed
The next day I had a mis
It was the last night in Za
greb for the CFU Boat Group
that was returning on the He
De France on September 10.
I retired early to make sure
that I got up on time to catch
the 6:00 a.m. Simplon Orient
Express to Paris.
I was looking forward to
a life of ease and luxury on
my ride back to Paris. I
even boasted to Stephen F.
Brkich about my good for
tune and invited him to
spend his time with me in
my compartment when we
would board the train.
Returning to my temporary
residence I packed my suit
cases and tried to sleep, but
couldn't for fear I would miss
the train since there was no
one around to call me in the
.-T morning. Dawn came and I
feel as if I was nding on
,, silently made my exit, really
cloud seven the world seem- ..
.. i. u loaded with two suitcases and
trains, going second class. Products Of Yugoslavia away.
The farmers were returning, Nothing, worthy of note, (To Be Continued)
bag, and proceeded to the
Kolodvor, two long blocks
Canton's American-Croatian Home To
Be Scene June 2 Of Campaign Conclave
Supreme Secretary, Trial Board Prexy
Slated To Address Lodge, Nest Leaders
CANTON, Ohio The veland.
Croatian Fraternal Union's! Lodge and Nest leaders in
Membership Campaign Com- Canton, Massillon, Mansfield,
i 11 e e at Pittsburgh is Akron, etc., will receive for
pleased to announce that ar-' mal invitations from the So
rangements have been made ciety's Home Office to attend
with the leadership of local this Conference.
"St. Ann" Lodge 514 for a In the meantime, all con
Conference on Sunday, June cerned should give thought to
get enough young rp^e conference will be held peculiar to their Lodge and
in the American Croatian or Nest and save them for an
Home, 2543 West Winfield N.
E., and start at 2:30 p.m.
Conducting the session
will be Supreme Secretary
Joseph Bella, Pittsburgh,
and Higli Trial Board Pres
ident John Badovinac, Cle-
Anaconda Lodges To
Hold Campaign Confab
And Banquet June 9th
ANACONDA, Mont.
"Sts. Peter and Paul" CFU
Lodge 84 and "Morning Star"
Board of Trustees of the Cro- on Sunday, June 9th, at the
atian Home Association, 6314
St. Clair Ave., is calling a
Special Meeting to be held
Sunday, May 26, at 2 p. m.
in the Croatian Home.
Lodge 84 Home, located at
500 E. Fourth and Chestnut
Street.
The Conference will be
gin at 3 p.m. and will fea
ture as the main speaker
bro. John Ovcarich, Secre
tary of the CFU Sick Ben
e i e a e n i s
burgh, Pa.
Bro. Ovcarich will discuss
Immediately following the
problems which may be
airing during the Canton
gathering of Sunday, June 2.
The two speakers will 'be
only too happy to answer any
and all questions.
Stephen F. Brkich, Chair.
Philip Vukelich, Sec'y.
North Cal Committee
Elects Officers And
Sets Date For Outing
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—
The Central Committee of the
Northern California C.F.U.
Lodge 989 will jointly sponsor Lodges held its Annual Meet
a CFU Campaign Conference ing in April at the Yugoslav
Sokol Hall.
At that time new officers
were elected for the coming
year and plans were set in
motion for the Annual Pic
nic, which will be held Sun
day, June 30, at beautiful
Napredak Park in Cuper
tino.
The new officers elected
are: George Glavas of Sac
ramento, President Tony Iv-
the different types of insur- anetich of Berkely, Vice-Pres
ance and other details of the ident Madeline Pavlovich of
CFU, a very timely subject Watsonville, Secretary N. J.
now that the Campaign is on Nikolac of Mountain View,
for the signing of new mem-1 Treasurer Peter Obad of San
bers and increased insurance. Francisco, Publicity and
Banquet Tickets Realy Sports Director and Trustees
Conference a banquet will be
This may be done by con
tacting John Stipich, John
Petelin, John Jurcich, Sr.,
Steve Kalafat, Josephine
Pupich and Alice Križan of
Lodge 84, or John Jurcich,
Jr., and Angela Blaz of
Lodge 989.
In Butte, members may
make reservations by con
tacting any one of the officers appear
of Lodges 89 and 165.
Versailles Men Will
Whoop It Up May 26th
VERSAILLES, Pa.
Croatian Men's Club will hold
its first Picnic of the season
on Sunday, May 26, at the
well known Kossuth Park.
Hot barbecued lamb will be
available beginning at noon
and other refreshments will
be on tap throughout the day.
Music for your dancing and
listening pleasure will be by
Glen Ritchie and his Orches
tra.
Brighton 490 Selects
New Prez And Recorder
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa.
The regular monthly meeting
of "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
Lodge 490 will be held Sun
day, June 2, in the Church
Hall, starting at 2 p. m.
All arrangements will be
made at the time for the
Lodge's Annual Picnic, which
is to be held at Wise's Grove
on Father's Day, Sunday,
June 16, and be highlighted
by outstanding music for
dancing, the serving of bar
becued lamb. etc.
Two changes in the official
family were made at the last
o n y e e i n o e
Lodge. Anton Klemen, 706
Grove Avenue, is the new
Lodge President and John
Chogich, 1418 Saftd Street, is
now serving as the Recording
Secretary.
held at the Home. Those wish-
Vukovich of Mountain
ing to attend the banquet are
asked to make their reserva
tions by June 5th.
Sacramento.
The committee In charge
of preparations will be
headed by N. J. Nikolac.
They have promised that
they will propose extra-or
dinary festivities for the
Central Committee's 17th
annual shindig.
The committee also plans to
sponsor "Lado," Zagreb's vo
cal, instrumental and dance
group, which is scheduled to
on the West Coast
sometime in January, 1958.
We remind all our members
and their friends to keep
June 30 open on their calen
dar and join us at Napredak
Park that day.
Peter Obad, Pub.
Golden Milestone Of
Greensburg Lodge 345
GREENSBURG, Pa. C.
F. U. Lodge 345 will sponsor
a celebration commemorating
the Fiftieth Anniversary of
its inception on Sunday, June
2, 1957, at Grandview Park
(Spore's Grove), 1 mile south
of Greensburg, on Route 119.
Mnsic will be furnished
by the Sloboda Tamburitza
Orchestra and a complete
line of liquid and solid re
freshments will include the
traditional kot barbecued
lamb.
We urge members and
friends, young and old, of the
surrounding towns and coun
ties to help us celebrate this
rare occasion.
Uniontown Lodge Will
Stage Benefit Outing
UNIONTOWN, Pa. "Sts.
Peter and Paul" Lodge 72 of
the Croatian Fraternal Union
will sponsor its first Picnic of
the season on Sunday, July
7, at the St. Cecilia Grounds,
in Limant, which is approxi
mately 3 miles from Union
town.
Posters will be posted along
the route to the outing and
any out-of-towners wishing to
know the directions may stop
at the Croatian Club on
Franklin St. the day of the
picnic.
As is our custom, there will
be an abundance of hot bar
becued lamb available, plus a
complete line of other solid
and liquid refreshments.
The popular Sloboda Tam
buritza Orchestra of East
Pittsburgh will entertain one
and all with their variety
dance music and singing.
This affair is being held for
the benefit of our old and sick
members who were instru
mental and active in the lodge
heretofore, but now need our
help. We therefore invite all
our members and other CFU
members and friends of the
vicinity to Join us on this oc
casion.
Publicity Comm.
East Chi Choir Girds
For Day In Sun May 26
EAST CHICAGO, Ind.
Members of the Croatian
Singing Society "Sloga" are
now busy rehearsing for their
annual Spring Concert to be
held May 26 at the Croatian
Home, 4033 Main St., Indiana
Harbor.
An interesting and diversi
fied program is being planned
including choral selections in
Croatian and English, vocal
and instrumental solos, duets,
kolo dancing, etc.
Anyone interested in join
big the group is invited to
come out to rehearsal any
Monday night, at 8 pm, in
the Croatian Home, or con
tact Pres. Matt Rivich, East
Chicago 5698-4, or the under
signed at WE. 3-7820. All na
tionalities are accepted and
represented.
Mrs. Nicholas Zafran
Versailles 146 Meets
Undergo Summer Change
VERSAILLES, Pa. This
is to notify the members of
"Holy Trinity" CFU Lodge
146 that there will be changes
in our regular meeting dates,
as follows:
During the months of May,
June, July and September, the
meetings will be held, as in
past years, on the third Sat
urday of the month at 7:30
p.m. In the month of August,
the meeting will take place
on the fourth Saturday, Aug
ust 24.
Mildred V. Zalac, Rec.
Ambridge Manager In
Regular Dues Pickup
AMBRIDGE. Pa. As the
newly elected manager of
Nest 36, I wish to notify the
members that I will be at the
Lodge Home the third Friday
of every month, (the lodge
meeting date) from 7 to 9
PM, to collect nest dues.
Those who cannot attend the
meeting may come to my
home 720-24 St. in Ambridge
or call me at Co. 6-4668.
r\, i ONE DOLLAR is the fee charged for the
I i w I publication of one-column pictures of Indi
ra l^\» vidual members in the Zajedničar. THREE
DOLLARS is required for two-column pic­
tures showing several persons. FIVE DOLLARS is the
fee for three-column pictures showing tamburitza
ensembles, groups, etc., not exceeding six persons.
SEVEN DOLLARS is required for the publication of
such large pictures as singing societies, wedding groups
showing bridesmaids, mass meetings, etc. The fee MUST
accompany each picture. Make all Checks or Money
Orders payable to the CROATIAN FRATERNAL
UNION OF AMERICA and forward together with
photo, to:
"ZAJEDNIČAR"
3441 Forbes Street
English Section
Pittsburgh (13) Pa.
Leroy J. Cesar
Quits Nest Ranks
DENVER, Colo. Once
again it is our pleasure to in
troduce a transferee from
Nest 7 to "St. Jacob's" CFU
s.
Lodge 12, Leroy J. Cesar, who
was born in Denver and is
the son of Mrs. Alice Cesar.
He attended Holy Rosary
Parochial School and Ca
thedral High School and is
now serving in the U. S.
Navy.
The members of Lodge 12
are very happy to admit such
a young man as Leroy into
their ranks and hope that he
feels the same about joining
them.
Matt Zvonar, Pres.
Harbor Home Recorder
Checks Meeting Agenda
INDIANA HARBOR, Ind.
This is to notify the mem
bers of the Croatian Home
Association that at our last
regular meeting it was deci
ded that the meetings be held
the last Tuesday of each
month. This schedule will be
followed for the rest of this
year. Pete Polich, Rec.
Etna Lodges To Stage
Fete At Croat Center
ETNA, Pa. "Guardian
Angel" CFU Lodge 4, to
gether with "Sts. Peter and
Paul" KSKJ Lodge 64 and
local "Holy Trinity" CCU
Lodge 35, will sponsor a Pic
nic at the Croatian Center on
Sunday, June 16, 1957. This
will be a community affair,
such as we have been holding
for the past several years.
Since the day of our picnic
falls on Father's Day, we in
vite all the fathers of the area
to celebrate at the Croatian
Center.
Katherine Trdina, Sec'y.
Picnic Committee
CLEVELAND, O. "Zum
berak" CFU Lodge 859 is
proud to announce that it is
celebrating its Twentieth An
niversary in 1957. To some,
this may mean little, but to
most, this is "our year". A
year to be proud of the work
accomplished in the past.
Proof of what a closely-knit
ted, hard-working and for
ward looking lodge can and
did accomplish.
Bearing in mind these ac
complishments, the Lodge is
now planning a banner year
of festivities. The groundwork
has been laid your coopera
tion is all that is needed to
make these plans a success.
No Time For Slumber
Let us list a few of our
present plans: The lodge did
send to Johnstown, Pa., a
basketball team that com
peted in the National C.F.U.
Tournament Entries from
our lodge to the National CFU
Bowling Tournament far ex
ceeded all expectations An
Annual Lodge Athletic Fund
a i s i n A a i i s e i n
planned this year A gigantic
family-style picnic is sched
uled for August, and, last but
not least, is our Twentieth An
niversary Ball.
The Ball is to be held at
Akron 472 Planning
Picnic For June 2nd
AKRON, Ohio "Matija
Gubec" Lodge 472 of the Cro
atian Fraternal Union will
sponsor its Annual Picnic on
Sunday, June 2, at the Mary
Smith Farm, Route 241, Ra
ber Road, Massillon Road.
Music will be furnished by
Djoko Pribich and his orches
tra of Massillon.
The traditional hot barbe
cued lamb and pork will be a
vailable, plus all the trim
mings and liquid refresh
ments.
We invite all our members
and friends of Akron and vi
cinity to attend this first pic
nic of the season. Every de
tail is being taken care of to
insure you an enjoyable time.
Stjepan Gazi In
Tribute To Croats
Book Belongs- In
Every Household
PITTSBURGH The Za
jedničar's English Section ov
er the period May 23 to Sep
tember 12, 1956, carried the
serialized work "Croatian Im
migration to Allegheny Coun
ty 1882 to 1914" by Mr. Stje
pan Gali.
It is an anthorative doo
umentary history of tht
Croatian immigrant life Ui
one of the larger cosmo
politan areas of these Uni
ted States, gleaned from
many sources into a com
pact treatise.
No important incident has
been ommitted by the author,
Mr. Stjepan Gaži, who pre
sents it entirely in the English
language. Mr. Gaži is a mem
ber of CFU Lodge 20.
The Supreme Board of the
Croatian Fraternal Union at
its September, 1956, semi-an
nual meeting authorized the
printing and publishing of
this work in a booklet form
now comprised of 55 pages.
We recommend it as
good reading and reference
material that should be lift
the average C.F.U. home.
Without question the work
gives credit to Mr. Gaži and
to our forebears for the
a n i a s u n e w i
they made a foothold In a
new land under conditions
strange to them.
The price per copy is one
dollar ($1.00) and by decision
of the Executive Board made
available through the C.F.1J.
Sports-Educational e a rt
ment.
Frank Braldic, Director
Cleveland "tumberaks" Looking Ahead
To Gala Celebration Of 20th Birthday
the Hotel Statler, but details
of this Ball will be forwarded
to you at a later date. For this
affair, a Souvenir Booklet is
now being written and the de-
tails are now being worked
out, but, to make this book
let a reality, we need your
I sincerest cooperation.
I
Subscriber Per Member
I This cooperation consists
of enlisting one subscriber per
member to cover the cost of
I this booklet. All subscriptions
must be paid in advance of
printing.
Messages for the booklet
will be of the congratulatory
type, and, the prices for
these messages will be as fol
lows: A full page advertise
ment will cost $20 a half
page advertisement will cost
$10 a quarter page ad will
cost $7.50 and the patron
price is $1 per member.
All members of "Zumber
ak" Lodge 859 are expected to
become patrons. You can for
ward your subscriptions to
the Lodge Secretary or bring
them to your lodge meeting.
Subscriptions must be turned
into the Committee's hands,
no later than September 1,
1957.
George Relich, Pres.
Executive CommittMl