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Mary Depcrymski
Michael Mijatovich
Michael Baich, Sec'y.
Kaye Bolk
Cowing Events
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Nat'l Pin Tourney
May 15-18, 1938
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Milwaukee-West Allis Mothers Club
Organizing Jr. Tamburitza Orchestra
Charles Elias, Renowned In Field, Will
Serve As Instructor Once Plans Materialize
MILWAUKEE The CFU
Mothers Club of Milwaukee
and West Allis has sent out
letters to Lodges 255, 261,
807, 391, 392 and 731, asking
them to donate towards the
purchase of tamburitza in
struments.
We are taking it upon our
selves to organize a CFU Jun
ior Tamburitza Group. This
Turn to page 8 for Editorial,
"St«p Forward."
•tep was discussed for a long
time, but nothing ever ma
terialized.
Instructions will be given
by bro. Charles Elias, who
Is widely known in this
field. We know that this
will be some distance for
him to travel and greatly
Benwood Club Members
Plan March 1st Dance
BENWOOD, W. Va. The
Croatian Cultural Club will
Sponsor a Dance on Saturday,
Jtfarch 1, at the Croatian
Home, Eoff St. The frolic will
get under way at 8:30 p.m.
and continue until
Music for your dancing
and listening pleasure will
be provided by the popular
Balkan Serenaderg Tambu
ritza Orchestra of East
Pittsburgh, Pa.
We are inviting all mem
bers and friends of Benwood
and the neighboring commu
nities to come and treat them
selves to an evening of good
entertainment.
Los Angeles Choir Is
Sharing Spring Agenda
LOS ANGELES The
Croatian Chorus "Slavulj"
wishes to announce that a
special Mother's Day Dinner
Dance will be held on May
11, 1958, at 4:00 p.m., in the
Polish Hall, Crenshaw, Los
Angeles. Toni
Group's Executive Secretary Has Been
Editor of Croatian Section Since 1943
PITTSBURGH, Pa. The,
United Western Pennsylvania
Lodges of the Croatian Fra
jjgernal Union will tender a
^Testimonial Dinner May 25,
1958, in honor of Philip Vu
kelich, for years Executive
Secretary of the sponsoring
group and since 1943 the Edi
tor of the Croatian Section
of the Zajedničar.
The fete will be held at
the United Lodges' Cro
atian Center, off Babcock
Blvd., Millvale, and start
at 1 p. m. with the serving
of a home cooked repast.
While plans for the gather
ing are not as yet complete,
arrangements have already
flfeen made for background
jjausic during the dinner hour
by the Balkan Serenaders,
'Speeches by several prom
inent dignitaries, and a pro
gram of varied entertainment.
Tickets for this Testimonial
Dinner will soon be available
appreciate his interest.
If you have a youngster or
grandchild who wishes to join
the group, let us know. Also,
if you have a tamburitza a
round the house, regardless
of condition, let us know.
Maybe it can be put to use.
A small fee will be charged
for the lessons, for which you
will be more than rewarded
when you hear your young
sters singing and playing our
Croatian folksongs.
It will take time and pa
tience to start the ball rolling,
but with the help of lodges
and individuals, this under
taking will certainly be a suc
cess. We know that the lodges
will not turn us down on such
a worthy project.
Fontana Leaders Eye
Record Breaking Year
FONTANA, Cal. Lodge
959 of the Croatian Fraternal
Union held its installation of
officers on Thursday, Janu
ary 16, at the Slovene Hall.
Officers elected for the
year, 1958, are as follows:
Pres. Mr. Martin Karava
nic, Ontario Vice-Pres. Nick
Larko, Fontana Sec'y. Ma
i o n W e i a n o n a n a
Treas. George Rakich, Fon
tana Sick Ben. Steve Malek,
Fontana Rec. Sec'y- Marcia
F. Rakich, Fontana and
Nest Mgr. Marion Weiland.
Dr. Daniel Ticinovich will re
main as lodge physician.
Meetings will be held the
third Thursday of each
month, in the Slovene Hall,
at 7:00 p.m. In case of ill
ness members should con
tact Mr. Steve Malek of
8968 Chantny St., Fontana.
We wish to announce at
this time that a Dance will be
held on Saturday, February
22, from 7:00 p.m. until
Our members and friends
are all invited to attend.
United West Penn Lodges Will Fete
Committee Secretary Philip Vukelich
from the officers of all units
a i i a e w i e U n i e
Western Pennsylvania Lodges
of the Croatian Fraternal
Union.
Still other details will be
published on these pages in
due time.
Editorial Staff
Hie Society's Status Quo Across The Birder
PITTSBURGH In last
week's issue of the Zajedni
čar, I wrote on the subject of
a n n u a s a e e n s w i
must be filed with every state
I of the Union and province of
I Canada in which the Croatian
I Fraternal Union is licensed to
I operate.
These reports show that
the Society is forging firmly
ahead in all branches of its
business.
Our total membership
advanced by 860 in the past
year after replacement of
all normal losses by death,
w i a w a s u s e n s i o n
cash surrender, certificate
maturity, etc.
We noted that the adult
membership showed a loss at
year-end of 336 members, but
the Junior Order recorded an
increase in membership of
1,196 members.
The greatest loss in the
Senior Order was by death.
Last year 1,052 of our mem
bers passed away.
Those who were suspended
and had no reserve numbered
317, of which number only 56
were reinstated. The remain
ing 261 were dropped from
our ranks. There were 72 vol
u n a y w i a w a s a s
surrenders totaled 625 mem
bers.
The number of members
whose reserve expired during
the year was 290.
Figures Tell Story
Last week, I reported to
our membership that we had
408 members in 1957 whose
20-Year Endowment certifi
cates, aggregating $349,000 in
life insurance, matured.
Of these 408 members, one
fourth elected to take pay
ment of the face value of
their certificates, while 306
members took advantage of
Southern Cal Leaders
To Map Junior Agenda
During March 2nd Meet
LOS ANGELES All of
ficers, nest managers and in
terested members of the
Southern California C.
Official Organ Croatian Fraternal Union of America
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1958
New Junior Tamburitza Orchestra On Horizon
Canada A Fraternal Bastion
Supreme President
other options available to
them, namely, purchased
Paid-Up insurance for the en
tire amount of their endow
ments, or payment in cash of
the partial value of their en
dowments, and the issuing of
a fully paid-up certificate for
the original amount of insur
ance.
These annual reports
which are filed with the In
surance Departments of the
various states in which we
do business show not only
the standing of our funds
and total assets at the end
of the year, but also show
the receipts and disburse
ments for each state sepa
rately.
Every state wishes to know
the total amount of insurance
which its citizens carry in the
o a i a n a e n a U n i o n
how much they pay for life
insurance, the amounts con
tributed into the Sick or Dis
ability Fund, the Relief Fund,
etc.
The Insurance Departments
also want to know, and our
annual statements must accu
rately show, the total amount
of death benefits paid for de-
EVERY MEMBER
GET A MEMBER
Lodges are invited to attend
a special meeting to discuss
ways and means of creating
and stimulating activities to
interest and involve our jun
ior members.
The meeting will be held
on Sunday, March 2, at 2
p.m., at the Sons of Her
man Hall on North Maine
and 25th Streets.
You will find the meeting
inspiring for the future of the
lodges in Southern California,
so please make it a point to
attend.
Whatever you do, don't
miss this important meeting
on March 2.
Anne McTeraan, Pub.
Among those listed as
being interested in visiting
Yugoslavia in 1960 is bro.
Michael Mijatovich, Secre
tary of "Canucks" Lodge
975, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
We made the acquaintance
of this avid Fraternalist
years ago and know of his
deep admiration for the Cro
atian Fraternal Union an
admiration which goes far
beyond any Grand Prize A
ward it may offer in conjunc
tion with its Campaigns.
Now we are looking for
ward to even greater accomp
lishments on his part as he
Home Office Issues First
Family Plan Certificate
ceased members in each state,
payments in sick benefits, dis
ability benefits, and so on.
The Canadian Angle
Our members can see from
the monthly reports of the
Supreme Secretary that we
pay regularly a rental for the
use of I.B.M. machines which
are in use almost daily in the
secretarial department for
the compilation of statistics
needed in our annual state
ments to the various states.
During 1957, a total of
$4,722.28 was paid for the
use of this machinery. If we
did not use these machines
for our statistics throughout
the year, we would have to
hire three times the number
of our present employes to do
the work.
In the United States, ev
ery state has its own In
surance Department, but
the Federal Government at
(Society's P. 10)
Republic Members In
Salute To Tom Simrak
REPUBLIC, Pa. The
members of CFU Lodge 528
were sorry to see bro. Tom
Simrak give up his post as
lodge president after serving
faithfully for 10 years.
This position has been
taken over by Evan Ko
vach, a younger man, who
will, if given a chance, work
hard and in accordance
with the by-laws.
We extend our best wishes
to bro. Simrak, for we know
he will continue to help when
needed. The best of luck is
also wished bro. Kovach.
As Fellow "Canucks" Await Anniversary Dance
PITTSBURGH We made
a "spot announcement" here
recently regarding the identi
ty of a number of American
and Canadian recruiters inter
ested in the Society's Mem
e s i a a i n a n
Prize Award of either a trip
to Yugoslavia or a Caribbean
cruise.
Michael Mijatovich Gunning For 1960 Trip To Yugoslavia
By Stephen F. Brkich
English Editor
sets out to amass whatever
Points will eventually be re
quired to win the Campaign
Grand Prize Award Of a trip
to Yugoslavia.
Lodge 5 Salutes
Mary J. Mafeljan
Newcomer Starred
With Nest Champs
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. CFU
Lodge 5 is happy and proud
to accept into its senior ranks
Mary Jane Mateljan.
A transferee from Nest 4,
she is the daughter of long
I. Mary Jane Mateljan
'time members of our lodge,
i Joseph and Mary Mateljan,
and the granddaughter of our
i 50-year members Andro and
Barbara Mateljan.
Mary Jane was born in
Johnstown, where she at
tended St. Rochus Croatian
Parochial School and Gar
field Junior High. She gra
duated from Johnstown
Senior High in June, 1957.
Her hobbies include basket
ball, fishing and bowling. She
was a member of the Nest 4
bowling team which won the
team championship title at 7
CFU Tournaments, and won
the 1957 doubles champion
ship.
At present she is employed
at the Bestform Dress Com
pany.
A quiet, unassuming man,
bro. Mijatovich is "all busi
ness" during his search for
new members in and around
Toronto.
In fact, he was one of the
stars of the Croatian Frater
nal Union's surprisingly suc
e s s ul 1957 Membership
Campaign, a drive which net
ted the Society 5,696 new a
dult and juvenile affiliates
and enriched its insurance in
force by $1,638,235.00, the
latter after deduction of all
losses for the year.
To get to the point, bro.
Mijatovich emerged as the
No. 2 man in the Society's
1957 Canadian Membership
Campaign picture with a
grand total of 425 Points to
his credit.
Nipping him at the wire for
e a n a i a n a a i n
championship in 1957 was
(Canucks Prime P. 11)
.. Boris J. Mandich ..
For Him, FP 0-2884
Cynthia, 3, Dorothea, 4,
and John Gregory, 7, for
$1,000 each until they
reach the age of 25 years.
But bro. Mandich will not
have to make six separate
dues payments monthly for
the coverage contained in his
Family Plan Certificate.
As the Payor, he. and he
alone, will make but one pay
ment per month.
Insured For $10,000
Prior to the announcement
Established 1929
ENGLISH
SECTION
Boris J. Mandich
Pens CFU History
Son of Supreme President, Wife, 4 Youngsters
Now Covered Under One Certificate of Insurance
By Stephen F. Brkich, Co-Vice Chairman
1958-1959 Campaign Committee
PITTSBURGH Boris J. Mandich, youngest son of
Supreme President and Mrs. V. I. Mandich, is the possessor
of the first Family Plan Certificate ever issued by the Home
Office of the Croatian Fraternal Union.
Dated Feb. 14, 1958, his 30th birthday, and bearing
the number 0-2884, bro. Mandich's historic Certificate is
the so-called "single unit" $5,000 at Age 85 Endowment,
under which he and everyf
member of his family may
rest protection assured for a
good many years to come.
Specifically, his Certifi
cate has him protected for
$5,000 his wife, Helen, for
$1,000 and their four
y o u n s e s A n e w 1
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PAGE SEVEN
in recent weeks that the Croa
tian Fraternal Union was en
tering the Family Plan field
of protection, bro. Mandich
was insured for $10,000 with
the Society.
He was insured for $1,000
o n 2 0- Y e a E n o w e n
$4,000 on 20-Pay Life, and
$5,000 on Endowment at Age
85.
He then made a decision:
To apply for a conversion of
his regular $5,000 Endow
ment at Age 85 to that of the
"single unit" Family Plan at
Age 85 Endowment.
Prior to arriving at his
decision, bro. Mandieh was
(B. J. Mandich P. 9)
Toronto Canucks Set
Date For Celebration
TORONTO, Ont. "Ca
nucks" CFU Lodge 975 will
hold their 7th Anniversary
Dance on Saturday, March 1,
1958, at the Croatian Hall,
1650 Dupont St.
The well known Balca
naire Orchestra will play
for the listening and danc
ing pleasure of all our
members and guests.
There will be food, prizes,
and plenty of refreshments.
All our members and
friends are warmly invited to
come help us cclebrate our
birthday.
Tom Goyack Succeeds Gilbert Zafran
As Head of South California Committee
Treasurer and Secretary Reelected As
Group Looks Forward To Year of Action
LOS ANGELES The
Southern California C. F. U.
Central Committee held its
first meeting since the elec
tion of new representatives
from the lodge? of Southern
California.
It was a very fruitful meet
ing, full of enthusiasm for the
new activities that are being
planned to bring the juniors
closer to our lodge activities.
The following officers were
elected to serve for the year
1958:
Thomas Goyack to suc
ceed bro. Gilbert Zafran,
who was forced to step
down over the unanimous
will of the delegates be
cause his work mil not per
mit him to attend every
meeting.
However, he agreed to ac
cept the office of Vice Pres
ident.
Re-elected a s Treasurer
and Secretary, respectively,
were Agnes Daniels and Toni
Middleton. Bro. Kirin and
Anne Perpich McTernan were
elected as Croatian and -Eng
lish Publicity Directors.
Anne McTernan, Pub.