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Stanko SpeiuutySec'y. \n\n Biloxi's Newly Crowned Shrimp King
Came To America From Island of Brač
Steve M. Sekul Is Grateful To Nation
Which Gave Him Opportunity To Succeed
(Continued From Page 8)
Captain Fountain and Miss
Rcgina Meadows, reigning
festival monarchs. relinquish
ed their titles on this partic
ular evening. Prior to the cor
onation ball, given by the Sla
v o n i a n o a n i z a i o n e e
was a shrimp and seafood
supper.
On the next day, Sunday,
June 8. the annual pageant
of several hundred boats took
Mr. Sekul, who is nearing
his 78th year, engaged in
farming and fishing on the
island of Brač when a youth.
He was well adapted to the
use of the universal fishing
net before sailing across the
Atlantic for the New World.
In 1902 he was a member
of the crew of the "Ola D"
utilizing long seines to catch
For more than half a
century the waters south
and southwest of Biloxi
have been Steve M. Sekul's
"work yard."
As years passed Fisherman
Sekul advanced himself and
became captain of the "Ola
D" and later the "Beulah D"
and ultimately he skippered
King Rules His Realm
The business is pretty
much a family affair yet, with
a brother, Peter Sekul, serv
ing as foreman for general
operations and unloading of
seafood cargos. A grandson,
Nick Cerenich, is plant super
visor. The over-all supervisor
is King Steve himself.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Miss Alice Rose Schwulst,
formerly of Milwaukee, Wis.,
became the bride of Louis
Vukmir, Anchorage business
man, Wednesday, July 9,
1958, in a ceremony perform1
ed at the bridegroom's home,
728—6th Avenue. More than
150 relatives and friends of
the bridal Couple witnessed
the wedding, at which the
Rev. Joseph Franz officiated.
The ceremony took place in
front of the fircplacc, with
baskets of red and white car
nations decorating the man
tle over the hearth.
For her wedding, the bride
chose a ballerina-length gown
of white organdy over silk ny
lon and net.
It was fashioned with a
square neckline and tucked
bodice, with ribbons around
the bodice ending in tiny
bows down the back of the
dress.
She wore fingertip nylon
gloves, and a blue headpiece
of net held her short illusion
veil.
She carried a bouquet of
blue carnations and white ba
by lilies.
Mrs. Fred Frigone was the
bride's only attendant. She
chose a gown of light blue ny
lon, similar in style to the bri
dal gown, but with white
flowers embroidered around
the hemline. She carried a
bouquet of red rosebud«.
Wisconsin To Alaska
Best man was Fred Fri
gone.
The new king married a
Dalmatian girl named Ele
na Trebotich. The union has
been blessed with six chil
dren, 'J1 grandchildren and
nine great grandchildren.
The family includes both
professional and business
citizens, all of Biloxi except
one.
The children are Mrs. Ale
na Cerenich, John Sekul. Mrs.
place in the early afternoon Andrew Gilich, Mrs. Vetsie
with the newly chosen king
and queen reigning. The Rev.
Herbert J. Mullin blessed the
fishing craft.
Still Going Strong
a i s o s e i n e
Schaaf, and Mrs. Clare
Hornsby. Mrs. Schaaf and her
husband, William, are in the
seafood business in Galveston,
Texas.
This Wonderful Nation
Mr. and Mrs. Sekul reside
at 1046 West Howard Ave.
and are members of the
Church of the Nativity.
The "king" is a member of
the National Canners Asso
ciation. Slavonian Associa
tion, Biloxi Chamber of Com
merce, and Knights of Colum-
shrimp along the Gulf Coast bus.
of Mississippi and Louisiana. Many decades have passed
He also caught oysters in
season.
since Mr. Sekul left the land
of his nativity.
Steve M. Sekul has ably
demonstrated that opportu
nities offered any ambi
tious immigrant in the Uni
ted States can be realized
by honest toil and hard
work.
The Biloxi Shrimp Festival
was staged by the Holy Name
Society of St. Michael's
the H. E. Gumbel, all grace-, ... ._
... Church with the cooperation
ful sailing schooners that ,,
,, of the Fleur de Lis Society,
have since passed from the L,,
Biloxi fishing picture.
In the 1930's this year's
Shrimp King assembled a
group of relatives, and out of
that conference was born the
Sea Coast Packing Company
on
East Beach.
other organizations.
RE: MATERIAL
Thursday noon is
the
deadline for all material
intended for publication in
the English Section of the
Zajedničar.
Material arriving after
(hat hour and day of the
week will not appear in the
following issue of the Eng
lish Section. If contents of
same are still timely, late
arriving articles will be
published the week after:
if not, they will be "killed."
Stephen F. Brkich, Editor
Louis Vukmir Prominent Alaska Businessman
Alice Rose Schwulst Weds Anchorage Lodge 991 Secretary
Following the wedding,, a
reception was held in the
Vukmir recrcation room, with
wedding cake and a buffet
dinner served to the guests.
Assisting in serving the cake
was Mrs. Harry Strah.
The four-tiered cake was
decorated with red roses and
silver leaves, and topped with
a miniature bride and bride
groom, standing within a
heart-shaped wreath edged in
net and tied with a silver
wedding bell.
The couple is now at home
on 6th Avenue.
A graduate of Milwaukee
High School, Mrs. Vukmir
worked for several years in
Wisconsin before coming to
Anchorage last November.
Mr. Vukmir, who has lived
here since 1950. is owner and
operator of the Panhandle
cocktail Inline*
Society's Nat'l Home Office, Pittsburgh
Delegates Feel Greater Pitt School
Will Result In Lasting Future Good
Resolution Urges Executive Board To
Undertake Schools Throughout Nation
WHEREAS: The Croatian Fraternal Union of America
has found it necessary to conduct Training Schools
in order to educate its Lodge and Nest Officials,
and membership at large, in its insurance coverage,
departmental facets, etc., and
WHEREAS: After much preparation for tMs type of
School for our Lodge and Nest Officials and fel
low members to further cover and illustrate the
many reasons why all of our and other Slav peo
ples should belong to the Croatian Fraternal Union
of America, and
WHEREAS: Every person participating in this Pitts
burgh District (June 7, 1958) Training School
has taken a wholehearted and sincere outlook on
this type of teaching and the enlightenment of our
Lodge and Nest Officials in respect to the advan
tages of Croatian Fraternal Union of America in
surance coverage, and
WHEREAS: We, the Lodge and Nest Officials in atten
dance at this (June 7, 1958) Pittsburgh District
Training School, hold this type of schooling to be
necessary to promote the Croatian Fraternal Uni
on of America, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED: That we salute the Executive
Board of the Society for taking this forward step
in the history of the Croatian Fraternal Union of
America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That we, the students
at the Pittsburgh District Training School, com
mend and wholeheartedly endorse this type of
endeavor on the part of the Executive Board and
recommend that more such Schools be undertaken
in every section of America and Canada.
ALASKA'S GOV. Michael Stepovich, left, and Anchorage Lodge
991 Secretary Louis Vukmir. These young men have been fast
lrieods for years and get together as often as possible.
Visiting In States
Mrs. Vukmir plans to leave
next month for a stateside vi
sit, and will bring Mr. Vuk
mir's three children back with
her.
They are George 10, Mike 6,
and Mary Lou 4, all by a for
mer marriage.
They plan to visit the
children's grandparents in
Seattle for two weeks, ar
riving back in Anchorage
in time for the opening of
school in September.
While in the states, Mrs.
Vukmir also plans to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Schwulst in Milwaukee. Mr.
Vukmir's parents, the Sam
Vukmirs, live in Hibbing,
Minn.
Special guests at the wed
ding were Mrs. Vukmir's
aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Keely, of Anchorage,
For the Pittsburgh District Training School,
Joseph A. Keber, Aliquippa, Pa., Lodge 423
Michael Milinovich, Waynesburg, Pa., Lodge 633
Matt Zoretich, Monessen, Pa., Lodge 194
Baltimore (84 Folks
To Picnic August 17th
BALTIMORE, Md. CFU
Lodge 684 will hold a Picnic
on Sunday, August 17, at the
Slovak National Home, 6526
Holabird Avenue.
beginning at 2:00 p.m., and
continuing through until 10
p.m., there will be games for
the children and plain fun for
the adults. There will also be
music for dancing, provided
by the Polka Men, from 6:00
p.m. on.
The refreshments will ibe
prepared by our own lodge
chefs who know how to
make food the way our
lodge members enjoy it.
Admission will be 75 cents
for adults children free of
charge.
This is one affair that all
our lodge members have been
asking for so let's see every
one turn out and make it one
of the largest such gatherings
yet.
We will also be grateful to
anyone wishing to donate
something towards the picnic
or help with the work on that
day.
Robert A. Burns, Jr., Sec'y.
EVERY MEMBER
GET A MEMBER
Greater Pitt Training School Sends
Delegates Home With New CFU Outlook
Aliquippa Lodge 423 President Among
Many Pleased With Outcome Of Classes
(Continued From Page 8)
the history of our people in
America and Canada.
Delightful Luncheon
What amazed me was the
expert coverage on the parts
of bro. Bella and Kragich of
the Society's insurance port
folio.
Equally amazing was their
ability to answer every ques
tion directed at them and do
so clearly and to the point.
This portion of the School in
itself enriched all of us and
made of us better CFU pro
moters.
At 1 p.m., we recessed
for luncheon and were
served a delicious repast
picnic-style, out in the open,
-|mder a clear blue sky. To
the good ladies who pre
pared the meal, many, ma
ny, thanks.
Thanks also to the Home
Office of the Society, which
picked up the "tab" for this
School luncheon.
Pleased? Indeed we were,
all of us. Nothing but smiling
faces at every table nothing
but praise for the CFU noth
ing but praise for the Train
ing School.
Instructors Praised
Back to the classrooms we
went at 2 p.m., this time to
participate in discussions cov
ering the Sick Benefit Dep't.,
the Scholarship Fund, Sports
and Education, and other
matters of importance to the
general welfare of all CFU
members.
Again came questions as
bros. Bella and Krasich
drove hard to make them
selves clearly understood.
And again followed to-the
point answers.
Never once did the instruc
tors leave any discussion
hanging in mid-air.
School notes.
And again more praise for
such an undertaking more
enthusiasm than ever for the
Croatian Fraternal Union
more desire than ever to go
home and put our new "CFU
Education" to work in our
own Lodges and Nests.
It was a wonderful day, one
which I will long remember
with pleasure.
CFU Has The Finest
As bros. Bella and Krasich
reminded us time and again
on June 7, the Croatian Fra
ternal Union has first class
goods to sell.
Since this is a fact, then
it is our duty to sell a first
class organization the Cro
atian Fraternal Union of
America.
In my opinion, we need
more such Training Schools
throughout the United States
and Canada. They represent
the type of public forum
which we need to make the
word "Croatian" respected
and our Society something
truly worthy of joining.
We all know that there are
many thousands of people eli
gible to affiliate with the
Croatian Fraternal Union. We
all know that no matter where
we go, near or far, we can
always find a Croat or other
Slav eligible to join our ranks.
Why not, then, talk to
these people? Didn't the
June 7 Training School
equip us with all the am
munition we need to sell
the Croatian Fraternal
Union?
Didn't all of us agree June
7 that our CFU's best sellers
are its satisfied members?
So, let's get on with the
work we started Saturday,
June 7, 1958, at the Croatian
Finally, at 5 p.m., the in- Center when we were privi
structors called it a day and! leged yes, privileged to
the Delegates scattered all attend the CFU's first district
over the grounds of the Cro-1 Training School for Lodge
atian Center to compare their and Nest Officials.
Chicago 749 Members
Shift Date Of Picnic
To Sunday, August 17
CHICAGO "Progress"
CFU Lodge 749 will hold its
next Regular Meeting on Fri
day, August 8, at the usual
meeting place and time.
We also wish to remind
our members that the pre
viously announced Family
Basket Picnic will be held
on August 17, instead of
the 10th, at Agenray's
Acres (the Mikulich farm).
To get there take South
west Highway at Western,
Kedzie, Pulaski, or Cicero,
and just keep enjoying the
scenery until you come to
Orland Park which is on
143rd Street
Then turn t© your right
(west) and keep on for about
6 i e s w e e u o n e
"Progresa" signs will stop
you.
McKeesport 25 Sec'y
Has Applications For
CFU Scholarship Aid
Canton Juniors Will
Be Feted August 17th
CANTON, Ohio Nest 196
will hold their Annual Picnic
at Willow Springs Park, E.
55th St., N.E., (East Center
Road) on Sunday, August 17.
Dinner will be served at 12
noon. It will be a 'covered dish
and each man will be expected
to donate $1.00 towards meat
and bread.
Cards will be sent to
members and anyone not
going please contact Flo
rence Comsia at GL. 2
9827 or Harriet Bozurich at
GL. 3-6683.
There will be games and
free hot dogs, pop, and swim
ming for the children.
Florence Comsia, Mgr.
McKEESPORT Mem
bers of CFU Lodge 25 are
urged to attend the regular
monthly and semi-annual
meetings which will take
place Sunday, August 10, at
2:00 p.m., 536 Ringgold St.
Your secretary will make
a report concerning our fi
nancial standing of the first 6
months and members will re
ceive their CFU dividends at
that time.
We also wish to announce
that we have applications
for CFU Scholarship Aid.
Parents of students, who
wish to attend college but
need financial help, can re
ceive the applications from
the Secretary at this time.
All applicants must be ap
proved by the members at the
regular meeting, August 10.
In addition to the abqve,
there will be other discussions
that will interest all members.
Affiliates of Lodge 25 are
asked to attend this forth
coming session without fail.
Westville Members In
Outdoor Tryst Augs. 10
WESTVTLLE, HI. The
members of CFU Lodge 28
are urged to attend the Lodge
meetings in greater numbers
during the Summer months.
The regular sessions are
held on the third Sunday of
the month, beginning at 2:30
p.m., in the Štefani Hall.
Next, all members are
urged to attend the all-day
Lodge Picnic which will take
place on Sunday, Aug. 10, at
Westville Lake. Bring your lat that time
own lunch.
Greatness of America Inspires Those
Who Traverse Various States of Union
Wonders of Nation Unfold Before Eyes
Of Port Arthur, Ont., Bound Visitors
(Continued from Page 8)
But just before leaving Indi
ana, the rain stopped and the
sun broke through the clouds
to the west.
The air was so sparkling
clear that the entire city
of Gary could be seen from
the elevated highway for
quite a distance.
.Of course, here my
thoughts immediately turned
to our second largest lodge
by number of membership,
our good fraternalists, the
present officers, former offi
cers, the third convention of
1932, the lodge home, and so
on.
Mestrovic Masterpiece
At Chicago, I decided to
take the Lake Shore Drive,
and did not regret it.
Although the automobile
traffic was somewhat heav
ier than in the outskirts of
the city, my wife and I for the
first time had the opportunity
to see the Chicago skyline as
though bathed in the waters
of Lake Michigan, and illu
minated by a myriad of lights.
The view was so utterly
enchanting in the clear eve
ning air that we stopped at
a turn and revelled in the
panorama which lay before
us.
We passed Mestrovic's In
dian Equestrian. Whenever I
am in Chicago, winter or sum
mer, I never fail to see this
masterpiece of our greatest
sculptor, whose work over
more than half a century has
earned him world renown.
Child City At Night
We continued along the
shoreline until it was neces
sary to turn wrest through
Canada.
Some 20 miles from the
shore of Lake Michigan, due
to the erection of some bridge,
we were detoured about 15
miles. That detour brought us
to the grounds of the Chil
dren's Home. The night lights
shone from the Administra
tion Building and nearby cot
tages. All was still and asleep,
so we did not stop, but pro
ceeded onward.
I could not help but re
calling the great sentiment
which engendered the build
ing of this magnificent
monument to the self-sacri
fices of our pioneers, old
Chicagoans, and later em
braced and maintained by
the entire membership of
the Croatian Fraternal
Union.
In two weeks, that
COKEBURG, Pa. The
Blue Eagle Tamburitzans
would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank all the won
derful people in Elk County
for the fine turnout and hos
pitality that they showed our
group while we appeared in
Kersey for a week.
We would like to express
our thanks to Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Powers also, for en
gaging as at the Town
House and giving us the op
portunity to bring into that
area the songs and music
of our Croatian people.
We hope to make a return
appearance in Elk County in
the near future and will be
looking forward to seeing our
many newly acquired friends
of northern Illinois, and even
richer farming sections of the
state of Wisconsin, for Du
luth, Minnesota.
We stopped shortly in Ma
dison, Wisconsin, the capital
city of that state and the cen
ter of the richest dairy lands
of the country.
We drove through the Wis
consin University campus, sit
uated in a wooded area on
Lake Mendota, the largest of
four lakes in the city of Mad
ison. The capitol building is
one of the most beautiful in.
the United States, and known
throughout the world as a
masterpiece of architecture.
On the road through the
northwestern part of Wis
consin, we passed through
Chippewa Falls, which a
few days earlier was hit by
a tornado.
An entire section of the city
was completely demolished.
Trees broken or uprooted. Un
til one sees this with one's
own eyes, it is hard to ima
gine the great might of na
ture.
One new motel near the
main thoroughfare, with 28
cabins, was literally up-ended.
The Wisconsin northwest is
known for its numerous
lakes, where the tourist trade
flourishes, especially during
the fishing season.
Duluth A Great Port
We reached Duluth, Min
nesota, at twilight and stop
ped on the shores of Lake
Superior, where we had an
excellent view of the entire
city.
This was our first visit to
this metropolis, known as the
third largest depot for thS
Wisconsin and Minnesota,for transportation of wheat. Vm
spent the night in a motel
the shores of Lake Superiof£
on the main highway between:
Duluth and Port Arthur:
All night long, I listened
the waves striking the rockg
below us, and transported my
self in my imagination to the
days of my youth when I li«»
tened to the waves of our
blue Adriatic break againsć
the reefs of the Istrian coask
The next day we set out'
along the shoreline through •.
the picturesque woodland#
of Minnesota towards the
Canadian border. We
paused several times along
the lake shore and enjoyed
the view of lovely bays and'
sharp crags along the lake.
We crossed the border &
Pigeon River and continue^
slowly along the curving road
through thick forests to Fort
William and Port Arthur,
which are twin cities on, Lake
Superior with a population of
close to 80,000 and known am
the largest wheat center of
the world.
July Fourth, God willing, I
would greet our membership
gathered here for the annual
Children's Home Picnic.
Wrath Of A Tornado
We spent the night about
20 miles north of Des Plaines,
and then continued the next
day through the rich sections
Cokeburg Tarns Thank
People Of Elk County
I will continue about irigp
visit to our members in Port
Arthur in the following issues
of the Zajedničar
Hamilton 954 Frolic
Mfill Be Held In Home
HAMILTON, Ont. "Hrr
vatska Sloga" CFU Lodge 934
will stage a Picnic on Sat
urday, August 16, at the Cro*
atian National Home, 1T3
Beach Road.
Cool liquid refreshments
will be available from 1:00
p.m. on, and delicious bar
becued lamb and pork wilj^
be ready for serving at 4:0
p.m.
We invite the members si
Lodge 954 and all other CFU
members and friends of the
vicinity to attend.
Millions Down Drain
Texas oil operators spent
around $1.2 billion in drilling
in 1957. More than $400 mil
lion of that wound up in dry
holes.