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5th Birthday Party
November 29,1958
Gov. Orvffle Freeman Salutes Pioneers
Gov. Freeman aimed his ad
dress, in the main, against a
corporation which has been
taking advantage of the na
tional recession to blame the
state's tax policy for Iron
Range unemployment.
ate Oldest Couple
Minnesotans In All-Slav Day
GOV. ORVILLE FREEMAN, second from right,
meets oldest Tron Range pioneers honored dur
ing
the All-Slav Day Program held Aug. 10 last
Eveleth, Minn. Mrs. Teresa Kozar, 87, is
shown chatting with the Governor while August
Bratulich, 84, far left, the other honoree, looks
Governor Praises
Yugoslav Pioneers
Thousands Storm
Eveleth For Fete
EVELETH, Minn. Thou
sands of CFU members from
ail parts of the state helped
swell the huge crowd which
stormed this city Sunday,
Aug. 10, 1958, for the Annual
Minnesota All-Slav Day Pic
nic and Program.
o v O v i e e e a n
was the Committer's guest
of honor and principal
speaker at the fete.
The Aug. 10 celebration
marked another in a long se
ries of public statewide sa
lutes this year to Minnesota's
Centennial and saw its citi
zens of Yugoslav descent "do
ing things up brown" in com
memoration of the historic
milestone.
Welcome o
LI-SUM MY
PIC-NIC
Highlight of the "packed
house" gathering Aug. 10 at
Eveleth Veterans Park at Ely
Lake was the tribute Gov.
(Minnesota's P. 9)
Annual Treat Sept. 7
For Lyons Youngsters
LYONS, 111. The mem
bars of Nest 310, their fami
lies and friends are invited to
attend the Picnic which will
be sponsored by Nest 310 on
Sunday, September 7, at the
Matt Jadro grounds, 44th and
L&wndale, in Lyons.
Roast lamb and pork, ice
cream, and a variety of
l)ard and soft drinks will be
available throughout the
day and the well known Ja
a n a u i z a n s w i
provide the entertainment.
Each nest member in at
tendance will receive a dollar's
worth of refreshment tic
kets, as in the past.
We'll be seeing you oil Sep
tember 7.
Marica Vida*, Mgr.
Mesabi, Minn., Daily News Photos
on with approval. Next to Mr. Bratulich is Min
nesota State Senator Thomas D. Vukelich, wide
ly known Gilbert CFU Lodge 238 member, and
at far right is State Representative Peter X.
Fugina, Virginia. More than 10,000 patrons
turned out for this annual statewide gathering.
MINNESOTA'S GOV. Orville Freeman addressing the more
than 10,000 celebrants who turned out Aug. 10, 1958, for the
Annual All-Slav Day program held this year at Eveleth. The
speakers' stand was well decorated with paintings by Joseph
Bogdanich, Eveleth artist, and Included, lower right, a cap worn
by the natives of Croatia.
-Dreaming of Yugoslavia, Caribbean-
The following Membership Campaign Field Represen
tatives have officially notified the Home Office that they
are seeking the Campaign Grand Prize Award of a 1960
visit to Yugoslavia The Land of The South Slavs:
2 Mile Perkovic Benwood, West Virginia
9 Mrs. Julia Stropin Chicago, Illinois
44 Joseph C. Puskarich McKeesport, Pennsylvania
66 Joseph Smolkovich, Jr. Youngstown, Ohio
70 George Juretic Chicago, Illinois
70 Mrs. Mary R. Marohnic Chicago, Illinois
85 Mrs. Margaret Zupsic Monaca, Pennsylvania
85 Mrs. Mary Milosevich East Rochester, Penna.
118 Mate Bozic Chicago, Illinois
141 Joseph Pribanic Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
170 Mrs. Sylvia Niksic Gary, Indiana
177 Mrs. Rose Antonic Los Angeles, California
288 George Balich Indiana Harbor, Indiana
304 Mrs. Katherine Zgainer Ambridge, Pennsylvania
335 Mrs. Mary Marovic ..i North Escanaba, Michigan
351 Marijana Relich Detroit, Michigan
351 Marko Kramarich Detroit, Michigan
354 Bernard M. Luketich .... Cokeburg, Pennsylvania
535 Mrs. Dorothy Toplak Midland, Pennsylvania
679 Walter Papich Port Arthur, Ontario
720 William J. Zivitz Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
749 Mrs. Effie Shubat Chicago, Illinois
749 Mrs. Agnes Mikulidb Chicago, Illinois
854 Krsto Bozulich San Pedro, California
975 Michael Mijatovich Toronto, Ontario
959 George S. Rakich Fontana, California
The following Membership Campaign Field Representa
tives have advised the Home Office that their choice of the
two Campaign Grand Prize Awards is a 1959 Caribbean
Cruise the dream of every tourist:
Candidate
66 John James Saraya Youngstown, Ohio
70 Mrs. Mary A. Julian Chicago, Illinois
310 John G. Rumora Columbus, Ohio
423 Joseph A. Keber Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Stephen F. Brkich, Co-Vice Chairman, Camp. Comm.
Official Organ Croatian Fraternal Union of America
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1958
Greater Chicago Central Committee In Meeting Sept. 5th
Sokol Home Will
Be Scene Sept. 5
Of Chicago Rally
Delegates Urged
To Give Thought
To Work Program
CHICAGO The Central
Committee of the CFU Lod
ges in Chicago and vicinity
will hold an important meet
ing Friday, September 5, at
8:00 p.m., in the Croatian
National Sokol Hall, 1903-07
So. Racine Ave.
All of the Lodges of the
Croatian Fraternal Union
of Chicago and suburbs are
asked to send their repre
sentatives to this meeting,
and through these repre
sentatives participate in the
Central Committee.
We are inviting all of the
Delegates of the 9th Quadren
nial CFU Convention to also
take part in the deliberation
at this meeting.
An election of permanent
officers for the Central Com
mittee is scheduled to take
place.
Home Board Invited
On the agenda will be such
important items as the CFU
Membership Campaign, the
65th Anniversary Celebration
of the founding of the CFU,
the Training School and its
future program, and many
other items.
It is hoped that through
these discussions, we will tend
to create a more active in
terest among our lodges and
members with the end result
contributing to the better
ment and advancement of the
Croatian Fraternal Union.
We do hope that the
B^ard of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union Children's
Home will grace us with
their presence at the Sept.
5 conclave and participate
in the proceedings.
The Chicago Lodges have
never taken a back seat in
fraternal affairs and have
been noted as the bulwark of
fraternalism in the Midwest.
They will remain as such for
a long time to come.
Bozo F. Drazan
Temp. Secretary
Struthers Nest Will
Organize Kolo Group
STRUTHERS, Ohio The
members of CFU Nest 156 are
asked to attend a meeting
which will be held on Friday,
September 12, at the Croa
tian Hall.
At that time our lodge
member, Marilyn Kocinsld,
will speak to us concern
ing a Kolo Group which we
are very anxious to organ
ise.
We urge the parents of
Nest 15$ members to send
their children to this impor
tant session.
EUCLID, Ohio Satur
day, September 6, will be a
big day for the Euclid CFU
Kolo Teen-Age Group.
A few weeks back, the Cle
veland "Press" did some pub
licity on the Kolo Kids. Very
fortunately one of the Square
Dance Scouts saw the article,
contacts were made and the
group will appear on a TV
Program, known as "RFD".
We hope that all our
friends will time in on
Channel 8, Saturday, Sep
tember 6, at 12:30 p.m.
We are very proud of what
our teacher, Jean Robich
Russ, is doing with the chil
dren. Nice work, Jean.
Our regular rehearsals for
this season will commence
We, however, commend
those who did enter, moreso,
since some of them have tra
veled miles and met each
other during the Softball sea
son now coming to a close.
w o o e e a s
Youngstown, Ohio, and the
two-time defending Farrell,
Pa., champs will be travel
ing quite some distance to
give this tournament a
C.F.U. boost.
The games will be played at
two fields adjacent to each
other, the Peters Creek Bot
toms grounds and the Clair
ton Park baseball field, the
schedule reading:
September 7, 1958
1:00 P.M.
Versailles, Pa., Lodge 146
vs Clairton, Pa., Lodge 248.
Youngstown, O., Lodge 66
vs Farrell, Pa., Lodge 126.
Championship Game
Note: Peters Creek Bot
toms grounds, all other
games at the CSairtoa Park
baseball field.
The Lodge 248 Softball
team, aa we are informed by
tournament chairman John
Bolcic, are holding a picnic
that day at Clairton Park's
Shelter No. 4.
There will be a good tam
buritza orchestra to furnish
music for dancing. Barbecued
lamb and pooling Mfresh-
JUNIOR ORDER RANKS
NEARING 40,000 MARK
Channel 8 Will Give Youngsters Break Sept. 6th
Euclid Kolo Kids On Tee-Vee
Jean Robich Russ
Wednesday, September 10, at
7:00 p.m., and our first stage
Four Teams Will Clash Sept. 7th For
Society's 1958 Softball Championship
Clairton Lodge 248 Hosts Arrange Fete
In Conjunction With Annual Tournament
CLAIRTON, Pa. The
1958 C.F.U. Softball Tourna
ment which drew but four
teams will take place this
Sunday, September 7th, in
Clairton.
It is to be regretted that
more lodges holding to a
C.F.U. eligibility could not en
ter teams.
ments will make up the con
ventional menu.
At this picnic, the social
side of this tournament, the
winning team will be presen
ted a C.F.U. trophy.
While the outing has been
especially planned for the
tournament players and their
followers a cordial welcome is
extended to the public to at
tend both the tournament
play and the sportsmen's pic
nic.
While Clairton Park, the
recreational center for the
city of Clairton, is well
known to many of the im
mediate Pittsburgh area,
we wish to impart the in
formation that Clairton can
be reached by traveling on
U.S. Route 51 south of
Pittsburgh some 15 miles.
To the participants them
selves, we ask that the team
captains have their charges
at the playing fields at least
one-half hour before starting
time to help toward a well ex
ecuted tournament with only
the element of weather a
problem that day.
Canton Prexy, Family
Settle In Larger Home
CANTON, Ohio This is
to inform the members of
CFU Lodge 514 that Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Bozurich have
moved into a larger home,
where they hope to entertain
many of their old and new
friends.
Their new address is
2418 Harmont Ave., N. E.
Canton 5, Ohio.
Bro. Joe is President of
Lodge 514 and sis. Harriet is
Recording Secretary and the
Lodge 514 Bowlers' Sec'y.
will be October 26 at the Yu
goslav Center, Recher Ave.,
for the Ladies Club.
Barbara Baron, Mgr.
West Allis 391
Date For Huge Affair
WEST ALLIS, Wise.
"Jednakost" CFU Lodge 391
wishes to inform all the lod
ges of Wisconsin that it will
celebrate its 50th Anniversary
on April 12, 1959.
Members and friends are
asked to please keep this date
in mind and not to sponsor a
conflicting event.
More details win
A daughter of Juraj and
Anna Katalinich, Barbara
was born July 4, 1940, in Cle
Elum, Wash.
She graduated from Cle
Elum High School in June,
1958, and plans to attend
Central Washington Col
lege of Education this fall
to prepare for a teaching
career.
Barbara has three brothers
and two sisters and in Lodge
56 she joins her parents, two
brothers, and one sister.
The officers and members
of our Lodge join in wishing
our new member the best of
luck and success in her stu
dies and future care«*.
EVERY MEMBER
GET A MEMBER
Established 1929
appear in
performance for this season I Sfary C. Home®, Sec'y.
Roslyn 56 Hails
Pretty Newcomer
She's Now Set
For College Days
ROSLYN Wash. Lodge
56 of the Croatian Fraternal
Union is proud to welcome in
to its ranks Miss Barbara
Katalinich, a transferee from
Nest 25.
PAGE SEVEN
Jr. Order Nets
755 Members In
Spite Of Drains
Goal Of 40,000
In Sight Before
1959 Convention
By Michael Grasha
Campaign Chairman
PITTSBURGH We've
done it again! Let the whole
wide world know that the
Junior Order Department of
the CFU has set a new all
time high in membership!
Our rosters now show over
thirty eight thousand junior
members 38,080 to be ex
act.
We've already set our
sights on the next thousand
and by Convention time
will, with God's help and
the manifest devotion of
our campaigners, be work
ing on forty thousand.
As Chairman of the current
membership campaign we find
infinite pleasure in our regu
lar end-of-month recapitula
tions of the drive's progress.
In addition to that "chore"
we keep a close watch over
the membership status of the
Junior Order which reflects,
in \he main, the genuine suc
cess of the recruiting effort
since it has resulted in very
(Jr. Order P. I)
Seattle And Tacoma
Members Stage Great
Mid-Summer Gathering
SEATTLE, Wash. CFU
Lodges 439 and 764 of Se
attle and 246, 425, and 867 of
Tacoma held their Second An
nual Joint Picnic on July 4,
with an estimated attendance
of over 1000.
The event, which was held
at North Lake Park, was a
success both financially and
morally and served as an op
portunity for our Croatian
people of the area to gather
for a day of enjoyment.
We wish to thank all the
committees and other mem-
Tarn to page 8 for Editorial,
"Northwest USA."
bers that worked hard to
make the affair a success and
also Tom and Louis Krmpo
tich and the Plameno Tam
buritzans for the wonderful
entertainment.
Our friend Niok Vidos and
the two Bilana brothers de
serve recognition for their ef
forts in preparing the roast
lamb which was consumed
and last but not least our
thanks to all who attended.
We are considering making
the Annual Picnic next year
even greater by inviting our
sister lodges of Bellingham,
Gig Harbor, Hoquiam, Mon
tesano, Aberdeen, Wilkeson,
and Cle Elum to participate.
Boy Toljan, Oomm Pres.