Volume 102 Number 4
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity
★ Brotherhood
ISSN —07458800
Sales Agent Gay Revel Finishes Year Strong
Happy 100th Birthday, Pauline Kovar!
Pauline’s last surviving sister, Happy 100th birthday to Pauline Mildred Sebetka Kovar of SPJST Helen Sebetka Haller, passed away in Lodge 130, Dallas! Sister Pauline cel- December. Pauline is the last survivebrated her special day on Saturday, ing Sebetka from her family. Many of the John Sebetka family, January 18, 2014, with son Walter J. Kovar, daughter Paulette Ann Kovar Cooper, and several granddaughters and great-grandchildren with a birthday party at Arbrook Plaza in Arlington, Texas. Pauline is the daughter of John T. Sebetka and Antonia Toupal Sebetka. They lived in the Ennis, Texas, area in Congratulations to Pauline Kovar on her 100th birthday! Alsdorf and She is pictured receiving a cake for her special day from later in Ensign granddaughter Tammy Kovar. while Pauline was growing up. Pauline married including Pauline, were longtime Jerry Emil Kovar in 1937 and lived SPJST members. Congratulations and best wishes to most of her life in east Fort Worth in Handley, Texas, until she moved to Sister Pauline. —SPJST— Arbrook Plaza in 2007.
Deadline for Vestnik Valentines is Monday, February 3. See back page for details.
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Important Dates ...................................3 Interest Rates.......................................3 Job Posting..........................................3 100 Pennies Donor Listing .................4 Report of Directors..............................5 Lodge Section......................................8
SPJST Sales Agent Gay Revel of Lodge 97, Placedo in District Six finished the year strong taking top district and state associate agent for December. She also won the “Get to Know Your Member” contest by completing the most member reviews. Fraternal Field Manager Delisle Doherty is pictured presenting her with two checks totaling $500 for her efforts. Completing reviews on her members and orphan members was the secret to earning a $500 bonus in one month. With more than $1 billion in unclaimed insurance in the United States, it is very important to contact
your SPJST sales agent or Fraternal Field Manager listed on page 2 of this
week’s Vestnik and ask him/her to review your insurance certificates. —SPJST—
Fraternal Bowling Tournament: February 8 in New Braunfels
SPJST bowlers will compete with members from several other Texas fraternals in the 10th Annual Fraternal Alliance Of Texas Bowling Tournament set for Saturday, February 8 at Fiesta Lanes in New Braunfels, Texas. Fiesta Lanes is located behind HEB at 1202 Huisache Avenue. Teams will consist of five mem-
Inside Th is Week’s Vestnik
Youth Section.....................................19 Tee-Shirt Design Contest Info ..........25 In Memoriam ......................................26 Czech Culture ....................................27 Advertisements ............................28-29 Lodge Calendar .................................30
January 29, 2014
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Lodge 84 Dallas member donates canned drink tabs to RMH
bers—any combination of men and women, and each participant will bowl three games in the tournament, which begins at 12 noon. Individual entries will be accepted (you do not have to have a full team in order to enter the tournament). And, lodges may enter multiple teams. Pre-registration is $20 per
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District Two shares lock-in scenes
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Lodge 25 Ennis youth shares activities