l o d g e h a p p e n i n g sShirleyPlozzaj TalksAbout VFWProgramsLodge Century of Progress/BilaHora No. 231, Cicero, Illinois—At our last meeting, we had for ourguest speaker, Shirley Plozzaj, whogave a talk on the VFWOrganization. She is a member ofVFW Post Number 6863, and hasbeen with this Post for many years.We learned that the VFW has aNational Home for Children whohave been orphaned which is locatedin Eaton Fall, Michigan.Members can send the childrenthere when both the mother andfather have died, and there are nolonger any relatives left to takecare of them. Also, there is a nursinghome located in Kankakee,Illinois, where members can go,too.Shirley’s VFW Post runs Bingogames at local hospitals a fewtimes each year. They also savepop tabs for the Ronald McDonaldHouse, clip coupons for the menand women in the service, andmake lap pads for cancer victimsout of plastic bags using yarn tocrochet these bags together. Tojoin the VFW, you have to haveserved in the service overseas.Wives can join with their husbands.In October, Loretta Paulus wentto Door County, Wisconsin, toenjoy the fall colors of the changingleaves. While there, shelearned about the local history ofthe area and enjoyed a tour of theEagle Bluff Lighthouse. Also sheenjoyed one of the famous DoorCounty fish boils at an old PostOffice that had been converted intoa restaurant.<strong>Fraternal</strong>ly,Loretta PaulusCollecting Money for the USOLodge Paramount/Southgate No. 372, Bedford, Ohio - Our members planned toget together and attend the annual Clambake at DTJ Taborville on September 15.The weather was perfect and the clambake was delicious, as usual. We had our meetingafter and had 18 members and two guests, Doris Novak and Nancy Pokorny,attend.We want to thank the folks in Pittsburgh for the great weekend they planned forthe 2013 Get-Together. We know it took a lot of work and planning by members tomake it so successful!We were proud to see our member, Courtney Ou, chosen as Miss National <strong>CSA</strong>2013-2014. We congratulate her and we’ll be looking forward to all her appearancesin the future months. We know she will be kept busy, but hope to see her at ourDistrict Council No. 10 Christmas/Pin Party on December 15.Sister Fran Weiss is still collecting money for the USO. So far, we have about$100 collected from the last two months. Sister Fran will have the jar for collectionin <strong>November</strong>, and December, so let’s get it filled up by the end of the year.We will be donating $25.00 to the <strong>CSA</strong> Scholarship Fund again, in memory ofour deceased members.We will be donating five, $5 gifts for our District Council No 10 Christmas/PinParty again on December 15. Sisters Betty Cernohorsky and Janet Chappell volunteeredto make the gifts.We had our 50/50 drawing and the winners were Sisters Janet Chappell and BessPobuda.Our <strong>November</strong> meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Maple Heights SeniorCenter, 15901 Libby Road, Maple Heights, Ohio, where lunch will be served.Members—mark your calendars. All members are welcome to attend our meetings!<strong>Fraternal</strong>ly, Helen Martanovic and Betty CernohorskyCzech Voice of ClevelandCleveland Chapter No. 219, Cleveland, Ohio - By now, everyone knowsThanksgiving will be here soon and then Christmas. I won’t talk about the weatherbecause you know how fast it can change. So, let’s first talk about our District No.10 party that includes Christmas and our 50/75 year pin party. I hope all of the honoree’shave received their letter and plan on attending as we have a great time meetingour old friends and making new ones.Our senior bowling league is coming along great. Judith Chegan rolled a 186 andhas the ladies high average of 152. Wayal Abarca rolled a nice 220 game. FrankFilous asked what happened to all the other sports that <strong>CSA</strong> used to have: golf andbaseball? They seem to have gotten lost somewhere after some of the golfers andball players decided to leave us and play in heaven, along with some of the goodbowlers. We still call on Arnie Bohm to help in getting the 10 pin down.We hope you listen to the Czech Voice of Cleveland, Joe Kocab’s radio program,as he announces upcoming events, and sends greeting to all our members in the <strong>CSA</strong>Lodges.Hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving dinner and gives something for thosewho could not afford their own dinner. Also remember them all during the coldmonths ahead.A quote from Marvin Levy, coach, Buffalo Bills: Advice to Youth – Maintain apositive attitude, expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.There will be many failures sprinkled among successes you can enjoy: A failurebecomes just one bad time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.Until next time, say hello with a card or phone call to all our members who can’tget out to meetings. Also to our men and women serving for our freedom.<strong>Fraternal</strong>ly,Leatrice Rose and June Karecki32 — www.csafraternallife.org — NOVEMBER 2013
Lodge Meeting Turns IntoTailgate PartyLodge Estlian No. 404, FairviewHeights, Illinois - In an unusual turn ofevents, the October Lodge Estlian meetingturned into a tailgate party.Spectacular sunshine and a brisk fallday provided a perfect backdrop for theunconventional meeting in the parkinglot of the Caseyville Township Center.Members loaded up to the tailgate forturkey with green peppers and tomatosauce and buttered noodles and homemade biscuits. The impromptu partybrought plenty of smiles!Michael Kupinski has been fairlyactive. On October 5, he added somesmiles by sponsoring the newly createdGovenor’s Scholarship Award at the2013 Mid America Emmy Awards. Theblack tie event was attended by over600 television personalities in theMidwest. He awarded a young studentfrom Illinois with a $3,000 checktoward her degree in broadcast journalism.Michael continues to be supportiveof the media and entertainment industrythat has been so wonderful to him.Thanks for giving back, Mike!As a reminder to our members,please be sure to contact Mary Kupinskiat 618-345-4014 to make reservationsfor the Christmas party. The Christmasparty will be December 8 at theCaseyville Township Hall in FairviewHeights. We look forward to seeing allof our Lodge members and gettingupdates on the children and grandchildren!See you there!<strong>Fraternal</strong>ly,Michael KupinskiSugar forSeniorsLodge Washington No. 30, St. Louis,Missouri - Happy Thanksgiving wishesto everyone. Hope this holiday isfilled with delicious food along withfamily and friends to share the blessingsof the day.Our members will be very busy withthe activities of the Fall Czech Festivalat the American Czech Center on<strong>November</strong> 16. As always, we put inplenty of hours before and during theevent, baking, making dumplings, manningsome of the booths, and workingin the serving line. The Lodge washappy to donate the items for one of theraffle baskets – using a “chocolate”theme – and we joined with many othermembers at the Center to make it a successfulevent. Hope you are able toenjoy the day with us!Our Lodge Christmas Party will beon Sunday, December 15, at the Center.Dinner is served at 12:30 p.m. andwe’ll have a great time ushering in theholiday season. Call Elsie Korpecki at314-638-2278 and let her know howmany in your family will attend. Wewould appreciate donations of pastryfor the dessert table. We’re also askingeveryone to bring a $1 gift for theexchange, plus donations of foam cups,sugar, sweetener, paper towels, forks,knives, spoons, or facial tissue, all tobenefit the Senior Meal Program at thePatch Community Center, as well asmittens for the traditional “mitten tree.”A full list will be included with theparty flyer. Official election of officerswill take place at that meeting.We also made our annual donationsto the Salvation Army, Fisher House,and the Patch Center.If you have a friend or a familymember who you think would benefitfrom all that <strong>CSA</strong> and our Lodge haveto offer, please call the Home Office orany of our Lodge officers for moreinformation about getting them signedup.Til next month – happy holidays!<strong>Fraternal</strong>ly,Mildred Zemanl o d g e h a p p e n i n g sRead the Journal online at: www.csafraternallife.orgNOVEMBER 2013 — <strong>CSA</strong> JOURNAL — 33
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