[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 135 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 IN HONOR OF ZUMBERAK LODGE NO. 859 OF THE CROATIAN FRATERNAL UNION OF 
                                AMERICA

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 30, 1997

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Zumberak Lodge No. 859, of 
the Croatian Fraternal Union of America on its 60th anniversary.
  Zumberak Lodge began in 1937 with nine members. In the last 60 years, 
the organization has flourished to a membership of over 600, the 
largest lodge in the Greater Cleveland area. The lodge boasts members 
who represent various professions including: the clergy, doctors, 
lawyers, merchants, Congressmen, Governors, State representatives, 
judges, teachers, and executives.
  Since its inception, Zumberak Lodge has been active in organizing 
events, community fundraisers, and sporting tournaments on a local and 
national level. The lodge often organizes picnics, dances, boat rides, 
and hay rides for its members. For 52 consecutive years, it has 
sponsored a concert by the Duquesne University Tamburitzans. Some of 
Zumberak's members have even been selected to perform with the 
Tamburitzans. The lodge was instrumental in establishing the Cleveland 
chapter of the Croatian Fraternal Union Scholarship Foundation. Members 
continue to support and benefit from this beneficial foundation.
  In 1942, the lodge sponsored its first national event, the Croatian 
Fraternal Union Basketball Tournament. The Zumberak team has won 
several national tournaments, not to mention two trophies for being the 
best dressed team. Goldie Malone, Zumberak secretary-treasurer and the 
one and only basketball queen, organized the first women's basketball 
team in the Croatian Fraternal Union in 1952. A national bowling 
tournament was first organized in 1962, and since then Zumberak's 
sponsorship and participation has been second to none.
  My fellow colleagues, please join me in recognizing Zumberak Lodge 
No. 859 for 60 years of activities, comradeship, and living by their 
creed: ``be a friend to the friendless, make the warring classes 
obsolete, here and in the land of our parents. Patience, peace and 
prosperity are what we will be promulgating.''

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