Trademarked logo of the Czech Heritage Society of Texas - the silver lion of Bohemia superimposed on an outline of Texas in red

Fayette County Chapter
Czech Heritage Society of Texas


2008 Officers

PRESIDENT - Ben Bohuslav
400 S. College
La Grange, TX 78945
(979) 966-0505

VICE PRESIDENT - James Kovar

SECRETARY/ REPORTER - Georgia Vyvial
1338 Loehr Rd.
La Grange, TX 78945
(979) 247-4099

TREASURER - Georgia Kovar
977 N. Jackson
La Grange, TX 78945
(979) 968-3412

HISTORIAN - Helen Mikus
P.O. Box 94
Fayetteville, TX 78940-0094
(979) 378-2742

DIRECTORS

Pat Richter
730 Panorama Rd.
La Grange, TX 78945
(979) 247-4438

Lorenda Polasek
1221 FM 155
La Grange, TX 78945
(979) 247-4605

Johnnie Polasek
1221 FM 155
La Grange, TX 78945-6004
(979) 247-4605

Jerome Mazoch

Evelyn Jecmenek

Rose Rohde

George Janecka
 


History

The Fayette County Chapter of the Czech Heritage Society of Texas was organized on March 7, 1987, at the historical SPJST Lodge No. 1,  Fayetteville, Texas.   Membership is open to persons of Moravian/Czech descent or anyone interested in preserving Slavic culture in Fayette County and in the State of Texas.  Meetings are held four (4) times a year, which includes a picnic at Polansky's Lake at Rek Hill, near Fayetteville, usually in June.  The picnic is in conjunction with SPJST Lodge No. 1, Fayetteville.    Other meetings are in the Senior Citizen's Center, La Grange, Texas. Also a Christmas party in December.


Dues

Dues for the Fayette Chapter are $5.00 annually and $10.00 for State Membership, for a total of $15.00.  To insure that the member's name is listed on the state roster, the dues should be paid by the end of  January.  Any dues paid in October through December will be credited for the following year.


Fayette Czech Singers and Dancers

The Fayette Chapter is a sponsor for the Fayette Czech Singers and Dancers, co-sponsored by the S P J S T Lodge No. 1, Fayetteville, Texas.  The group was organized in the fall of 1985 for the Fayette County  Sesquicentennial pageant, for the spring of 1986.  Authentic songs and dances are learned:  Moravian, Bohemian, Silesian and Slovakian.  The song leader is Carolyn Sumbera Meiners, La Grange and the dance instructor and coordinator is Helen Trnovsky Mikus, Fayetteville, Texas.


EVENTS

Fayette County Chapter will host the Fall State Meeting of Czech Heritage Society of Texas on November 10.  Details will be posted here.


CHAPTER MEETINGS

Spring Meeting/Picnic
Sunday, June 8, 2008
KJT Center
SH 71 East of La Grange

Sunday, September 14, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Randolph Center
La Grange

Christmas Meeting & Social
Sunday, December 14, 2008
1:00 p.m.
Smalik House
Columbus

This page was last updated 01/30/2008