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Olena Teliha ❖ * ❖ A ll — b ut not th at. N ot th ese q uiet tim es, W hen all w ords dream in equal colors, T he th o u g h ts an unkindled fire, A nd d esires tied b y ru sty chains. I w an t a w in d : lau gh ter or m alice. T he soul should break th rou gh ru sty bars, Should h ear a sh ou t: h ate and love — A nd you feel it is life, to live or to die. F ret not at d ays tied in k nots, N ig h ts w ith ou t slum ber, bew ildered m ornin gs. L et tim e b eat you r face — w ith good or w ith evil. L et you r h eart be burned, even b y sm all w ounds. Shrink n ot in to shadow . O u tlast th e b urnin g gam e. F earless, gaze in to th e sh in in g splendor — A fter th e h eat, com es th e aw aited thunder. A nd from th e clouds slips th e ligh ten in g. lication o f th e journal, had no effe c t on her, and did n ot sw erve h er from her self-im p osed task , alth ou gh sh e m u st h ave know n w h at aw aited her as a resu lt. T he blow fin a lly fell. On F eb ru ary 9, 1942, th e G estapo arres- ed and jailed her. On th e n ig h t o f F eb ru ary 13th, sh e w as exec u ted b y a firin g squad. H er h u s band, M ichael T eliha, su ffered a sim ilar fa te. T he literary h erita g e th a t O lena T elih a le ft behind con sists o f a score and ten , or so, o f v ers es and a num ber o f articles. W ith in th e p a st tw en ty years, p h rases h ave been culled from th ese v erses w h ich h ave served as rallyin g and b a ttle cries for th e U k rain ian people. Som e o f h er verses h ave been set to m u sic. A nd her b eau tifu l fa ce h as becom e a sym bol o f all th a t is th e n ob lest in th e U k rain ian peo ple. It is w ith su ch feelin g s th a t U k rain ian w om anhood approach ed th is yea r’s ob servan ces to p re serve th e m em ory o f O lena T eli h a. T h ese observan ces, how ever, are not su fficien t in th em selves. T h ey should be im p lem en ted by action ou tsid e th e auditorium or hall w h erein th e com m em orative exercises w ill b e held. It should be borne in m ind h ere th a t th e S oviet R u ssian regim e does n ot p erm it th e p ub lication o f O lena T elih a’s w orks. T h erefore U k rain ians in th e free w ord are con scien ce and d u ty bound to m ake know n to it w h o sh e w as, w h at sh e accom plished as p oetess and p atriot, and w h at suprem e sacri fice had to m ak e fo r it all. T his coud be b est done b y p u b lish in g h er v erses and articles, preceded b y a b iograph ical sk etch o f h er life, in book form , in U k rain ian and E n glish . In th is m anner, w e w ill p ay tru e trib u te to th is grea t fr ee dom fig h ter, O lena T eliha. S. S. In Jan. 10, 1962 a new UNWLA Branch was organized in New York City under the chairman ship of Mrs. Mary Dushnyck. DETROIT, MICH. On D ecem ber 12th, m em bers o f C hapter 37, U k rain ian N ation al W om en’s L eague, b rou gh t to N orth ville S ta te H osp ital six b eau tifu l afgh an s, th eir C h rist m as g ift to th e p atien ts. M rs. E lean ora N elson , S up ervisor of Translated by Jean Wolcott Piper N u rsin g in th e geriatric area of th e h osp ital, righ t, is accep ting th ese a fgh an s in th e pictu re. “T he speed w ith w h ich fir st one p atien t and th en an oth er fitted an afgh an around her shoulders, as th e ladies b rou gh t th ese onto th e w ard, betrayed th e gen u in e acceptance th ese a fgh an s en jo y L eft to right: Mrs. P. Fedyk, 6121 G randville, D etroit 28; Mrs. Howard T. Slaby, President, 2691 Burnham , Royal Aak; Mrs. W. Strokon, 5701 Da Costa, D earborn 6; Mrs. A nn Stechison, 10094 Sterling, A llen P ark; Chairm an of the project, present the six afghans to Mrs. Eleanora Nelson, R.N., N ursing Supervisor in the geriatric area. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛЮТИЙ, 1962 17
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