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BRANCH 60, CLEVELAND — A BUSY SEASO N B r a n c h 60 s t a r t e d 197 3 w it h a p o tlu c k S v ia t V e c h ir in J a n u a r y — e a c h m e m b e r p r e p a r e d one d is h f o r t h e j o in t su p p er. T h is w a s a ls o t h e m o n th o f t h e b ie n n ia l in s t a lla t io n o f t h e i r o f f ic e r s . F e b r u a r y w o r s k s h o p s on m a k in g ’ c a n d le s w it h ja r s , lilie s fr o m e g g c a r to n s an d r o s e -in - b r a n d y s n if t e r d eco r p ie c e s , w e r e c o n d u c te d b y A n n e B o b u la , E l e a n o r S o v c h ik an d D o r o t h y E v e r e t t . Ir e n e K a s h u b y n s k a , p a s t p r e s id e n t o f C le v e la n d an d R e g io n a l C ou n cil, d e m o n s tr a te d p a s k a b a k in g an d o t h e r E a s t e r fo o d p r e p a r a tio n in M a rch . A M o th e r a n d D a u g h t e r su p p e r w a s t h e A p r il a ttr a c tio n . A S o c ia l H o u r in M a y w a s a ls o u s e d f o r a d is c u s s io n o f B r a n c h 6 0 ’s h o s t e s s i n g a c o n fe r e n c e f o r E n g lis h s p e a k in g b r a n c h e s . I n J u n e , in a d d itio n t o s e llin g U k r a in ia n fo o d a t a P a r m a F a ir , t h e m e m b e r s h a d a p e r o h y m a k in g w o r k sh o p . B r a n c h 60 en d ed i t s ’7 2 -’73 s e a s o n w it h a s w im p a r t y in J u ly a t w h ic h t i m e t h e y a lso v o te d t o u n d e r ta k e t h e C o n fe r e n c e . D u r in g t h i s b u s y a c t iv e s e a s o n t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e B r a n c h to o k p a r t in lo c a l f a i r s an d b a z a a r s , R e g io n a l m e e t in g s , U k r a in ia n C o m m u n ity p r o g r a m s an d d e m o n s tr a te d p y s a n k a m a k in g a t lo cal sc h o o ls an d f a ir s . B r a n c h 60 f u r t h e r d e m o n s tr a te d t h e f e e l in g o f b e lo n g in g t o on e “ f a m i l y ” — t h e U N W L A — b y h o ld in g a U k r a in ia n C h r is tm a s B o u tiq u e in D e c e m b e r 1 972, j o in t ly w it h B r a n c h e s 19 an d 33. T h e P r e s s and P u b lic it y C h a ir m a n o f B r. 60 k e e p s v e r y b u s y g e t t i n g all t h e s e in t e r e s t in g a c t iv it ie s in to t h e lo c a l p r e s s . OUR COYER T h is is t h e 1 0 0 th A n n iv e r s a r y o f t h e b ir th o f S a lo m e a K r u sh e l- n y t s k a . H e r p h o to g r a p h on t h i s c o v e r is a n in tr o d u c tio n t o t h e a r tic le s a b o u t t h i s g r e a t o p era s t a r w h ic h w ill a p p e a r in t h e n e x t is s u e . B u t t h e p h o t o t e lls u s a g r e a t d eal. T h e s t y le o f h e r d r e s s and c o if f u r e , an d t h e f u r n is h in g s te ll u s t h i s w a s t h e t u r n o f t h e c e n t u r y e v e n w it h o u t lo o k in g a t t h e o th e r s id e o f t h e p h o to g r a p h w h ic h h a s t h e d a te 1 9 / 1 / 1 9 0 5 . A lt h o u g h t h i s w a s a t t h e v e r y p in n a c le o f h e r o p e r a tic c a r e e r w h e n s h e w a s a d o red b y s u c h m u s ic a l g r e a t s a s P u c c in i an d T o sc a n in i, s h e t o o k e v e r y op p o r t u n it y t o s in g U k r a in ia n s o n g s . T h e o w n e r o f t h e p h o to g r a p h , a c lo s e p e r s o n a l fr ie n d , t e lls o f t h e s e n s a t io n c a u s e d b y K r u s h e ln y t- s k a ’s e n c o r e s in g in g o f a U k r a in ia n f o lk s o n g in t h e s t y l e an d m a n n e r o f a n o r d in a r y v illa g e p e a s a n t w o m a n . H e r a b ilit y t o a d j u s t an d a d a p t h e r v o c a l an d in t e r p r e t iv e t a l e n t s to t h e p a r t i cu la r m u s ic a l m a te r ia l w a s t h e w o n d e r o f h e r t im e . T h a t en c o r e p r e s e n t a t io n o f a s im p le f o lk s o n g a s a n u n tr a in e d s in g e r w o u ld d o it, w a s a ls o p r o o f o f h e r u n d y in g lo v e f o r h e r p e o p le and h e r it a g e w h ic h r e m a in e d u n sp o ile d an d u n d im in is h e d b y t h e a c c o la d e s o f t h e m u s ic a l w orld . EMBROIDERIES FOR THE CHURCH (See p. 23) O ur s e r ie s on e m b r o id e r ie s f o r t h e c h u r c h b e g a n in t h e N o . 6 is u e w it h a U k r a in ia n f o lk m o t if t o b e e m b r o id e r e d on a s c a r f u s e d u n d e r t h e G o sp el on t h e a lta r . A n o th e r a r tic le t h a t c a n be e m b r o id e r e d in c r o s s s t it c h is t h e “ e p it r a h il” or s t o le w h ic h is a l w a y s w o r n b y a p r ie s t in t h e p e r fo r m a n c e o f h is m in is t r y . T h e “ e p it r a h il” ca n b e m a d e o f 2 lo n g p ie c e s o f w h it e or b e ig e “p a n a m a ” c lo th s e w n t o g e t h e r le n g t h w is e , w it h an o p e n in g a t t h e to p f o r t h e h e a d a n d r o u n d ed a c r o s s t h e s h o u ld e r s . T h e n a r r o w c r o s s s t ic h e d d e s ig n , w h ic h is a ls o d on e on a s tr ip o f “p a n a m a ” c lo th , is s e w n on t o t h e “ e p it r a h il” a s a b o rd er — c a r e f u lly a d j u s t in g t h e e m b ro id e r e d s tr ip t o t h e ro u n d e d n e c k an d b a c k b y p u llin g on a th r e a d o f t h e e m b r o id e r e d c lo th t o s l i g h t l y g a t h e r o n e sid e . T h r e e e v e n ly sp a c e d c r o s s e s on e it h e r s id e a n d a s m a lle r c r o s s on t h e b a c k c o m p le te t h e e m b r o id e r y . T h e b o tto m e d g e s o f t h e “e p it r a h il” a r e f in is h e d o f f w it h a s ilk fr in g e . T h e “e p itr a - h il” is lin e d w it h s ilk in o n e o f t h e e m b r o id e r y co lo rs. T h is “e p it r a h il” w a s d e s ig n e d b y “ B a z a a r ” in P h ila d e lp h ia . C olors o f DM C — b la c k 3 1 0 , red x x 3 2 1 , y e llo w oo 7 4 2 , g r e e n • • 90 5 . THE POLUBOTOK MOTIF T h e A p r il, 1973, is s u e o f O U R L I F E (p . 2 4 -2 5 ) h a s a n a r tic le b y L iu b o w W o ly n e tz t it le d “T h e P o lu b o to k S h i f t . ” M rs. W o ly n e tz c h a n c e d u p o n a 1 9 2 7 is s u e o f a jo u r n a l on t h e h is t o r y o f U k r a in ia n c u ltu r e p u b lis h e d b y th e K h a r k iw U n iv e r s it y in w h ic h t h e s t o r y o f t h i s in t e r e s t in g w o r k is to ld . H e tm a n P a v lo P o lu b o to k w a s im p r is o n e d b y T s a r P e t e r I an d d ied in p r is o n in 1 724. H is w if e an d d a u g h te r w e r e a lso e x e c u te d . I t is n o t k n o w n w h a t h a p p e n e d to t h e f a m ily 's p o s s e s s io n s , h o w e v e r t h e s h i f t d id f in d i t s w a y in to t h e h a n d s o f a r e la t iv e w h o h a d a n e x t e n s iv e c o lle c tio n o f U k r a in ia n a r ts a n d a n t iq u it ie s . T h e s h i f t is o f s p e c ia l in t e r e s t b e c a u s e i t s m a in e m b r o id e r y m o t i f b e c a m e v e r y p o p u la r all o v e r U k r a in e a f t e r b e in g co p ied b y a P o lt a v a h a n d ic r a f t s g u ild in 1 9 0 2 . A f t e r b e in g e x h ib it e d in 1 9 1 8 an d a g a in in 1 9 1 9 t h e s h i f t d isa p p e a r e d . T h e P o lu b o to k m o t if is w id e ly u s e d b y U k r a in ia n e m b r o id e r e r s t o d a y an d is k n o w n e v e r y w h e r e b y i t s n a m e o f o r ig in . T h e o r ig in a l d e s ig n on t h e s h i f t w a s d on e in w o o le n t h r e a d in red an d b lu e. In t h e J u ly - A u g u s t , 1 9 7 3 , O U R L I F E (p . 8 -9 ) S la v a G eru la k b r in g s t o o u r a t t e n t io n t h e a n c ie n t p r e h is t o r ic m o t i f e m b r o i d e r e d on t h e b a c k o f t h e P o lu b o to k s h i f t . T h e s a m e sq u a r e d “m e a n d e r ” d e s ig n s a re s e e n on a r c h e o lo g ic a l f in d s in U k r a in e w h ic h d a te b a c k t o t h e S to n e A g e . A leader duplicates him self in others. He is a “man” builder. He helps those under him to grow big because he realizes th a t the more big people an organization has, the stronger it will be. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЖОВТЕНЬ, 1973 21
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