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The Cechomoravan Lodge No. 105 formed in Ellinger in 1884 as part of the National Cesko-Slovanska Podporujici Spolecnost, a fraternal society that offered benefits to Czech immigrants. In 1897, the Ellinger lodge joined other Texas lodges in a new group, the Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, or S.P.J.S.T. Cesko Narodni Hřbitov, or Czech National Cemetery, later came to be called Ellinger National Cemetery and served as the burial ground for early Czech settlers, including Thomas Hruska, a C.S.P.S. member and charter member and first president of S.P.J.S.T. Lodge #1.
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