Germania NachrichtenNewsletter of the Germania Verein the German-American Club of San Jose

Upcoming EventsFaschingsballDate: Saturday, February 1, 2014time: Doors open at 1 pm Dinner: Served at 2 pm entertainment: Music will start at 3 pmtickets: $35/person available from carnival membersreservations: Make reservations by December 3 and send a check to the Germania Verein.information: For more info call Frieda Sonksen at 408.448.5084, Klara Kahlen at 408.374.2373, Hedi Loens at 408.446.4140, Burgie Vorrath at 650.592.9665.

January / February 2014

President’s MessageMy wishes to you and your families in the new year are health and happiness; for our Verein I wish a hall that is filled at each monthly meeting with people interested in celebrating and preserving our club. And I look forward to eager volunteers gathering to help out at our events and with the care of our building and property interests. I wish each Abteilung healthy ticket sales and attendance at your events and I hope to see you partying at one or all of our events in 2014.

In february please attend the Carnival Dance at our hall and have fun dressing up; in may and December come and enjoy our polished Germania Chor performing at one of their Concerts; in april the Schützen will hold their annual Schützenfest when they celebrate their new King/Queen.

In June spend a warm afternoon with us at Vasona Park and the Germania picnic where we will have live music this year (how about a Waltz or Polka across the meadow?). In august don’t miss the Wiener Cafe; I

January3 Membership Meeting

February1 Faschingsball7 Membership Meeting

March7 Membership Meeting

april4 Membership Meeting

12 Schützenfest

May2 Membership Meeting4 Choir Spring Concert

June1 Picnic in Vasona Park6 Membership Meeting

JulyThe club is closed during July.

august1 Membership Meeting

10 Wiener Café

septeMber5 Membership Meeting

OctOber3 Membership Meeting

18 Fall Dance

nOveMber7 Membership Meeting

DeceMber5 Membership Meeting /

Election of Board of Director14 Choir Christmas Concert

2014 Calendar (preliminary, subJect to change)

anticipate we will have a Fall Dance and maybe even an Oktoberfest that you can partake in.

Make sure to mark these dates in your calendar as soon as they are announced. Plan to be in attendance at one of our events or activities. We have another year of upcoming fun and tradition before us so please be prepared to help out in any way you can. Volunteers are needed; new members are always sought after; and our “Old House” still remains the center of German Heritage in the South Bay. Let’s keep it this way for many more years to come.

At the December meeting we elected the new board of directors for 2014. I would like to thank our outgoing directors Peter Heinze and Klaus Vorrath for their dedication to the Club during the past two years. Our incoming directors are Walter Harding and Klaus Glimski.

The support from the board and membership over the past year has been so valuable. It is because we are a team that I look forward to serving alongside you another term at the Germania Verein.

Your President, Albert Zimmermann

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Birthdays

JanuaryMargaret BubertSieglinde Fuggis

Ingrid FustMarina GerolaHerta Giessler

Walter HardingRosa HardingHertha HocheAnna Hoegel

Erwin HoffmannHelga Hoffmann

Kurt JanzenJutta Kiel

Eveline KönigHans Muskat

Joyce WilliamsAlbert Zimmermann

FebruaryBrigitte Andermatt

Frank BuschMonica Dournaee

Barbara FigoneCarina Frazier

Wilhelm GrotheerDon Haderle

Brigitte HeinzeHelga E. Hoffmann

Thomas HolfordIngrid Lang

Helmut LippertHedi Loens

Ludwig MeyerHenry Muth

Thomas NelsonUrsula ScheelkeJosef Schwarzl

Elizabeth StampBarbara TumaBurgie VorrathAnne Wipfler

Blanca Zimmermann

Department NewschoirThe year 2013 is quickly coming to an end. On Sunday, December 15, the choir gave its annual Christmas concert. We sang in a festive decorated Germania Hall in front of a huge audience. Especially Franz Schuberts “Ave Maria”, featuring soloist Dan Neely, and the concert finale with the Hallelujah chorus from F. Handel’s Messiah were appreciated by the audience with much applause. At the end the guests had an opportunity to sing along with the choir a selection of old familiar Christmas songs.

On December 21, a select group from the choir followed an invitation from Walter Harding, to sing at his mother’s special Birthday party. Emma Sawatzki turned 100 years old. She obviously enjoyed our performance.

By now we are done with singing for this year and all that was to be done was to install the new choir

officers. Most of the board members agreed to remain in their positions with the only exception for Vice President. The new board has now the following members: � President: Manfred Trogisch, � Vice President: Sigrid Sikora, � Secretary: William Woodcock, � Treasurer: Dennis Mueller

We are on our winter break and will return to our rehearsal routine on January 14, 2014 at 7:30pm as usual in the upstairs club room. We invite anybody who loves to sing to join us as we prepare for the sänger kommers of the pacific singing society on february 15, hosted by the Freundschaft Liederkranz and the Damenchor Liederkranz in San Francisco.

Happy New Year to everybody, Manfred Trogisch

skatOur Skat-playing night in January will be on the 16th, and in february it will be on the 20th in the club room upstairs at 7:30 p.m. Please mark your calendar for these dates. New players, experienced or not, are always welcome.

Gut Blatt, Klaus Glimski

languageOur ‘Stammtisch’ will resume in January. We meet every other WenesDay at Hardy’s in Sunnyvale betWeen 7:30 anD 8:00 p.m. For more info call me at 408.210.9491.

Albert Zimmermann

Happy New Year!

In Memoriam

Egon Donner

Emma Sawatzki at her 100th birthday celebration!

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Club Contacts

germania verein261 North 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95112

GermaniaVerein@aol.com � 408.275.9308www.germaniaverein.org

board of DirectorspresiDent Albert Zimmerman � 408.281.8949vice presiDent Dennis Mueller �408.246.4644

secretary Ute Nelson � 408.241.2926treasurer Chris Rehmeyer � 408.249.3047

DirectorsKlaus Glimski � 408.269.5091

Walter Harding � 408.286.8989Carl Schmidt � 408.718.5413

Sigrid Wegener � 408.248.6169

Departmentschoir Manfred Trogisch � 408.255.2118

carnival Georg Breitling � 408.448.5084kaffeeklatsch Edith Meyer � 408.379.6540

language Albert Zimmermann � 408.281.8949shooting Georg Breitling � 408.448.5084

skat Klaus Glimski � 408.269.5091

committeesaiello Albert Zimmerman � 408.281.8949

bar Marianne/Wilhelm Grotheer � 408.253.5218festivities Open Position

membership Ute Nelson � 408.241.2926purchasing Open Position

refreshments Hildegard Wehner � 408.246.4644

renovations Open Positionsunshine Jutta Kiel � 408.241.4132

newslettereDitor Susanne Ivarson � 707.292.5470

nachrichten@germaniaverein.org

german pioneersLearn about our German ancestors who have

contributed to this area since 1841. Visit www.germanamericanpioneers.org or contact Maria Brand at 408.270.4888.

Committee NewssunshineThe holiday season has passed and I hope that all of you enjoyed the wonderful gatherings with your Germania Familie in our lovely decorated Germania Halle. Thank you to all our members who made these events possible with their hard work and dedication.

Let us continue sharing friendship and understanding in the next year; participating in the planned events with enthusiasm and gratitude.

“Sunshine” to everyone in our Germania Familie and wishing you only the best for 2014.

“Friendship brings joy and laughter. It can move even the heaviest of hearts to sing.”

Jutta Kiel

MembershipneW members: We would like to welcome our newest members Patricia Nelson, Claudia Weller and Cecila Nicholson. We hope to see you at many of our events.

congratulations to our member Emma Sawatzki, who just celebrated her 100th Birthday.

membership Dues: The membership fee for the year 2014 is due and statements will be going out. Please send your payments as soon as possible. Thank you.

Ute Nelson

Department NewsschützenThe next meeting is scheduled for January 26 at 11 am.

All Schützen are reminded to attend this meeting in the green uniform. The annual awards will be awarded at this meeting.

All of us had a great time at our Christmas dinner. December is always a special time for good food and just for getting together for a good time.

Monthly meetings and target shooting are generally on the last Sunday of the month starting at 11 AM. Guests and prospective new members are welcome to attend on our regular monthly meetings.

Best wishes to everyone for a happy 2014.

Gut Schuß, Werner Springer, Secretary

carnivalWe are in our final stages preparing for our carnival Dance (faschingsball) at the Germania Hall on february 1. There will be prizes for the best costumes for single persons, couples, or groups. People can only participate in one category.

Tickets will be available from all Carnival members. For more info call Frieda Sonksen 408.448.5084, Klara Kahlen 408.374.2373, Hedi Loens 408.446.4140, Burgie Vorrath 650.592.9665.

We are hoping for a large support from all you ‘Jecken’.

Alaaf and Helau, Klaus Vorrath

KaffeeklatschWe had a wonderful “gemütliches” Christmas get-together, enjoying each other’s company and singing German Christmas songs. We also enjoyed the delicious lunch which was catered by Monalisa. Our next meeting is on January 14 and I hope many of you will be able to come.

Have a happy and healthy New Year.

Edith Meyer

Department Meetings

carnivalEvery 2nd Tuesday of the month at 10a.m.

choirEvery Tuesday at 7:30p.m.

hikingNo hikes scheduled presently.

KaffeeklatschEvery 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12p.m.

language groupStammtisch meets every other Wednesday.

Call for additional event dates.

skatEvery 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30p.m.

schützenMeetings are on the same day asthe target shooting which is the

last Sunday of the month at 11a.m.

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Gute VorsätzeDer guten Vorsätze sind viele; kaum hat das Jahr begonnen,

setzt man sich einiges zum Ziele, was alsbald schon zerronnen.

Drum wollen wir nicht übertreiben, das, was wir haben, halten

und dabei schön bescheiden bleiben – uns freuen an dem alten.

Wenn dieses Jahr zu Ende geht und wir gesund noch leben,

auch friedlich sich die Welt noch dreht – was kann es Schön’res geben?

(Leonore Enzmann)

The Outgoing 2013 Board

From left: Peter Heinze, Chris Rehmeyer, Ute Nelson, Karl Schmidt, Albert Zimmermann, Dennis Mueller, Klaus Vorrath and Sigrid Wegener.