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

Upcoming EventsOktoberfestDate: Saturday, September 12, 2015time: Doors open at 12 noon Dinner: Dinner with sausages, sauerkraut, potato salad, and cakeentertainment: Music entertainment starting 2 pm tickets: $35/person, Checks to be made out toCarnival Groupinformation & tickets: Georg & Frieda at 408.448.5084

Fall DanceDate: Saturday, October 24, 2015time: Doors open at 1 pm

Dinner: Kale or Red Cabbage with smoked pork chops, sausage, potatoes, dessert and coffee music: Bill Blythe starting 2 pmaDmission: $35 for members $38 for non-membersinformation & tickets: Georg Breitling at 408.448.5084 or any Schützengroup member

September / October 2015

President’s MessageSometimes it is even hard to plan for something one year ahead, but if I asked you to share your plan or vision for the Germania Verein in five years, could you constructively share your thoughts and opinions with me or one of the board members? If you are the leadership of an Abteilung or a member of an Abteilung I urge you to discuss a five year plan and voluntarily share with the Board your plans for continued membership and growth or status quo so that we can include your ideas in a masterplan for the Germania.

Our Verein needs a plan and a common vision for the coming decade and we need to evolve in a direction that makes sense for our current charter and purpose or we need to change to become something different or new that fits better with our current way of life. What will the Germania look like in five or ten years? This is a positive-facing discussion and this is not a doomsday discussion. Every negative that is brought up requires a positive solution to counteract that trend. We should all be looking now for solutions and good ideas for the future of our Germania Verein so that when the time comes we can influence and control our future. We need to plan for longevity for Verein and Abteilungs.

The German HeritaGe soccer niGHt (october 3 at avaya staDium) is one event sponsored by the Germania Verein that tells the Bay Area that we have a German Club in San Jose. This addresses our need for new members and promoting ourselves to the community and tells San Jose that we exist. You must know that many people, even of German decent, do not know that we have a long-standing German Club in San Jose. Support and attend every Verein and Abteilung event that you can and bring a new friend or relative so that maybe they will become interested in membership and future participation. Support our upcoming events: auGust 16 Wiener cafe; september 12 oktoberfest; october 24 fall Dance; December cHristmas concert; next year karneval Dance, so that we have a product to offer new and existing members.

Please be part of the discussion so the Germania Verein can take a direction that is agreeable to you. It is no secret that there are certain Bylaw triggers in place that if our membership should drop below 10 members, then assets are transferred or donated, and while this could happen in 20 years, with a marketing plan in place and a sense of purpose clearly defined, our Verein will remain viable for many, many more years to come.

I look forward to further discussion with each and every one of you and if you have email I prefer you send your comments to albertzimmer@yahoo.com until we can speak in person.

LONG LIVE GERMANIA!

Albert Zimmermann

September4 Membership Meeting

12 Oktoberfest

OctOber2 Membership Meeting

24 Fall Dance

NOvember6 Membership Meeting

December1 Kaffeeklatsch Christmas

Lunch5 Membership Meeting /

Christmas Luncheon13 Choir Christmas Concert

2015 Calendar

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Birthdays

SeptemberShakuntala Agarwal

Else AllmendingerRuth Angst

Christa BensonIlse Boldt

Helga CihlarAllan DournaeeElisabeth FelixIrmgard Funk

Renee HendrikszKlara Kahlen

Guenter KnoopRussell KriegelViola KuchlenzMathilde Lucht

Irene MarahrensStephen Nelson

Ute NelsonJames Raymond

Magdalena SchweigerSusan TorngrenHeinz WegenerClaudia Weller

OctoberRobert BusseNora EldertonGerald HuntAurel Keck

Herbert KnoeselUrsula KnoxEdwin Long

Dennis MuellerWerner Neumaier

Rita OsmanMartin Schimm

John WehnerAndrea erleHugo Werle

Herbert WolfPeter Zakel

Department NewsSchützen

e recently celebrated the annual King’s ball. King Stephen made this function a very

special occasion. His girls added a royal touch worthy for a king. Being entertained with good food, drinks and pleasant company made for us a perfect afternoon.

The next Schützen function in San Jose will be the Fall dance. More details on the front page.

The regular meetings and target shooting are on the last sunDay of tHe montH startinG at 11 am.

Guests are welcome to attend and try out their shooting skills.

Gut Schuß, Werner Springer

LanguageCome and join our “Stammtisch” if you want to practice your German. We meet every otHer WeDnesDay at Hardy’s in Sunnyvale betWeen 7:30 anD 8:00 p.m. For more info call me at 408.210.9491.

Albert Zimmermann

carnivalOur carnival group is still on summer break. Our new season starts in October and we will then keep you up-to-date again. In the meantime, d o n ’ t forget to join us at the Germania Oktoberfest which is hosted by our group. See details on the front page.

Alaaf and Helau, Klaus Vorrath

SkatWe will meet on september 17 and october 15. Interested players, experienced or not, are welcome to join us every tHirD tHursDay, at 7:30 pm, in our upstairs lounge.

Gut Blatt, Klaus Glimski

Kaffeeklatsche had a nice get together in August and

I hope we will see many of you at the next meetings, now that it gets a little cooler. Our

next meetings will be on september 8 anD october 13.

Edith Meyer

choirMore than thirty singers and family members attended the choir’s popular summer picnic, held at the Elderton’s on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in early August. As usual, Dittmer Bubert perfectly grilled a selection of sausages from his well-known Mountain View gourmet meats store and everyone exchanged all the latest news over a variety of beers and wines.

On Sunday August 16, we appeared at the Club’s annual Wiener Café event, singing several popular Viennese tunes to a Germania Hall filled with an audience dressed in fine Viennese turn-of-the-century costumes.

On september 15 we will start our weekly rehearsals again in preparation for our very popular Christmas Concert. September would be a great time for any new singers, male or female, young or old, at any level of musical or German language proficiency, to join us at Germania Hall every tuesDay eveninG at 7:30 pm. You can get more information about joining the choir from Edith 408.379.6540 or me 408.997.3309.

William “Woody” Woodcock

tanzgruppe (new)New Tanzgruppe at Germania! If you are interested in dancing at the Germania Verein, please phone 415.572.6490, email germaniatanzgruppe@gmail.com, or come see us at our table at the Oktoberfest to chat, learn more about our group, and sign-up.

Stephen Goth

membership meeting/christmas partyFor the first time this year, the Germania Verein will have a Christmas luncheon combined with the membership meeting on “Saturday” December 5th at 11:00 am (not Friday evening)

Lunch, coffee and cake will be free to all members! Reservations need to be made so that we have a count. There will be some entertainment and a sing along of the popular Christmas songs. More about this in the next Germania Nachrichten

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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 408.286.8989Claudia Weller 408.997.2089Reinhard Wolf 408.847.3920

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 NewsSunshineSummer and vacation time is coming to an end; our Germania family members are returning home, hopefully to join us at the upcoming events to share their experiences and friendship.

The last few months have been very difficult for several of our members. Our thoughts are with you, hoping from the bottom of our hearts for your healing of body and spirit.

“Sunshine” to all our Germania family members.

The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.

Jutta Kiel

membershipWe would like to welcome our newest members mark bubert and GerHarD fritz. We are looking forward to seeing you at many of our events.

Ute Nelson

Wiener Café The Wiener Cafe was a very nice event and it happened on the hottest day of the year which was quite a distraction. But for the most part everyone had a really good attitude and enjoyed themselves anyways. We honored our 25 and 50 year members:

Our 25 year members are Wilhelm and Marianne Grotheer, Siegfried and Shirley Koch, Monika Naslund, Hans and Ursula Scheelke, and Kay Weeks. 50 year members are Emil Heyler, Blanca Zimmermann, Eric and Ingrid Kohler, and Irene Marahrens. Congratulations! Unfortunately, not all honorees were able to be present.

The Choir performed a nice ‘Mini-Konzert’ for us which we all enjoyed. Mark Bubert delighted us as “Freddie Quinn” singing those songs to strobe light effects. Margaret Bubert supplied an array of hats for the ‘Hat Parade’.

A big “thank you” to Hildegard Wehner for organizing this wonderful afternoon, and a big

“thank you” to the entire team for all their hard work.

Albert Zimmermann

Germania sponsors the German Heritage Soccer night.October 3, 2015 at Avaya Stadium

San Jose earthquakes vs. portland timbersprofessional soccer match

ticket and t-shirt $30.

Department Meetings

carnivalEvery 2nd Monday 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.

Germania Verein, Inc. 261 North 2nd Street

San Jose, CA 95112www.germaniaverein.org

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Choir Picnic

Wiener Café