Deutsche Gesellschaft estab. 1847 -- Deutsches Haus inc. 1928

Important Membership Meeting September 19^th at 8 PM

 At the September Quarterly Membership Meeting on Friday the 19^th at 8:00 PM, several proposed amendments to the Haus Charter of critical importance to the future of Deutsches Haus will be submitted to you, our members, for your approval.

To gain all the benefits of a charitable and benevolent entity under the Federal Law, it is mandatory that the Haus Charter be amended to conform to the stringent requirements of the revised Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Deutsches Haus was incorporated as a Louisiana non-profit corporation on November 7^th 1928 and its Charter has not been amended since that date. Three years ago, when Tom Shinn first ran for the presidency of Deutsches Haus, he did so with the stated purpose of updating the charter to enable the Haus to claim exemption from the annual filing and paying of income taxes on the revenues it derives from the Oktoberfest and other activities. With the assistance of Colonel Richard Kuntz, who has provided invaluable legal assistance by tirelessly researching applicable laws and writing the proposed amendments, this can now come to pass. The savings attained will be redirected into Haus projects and capital improvements. Additionally, all donations to the Haus in the future will provide the donor with a deduction on his/her individual income tax return, thereby reducing taxes paid by the donor. See Colonel Kuntz’s article on Page 2 for a description of additional Charter reforms.

You are urged to attend and to participate in this historic event. Voting for these Charter provisions will provide substantial financial benefit to the Haus and its membership and is an appropriate way to mark the celebration of our 75-year anniversary.  How better to ensure that our children and grandchildren will have the opportunity in future to celebrate another 75 years of a solvent active Haus?

 As usual, food will be served after the meeting.

Oktoberfest 2003

1^st Week Friday, September 26^th & Saturday, September 27^th  
Prost! and Dixie Hofkappelle return by popular demand
Members and 1 Guest and Children under 13 Free,
Non-Members $5.00 per person at the door
Doors open at 5 p.m. Food service and music begin at 6 p.m.

Oktoberfest 2003 Speisekarte (Menu)

Sauerbraten (Braised Marinated Roast Beef)
Schweinebraten mit Champignon Sosse (Braised Pork Loin with Mushroom Sauce)
Rouladen (Tenderized Beef Roll with Streaky Bacon, Pickle, Onions & Mustard Sauce)
Usinger's Kasseler Rippchen (Smoked Pork Shank Braised in a Citrus Sauce)
Krautwickel (Ground Beef Stuffing rolled in Cabbage)
Usinger's Bratwurst (Pork with Spices Sausage)
Usinger's Knackwurst (Beef & Pork with Paprika, Garlic and other Spices Sausage)
Usinger's Weißwurst (Veal & Pork with Parsley and Spices Sausage)
Kartoffelsalat (German Potato Salad with Eggs, Streaky Bacon, Onions, Parsley, Shallots & Vinegar)
Kartoffelbrei (Creamed Potatoes)
Bratkartoffeln mit Leberwurst [Smothered Potatoes with Usinger's Liverwurst (Pork, Liver & Beef with Spices) & Onions]
Pommes Frites (French Fries)
Sauerkraut (Pickled Cabbage)
Rotkohl (Marinated Red Cabbage)
Gedünstetes Weißkraut (Smothered Cabbage)

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Vom Historiker des Hauses

Amending Our Charter:
Why Support A-501 ( c ) ( 3 ) on September 19^th?

Among the many benefits provided by 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) are some which do not technically fall under those explained previously. When the Haus was originally incorporated on the 7^th November 1928, it was chartered for a period of 99 years. While at that time the Haus founders were comfortable with that time period, in the short span of the next 24 years, on 8^th November 2027, our charter will terminate.

In anticipation of this event, another of the proposed amendments will revoke the original time limit of 99 years on the life of the Corporation and provide instead that the duration of the Corporation shall be PERPETUAL.

Influenced by the lean economic times when Deutsches Haus was incorporated some seventy-five years ago, its founders embedded in the Charter a prohibition that the Corporation “shall not hold property of the value exceeding One Million Dollars.” With normal inflation and the increase in property values, this restriction is not only archaic but unrealistic in today’s market. Consequently, this prohibition has been eliminated.

Finally, a major requirement of the Internal Revenue code is that ” No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation and the Corporation shall not participate in any political campaign on behalf (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office” which language is now included.

Members Only Special Sale 75th Anniversary Deutsches Haus Steins

The steward will take orders for members who desire to purchase the Deutsches Haus 75th Anniversary Bier Steins at a pre-Oktoberfest special price of $10 per stein. The pre-order must be accompanied with a check or cash for the purchase. The deadline of this pre-sale special will be the close-of-business, September 19, 2003, the night of the Quarterly Membership Meeting. The price will revert to the regular price of $15 for each stein.

Annual German Heritage Festival Association Oktoberfest Parade

Come out to see or join in New Orleans’ only Oktoberfest Parade, sponsored by GHFA, on Sunday, October 5^th, starting at 1 p.m. at Convention Center Blvd. and Julia, moving to Canal Street and into the French Quarter on Bourbon St. to St. Philip then to Decatur and back to Canal St., ending at the Deutsches Haus on South Galvez. The map of the parade route will be included in the Oktober Monatsblatt. The seventeenth Oktoberfest Parade Grand Marshall is five-star Chef and Proprietor of Broussard’s Restaurant, Gunter Karl Preuss and parade Princess and Prince are Heather Olivier and Stephen Dargis respectively, she an honor student and star tennis player at Archbishop Chapelle High School and he an athlete from Archbishop Rummel High School. A few openings remain for riders on the floats ($75.00) and we can always use more marchers ($50.00). Both amounts include a 1-year membership to GHFA. A religious service on the 2^nd floor of Deutsches Haus led by Pastor Heinz R. Neumann of St. Matthaeus Unierte Kirche precedes the parade at 10:30 a.m. and is open to all.

And don’t forget the After-Parade-Party at Deutsches Haus with music by Haus favorite Rocky’s Hot Fox Trot Orchestra plus a German dinner and many types and brands of outstanding German beers. Admission is $20.00 per person and tickets are available from Keith Oldendorf and from the Deutsches Haus Steward.

GHFA Annual German Christmas (Eine Deutsches Weihnacht)

GHFA has made arrangements for the Annual German Christmas, Eine Deutsches Weihnacht, to be held at Broussard’s Restaurant 819 Rue Conti in the French Quarter on Sunday, December 14^th at 6:30 PM. Anyone fortunate enough to attend the Goulasch Supper in August and to taste the superb meal provided by our Seventeenth Oktoberfest Parade Grand Marshall, five-star Chef and Proprietor of Broussard’s Restaurant, Gunter Karl Preuss, will be eager to attend. Starting with an open cocktail bar and hors d’oeuvres, the menu features multiple courses, including Trout Berliner and Beef-roll braised with dumpling, as well as salad, vegetable, two desserts, wine with the meal, and coffee. The cost is $75.00, which can be paid in 3 $25.00 installments. Contact Keith Oldendorf at GHFA meetings or call him at 504-482-6058. Checks may be left with the Haus Steward. Seating is limited.

We Need YOU!!

Please join the work party crew on September 13^th at 9:00 a.m., the last chance we have to spruce up the Haus for the Oktoberfest celebration! There’s so much to be done. George LeSage will reward workers with a special meal later, in addition to the coffee and goodies provided by the Ladies’ Auxiliary as a morning wake-up as well as the hearty Poor Boy lunches they also donate. George is a fisherman and crabber par excellence and for those of us who have had the pleasure of enjoying his crab boils and fish fries that is quite an incentive. You’ll have a rollicking good time and you’ll learn a lot about how the Haus works. Volunteerism is the single most powerful driving force behind the success of the Haus and Oktoberfest. Wear comfortable old work clothes and help us repair, organize, and polish.

Quarterly Membership Meeting

Friday, September 19^th

8:00 PM

Charter Amendments and

Reports of Committee Chairpersons

Oktoberfest Plans
Food Served after the Meeting
Ira Milan Polka Band

Who Dat?

Hint: He is untiring, generous, and convivial, never misses a work party or
Haus activity and inspires us with his enthusiasm and ideas. Below

Unsere Zukünftigen Mitglieder
Our Future Members

Mary Nimey, 18 months old, and Henry Nimey, 4-years old Grandchildren of Jim and Joan Hughes Henry evaluates each situation before he acts and Mary is in perpetual motion

Introducing Stewart Eastman

Where do all the photos in Monatsblatt come from? At least ninety-five percent are the work of Stewart Eastman, an art major from New York City whose life took several unexpected turns after a stint in the Navy when he was assigned to keep track of practice bombing runs and to work with flight simulators, training devices and electronics, utilizing computers. A PC hobbyist and former computer game creator (“the pre-money era” he quips), he is a data base administrator, working at the Information Technology Center at U.N.O. and programming and tracking manpower, scheduling and personnel information for Civil Service and other contract customers. Stationed in New Orleans, he was discharged in 1991and, like so many transplanted New Orleanians, he never left. 

A traditional jazz fan and Jazz Fest aficionado, he participates in a wide spectrum of ethnic and musical happenings and travels to and from most of them on his healthy non-polluting bike. He will always be found documenting every occasion with his omnipresent digital and 35 mm. cameras, whether it is the Chicken Dance at Oktoberfest (see his article in the next issue) or Greek dancing at the Greek Festival or the merrymaking activities of the Krewe de Vieux in the French Quarter with their member-constructed, mule drawn floats and traditional pre-Mardi Gras revelry. He attends almost every day of Jazz Fest and every concert of the Panorama Jazz Band.

He is not only an active member of Deutsches Haus, but an enthusiastic participant in the Crescent City Home Brew Club, the German Heritage Festival Association, Volksport, NOLHAM (New Orleans Living History Of The American Military Troupe) and Schlaraffia Nova Orleana. Recently, he gamely joined in the Cajun Dance instruction provided by the Ladies’ Auxiliary and he will be the official photographer of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Deutsches Haus Cookbook (in exchange for sampling privileges, of course). We are fortunate to have his support and enthusiastic presence at the Haus and look forward to many years of happy collaborations.

The BBQ – Big Band Saturday Night
Good Food, Good Music, Good Company

More Pictures

2003 GHFA Oktoberfest Parade Poster

The 2003 German Heritage Festival Association Oktoberfest Parade Poster was created by Ms. Mimi Kersting, presently Art Director of the LSU School of Dentistry and graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art. The colorful poster is 18 X 24” and signed copies will be available at the start of  Oktoberfest for $25.00 each at GHFA meetings and in the display cases at the front entrance of Deutsches Haus during Oktoberfest.

Who Dat?

Have you guessed yet?  It’s George L. Lesage, First Vice-President and Special Events Coordinator of Deutsches Haus, fun-loving husband of Phyllis, fisherman, and raconteur.

Thanks to the Ladies’ Auxiliary for the Brand New $1500.00 Stove

Just in time for Oktoberfest!

Needed: Volunteers for Oktoberfest 2003

Please mail this form to Oktoberfest Chairman, Bill Gunn, Deutsches Haus, 200 S. Galvez St., New Orleans, LA 70119 or Email wgunn2@bellsouth.net or give to the Haus Steward.

Please check the tasks with which you’d like to assist: 

           _____ Carpentry and painting                                       _____ Bar service

           _____ Setting up                                                          _____ Wine or schnapps counter

           _____ Food preparation                                               _____ Bus boy/girl supervision

           _____ Food service, indoor                                          _____ Food service, outdoor

           _____ Admission (door)                                               _____ Cakes

           _____ Souvenir sales                                                    _____ Publicity

           _____ Sound system    

          _____ Answering Haus phone on Fest days                  _____ Other: __________________________________________________________________

When are you available? _____ Fridays only _____ Saturdays only _____ Fridays and Saturdays

Circle Oktoberfest dates you are available:

           Sept: Fri 26^th  Sat 27^th  Oct: Fri 3^rd  Sat 4^th  Fri 10^th  Sat 11^th  Fri 17^th Sat 18^th Fri 24^th Sat 25^th 

Circle nights you would be available for midweek preparation:  Wed   Thurs.  Other

Name or names
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Home phone ________________ 

Office phone _________________ 

Cell phone ________________

Comments: ________________________________________________________________________

Best Wishes to Tom Czekanski

Annette Chioma  tells us that her husband, Tom Czekanski, a tireless and faithful volunteer, who had fell from a ladder, will be lying flat on his back for the next 3 months to heal 2 compression fractures in his back. Thankfully, there’s no permanent damage. We will miss his presence at work parties and at Oktoberfest and wish him a speedy recovery.

To Anna Whitely and Gail Perry

There are times when words are powerless to express the sadness and sorrow we feel when presented with a terrible and inexplicable tragedy. Our deepest sympathy to Anna and Gail who lost their great-grandson and grandson respectively last month and have inspired us with their strength and faith in the face of such heartbreak. We are blessed to have them both as in integral part of the Deutsches Haus community. We are here for them as they are always here for us.

NECROLOGY

 Helga Neumann
Wife of Pastor Heinz R. Neumann
August 14^th 2003

Rest im Frieden

Cajun Dancing with the Ladies’ Auxiliary

There’s no such thing as a dog day of summer at the Deutsches Haus. The August meeting of the Deutsches Haus Ladies’ Auxiliary featured Cajun Dance instruction by the Northshore Cajun Dancers from Abita Springs and our membership, both male and female, responded with much enjoyment of the process. The Bierstube resounded with the lilting sounds of Cajun music and the chuckles of the participants as they attempted the bouncy steps so characteristic of Cajun dancing. Despite occasional awkwardness and a few missteps, there was a discernible improvement in the aspiring dancers by the end of the too-brief lesson. Thanks to the patience and obvious enthusiasm of our instructors, Pete and Kathy Spadoni, Leroy and Marie Ursin, Pat and Estelle Baudur, and Bill Weissborn and Kateri Yager, the experience was a uniformly positive one with many requests for a return visit. As Trudy Burkhart, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, commented, “It’s impossible to be sad around Cajun music and dancing”.
 

More Pictures

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in next month’s Oktoberfest issue of Monatsblatt

$20.00 per issue, $16.00 for 2 or more issues

Contact Barbara Fineberg @ 812-2917 or

Email fineberg@bellsouth.net

We need your E-mail address.  Please send an E-mail to e-mail: deutscheshaus@cox.net

  Help! Help! Help!

Arbeitstag - DH Work Party

Saturday, September 13^th 9:00 a.m.

Last chance to help ready the Haus for Oktoberfest!       

Ein herzliches Willkommen! zu unseren neuen Mitglieder.

(Welcome To Our New Members)

July

Associate:
Bernd Rebhahn

August

Active:
Ralph C. Mipro

Associates:
Daniel Dreher
Charles LeSage
Arno Pfeffer

The Haus Calendar

Haus members, especially club officers, are invited to submit items for the calendar by writing them in the calendar kept by the Haus steward behind the bar, by giving them to a member of the Monatsblatt staff, or by e-mailing it to deutscheshaus@cox.net Please note that the Monatsblatt staff is always eager to promote events but we do need your information in order to do so, particularly if a date is changed or rescheduled. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND OUR DEADLINES FOR ADS & ANNOUNCEMENTS WHEN SUBMITTING ITEMS FOR THE CALENDAR.

Haus Steward: James Copeland

Monatsblatt

Issued monthly & bi-monthly
 by Deutsches Haus

Claus Sadlier, Editor Emeritus
Barbara Fineberg, Executive Editor
fineberg@bellsouth.net
Tommy Mertz, Assistant Editor
Laura Querens, Contributing Editor
Col. Richard A. Kuntz, AUS (Ret), Contributor
Stewart Eastman, Photographer
Thomas C. Mertz, Webmeister, Mailing List
Anna Whitely, Mailing Coordinator

OKTOBER  DEADLINE:

For ads, articles and announcements: September 12^th

 

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