80th Anniversary Celebration ???

German American Social Club of Peekskill, NY Inc.
11 Kramers Pond Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579
( Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 685, Mahopac, NY 10541 )
845-528-5800
www.gac1936.com
Have you made your
Reservation for our club’s
80th Anniversary
Celebration ???
Sunday, May 15th, 2016
$ 70.00 Members
$ 75.00 Non-Members
( this is a pre-paid party )
Send your reservation to
Herb Seeff
@ 12 Indian Ave.,
Mahopac, NY 10541
Please make payments by May 1st, 2016.
Include your dinner selection (s) with your check
Info, call Herb @ 845-628-7638
( no payments will be accepted at the door )
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ANOTHER REMINDER: CLUB DUES FOR
2016, ARE NOW OVER DUE:
2016 OFFICERS:
President: A. Gerald Schramek
1st Vice President: Roland Link
2nd Vice President: Judy Hansen
Secretary: Anna Schramek
Treasurer: Herb Seeff
Financial Secretary: Monika Wolf
DIRECTORS:
Renate Rao – Chairperson
John Allen
Clemens Braun
Marilyn A. Buck
Kurt Kampp
William Pfister
George Wolf
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS:
Steve Brunner
Trudy Link
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
ABC Officer: Ernest Wieting
Bar Manager: Peter Pennelle
Building: Walter McDonald
Entertainment: Herman A. Buck
Facilities Use Manager: John Danik
Grounds Mgr.: Ray Procious
Kitchen Manager: Marilyn A. Buck
Membership: George Wolf
Memorabilia: John Allen
Newsletter: Herman A. Buck
PR Director: Renate Rao
Webmeister: Kurt Kampp
Web Editor: Jen Scheuermann
80th Anniversary Committee
Herb Seeff
Herman A. Buck
Gerry Schramek
Roland Link
Anna Schramek
Kiersten Schramek
Marilyn A. Buck
Membership dues are $75.00 per year.
Please send or give your 2016 dues payment to Monika Wolf. Members who have belonged
to the club for ten years, and are collecting Social Security, are entitled to have their dues
reduced to $40.00. Please send or give your dues payment to Monika Wolf.
Monika’s address is: 13 Boswell Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579
NEXT FEST MEETING: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
All Welcome – Add your name to the Fest Sign-up sheets
2016 Calendar of Events
May 6, Wurst Night, 7:30 PM ( info on next page )
May 15, 80th Anniversary Celebration @ Ceola Manor
May 22, Meeting, 3:00 PM - Sunday Afternoon – Mother’s Day Dinner by Marianne Kapfer
June 11, Father’s Day Pot Luck Dinner
July 9, Meeting, 6:00 PM
July 16, German Fest, featuring Die Spitzbuam
July 17, German Fest, featuring Die Spitzbuam
August 20, Meeting 6:00 PM, BBQ Dinner, Select Nominating Committee
September 10, Oktoberfest, featuring a band from Germany, and, Bud & Linda Gramer
September 11, Oktoberfest, featuring a band from Germany, and, Bud & Linda Gramer
September 17, Annual Steuben Day Parade
September 18, Meeting, 3:00 PM
October 1, Fall Party, featuring Bud & Linda Gramer
October 15, Meeting, 6:00 PM, Nomination of Officers for 2017
October 29, Spooktoberfest
November 5, Veteran’s Benefit Dinner
November 12, Fall Clean-up
November 13, Sunday Meeting, Election of Officers for 2017, Goulash Dinner
December 2, Trim a Tree, 7:30 PM
December 3, Annual Christmas Party, featuring Bud & Linda Gramer ( 4 – 10 PM )
December 4, Children’s Christmas Party
December 31, New Year’s Eve Party, featuring the Austrian Boys
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Club Shirts & Hats are Available
Call John Allen @ 914-739-5929, or Gerry Beyrer @ 914-528-2192
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Performing on Saturday and Sunday, at our Oktoberfest,
our band from Germany, Blasorchester Oberlind, Germany
Also performing both days, are Bud & Linda Gramer
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November:
2016 Kitchen Duty List
Pot Luck Dinner
Margarete Gluck Mendola & Marilyn Buck
June 11, @ 6:00 PM
Kathy Seeff, Marilyn Buck
Marilyn Buck – is the
Kathy Zimmermann, Judy Hansen
food coordinator
Rudy & Sig Meyer
Call her with your
Maureen & James Hierspiel
food donation
Marilyn Buck, & a volunteer is needed
845-227-5159
Marilyn & Herman Buck
If you are unable to perform your Kitchen Duty Assignment,
kindly notify Marilyn Buck, @ 845-227-5159.
Be a Volunteer – Serve on a Club Committee
Volunteer Bartenders are always needed for Friday Night
Notify Peter Pennelle if you can assist on Friday Nights
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Donate non-perishable food items to our Food Pantry. Our donations will help
the less fortunate enjoy the holidays that we all enjoy.
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Sponsor a member into “YOUR” club.
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GERMAN-AMERICAN: Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuse (November 21, 1834) in NiederSaulheim, Rhenish Hesse –, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser
Company, which owns saw mills, paper factories, and other business enterprises, and large areas
of forested land. He is the eighth-richest American of all time, with a net worth of $72.2 billion in 2006
dollars. The Revolutions of 1848 in Germany prompted several members of his family to emigrate to
western Pennsylvania in the United States. They sent back glowing letters describing the conditions
they found. In 1852, at the age of 17, Weyerhäuser emigrated with a group of his family from Hesse to
the United States. They landed in New York City in July and proceeded to Pennsylvania, settling
at North East. Frederick went to work for an earlier immigrant in a brewery. After two years, he
abandoned the brewing business, because, as he put it, he felt that a brewer “often becomes his own
best customer.” He then worked on a farm for a year. His share of the funds from the sale of the family
farm in Germany enabled him to move on further west in search of opportunity, and 1856 found him
in Rock Island, Illinois, working on the construction of the Rock Island and Peoria Railroad. After a
short time, he entered the sawmill of Mead, Smith and Marsh as a night fireman, quickly moving up to
tallyman and then yard manager and salesman. When the company opened a new yard in Coal Valley,
he was sent to manage it. Though his yard prospered, the firm got into financial difficulties, and with
savings from his salary Frederick bought the business. Thus he began doing business under his own
name. With his brother-in-law, Frederick Denkmann, he formed the Weyerhaeuser-Denkmann Lumber
Company and began to acquire interests, including some majority interests, in many other timber
companies. He became the central point in what was later called the "Weyerhauser Syndicate," a
network of lumber interests, "reputed to have almost a hundred partners, none of whom knew the
business of the others," with Weyerhaeuser as the common link. In 1872, he established the Mississippi
River Boom and Logging Co., an alliance that handled all the logs that were processed on
the Mississippi River. In 1900, Weyerhäuser bought 900,000 acres of timberland in the Pacific
Northwest from James J. Hill and founded the Weyerhäuser Timber Company. One of the 30 factories in
which he held an interest was Potlatch, later Potlatch Corporation. He also owned interests in
the Boise Cascade Corporation. The Weyerhaeuser Company is still the world’s largest seller of timber.
Weyerhäuser was inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1978.
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Annual Wurst Night
Friday, May 6th, 2016
Come and sample a variety of German Wursts,
while enjoying a fun filled evening with friends.
Any Donations ( $$$$ ) gladly accepted, and appreciated
The German-American Social Club
Of Peekskill, NY Inc.
11 Kramers Pond Rd., Putnam Valley, NY
( www.gac1936.com )
Invites you to our
GALA
80th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, May 15th, 2016
( 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM )
Celebration will be held at the
Ceola Manor
489 E. Main St.
914-245-0630
Jefferson Valley, NY 10536
www.ceola.com
Join us at this festive affair, as we will be renewing friendships,
forming many new ones, and enjoying a gemütliche atmosphere
The banquet will include a
cocktail hour at 2:00 PM,
featuring Reinhold Wiedermann on his Zither
Dinner @ 3:00 PM,
Music provided by Die Spitzbuam
Dinner: Fruit Cup, Salad, choice of entrees: Prime Rib,
Chicken Francese, or Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter
Five Hour Open Bar ( Beer, Wine and Soda )
$70.00 - Members
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$75.00 – Guests
( this is a pre-paid event – no payments accepted at the door )
Check shall be made out to the German-American Social Club of Peekskill, NY,
and send to: Herbert Seeff @ 12 Indian Ave., Mahopac, NY 10541
Please make payments by April 30th, 2016.
Include your dinner selection (s) with your check
Info, call Herb @ 845-628-7638