Program from the Banquet - German Society of Maryland

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The German Society of Maryland
228th
Awards Banquet
Honoring Eva Maus Kelleher
November 5, 2011
Zion Church of the City of Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland
The German Society of Maryland-228th Awards Banquet 2011
Officers of the Society
President
2nd Vice President
The Rev. H.J.Siegfried Otto
Dr. Armin Mruck
Treasurer
Secretary
Christel van der Berg
Theodore J. Potthast, Jr., Esq.
1st Vice President
Thomas A. Werner
Office Manager
Bärbel Otto
Counselor
The Hon. Gerard Wm. Wittstadt, Sr., Esq.
Board of Directors
Shelley Arnold
Dr. David A. Denisch
The Rev. G. Richard Dimler, S. J.
William H. Kommalan
Paul-Gerhard M. Otto
Bernard A. Penner, Esq.
Lauren Rizzo
Dr. James D. Schaub
Shirley S. Santora
Dennis F. Tausendschoen
Dr. Mary Upman
Thomas A. Werner
Lifetime Directors
Betty Niemann
The Rev. H.J. Siegfried Otto
Irma Tillman
Frederick H. Wehrenberg
The Rev. Edwin O. Wenck, Esq.
Vernon H. Wiesand, Esq.
The Hon. Gerard Wm. Wittstadt, Sr., Esq.
John K. Aymold, Jr.
Merl E. Arp
Dandridge Brooke
Linda Butt
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Esa
Brigitte V. Fessenden
Dr. Maureen Helinski
Dr. Armin Mruck
Michael J. Nieberding
Ex-Officio
Eva Maus Kelleher, President, Women’s Auxiliary
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Greetings from the President
of the
German Society of Maryland
Dear Friends and Members,
It is my pleasure to welcome you all at this 228th annual banquet of our
society. Our presence here tonight is a testimony of our respect and
appreciation for Mrs. Eva Maus Kelleher who for 45 years has been
teaching German in the German Language School at Zion Church as well
as with other organizations. She started as a teacher in 1966 and became
the principal of the Language School in 1985. During my years as pastor
of Zion Church I came to know ‘Frau Kelleher’ as a gifted teacher, a
capable administrator and a disciplined leader. Her celebrations with the
school or the Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society-the result of
careful and loving planning and preparations-were a joy to attend.
The promotion of the German language is an important part of our effort
to preserve the German American heritage. Tonight we honor Eva
Kelleher’s efforts and celebrate her achievements.
Thank you, Eva!
Sincerely,
H. J. Siegfried Otto
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Program
Reception & Music
Master of Ceremonies
Lauren Rizzo and Bernie Penner
Welcome
The Rev. H.J. Siegfried Otto , President
The Rev. Dr. Holger Roggelin, Pastor, Zion Church
The German National Anthem and The Star Spangled Banner
Led by Bärbel Otto
Invocation
The Rev. Dr. Holger Roggelin, Pastor, Zion Church
Dinner & Music
Introduction of Guests of Honor
The Rev. H.J. Siegfried Otto, President, German Society of Maryland
Greetings
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Herr Knut Abraham
Poetry Reading
Ingeborg Carsten-Miller
Student Representative
Cecelia C. Chandler
Introduction of the 2011 Honoree
Film Presentation, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Esa
Acceptance by the Honoree
Mrs. Eva Kelleher
Music
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Guests of Honor German Society of Maryland
The Rev. H.J. Siegfried Otto , President
Mrs. Bärbel Otto
Zion Church of the City of Baltimore
The Rev. Dr. Holger Roggelin, Pastor
German Embassy Representative
Herr Knut Abraham
Deutschamerikanischer Bürgerverein von Maryland, Inc.
Mrs. Dorothy Kirchner, President
Mr. Michael Kirchner
Association of German American Societies of Greater Washington, DC
Mr. Gerhard Meinzer
St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore
Mr. Gregg Scott, President
Mrs. Peggy Scott
St. George’s Society of Baltimore
Mr. Shirley K. Alger, President
Mrs. Ruth Alger
Hibernian Society of Baltimore
Mrs. Melissa J. Cahill
Mr. Daniel P. Cahill
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Our 2011 Honoree -Eva Maus Kelleher
In recognition of her devoted service as a teacher of the German
language and culture and principal of the German Language School at Zion
Lutheran Church, her leadership role as president of our Women’s Auxiliary, and her effective promotion of the German language and culture
throughout her adult life in many other organizations in the Greater Baltimore area, the German Society of Maryland selected Eva Maus Kelleher to
be honored at the 2011 Awards Banquet.
Eva was born in Dortmund, Germany. During the first four and a
half years of her life she lived in Dortmund with her parents and her brother. Her father was an engineer with a fine education. When he received an
offer of a position with an Austrian firm, he accepted it and the family
moved to Kienberg-Gaming in Lower Austria. Eva entered elementary
school at the age of five. She progressed very quickly in learning the basic
skills of reading, writing and math. Because she was a fast learner, she was allowed to advance at her
own pace and she had finished the curriculum for the seventh grade by the
age of ten. This early start instilled in Eva a life-long respect for early
childhood education and a keen desire to transmit her own love of learning
to children.
After the end of World War II the area of Austria where Eva and
her family lived was occupied by Russian forces. They lived under this
occupation for quite a while. Then the family left Kienberg-Gaming under
stressful circumstances and went to Gelnhausen in the American zone of
West Germany. Eva attended the Oberschule/Gymnasium Gelnhausen,
after which she completed three years of schooling and internship training
as a physical therapist and worked closely with doctors and nurses in a
local medical clinic. She was employed in this field when she met Bill
Kelleher, who was an infantry squad leader in the U.S. Army stationed at
Gelnhausen. Bill and Eva were immediately attracted to each other and
they were married in April, 1957. When Bill was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1958, he returned to
his home city of Boston and settled down near his parents and sisters. Eva and their little daughter
joined him as soon as they could do so. Their family grew to include four daughters. In 1962 Bill completed his B. A. degree in Economics at Boston College. Economic Laboratory offered him the Baltimore / Washington, D.C. sales area in 1963. So the Kellehers moved to Baltimore and began to reach
out to the vibrant German-American community of this geographic area.
In September, 1966, Eva found her special calling in life when she was offered a position
teaching German to the elementary school children at the German Language School located at Zion
Church in Baltimore. Eva was delighted to accept this position. She had the ability to relate well to the
children and enrich her instruction with a variety of strategies that captured their attention and built up
their enthusiasm. The children loved to be with her and attended her German classes eagerly. She set
high expectations for her young students and they reciprocated by rising to the challenge, learning
German well, and eagerly participating in the activities that she planned.
When Elizabeth Roberts decided to retire as the principal of the German Language School
in 1985, she recommended Eva Kelleher to be her successor in this position. Eva willingly agreed
to accept this multifaceted and demanding position while continuing to teach German in the
school. She also took several additional college courses to prepare herself better for her new responsibilities. For the past twenty-six years she has administered the German Language School
energetically and developed the instructional program to serve the needs of many different people
in the community. In recent years the enrollment of this Saturday school has reached and at times
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exceeded 100 students. Approximately half of these students are adults.
In addition to her ongoing responsibilities at the German Language School, Eva is a member of
the German Society of Maryland Board of Directors. This position stems from her election as president
of the Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society, a leadership position that carries with it ex officio
membership on the German Society’s Board. The Auxiliary is supportive of the German Language
School and honors high-achieving students there who score at the 85th and the 90th percentile on the
AATG German Language Test (Levels 1, 2 and 3). In the past she has served on the Church Council of
Zion Church. Her teaching career has also included ten years of teaching with the Berlitz School
when it was located in the H & O Building on
Charles Street in Baltimore and an ongoing German language course at the Kickers Club of Baltimore. Eva also teaches elementary, intermediate
and advanced adult education courses at the Community College of Baltimore County.
For all her outstanding achievements in
promoting the German language and German culture, the German Society of Maryland is pleased to
honor Eva Maus Kelleher with our 2011 Distinguished Service Award.
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The German Language School at Zion Church
The history of the school is as old as the church itself, which was founded in
1755. The school’s origin was as a parochial institution which offered the basic
courses of reading, writing, arithmetic and religion. The church substituted as a
school house until years later when a small school house was built.
The school’s curriculum remained the same for 80 years until Pastor Heinrich
(Henry) Scheib’s arrival in 1835. Many changes were instituted by Pastor Scheib,
who was educated in Germany. Included in these changes were: the change in
status from a parochial school to a primary and secondary school and the change
of the official language in which courses were conducted from German to
German and English. Despite much criticism, enrollment increased dramatically
over the next 35 years from 71 to 802 students. Anglo-American, Jewish, and
Catholic students soon outnumbered the church members’ students.
After a fire destroyed the school in 1839, the new Scheib School was built. Along with the new building a new
philosophy was introduced, which included modern day high school subjects, a library, and study facilities. On
January 3, 1839 the first ever Parent-Teacher Association in the United States was founded by Pastor Scheib.
Thousands of Baltimoreans, who later were to achieve prominence in the city and state sector, were schooled here.
The introduction of English-German public schools in Baltimore, though, attracted many Scheib School students,
and after a long struggle with declining enrollment the school was forced to close its doors in 1895. The school
building was demolished in the 1930’s, and the wall which divides the church from the parking lot is all that is left
of the historic Scheib School.
From a school brochure in 1935
The German Language School, as it is known today, was founded
in 1929 as a continuation of the Zion Church scholastic tradition.
A group of concerned parents, members of Zion Church and
members of the German-American community came together to
start the “Deutsche Schule”, Zion’s German language school.
This had become necessary as the First World War and its aftermath had all but eliminated public school teaching of German and
also the use of German as a family language had been discontinued in many cases. All other churches in the area that had been
using German stopped doing so after 1917.
Zion’s Saturday school was started to fill the gap. From its start the
Sprachschule was conducted by Zion as non-sectarian and open to all. The
school received a favorable response in the early years and enrollment in the
thirties reached 250 students.
The first principal, Miss Elsa Conradi, achieved world recognition with her
delightful textbook, which was not only used in the German Language School
at Zion, but also in German schools in many other countries.
As the school’s logo says, it emphasizes teaching German ‘’in Lied und Laut
und Lehr’’, meaning that German nursery rhymes and songs always have
been part of the curriculum. For many years, all children would come together
at 11:30 for thirty minutes of song practice (shown here in 1952).
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In 1962 the school started a Literature class for adults, often with many
as 15 students. This was the first adult class and was taught solely by
Otto Kappus for many years.
By 1966 more and more adults, parents who brought their children to
school, wanted to attend German classes to fill the two hour waiting
time while their children attended classes. Most of the parents were either not ready for or did not want to take a literature class. At this time
the first formal adult classes were formed. As more adults became interested in learning German, more classes were offered – a total of four
classes, plus the original literature class.
In the 1970’s there was a drop in the enrollment for children’s classes.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, with increased immigration
from Germany and an increasing number of bi-national families, however, the enrollment for children increased once again. But to this day the
number of adult students still outnumbers the children.
In 1995 German for Travelers was added, followed by Conversation I and II. These classes are offered during the
summer each year.
In recent years, a class for three year old children from German/bilingual families was added. In the 2009 anniversary school year, there were 96 students (36 children, 60 adults). In the 2011/12 school year, we have more than
100 students.
Throughout the years, there has never been a lack of enthusiastic, educated and competent teachers, and many have
stayed on for decades. Their unassuming dedication has made it possible to keep tuition fees low. The school has
received annual gifts from many of the German American clubs and recently has received a donation from a foundation connected to the national German Schools Conference of which we are a member.
In its 82 years the school has had only three principals:
• Frau Conradi (Miss Elsa Conradi 1929-1951)
• Frau Roberts (Mrs. Elisabeth Roberts 1951-1984)
• Frau Kelleher (Eva Maus Kelleher since 1984)
Frau Kelleher started as a teacher in 1966 and has been with the Sprachschule for 45 years now.
As Pastor and Church Council of Zion Church, we are very grateful that Frau Kelleher is being honored tonight.
She has been a true leader, keeping the Sprachschule going and making sure everyone gets good instruction. She
has had to improvise many times and done so admirably. Students like the dedicated, no-frills, but warm atmosphere. The Deutsche Schule has proven to be a vital part of Zion’s parish life and mission and will be so for many
years to come.
DANKESCHÖN, FRAU KELLEHER!
Der Vorstand der Zionskirche / The Church Council of Zion Church
C. Patrick Myers
President, Church Council
Rev. Dr. Holger Roggelin
Pastor
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Ingeborg Carsten Miller &
Bradford Miller
German Society Patrons
Daniel & Melissa Cahill
Cecelia C. Chandler
David W. Crosby
Mohamed Esa
Brigitte & Nicholas Fessenden
Maureen Helinski
Frank & Amelia Hobbs
Lila O’Meara-Judkins
Shirley and Vito Santora
Edwin O. Wenck
Eva Maus Kelleher & Bill Kelleher
Gerhard Meinzer
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German Society of Maryland-Membership
Barbara U. Abramson
Nancy V. Ackler
Bruce Alderman
The Rev. Sandra Carlson Alexis
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Carrie M. Arnold
David Arnold
Stacey Arnold
William Arnold
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William C. Austin, Jr.
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Jane K. Awalt
John K. Aymold, Jr.
Barbara Aymold
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Earl Canapp
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Claire R. Chovan
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Angela Class
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Mrs. DeSales F. Clemons
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Anna Buhr Cole
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Cathedral Convent
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Rev. Donald Haas
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Terri L. Haines
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Steven R. Harper
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Ilse Moeller Harrop
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Lieselotte B. Haskell
Trueman L. Haskell, Jr.
George Hasselbarth
Frederike Hurdle Hecht
William Hecht
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Annie Hein
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Lois Marie Heinrich
J. A. Martin Heinrich
Regina Heinrich
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Henry G. Henkelmann, Jr.
Artemis Herber
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Randy Herbert
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Gertrude Hinson
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Kathleen Hirsch
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Robert T Hobble
Frank Hobbs
Amelia Hobbs
Charles F. Hobelmann, Jr
Jo Anne B. Hobelmann
Jeanne C. Hoddinott
Erich K. Gradl
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Charles Larry Hofmeister, Sr
Raimund Hofmeister
Carla Hofmeister
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Terri Holifield
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Edward Hopf
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Mary Mitcherling Hurdle
Dr. Edward A. Hurdle
Mrs. Fredemaria Hurdle
Olga Klein Hutchins
John R. Innes
Anna Jean Innes
Thomas B. Insley, Sr.
Jean Insley
Renate Jaacks
Robert C. Jackle
Maryellen Jackle
Thomas Oberle Jelks, Jr.
Charlotte Jeschke
Carlyn J. Johnson
Kiri Johnson
Branch R. Jones Sr.
Lila Bachman O'Meara Judkins
Albert C. Kaestner
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Wilfried Kappus
Carol Anne Kappus Lively
Susanne Kauffman
Jim Kauffman
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Barbara A. Kayser
Wm. J. Kelleher
Eva Maus Kelleher
Leon Keller
Robert C. Kellner
Edith Kellner
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Kelly King
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Eleanor King
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Harry W. Klasmeier
Jerome Klasmeier
Jane Klasmeier
William K. Klein
James E. Klein
Henny Klein
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Mary Jane Klein
Hilary H. Klein
John Wm. Klein
Mary O. Klein
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Robert A. Kline
James F. Kline
Monica Kline
Louis W. Klinefelter
Nancy M Klinefelter
Thomas E. Klug
Anne-Margrethe Klug
Mr. Calvin K. Kobsa
Anna Kobsa
William Hay Kommalan
Deborah Harris Kommalan
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Tripp Kramer
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Patricia Kresslein
Richard Kronen
Wayne Krumwiede
Grace Krumwiede
Sister Genevieve Kunkel, SSND
Michael J. Kurtz
David E. L'Heureux
Roy L Labs
Lois A Labs
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Virginia B. Lamers
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Nicole Lammers
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Joan Lapera
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Carol C. Lassahn
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Maria Laue
Juergen H. Laue
Hon. Norman W. Lauenstein
Maria E. Leasca
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Uta Lee
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Brett Lininger
Carol Lininger
Harold S. Link
Mary Jo A. Link
Brian Avery Linke
Dawn Dippel Linke
Elizabeth Litzinger
Albert L. Long
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Henry R. Lord
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Sandy Losemann
Christel C. Losemann
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Brian Louks
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Robert E. Lyons
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James K. MacAlister
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Marie C. Maevers
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Paul Mainhart
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Kate Mangan
Alvin Manger
Carole K.Manger
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Mary G. Mason
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Ann H. Mathews
Claire B. Maurer
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Joan McDade
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Barrett Lee McKown
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Jacqua L. McLain
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Keith Meadows
Frank R. Meek
Mary E. Meek
John L. Meinhardt
Dione J. Meinhardt
Gerhard Meinzer
Adam Daniel Metz II
Kathie Lynn Metz
Craig Huseman Metz
John Albert Metzger
Shirley Bond Metzger
Todd Mielke
Tasha Mielke
Deborah McGee Mifflin
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Bradford Miller
Ingeborg C. Miller
Charles W. Miller
Nancy Miller
Todd E. Mitchell
William F. Moeller
Helen M. Moeller
Stephen Moore
Eric Moos
Candace Moos
Sister Jane Moran SSND
Walter N Moreau
Chad Morgan
Christina Morgan
Carlene Bausch Moscatt
Paul N. Moscatt
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Martin Moylan
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John T. Moylan
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Karen Mueller-Anderson
Josef Mueller-Sanchez
Margaret E. Mullens
Sr. Virginia Muller
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David Myers
Marlene Naegele
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Anthony Naporano
Betty Niemann
Bruno Niemann
Victor J. Norris Jr.
Virginia M. Numsen
Penny Nye
Ty Arno Obitz
Wolfgang Oehme
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William H. Oeser
Richard Olin
Harry A. Olson
Klaus O. Opalka
Milton T. Ordakowski
Mary Jeanne Ordakowski
Grace Otterbein
Leo Otterbein, Ed D
Benjamin F. Otto
Michelle Khalife
Pastor H.J. Siegfried Otto
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Paul-Gerhard Otto
Ruediger Otto
Monika Otto
Ulrike C. Otto-Arena
Gregory Arena
Susanne Otto-Bomio
Michele Bomio
Floyd Pace
David H. Pardoe
Elaine M. Pardoe
Lee Crandall Park, MD
Mary Woodfill Park
Dr. Jacqueline Paskow
Alan Paskow
Janette Patterson
Albert E. Paulus
Lucie M. Paulus
Bernard Penner
Helga Penner
Amy Peterschmidt
Uta Peterson
Helen Petrich
Evan Pham
Julie Pickett
Annemarie C. Pickett
John W. Pickett
Craig R Piette
Cory Piette
Douglas Polaski
Carol Poole
Harold Poole
Sister Anne Colette Potthast, SND
Mark Potthast
23 Evans Ave
Lutherville, MD
Connie Potthast
Catherine A. Potthast
Alice A. Potthast II
Charles Potthast
C. Michael Potthast
John T. Potthast
John A. Potthast
Ann A. Potthast
Andrew Joseph Potthast
Dr. Rainer Potthast
Dr. Christine Potthast
Ellen Pramschufer, Jr.
Carol Karcher Purcell
C. Louis Raborg
Rebekah K. Raborg
Karin Radhe
Mark S. Raebiger
Cindy Raebiger
John S. Rebstock
Phyllis G. Rebstock
Corey D. Regelin
Gale S. Regelin
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Louis Reinhardt, Esq.
James H. Rempe
Suzanne T. Rempe
Louise Riedel
U. Ingrid Broszeit Rieger
Herbert A. Rieger
Lauren Rizzo
Patricia B. Roeder
Jane Roger
Rev. Dr. Holger Roggelin
Rev. Alexandra Mattern-Roggelin
George W. Rolf
Catherine Rolf
Michael Romefelt
John D Roschy
Bonnie Roschy
Clinton R. Routh
Erika Routh
Brian Rowe
Susan Rowe
Rüdiger Ruckmann
Hans J. Ruehsen
Donald S. Ruhl
Sister Kara Ryan, SSND
Gary B. Ruppert MD
Norbert Sachse
Sarah Sachse
Henry Saliski
Mark A. Sanders Jr.
Shirley S. Santora
Gretchen E. Sarkin
Edward Paul Schamber
Alice Scharf
Mark Scharf
James D. Schaub
Abbie Schaub
Eileen Schaub
Katherine Schaub
Ursula Scheffel
John L H Schenkel
W. Brad Schlegel
Karl Schlenker
Volker K. Schmeissner
Ernestine Schmidt
John G. Schmidt
Eileen B. Schmidt
Johannes J. Schmitz
Roswitha E.J. Schmitz
William Schnauffer, IV
Judith A. Schnauffer
Thomas Schneider
Astrid Schneider
Frederick Schneider
Jacalyn Schneider
Frederick Schneider
Dr. Sally Schneider
William T. Scholtholt
Doris B. Scholtholt
George Schrenker
Donna M. Whetzel
Dorothy M. Schukraft
Inca E. Schultz
Woody Hutchinson
Norman R. Schulze
Philip E. Schwartz
Gisela Schwartz
Robert L. Seeger
E. Anne Seeger
Charles Sekula
Bernard F. Semon
Ruth Roeder Semon
Wesley Shaw
Michel Ney Sheffer
Tanya Clifton Sheffer
Brian Scheihing
Sharon Scheihing
Benjamin F. Sheppard, Jr.
Gary C. Shockey
George Shriver IV
Chris Shriver
Steven R. Shubert
John William Siegmund
Elsa Jane Siegmund
Regina Simon
Francis C. Simon
Mary Clare Simon
Rev. Joseph Skillman, Jr.
Barbara Skillman
Richard Skowronek
Maria Skowronek
Brad Slinkman
Victoria Slinkman
Denis T. Smith
Mrs. April Inloes Smith
Judson Lord Smith, Jr
Herman Leon Smith, Jr.
Charles H. Smith
Renate M. Smith
Jan H. Smith
Anton G. Smoot
Christopher Souweine
Harry Joseph Spahn
Susan Ann Spahn
Craig D. Spencer
Irmtraud M.A. Spieker
Maria Springer
Konrad Steck
Jean Steck
Karen E. Hinson Steele
Christopher P. Steele
Gordon M. F. Stick, IV
Donald A. Stoever
Beverly A. Stoever
Charles C. Stieff, II
Gilbert Streeks
Michael Stueck
Dayna Stueck
Marcy Sturgill
Jack R. Sturgill, Esq. Jr.
Mary Sturm
Friedrun Sullivan
Susanne Schulze Sutton
Paul Sutton
Paul Robert Swank
Christine E. Syndikus
Werner Syndikus
Kenneth A. Tabler
Annemarie H. Tahedl
Melvin E. Tansill
Dennis Tausendschoen
Artus Nagy Thibault
Irma Tillman
Rachel Trageser
Dr. Herbert Traxler
Dr. Carol Traxler
Christine S. Tucker
Thomas H. Tucker
Amy Unverzagt
Dr. Mary Upman
Wilbur R. Valentine, Ph.D.
Sharon L. Valentine
Joe Vaughan
William A Vogel
Sonja O Vogel
Frederick S. Vogel
Mary Vogel
Emil Volcheck
Kathleen Wilsbach
Juergen von Hoevell
Marilyn von Hoevell
Ilse von Veltheim
Eicke von Veltheim
Anna K. von Schwerdtner
George H. von Paris
Ralph E.L. Vordemberge
Sara Marie Walsh
Brian Walsh
Mia Potthast Walsh
Katherine Elizabeth Walsh
Joseph Walterhoefer
Betty Ann Walterhoefer
Dorothy Walz
Walter Wappaus
Helga Wappaus
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Rev. John B Warther
Edith B Warther
Jack Weglein
Joan Weglein
Diana M. Wehage
Louis A. Wehage
Beverly E. Wehrenberg
Patricia L. Weir
Ernest John Weiss Jr
The Rev. Edwin O. Wenck
Patricia Wenck
Thomas A. Werner
Kay Schneck
Mr. William N. White
Mrs. Christine H. White
Colin C. White
Craig W. White
Vernessa White-Jackson
Willard Jackson
Theodore Wies, Jr.
Irene Schanberger Wies
David M. Wiesand
Robin Wiesand
Marie Wiesand
Vernon H. Wiesand
Shirley J. Wiesand
William J. Wiesand,III
Jane Wiesand
Adeline Wilke
Robert Willasch
C. Herbert Wineholt, Jr.
Robert L. Wirsing
Raymond S. Wise
Margaret A. Connolly
Kenneth Witkin
Hon. Gerard Wm. Wittstadt
Dr. Rosemary H. Wittstadt
Karina L. Wittstadt
Glenn L. Wittstadt, Jr.
Lynne M. Wittstadt
Mark Hill Wittstadt
Betty Ann Wolfe
Duncan Woodward
Arthur E. Woolley Jr
Brig. Gen. M.H. Worthington, Jr.
Mary C. Worthington
James W. Yingling, Sr.
Sandra E. Yingling
Jeffrey Zahn
Marlene Zahn
Sandra J. Zettersten
Ronald J. Zimmerman
Alice Zimmerman
Klaus Zurheide
The Poetry of Ingeborg Carsten-Miller
WE-THE IMMIGRANTS
With dreams we come, with highest expectations.
For centuries we have come
to this New World we call:
“The Land of Gold,”
this Land of Endless Opportunities
We are no different now
from those who did arrive
hundreds of years ago-those first
to look for better lives,
fleeing from hunger, wars, and persecution.
This world is full of never ending sorrow.
There is no end to suffering,
bondage, and suppression, but
here we come in hope and desperation,
the immigrants from everywhere.
We immigrants-we keep on coming
from all corners of the world,
from Europe, Asia, Africa, all continents,
searching for freedom,
looking for our own land.
“Bring me the unfortunate, the willing,”
America says,
America, the rich, the open hearted.
And we have come bringing our skills,
tilling the savage soil to grow,
wheat, rye, corn, beets, cabbage, and potatoes,
we helped form this land
in science, business, and the arts.
So, sing your song,
all you German-American immigrants here in America,
sing of your ambitions, your dreams, and desires.
sing of freedom, equality, and liberty
forever.
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National Anthems
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
für das deutsche Vaterland!
Danach lasst uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand;
Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,
Blühe, deutsches Vaterland.
Unity and law and freedom
For the German Fatherland
Let us all strive for that
In brotherhood with heart and hand!
Unity and law and freedom
Are the foundation for happiness
Bloom in the glow of happiness
Bloom German Fatherland
The United States of America
The Star Spangled Banner
Oh, say can you see,
by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed
at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose bright stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that
Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
o’er the land of the free
And the home of the brave?
*Note: “The Anthem of a foreign country is usually given first, followed by ‘The Star Spangled
Banner’. It would be correct for the audience to stand during the singing of both anthems.”
From letter Ref. No. P2711.06/8-954 dated August 30, 1954,
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Presidents of the Society
Dr. Charles Frederick Wiesenthal
Christian Meyer
Justus Hoppe
Charles W. Karthaus
Albert Schumacher
Herman von Kapff
Claas Vocke
Louis P. Henninghausen
Robert M. Rother
Karl A. M. Scholtz
Lewis Kurtz
Otto H. Franke
Francis W. Pramschüfer
Herbert F. Kuenne
Henry J. Thau
Charles J. Stein, Jr.
1783-1789
1817-1820
1821-1832
1833-1840
1841-1871
1872-1878
1879-1886
1887-1913
1914-1923
1924-1941
1942-1951
1952-1959
1959-1961
1961-1964
1964-1966
1966-1970
Kurt H. George
Vernon H. Wiesand
Dr. Morgan H. Prichett
Henry P. Thau
Theodore J. Potthast, Jr.
William E. Ferguson
Donald E. Tillman
Theodore J. Potthast, Jr.
John K. Aymold
Dr. James D. Schaub
Dr. James D. Schaub
Rev. H. J. Siegfried Otto
1970-1973
1973-1976
1976-1981
1981-1984
1984-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1993
1993-1996
1996-1998
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2005
2005-2008
2008-2010
2010-
Founded 1783
Incorporated by Act of the General Assembly of Maryland
Chapter 100
February 3, 1818
The purpose of the German Society of Maryland is to preserve and promote the German heritage, language and traditions through educational, social, and benevolent programs; and to
develop the unity and continuity of the German American community in the
State of Maryland.
The German Society of Maryland
P.O. Box 22585
Baltimore, Maryland 21203-4585
(410) 685-0450
[email protected] * www.germansociety-md.com
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