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Deutscher Club of Clark Inc. 787 Featherbed Lane • CLark, new Jersey 07066 RK, N LA .J. C 732-574-8600 • FAX: 732-382-4177 • EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: deutscherclub.us VEREINSNACHRICHTEN / CLUB NEWS – AUGUST / AUGUST 2021 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ear Members, We had an exciting month ehr geehrte Mitglieder, Der Club hatte einen of July at the Club as we continued to vollen Veranstaltungskalender im Juli. Viele Demerge from the restrictions of the Sunserer Mitglieder und Gäste kamen nach pandemic. We had a full schedule of events den Einschränkungen durch die Pandemie wieder which saw many members and guests making zurück, um das Clubhaus und den Biergarten zu their way back to the Club to enjoy time in genießen. Vielen Dank an alle freiwilligen Helfer our clubhouse and biergarten. Thanks to all die diese Veranstaltungen zum großen Erfolg the volunteers who made these events such a gemacht haben. Anfangs August werden wir etwas success. As we move into August, we will take ausspannen, um neue Energie zu tanken und uns a step back to recharge and get ready for our auf die bevorstehenden Feste im September und events in September and October. I hope you Oktober vorzubereiten. Ich lade Sie alle herzlichst will join us on August 20th for our American ein am 20. August zur American Classic Car Show Classic car show. Introduced by member zu kommen. Eingeführt von Bernie Plungis, ein Bernie Plungis, this event remains our most Mitglied des Clubs, bleibt diese Veranstaltung unser popular and most attended Biergarten of the meist beliebter und meist besuchter Biergarten season. Just a reminder that Frühschoppen der Saison. Ich möchte Sie daran erinnern, dass continues through the summer months während der Sommermonate sonntags ab 10:30 Uhr beginning on Sundays at 10:30AM. Stop in and Frühschoppen stattfindet. Schauen Sie vorbei und enjoy the company of your fellow members genießen Sie die Gesellschaft anderer Mitglieder, while enjoying a Bloody Mary or a nice cold während Sie eine Bloody Mary oder ein schönes brew. Ask the bartenders what's on the grill kaltes Bier trinken. Fragen Sie die Bardame nach as we are now offering a nice selection of bar dem Menu, denn der Club bietet jetzt sonntags und food on Sunday and Wednesday as well. Wishing mittwochs eine schöne Auswahl an Imbisse an. Ich everyone a continued safe a fun summer and I wünsche Ihnen weiterhin einen schönen Sommer hope to see you at the club soon! und hoffe auf ein baldiges Wiedersehen im Club! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Eric Zabel E-Mail: [email protected] The Deutscher Club provides the following e-mails for your convenience: [email protected] • Messages to President, Eric Zabel [email protected] • Inquiries: Membership, Dues • [email protected] • Inquiries: Open events/bands/Club events, Buzz Sawyer, Membership Secretary, Keith Rhyner/Brian Daly, (1st & 2nd VP) [email protected] • Inquiries: Scholarship - Sigrid Pagano, [email protected] • Booking parties or meetings • Chairperson Ewald Hollinger, Manager [email protected] • Contact Trustees [email protected] • General Correspondence [email protected] • Website Concerns 1 PROGRAMM FÜR AUGUST / AUGUST PROGRAM 2021 Subject to Change. Please Check our Website and Emails for Updates Sun 01 Frühschoppen . 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Wed 04 Bar • Bar Food available . 3:00 – 11:00 PM Thu 05 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 8:00 PM Thu 05 Entertainment Committee Meeting . 6:30 PM Fri 06 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 9:00 PM Sat 07 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 9:00 PM Sun 08 Die Wandergruppe / The Hikers • Lenape Park, Cranford • Details on Page 5 . 10:00 PM Sun 08 Frühschoppen . 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Wed 11 Bar • Bar Food available . 3:00 – 11:00 PM Wed 11 Monthly Membership Meeting • Summer Recess – No Meeting . Thu 12 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 8:00 PM Fri 13 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 9:00 PM Sat 14 Members Night in the Grove • (No regular menu / no Take-out Service available) . 5:30 – 9:00 PM Sun 15 Frühschoppen . 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Sun 15 Ladies’ Division Meeting • Summer Recess – No Meeting Wed 18 Bar • Bar Food available . 3:00 – 11:00 PM Thu 19 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 8:00 PM Thu 19 Railroaders Dinner & Video • All Members are Welcome! • Meeting in the Ratskeller . 5:30 PM Fri 20 American Classic Cars Biergarten *• Music by Don Bitterlich • (No regular menu / no Take-out Service available) . 5:30 – 10:00 PM Sat 21 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 8:00 PM Sun 22 Frühschoppen . 11:00 PM – 7:00 PM Wed 25 Bar • Bar Food available . 3:00 – 11:00 PM Thu 26 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 8:00 PM Fri 27 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 9:00 PM Sat 28 Dinner • Menu on the DC Website . 5:30 – 9:00 PM Sun 29 Frühschoppen . 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM * indicates event is open to the public Vorschau September / Preview September 2021 PLEASE REMEMBER – SUBJect to CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE & EMAILS FOR Updates Thu 02 Entertainment Committee Meeting NYC • Sign-up Sheet at the Bar When in the Sat 04 Dinner Sat 18 Dinner Club ... Sun 05 Frühschoppen Sun 19 Deutscher Tag in Clark *• Music by Wed 08 Monthly Membership Meeting • Bavarski Welcome Back! Sat 25 Dinner Sat 11 BVN Oktoberfest * Sun 26 Die Wandergruppe/The Hikers • Sun 12 Frühschoppen Watchung Reservation Thu 16 Railroaders Dinner & Video in the Sun 26 Frühschoppen Ratskeller • All Members Welcome! Sun 26 Ladies’ Division Meeting • Meeting in Sat 18 German-American Steuben Parade the Ratskeller 2 • KLUBNACHRICHTEN • CLUB NEWS Our thoughts and prayers for strength and recuperation go out to our member, Colleen Sawyer. We mourn the passing of our members, Richard T. French and Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Perdek and extend our heartfelt sympathy to their families. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of Dieter Neubert, brother of member Ellie Wilkins. In case of illness or death of a member, please email [email protected] or Call Christa Wimmer at Tel: 908-391-3178 IN THE NEWS MEET YOUR VorstaND OFFICERS HIKING LAKE SURPRISE, WATCHUNG Over the next few months, the Newsletter will feature a photo with RESERVATION a short piece on each of the members of the Executive Board . In the month of August we feature – President – ERIC ZABEL I first came to the DC as a child with my parents (my Dad was a member at the time) and always enjoyed the music, the excitement of the crowds and not to forget sliding down that big silver slide that at the time seemed higher than the sky . That was over 50 years ago, maybe even more . There are so many things I remember from those days at the club . The pool table, the cigarette machine, On Sunday, July 11th, 2021, our group of happy DC Wanderers met at the large gathering of men watching the soccer matches on televi- and hiked over 4 miles down to and around Lake Surprise, Watchung sion, the older ladies standing in the kitchen, in their dirndls, serv- Reservation, NJ . ing food at the festivals, the outdoor Bier stand in the middle of the Grove and the concrete dance floor where the Festhalle now stands NEW FLAGS FLY OVER THE DC SIGN if I remember correctly . Although many things have changed over the years one thing remains a constant, our members . Members who Thank-you to our fellow are proud of the customs and traditions of their German heritage member, Kurt Leithner and their love of our "little hidden gem" here in Clark . Fast forward for acquiring and hoisting to 2011 and the year I became a member . My only regret is that I was the new flags over the away from the club for so long . Over the past ten years I have made refinished DC sign and up for that . Right from the beginning I became involved at the club, new landscaping at the volunteering and joining a number of committees and clubs within entrance to our driveway! the club . My father and many of his friends were gone by then but it wasn't long before I made new acquaintances and more importantly a new group of friends . I became a member of the Vorstand short- ly before the beginning of my third year at the club at the request of then President Sigrid Pagano taking on the role of Trustee for a member that had resigned . Since then, I have held the positions of second vice president, first vice president and now president . It is truly an honor to serve the club as a member of the Vorstand and as your president . So here is to many more years of fun and memories Looking for a Gift for that celebrating our heritage at the greatest German Club anywhere! Special Occasion? Co-Chair of the Trustees – JOHN CARROLL Think DC Gift Card - As a third generation German-American, I have always desired to Dinner for Two know more about my heritage and its culture . Having a love of Cards are available for learning, it was easy to pursue the contribution of Germans and purchase at the Bar. German-Americans in music, art and the sciences . That only goes so Continued on page 4 3 Continued from page 3 8. Fall Clean-Up (put away tables, clean far . You need to know outdoor bar and kitchen, leaf and sticky MEMBERSHIP the people .