February 22, 2019 Issue 4

THE SAXON NEWS Published by The Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons Home Offi ce: 5393 Pearl Road Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597 Tel: (440) 842-8442 Celebrating over 100 years of Saxon Fraternalism

ATS Founded in 1902 February 22, 2019 issue 4

BRANCH 22, YOUNGSTOwN Update Your Personal Records By Rosemarie Kascher And Family Protection

The Annual Goulash Dinner will be held on Address changes? Have you noti- PReSiDeNT’S March 30, 2019 in our Ballroom. The dinner starts fied the ATS Home Office of your new at 6:00 p.m. and the fee is $16.00. Tickets can be address? Have your adult children MESSAGE changed their addresses? obtained from the presidents of both branches, Beneficiary changes? Was there By Joan Miller-Malue Walter Benesch, Jim Mauch, Helen Fotiuk or the a marriage, divorce, death, etc., in ATS Nat’l President offi ce. The food is so good; come and join us. your family which would require you Please check to see if you have paid your dues; to make a change of beneficiary on you don’t want to be left out of the upcoming your Life Insurance or Annuity Con- updates. Dues remain $24.00 for 2019 and are tracts? Take care of it right away! Se- The ATS Board of Directors wishes to send our nior citizens tend to neglect this, so payable to Betty Garhammer, 969 Canfi eld Rd, deepest condolences to ATS Deputy Karin weihs remind them! and ATS National Trustee ingrid weihs-Ferguson Youngstown OH or phone 330-788-4274. Thank Did the stork visit you recently? you. Did a new son or daughter arrive re- on the recent loss of husband and father, Herbert weihs. we want you to know that you are in our April 14th meeting will be the election of new cently? Congratulations! Don’t forget thoughts and prayers. offi cers; bring your attendance up to date so, you to make him/her an ATS member by purchasing a Life Insurance or An- Food is a portal into our culture. we grow up can vote. Ladies, it is important that you have nuity plan so the he/she can benefit eating the food of our Saxon culture. it becomes a voice in our new combined leadership of the from our fraternal programs. a part of who each of us are. A few of our Local Saxon Club. Do you need more life insurance? Branches continue to have their Wurst Sales each We invite men and women to apply for the Br. Do you have enough life insurance year as a fundraiser as well as providing members 22 Scholarship to YSU. It is still has the second protection for yourself and your fam- and friends the great opportunity to enjoy the deli- lowest tuition in the state of Ohio so take a chance ily? Chances are you should have cious comfort food of our Saxon heritage. i wish better coverage! Call you Local ATS at furthering your education. Information can be Deputy. to commend those Branches that are teaching the obtained from Julaine Gilmartin, 4173 Timberland How about an ATS Annuity or IRA younger generation how to prepare the sausage Trail, Canfi eld, OH 44406; Rosemary Zamaray, Plan? which is an important experience in maintaining 2158 Cranbrook Dr, Youngstown OH 44511, or Are you saving for your retirement connection to our culture. Cleveland west just had Bev Myers, 6980 Kirk Rd, Canfi eld OH 44406. needs? ATS Annuity Plans offer you their sale a few weeks ago making around 3,000 a safe way to increase and protect pounds. it is a long tiresome day for the workers The deadline is April 15, 2019. your savings while providing tax but extremely appreciated by their customers. Birthdays are Gloria Hahn, Shirley Hahn, Diane sheltered growth. Call you Local ATS Kudos to all the volunteers that made the sale a Kirr, Doreen Deutschlander, Janet Sharp and Pa- Deputy and strengthen your financial success. tricia Sveth. Anniversaries are Shirley Hahn and future. Annually the ATS has held a Golf Outing during Michele Dunmire. the summer. we are still looking for a host for the We welcome Krista Dunlap as a new member. 2019 event which is usually held during August. A get well card was sent to Sara Duetschlander, The last two years, it has been a two-day event a sympathy card to Lucy Secka, and a thank you but prior years it was a single day event. we are was sent to the ATS. hoping that we can continue to hold this event for Activities and Meetings: TSBA Bowling our ATS golfers. if any Local Branch is interested Offi cers Meeting: Tuesday, March 5 at 1:00 p.m. Next Session in Youngstown in hosting the Golf Outing, please contact ATS Calendar Dinner: Thursday, March 7 at 6:00 p.m. March 3, 2019 Fraternal Activities Committee Chairman, Jake Branch 22 Meeting: Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 p.m. 11:00 am. Spor at (724) 333-5697 or the ATS Home Offi ce at Retirees: Thursday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m. Holiday Bowl (440) 842-8442. Although, we have the Arctic air still upon us, it is time for us to fi nish our plans Pork/Kraut Dinner: Sunday, March 24 at 11:3.0 a.m. 777 Youngstown-Poland Rd. for summer activities. We invite you to participate in the activities of our Struthers, Ohio 44571 (330) 755-1444 On Sunday, February 10, the TSBA bowlers en- local Youngstown club, and to try our new chef. Dinner following joyed another bowling session that was hosted at Youngstown Saxon Club by the New Castle bowlers. i thanked them for 710 S. Meridian Rd. arranging for nice traveling weather, no snow or Youngstown, Ohio 44509 freezing rain! it is such a pleasure to get to talk (330) 793-7973 with members from the various Branches. Next Any meal cancellations session will be held on Sunday, March 3rd hosted Please call Tom Simon by the Youngstown bowlers. This is the last ses- No later than February 26, 2019 sion of the bowling season except for the tourna- (330) 720-7988 ment in April. It will soon be the start of Lenten season with Ash wednesday being on March 6 and for Orthodox Lent March 11. Ash wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer, fasting, and repentance. Shrove Tuesday, day before Lent begins, is the Christian day of revelry and indulgence before the austere season of Lent. what i fi nd interesting that originating in the medieval era, most Christian european tradi- tions had developed a version of fried dough for SEE PAGE 3 FOR Shrove Tuesday. The rich treats presented a way to TiMeLY - DO NOT DeLAY TiMeLY 2019 ATS SAXON use up all of the butter, sugar and fat in the house

The Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons Alliance of Transylvanian The prior to the self-denying diets of Lent. Our Saxon SCHOLARSHIP 5393 Pearl Road Cleveland, OH 44129-1597 Krapfen is our cultural version of the fried dough. INFORMATION i can just picture our Saxon women preparing MAiLeD weDNeSDAY, FeBRUARY 20, 2019 FeBRUARY MAiLeD weDNeSDAY,

Attention Postmaster: Send all Changes of Address to: Attention Postmaster: Send all Changes of AND APPLICATIONS Continued on Page 2 Schloss Horneck needs OUR help! Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons Home Ofﬁ ce: 5393 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44129 Telephone: (440) 842-8442 FAx: 440-842-5442 e-mail: ofﬁ [email protected] website: www.atsaxons.com

National Board of Directors President - Joan Miller-Malue Br. 4 (216) 251-6036 17105 Hilliard Rd., Lakewood, OH 44107 Honorary Past President - Thomas J. Manning Br. 2 (814) 864-6072 HiGHeR ANNUAL iNTeReST YieLD 3909 Schaper Ave #203 Erie PA 16508 eFFeCTiVe DeCeMBeR 1, 2018 First Vice President - Robert B. Cunningham III Br. 1 (216) 398-7520 3.00% 9005 Memphis Villas Blvd., Brooklyn, OH 44144-2426 On Current Annuity and iRAa Second Vice President - issued after 10/1/2012 and after Schloss Horneck located in Gundelsheim, Germany Monica M. Weber Br. 4 (440) 356-5936 is the international location for our Siebenbürger Sach- Third Vice President - sens to house Sachsen artifacts, books and other his- Randall Floyd Br. 26 (219) 798-6908 torical documents and records. It is important to our 1806 E 73rd Ave, Merrillville IN 46410 worldwide Sachsen community to help in the mainte- Financial apps Secretary- nance expenses of this historical facility that will pre- Monica F. Gilles, Br. 5 (440) 309-7894 serve our Sachsen culture and heritage. help you invest 3520 Beavercrest Dr, Apt 107, Lorain, OH 44053 leftover pennies Treasurer- The Federation of Transylvanian Saxons requests Denise Aeling Crawford Br. 8 (330) 821-5125 donation to help in the funding of the facility. If you are Behavioral econo- 15970 Cenfi eld St. Alliance, OH 44601 interested in giving a donation, please complete the mists have proved one Trustees- Jacob F. Spor Br. 25 (724) 657-3773 form below and send to the ATS Home Offi ce, 5393 big truth: The best fi - 2940 Plank Rd., New Castle PA 16105 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44129. nancial decisions are Barbara Spack Br 18 (330) 337-7487 automated. 1389 Brookview Dr., Salem OH 44460 Please make your check payable to the ATS. If your bills get de- Michael Teutsch, Jr. Br. 30, (330) 509-9670 ducted on autopay, you DONATION FOR SCHLOSS HORNECK 140 Neff Ct. Canfi eld, OH 44406-1289 are never late with a Ingrid Weihs-Ferguson Br. 37 (586) 264-6136 bill. Your credit score 11711 Lancer Dr., Sterling Hts., MI 48313-5148 Name______goes up. You never pay Margarete Ziegler, Br. 33 (440) 951-0159 Address______late fees. 38047 Parkway Blvd., Willoughby, OH 44094-7543 City______State______If your healthy 401(k) Chief Medical Examiner- Zipcode______contribution is automat- Dr. Andreas W. Schuster, Br. 1 Cleveland ically deducted from Youth Activities Committee Appointees- Amount Donated $______your paycheck for 30 Helen E. Aeling Br. 8 Alliance (330) 862-2563 KiKi Eberth Br. 22 Youngstown (330) 509-8443 years, you end up a mil- Please indicate if donation is in memory lionaire at retirement. or honor of someone You mainly never miss ______the money. The Saxon News Volksblatt (iSSN 0894 -1165), the offi cial So, what if you could publication of the Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons, 5393 Pearl Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597, is published PReSiDeNT’S MeSSAGe invest change? Just a Bi-weekly. Cont’d from Page 1 buck here and there. With new fi nancial Annual Subscription rate for non-ATS members apps you actually can. USA - $15; Canada and europe -$50 batches of Krapfen to The app Acorns Managing editors HB Laser Communications, enjoy prior to the start of rounds up small pur- PO Box 45198, westlake, Ohio 44145. Lent (yummy). i, as well as chases. So if you buy a “Periodicals Postage Paid” at Cleveland, Ohio. many of you, remember $2.50 coffee, it rounds Postmaster: Send address changes to the Saxon News Volksblatt, 5393 Pearl Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597 the Fasching celebrations up the price to $3 and that we attended growing invests the 50 cents in up that were held at our a portfolio of low-cost exchange-traded funds. Saxon clubhouses. They SeCReTARieS TAKe NOTiCe: were very festive, colorful You can choose the events. level of risk, from con- Transylvanian Saxons servative to aggressive. THe DeADLiNe DATe FOR ARTiCLeS Trivia: Keisd, with its 15th- According to Money, iS weDNeSDAY - 12 NOON. century church, is part one user saved $250 in You may either of the world Heritage a few months without MAiL: PO BOx 45198, noticing the difference. Site Villages with fortifi ed westlake, OH 44145 Keisd A similar app, Digit, churches in Transylva- FAx: (440) 399-9339 nia, designated in 1999 is a legend that said that transfers small amounts from your checking into e-MAiL: [email protected] by UNeSCO. The Saxon the fortress had belonged a savings account at town was recognized not to a woman who, lacking times when you can af- Articles e-mailed will receive an e-mailed confi rmation only for the imposing forti- heirs, donated it to the by Noon Thursday. if you did not receive a confi rma- ford it. fi ed church, but also by the villagers after her death. tion, please give us a call. peasant fortress that was The threatening hill in the built in the 14th century. southwestern part of the DeADLiNe DATeS FOR ARTiCLeS: Unlike most Saxon fortifi ed village is said to hide not DEADLINE ISSUE constructions of this type, only unknown treasures, weDNeSDAY, FeBRUARY 27, 2019 FRiDAY, MARCH 8, 2019 this one was not built in the but also their guardian, the All I ask is the weDNeSDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 FRiDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 middle of the village, but spirit of a giant wearing weDNeSDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 FRiDAY, APRiL 5, 2019 about 1.5 miles from the a noose instead of coat chance to prove center so that not only the of arms, who once a year that money can’t inhabitants of Keisd but will make ghostly sounds Please have your articles in by 12 Noon. also those of the neighbor- during the night. make me happy. ing villages could fi nd shel- Ich wünsche allen einen Did you miss the deadline? ter inside its walls. There schönen Tag. Have you emailed your article past 12 noon? Bist du ein Sachs, und sagt’s mit Stolz? Please call Hanz or Barb Hermann at (440) 892-0436.

Saxon News VOLKSBLATT February 22, 2019 - 2 ALLiANCe OF TRANSYLVANiAN SAxONS SCHOLARSHiP GRANTS – 2019 Join us for the Cleveland Saxon Dance Group’s FReSHMAN ACADeMiC UNDeRGRADUATe CONTiNUiNG 9th Annual SCHOLARSHiP GRANTS ACADeMiC SCHOLARSHiP GRANTS

To be eligible for a Freshman Academic Scholar- The ATS is offering thirteen Academic Undergradu- Chili Cook-off Fundraiser ship Grant you must be a high school senior with an ate Continuing Education Scholarship Grants to our Westside Sachsenheim accumulated grade point average in high school of members who are not current year high school gradu- 2.8, or better. ates and are not entering college in their freshman 7001 Denison Avenue Twenty-one Scholarship Grants will be awarded year of study but are in an undergraduate program. Cleveland, OH to freshmen in undergraduate study at an accredited $1,000 Award in memory of Marie Stirner college or university in the United States and three $1,000 Award in memory of Marie Stirner renewable grants to present recipients of the Victor $1,000 Award in memory of Marie Stirner Saturday March 9, 2019 Deptner Scholarship. $1,000 Award in memory of Marie Stirner Doors open at 6:00 pm $1,000 Award in memory of Gertie Chili Tasting begins at 6:30 p.m. $1,000 Four Year Renewable Grant from the & Ernie Gottschling Victor Deptner Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Lorain Saxon Ladies Branch 11 Tickets $12 in advance from any Dance Group member $1,000 Past ATS Officers’ Memorial Scholarship Scholarship or $15 at the door. Children under 12 half price. $1,000 Henry Schindler Scholarship $1,000 Award in memory of Edward

$1,000 Michael W. Schassburger Memorial Gottschling Includes admission, three chili samples, Scholarship $ 500 ATS Branch 34 Cleveland East accompaniments and desserts $1,000 Jon Weber Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Additional chili samples $1 each $1,000 ATS Branch 33 National Scholarship $ 500 Award in memory of Karl A cash bar will be available Endowment Award & Charlotte Klamer $1,000 Julia & Martin Konnerth Memorial $ 500 Award in memory of Donald G. Miller Scholarship $ 500 Farrell-Branch 7 Scholarship Stay after the cook-off and enjoy $1,000 Julia & Martin Konnerth Memorial $ 500 ATS Scholarship Award music by the Dirty Franks Scholarship $ 500 ATS Scholarship Award $1,000 Branch 10 – Columbus Scholarship $ 500 ATS Scholarship Award $1,000 Branch 14 – Canton Scholarship Applicants must be ATS members in good standing, with $1,000 Davidson-Schuller Appreciation continuous membership for a minimum period of two (2) Scholarship Award in honor of ATS years. They must have a grade point average of at least and Branches 33 & 34 2.8. They may be any age; however, they cannot be a current year high school graduate or entering their freshman $1,000 Rev. & Mrs. John Foisel Memorial year of college. Scholarship Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate pro- $1,000 John F. Spack Memorial Scholarship gram as a full-time student at an accredited college or uni- $1,000 John and Mary Guip Memorial versity in the United States. Contact Stephanie Miller at 216-647-3229 Scholarship Requests for official ATS Undergraduate Continuing [email protected] $1,000 Branch 5 – Lorain Scholarship Academic Scholarship Applications may be made by or email her at $1,000 Dale & Rose Segedi-Kaufman calling the ATS Home Office (440) 842-8442, or by com- with any questions or if you would like to Memorial Scholarship pleting the Form printed below by March 1, 2019. enter a chili for judging in the contest. Completed official ATS Applications for schol-arship $1,000 Dale & Rose Segedi-Kaufman grants must be received at the ATS Home Office before Memorial Scholarship April 1st. Undergraduate Continuing Academic Scholar- Cost is $20 per entry (includes admission ticket for entrant) $1,000 Dr. David E. Schuller Appreciation ship winners will be chosen in a random drawing conducted and prizes will be awarded for the top entries Scholarship in honor of his parents by the ATS Scholarship Committee Elsie and Daniel S. Schuller $1000 John Boehm Memorial Scholarship $ 750 Niles-Branch 20 National Scholarship ReQUeST FOR ATS UNDeRGRADUATe $ 750 New Castle Branch 27 Scholarship CONTiNUiNG eDUCATiON SCHOLARSHiP Youngstown Saxon Culture Group’s $ 400 Donzella Herman Scholarship ______Name ______Applicants for the Scholarships listed must be ATS Address Members in good standing with a minimum of two ______years continuous membership prior to the scholar- City, State, Zip Code Spring Sausage Sale ship application deadline of April 1st. High School Tele:______We are now taking orders Saturday, Seniors must have maintained a 2.8, or better, grade E-Mail:______for hot, mild, and point average in high school. March 23, 2019 Br. No.______Cert.No.______garlic sausage. Complete the Request Form below to receive your All ﬂ avors come in Request must be received by March 1st Application. Please note: upon our receipt of the 3lb and 5lb links Pickup is from Request Form, an official ATS Scholarship Appli- or 5lb bulk packages 9:00 to 2:00 cation Form will be mailed to you. The completed MAIL SCHOLARSHIP REQUEST FORM TO: official ATS Scholarship Application Forms from ATS Home Office 5393 Pearl Road (each with a little overage). in the pavilion. Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597 the applicant and school must be received at the The price is $3.50 per pound Request Forms must be received by March 1, 2019 ATS Home Office before April 1st. Please Note: Only official ATS Scholarship Application Forms will be accepted for consideration You can call in orders to ** Scholarship winners will be announced at the ATS Branch ReQUeST FOR ATS HiGH SCHOOL Maria Bachinger 330-792-4005 Orders will be SeNiOR SCHOLARSHiP Presidents’ Meeting on May 4, 2019 and winners will be notified by mail. ** Walter Benesch 330-398-5449 accepted until ______Name March 19, 2019 ______Robert Bachinger 330-792-5177 Address ______Parents fi nally insisted their college You can also email City, State, Zip Code graduate leave the basement and get a your order to Tele: ______job. So the kid decided to hire himself E-Mail:______out as a handyman and started canvass- [email protected] Please mark this in your calendar. Br. No.______Cert. No.______ing a wealthy neighborhood. He went Request must be received by March 1st to the front door of the fi rst house and asked the owner if he had any jobs for MAIL SCHOLARSHIP REQUEST FORM TO: him to do. ATS Home Office 5393 Pearl Road “You can paint my porch. How much Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597 Request Forms must be received by will you charge?” March 1, 2019 The kid said, “How about $50?” The Please note: Only official ATS Scholarship Application Forms will be accepted for consideration. man agreed. A short time later, the kid came to the door to collect his money. “You’re fi nished already?” he asked. WE HAVE A RICH AND COLORFUL “Yes,” the kid answered, “and I had HISTORY AND HERITAGE! paint left over, so I gave it two coats.” DO YOUR PART TO KEEP IT ALIVE! Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50. BECOME A PROUD “And by the way,” the kid added, AND ACTIVE MEMBER! “that’s not a Porch, it’s a Ferrari.”

Saxon News VOLKSBLATT February 22, 2019 - 3 The Ohio Chapter Palatines to America FRATeRNAL CALeNDAR German Genealogy 2019 Spring Seminar

NATIONAL EVENTS Saturday April 13, 2019 9:00am - 4:00pm

February and March, 2019 Presented by Warren Bittner, CG Bowl where You Are Tournament for Junior Members February 23, 2019 Tiger Tracks at Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo THE LAND THEY LIVED ON! May 4, 2019 Branch Presidents’ Meeting Four Sessions: Host New Castle How German History Affects Research June 23-28, 2019 Germany and its Legal Records Saxon Summer Camp Bads, Bergs, Burgs, and Bachs Meyer’s Gazetteer: Gateway to Germany July 12-14, 2019 North American Saxon Heimattag Warren Bittner, CG®, is a well-known genealogical researcher and lecturer. He coordinated Host Aylmer German-Canadian Club, Aylmer ONT German research tracks at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research [IGHR], the July 19 - 21, 2019 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh [GRIP], and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Teen weekend [SLIG]. He holds a master’s degree in history from Utah State University. His master’s thesis looked at the social factors affecting illegitimacy in nineteenth-century Bavaria. July 27, 2019 Family Day at waldameer Park, erie PA Seminar will be held at Der Dutchman Restaurant October 19-20, 2019 445 Jefferson Ave, US Route 42, Plain City, OH 43064 ATS Open Bowling Tournament Host Cleveland west Fees include syllabus, seminar sessions, vendor showcase, Der Dutchman pastries, coffee and juice for breakfast and full Buffet lunch (Broasted Chicken and Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Noodles, Stuffing, Vegetables, Salad, Rolls, and Dessert) LOCAL eVeNTS Questions? Please email [email protected]

March 3, 2019 Follow us on Facebook at: Ohio Chapter - Palatines to America German Genealogy Society Youngstown TSBA Bowling at Holday Bowl March 5, 2019 Register today! EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE –MARCH 27, 2019 Cleveland Sachenheim Fat Tuesday Mardis Gras Buffet MEMBER: $45.00 EACH NON-MEMBER: $55.00 EACH Use Pay Pal online at the March 9, 2019 REGISTRATION AFTER MARCH 27, 2019 Cleveland Saxon Dance Group Chili Cook-Off website: MEMBER: $55.00 EACH NON MEMBER: $65.00 EACH March 16, 2019 https://oh-palam.org/registernow.php No refunds for cancella�on a�er April 6, 2019 Detroit Br. 37 106th Anniversary Dinner Dance NAME: MEMBER# Carpathia Hall or make check payable to ADDRESS: March 24, 2019 Ohio Chapter – Palam Youngstown Pork and Kraut Dinner CITY, STATE, ZIP: March 30, 2019 and mail with registration PHONE: EMAIL: form to: SURNAMES I AM RESEARCHING: PLEASE LIST FOUR SURNAMES: Youngstown Br. 22/30 Goulasch Dinner April 5, 2019 Joe Stamm Cleveland west Br. 1 250 Club Banquet 3930 Lander Road Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-1329 April 6-7, 2019 Please copy this form to use for addi�onal registra�ons! Cleveland west TSBA Tournament April 13, 2019 Cleveland west, east and Lorain Children’s easter Party April 27, 2019 Cleveland eS Sachsenchor Spring Concert May 5, 2019 Cleveland east Br. 33 Membership Banquet it’s never too early to start Noel Banquet Center May 11, 2019 Chicago Br. 9 Stiftungsfest/Trachtenfest saving for your retirement years Schwaben Center Buffalo Grove iL May 4, 2019 Cleveland Saxon Dance Group Trachtenball June 15, 2019 Cleveland Sachsenheim Beer and Sausage Fest (One of) the fi rst June 23, 2019 Chicago Br.9 Picnic Lynne woods Morton Grove automobile insurance August 24, 2019 policies issued The Salem Saxon Club Cleveland west Br. 1 Oktoberfest CARRY OUT FISH FRYS September 22, 2019 In 1898, there were 18 Cleveland west Brs. 1 and 4 Membership Banquet (Carry out only) October 5, 2019 million horses compared to 4,000 cars in the U.S. And Cleveland Sachsenheim Clambake Every Friday beginning October 19, 2019 sooner or later someone was Cleveland Saxon Dance Group Truabenfest going to want to insure one. March 8 thru April 12 October 25, 2019 Most often cited for the Cleveland west, east and Lorain Children’s Halloween Party Serving from fi rst auto insurance policy November 3, 2019 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m Cleveland Sachseheim Fall Schnitzel Fest is Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, NY., who bought Adults $10.00 a policy from Traveler’s Children $5.00 YOUNGSTOWN SAXON CLUB Insurance Co. in February 1898. The doctor used his PORK-KRAUT DINNER car to make house calls and MARCH 24, 2019 worried about the liability Fried Fish, Baked Fish should he have an accident. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. But, according to the Trav- or Breaded Pork Chops $9.50 eler’s 100-year anniversary Escalloped Potatoes, Green Beans, Children $5.00 press release issued in 1997, includes coﬀ ee/tea/pop and dessert the fi rst automobile policy Coleslaw or Fruit, Homemade Cake, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! was actually issued to Gil- bert J. Loomis of Westfi eld, TAKE OUTS AVAILABLE! Cash bar open Mass. on a car Loomis built (while waiting for orders) himself.

Saxon News VOLKSBLATT February 22, 2019- 4 Mathilde Untch † BRANCH 5, LORAiN CHURCHeS By Michael Johnson 1921 - 2019

Mathilde Untch, 98, passed away January 4th, 2019 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Born on Epiphany Day 1921 in the village of Hutschdorf, we remember our Sisters Bavaria, Germany, she was and Brothers who have departed this life in recent the daughter of Georg and days. Our sincere sympathy Christine Ganzleben. Mathil- is extended to the members de emigrated from Germany of the bereaved families. St. Peter’s to the United States in 1951. German and Saxon She was the beloved wife Lutheran Church of the late Michael Untch, 11423 Chicago Rd. a Saxon from Scharosch, Georgiana Kilbreath Warren, Michigan 48093 Romania. Both Mathilde and Age 91 (586) 979-3850 Died: January 18, 2019 stpeters [email protected] Michael had been offi cers www.stpeterswarren.or of Chicago’s Branch 47 and Branch 22, Youngstown OH Robert W. Ralph later joined Branch 9. Mathilde Untch 10:00 Bilingual Service Mathilde is survived by Carole e. Lang We will not have had our Age 78 Nursery her daughter, Edelgard February meeting yet on Carstensen; her son, Ro- Funeral services were held Died: January 27, 2019 Coffee following service the day I need to submit my land Untch (wife Sandra); at Skaja Terrace Funeral Branch 27, New Castle PA Senior Circle article to the Volksblatt so this grandaughters Audrey home on January 19th with Sunday School writing will be brief. I wanted Carstensen (husband Geor- interment next to her hus- Robert W. Ralph Church Choir to share fi rst of all the sad dan Rosario) and Michelle band Michael at Memorial Age 59 news of one of our members, Park Cemetary in Skokie, Died: February 6, 2019 Bell Choir Untch; sisters Anna Krauss Brother Robert W. Ralph hav- and Lisette Pohl. Illinois. Branch 5, Lorain OH ing passed away on February 6, 2019, he was 59. On behalf St. John’s Lutheran Church of the membership of Branch We just want to share the news that our grandson, Mitchell Iavarone DC2, returned with 1000 Ford Road 5 Lorain, we wish to extend Highland Hts., Ohio his boat from their mission in the Pacifi c where they apprehended this unbelievable our condolences and prayers (440) 449-1334 load of illegal drugs being smuggled into the U.S. Below is an article that describes to his grieving mother Sister Rev. Paul Stork their mission and apprehensions. Pastor Betty Ralph, sister Sister Debbie Tomusko ( Brother We are very proud of him and all the servicemen and women who protect us and we 10:00 worship Service Bob Tomusko), and brother wanted to share our news. Brother Tom Ralph and their Tom and Liz Manning extended families. Br. 2 Erie By now all of our Junior Coast Guard seizes 17 tons of cocaine during Pacifi c patrol members should have gotten By: The Associated Press February 5 their letters for “Bowl Where You Are” and are planning on FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The separate vessels stopped in Pacific CLOSeD participating. U.S. Coast Guard has seized nearly 35,000 waters off Mexico and Central and South SALEM SAXON CLUB Be looking in the next is- pounds (15,000 kilograms) of cocaine America. BAR WILL BE CLOSED sue of the Volksblatt for an from apparent drug smuggling vessels Sharp said the drugs had a wholesale DURING THE MONTHS OF announcement of a possible in the eastern Pacifi c Ocean. value of roughly $466 million. DECEMBER, JANUARY, bowling party. The drugs were offloaded in Fort The guard’s commandant, Adm. Karl AND FEBRUARY If you didn’t make it to Lauderdale, Florida. Schultz, said in the last few years, the meeting on February PLEASE CHECK Cmdr. Michael Sharp told reporters crews have seized 1.3 million pounds 18, 2019 and haven’t paid THE BRANCH CALENDAR your dues yet be sure to the drugs were found over the last three (0.6 million kilograms) of cocaine and FOR RE-OPENING DATE send them according to the months aboard fi shing vessels and go-fast detained 1,200 suspects at sea. correspondence I sent to boats outfi tted to conceal contraband and Schultz said most of the drugs origi- each dues paying member evade authorities. nate in Colombia and are destined for before March18, 2019 which Six crews seized the drugs from 21 the U.S. The heart of man is very will be our next scheduled much like the sea, it has its meeting. storms, it has its tides and Check your Volksblatt for in its depths it has its pearls the many activities going on too. with our ATS branches and KEEP - Vincent Van Gogh be supportive. 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Saxon News VOLKSBLATT February 22, 2019 - 5 Saxon News VOLKSBLATT February 22, 2019 - 6 Artisans and Nobles: The von Kraus Family across 350 Years of in a constant struggle with Moscow. Given the new exposure of Khmelnytskyi the Tatars sided War and Social Change in Eastern European with Poland, which in turn led their Muslim History and blood-related Ottoman allies to retaliate Rüdiger H. von Kraus against their misbehaving Transylvanian vassal. Continued from Janury 25 issue Prince Rakoczy’s army by itself was no match for the Ottomans. The defeated Prince died Emergence of an Ennobled Saxon Family: of battle wounds in 1660. But the election by Thomas Kraus and the Battle of Zenta Transylvania’s Diet of a new prince friendly to the Habsburgs signaled the possible loss of their 1. The Convergent Contingencies of 1663 Transylvanian principality with its tributes to the Porte’s treasury. The Porte responded with The family of Thomas Kraus emerges into another military intervention that brought the recorded history at the Battle of Zenta in 1697, but replacement’s heroic death and the installation of the history might better begin with the converging an Ottoman favorite. The Holy Roman Empire’s events of 1663. On April 17 of that year the Turks cumbersome political machine fueled by the declared war on Austria’s Leopold I after he had worries of the “refugees from Transylvania, made a tepid effort to win back Transylvania, Hungarian nobles at the court and the ‘Easterners’ which had been under their suzerainty for the in Leopold’s privy conference…”3 and the more past century and a half. At the end of the Thirty general threat to all Christendom, got into action, Years’ War, Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–1687) and and by January 1664 after months of negotiations Fig. 1 The Battle of Zenta his Grand Vizier Ahmed Köprülü did not want the Regensburg Diet raised a coalition army to to miss the opportunity to take advantage of the face the Ottomans who were getting close to defeat. The information revealed by the Pasha Austrian Empire’s war weariness to expand in Graz and Vienna. The relatively slow Ottoman promised such an opportunity. Taking advantage Europe. They saw in Vienna, located between advance allowed the coalition forces to face the of it, however, meant doing the opposite of what the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps, the road Turks who were in the process of crossing the the Ottomans expected, namely backtracking to Rome, their ultimate goal in establishing their Raba river at the monastery of Saint Gotthard. north, the opposite way they just had come, claim to be the Romans’ successor.1 Their goal Although initially repelled due to the lack of through swampy terrain at a higher speed and triggered a whole series of battles of which the a unified command, the conglomerate forces with exhausted soldiers and officers. Speed was 1697 Battle of Zenta is important to our story. eventually prevailed with thousands of Ottoman essential to prevent the Sultan from crossing the On October 18, 1663, Prince Eugen von Savoy soldiers drowning in the river, in a way an omen river and avoiding battle. To get a first-hand view was born, whose brilliant military performance for the battle of Zenta where even more drowned. of the situation, the Prince rode ahead of the bulk against the Ottomans persuaded Leopold to put The August 1st , 1664 Battle of Saint Gotthard of his army with his cavalry and a few pieces him in charge of his army’s Hungarian contingent was to be the first of a series of encounters of light artillery. By now it was already mid- that ended up fighting the Battle at Zenta. lasting into the first quarter of the next century afternoon and given the exhausted soldiers most 1663 was also the year in which Thomas Kraus that eventually drove the Ottomans back down commanders would have waited for the next day was born in Fogarasch, Transylvania. His bravery the Danubian territories. to act. in the battle of Zenta was the major contributor One of the most decisive encounters was Kara What he saw was impressive, the Turks had to his ennoblement. As in so many similar cases, 4 Mustafa’s siege of Vienna in 1683. Had the had time to build a semi-circle of trenches and his letter of ennoblement started the recorded allies under Poland’s King Sobieski not come breastworks protruding out from the river and history of the Krauses. to a last-minute rescue, Rüdiger Graf von meant to protect the bridge of 60 ships that Each of these events deserves some further Starhelm and his minimal number of soldiers French engineers had constructed. Within this detail. left to defend the royal city would have had to semicircle, whose diameter extended about a Officially at least, the Ottomans were at peace succumb to the Grand Vizier. It was also the thousand paces along the river were the protective with the Habsburgs since the 1606 Treaty of battle in which the junior officer Prince Eugen ruins of an imperial weapon-depository that the Zsistvatorok, which had allowed the latter had his first chance to distinguish himself in a Ottomans had burned down and connected by to concentrate on their rivalries with France fight with the Ottoman enemy. This “physically deep trenches to both sides of the bridge, thus in the West. That partial dissatisfaction of 5 unprepossessing French Prince of Italian origin” providing a redoubt of sorts to protect those both sides with the treaty was reinforced now had been designated by Louis XIV to follow his crossing the bridge. by reports from Vienna’s representatives in uncle’s, Cardinal Mazarin’s, ecclesiastic career. The earlier than expected arrival of the imperial Constantinople “of danger signals and quite His wish, however, since childhood had been to army caught the Ottomans by surprise. By this accurate warnings about the aggressiveness join the military. This wish and his mother’s ban time in the afternoon, most of their cavalry, as of the new Vizier Ahmed Körprülü,”2 who in 6 from the French court allowed him to offer his well as the heavy artillery, had crossed already 1661 had taken over from his father Mehmed services in clear conscience to Leopold I. The over the bridge and had started to set up camp (Vizier, 1656-61). In the 1606 conflict as well timing of his appearance in Vienna was propitious on the left bank. The first instinct for those left as earlier and later, indirect developments, this since Leopold was in need of any help he could on right bank was to speed up their crossing to time in Transylvania, provided the opportunity get. At the time Leopold had ongoing conflicts in the safer side, which created jams on the single or pretext for military action between the two both the East, with recalcitrant Hungarians and bridge. The dispersion by the Prince’s cavalry adversaries. The details of how the relatively the Ottomans, and in the West, with his archrival of the 2000 Spahis that dared an attack outside small principality of Transylvania ended up cousin Louis XIV. On the Eastern front, Prince their fortification convinced the Grand Vizier triggering the clashes that would last for several Eugen’s first test came, as mentioned earlier, in Elmas Mehmed Pasha, whom Sultan Mustafa II decades between these two major powers reveal the relief of Vienna from the Ottoman siege. But had left to defend the right bank, to call back the the political and religious intricacies in Eastern his crowning moment in the East came fourteen forces that had already crossed to the left bank. Europe at that time. Prince George II Rakoczy years later, several months after he had been The crowded bridge forced them to come on of Transylvania saw an opportunity to realize his given command of the Hungarian contingent of foot to the Vizier’s tent, who spurred them on to father’s dream of a Protestant realm when asked the Imperial army. martyrdom for their Sultan. by the Cossack’s Hetman Bogdan Khmelnytskyi 2. The Battle of Zenta The confusion of the Ottomans gave the Prince to join him in an alliance against Catholic Poland. On September 11, 1697, at nine in the morning, time to set up for two attacks that he intended The independently minded Cossacks were not the company of Hussars that Prince Eugen had to execute despite the late afternoon hours. At Protestant but had been disappointed by Poland, sent on a reconnaissance mission up north along this time a royal courier arrived with a message. which had forced them into a role subordinate the right bank of the Theiß river showed up at the Whether the Prince anticipated its contents to their Orthodox Muscovite brethren. Despite camp with the captured high-ranking Kutschuk or just was too busy starting the first attack in his pledge of fealty, Khmelnytskyi thought he Dschaafer Pasha. Threatened with death, the which he and his cavalry would be the center, could escape Muscovite and Polish overlordship Pasha revealed that his commander, Sultan is unclear, but he told the messenger he would by allying himself with Protestant Transylvania, Mustafa II, had changed his objective from trying read it the following day. The message from the Sweden, and Brandenburg. Sweden had emerged to retake Szeged, which the Turks had lost over War Council advised him to avoid engaging the from the Thirty Years’ War as the major Protestant a decade ago. Instead he intended to cross the enemy. Had he followed the advice his career power in Europe of that time, and accepting its Theiss south of the town of Zenta, between might have suffered, had he lost the battle, leadership secured success. At least that was what Prince Eugen’s position and Szeged, planning he might have ended up arrested and tried for both Prince Rakoczy and Hetman Khmelnytskyi from there to take Temesvar as the base for insubordination.7 believed until 1657 when the latter suddenly expansion into Upper Hungary and Eugene counted on the vulnerability of the died, and Sweden’s Karl X Gustav had to leave Transylvania. single bridge and the reduced enemy forces on Poland to fight the Danes. Khmelnytskyi’s earlier The whole purpose of Prince Eugen’s pursuit subordination to Moscow had already alienated of the Ottoman army had been to find an his southern allies, the Crimean Tatars, who were opportunity to inflict losses or even a major Continued on Page 9

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period of 7 (seven) years • Report the number of delinquent members and the The final draft of the Constitution of the merged Branch #30 death of a member to the Alliance Home Office • Be of service to members in regard to Alliance business Dear members of Branch #22 and Branch #30, in the spirit of fraternal helpfulness Below is a copy of the final draft of the Constitution of the merged Branch #30. This draft was reviewed Section 14. The Trustees will: • Conduct a monthly business inventory and accepted with changes at a special meeting of the combined membership after the January meeting. • Examine the property of the society According to the Constitution, we must let all members of the branch review and recommend any chang- • See that all property is properly maintained • Have all necessary repairs completed as soon as pos- es to the Constitution. It will be published in this publication for the next two issues and if you have any sible changes and or suggestions, please let your officers know before March 15th, 2019 so that changes can • Get authorization from the Board of Directors for any expenditures exceeding three-hundred dollars be discussed and voted upon in the April meeting. • See that the retail business is operated as prescribed by Thank you, Robert Bachinger, Merger Committee Chairman the Board of Directors • Maintain accurate records • Ensure accurate accounting made monthly to the Society at each monthly meeting • The President will appoint a Head Trustee that will act as supervisor of the Trustees Constitution for the merged Branch #30 ARTICLE VII. DUTIES OF OFFICERS Section 1. All Branch Officers must be members in good standing Section 15. Ex-Presidents will: Youngstown Ohio with the Alliance. • Become advisory members of the Board of Directors Section 2. The President will: Section 16. Alliance Convention Delegates will: • Preside at all meetings • Automatically include the President, Recording Secre- ARTICLE I. NAME tary, the ATS Secretary and the ATS Deputies The name of this Society shall be SAXON CLUB • Enforce order and conduct of the same • See to it that the Laws of the Society are strictly • Be elected at least two (2) months prior to the Conven YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO and BRANCH 30 of The tion Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons. carried out • Explain and bring to a vote all motions made which • Must be a member in good standing at least one year ARTICLE II PURPOSE prior to their election The purpose of the Society shall be to provide fraternal are not in conflict or contrary to existing Federal, State, or local laws • Must have attended at least five (5) of the last twelve fellowship for its members as envisioned in the (12) meetings of Branch 30 following Mission: • Receive all reports and submit same to the meeting • Sign all bills and obligations approved by the Trustees Section 17. Dues: 1. To perpetuate the preservation of the Transylva- • All members of the Society must pay dues to the nian Saxon heritage and culture. for prompt payment • Appoint all committees Branch annually 2. To support its members in times of need and sor- • All members must pay a initial Key Card fee row. • I nitiate new members • Pronounce all fines prescribed by the Constitution, • Key cards will remain activated upon the full payment 3. To encourage all members to be good and loyal of dues for the current calendar year. If dues are not citizens of the United States. with the inclusion of the other officers • Represent the Society at all functions and activities paid in full by the February regular meeting Key cards 4. To fulfill its obligations and support as members of will be deactivated. the national organization, Alliance of Transylvnian • Examine all bonds • Designate the individual responsibility of each Trustee • A member in good standing of the Society for Forty (40) Saxons. years shall not be required to pay any dues or assess- ARTICLE III. MEETINGS • Appoint a five (5) Grievance Committee and a Lodge Chaplain ments Section 1. At every Regular Meeting, eleven (11) members in • All members under the age of twenty-five (25) may pay good standing and the majority of the officers shall Section 3. The First Vice- President will: • Diligently support the President in all official duties only one-half of the annual fee constitute a quorum. ARTICLE VIII. DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF MEMBERSHIP Section 2. The March and August meetings are designated as • Fulfill all presidential duties during any temporary absence of the President • To mutually aid each other To strive for fraternal coop- General Meetings in which special reports, etc. are eration given. • If the Office of President becomes vacant, the 1st Vice President shall become President and shall assume the • To assist in the promotion and advancement of member- Section 3. Special meetings may be called by the President or by ship activities in the best interest of the Society and the written request of eleven (11) members in good duties and responsibilities of the President until the next election. Alliance. standing. • Abide and protect the Constitution and By-Laws of the Section 4. Robert’s Rules of Order, latest edition, shall govern Section 4. The Second Vice-President will: • Take charge of all cultural and historical activities of Society and the Alliance Attend Society meetings regularly parliamentary procedures of all meetings of this • Participate in all deliberations pertaining to the business Society. Branch 30 • Coordinate cultural and historical activities with the and activities of the Society ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP • Serve on committees Generally enjoy all rights and Section 1. Applicants for Fraternal Membership in this Society national committees of the A.T.S. • Will have the right to attend any and all Trustee meet- privileges of the Society and the national Alliance must be a National Alliance member, having qualified Section 1. Members must pay their local dues at the beginning of as follows: ings • I f the Office of 1st Vice President becomes vacant, the each calendar year for the entire year. a. Is of Transylvanian Saxons or German birth or a Section 2. A member of this Society may retain their membership in descendant thereof. 2nd Vice President shall become the 1st Vice President and shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the the Society even though they relocate in a city in which b. Be married to a Saxon or German descendant there may or may not be another Society. Our Society thereof. 1st Vice President until the next election. The president will then appoint a new 2nd Vice President. will accept members who wish to join by transferring from c. If other than the above, applicant must agree to another Society. A Certificate ofTransfer form must be support the preservation of the ethnic and cultural Section 5. The Recording Secretary will: • Follow all discussions in the meetings of the Society filed with the Librarian. goals outlined in the national Alliance Constitu- Section 3. Members are to keep the Librarian informed of any changes tion and By-Laws. • Keep impartial minutes thereof • Post in the minutes all bills of the Society of contact information d. Is an owner of an Alliance life insurance or an Section 4. Upon written request all Affiliated Organizations are AnnUity contract. • Turn all bills over to the Treasurer for payment Section 6. The Corresponding Secretary will: required to provide detailed financial reports within 30 Section 2. The age requirement for adult membership is age 16 or (thirty) days. Upon failure to furnish said annual report, older. • Attend to all general correspondence of the Society • Notify all members of Special Meetings in writing, in said affiliated organization shall be denied its status as an a. Ages for juvenile members range from birth affiliate of Branch 30. through Age 15. accordance with Article III Sec. 3 • Submit a Bi-weekly Article of news and meetings of Section 5. All standing committees or other committees of the Soci- Section 3. The Deputy proposing a candidate shall read and give ety, not having previously submitted a written report, shall all information concerning the applicant to the mem- the Society in the Volksblatt for publication, as needed Section 7. The Financial Secretary will: submit a report of its committee at the March General bership after having been eviewed by the Board of Meeting together with a written Financial Report. Directors. If three (3) or more votes are cast against • Take in all Fraternal membership dues of the Society • Record same at the conclusion of each meeting ARTICLE IX. CHARGES, GRIEVANCES, & RECALL the candidate by the Board, they shall not refer said Section 1. Procedures shall be the same as that set forth by the applicant to the Membership. After a favorable report • Deliver all money collected against receipt to the Treasurer Constitution of the A.T.S., Except that the Grievance from the Board, voting shall take place by the Member- Committee shall be made up of a committee of Five (5) ship. In the event that during the membership vote, Section 8. The Assistant Financial Secretary will: • Assume the duties and responsibilities of the Financial appointed by the President as per ARTICLE VII, Sec. 2 three (3) votes are cast against the candidate, no mem- Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Branch Constitution, bership shall be granted. Secretary in their absence • Assist in the execution of that office when a dispute, charge, or grievance arises internally ARTICLE V. OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS members of the Branch, they shall specify same in writing The following constitutes the Officers and Board of Section 9. The Treasurer will: • Will be responsible for all monies of the society to the President. The President will in turn forward it to Directors: President, First-Vice President, Second Vice- the Grievance Committee. The committee shall act upon President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secret- • Accept from the Financial Secretary, all monies taken in • Pay all financial obligations approved at the meeting the charges made. Report their findings and recommenda- ary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Financial Secretary, tions to the Body at the next regularly scheduled Branch Assistant Financial Secretary, Librarian, ATS Secre- and acknowledged by the members • Exam the books and submit receipts for all expenditures Meeting. tary, Sergeant-at-Arms and Six (6) Trustees. Section 3. The President shall immediately notify the office of the ARTICLE VI. ELECTION OF OFFICERS • Deposit all monies of the Society immediately upon receipt in the banks designated by the Society as its A.T.S of any external dispute, charge, or grievance be- The election of Officers shall be held each year in the tween Branch 30 and any Branch or member thereof. The November Meeting of the Society. To qualify for an depository • Submit monthly to the Society an accurate financial President shall in turn receive detailed written copy of the elected office a candidate must be a member in good Procedure necessary to resolve the issue in an impartial standing for at least 1 year. report of all monies taken in and all expenses paid out • Pay all bills and obligations of society fraternal manner. Section 1. The term of Office for all Officers shall be for one (1) Section 4. The following procedures are mandatory and must be fol- year. • Must sign all checks along with other designee o Designee must not be related in any way. lowed prior to any legal action in a public court of law or Section 2. The election shall be conducted by the President who equity. shall appoint an Election Committee to assist in • Must sign all withdrawals from the Saving Accounts along with other designee Furnish bond at the Society’s Section 5. A resignation may be requested by the President of any nominating, collecting ballots, tallying votes, etc. officer who fails to perform their duties as prescribed in st expense Section 3. A Candidate for President, 1 Vice President and the Constitution. The President may be recalled by a 2/3 Treasurer must have been an elected officer for at least Section 10. The Assistance Treasurer will: • Assume the duties and responsibilities of the Treasurer majority of the body after eleven (11) members have sub- two (2) years. mitted a valid reason mailed to the Secretary and re- Section 4. Each nominee must secure an absolute majority of the in their absence • Assist in the execution of that office viewed by the Board of Grievances. votes cast in order to be officially elected. Section 6. Any member who, at a meeting or outside of the Society, Section 5. All Officers’ terms shall begin on the first day of Section 11. The Librarian will: • Maintain all memberships’ names and addresses (Frater- is guilty of improper action towards another member (so January and end on the last day of December. far as the Society affairs are concerned), or who shows Section 6. The President shall be elected for only ONE year term. nal and Social) • Issue all Key Cards themselves underserving of Society membership, shall be His consecutive one-year term may not exceed FOUR. suspended or expelled. Section 7. An absent qualified candidate may be nominated Section 12. The Seargent of Arms will: • Maintain order during Society meetings ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS for an office provided they have submitted a written All articles and Sections of the Constitution may be request for the office desired to the Branch Recording • Present non-member visitors to the President for permis- sion to attend the meeting changed or amended. All proposed changes and amend- Secretary or has been nominated by the Elections Com- ments shall be submitted in writing to the Recording Sec mittee. • Present new member candidates for induction into the Society retary. Changes shall be signed by five (5) members in Section 8. The officer’s stipend for the ensuing year shall be deter- good standing, read by the Recording Secretary at a regu- mined prior to nominations. • Assist in other duties designated by the President Section 13. The ATS Secretary will: lar meeting and then submitted by the Recording Secre- Section 9. Any office becoming vacant shall be filled by a mem- tary to be published in at least two (2) consecutive publi ber appointed by the President until the following elec- • Conduct all of the Alliance business in the Society • Keep accurate record of same cations of the official journal of the ATS prior to the Gen- tion. Appointees must have attended at least two (2) eral Meeting. Approval shall be at a meeting designated. meetings during the past twelve months (12). • Complete and forward all required reports to Alliance Home Office within five (5) days after the meeting ARTICLE XI. MERGER AND/OR DISSOLUTION OF THE SOCIETY Section 10. In order to qualify for voting, a member must be Section 1. As long as eleven (11) members in good standing desire present, must be in good standing at least five (5) • Keep track of new and suspended members of the ATS (Including JUVENILE MEMBERS) the continuation of the Society, it cannot be disbanded. months, must have attended at least four (4) meetings Section 2. Should the society be disbanded, all remaining assets of the previous twelve (12) monthly meetings. • Execute all records prescribed by the ATS • Render all reports required and requested by same shall be remitted to the national alliance where they will Section 11. Anyone who resigns from an office may not be elected be held in trust for one (1) year. If, during that year, the to an office for a period of one (1) year from the date • Issue a Transfer Card to a member transferring to an other branch Society is re-activated the assets will be returned to the of resignation. This rule does not apply if the resigna Society. tion was due to the officer being elected or appointed • Preserve the records, receipts and duplicate copies of reports to the Alliance in the Society Archives for a to another office. Continued on Page 10

Saxon News VOLKSBLATT February 22, 2019 - 8 Constitution for the merged Artisans and Nobles: Continued from Page 7 Branch #30 Youngstown Ohio Continued from Page 9 his side of the bank for success. He battlefield and over 10,000 that 2 Philip Mansel, Constantinople: City of the World’s Desire, 1453-1924 (London: John ARTICLE XII. ORDER OF BUSINESS still had to face the inner redoubt, drowned in the 350 paces wide river. • Opening of the meeting. On the imperial side, 28 officers Murray, 1995), 4. a. The President calls the meeting to but as luck had it Spahis attacked 3 John P. Spielman, Leopold I of Austria (New order with a strike of the gavel. the Imperial force’s left flank in the and 401 soldiers had died while 133 Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press,1977), b. The President asks the Sergeant- north of the bridgehead to silence officers and 1,465 soldiers were 48. at-Arms whether or not everyone present is entitled to attend the the just installed Habsburg artillery wounded. 4 Spielman, Leopold I of Austria, 48. meeting. whose projectiles could now reach Seeing a disaster unfold on the 5 Kara Mustafa was Ahmed Körprülü’s c. The President will lead in The right riverbank Mustafa II took handpicked successor as Grand Vizier. Lord’s Prayer and the bridge. When foot soldiers were 6 Robert A. Kann, A History of the Habsburg Pledge of Allegiance of the Flag. able to repel the attack with steady off with his lifeguard of several d. If a member has passed away since Empire 1526 – 1918 (Berkley: University of the last meeting, there shall be an ac- firing the Spahis’ retreat revealed a thousand and left-over cavalry California Press, 1977), 67. knowledgement with a moment of 40-50 pace unprotected opening on and headed for Temesvar, leaving 7 The celibate Cardinal Mazarin had brought his silence. the riverbank where the river water trophies behind on both sides of the Italian nieces to the French court. One of them, e. The president strikes the gavel once 9 Olympia Mancini, married Eugene Maurice of and members will take their seats. had receded. This breach allowed the river, the most precious being the Savoy with whom she had eight children, one • Roll call of officers. Imperial left flank to not only force Grand Seal that Elmas Mehmed, • Reading of the minutes. of them being Prince Eugen. Olympia became • Correspondence. the defenders into the redoubt but as the Grand Vizier, always had involved in various court intrigues, one of which • Introductions of new candidates. also to attack the forward Ottoman to wear around his neck which was the notorious Affair of the Poisons, which • Installation of new members. a. The Sergeant-at-Arms brings the forces from behind. They broke Prince Eugene could present to the led to her expulsion from France. candidate(s) before the member through the wagon barrier jumped Emperor. 8 Some historians such as von Klausen claimed ship The benefits of the victory at that Eugene was arrested even after winning b. Sergeant-at-Arms: “President, may into the trenches and climbed the the battle. The Emperor supposedly had to I introduce to you the candidate(s).” breastworks where the hand-to- Zenta reached beyond the material intervene to free him. As proof, he cites the c. President: “I have the honor to rewards. Just ten weeks after incorporate you as a member of hand scuffles began. The cavalry 1713 publication in Cöln [sic] of Leopold des this Society. This is a National Fra- had followed to the trenches from the battle, Prince Eugen used it Großen wunderwürdiges Leben und Thaten as ternal Benefit Society whose inter- where they fired at the enemy to successfully to bully Sarajevo into well as a hint in one of Prinz Eugen’s letters to ests are to provide financial friend Sinzendorf. Franz Georg Friedrich von security by its insurance and annu- enable the foot-soldiers’ to scale submission. The event impacted Kausler, Das Leben des Prinzen Eugen von ity plans and to promote fraternal the breastworks. Some of the riders on many participants. It cost Elmas fellowship and Transylvanian Sax- Savoyen , Verbesserungen. Books 1-5 (1663 - on heritage and culture.” advanced over the corpses filling Mehmed Pasha his life and cut 1707), each book ending with a “Reflexion des d. President: “You promise here the trenches and close in on the short his young career. Just two Grafen von Bismark.” Beilagen (1) (Memphis with, in the presence o the Officers TN: General Books LLC, 2012) The Battle of and Members, that you will ac- bridgehead. The bridge became years earlier, at 34 years of age, knowledge and uphold the Consti- packed with fleeing people, horses, he had been named Grand Vizier Zenta, 75 – 85, 81. The veracity of the arrest tution of the Saxon Society, despite his lack of experience for and the Emperor’s intervention are dismissed, Youngstown, Ohio, Branch 30 and wagons with thousands pushed however, as ‘invented fable’ by the British and the National Alliance of into the river where they found such high office when compared to military historian George Malleson. George Transylvanian Saxons. Further their death. Eventually, the Imperial his predecessors. For Prince Eugen, more you promise to respect your Bruce Malleson, Prince Eugene of Savoy fellow members, and to safe-guard forces reached the redoubt where Zenta was the crowning of his career (London: Chapman and Hall, 1888), 57. and protect the welfare and prop- the Ottomans tried to make their so far at age 34. It was the first 9 The senior officers included: 4 other Viziers,

erty of the Society. If you last stand. But with so many of them battle in which he had exercised 13 Beglerbegs, 3 Janissary Lieutenant-Generals, are prepared to keep these prom- and 54 high-ranking officers of the Janissaries, ises, then answer by saying yes.” dead, whether drowned or killed, full command. Earlier that year e. Handshake: “I welcome you to our Spahis and Silihdars. Kausler, Das Leben des Society. their numbers were no match for when he had been given command Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen , 80. • Treasurer’s report. the now overwhelming force. The of the imperial army in Hungary, 10 The trophies included: seven of the revered • Trustee’s report. one-sided carnage lasted well into he became the envy of many of his tughs and 423 banners. Kausler, Das Leben des • Financial Secretary’s report. 10 • Librarian’s report. the dark until about ten that night, seniors such as the A.B.C.s of Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, 80. • Report of Sick Committee. when Prince Eugen recalled all the whom his friend, the young Count 11 The letters stand for: Franz Karl von • Report of Special Committees. Auersperg (1655 - 1713); Prince Eugen’s cousin • Unfinished business. troops to the camp. Sinzendorf had warned him. In such Ludwig von Baden (1655 - 1707) and Äneas • New business. Only the next morning’s daylight an unforgiving environment his fate von Caprara (1631 - 1701). • Welfare. • Adjourn meeting. revealed the utter Ottoman defeat: might have turned out differently, a. One stroke with the gavel, the meeting the dead included the Grand Vizier however, if he had lost the battle. is adjourned. 8 ARTICLE XIII. with all his senior officers, 20,000 TO BE CONTINUED A Business Manager lower officers and soldiers on the • Hired by, dismissed by and report to The Executive Committee. BRANCH 10, COLUMBUS • Oversees all facets of the Retail Business of Branch 30 including the Bar, Restau Oops! By Donald Blum rant and Catering. • Any exception to this may only be made by the Executive Committee A man had a habit of leaving his Well, we just had to change our about the thrifty benefits of natural • Such exceptions will be explained to the keys in the ignition of his car. He daylight versus artificial light (lamps). body at a Branch 30 meeting calendars for 2019 and now it time • This Article (XIII) supersedes any item was getting ready to leave work one to change our clocks for Daylight He wrote this as a joke because he in the Constitution with which it may day when he realized that his keys Saving Time. On Sunday, March 10 woke up early one morning and it was conflict concerning a Business Manager. • The Executive Committee shall consist of: were not in his pocket. He looked at 2:00 am, we change our clocks to still dark. So, no, he did not invent t he President, the First Vice-President, the everywhere for them, then realized 3:00 am. Spring forward and lose an Daylight Savings Time. Tr easurer and the Head Trustee. The Treasurer shall be a non-voting member of that he probably left them in his car hour sleep. It’s time to get out the British-born New Zealander George the committee. again. He ran out to the parking lot, manuals and get directions on how Hudson proposed the concept in ARTICLE XIV. ASSESSMENTS • Any assessment imposed by Branch 30 but panicked when he realized that to change our stove and microwave 1885 but was ridiculed. The idea must have been read and discussed at the his car was nowhere to be found. clocks. To those that stay up to was revived in 1907, when William August Branch 30 meeting of the previ- Willett, an Englishman proposed a ous year and have been approved at the He tried to call his wife, but there change their clocks at exactly 2:00 (following) September Branch 30 meeting. was no answer, so he called the po- am, I say kudos and great job. If you system in the pamphlet ‘The Waste • An assessment must be approved by a are like me, we change the clocks of Daylight.” majority of those voting. lice and reported his car stolen. He • An assessment shall be effective for one before we go to bed, and many just The Germans were the first to of- even confessed that he had left the (1) year only wait until the next morning to change ficially adopt Daylight Saving Time in • An assessment must begin on Jan. 1st. keys in the ignition. It was just a • The assessment for one (1) year shall not their clocks. It used to be you would 1915 as a fuel savings During World exceed the Regular Branch 30 dues for little while later that his phone rang. have to change your clocks on the TV, War I. The British switched in 1916, that year. His wife was on the other end of the • Honor members are NOT to be charged but now that automatically changes, and the United States followed in any assessment. call. thank God. And don’t forget, if you 1918, when Congress passed the “Thank goodness you called,” have lights on timers, you will need Standard Time Act, establishing our said the man. “I left my keys in the to change them, too. We lived in different time zones. It was repealed car, and it has been stolen!” Northern Indiana and they would not in 1920, due to opposition from dairy There was a moment of silence. change their clocks. Half the year farmers, stating cows don’t pay at- “You fool!” she shouted. “I dropped we were on Eastern Time and half tention to clocks. you off!” the year we were on Central Time. During World War II, Daylight Sav- Embarrassed, the man said, “Oh, I We actually preferred the Central ing Time was imposed again as a forgot…well, come and get me.” Time. means of saving fuel. “I will,” she replied, “as soon as Credit for Daylight Saving Time is As the late Paul Harvey would I convince this police officer that I often attributed to Benjamin Franklin. say, “And now you know the rest of the story.” have not stolen your car.” As a joke, in the Journal of Paris, Ben- jamin Franklin published an article

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Nora 1. März Edda 2. März March Stefanie 2. März Kunigunde 3. März Aries 3/21 - 4/19: Love eases a jealous mo- Adrian 4. März ment as the moon waxes on the 10th. A decision Hella 4. März Friedrich 5. März looms. Gottfried 6. März Taurus 4/20 - 5/20: A little chocolate soothes Renate 7. März your inner child -- but it does nothing for the out- Thomas 7. März Manfred 8. März er grown-up! Stars say add some variety to your Alexander 10. März routine. Margot 10. März Gemini 5/21 - 6/20: St. Pat’s Day isn’t the only Erwin 11. März thing happening at mid-month. The fi rst quarter Gregor 12. März Ernst 13. März moon on the 14th is especially bright and full of Mathilde 14. März promise. A surprise is coming. Mechthilde 14. März Across Down Cancer 6/21 - 7/22: Skepticism may not be part Christoph 1 5. März 1. “___ Misbehavin’” 1. “I see!” Henriette 16. März of your nature, but an easy request this month 5. Keep out 2. False god Gertrude 17. März may lead to more conversation. 8. Jewish month 3. Church part Eduard 18. März Josef, Josefi ne 19. März Leo 7/23 - 8/22: Slash those small expenses 9. Distinctive fl air 4. Spot for carved initials Gutbert 20. März that are raiding your checking account and save 11. Raise, as an Melitta 20. März, the money. Stars hint at unexpected news -- and anchor 5. Disparaged Benedikt 21. März 6. Hand cream expenses this spring. 12. “The ___ Ranger” Herlinde 22. März ingredient Eberhard 23. März Virgo 8/23 - 9/22: You long for something dif- 13. Most wary 7. Namesakes of Gabriel 24. März 15. Cable channel ferent, perhaps a new experience. Work is all you Bert Bobbsey’s twin Herwart 24. März 16. Supplied with fl uid see for now, but start your plan. Last-minute ef- 10. After expenses Klaus 25. März Maria 25. März forts make it happen. 21. Diamond Head 14. Genetic material locale Emanuel 26. März Libra 9/23 - 10/21: A great bargain tempts Li- 16. Short fl ight Hubert 27. März 22. Hilo feast bras to break their budgets, but the full moon on 17. Bush’s alma mater Ruprecht, Rupert 27. März 24. Agenda the 21st casts light (and maybe regret) on pur- 18. Indian lentil dish Dietrich 28. März 25. Blunders 19. Continental currency Guntram 28. März chases. 26. Antlered animal 20. Feathered missile Edith 29. März Scorpio 10/22 - 11/21: Look back on your hopes Guido 30. März 27. Overdo the TLC 23. “It’s no ___!” for the New Year. Are you following through? If Roswitha 30. März Traugott 31. März not now, when? Stars say now is the time to put your plan in action. Sagittarius 11/22 - 12/21: Collaborate now, and February 23 is World Sword Swallowers Day--Don’t try this at home you could run the show later on. Circumstances dictate that you reorganize priorities. In the hec- It is an ancient art. Even an ancient religious tic last week of March, fi nd time for fun. art. The kind of art that makes you say Ewwww. Capricorn 12/22 - 1/19: An ethical question Sword Swallowing is not for those with tender arises, but examine it closely. Is the issue really as hearts, or weak stomachs. It isn’t done with mir- it seems or are you reading the motives, or beliefs rors. They actually swallow the sword. of another person incorrectly or even unfairly? According to Sword Swallowers Association Aquarius 1/20 - 2/18: Happy Aquarians rarely International (SSAI), the practice was probably stay angry, yet a longterm issue has anger at its started in 2000 BC when the Fakirs of India swal- lowed swords to demonstrate their invulnerabil- heart. Sort out whether this is really warranted. ity, thanks to the gods. The Greeks and Romans The answer won’t be obvious at fi rst. took up the practice by 1 AD. With that, it spread Pisces 2/19 - 3/20: Aren’t you lucky? Home life throughout Asia and Europe. is more enjoyable and interesting than ever. At Today, if you can see the ancient art, it will work, go ahead and suggest your idea. Chances probably be in connection with Ripley’s Believe are that it is a good one. It Or Not (naturally) on World Sword Swallowers Day, the last Saturday in February. This event is It is dangerous, but probably less than one helpfully held in connection with National Swal- might imagine. For one thing, the art requires lowing Disorders Month. physical skills that take years to master. So, you might well ask: Is it a trick? According In 2006, the British Medical Journal did a study to SSAI, no. They don’t use a fake or trick sword. of injuries associated with sword swallowing. They don’t swallow a tube fi rst to protect their The journal concluded that sword swallowing throat, which would be worse, they say. was most dangerous when the swallower was Sword swallowers need to completely eliminate distracted. Seems fair. Punctures and hemorrhage the gag refl ex. They must also learn to voluntarily were the main problems, but the journal could not relax muscles in the throat and esophagus. These fi nd anyone who died from sword swallowing. muscles usually are not voluntary. They have to Amateurs, presumably those who decide one hyperextend to form a straight line between the day to stick a sword down their throat, are at the pharnyx and stomach. highest risk.

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