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The Hofbräuhaus News Serving Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and West Quebec, Canada FREIEXEMPLAR Website: http://www.wamm.ca/~hbhnews FREE ISSUE Max Bork, Publisher Focus: • Cultural • Social • Historical • Sports • Humour March - April - May 2008 Ottawa Community Loses Master Craftsman to Cancer Schweizer Frühlingstanz The Swiss Montagna Singers of Ottawa shall hold their popular annual spring dinner dance Saturday, April 12th at the Ukrainian Hall on Byron Avenue, Ottawa. Naturally everyone is most welcome! See page 24 for contact information. Wildessen Traditional wild game meal fund raiser at Martin Luther Church, featuring hilarious entertainment, 6 pm. The Winners! Mardi Gras Society’s Costume Ball, held on Saturday, Friday, April 4. See nd back page for menu February 2 at the Maple Leaf Almrausch Club. From left to right, Anna Egl, Alfred Gruber and reservation (most original costume), Tatiana Stephens (best female), Hugo Lama (best male) and Gerda and Fred Wolker (best couple). Photo by Murray Stephens By Max Bork details. Alfred Gruber founder of A. Gruber Custom Support Our Canadian Troops Furniture, and long time member and Ottawa to Frankfurt Non- Respect Their Sacrifice supporter of the Maple Leaf-Almrausch Club, st lost his 8 month battle with cancer on March Stop Flights Start June 1 3rd. However, the high standard of European Info. Source - Air Canada craftsmanship Alfred attained to, will be Air Canada announced a major expansion of Contents - Übersicht maintained by his son Robert Gruber, who service between Canada and Germany in cooperation with its StarAlliance partner, Authors, Papers, Notices 2 like his father, takes the time to make things Bayern Abend, Schützenfest, Fiete Münzner 3 beautiful and lasting. See page 4 for Alfred’s Lufthansa, that features new non-stop flights Obituary - Alfred Gruber 4 Obituary. between Ottawa-Frankfurt starting June 1st, Ottawa to Frankfurt Direct Flights June 1st 5 2008. See page 5 for details. Lethbridge College to Offer German Tech. Studies 5 Birthdays, Anniversaries and A Little Humour 6 Schützenfest Montagna Spring Dance, Concordia’s 50th Ann. 7 Sat. April 19th Condo’s to Rent or Buy 7 Carl U - CES, Summer Position Offered 8 By Max Bork Initiative D-A-CH Kulturkreis 8 The annual dinner- Details Finalized for "Road to Our Roots" Tour 9 dance of the MLA Germania’s Heritage Day Brunch 10 Shooters at the Germania’s Mother’s Day Brunch 10 Maple Leaf- Lufthansa’s Great Fares to Germany 11 Almrausch Club, Mardi Gras Photos 12 Costume Ball Photos 13 Ottawa, will RUF Highlights Martin Luther Church 14 feature a roast Martin Luther Church Events Calendar 15 pork dinner and Obituary - Frieda Huber 16 dance music by Easter Bunnies in Germany 16 Toronto Art Show beyond time- jenseits der zeit 17 the Montreal Toronto Deutschen Sprachschulen 17 Edelweiss Band. Obituary - Jakob Schranz 18 Naturally everyone Sound of Music Festival Eganville Granary Rest. 19 The German-Canadian Business Association Luncheon, Thursday is most welcome. Austria - Kärntner Doppelsextett Choir July Tour 20 February 28th at Joey’s Only Seafood Restaurant, 1460 Merivale Road, Ottawa. See page 3 and Montreal Skat Tournaments 21 This Association meets in a different restaurant every Thursday at 1 pm for lunch. MLA Golf Tournament registration details 21 Guests are always welcome. For those interested in attending, please call ahead 24 for details. 2008 Coming Events May to June 21st 22 to confirm the restaurant location with President Siegfried Hansch Tel. 819. Community Contacts Listing E/Ont - W/Que 23 682.5135. Photo by Max Bork Coming Events March to April 2008 24 AUTHORS of LOCAL The Hofbräuhaus News GERMAN-CANADIAN HISTORY Published by Max Bork MY LITTLE LOG HOME IN THE HILLS Staffed by Volunteers and Published Every Two West Prussian German Settlement of Months as a Not-For-Profit Publication, Serving the Ladysmith Quebec - Thorne County German, Austrian, & Swiss Canadian Author: Elizabeth Fierobin Communities of Ottawa, Eastern Ontario & West 196 Fierobin Road, Ladysmith, PQ, JOX 2AO Quebec. Forward Your Group’s Articles & Pictures eMail: [email protected] (in PDF or JPEG format) via eMail: The book is available directly from Elizabeth. [email protected] Tel/Fax: 613.748.6655 Tel: 819.647.5534 Article & Advertising Copy Deadlines TRACING THEIR FOOTSTEPS 15th of February, April, June, August, 365 Forest Street, Ottawa Ontario PART I: 1860 -1930 West-Prussia, October & December. Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony German Contact the publisher for (between Carling Ave. and Richmond Rd. 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