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Aug - Oct 2011 CLUB FUNCTIONS GERMAN - AUSTRIAN AUSTRALIAN Please Note: The success & continuation of any CLUB (WODONGA) INC.

function is depended on your attendance. I SSUE 7/11 Aug 2011 5, 12, 19, 26 Friday Happy Hour 1960 - 2011 J UL 2011 7 Monthly Buffet Luncheon NewsletterNewsletter Music by Dutch Duo 19 Friday Happy Hour Bill Larsen Sep 2011 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Friday Happy Hour BUFFET 4 Monthly Buffet Luncheon Music by Dieter & Julia LUNCHEON 16 Friday Happy Hour Bill Larsen Sunday 7th Aug 2011 18 2011 Annual General Meeting Bar open 11am. Food Served at 12 noon Oct 2011 7, 14, 21, 28 Friday Happy Hour Door tickets $10 members $12 non-members 9 Monthly Buffet Luncheon which entitles you to a Free Wonderful Luncheon of Music by Silver Echoes German & Australian food with a choice of three (3) meats 21 Friday Happy Hour Bill Larsen from the selection available and lots of salads to choose from.

Afternoon tea or coffee ($1.50) and cakes ($3.50) will be available . Music by Dutch Duo EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT All Welcome! HAPPY HOUR Come and enjoy the Food & Drinks, Music Bar opens 6:30pm , Happy Hour 7 - 8pm Light Meals served 6:30 – 8pm, $6 per Meal and Company with family and friends!! Families and children welcome Monthly Raffle: 6 tickets for $5 Coffee/Tea $1:50 and Cake $2:50 available Bring a friend, they may be future members. 3 Meat Trays (from butchers below), Fruit & Veggie Box Raffle & the So we can cater for everyone and have enough food Members draw Drawn between 8:00 & 9:00pm, live music mid month Please book with Rose Oeser on 02 6024 6576

Edith Stahl That Lovely Lady who has been doing the cooking in the kitchen for the last 5 years has indi- cated that this will be her last year. Is there a Volunteer willing to take her place??? 2 BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY AND GET WELL WISHES 15 Presidents Report for July 2011

Hi Members! The Committee would like to wish everyone who has a Here we are again, another month gone birthday this Month, I hope you are all well as can be, I know A Happy Birthday with Many Happy Returns.

that quite a few of our Members have had Birthdays are good for you: the more you have the this retched flu, so take care and don’t wait too longer you live. long to see the Doc. One consolation ….Spring is just around the corner. We’d also like to wish every body else with Our annual Ball turned out to be very good, all who were Anniversaries during this month a very there enjoyed it immensely. I would like to congratulate Happy Anniversary. our Committee for their great effort. As usual the meal was very nice and the Band had lots of dancers on the floor. We also had guests from Club Tivoli President Mr. Reichmann and his wife, and from the Harmony Club Canberra, Kevin and Sharon Bramboek and Hans and Beverly Stoeher, I want to For those Members who are not well, or per- thank them all for taking the trip to join us on our special evening. Special thanks haps even in hospital, we would like to wish also to the Harmony Club for the lovely decanter with inscription being for our 50th them all a Speedy Recovery. We hope to see Celebration last year, and an apology on not being able to attend that evening. you all back at the Club soon!

We are getting closer to the “ AGM “ and the end of the term as far as the Commit- If a member is in Hospital let others know so tee is concerned ,I would like to encourage you the Members to step up and con- that members can visit them. Too often the sider being nominated for a position. This year has been a very trying year for all the Committee Members,( and I don’t mean to harp on the fact that we all have a member is out of hospital before we know private life as well) with the sad loss of a wonderful person in Margaret Mitchell (our about it Secretary whom we only got to know for a very short time) and Leo being sick for some time; it made it very difficult to keep the administration side of the Committee Please if you are having an “Event”, e.g. Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, going. I have mentioned this before but it needs to be said again, and that is a spe- Visitors or a Get Together and you would like others to know about it this is cial thank you to Andrew (Vice President – Bar Manager and emergency Secretary the page to let them know. Please contact Leo with the details, and Treasury) for taking on the load. All the same I am proud to say that the Club is in good stead financially, and that of course has to be because you the Members Ph.02 6059 7124, 905 or Email, [email protected] are supporting us by coming along on a Friday for Happy Hour, and of course our Sunday Luncheons, in saying this I also take this opportunity to thank all the help- ers who come along on the Saturday prior to the Luncheon to assist in setting up The next Newsletter will be printed late Aug thus the the Clubroom and to help make salads etc. for the next day, sometimes we have up to ten or twelve helpers. Newsletter will be compiled 30 Aug 2011. We the Committee are concerned about the other two functions, being the Editor Leo Toussaint Ph.02 6059 7124 or Email, [email protected] Annual Ball and the New Years Eve Ball, we put in quite an effort to bring good entertainment and nice meals, but financially it is not the GERMAN - AUSTRIAN AUSTRALIAN best. If anyone can suggest what we may be doing “WRONG?” or how we can improve please come along to our Committee CLUB (WODONGA) INC., Meeting and make suggestions, we would be happy to hear what P.O. Box 20, 5 McFarland Rd., you have to offer, give me a call and confirm as to time and date of the Com Meeting. That’s is all for this month. WODONGA Vic 3689 Regards Rose K. Oeser. Ph 02 6024 6905 14 NEW MEMBERS AT THE CLUB NOTICE OF 3 At the last Committee meeting, the committee accepted the following applicants into membership of our Club. They are ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Merle Turner, Ian Paul & Jutla Erika Knighton Joshua Mann, Bianca Mckinsley, Hans & Wievelina Ruhbaum, Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the Clubrooms on Please make them and all other new members welcome Sunday 18th September 2011 Regular events at the club At 2.00 P.M. Tuesdays Rotary Meetings (they are always looking for new members) Please note: Shooting: air rifle shooting at the club’s licensed 6 lane indoor 1. Current membership cards are to be shown at the door. range. More shooters welcome Wednesdays Darts: Three teams playing in the AWDDA Competition. new 2. Only financial members will be permitted to vote at the meeting.

players always welcome. 3. No other business other than that listed on the agenda (which will be Skat: Small group of up to 10 card players, but they can published in the next newsletter) will be discussed. accommodate more players 4. If you have any items of business you wish to put before the AGM please inform the Secretary in writing prior to the Last mail on Friday the 29th of Aug for submission at the 30th Aug Committee Meeting and if deemed suitable it will added to the agenda.

Signed Andrew Giles, Acting Secretary FUNCTIONS Nomination Forms now available at the Club & will be in next newsletter Your Club is available for hire to Members and Friends for Weddings, Birthday Parties Family get togethers & Conferences etc Does anyone know of any business that would like to advertise in the Bookings can be made with Rose Oeser on 02 6024 6576 newsletter. If so, please contact Leo or leave message on the Club Phone 02 60246905. A business card size ad (approx 1/8th page) is $50 for a full Year or a double ad (size of this box) $100 for a full year (July to June, 12 copies) The normal requirement for a booking is 50 or more people Contact the Treasure/Editor, Leo Toussaint. Ph 02 6059 7124 Please note: a small party (under 30 people) for a member on a The duplicated adverts are available and will be replaced when other ads are Friday evening or at a Monthly Luncheon / B-B-Q can be arranged sold

4 German-Austrian Australian Club (Wodonga) Inc. 13 Financial Statements for the period 27th Jun 2011 to 31st July 2011

Income Jul 11 Expenditure Jul 11 Membership Fees $1,110.00 New Assets $56.95 Donations $0.00 Maintenance $567.00 Raffle $1,797.00 Gas & Elec $386.40 Friday Night Meals $2,851.00 Kitchen Resupply $2,674.99 Bar Sales $8,811.90 Bar Resupply $4,269.93 B R E A K E Y I D A R E D K I E R O H T Kitchen Sales $587.15 Raffle $522.30 Z H N R U B E A R B D E L I C I O U S E Sunday BBQ Meals $694.00 Postage $197.30 T A B Y P S N R E H T R O N U O C A M R Interest $67.56 Stationary $247.10 L A D A N A C G O L D E N S U P R E M E Functions $4,460.00 Sundries $120.00 A C G O L D E N D E L I C I O U S B P D Badges $20.00 Telephone $84.15 Sundries $150.00 Insurance $4,450.80 W M A P G L G N I K I V B A F U J I P G Hall Hire & Deposit $200.00 Rates $0.00 C B E M L N A Y E L L O W N E W T O N R Total Income $20,748.61 Members Draw $0.00 O E I L L I I R L E N M M A H O L L Y A Functions $1,566.70 R N I G B E B K A Z I E E N S K S L R V Security $0.00 T D A A R A B E A T R B R A A I O O L E Total Expenditure $15,143.62 L A W L N A K G R T A F T B R D R O L N Income to 31st July 2011 $20748.61 A V A A A R N N O T M C O R I U R E O S Expenditure to 31st July 2011 $15143.62 N I H S A A A N T T Y R N E A T A R R T Increase/decrease in funds for the reporting period $5604.99 D S N M V H R L Y Y H I B T B N T I R E Plus balance B/F from 26 Jun 2011 $18358.13 E A S E T U E D E S L S E N I O S P A I Operating balance at end of the reporting period $23,963.12 S I N A S F N V E A M P A I S M L M C N Funds are held as follows Westpac Hume B E N S O T A I N L S I U W T L E E H E Monies in Bank Accounts $5463.07 $16,033.15 $21,496.22 Cash on hand (Floats & Petty Cash) $1466.90 G O E R G D K N R A C N T E X E T E R N $23963.12 J T D C A M A N O J N O Y H O B O L Y O Although the end of year balance $10445.45 is lower then last year it has still S M J O N W I N O S L E N D R O L I T H been a good year. We spent $12,500.00 on kitchen equipment , $6960.00 on electrical work $2500,00 on further improvements to outside appear- ance,$2000.00 increase of stock in cool room.Which will give us underlying profit of over $28,000,00 Leo Toussaint Treasurer, German Austrian Australian Club (Wodonga) Inc 1st Aug 2011 12 Stadtpark Vienna "City Park Vienna" 5 The Stadtpark in Vienna is also known as "the City Park" and meets every expectation of an "artificial landscape in the city". Court painter Joseph Selleny and garden director Rudolf Siebeck designed a municipal park where alternating small copses of trees and grassy areas created a unique and varied setting. Below Left: The bridge over the Viennese River (Wienfluss) to the Stadtpark from South-Eastern direction. Below Right: Right: Entering the park via the bridge

WORD SEARCH - OF THE WORLD Grid on next page First Member on Friday night to tell the barman in person at the bar, WHICH is in the word search grid but not listed below gets a free drink Whilst researching this word list I found the names of 127 different APPLES

ADANAC BREAKEY MACOUN BROCK GOLDEN SUPREME CARROLL HAWAII MERTON BEAUTY AURORA HOLLY // HOREI MERTON RUSSET Right: One of the many monuments in the BALLARAT CRISPIN park BATTLEFORD DAVEY JONAMAC POLKA BELMAC DELCON RED The park was created between 1861 and 1872. BELMONT DELICIOUS JONWIN SANSA As was typical for the late nineteenth KING century, the numerous plantings and BISMARK EXETER VIKING most especially the ornamental shrubs were selected to provide a flowering BOLERO LOBO WALTZ vista almost all year long, along with BONZA interesting decorative bark and fruits. GENEVA LORD NELSON YELLOW NEWTON The History of the first German & Austrian Radio Show fifty Years of the FM 2REM 107.3 German–Austrian Australian Club (Wodonga) Inc. Presented by Ingrid & Elko Neviandt “DREAMS & MEMORIES” Monday afternoon 2.00pm to 5.00pm written by Doina Eitler German & Austrian Music and News direct from available from the Club Office Germany. For your listening requests please ring @ at club price of $20.00 a the station during the program on 02 6040 1482 or copy. Ring Ingrid or Elko on 02 6059 3010 6 Membership Fees 2011-2012 11 Membership fees were due on 30 Jun 2011. As per the resolution passed at last years AGM the new fee is $15.00 per annum Please pay Leo in the office or post to PO Box 20 Wodonga 3689 SUDOKO (Red 5) Beginner—easy Phone me on 02 6059 7124 for other arrangements What are the numbers in the shaded squares

The Clock 9 5 1 A Man died and went to Heaven. As he stood in front of the pearly gates he saw a huge wall of clocks. 4 5 1 3 He asked “What are all those Clocks?” St Peter answered, “Those are Lie-Clocks, Everyone who has ever been on 7 earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie, the hands on your clock move.” :Oh.”, said the man. “whose clock is that?” 1 2 3 4 “That’s Mother Teresa’s .” replied St Peter “The hands have never moved indi- cating that she never told a lie “Incredible!” said the man. “And whose clock is that one?” 7 4 6 3 St Peter responded, “That’s Abraham Lincoin’s clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abraham told only two lies in his entire life.” 6 7 8 9 “Where is Julia’s Clock?” asked the man St Peter replied , “Jesus has it in his office, he uses it as a ceiling fan. 3 ————————————————————————————————- Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand. 2 6 8 5 I am in shape. Round is a shape. Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. 8 5 4

10 7 51st Annual Ball 23rd July 2011 51st Annual Ball 23rd July 2011

Above left: Eddie Nawrocki, Vic Pin, Rose Oeser, Joshua Mann & Bianca Mckinsley. Above right: some of the crowd at the Ball. Below left: George Above Left: President Rose Oeser & Alan Mitchell admiring the engraved glass Stark & Erica Frey on the dance floor. Below right: Fran & Vern Elliot, Wilhelm Decanter presented by the visitors from the Harmonie German Club, Canberra . Sommerfeld & Trudy Goldberg Above Centre: Marianne & Barry Reis dancing to the music of the Silver Echoes (Below Left). Above Right: Ingeborg Smithenbecker & Jack Van Der Weyde.

Above Right: Josef Habenschuss, Fritz Demharter & Heinrich Nigsche. Below Left: Gunter Otto, Werner Felke & Wally Tautz. Below Right: Joy Hoppe, Anto- nia Beer & Francis Aalpol-Elliot

Above left: Susanne Nawrocki & Gisela Klotz selling Tickets for the raffle on the night Above right: Megan Shea, Mary Kromer & Kerry Dunn resting after working in the kitchen 8 9 51st Annual Ball 23rd July 2011 51st Annual Ball 23rd July 2011

Above left: Main room ready for the arrival of members. Above Right: Aldo & Above: Official Guests: President of the German Club Tivoli, Melbourne. Mr E Renate Bettio with their Grandson. Below Left: Jack talking to Doreen whilst Reichmann & Partner, Reperesenting the Harmonie German Club, Canberra going around picking up the glasses. Below Right: Max & Margarete Kevin & Sharon Bramboeck & Hans & Beverly Stoeher. Below left: Edith Stahl Maconachie with Eleonora Conolly. &Wally Tautz on the dance floor. Below Right Sue & Eddie Nawrocki and their Guests

Above Left: Erica Frey & Doreen Krahe. Above Centre: Edith Stahl all Above Left: Barry & Marianne Reis, Gisela & Josef Klotz, Above Right: dressed up ready for the ball. Above Right: Emel & Maria Petz. George Stark