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 November 27, 2020 Issue 24 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The ATS Youth Activities Committee would like By Denise Aeling to thank the following children for coloring and Crawford submitting the Halloween picture found ATS Nat’l President in recent issues of the Volksblatt. They all did a wonderful job of coloring! I want to wish everyone a safe and healthy Thanksgiving. With the pandemic still raging Allison Phillips John Ameser and stay-at-home orders being announced, it appears most of us will be celebrating this year Flora Jones Kyle Preble with a small group of our family rather than the Julie Wagner Linkin Smith big, loud, boisterous celebrations of years past. Fatima Kauffman Christopher Kauffman I recall big feasts when I was young. Lots of aunts and uncles and what seemed to be all of Alice Mc Cormick Noah Murray the cousins gathered at one place. Then, after Christian Kirr Mallory Kirr we all ate way too much food, it was time for the famous “Thanksgiving Nap”. It seemed as Alexander Burick Claire Burick though eight or ten of us cousins would all man- Piper Simon Alexander Poehler age to fi t on one couch and snooze until it was Jillian Lewis Raegan Lewis time to eat again! These days, not as many of us would fi t on that couch. Although, it seems we Chelsey Cunningham Sophia Regula still look forward to the snooze after we’re done Juliane Paal Camden Jackson eating! Stay safe, everyone, and be thankful for your family, your friends and your health. Tis the season for…..Branch Offi cer elections! The ATS Home Offi ce is mailing out Branch Ros- ter forms. Once your Branch has your new slate (or same slate) of Offi cers, please make sure that your local Branch Secretary completes the forms and mails them back to the offi ce. This in- formation is used by the Home Offi ce for various mailings during the year. Some correspondence goes to Branch Presidents, while other commu- nications go to Branch Secretaries or ATS Sec- retaries. Some of the offi cer names are listed in the Branch Directory in the Volksblatt. Out- of-towners use this information when they need Why not give a gift that will grow in value and last to contact someone from their Branch for either a lifetime? Consider purchasing life insurance or an dues payments or benefi t requests. So, please send the form back to the offi ce. annuity from the ATS. Contact your local ATS Deputy Did you know that the woman behind “Mary or the ATS Home office for detailed information on Had a Little Lamb” is considered to be responsi- our insurance plans and annuity plans. ble for Thanksgiving’s recognition as a national holiday? Writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale had written the children’s poem, originally known as Mary’s Lamb in 1830 and she helped found the American Ladies Magazine, which she used a platform to promote women’s issues. Sarah was also the editor of Godey’s Lady Book for more than 40 years, turning the magazine into one of the most infl uential periodicals in the country at that time. While at Godey’s, she often wrote editorials and articles about the Thanksgiving holiday and lobbied state and federal offi cials to pass legislation creating a fi xed, national day of thanks on the last Thursday of November. By 1854, more than 30 states and U.S. territories had a Thanksgiving celebration on the books. The concept of a national Thanksgiving did not origi- nate with Sarah Hale. In fact, the idea had been around since the earliest days of the republic. In TIMELY - DO NOT DELAY TIMELY 1789, a newly inaugurated George Washington KEEP CALM The Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons Alliance of Transylvanian The called for a national day of thanks to celebrate 5393 Pearl Road Cleveland, OH 44129-1597 both the end of the war and the recent ratifi ca- and tion of the U.S. Constitution. Both John Adams MAILED WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 MAILED WEDNESDAY, Attention Postmaster: Send all Changes of Address to: Attention Postmaster: Send all Changes of wear a mask! Continued on Page 2 Schloss Horneck needs OUR help! BRANCH 2, ERIE Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons By Tom Manning Home Office: 5393 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44129 Telephone: (440) 842-8442 FAX: 440-842-5442 As we continue to move E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.atsaxons.com through these very challeng- National Board of Directors ing times, I want to update President - what is happening at our Denise Aeling Crawford Br. 8 (330) 257-0267 Branch. The Siebenbuerger 5934 Stumph Rd #416 Parma OH 44130 Club has been open for busi- Honorary Past Presidents- ness with limitations of 50% Thomas J. Manning Br. 2 (814) 864-6072 capacity and masks must be 3909 Schaper Ave #203 Erie PA 16508 worn until you are seated. Joan Miller-Malue Br. 4 (216) 233-8631 Distancing is observed. Al- 17105 Hilliard Rd., Lakewood, OH 44107 coholic beverages and smok- First Vice President - Robert B. Cunningham III Br. 1 (216) 398-7520 Schloss Horneck located in Gundelsheim, Germany ing are prohibited during our 9005 Memphis Villas Blvd., Brooklyn, OH 44144-2426 is the international location for our Siebenbürger Sach- meeting. Second Vice President - sens to house Sachsen artifacts, books and other his- Our next meeting will be Monica M. Weber Br. 4 (440) 356-5936 torical documents and records. It is important to our held on Sunday, January Third Vice President - worldwide Sachsen community to help in the mainte- 17, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. at the Randall Floyd Br. 26 (219) 798-6908 nance expenses of this historical facility that will pre- Club. This will be a business 1806 E 73rd Ave, Merrillville IN 46410 serve our Sachsen culture and heritage. meeting only. The Dinner has Secretary- been canceled and I have Monica F. Gilles, Br. 5 (440) 309-7894 The Federation of Transylvanian Saxons requests postponed the Election of 3520 Beavercrest Dr, Apt 107, Lorain, OH 44053 donation to help in the funding of the facility. If you are Treasurer- interested in giving a donation, please complete the Officers until further notice. Michael Teutsch, Jr. Br. 30, (330) 509-9670 form below and send to the ATS Home Office, 5393 We urge our members to 140 Neff Ct. Canfield, OH 44406-1289 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44129. attend this very important meeting. Trustees - Jacob F. Spor Br. 25 (724) 657-3773 Please make your check payable to the ATS. We wish our members 2940 Plank Rd., New Castle PA 16105 a Happy Thanksgiving, a DONATION FOR SCHLOSS HORNECK Barbara Spack Br 18 (330) 337-7487 Blessed Christmas and a 1389 Brookview Dr., Salem OH 44460 Name___________________________________ Healthy New Year. 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Schuster, Br. 1 Cleveland or honor of someone __________________________________ The first ‘Thanksgiving’ The Saxon News Volksblatt (ISSN 0894 -1165), the official PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE After the dark days of publication of the Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons, 5393 Cont’d from Page 1 1620, the Pilgrim’s 1621 Pearl Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597, is published harvest festival was their Bi-weekly. first celebration of plenty. and James Madison issued similar proclamations of Annual Subscription rate for non-ATS members It has become a model for their own. Thomas Jefferson did not, citing separa- USA - $15; Canada and Europe -$50 present day Thanksgiving tion of church and state ideals and felt that the reli- feasts. Their festival is de- Managing Editors HB Laser Communications, gious connotations surrounding Thanksgiving were scribed in a letter by Ed- 29076 Fall River Dr, Westlake, Ohio 44145. out of place. No formal declarations were issued after ward Winslow to friends in “Periodicals Postage Paid” at Cleveland, Ohio. 1815. The outbreak of the civil war did little to stop Postmaster: Send address changes to the Saxon News England: Volksblatt, 5393 Pearl Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44129-1597 Sarah Hale’s efforts to create such a holiday. She con- “Our harvest being gotten tinued to write editorials on the subject, urging Ameri- in, our governor sent four cans to put aside sectional feelings and local incidents men on fowling, that so we and rally around the unifying cause of Thanksgiving. might after a special man- SECRETARIES TAKE NOTICE: The holiday continued, despite hostilities, in both the ner rejoice together after we Union and the Confederacy. In 1861 and 1862, Con- had gathered the fruit of our federate President Jefferson Davis issued Thanksgiv- labors. They four in one day THE DEADLINE DATE FOR ARTICLES killed as much fowl as, with ing Day proclamations following Southern victories. IS WEDNESDAY - 12 NOON. a little help beside, served You may either President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of thanks the company almost a week. in April of 1862 following various Union victories, and MAIL: 29076 Fall River Dr At which time, amongst Westlake OH 44145 again in the summer of 1863 following the Battle of other recreations, we ex- E-MAIL: [email protected] Gettysburg.