25th Annual Germanfest A PUBLICATION OF October 5 & 6, 2019 October 3, 2019 Page 2 n 25th ANNUAL ROBERTS COVE GERMANFEST — October 3, 2019 Germanfest Schedule of Events Roberts Cove, Louisiana October 5 and 6, 2019 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 2:30 p.m. Roberts Cove Germanfest Folk & 12:30 p.m. Threshing ................Equipment Area Rathkamp Dancers ..............Big Tent 9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony and 1:00 p.m. Roberts Cove Germanfest Folk & Tap the Keg ..........................Big Tent 2:30 p.m. Beer Brewing Awards .. Folklore Tent Rathkamp Dancers ..............Big Tent 10:00 a.m. Auf Geht’s Band ...................Big Tent 3:00 p.m. Alpenmusikanten Band........Big Tent 1:30 p.m. McNeese Alp Horn Ensemble .............................Big Tent 11:00 a.m. Old Fashion Sausage Making 4:00 p.m. Aug Geht’s Band .................Big Tent By Randy Simon in honor of Tommy 1:30 p.m. Church Tour From the Pew & Jackie Ohlenforst...... Folklore Tent 4:00 p.m. Schweinebraten Old Time Josie Thevis ................St. Leo Church Swine Processing By 11:00 a.m. Roberts Cove Germanfest Joey Ohlenforst .......Equipment Area 1:30 p.m. Sauerkraut Recipe Demonstration Folk Singers .........................Big Tent by Claire Broussard, Bernadette Guidry, 5:30 p.m. Alpenmusikanten Band........Big Tent Loretta Boudreaux ............. Folklore Tent 11:00 a.m. The Village Mobile Petting Zoo ..................... Kinderland 6:30 p.m. Closing Time 1:30 p.m. Magic of Barry Primo ...... Kinderland Noon Genealogy Computer 2:00 p.m. Alpenmusikanten Band........Big Tent Demonstration ....................Museum SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 2:30 p.m. Genealogy Computer Noon Alpenmusikanten Band........Big Tent 9:00 a.m. Outdoor Mass ......................Big Tent Demonstration ....................Museum 12:30 p.m. Threshing ................Equipment Area 10:15 a.m. Eugenie Pflieger 3:00 p.m. McNeese Alp Horn Special Performance ...........Big Tent Ensemble ..................... Folklore Tent 1:00 p.m. Roberts Cove Germanfest Folk & Rathkamp Dancers ..........Big Tent 10:30 a.m. Alpenmusikanten Band........Big Tent 3:30 p.m. Auf Geht’s Band ...................Big Tent 1:30 p.m. Auf Geht’s Band ...................Big Tent 11:00 a.m. Roberts Cove Germanfest 3:30 p.m. Drawing ................................Big Tent Folk Singers .........................Big Tent $100 Survey Winner - Details at Information Booth 1:30 p.m. Church Tour From the Pew Mary Ann Leonards .....St. Leo Church 11:00 a.m. Magic of Barry Primo ...... Kinderland 4:30 p.m. Closing Time 1:30 p.m. Zucker Platzchen Demonstration 11:00 a.m. How to Make Sauerkraut Donna Leonards Spaetgens .... Folklore Tent Mary Ann Reiners & fly .....Folklore Tent * Schedule subject to change Noon Auf Geht’s Band ...................Big Tent ** Must be 21 to purchase alcohol GERMANFEST MUSEUM HOURS: SATURDAY 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. & SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. GIFT SHOP HOURS: SATURDAY 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. & SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. KINDER LAND (KIDDIE LAND) GAMES & ACTIVITIES: SATURDAY 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. & SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $8 ADMISSION FOR 13 AND OLDER COVERS ALL ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOOD, DRINKS AND SOUVENIRS — FREE PARKING FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE ROBERTS COVE GERMANFEST ASSOCIATION AT 337-334-8354 OR EMAIL [email protected] 25th ANNUAL ROBERTS COVE GERMANFEST — October 3, 2019 n Page 3 It’s Time To Celebrate The 25th Annual Germanfest St. Leo Catholic Church Grounds - Hwy. 98 Saturday, October 5, 2019 9:30 am ~ 6:30 pm North of I-10, Rayne, LA (Hwy. 35), Admission Charged Immediate Left on Hwy. 98 at Chevron, Sunday, October 6, 2019 10:00 am ~ 4:30 pm approximately 3 miles. Adults ~ $8.00 (13 & Up) Outdoor Mass ~ Sunday 9:00 am Follow The Signs Willkommen! Free (12 and under) The Roberts Cove Germanfest Association, Inc. says... ‘Danke’ (Thank You) for your Wonderful support Through Memberships, Donations, Services, Sponsorships, Etc. Thanks To Our Major Band Sponsors: Thanks To Our Cash Sponsors: Thanks To Our Media Sponsors: Thanks To Our In-Kind Sponsors: Lawrence & Mary Cramer A.L.C. Real Estate KATC - TV 3 City Of Rayne Claire Beslin KLFY - TV 10 Crowley High School Bier’s Pharmacy KPLC – Tv 7 Crystal Weddings Broussard, Poche’, LLP Crowley Post Signal Dugas, Soileau & Breaux, LLC Thanks To Major Cash Sponsors: Pamela Darr, M.D. Louisiana Farm & Ranch Gabe’s Cajun Food Restaurant Habetz Roof Service, Inc. Dugas, Soileau & Breaux, LLC Rayne Acadian Tribune Garber Farms Hensgens Fertilizer Co. Gabe’s Cajun Food KANE 1240 AM La Rice Mill, Inc. Hensgens Grain Elevator Gessey-Ferguson Funeral Home KAJN 102.9 FM Marie Habetz Lafayette Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. KNGT 99.5 FM Frederick Heinen Lake Arthur Butane Co. Fred & Annette Gossen KBON 101.1 FM Jerry Heinen Reach4 Communications John Menard Tire Co., Inc. KSIG 1450 AM Lafayette Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Rice Palace Mouton Pharmacy & Home Medical Equipment KSLO 107.1 MIX/ 103.7 THE GAME Lake Arthur Butane Shop Rite Food Stores Matt & Sherry Rimmer KSMB 94.5 FM Dennis Leonards & Sons G F & P Zaunbrecher Farms Herbert & Reneé Schilling KXKC 99.1 FM LSU Rice Research Station Sunshine Quality Solutions, LLC Myrtle & Willie Etta Servat KXKS 93.7 FM Notre Dame High School The Warren & Betty Guidry Foundation Sittig Mobile X-Ray – Johanna Habetz Sittig WYNK 101.5 FM Tommy Ohlenforst Family E.L. Habetz Builders Phillip & Liz Zaunbrecher KEUN - 105.5 FM Schilling Distributors Abell & Son Physical Therapy Clinic of Rayne, Inc. KYBG - 102.1 FM Larry Habetz Bank of Commerce & Trust Company Dot Leger KVPI - 92.5 FM Gatti's Pizza Road Home Therapy Center Rice City Fire & Safety Rayne State Bank Deepwell Equipment Rentals Rayne Building & Loan Marietta Sikat Sheriff K.P. Gibson Lamm Family Care (Home, Health & Hospice) Thanks to Our Tent Sponsors: Edmund and Cheryl Habetz Cajun Country Landscaping Jaguar Energy Services Encore Healthcare & Rehabilitation New Lawn Concepts Majestic Tent & Event Center Southwind Healthcare & Rehabilitation Thanks To Our In-Kind Sponsors: Stellar Graphix Signs & T-Shirts Party Central Fontenot Insurance Agency, Inc. Abell & Son, Inc. The Charles Spaetgens Family Cramer Equipment and Supply Bisig Law Firm, LLC Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. A&E Farms Scott Privat Begneaud Manufacturing Cajun Propane John A. Heinen, Jr. Ace Hardware The 26th Annual Germanfest will be held October 3rd & 4th, 2020. Guidry's Electrical Service Southside Cajun Kitchen Damon & Lance Habetz Page 4 n 25th ANNUAL ROBERTS COVE GERMANFEST — October 3, 2019 German Heritage Museum celebrates 25th Roberts Cove Germanfest The Roberts Cove German Heritage Museum is be included. ards barn. Leo’s son Ferdie restored the auto and celebrating the 25th Annual Germanfest with a trib- Finally, we are happy to display the 1922 Ford Ferdie’s nephew, Michael, has generously allowed ute to all the original German settlers in Roberts Model A belonging to the Leonards family. The car the car to be displayed for the festival. Cove. The museum is displaying a portrait gallery of was purchased by Joseph Leonards for his son Leo Be sure to visit the museum to enjoy more of the honoring the men and women who left their home- Leonards in 1922. For many years it sat in the Leon- rich history of the area. land and brought their families to America and the hope for prosperity. There will be a kitchen model with items from several eras in the history of Roberts Cove. See how our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers lived their lives everyday – most often in the kitchen. Three meals a day had to be prepared. While this kitchen is equipped with several modern 1930’s ap- pliances, it still looks at some of the tasks of the first women in the kitchen. On display also are quilts from the Stamm family and several made by Louise Landry, all displayed on the Zaunbrecher quilting rack for the festival. The museum will also display both a WWI and WWII uniform and the dresses their brides wore when they married. The WWI uniform of Henry Ja- cob Jabush who in 1918 married Gertrude Wirtz and the wedding dress she wore will be highlighted. The Jabusch family has loaned both items to the muse- um. Also, the WWII jacket of Capt. John Ohlenforst and the wedding dress of his wife who married in 1946. In addition, several more historical items will Roberts Cove German Heritage Museum Best Wishes for another great Germanfest to our friends and neighbors in Roberts Cove on your 25th Annual Germanfest ‘Our Frogs don’t polka or Yodel, but they sure do leap Mighty High! CITY OF RAYNE We also say ‘Danke’ (thanks) for CITY HALL: 801 The Boulevard • P O Box 69 • Rayne, Louisiana 70578 your friendship and business. Phone: 337-334-3121 • Fax: 337-334-6607 Internet Site: http://www.rayne.org From the Administration and Staff 25th ANNUAL ROBERTS COVE GERMANFEST — October 3, 2019 n Page 5 Order Arrival of Roberts Cove German Settlers 1. October of 1877 Founding trio arrive including: 6. September 22, 1882 - Heinen - G. Josef & M. Josepha Jöris 12. February 23, 1892 - Herman Joseph Habetz & Arnold and Herman Joseph Grein, Johann Gerhard Thevis and Peter Heinen, and Johann Peter Schlicher & Johann Ronkartz Elizabeth Klein, Janssen traveling with Franz Reiners Joseph Thevis 7. October 6, 1882 - Scheufens - Johann Theodore & Marie 13. July 1892 - Joseph Hubert and Sophia Leonards Knipping 2. March - April 1881 Arrival of the first 3 German families Katharina Janssen Scheufens, and Johann Arnold Jacobs & Thevis family – Peter Joseph & Johanna Pieppers Heinrich Joseph Spaetgens 14. 1894 - Robert and Magdalena Heintz Jabusch Vondenstein family – William Joseph & Maria Josepha Killen; Achten family – Heinrich Joseph & Maria Josepha Pieppers 8.