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10/23/07

 

 

 

SUNFLOWER CHAPTER OFFICERS

Joseph Werth - President
Leonard Schoenberger - Vice President
Shirley Brungardt - Historian
Elmer Dreher - Treasurer
Judy Hoffman - Secretary
 Leroy Herrman- Membership
Dolores Pfannenstiel - Hospitality
   Sr. Alice Ann Pfeifer - Newsletter
Kevin Rupp - Genealogy
Bernie Schumacher & Betty Leiker - Program Chairs

 

Leona Pfeifer installs the new Vice-President (Leonard Schoenberger), Historian (Shirley Brungardt), and President (Joseph Werth) at the September 29th Fall Banquet Meeting.

CHAPTER SITE:

The Sunflower Chapter has moved to a new meeting site.  We now meet in the basement of the Antonino Church in Antonio, Kansas.  This gives us more room for our activities as well as room to grow in membership.

CHAPTER MEETINGS:

Our Sunflower Chapter meets five times a year:

Fall Banquet: This is one of our Fund Raiser events, the Fall Banquet.  Our Sunflower Chapter cooks usually outdo themselves and prepare our favorite German from Russia
foods.  These usually consist of Pork, Sauerkraut, Dumplings, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy,
Brat Wurst, Kuchen, and of course Schnapps!

Christmas Meeting: December 9, 2007

Fasenacht Meeting: February 3, 2008 (Usually the Sunday before Ash Wednesday)

Spring Meeting: Usually held at the end of April or beginning of May.

Summer Picnic: Usually held in August

 

Pictures from the Fall 2007 Banquet Meeting

 

 



 

MEMBERSHIP:
Membership in in the Sunflower Chapter is open to anyone that is interested in the
History, Folklore, Culture of the Germans from Russia.  Membership to the International
Society of the American Historical Society of German from Russia is the only requirement.
Membership fees are $55.00 a year which includes International and Local dues.  For more information about joining our local chapter contact, LeRoy Herrman at 785-628-8010 or
Elmer Dreher via e-mail at: edreher@media-net.net.  


HISTORY OF OUR CHAPTER:

On August 3, 1979, Ruth M. Amen and Frances Amen of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia met in Hays with several persons brought together by Irene (Rupp) Leiker.  The group was interested in forming an AHSGR chapter in Western Kansas.  AHSGR exists, it was explained, to help people learn more about their German Russian ancestors, so that they can preserve the rich culture of their heritage.  Eager to continue with forming a chapter, those present set an organizational meeting for September 9th at Jefferson School (now Holy Family Elementary), Hays.  On that date, people attended from as far away as St. Peter, Tribune, and Ulysses.

After Norbert Dreiling, Leona W. Pfeifer, Larry Werth, and Lawrence Weigel drafted by-laws for the new chapter, another meeting was held on October 7th.  On that day, a total of 66 persons officially became the first members of the SUNFLOWER CHAPTER of the American Society of Germans from Russia.

 

 

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