The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
COLUMBIA TURNER'S .
INSTALL OFFICERS
Ceremony Is Conducted by
Vice President Beauverd.
CORNER STONE ON EXHIBITION
ana Finance Committee
Reports Specifications for New
Gymnasium Are Ready for Work
to Commence - German-American
Convention Here Next October.

The semi-annual installation Of officers
yesterday. the election having taken
place last Sunday. Vice President Beau
verd conducted the proceedings. The fol-
lowing officers were inducted:
DIR. Kurt Voelckner, president; F. E.
Mann. secretary; Oscar Schleichert, libra
rian; Kurt HALTER, second color guard;
William Nordhoff, chairman Of the school
committee; August Link, chairman Of the
auditing committee; Charles Spies,
chairman of the house committee; John
Alt, chairman Of the entertainment COM
mittee. and William c. Ecksteln, superln-
tendent Of the hall.
The corner stone for the new addition
to the turn hall is on exhibition at the
clubhouse. The building and finance COM
mittee reported progress. and said the
specifications for the new gymnasium
are ready; that building operations can
begin at any time, and that subscrip-
tiops to the building fund are being re-
ceited from all parts of the United
States.
Plans for Entertainment.
The committee on entertainments re-
ported that preparations for an Italian
! and Venetian night" to be held on the
clubhouse lawn on Monday. July II, are
well under way. and that invitations have
been extended to the various German
organizations to attend.
President Voelckner, in his annual ad-
dress, called attention to the German
American national convention, which
Aor.. T. Ia -
and requested members OF the turn
verein to assist IN every way to make
the convention a great national success.
Particular emphasis-Eas laid on the fact
that the national political conventions
are to be held next year, and that the
German-American meeting would be Of
considerable political Importance, that
body controlling 100000 voters.
The Germania Maennerchor yesterday
elected the following officers for the
coming year: John Ref, president;
Henry Sander. vice president; Louis
Gayer, corresponding secretary; Fred
erick L. Aue, financial secretary; F. w.
Helbig, treasurer: August Hayd, librar-
ian; E. Hoffman, Carl Braun, and Carl
Cussler, trustees: George Mayer, collec-
tor; Frederick Boeckler. horn bearer:
Prof. Emil Christiani. musical director;
F. W. HeIblg. delegate to the German
Orphan Asylum; August Eskite, C. Mein-
hardt, and Joseph Wondrack. delegates
TO the United German Societies.
Reports on Finances.
Frederick L. Aue, financial secretary
Of the organization. was reelected for
the nineteenth term. His report shows
the society IS In excellent financial con-
dition.
Albert Lepper. president Of the saen-
gerbund, and Richard Braunner, secre-
tary Of that organization, were yester-
day the honored recipients at tie hands
Of the honorary president, John Wald-
man, Of a solid gold Saengerbund Tyre
and badge, the occasion being the fiftieth
birthday anniversaries Of the two off,
GERS. The celebration took place at the
country seat OF Mr.. Brauner at Langdon.
There were addresses of congratulation
and songs, and every member took a
hand in them. Heinrich Heine, one OF the
accredited poets of the Saengerbund, Of
fered an original poem. whiof1~was re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
! Results sof the games at the Deutsches
volKsfest, which took place on July
at Loeffier's Park under auspices of the
Butchers Benevolent Association, were
announced yesterday. The tug-of-war
contest resulted in a victory for the
| brewers, whose team consisted of Charles
Kuechle, Fred Klein. Karl Wampel. Fred
Engel, and George Mueller. The butchers
team was made UP Of August Beuchert
/ John Neuland. K. Schlichtcr. II. 2. Auth
and Frank PIower. Anton Auth acted as
Judge and awarded the prize Of $50 ir
gold to the brewers. The winners oi
the foot races were T. Diegelmann, G
| wampel, and Mich. Auth.
The race Of young ladies was won by
Miss Helene SPAIN. winners Of the 1Ot
and 80 yard dashes were Miss Barnes
! Miss Martha Meyer, Miss v. Jackson
Miss Marie SPAIN, and Miss L. Gruno
The three-legged race was won by AL
| phonse Auth and F. Neuland. The bowl
ing contest resulted in tie between
William Xander and Frank j. Auth. w
Xander received the prize for the mosi
strikes