San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
Order of Hermann Sons

The Hermann Sons Association en-
tertained about 400 members Of the
ten Hermann Sons lodges, with a card
and bunco party, Wednesday night, at
the Hermann Sons Hall. 225 Garden
street. The affair which is given twice
yearly, was free and for members Of
the order only. Fifty dollars in cash
prizes were awarded to the following :
Bunco, Mesdames Paul Kurth. Rich
ard Schultz and Augusta Rudinger /:
high five, Mrs. Helen II. Steubing, 5.
Schira and Mrs. j. j. Dausin: five
hundred, Mrs. Alma Gloeckner, Mrs.
Mary Buschick and Max Grimm; pin
ochle, Charles Behnsch and August
Koepp; skat. August Menck, L. y.
Meyer, Kurt Ufer and Carl Hubn-
dorff; schafkopf, Albert Meyer and
A. G. FulletZ.
At the regular semi-monthly meet
ing Of Harmonic Lodge No. 1 Thurs
day night five applications for mem
bership were received and referred to
the proper committee, and five candl-
dates initiated. About 100 members
were in attendance.
Following the closing OF business
session a feed was served in the
banquet room, the occasion being the
celebration of the lodge membership
having passed the COO mark. Fritz
Schilo acted as POSTMASTER. Those who
responded to toasts were: Frank D..
Bosshardt. who spoke on membership,
stating that Harmonic lodge would
soon reach the 200 mark; Paul j..
Hertting, grand secretary, of the pres
ent activities of the order, and K. Pen
ming, told of how the name Hermann
Sons was adopted by the order. Kurt
Prillwitz gave several piano selections,
followed by Hans Mangold on the
guitar, and Theodore Mueller on
harmonica.
The semi-monthly business session
of Siemering Lodge No. 81 will be held
Wednesday night at the Hermann
Sons Hall. The membership Is urged
to attend. This lodge is running close
race with Harmonic lodge in a mem
bership contest, as both lodges are the
largest in Texas, with Siemering lodge
having 40 to 30 more members than
No. j.
The organization of the Hermann
Sons military band was started Sun
day morning, March o, with an even
dozen musicians, and with splendid
of a dozen more good mu-
sicians within the near future. Prof.
Oscar Biermann was chosen band d.
rector. The first rehearsal will be held
Sunday morning, March %, at VI
o'clock.
Louise Schuetze Lodge No. 3 at its
meeting Monday afternoon initiated
two candidates and received three ap-
for membership into the
order.
The Hermann Sons mixed chorus OF
40 voices will give a benefit musical
program for the benefit of starving
children. in Germany, Sunday evening, |
March %, at s O'Clock. The chorus
under the direction of Prof. William
Marx will give the following program
'Im Tempel der Muse" by H. Mohr.
"Adagio Justiunto aus Son
ate Op. 81" by L. Beethoven, string
quartet; Three Voldslieder (Gedicht1
Won Fl. Heine), "Entflieh nit mir
by Mendelssohn, "Es field Elm Ref" by
"Auf ihrem Grab" chorus
piano solo (selected), Mrs. Eugene
Staffel; "Abschied vom Walde," Men
delssohn Bartholdi; "Hochland-
bursche," Schuman, chorus; Inter.
mezzo," by Mascagni; "Valse Noble"
by Nedbal; "To a Wild Rose" by
Little Folk Song" by X. |
Komzak; "Menuett," by Bocherini, |
string quartet; "Old Black joe" by |
@. S. Foster; "The Old Refrain" by
Fritz Kreisler. violin solo. Prof. Will
lam Marx: "Wayes of the Danube"
~ Ivanovici-Baire, chorus and string |
luartet.