92nd Annual Report of the National Executive Committee 1941-1942

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

National

Officers and Regional Directors...

3

Message

of

the President... . .. ... ... . .. ... ... ...

.. ... ...

.. . .. ... . .. . .

4

Report of the Secretary... 7

Report of the Treasurer...

... 8

Report of the

Committee

of Physical Education ... 10

Report of the American Turners Youth Movement... 11

Report of the Instructors' Fund of the American Turners... 12

National Tournaments of the American Turners... 14

Conventions

of the American Turners... 15

The Oldest Turner Societies... 16

Honor Roll,

SO

Year l\lembers of the American Turners... 18

American Turners Scholarship Committee ... 23

Jahn Educational Fund Statement. ...

24

American Turner Topics Report.. ... 2 S Addresses of District and Society Officers ... 29

Statistical

Reports of Societies of the American Turners ... 48

Recapitulation ... 59

Electro Cuts... 60

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National Executive Committee

El\UL L. PLETZ Secretary

ARTl~UR A. KUECKEX First Vice-Pres.

G~ORGE HEESCHEN

~ational Tech. Chairman

ARCHIE H. WILSOX Treasm·er

CARL :\I. WEJDEi\IAN

l~resident

JOSEPH ECKEi, Mental Cul. Cha.irman

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KARL SCHALTE.NBR·AND Recording Secretary

GEORGE H. KRETZSCJHIAR St>concl Yice-l'reis.

\Vl\1. M. LUDWIG

~ormal College Com.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Carl

1\1.

Vleideman , President... ... 104 Wayne County Bldg.

Detroit, Michigan Arthur- A. Kuecken Vice President.. ... ... 3 714 McDougall Detroit, Michigan George H. Kretzschmar, Second Vice President.. ... 859 Pemberton Rd.

Grosse Pointe, 1\Iichigan Emil

L.

Pletz, Secretary ... 8735 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan Karl Schaltenbrand, Recording Secretary ... 5943 Balfour Detroit, 1\I ichigan Archie H. Wilson, Treasurer ... ... ... 659 Montclair Avenue Detroit, Michigan George M. Heeschen , Chairman, National

Physical Education Committee ... 9801 Empire Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 'Ym. M. Ludwig ... 113 7 Kensington Rd.

Grosse Pointe, Michigan Joseph Eckel, Educational Activities Chairman ... 9826 Yorkshire Detroit, Michigan

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Region 1-N ew England District

Julius A. Laffert... ... 193

E.

Haverhill St., Lawrence Mass.

Region 2-lVew York, 1 Vew Jersey and Middle Atlantic Districts Frank P. Soen ... 144 Congress St., Jersey City, N. J.

Region 3-Pittsburgh, Indiana and South Central Districts

Edward Groth ... 249 Haldeman Ave., Louisville, Ky.

Region 4-W es tern New York and Lake Erie Districts

l>ethloffs E. Klein ... .405 Brisbane Bldg. , Buffalo,

N.

Y.

Region 5- lllinois and Wisconsin Districts

Louis

0.

Greiner ... 5936 Kilpatrick Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Region 6-St. Louis and Kansas-Missouri Districts

E. L.

Hoenstein ... 6411 Michigan Ave., St. Louis ,

1\10.

Region 7-Minnesota and Upper Mississippi Districts

Lester H. Dau ... 512 W. 14th St., Davenport, Iowa Region 8-Middle Pacific, Nor th Pacific and Southern California Districts Herman G. Cramer. .. ... c/ o Concordia T. V., 666 9th Ave.

San Diego, California Transportation Committee, Edw. W. Hanning .. ... ... .. ... .4045 Blaine Ave.

Detroit, Michigan

Law and Complaints Committee, Marshall F. Troester. ... .460 Madison

Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT

To the THIRTY-KIKTH

CONVENTION of the Al\IERJCAN

T

-RNERS at Moline, Illinois-I wish you a

hearty Turner welcome.

Since

making my last annual report, we find our nation

again in

a

state of

war. Our

nation

now being committed to individually

engage

in this

war

effort by an Act of Congress and a declaration by the

President of

the

l.

nited States, our duty now is to

serve our country in .the best possible man-

ner, and in those places where we can do the most

good so

that

our

cause will_ prevail. . Our entire effort should be turned toward maintaining

and

pro- tectmg the liberty, freedom and democracy which we

enjoy

in these United

tates and which have a peculiar meaning and sacredne~s to

all

Turners.

lt is

our

duty to aid our country in its complete war effort. Individuals

and societi:s, .wherever possible, should buy \\T

ar Savings Bonds

and War Stamps, an~ aid

i_n such

other

charities as the Red Cross, the

U. S.

0., and

other relief

pro3ects as are directed to war relief efforts.

Our records

indicate

that more than 700 Turners are in the

armed

fo~ces of

the United States and many more are enlisting and being inducted daily. -:\Iany thousands of our members being skilled in the

arts

and trades

and mechanical

lines are actively engacred in war production

work.

We be- lieve that the percentage

of

Turner members in the

armed

forces and

engaged

in defense work is

a

larger percentage than is reflected in the in-

formation

as a whole.

From reports that I have received from the various

societies

a very,

very

small percentage of Turners are being rejected for physical disability.

Out of twent -one enlisted or conscripted from one small society the who. le twenty-one were accepted. Of course, that record will be hard to duplicate.

!he percentage of rejections in this present war is crreater than the rejections m the \Yorld War

I.

However, we feel that when our statistics are finally

~abulated,

that the Turner rejections will still be at a minimum as they were

1~

the .last war. The Turner system of physical training has been well recog-

~1zed

m the present emergency, and the system of mass instruction

in use m o~r gymnasiums

is being adopted by the Army and Navy, and also the public.

\\ e have been trying for the past year to make America 'health- cunscious, '

and to avail themselves of some sort of physical exercise but

af

te~ traveling in most of the sections of America an analysis

of

the r~sults

obtam~d.

and the number of people participating in physical education, in

our op1111on,

shows that the citizens of our country today would only be willincr to engage in physical exercise when it is imposed

upon

them by ~n order of

gove:nment ·

or after years of education. America seems too

intent upon

rnakmg money and enjoying the things in

life that are easy to do,

and are too lazy to do those things which require effort. We hope the tremendous success that we have had

in inventing

and

developing

devices to make

life

more

livable

will not result in our physical and spiritual decadence as

is

followed

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in every nation of the

World

which had reached the

peak

of attainment.

America must start to consider today

how

she will

hold

her eminent position in the World affairs, and

how

she can keep the nation physically fit to

main-

tain that position.

The K ational Executive Committee has met regularly and attempted to handle your business

to

the best of

its

ability. Custom

has

decreed

that

the

location

of

the

Kational

Executive

Committee be

chan°·ed from

time

to time. The

present National

Executive

Committee

is

offering at

this time to

relinquish

its leadership at the will

of

the convention. There has

been

dis-

cussion as to whether or

not national tournaments will be held during the

duration.

That is

for

the convention

to decide.

We

are pleased

to report

that

the

finances of

the

American Turners are

in

better condition

than

at

any

time since the Committee was placed

in

charge of the present ~ational Executive Committee.

The

obligation

to

Turner Steinhauser,

who formerly published the American Turner

magazine,

has been

paid in full. The indebtedness of the National Executive Committee to the K annal College,

which was incurred

prior

to the merger

with

Indiana tate

University,

has

been

cancelled. \Ye owe

a

vote

of

thanks to the

Board of

Trustees

of the

K ormal College

of

the American Gymnastic

Union for their

magnanimous

gesture and action

to

aid

in

the perpetuation of Turner-

ism in America.

The

card system of

collecting the national per

capita tax, adopted at Elkhart Lake,

is working successfully

, and

does not allow

for

the

accumula-

tion of unpaid per capita tax. Those

societies

which entered in

a

note

agree-

ment with the l'\ational Executive Committee for the payment

of

the accumu- lated past due taxes have been making payments regularly.

\Ye

urae all

Turners to

support

the

K ormal College of

the

American

(;ymnasium

Union

of Indiana

State

University, and to

send and

recommend

young

men and women to this college who

are

interested in

phy ical educa-

tion. \\ e urge each society and district to take advantage of the free scholar-

ships which are offered each year

by the American Turners.

Our p1embership for the

year

is

greater

than it was for the preceding

·ear which is remarkable we think, in

view of

our present

times and

con- ditions.

Certain societies

have been dropped or have resigned from

our organiza-

tion. -:\lany of these have been inactive or on the ragcred

edge

for

years, and it

i- just

another step

in cleaning up our books.

The war effort is taking from

us

many of the best teachers and will un- doubtedly handicap some of our societies. Our

gymnastic

work in some of

our

societies will be handicapped. However, pedal interest

should

be made

tu

train

group

leaders to continue the work where

our

instructors join the

armed

forces.

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Due to the lack of scholars our summer training course for leaders was postponed by the National Executive Committee for this year. Whether or not a leader course will be held next year will be determined as conditions develop.

It

might be that the solution will be the employment of a traveling in tructor who can also act as Executive Secretary.

The K ational Executive Committee has discussed whether or not the adoption of an insurance plan offering sick and death benefits would increase our membership. Similar organizations have insurance plans which in their ca es seem to help their membership. Whether or not it would help the American Turners is a subject for debate, and we present this for your con- sideration at the Convention.

Our Publication Committee is to be commended on the splendid effort it has put forth in the publication of Turner Topics and ask each and every one of you to increase its circulation in your own society. We have not been gettina the support we deserve in the circulation of Turner Topics. All of you here have been very lax in your support of our national magazine. The Jahn Fund is to be congratulated upon its support of the Turner Topics and we appreciate very much its continued interest in Turnerism in America. With- out the support of the Jahn Fund, the Turner Topics would be in bad financial condition.

I offer my sincere thanks to our District Officers, our Regional members of the .Kational Executive Committee, and other Turners who have con- tributed so freely of their time and efforts to help our cause.

It has been brought to our attention that the Turners should contribute as an organization to one of the charitable war efforts and it has been sug- gested that our entire membership be solicited for contribution to the purchase of an ambulance for the use of the Red Cross in the name of the American Turners, and those now in the military forces of the United States.

In

conclusion) we propose the following:

1-The employment of a full time executive secretary.

2-To solicit our entire membership for a contribution to purchase a Red Cross Ambulance in the name of American Turners now in military service.

3-That all national tournaments be called off for the duration.

4-That each American Turner when possible, make a pledge to buy United tates War Savings Bonds up to ten per cent of his earnings.

With Turner Greetings,

CARL M. WEID ElVIA:t\, National President.

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

STATISTICAL RESl'l\IE

The membership of the American Turners and it. Yarious classes compare with the prPvious year as follows:

December 31 December 31

1941 1940 Increas<' DPcreust>

:\Iem bers - See ~ ote* .. 19.20i'i 19.033 172

:\len·s Classes - ActiYes 1,940 2,570 630

Senior ~Jen's Clas s. 2,170 2.1-!0 30

"'omen' Classes 4,505 4.908 403

• Tunior Clas es . 2.082 2,192 110

Boy's Classes 3,274 3.618 34-!

....

Girl's Classes. -!,112 -!.361 2-!9

...

Fenc:ing Sections 0 13-! :)-!

Instructors 90 99 9

Ladies Auxiliarie · 6,079 f>, 06 273

Singers 1.016 1.16 152

....

Drnmatic S<'C'tions 192 337 ^Hit

Yalue of Properties 5,3-!!i,353 0.372,91-! :27.301

Volume. in Libran·. 26.668 27. 83 1.11:)

The following table show: the increa 'e or decrease of membership in the variou. Districts:

Illinois ..

Indiana

Kansas-nlissouri Lake Erie ... . :\Iiddle Atlantic ...

:)liddle Pacific ..

:\Iinnesota

~ew England Xew Jersey. :New York. ...

Xorth Pacific: ... . Pittsburgh

St. Louis ...

Southern California Upper Mis i sippi ..

Western New York ... . Wisconsin

1.404 1.761 154 3,159 929 102 147 1.965 6r>l 8ii0 3-!

2.693 790 271 2,759 1,044 4 7

1,350 :)-!

1. 57 96

238 84

3.0-12 117

773 ^:){)

80 22

14 ¹

2,046 1

16 165

790 U:J

30 -!

2.336 357

86-! ^7-!

400 129

2,768 9

996 48

463 24

*NOTE : Above membership figures include number of dues paying members, number of 50-year member and number of men in the armed forces.

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THE AMERICAN TURNERS

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND SURPLUS ACCOUNT April L 1941-December 31, 1941

I COME

Per Capita Tax Billed ... .. ... ...

$10,236.13

National Turnfest. ... .. ...

44.00

Sales- Promotional Supplies ...

$1,323.88

Less- Cost ... ... ... .. ....

882.59 441.29

Total Income ... ... ... .

EXPENSES

Normal College . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . $ Turner Topics ... ... ... ... . Postage and Telephone . . . ... .-... . Office Rent ... . . . . ... .. ... ... . Office Salaries ... . Printing and Office Supplies ... . Interest Paid .. ... .. ... ..

Technical Committee ... . Traveling ... .. ... . Social Security Taxes ... ... . l\Iiscellaneous ... .. ... .

Total Expenses

900.00 300.00 195.11 . 180.00 1,677.92 822.41 245.60 489.23 408.00 28.95 283.84

!\ET INCOME, APRIL 1, 1941 TO DECEMBER 31) 1941 ... .

SURPLUS

Additions:

Elimination of Normal College liability as

authorized by their secretary ... .

Deduction?:

Adjustments to Per Capital Tax Accounts

~eceivable ... . ... . ... $

156.35

Ad1~stment to Accounts Receivable-Supplies.... 2

S

.3 s

Port10n of Normal College credit above allo-

cated to operations for current period....

2 ,500.00

Surplus Balance-April 1,

1941 ... .

$10, 721.42

$

5,531.06

$

5,190.36

11,575.00

$16,765.36

2,681.70

$14,083.66 1,142.66

Surplus Balance- December

31, 1941 ... $1S,226.32 - 8-

ASSETS

THE AMERICAN TURNERS BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1941

Cash on Hand and in Bank ... .. ... ..

Accounts Receivable-Supplies ... . Unpaid Per Capita Taxes of Districts

Indiana ... .. ...

$ 382 .00

Kansas-Missouri ... ... .. .. ...

327 .SO

Lake Erie ... ... ...

798.00

Middle Atlantic ... ... .. .. ...

91.18

Minnesota ...

28.00

New England . . .. ... . . . ... . . ... .. .... .. .. . . . . . . .. .... ...

4 71.00

New Jersey...

957 .96

New York... ... .. ...

3S7 .00

Nor th Pacific ... ... ... .

227.46

Pacific ... .. .... .. ...

1,181.2

5 Pittsburgh ... .. .

S94. 70

St. Louis ... ... ... ...

2,679.15

South Central .. . ...

50.00

Upper Mississippi ... .... ... ...

467 .85

Western New York ...

3,001.47

Wisconsin ... ... ... :. ...

39.87

Notes Receivable ... ... ... ..

Inventory, Material and Supplies ... .. ... .... .... ..

Furniture and Fixtures ... ... . United States Defense Bonds ... .. ... . Total Assets ... ... ... .

LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS

Prepaid Per Ca pi ta Taxes ... ... ... . Accounts Payable-Normal College ... ... . Jahn Educational Fund ... .. ... . Social Security Tax .. ... ... . Federal Excise Tax ... .. ... . Unpaid Per Capita Taxes (Credit Balances) ... : ... .

$ 2 ,983.98 388.3 7

11 6S4.39 2,191.40 1,051.02 848.39 200.00

$19 ,317 .SS

$

^9S.50 900.00 3 000.00 22.84 17.39 SS.SO

Total Liabilities ... ... .. ... .. ... $

4,091.23

Surplus ... .... ... ... ... ...

15,226.32

Total Liabilities and Surplus ...

$19,317.55

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Our 36th

~atio~al

Tournament, held at Springfield, Mass. , in June ,

1941,

was a success m spite of the doubts expressed beforehand. The results ·of the tournament in detail have already been sent out to all. The ·::vents added at this tournament proved to be popular, and should be continued in the future. I refer to the Pentathlon for Ladies the Pentathlon for enior Men , and the Competition for Senior Women. '

According to the mandates of the last National Convention our Com-

.

⁾

m1ttee set . up a 12r?&ram of National American Turner Championships in

!he followmg. act1v1t1es: Volleyball for fen and Ladies, Basketball for Men

~nd

Jumors, Badminton, Swimming, Bowling, Gymnastics, and Track and Field. The Women's Volley Ball meet and the Bowling tournament were held as scheduled. Due to existing conditions of our Nationa's " all-out"

war effort, entries in the other events were so few that it was deemed ad- visable to cancel them. This was not easy to do, knowing that some had planned and prepared for them, and there may be feelin g that the meets should have been conducted regardless of conditions.

~ ~urner

Summer Course for training instructors and assistants for teachmg m our Turnvereins was planned and the services of three of the most outstanding instructors were secured to conduct the course. These three Mrs. Emil Pletz , Mr. Emil Rath, and Mr. Otto Eckl, would have presented an e_xcellent

an~

varied curriculum. Apparently, however, because of the

pr~v10usly

r:nent10ned conditions, the response was so small that conducting this course is not warranted.

Reports from various Turnvereins over the country indicate that our Activ_e _men 's classes are losing members rapidly to our armed forces. Those

remami_n~

are working long or odd hours and do not feel up to any sort of

comp~t1t10n

_and the attending diligent practice for such. This, and our

e~pe:ien~e

with the National meets this past year, lead to but one thing : the ehmmat10n of such meets for the duration of the war.

It

may even be nec_essary to call off some District meets , as has already been done this sprmg. Such District meets and get-to-aethers should be conducted as often as possible if conditions warrant it.

t'>

To offset this condition our Turners can perform two great services for

rr:temb~rs.

The first is to make our gymnasia and halls as attractive as pos- sible m the w_ay of providing ample opportunity for rela"<ation from the

stre~uo~s

routme and the strain under which we are at present. The second service is to our Junior groups who, in a short while will, of necessity, carry the load. They should be given all encouragement possible to attend their classes, and be provided with interesting competition, desirable social parties and dances ,

~lubs,

etc .. Exchange of ideas and of programs of successful events held will help bmld up each Society's entertainment program.

Only brief mention was made previously of the members of our Men 's classes wh? have_ left for the Service. I can say this of those men - they passed t_heir. req:iirements with ease, and with their Turner background they

ar~

fir:dmg it fairly easy sailing. As in the \,\ orld War I , the percentage of reJect10ns of Turner members is far below the country 's average. Now as it was then, this is a tribute to our Turner Movement and should be one ~f our greatest incentives to continue and to widen our co~tacts wherever we can.

With Turner Greetings,

GEO. M. HEESCHEN, Chairman CHAS. A. GEBER, Secretary

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TO THE 39TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN TURNERS

American Boy and Girl Turners:

Now as never before do we have need for our Youth ~lovement.

^In

face of the grave peril to our country, with our army in need of physically fit men , our efforts must be redoubled.

Our efforts to build better citizens which started with our Turner pioneers in

1848

must be carried out and pushed to the utmost. Again the Turners have a wonderful beginning in this war. All leaders and Instructors must stress our tie with General MacArthur.

It

is a wonderful opportunity for us to get and stay in the public eye.

Why not let everybody know that had it not been for a Turner, our great leader would not have been able to do what he has done.

There is so much American history connected with the Turner Move- ment that it seems to me that we could never run out of material.

The Turner Youth Movement in Chicago has hown an increase in th e classes and we are justly proud of it.

Just as the law of averages works with a alesman , for example, so it works with classes. Every instructor that has been putting any time on his Youth Program is being amply rewarded.

The one thing that might be improved is the National intere t in this most vital part of our program. At convention after convention a committee is appointed and is all enthused in the matter. Sometimes, (very seldom) a letter follows a week or so later and then silence. Several times in visiting some Turner Hall in other cities I have found that the particular member that was on the Youth Committee, either is no longer a member or never shows up around the Turner Hall. These things make it difficult to steer any steady course with our Youth. Right now the hew and cry is (I don t have time). faybe when the tires are gone and no gas, some of our Turner Halls will liven up. (Not for dances either).

It

seems to me that in late years some of our well meaning members have been tending to soften up our Youth. What with promoting dancing, socials and perhaps golf. What we want is more overnight hikes, week-end camping

trips and baseball. These should be tied in with our gym work.

\\T e can t ping pong or golf our way to Victory.

Yours With Turner Greetings,

RUDY KOEKIG.

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INSTRUCTORS' FUND OF THE AMERICAN TURNERS

The Instructors' Fund was established by the American Turners for the purpose of aiding Instructors who have served the Turners faithfully and who are seriously in need of assistance.

The following are some of the provisions of the Trust Agreement and Rules governing this fund: All contributions must be added to the principal of the Fund. The principal must be invested only in high grade, United States Government, State or Municipal Bonds. One-fourth of the income of this fund must be added to the principal to insure the growth of the Fund.

The balance of the income is available for distribution to worthy applicants.

In

order that an application for aid may be considered, the applicant must have rendered faithful service as an Instructor in a Turner Society of the American Turners. Application for aid may be submitted by . the applicant or by the Executive Officers of a Turner Society in which the applicant served. In making distributions of funds to needy applicants, it is obligatory upon the Trustees to take in to consideration the acts of Instructors and/ or their Societies in contributing to the Fund. All officers handling monies or resources of the Fund are adequately bonded. No Trustee can receive any salary or compensation from the Fund.

TREASURER'S REPORT

For the Period starting April

1, 1941

and ending l\Iarch

31, 1942

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPAL

Total principal April

1, 1941

(at Cost) ... ..

$12 ,882. 70

Donation-Ladies Auxiliary of the Detroit Turners...

10.00

Donation-Lake Erie District of the American Turners...

SO.OD

Donation-Ladies Auxiliary, Cleveland East Side Turners...

2S.OO

Donation-Fred Mattmueller, Cleveland East Side Turners...

20.00 2

5

%

of Income Tran sf erred to Principal since April

1 1941.... ... .. . . . 12 S .3 2

Total principal April

1, 1942

(at Cost) ...

$13,113.02

EARNINGS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Total Income for the Period April

1, 1941

to April

1, 1942 ...

$

501.26

25o/o of Income transferred to Principal during same period... ...

125.32

Balance of earnings available for Administration and Distribution

Balance available at the beginning of this period ... . Total available for administration and distribution ... ... . Disbursements from April

1, 1941

to April

1, 1942 ... .

37 5.94 834.S7 1 210.51 2 72.89

Balance available for Distribution April

1, 1942 ... $ 93 7.62

Cost 5,000.00 4,199.22

ASSETS

Income

5000

Monongahela City School Bonds

4>i %, 1944 ... $212.50 $ 5000

U.S. Treasury Certificates

3}'8%, 1946-49 ... 156.2S 1000

U.S. Treasury Certificates

3%, 1951-55... 30.00 1000

City of Massillon Sewer Bonds

5

o/o,

1949... SO .00 1000

City of Cleveland Public Hall

40o/a, 1949... 45.00

Cleveland Trust Co., Savings Account...

7.S1

Cleveland Trust Co., Commercial Account ... .

Totals ...

$501.26

Total of assets at cost.. .... ... .. ... . Total value of assets at par. ... ... ... . Total value of assets at market ... .

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941.52 1,156.49 1,122.66 1,267.33 363.42

$14,0S0.64

$14,050.64

$14,630.75

$1S,687.6S

The fact that this Fund has been urgently needed is proved by the de- serving applications for aid which have been received and

th~ nu~ber ~f

veteran Instructors in pathetic circumstances, who have been aided m their hour of need.

It

is unfortunate that so many Instructors, who unselfishly sacrifice their lives in behalf of the Turner Societies, find themselves in serious financial straits after their years of service. We apparently cannot look to

th~

ir:-

dividual Societies to aid their former Instructors. As the need for aid is great, further donations are solicited from Societies and Individuals.

Attention is called to the fact that there is nothing in the rules of this Fund limiting the distribution of aid to aged Instructors. All

In~tructo~s

who have served the Turners faithfully are eligible if they become mcapac1- tated or are in serious need. \Ve also invite attention to the obligation upon the Trustees to consider the contributions of the Instructors or theri Societies, vvhen making distributions from the Fund.

With these rules in mind, the Trustees lay particular stress upon the fol- lowing three suggestions:

1.

All Societies employing Instructors are urged to contribute to this Fund.

2. All Instructors bearing in mind that they might possibly at some time be seriously in need of aid, are urged to contribute something. to the Fund, in order that they may have an

int~rest

in _this Fund, even if they cannot give more than a few dollars from time to time.

3. Every Society and Section of the Society is asked to arrange _a_ card party or other entertainment from time to time for the purpose of ra1smg a contribution for this Fund.

It

is our hope that, in the near future, every Society ii) the

America~

Turners will be represented by a donation to this Fund either

f~om

the So- ciety or from a Section or from an

~ndividual

memb_er of the Society. There is no limit to the size of the donat10n · any sum will be very gratefully re- ceived.

The Instructors' Fund of the American Turners is a regularly established Trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any officer, trustee or em- ployee, and is accordingly exempt from income and inheritance taxes.

It

is the sincere wish of the Trustees to see this Fund grow to a size to meet the deserving demands and sufficient to produce other benefits for the American Turners.

Respectfully submitted with Turner Greetings, The Trustees of the Instructors' Fund

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OSCAR GROTHE, Chairman HERMAN EISELE, Secretary BRUKO UHL, Treasurer GEORGE SEIBEL EWALD F. TOBOLD

HENRY A. ZWIERLEI

CARL F. HEIN

NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS OF THE AMERICAN ·TURNERS

R'here Held

Time

1. Philadelphia, Pa

... September

29-30, 1851 2. Baltimore, Md ... September

11-13,

1852 3. Cincinnati, Ohio

...

September 27-28, 1852 4. Louisville, Ky

...

May 30-31

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1853 5. New York, N

. Y ... September 3-7,

1853 6. Philadelphia, Pa ... September 2-7

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1854 7. Cincinnati

,

Ohio

... September 15-19,

1855 8. Pittsburgh, Pa

...

August

26-29,

1856 9. Milwaukee, Wis

... August 29-Sept.

2, 1857 10. Kew York N. Y ...

August 29-Sept.

2, 1857 11. Belleville, Ill ... August 29-Sept. 2, 1858 12.

"illiamsburgh,

N'. Y ... August 20-23

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1859 13. Baltimore, Md ... August

2

7-30, 1859 14. St. Louis, Mo

... : ... June 30-July 5,

1860 15. Cincinnati Ohio

... September 2-6,

1865 16. Baltimore

, Md ... June

10-13

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1867 17. Chicago Ill ... August 7-11

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1869 18. \' illiamsburgh,

·. Y ... .August

5-10 1871 19. Cincinnati Ohio ... June 26-29 1873

20.

New York N. Y

... i875

21. Milwaukee, Wis ... July 18-23 1877 22. Philadelphia, Pa

... August 2-6 1879

23. t. Louis,

Mo

... June 4-7

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1881 24. ~ewark,

N.

} ... June 20-24, 1885 2 5. Cincinnati

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1889

First Society Competition

26. Milwaukee,

'\\ is ... .June 21-25 1893 27.

St.

Louis, 110 ... .l'viay

6-10, 1897 28. Philadelphia Pa ... June 18-23, 1900 29. Indianapolis, Ind

... Tune 21-2 5

1905 30. Cincinnati, Ohio ...

...

Tune 23-28, 1909 31. Denver, Colo ... June 2 5-29, 1913 32. Chicago, Ill... ... June 29-July 3, 1921 33. Louisville Ky ... .June

15-20

1926 34. Buffalo, N. Y ... .June 24-29, 1930 35. Cleveland,

Ohio

... Junt 29-July 3,

1936

36. Springfield, Mass

...

.June

2

5-23,

1941

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CONVENTIONS OF AMERICAN TURNERS TO DATE

Where Held

Time

1. Washington, D. C ...

April 2-5, 1865

2. St.

Louis,

l\Io ...

April 1-4, 1866

3.

Boston, Mass ...

May

3-6, 1868 4. Pittsburgh,

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Louisville, Ky

... May 19-22, 1872

6. Rochester, N. Y. ... May 24-27, 1874 7.

New Ulm, Minn

... May 27-29, 1876 8. Cleveland, Ohio ... May 26-29, 1878 9. Indianapolis, Ind

...

May 30-June 2, 1880 10.

Newark, N.

] ... June 4-7, 1882 11. Davenport, Iowa ....

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... June 1-4, 1884 12. Boston, l\Iass ... June 13-17, · 1886 13. Chicago, Ill ... May 20-23, 1888 14. New York, N. Y ...

...

June 22-25, 1890 15. Washington, D. C ... June 19-22, 1892 16. Denver, Colo

...

June 24-26, 1894 17. Louisville, Ky

...

June 21-24, 1896

18. San Francisco, Cal...

...

July 5-8, 1898 19. Philadelphia, Pa ... ... July 17-20, 1900 20. Davenport, Iowa ... Julv 6-8, 1902 21. Pittsburgh, Pa ... July 26-29, 1904 22. Newark, N. J ... July 8-10, 1906 23. Chicago,

Ill. ...

June

28-July

1,

1908

24. St. Louis, Mo

...

June 26-29, 1910 25. Indianapolis, Ind ... .June 23-26, 1912 26. San Francisco

, Cal... ... July 27-29, 1915

27. Louisville, Ky

...

June 22-24, 1919 28. Chicago,

Ill

... July 3-4, 1921 29. St. Louis, Mo ...

June 23-26, 1923

30. Elkhart Lake, Wis

... June 26-28, 192 5

31. Cleveland, Ohio ... June

18-20, 1927

32. Philadelphia, Pa

...

June

28-30, 1929

33. Elkhart Lake, Wis ... June

26-30, 1931

34. Elkhart Lake, Wis ... June

28-30,

1933 35.

Rochester, N. Y ... June 28-30,

1935 36.

Los

Angeles, Calif... ...

July 9-11, 1937

3

7. Detroit,

Mich

... July 1-4, 1938

38.

Elkhart Lake, Wis ... June 27-30, 1940

39. Moline,

Ill

...

Jtine 2 5-28, 1942

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THE OLDEST TURNER SOCIETIES

The following Societies have been organized for fifty years or more and have received the Turners ' Diploma for fifty-year membership:

Society Year

Organized

Cincinnati Central Turners, Ohio... 1848

Boston Turn Verein, Massachusetts... 1849

Philadelphia Turners, Pennsylvania... 1849

Louisville Turners, Kentucky... 1850

New York Turn Verein, New York... 1850

Peoria Turn Verein, Illinois ... :.. ... 1851

Athenaeum Turners, Indianapolis , Indiana... .. ... 1851

Chicago Turn Gemeinde, Illinois ...

~...

1852

Rochester Turn Verein, New York... ... ... .. 1852

Davenport Turn Gemeinde, Iowa... 1852

Brooklyn

E.

D. Turn\ erein, New York... 1853

Dayton Turners, Ohio... 1853

Detroit Turners, Michigan... 1853

Sheboygan Gymnastic Society, Wisconsin... 1854

Paterson Turnverein, New Jersey... 1854

Syracuse Turn Verein, New York... ... ... .... 1854

Milwaukee Turners, Wisconsin... 1855

Covington Turners, Kentucky... 1855

Bloomington Turn Verein, Illinois... 1855

Madison Turn Verein, Wisconsin... 1855

New lm Turn Verein, Minnesota... 1856

St. Anthony Turn Verein , Iinneapolis, Minnesota... 1857

Kansas City Turners, Missouri... 1858

Wilmington Turners, Delaware... ... 1859

South Bend Turn Verein, Indiana... 1861

Carlstadt Turn Verein, New Jersey... 1864

Aurora Turn Verein, Chicago, Illinois... 1864

Denver Turn Verein, Colorado... 1865

Chattanooga Turn Verein, Tennessee... 1866

Johnstown Turnverein, Pennsylvania... 1866

Lawrence Turn Verein, Mass... ... 1866

Moline Turners, Illinois... 1866

Kew Britain Turner Society, Connecticut.. ... :... 1867

Highland Gymnastic Society, Illinois... 1867

Socialer Turn Verein, Cleveland, Ohio... 186 7 Turn Verein Vorwaerts, Baltimore, Maryland... 1867

New Holstein Turn Verein, Wisconsin... 1867

Forward Turner Society, Chicago, Illinois... 1867

Oakland Turn Verein, California... 1867

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New Brunswick Turn Verein, New Jersey ... ... ... . Clinton Turnverein, Massachusetts ... : ... ... . Buffalo Turn Verein, New York ... . ::\fanchester Turn Verein, New Hampshire ... : ... . Beaver

F~lls

Turnverein, Pennsylvania ... ... ... ... .. ···· ··· Korthwest Davenport Turner Society, Iowa ... . Turner Club, Los Angeles, California ... .. Germania Turn Verein, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa ... .. North St. Louis Turnverein, Missouri ... . Holyoke Turn Verein, Massachusetts ... .. Concordia Turners, St. Louis, Missouri ... : ... .. Cleveland East Side Turners, Ohio ... . Newark Turn Yerein, New Jersey ... .. ... ... ... ... . Hartford Turners, Connecticut ... ... · .... · ... · ... ··· .. .. McKeesport Turn

&

Gesang Verein, Pa ... · ... · ... . Deutsch-Amerikanischer Turn Verein, Bronx, New York ... .. Elizabeth Turners, New Jersey ... · Springfield Turn Verein, Mass ... · .. ··· .... ···· .... · .... ··· ... · ... · .. . East Liverpool Turn Verein, Ohio ... ... ... . Clinton Turner

&

Benevolent Verein Vorwaerts, Iowa ... ... . Turnverein Vorwaerts, Brooklyn, New York ... ... ... .. Lincoln Turners, Chicago Illinois ... · .... ·· ... · .. ·· .. ···· .... · Akron Turners, Chicago, Illinois ... .

~Ieriden

Turner Society Connecticut... ... · ... ·· .. ··· ... · ... . Deutscher Fortbildungs Verein, Fitchburg, Mass ... . Central Turn Verein, New York, N. Y ... ... ... . Turnverein Vorwaerts, Holyoke, 2.\Iass ... · .... · ... .. Socialer Turnverein, Chicago, Illinois ... ... .. Auburn Turn Verein, New York.. ... .. Eintracht Turn and Gesang Verein, Homestead , Pa ... .. . Seattle Gymnastic Society,

\V

ashington ... · ... · .. · .. · .. · · ... · .... · Germania Turn Verein, Baltimore,

~Iaryland

... ... ... .. Turn Verein Vorwaerts, Adams, l\Iass ... · · ... . Swiss National Turner Society, St. Louis, Missouri ... ... .. .... ... . "!\I al den Turn Verein, 1\Iass ... ... .. ... · ... · .. · · · · · .... · .... · Swsis Turners of Chicago, Illinois ... . Eiche Turn Verein, Chicago, Illinois ... . Concordia Turn Verein, San Diego, California ... . Turn and Gesang Verein Eintracht, 1'1onongahela, Pa ... . l\lount Vernon Turn Verein, Ne wY ork ... .. Schenectady Turn Verein, New York ... ... .... . East Davenport Turner Society, Iowa ... .. l'assaic Turn V erein, New Jersey ... · .... ··· .. ·· .. ·· Columbia Turn Verein, Springfield, Long Island, N. Y ... : ... . 1867 1867 1869 1870 1871 1871 1871 1873 1874 1874 1875 1876 1878 1878 1881 1881 1882 1883 1883 1883 1883 1885 1885 1886 1886 1886 1887 1887 1888 1888 1889 1889 1889 1889 1889 1889 1890 1890 1890 1891 1891 1891 1892 1892 Eldridge Turner Society, Iowa ... ,. .. ... . 1892 1892 Keystone Turn V erein, Iowa ... · .... · .... ·

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HONOR ROLL

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Charles Koch. N.Y.T.V.

Philip Kohlhepp ... N.Y.T.V.

Bernard Ploch ... N.Y.'l,.V.

Rud. Schaider.. . .... ... N.Y.T.V.

Louis Friedrich N.Y.T.Y.

Carl 1 rz ... ~.Y.T.Y.

\Villiam WiI;t~r·: l\.Y.'l,.Y.

Paul Heinig. N.Y.T.Y.

Wm. F. Menzel . XY.'l'.Y.

Hans Ballin. . . . . X. St. Louis 'l'.

F. H. Krei mann .. ~ ·. St. Loni· T.

H . .A.. Borgmann . X. St. Louis 'l'.

Otto Kallmeyer ... X St. Louis T.

Edward Linck X. St. Louis T.

.John Nottebrok .... X. St. Louis T.

Henry C. Pohl ... X St. Louis T.

Wm. Sessingham:; X. St. Louis

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Charles Steiner.. 1 T_ St. Louis T.

Oscar Raeder.. X. St. Louis T.

Conrad Reiheck. X. St. Louis 'l.

Robert Baldauf .. N. St. Louis T.

Alvin Gundlach . X. St. Louis T.

.John .J. Kern .. X. St. Lonis T.

Robert Kobu ch ... X St. Louis T.

I. W. Whitehill ... X .• t. Louis T.

Adolph Simon ... Aubnm T.

Frank Simon Auburn T.

Jacob Dieter. ..\..uburn T.

Albert EbC'ling 1Ioli110 T.

0 ·car Lohman .. :\loline T.

Otto Poehlancl ... T.V. Brooklyn Bern. Poehland ... 'l,.V. Brookl~·n John Jaeger ... T.V. Brooklvn Em est Herklotz .... :\IcKPesport ⁰'1'.

George Speidel ... 11e:Kee:·q>ort T.

Robert Beyer .. i\IcKc•esvort T. Wm. Osterwald. :\IcKee:-;port T.

Fritz Beyer .... 11cK<:>es110rt T.

Thoma Schnell D.F'.-Y<:>r.

Paul Hortenbacb D.F.-Yer.

Paul Erler D.F.-Yer.

Dr. C'harles Auel .. Buffalo 'l'.Y.

Ferdinand Ring. Buffalo T.Y.

G. Budkelmeier ... Buffalo T. Y.

Gus. Poppenburg Buffalo T.Y.

Fred Weber... 11eridt n T.R.

Oscar Do sin ::\Ieriden T.R Ernest Schneid~~:::· 1Ieriden T.. ' . A. F. Scbintz ... T. St. Paul J. Q. Haa T. St. Paul .Jos. L. Rub ... . . Covington T.R.

Louis Schneider ... Covington T.8.

GE>orge Schneider . Covington T.R.

Geo. F. Roth ... Covington T.8.

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Chas. Kaempfer ... T.V. l\lihvaukee Herman Krupcke 'l,. V. l\Iihi;aukN•

Frank .J. Mewr .. T.Y. l\lilwauke(

Henry }.Juth' ... T.Y. MihYauket>

Charles Paul. .. T.V. Milwaukee F. W. Hibbe ... 'I.V. Milwaukee Louis Schram ... T.V. Milwaukee JoE> 'l,rost ... T.V. MilwaukeE>

George Vetter T.V.Milwaukee William Wackler T.V. Milwaukee H. Wai enegger.. T.V. Milwaukep Edward \nld T.Y. l\lilwauke<:>

George Wittich T.Y. l\lilwauke<:>

F. Tr0nkamp. T.Y. l\1ilwaukee G. Leverenz T.Y. l\Iilwauket ..

Carl Schult;,,e . 8p'field. :\Iass. T.

Fred Zimmer . .Johnsc·~own 'l'.

William Roth .Johns~own T.

.TacolJ Huebner .J ohm.; town T.

Charles Young .Johnstown '1'.

Charles Ahrens .Johnstown T.

Jtritz .John .Johnstown 'l'.

Fred ~ 'iE> ... Johnstown T.

Henry Roos Johnstown T.

Auo-ust Schmidt. .Tohn::;town T.

Rud. Zimmerman ... .Johnstown T.

.John Y. Raab .Johns own '1'.

.Tacob Lorenz N. W. Da Yenp:>rt T.S.

Frizt Vos .X.W. DaYen~iort T.S.

·William Reimers

X.\Y. DaYenport T . .'.

Carl F . .Judi::;ch. D.T. ProYiclen("e .J. C. Egner Kan as City S.'1'.

II. Stubenrauch Kansas City S.'1'.

Georgp Knerr ... Kansa ity S.'1'.

Fred Lueth .. Kansas City S. T. Henry Ortmann Kam;a.· City S.T.

Carl \Yinter Cone. T . .'an Diego Edm. :\layer Cone. T. an Dieg >

:\I. l\Iayer Con<'. T. San Diego Geo. Cramer C'onr. T. San Dic•go P. G. I eupold .. X. Britain T.S.

.A.ugu t .J. Boerlin . Chicago T.-G.

August J. Fleck Chicago T.-G.

Charles Simon Chicago T.-G. .J. E. Hochbaum .... Chicago T.-G.

Traugott F. Weber Chicago T.-G.

Edward Koenig ... Chicago T.-G.

Herman Wunder. Chicago T.-G .. 0 car F. Mayer. Chicago 'l'.-G.

.T. Zimmerman ... Chicago T.-G.

George Michel. Chicago T.-G.

A.. V. Lathomu ... Chicago T.-G.

Herman Gaedkp ... T.V. Elizabeth George Clauss T. V. Elizabeth William Baass LouisYillE> T.

Henry Hofmann .... Loui Yille rr.

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FrE>d Riebel. Sr ... Loui:sYillE> T.

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J!,recl Erhart.... . ... LouisYille T. Philip Young. . ... Syracu E> T.

Carl Ris('h ... Syracuse T.

Chas. Listman ... Syracuse T.

Fred Jaeckel • vracuse T.

Carl Hofmann ... Cone. St. Louis

I<.,. Klickerman . Cone. St. Louis

H. Kr0ibohm . Cone. St. Louis H<'nry Roos ... Cone. St. Louis George Stupp ... Cone. 8t. Lonif.i W. H. Tritschler ('one. St. Louis

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HE>rman SchwE>im. . . Detroit T.

Chas. Gmeiner Detroit T.

Sol Yan Yliet DE>troit T.

:\I. Bartholomaei . DE>troit T.

l\Iax WE>itzmann Detroit T.

Pritz .Taenichen ... Dt>troit T.

William .faenichen Detroit T.

. J. Fred SteyE>r Detroit T.

'Ym. LE>onhart Detroit T.

Louis SiYE>ke Detroit T.

Charles ROY<'n iE>p. Detroit rr. Emil VoelkN Df'troi t 'r.

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Franklin Yonnegnt .AthPna0nm '1'.

Gf'orge Vonnegut Athpnaeum T.

Adolph G. WochE>r .Athena<'nm T.

Fred Zwicker Athenapnm T. Ed. Bergf'r .. Daypnport '.r.-G.

Al. K. FahrnE>r DavPnport T.-G.

Theodor Falk. Dawnport T.-G.

GnstaY Haase DaYenport T.-G.

.Tulius C. Hasler DaYE>nport T.-G.

Ed. Kaufmann Dawnport T.-G.

GE>orgp Klindt DaYE>nport T.-G.

G. Krahht>nhoeft Dawnport T.-G.

Frank Maehr Davenport T.-G.

F. \Y. l\Iuell<'r Dawnport T.-G.

Loui. Naeckel .... DaYenport T.-G.

Al. L. Petersen .. DaYE>nport rr.-G.

William Reuter .. Dan'nport T.-G.

Albert RiE>che . DaY<'nport T.-G.

\Vm. H. Siem en DaYE'nport r.r.-G.

Harry Steffen. DaYenport T.-G.

H. H. Wable . DaYE>nport T.-G.

"'m. H. Wiese DaYenport T.-G.

Ernst WilrkE>n . Davenport T.-G.

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Fritz Freuh. Boston T.V.

Henry Pelkus Boston T.V.

.A.h·in Kleefeld Boston T.V.

Georgp Fischer.. Roston T.Y.

.Juliu Kreidel ... Boston T. Y.

Jacob Zimmerly Akron T.C.

Gottl. Zimmerly . ~\.kron T.C.

H. Zimmerly Akron T.C'.

.John Zimmerly Akron T.C'.

William Loelwr Akron T.C.

E. Brunn pr .. Seattle T. V.

H. Fuhrberg. Seattle T.V.

H. Hcrkenrath Seattle T.V.

Jnlius Hoffman .. l\Ianchester T.Y.

Rudolf Liebing .. }.fanchester T.Y.

William Scheer .. l\Iancbester T.Y.

Carl Lien ... l\Ianchester T.V.

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Fritz Beck I.Jawrence T. H0rman Bede Sr.. Lawrt>nce T.

Ad. Engstrand. Lawrpnce T.

Emil Frank LawrPnce T.

Bruno HalleT. Lawrpnce T.

\Ym. Keller LanTE>nc·e T.

TheodorE> Ki<'sling Lawrenee T.

Osrar Matthps La \nenre T.

Robert MillE>r Lawrence T.

Otto Parthum Lawrence T.

Emil Petzold Lawrence T.

Otto Pinke Lawrpnce T.

Gu taY Plieh Lawrenee 'l'.

Wm. Schiller Lawrence T.

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Paul SprangE>r L:nvrenre T.

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Otto StE>inert Lawrence T.

Emil ':rPichert . Lawrence T.

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William C. Hertel Hartford

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Hugo HoE>fer . T.G. J,os Angele.

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Henry Beutter South Bend T.

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Alhf'rt Beck ... Clinton T. Mass.

William Burns ... Clinton T. i\lass.

Hemy Richter . Clinton 'l'. i\Iass.

Paul MuPnzner.. linton T. l\IasH.

Fred H. Baer ... Clinton T. 1\lasi-;.

Fred Ordung ... Clinton T. 1\lass.

George Krauss ... Clinton T. :\.lass.

Hugo Gentsch .... Clinton T. i\las:-;.

Ferdinand Jlan.da Clinton

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Fred Seuss ... Clinton T. Mass.

.John Kuettner ... Clinton T. l\Iass. Thos. Schneider Clinton T. Mass.

G.W. Braunhardt Clinton T. :Jfass.

Hans Sonntag .... Clinton T. "Mass.

Otto Freitag ... Clinton T. Mass.

H. Broeckelman Clinton T. Mass.

A. B. Schlickman Clinton T. Mass.

E. Toeppelmann ... l\Iadison T.

·wmiam ..A. Gron'. ::.\fadison T.

!Drnst Schnf'ider . :\ladison T.

.Tuliu. Schotthaupr. :\Iadison T.

Frf'd Spann ... Bea Yer Falls T.

George Bail ... D.-.A. Turn Y.

Felix Staedli . . .... D.-A. Turn Y.

Fritz Krimmel... ... D.-A. Turn Y.

Emil H. ^A Tebel :Madison T.

IlPrman Brandt.. ... :\lalden '1'.Y.

I-lf'rman Gerada. i\lalden T.Y.

Fritz Hofmann :Jlalden T.Y.

Charle. Blumer Holyokf' T.

i\1. Bret. chneider Holyoke T.

R. Lu bold . .. ... Holyoke T.

C. Koehler Holyoke T.

A. Bausch.. Holyoke T.

.Jac·ob Bey. . ... Holyoke T.

Oswald Friedrich ... Holyoke T.

Christian Hertch. Holyoke T.

H~rns "Mortensen ... Mt. Y<'.rnor T.

Hugo Grahl... ... St. Louis

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Louis Pohlmann ... St. Louis T.

H. G. Wolzendorf .. 8t. Louis T.

H. G. Walthter 8t. Louii" T.

Wm. F. Raessler ... St. Loui · T.

Henry Braun. Rt. Louii" T.

II. A. Pennecl\: , t. Lonis T.

Fred Hauser • t. Loui. 'l'.

Otto Gundlach .St. Louis T.

George A. Held. St. Loui T.

Henry Lutz ... St. Loui. T.

Wm. Hartman ... St. Louis 'l'.

G. H. Breidenbach.. St. Louis T.

Paul l\Iax St. Louis T.

Walter G. Ro t . Dayton T .• \.

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Rudolph Haar ... Phila. T.-G.

G. Stitzenberger ... Phila. T.-G.

Carl .A. Spahn ... Phila. T.-G.

Geo. ""\\'. Schrader ... Phila. T.-G.

Fred W. Veser ... Phila. T.-G.

.John Binder ... Phila. T.-G.

C. Bern. Uhle, .Jr ... Phila. T.-G.

H. C. Guenzel ... Phila. T.-G.

Ernst Meyn ... Phila. T.-G.

Philip Haibach. .. Pbila. T.-G.

Anton Dorfner ... Phila. T.-G.

Heinrich Kaiser. . .. Phila. T.-G.

..Arthur Brandt .... Central T. ~.Y.

Reinh. Schmidt . . :\lanchester 'I':

Otto Ehrgott. .... Athenaeum 'I'.

Oswald Muench Chicago T.G.

.Albert G. Grein0r Chicago T.G.

Loui Weckler ... .,\.llentown T.V.

Carl Erdlen.. .. .... Allentown T.Y.

Arthur Rose ... Bo ton T.Y.

Aug. Kaufmann ... Boston T.Y.

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H. Becker.. . ... Peoria 'I'.

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H. Lucas Peoria T.

E. Kneer. . ... Peoria T.

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X.W. Dawnport T.S.

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"\\m. Xeumann. Hol;voke T.Y.

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Chris Graze ... Sacramento 'l'.Y.

Gottlob Faig.. Sacramento T.Y.

.Julhv Strass.. hicago T.G.

:\fax Scbwotz<'r .. ~fanche ter T.Y.

Aug. Buchholtz .... Pitt burgh T.Y.

Hichard Tnrnt .... Pittsburgh T.Y.

H. Obemauer Pitt burgh T.Y.

Carl Gutsch Germania T.Y .. L.A.

Adam Voedisch D.F'.Y. Fitchburg Emil Borgmann .. Xo. t. Louis T.

Charles Hipp. Xen-Britain 'l.

Otto 8achse ... Schenectad:r T.Y.

Geo. Ridinger .. E.S. Cle,:elaucl August Ruedy.. E.S. Cle1eland Ed. Rommel ... C.T. Evansdlle G. P. Pfirmann C'.T. EYan. 1ill0 C'nrt Toll S. Side T .. IndianapoU. · Karl H. HC'ekrich Concordia 'J'.Y.

St. Louis Louis Kittlau:-;. 8r. ('oncorclia T.Y.

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Heinrich F . . Juclisch Dent. T.R.

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Otto Raiff ... Racramento T.Y.

F. Ruhstallcr .... Sacramento T.Y.

E. Shukert ... Kansas City S.T.Y.

Louis Hirsch ... Xo. St. Louif:i T.

Gusta Ye Bartz. .\nrora T.Y.

Chicago Louis IIandschu ... \.urora T.Y.

Chicago Lonis i\I. Kilbert. ... Aurora T.V.

\Ym. Kopp ... Aurora T.Y. Chicago George Landau ... \.urora T.Y.

Chicago Wm. Lanclme scr ... Aurora T.Y. Chicago Carl Linnemeyer... . ...• \nrora T.Y.

Chicago .J 0ns :l\I. Peterson.. .\urora T.Y.

hicago Frank .T. Gerlich . Chicago T.G Robert A. Zabel Eldridge Turners William Yoelker ... ~kK0esport T.

George Seibel.. ... Pittsburgh T.Y.

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Fritz Kramer ... ~Ionongah('la T.

L0on Yoelker ... :JionongalH'la T.

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Baltimore .John Lorett. .... ... Yorwa0rts T.

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St. Louis Henry Frieman. :\"f'wark T.V.

H. Schumacher.. . Xewark 'l'.V.

Dr. Edward Ill . :Newark T.Y.

GustaY Ahl ... Newark rr.Y.

.John Buhl ... Newark T.Y.

L. L. Blum.. . .. Newark T.V.

Charley Schaedel .... Newark T.V.

Herman Hillenbach Newark T.Y.

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H .. J. rrrckemeyf'r N. St. Louis T.

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H. R. Parthum Lawrenre T.Y.

FrPd Bohne . Lawrf'ncf' T.Y.

Hf'rman Toepler Lawrence T.Y.

Albert K. Heinz Lawrence T.Y.

Richard Schubert Lawrence T.Y.

Paul R. Galle ... Lawrence T.V.

GustaY Zaumseil .. Lawrence T.V.

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