La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grand Voiture du Texas OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GRAND du TEXAS Winner of the Arthur McDowell Award 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1994 – 1995 – 1996 for the Best Grand Voiture Publication in the Nation without Advertising
April 2016
From the Grand Chef de Gare…. We have four locales who are 100% or more on their 2016 membership & several have a little more to do to get 100%. I would like to thank everyone who renewed their membership and continue to support this great organization. Many of our members continue to work hard in our programs with hundreds of children benefiting from those efforts. Nursing students also benefit from our members hard work in several areas of Texas. See more on these accomplishments inside this newsletter. Thank you Voiture 175 who hosted the Spring Cheminot and Annual Pilgrimage to the Texas Merci Boxcar. The hotel was great, the dinner was great and the memorial service was very nicely done thanks to our Grand Aumonier Lowell Mix and his Grand Cabane Aumonier Polly Mix. We look forward to our trip to Austin again next year!
Joseph T. McCullough Joseph T. McCullough Grand Chef de Gare
Grande Promenade 2016 The Grand Promenade is set for June 1012, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas. Voiture 312 is hosting and I hope we will get a good turnout. This is when we elect our new officers for 2016-2017 so each locale should have a delegate in attendance. More information on the event is on the following pages of this edition of the Texas Voyageur News.
Locale Officer Listings Please provide the Grand Correspondant with a copy of your new officer list as soon as possible after you hold your Locale elections. Send the list to Grand Correspondant Milton Chatham: ccsam@sbcglobal.net
Locale Delegates A Delegate Form in included in this edition of the TVN. Please submit your Delegate List to Grand Correspondant Chatham: ccsam@sbcglobal.net Delegate forms are due 10 days prior to the Grande Promenade. They should be submitted NLT June 2, 2016.
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