La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grande Voiture du Texas OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GRAND du TEXAS WINNER OF THE ARTHUR MCDOWELL AWARD 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1994 – 1995 – 1996 - 2019 BEST GRAND VOITURE PUBLICATION IN THE NATION WITHOUT ADVERTISING AND WINNER OF THE ROBERT KASEMAN AWARD 2018
Jan - Mar 2021
Volume 64 Issue 1
FROM THE GRAND CHEF DE GARE I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. Please keep in mind and assist others who may need help during both the pandemic and this unprecedented weather we are having. My photo as Grand Chef de Train is a reminder that I have been wearing 2 hats this year. My apologies for my being so direct about membership but we did a great job last year and dues are already several weeks delinquent as the cutoff date was Dec 31st. We are doing better and although several are at or near goal, we still have a way to go to make and exceed 100%. Kerrville is doing an outstanding job with their 121%! Keep up the good work!
ON-LINE TRAINING SCHEDULED The idea of providing training on-line that has floated around for some time is now here! It is new and may not be the best, but we will improve as we go along! Since we cannot meet as we have in the past and many of our members cannot travel to events, we will try to provide access to events and also provide training to anyone in Grand du Texas who wishes to participate! Grand Chefs Passe Renny Keagle and David Knutson will coordinate some training classes for members to learn about the following topics: Part 1: Every Voyager Militaire should know! How to hold a Promenade and Rituals! Part 2: Officer Duties and Membership Renewals! Forty and Eight Programs and Reports!
Help is here! I would like to announce I have appointed Voyageur Al Banzer, Voiture 175, Austin, as our Grand Chef de Train. Please give him your full support and cooperation.
All Grand du Texas Voyageurs Militaire (NEW and OLD) are welcome and encouraged to check it out! The training will last approximately 1 hour each session. Planned Training Dates:
Voiture 175 has announced that the Spring Cheminot in March will be the LAST Annual Pilgrimage hosted by Austin Voiture 175. We will address the details at Merci Boxcar so I hope we will get a good turn out! God Bless!
Sat: Feb 27th – 1200 & 1800 – Part 1 Sun: Feb 28th – 1200 & 1800 – Part 2 Sat: March 6th – 1200 & 1800 – Part 1 Sun: March 7th – 1200 & 1800 – Part 2
John Rodgers Grand Chef de Gare
Please contact Dave Knutson via email to get an invitation to the training at djk3002@yahoo.com or davidknutson@sbcglobal.net Training can be attended via smartphone, computer or old-fashioned telephone.
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2021 Membership Report As of 12/30/2020 Division / Locale
DELINQUENT DUES NOTIFICATION! We are well into 2021 and Voyageurs Militaire who are not paid are delinquent!
Location
Current
Goal
Percent
Amarillo Ft. Worth
11 1
16 11
69% 9%
12
27
45%
6 31 13 17 42
20 31 14 18 42
30% 100% 93% 94% 100%
109
125
88%
16 4 32 2 4
16 7 32 11 0
100% 57% 100% 18% 100%
58
66
88%
34 17
48 14
71% 121%
Total
51
62
83%
Grand Total
230
280
82.14%
1st Division
689 1185 Total 2nd Division
163 266 312 980 1031
Houston Copperas Cove Beaumont Willis Killeen
Total 3rd Division
175 231 542 1134 1639
Austin La Feria San Antonio Kingsville Georgetown
Total 4th Division
605 1055
El Paso Kerrville
WAY TO GO V-1055 KERRVILLE WITH 121%
2020 was a very difficult year and we all hope 2021 will be a better year than the last. I am asking our Locale Chefs and Locale Correspondants to be aware of any of your members who may be having troubles through the pandemic and now this very cold weather. Please reach out to all your folks and provide them assistance as needed. Thank you to those who are at or above goal! I will be contacting those who are still having trouble with membership and assist in any way I can. Reminder if you plan to attend Merci Boxcar! Your dues MUST be paid to attend. Al Banzer, Grand Chef de Train Phone: 512-636-9634 Email: a.banzer@sbcglobal.net
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La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grande Voiture du Texas POW/MIA - I will have the 2020 base pin and 2021 bars at Merci - the last opportunity to get them from me for your locale for a while. Will bring the last of the Americanism pins also to either sell or pass on to the new Americanism Directeur. I have a few left of all the other 2021 pins and will sell them first come first served - great Nurses Training, Boxcar, Americanism and of course POW/MIA. Going to also bring some Boxcar post cards and pins from all programs going back many years if you want to check them out and perhaps fill in a missing year for your favorite program. GRAND CORRESPONDANT’S CORNER Hopefully we have good attendance at our last Merci Boxcar this March - it will be great to see old and new faces. Safe travels to everyone. Important training is forthcoming - we need to support this endeavor and some great subjects are planned and we hope to all learn from each other so we can grow as Locales and as a Grand. At Merci I would like to talk to any Locale interested in starting a newsletter - either a digital or mail out one - let's discuss and increase communication and knowledge at the Locale level. One of the areas we will talk about is Officers, Directeurs and their duties - and hopefully we can easily fill all positions easily at the Grand Promenade. Speaking of the Grand Promenade we do not have a locale come forward yet to host except V-605 El Paso who will accept if no one else does. Do not forget to send in your delegate list for our Cheminot Merci Boxcar - support with an ad if you can. Directeurs should be prepared to give their reports and have a hard copy to turn into me for the minutes.
Now is the time to get started accumulating data for reports - not wait until the last moment and then they do not get done or are not accurate - reports will be a repeated training topic. My Locale picks their Voyageur of the Year at the March promenade to give us time to prepare their Special Report to Grand and possibly a candidate for Nationale - so it's time to start discussion within your own locale on candidates. I can help with suggestions on how to supplement the application to best show your candidates attributes to get this award. I would not mind sitting down with any and all Locale Correspondants that are at Merci and discuss how things are going and how we can all do our best jobs as a key and essential locale officer. Renslar "Renny" Keagle
Cheminot Nationale, Grand du Texas Correspondant, Grand du Texas Sous Nationale Directeur, Public Relations L'Editeur/Secretary, Press Association of La Societe Correspondant, V-605, El Paso, Grand du Texas Grand Chef de Gare Passe, Grand du Texas 2018 - 2020 Phone: 915-346-6099 Email: rennykeagle@gmail.com
GRAND AVOCAT PROVIDES TEMPLATE FOR LOCALE CONSTITUTIONS Grand Avocat Phil Mowry has a template for Voiture Locale constitutions which has been used and approved through Avocat Nationale. The discussion including Bi-Laws was cleared through Nationale and the new template is in this format which is easier to update as needed. Please contact me for more details. Phil Mowry, Grand Avocat Phone: 704-247-0407 Email: pmowry7@gmail.com
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THIRD PRIZE – 5 X 5
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Drawing April 4th – Easter Sunday TICKETS $2.00 EACH OR 3 FOR $5.00 Tickets available rennykeagle@gmail.com, info 915-346-6099 THE TEXAS VOYAGEUR NEWS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT WWW.TEXASBOXCAR.ORG VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE “GRANDE VOITURE DU TEXAS” AND AT HTTP://ISSUU.COM/GRANDEVOITUREDUTEXAS
La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grande Voiture du Texas La Grande VOITURE DU TEXAS Grand Chef de Gare John Rodgers Phone: 512-713-9178 Email: rodgersjohn393@yahoo.com
Grand Correspondant Renslar “Renny” Keagle Phone: 915-346-6099 Email: rennykeagle@gmail.com
LA SOCIETE DES 40 HOMMES ET 8 CHEVAUX February 16, 2021 To:
Grand Officers Grand Committeemen Voiture Officers
Grand Directeurs Grand Cheminots Interested Voyageurs
Subject:
GRANDE SPRING CHEMINOT / MERCI BOXCAR ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE
By order of the Grand Chef de Gare, Grande Voiture du Texas, the Spring Grande Cheminot will be held Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The Spring Cheminot is hosted by Travis County Voiture Locale 175. Hotel Accommodations are located at: Best Western Plus / Austin Airport Inn & Suites 1805 Airport Commerce Drive Austin, Texas 78741 Phone: 512-386-5455 Committee meetings 8:00 – 10:30 am at the Best Western Plus / Austin Airport Inn & Suites 2021 Spring Cheminot starts at 1:00 pm at American Legion Knebel Post 83 4401 East St. Elmo Road, Austin, Texas Grand Officers and Grand Directeurs are advised to, as appropriate; provide a written copy of their report to the Grand Correspondant NLT March 20, 2021. The 72nd Annual Pilgrimage to the Texas Merci Boxcar will be held at 9:00 am on Sunday, March 21, 2021 inside the Hall of Honor of the Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas Photos will follow at the Texas Merci Boxcar in the Great Hall after the memorial service. ATTESTED BY: RENSLAR KEAGLE GRAND CORRESPONDANT
JOHN RODGERS GRAND CHEF DE GARE
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La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grande Voiture du Texas 2021 SPRING CHEMINOT MARCH 19-20-21, 2021 REGISTRATION FORM Please fill in the following information to register for Spring Cheminot. Name: Title or Highest Office held: Voiture or Cabane #: Name: Title or Highest Office held: Voiture or Cabane #: Number Registration
X $25.00 = $
Advance registration is $25 per person Advance registration must be received by March 1, 2020. Late Registration fee is $30 per person
Program Book Ads Full page Ad - $30 Half page Ad - $20 Business Card - $10 In addition to a hard copy, please send ads via Email to: davidknutson@sbcglobal.net All program ads must be received by March 1, 2021 SEND REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM ADS TO: David Knutson 1904 Rutherford Dr Leander, TX 78641-3138 (Make Checks Payable to Voiture 175)
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SPRING CHEMINOT MARCH 19-21, 2021 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS A GREAT RATE THIS YEAR FOR OUR SPRING CHEMINOT
$94.99 PER NIGHT + TAX FOLLOW LINK BELOW FOR TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION ONLINE:
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.44664.html?groupId=F72TM3P9 HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 1, 2021 MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
HOTEL RESERVATIONS BEST WESTERN Plus Austin Airport Inn & Suites 1805 Airport Commerce Drive, Austin, Texas, 78741-4538 Phone: (512) 386-5455
HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 1, 2021 MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
GROUP RATE: $94.99 per night + tax (Advise you are with the Texas 40 & 8 Group) FOLLOW LINK BELOW FOR TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION ONLINE:
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.44664.html?groupId=F72TM3P9
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La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grande Voiture du Texas CENTRAL STATES PROMENADE Omaha, Nebraska / APRIL 22-25, 2021 Monsieur Voyageurs, Dames and Guests: Greetings from all the Voyageurs and Dames of the Grand Voiture du Nebraska. We would like to extend to each and every one of you an open invitation to attend our Central States Promenade 2021. Please ensure the widest dissemination of this information to all your Voitures and comrades. All the fun and festivities will start on Thursday, April 22, 2021 and will be held at the Omaha Marriott Hotel, 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68114. Their phone number is (402) 399-9000. The room rate is $99.00 per night plus tax. We have reserved 100 rooms for this event so make your reservations early as all rooms not reserved by April 1, 2021 will be returned to the hotel for their normal bookings. Be sure to mention that you are with the 40 and 8 Central States Promenade. Please send correspondence to the address below: Central States Promenade 2021 8145 Sanborn Drive Lincoln, NE 68505 fred.craigie@gmail.com (402) 499-0079 For More Information – Reservation and Registration Forms Follow link from www.fortyandeight.org events: 2021++CSP+Mailing+Letter.pdf (sqspcdn.com) La Grande Voiture du Texas La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux P.O. Box 170074 Austin, Texas 78717
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ADDRESSEE: Please notify sender of name/address correction Grand Chef de Gare – John Rodgers Grand Commissaire Intendant – Roger Folmar
Grand Correspondant – Renny Keagle Grand Publiciste – Dave Knutson
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