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TEXAS VOYAGEUR NEWS 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
Jul – Sept 2021
Volume 64 Issue 3
FROM THE GRAND CHEF DE GARE First thing I would like to thank everyone for their support electing me as the Grand Chef de Gare for the 2021-2022 term. As we are coming out of the restrictions in placed by the corona virus, we need to get back working our programs. It is a proven fact that the Voitures Locales that are active in their communities are the ones growing and retaining their membership. During this year it is my intention to visit every Voiture Locale either at a promenade or an event that your Voiture Locale is holding. I believe it is important that the Voyageurs get to meet their Grand Chef de Gare. I would appreciate if every Voiture Local would let me know when you would like me to visit. My theme for this year is Teamwork Drives Membership. If we are going to have a successful year - we all need to work together. One person can't do everything, but as a team there is nothing we can't accomplish. So let’s reach out to our members who no longer attend promenades and see if we can't get them active again. We need them. In closing I wish you a great and successful year.
Roger Folmar Grand Chef de Gare
NEW OFFICERS FOR GRAND DU TEXAS Elections were held at the Grande Promenade in Kerrville on June 26, 2021, with the following officers being duly elected and installed. Grand Chef de Gare – Roger Folmar Grand Chef de Train – Alfred Banzer Grand Commissaire Intendant – Renslar R. Keagle Grand Conducteur – Jack Winslow Grand Commis Voyageur – James Pospisil Grand Garde de la Porte – Douglas Pendleton Grand Historien – David Knutson Grand Avocat – David Knutson Grand Aumonier – J. Sean Habina Grand Lampiste – Sandy Kousman Grand Drapeau – Bell Condra Grand Medicine – Raul Ballesteros, Jr. Cheminot Nationale – John Rodgers* Alternate Cheminot Nationale – J. Sean Habina *(John Rodgers later replaced by Renslar R. Keagle)
Appointments – Grand Correspondant – Renslar R. Keagle and Grand Publiciste – David Knutson *(John Rodgers later replaced by Renslar R. Keagle) Grand Program Directeur appointments pending. San Antonio voiture 542 to host SPRING CHEMINOT 2022 Still in the works but it looks like the Spring Cheminot will be hosted by Voiture 542 in San Antonio. More details to come as they become available.
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