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
November 2014
From the Grand Chef… I must apologize for not getting out any editions of the TVN since May. Part of this edition is from the edition which should have gone out in July but I got side tracked with everything else going on this year. I would like to say Thank You to both Voiture 1031 and Cabane 1031 for their hard work in hosting our Grand Promenade in June. Quite a lot had to be done with limited resources as several of their active members were unavailable or unable to help so “hats off” to the dedicated members who helped make the promenade a success. The Fall Cheminot was held by Denton County Voiture 1601 in Lake Dallas. Although a small locale with fewer than 10 members they did a good job in hosting the Cheminot and we had a great meal for the banquet. Thanks to all who helped from the locale and American Legion Post 88. We are set to have our Spring Cheminot in Austin on February 6-8, 2015. We had to move to the 1st weekend of February this year due to a scheduling conflict with the hotel. All will remain much the same with the Dames meeting in the hotel and the Voyageurs meeting at American Legion Post 83 for the Cheminot on Saturday afternoon which is where we will hold the banquet on Saturday night. More information is enclosed in the TVN and also available on the Grande du Texas website at www.texasboxcar.org David Knutson Grand Chef de Gare
GRANDE DU TEXAS HISTORY BOOK TAKES 1ST PLACE AT PROMENADE NATIONALE Along with some other recognition at Promenade Nationale, the Grande Voiture du Texas won first place in the History Book competition. A very big Thank You to the talents of Deborah Knutson who put the book together in short notice. I assisted with some of the event cataloging but all the creativity and skills are to her credit. The book covers the past year and included several events from around the state, the 2014 Grand Raffle, Promenade Nationale, the move of the Merci Boxcar and Grand Opening of the Merci Boxcar exhibit at Camp Mabry, and other events. It will be out for everyone to look through at Merci Boxcar 2015. I would like to thank those who sent me photos and information about events they participated in so we could include events from several locals within the Grand du Texas. Deborah is already started to work on the 2015 Grand History Book so if your locale is involved in any events – take a photo or two and send them to Deborah so she can work on some pages as the year goes on and we can have another great entry to Promenade Nationale 2015. Send photos and a description of the event including date, event, and names of people in the photo to Deborah via email: dlbrom@yahoo.com
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