Max Winkeler, Editor.
February 2006
Beste Club Leden/ Dear Club
Members
Here is the first News
Letter of 2006. Last year has been very trying for many of us and for quite a
number of members the agony is still not over. Nevertheless we are happy to see
that many came back to the city (town by now!) and trying to get their life
back on track even when the track may be different from what it was before
Katrina. We wish you good luck and if we can help let us know.
1. Saturday, December 3rd we
had a Sinterklaas Party at the home of Marjolein
and Jos Wolke. Here is the commentary from our Secretary Eric Gossiaux:
“This report was
promised by me during the Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) Party. For those of you who
attended might have heard me say, “don’t rely on a report right away. You might
be waiting for a long time”. Here it is, two months after the party. I will
become better with this as time passes by.
The Sinterklaas
party was a success! The family of Jos and Marjolein Wolke and their daughter,
again opened their home and entertained the 21 guests by serving food and
drinks. Your dues paid for all the refreshments and I personally thank all of
you for your contribution.
Everyone who
attended brought a gift to share with each other. The women brought wrapped
presents for the women as the men brought theirs for the men. Myrtha Lovelace
brought a few extra gifts for the women as did Jos for the men. During the
celebration, Jos, as the host, was designated Sinterklaas. He chose to allow
the eldest, down to the youngest, to select the first present. All of us who attended
now know how old we are!
Before the next
eldest person was allowed to select a present a short poem accompanying the
present was read aloud for everyone to hear. Some were pleasant to listen to as
well as some funny ones too. Of course most were in Dutch as well as in
English. Then the process was again followed by the next person. One by one
with excitement we took our turn in selecting and opening a wrapped present.
The joy of Sinterklaas was evident when mostly everyone started
singing some Sinterklaas songs
in Dutch. What a wonderful feeling I got when I heard all of you singing. I
need to consider learning to sing some songs in Dutch too. The Club should
continue to sing Sinterklaas songs as a tradition every year. So for all you
who didn’t attend this year’s celebration you missed a heart warming gathering.
Until next year, relearn some old Dutch Sinterklaas songs. Until then, see you. Eric “
Eric has tried to
translate his review in Dutch electronically. Unless you like Zuid-Afrikaans
(Boers) the translation is somewhat difficult to read and therefore not
published here.
This year we had already 2
meetings/parties.
2. The well attended New Years
Cocktail Party (January 1) at our house where we wished each other a
better year than 2005 and
3. The Winterkost Party (February
5) in
Great dishes were prepared by the members
such
as split-pea soup (erwten soep), kale
(boerenkool),
brown
bean dish (bruine bonen), Sauerkraut with
white beans and a delicious corn chowder
prepared
by our
hostess.
35 members and guests attended this event and
had a
very good time. We like to thank Theresa
and
Victor again for their hospitality and Madeleine
for
showing us her progress in playing the violin.
In a meeting on February 3, the Board discussed the activities program for the coming months. I may remind you that you are always welcome to make other suggestions. A museum visit and a theater play or concert comes to mind. Here is what we have planned. Please make a note on your calendar to keep those dates free.
1. On March 19 (Sunday) at 2:00 pm
Cily and I will host a
Cajun Pot-Luck party. So open your local cuisine cookbook and see what
interesting dish you can prepare (or buy when you really can not
cook it yourself). Desserts are of course always also welcome.
2. 
Our Honorary Consul of the
and watch firework or dance in the streets.
Therefore previous Queen Juliana’s birthday
is used in stead.
Contrary to the date in the previous letter,
the Holland Club now plans
to celebrate the
birthday of the Queen on Saturday April 22
and make that a “Games” day starting at
2:00 pm at the residence of the Wolkes. If
you have a special game you
like, bring it
with you.
3. For Saturday May 20, we plan to
visit the
The cost is $ 11.00 for seniors
or $ 14.00 for adults. Which does not mean that seniors are no adults ! The
safari tour is per covered wagon. There are only plant eating animals such as
zebras, giraffes, deer, lamas and camels. If you rather like to stay in the
picnic area, you don’t have to pay. We will meet at the
4. Because of the absence of many
members during the vacation period, we plan no activities during the months of
June, July and August.
5. In stead of in June as
mentioned in the previous letter, we know plan to have the Indonesian Pot-Luck Party in
September (tentatively Sunday the 10th at 2:00 pm) ) at
the residence of Mark & Madelein Manes in Luling. Directions will follow later,
but here is already the address:
Most likely we will have that day again election for Board of
Trustees members for the club year 2006-2007. Please think about making
yourself available and electable for a position.
6. If any of our members is
willing and has the space to host a party in the future, we would appreciate to
hear from him/her. And think also about other activities. Some of us have made
now several bike trips varying from 10 miles to 50 miles.
Here is an input from our Vice Chairman and bike correspondent in
Dutch:
Ook dit jaar zijn
we weer van plan om van tijd tot tijd met een groepje “fietsende Hollanders”
een tochtje in de omgeving te rijden. De eerste fietstocht is geplanned voor
zaterdag 11 februari op de “Tammany Trace”. We vertrekken vanaf de “Mandeville
Trail Head”.
Langzaam maar zeker lijkt de groep fietsers zich uit te breiden. Een goed
teken, want ook op de fiets geldt: „hoe meer zielen hoe meer vreugd“.
We rijden meestal een tochtje van zo’n 10 tot 15 mijl en stoppen ergens
voor een koffie of lunch pauze. De ene keer stoppen we bij een koffiehuis of
restaurant, een andere keer nemen we koffie en snacks mee en zoeken een mooi
rust plekje op.
Niemand hoeft zich zorgen te maken over het tempo. We toeren, en nemen er
de tijd voor. Soms strekt het peleton zich wat uit, en er vormt zich zelfs af
en toe een kop groepje, maar niemand fietst alleen.
De locaties van de overige tochtjes voor dit jaar staan nog niet vast.
Meestal rijden we wel een keer op de levee tussen Audubon Park en Destrahan.
Bovendien zijn er nog diverse andere mooie plekjes aan de „North Shore“.
Ik hoop dat de groep fietsers langzaam blijft groeien.
Voor de lange aftand fietsers: Ik heb de website van de MS Ride for Cure
vandaag nog geraadpleegd maar het is nog steeds niet bekend of, en wanneer, de
afgelaste tocht van oktober 2005 wordt gereden. Er was destijds sprake van dat
de tocht in dit voorjaar zou worden gereden, maar tot dusver geen nieuws.
Jos Wolke
7.
Member information.
a. A few members
on the West-Bank took residence at “The Landing“ on 3601 Behrman Place New Orleans 70114 Those members are:
Jan & Miep Theuns. Apt.
#134 phone: 504 361-7616
John Muysken. Apt. #314 phone: 504 450-5751
Myrtha Lovelace Apt. # and phone:
not known yet. (March 2006)
Cily and I have seen some of the
apartments in The Landing and are very impressed. We wish these members a good
time in their new environment and hope that they will remain members of the
club for a long time. Of course we will not have the opportunity to convene
anymore at the homes of Myrtha (Halloween) or Jan & Miep in the future, but
hope to find other members to open their doors. Myrtha, Jan and Miep, thanks
for your hospitality during so many years. Keep going strong!
b.
We have had contact with Olga Zenowich.
She is home, but living in
a trailer until enough repair
work is done to her damaged home.
Make note that her phone number is 504
722-5792
c.
Mimi Miller is not coming back to New
Orleans, but she would like
to stay in touch. Here is her address: 4960 Harrison Dr. Apt #226,
Las Vegas, NV 89120. Home ph: 702 451-1730. Cell ph: 702 439-
2627.
We wish her good luck and she will be of course always
welcome here.
d. We have a few
new members which we would like to introduce:
Willem and Henny Keij. Their
residence is at 68 Yellowstone Drive, New Orleans, 70131. phone: 504 433-8522.
They attended the last two parties and you may have met them therefore already.
Because of Willem’s work they stayed in many countries and have a lot of
stories to tell. A heartfelt welcome to both.
We have the names of two more potential members, but as long they are
not official members, we will introduce them later.
8. The Holland Club has a special registration form for
(potential) new
Members. Connie Willems, our Honorary
Consul will keep some copies at her office and refer to them when Dutch persons
come to her office on
9.
50th
anniversay of the Holland Club in 2007.
On exactly the 24th of January
1957 the Holland Club of New Orleans was officially incorporated according to
the document in our archives (see picture) . The club was founded however
already in 1955. We want to celebrate this anniversary in a special way and the
Board therefore would like to invite the membership to come up with
suggestions.
We found quite some interesting
information about the HC of NO in the “inherited“ archives.
I took
the following data from the yearbook of
1969
a.
Jan Theuns was President from 1963 till 1965 (became member in 1963!)
b. Beppie Michaud was already a member in
1969 and maybe even earlier
c.
Bep van Battum was Vice-President from 1969-1970
d.
Wim en Irene Klarenbeek became members in 1964
e.
Eugene and Nanne Meliezer also already members in 1969
In
1969 the HC had 65 members of which 30 families and 5 individual.
In
case any of our present members has any old pictures or documents about members
or events, please contact the Editor. We would like e.g to compile a list of
all the previous board members through the years.
10.
Miscellaneous.
11.
Bitterballen Recept Cily
Winkeler
You can use any
kind of meat. I prefer chicken.
For appr. 100
bitterballen you need:
2 lb meat (boiled
and shredded)
appr. 2C broth
8 T “margerine” or
butter (= 1 stick)
1 C flour (all
purpose)
2 T parsley (it
makes a difference if you use fresh parsley!)
½ tsp salt
1/8 tsp each of
nutmeg, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, celery salt, paprika, curry
(don’t go
overboard with the spices, first taste the end result before you add more).
In a regular pot
meld the butter and add the salt and the nutmeg, etc., stir well. Add the flour and after the butter and the
flour are combined, add the broth, little by little to prevent making lumps. The roux should be stiff enough to roll the
balls. At the end add the shredded meat
and the parsley. Bring it to a boil,
stirring continuously. Taste this
mixture and see if you want to add anything more of the nutmeg, and/or etc. *
After the mixture
has cooled down, form small balls. You
then first roll them through breadcrumbs, then egg (add 2 T of water to each
egg and beat well) and again roll them through breadcrumbs. Your “bitterballen” are now ready to be deep
fried until they are golden brown.
Enjoy!
* If you, by accident,
add too much broth to the roux, you can make the roux stiffer by adding
cornstarch or gelatin.
12.
En nu even lachen. Wees voorzichtig wat je aan kinderen vraagt !
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: Why are you late, Frank?
FRANK: Because of the sign.
TEACHER: What sign?
FRANK: The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell "crocodile?"
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L"
TEACHER: No, that's wrong.
GLENN: But you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: Where did you come up with that?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't
have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with "I."
MILLIE: I is...
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, "I am."
MILLIE: All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when
people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher.
Tot ziens/ Till then/ Au revoir/
Wiedersehen
