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The Board of the MMHS for 1998 is the following: Adolf Ens, Winnipeg; Henry G. Ens, Reinland; Helene Friesen, Winnieg; Otto Hamm, Morden; Elmer Heinrichs, Altona; Ed Hoeppner, Winnipeg; Marianne Janzen, Winnipeg; Vic Janzen, Steinbach; Lawrence Klippenstein, Winnipeg; Irene Kroeker, Steinbach; Martha Martens, Hordean; Matthew Neufeld, Winnipeg; Jake Peters, Winnipeg; Ken Reddig, Winnipeg; Conrad Stoesz, Winnipeg; Richard Thiessen, Winnipeg; Hans Werner, Winkler. The Chairs of the standing committees are as follows: Local History - Adolf Ens; Genealogy - Helene Friesen; Membership and Publicity - Ed Hoeppner; Sites and Monuments - Lawrence Klippenstein; Executive - Ken Reddig, Research, Scholarship, and Publications - Hans Werner. The Local History Committee members are: William Harms, Altona; David M. Friesen, Gretna; Bruce Wiebe, Ed Falk, and Mary Ellen Neufeld, Winkler; Otto Hamm and John Wall, Morden; John Dyck, Jake Peters, and Adolf Enns, Winnipeg.
Krueger, Jake.Memorabilia. Jake Krueger, 168 pp., $15.00. Krueger book: a new collection of memories Seven decades of personal experiences and folklore come alive in Memorabilia, a second book privately published by an Altona writer, now retired. Jake Krueger is the author of this 168-page 7x10" book of "my recollections and reminiscences" written over the winter months based on personal memories and materials gathered over the last four years since Krueger published his first book Nostalgic Reflections of Jake Krueger based in large part on his personal journals and memories. A prolific reader, Krueger's writing stems from a vivid imagination, nostalgic memories and a writing ability nurtured over decades. Easy to read stories, and in good humour, reflect his background. He grew up in the village of Neubergthal, worked in CO camp, and tested varied occupations he tested before settling down to work as a meat clerk. The writer and friend Bill Kehler, 89, a recent computer guru, assembled the book for the printer. Two hundred copies are now being sold at $15 apiece to recoup costs. For more information, or to order, contact Krueger at Box 552, Altona, MB ROG OBO. Ph. (204) 324-5396. The first issue of a new poetry periodical, Vox, edited by Moses Dueck, and published at CMBC appeared early in the year. It is a paperback item with 20 pages. Copies can be obtained from Moses Dueck at Ste.1, 88 Maryland St., Winnipeg, MB R3G 1K8. Dies und Das is a collection of columns in the German language written in past years for Mennonitische Post by former editor, Abe Warkentin. It is a recent paperback issue of 214 pages which may be ordered from Menn. Post, Steinbach, MB R0A 2A0. Albert Barkman of the Church of God in Christ Mennonite (Holdeman) at Beausejour, MB is editor of a republication of a war-time church newsletter for Cos titled Home News. The newsletter was published from 1943-1946, and all issues are included in this volume. It is a paperback edition of pages, can be obtained from the editor at R.R.2, Beausejour, MB R0E 0C0. The news came from places like Greenland, SD, Kleefeld, Steinbach, and Rosenort - all sites of Holdeman congregations then, and still today. News also came from the larger area surrounding these communities. Randy Kehler has published The Descendants of Peter Kehler 1836-1876. Johann Kehler 1864-1937. Pb., 106 pp. Order from J.R. Kehler, Box 20737, Steinbach, MB R0A 2T2. Elma Martens Schemenauer has just published Jacob Siemens Family Since 1685 (pb. 200 pp.. $28.00). Jacob Siemens was a hard-working talkataive horseman, chauffeur, freighter, merchant, and farmer. He was born in 1862 in the Mennonite settelement of Chortitza, Ukraine. For mor information, write to Elma at Farland Press Inc., 92 Caines Ave., Toronto, Ontario M2R 2L3
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