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Summer Camp Jobs! Weekend honors ‘best Hermann Sons Youth Camp is seeking highly motivated men and women for summer employment. Summer Positions Available: Counselor Food Service Worker Food Service Manager Maintenance Worker Housekeeper Also, Nurse positions for one week or more are available.
Come live the adventure of camp for a rewarding summer experience! For an application or more information visit our website at www.hermannsons.org (Click on the Employment Opportunities tab and then Camp) For more information contact Katie Klohn, Executive Camp Director Hermann Sons Youth Camp PO Box 629; Comfort, TX 78013 Phone – 830-995-3223 Email – katiek@texashermannsons.org
Members of Hermann Sons Hondo Victory Lodge No. 161 Graduate Cash Drawing Hondo Victory Lodge will hold a drawing and award up to FIVE $200 prizes to eligible 2016 high school graduates who are female graduate members of Hondo Victory Lodge No. 161. The prize will be in the form of a check. Names will be drawn on June 1, 2016. The winners only will be notified and are encouraged to attend the June 14, 2016, meeting to accept their check. For more information, call Verlie Nietenhoefer at 830-426-2847. To enter, the form below must be completed and received on or before May 31, 2016. Mail to: Verlie Nietenhoefer, Secretary Victory Lodge No. 161 1204 32nd St. Hondo, TX 78861 Please send a cap and gown picture for publication in the newspaper. (Photo will not be returned). The photo is not a requirement for the drawing, but will be appreciated.
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and brightest of agents’ LEAGUE CITY – Twenty-three Hermann Sons agents were honored for their production in 2015 during the annual Agents’ Awards Banquet held Saturday, April 16, in League City at the South Shore Harbour Resort. Ten agents qualified for the Grand President’s Club, another nine earned membership in the Executive Club and four were named to the Million Dollar Club. A complete list of the agents who qualified for each club can be found on Page 19. The banquet was the highlight of a weekend trip to the bay area for the agents and their guests. On Friday night everyone boarded the Royal Princess II for a four-hour dinner cruise. They were greeted by a pirate (aka Agent Brad Klein) as they boarded the yacht for the trip that featured a fajita dinner and drinks. Fun pictures were taken with pirate props. On Saturday, the agents were free to explore the area on their own. Several visited the Kemah Boardwalk while others visited the NASA Space Center and other nearby attractions. After drinks that evening, everyone gathered in the banquet room for the meal and awards presentation. Grand Vice President-Investments Harry Werland delivered the invocation. Grand Vice President-Marketing Tim Kolbe spoke first. He noted that Hermann Sons agents wrote more new members in 2015 than in 2014 and generated more premium income than the year before. He reported that almost 91 percent of Hermann Sons agents had production in 2015. The agents honored at the banquet wrote more than 50 percent of the applications in 2015. That amounted to more than $700,000 in premium income or 73 percent of total premium income generated in 2015. He told the agents, “your determination and drive to succeed have gained you the right to be called the best and brightest of Hermann Sons agents. Tonight we celebrate your accomplishments and show appreciation for your hard work and production.” And, he added, “Your success has encouraged others to also seek success. You truly are the shining stars which light the way for others.” He concluded, “We strive to be competitive in the fraternal industry and we have the will to succeed. With your continued help and dedication, our Order will make great strides among our fraternal brethren, and move us to the forefront of our peers. This is our dream; this is our mission. I deeply appreciate you all.” Grand President Buddy Preuss then addressed the group, likening the agents in the room to the cream that rises to the top of the milk. He applauded the agents for their efforts, giving a special pat on the back to the three agents – Teresa Saathoff, Gary Falkenberg and
Grand Vice President-Marketing Tim Kolbe was greeted by a pirate when he and the agents boarded the Royal Princess II on Friday night. The pirate was really Agent Brad Klein from Georgetown. Carol Krauss – who have written at least one application every month for the past 84 months or seven years. He also gave special recognition to Mary Koenig, a new agent from Yoakum who qualified for the Grand President’s Club in her first year as an agent, and to Special Representative Teresa Saathoff who finished the year in first place in all three production categories - number of applications written, premium income generated and volume of insurance sold. He also noted that Hermann Sons is moving forward with new programs that should help agents in their sales efforts especially when it comes to communicating with members. At the end of the evening, a drawing was held and four agents went home with an extra $50 in cash. They were Mary Koenig, Sandra Duncan, Marlin Tanneberger and David Wolf. Joining the agents for the weekend were members of the Grand Committee. Besides Grand President Preuss and Grand Vice President Kolbe, in attendance were Grand Vice President-Investments Harry Werland and all five members of the Grand Finance Committee, Chairman Janice Kuhen, Jack Larned, Paul Heath, Wilburn Pargmann and Sandra Jones. See BANQUET, Pg. 19