Program: Carl M. Bernegau; Golden Anniversary Dinner; Keuffel & Esser Co., Hotel Astor, N.Y., Dec. 2, 1940.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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Name/Title

Program: Carl M. Bernegau; Golden Anniversary Dinner; Keuffel & Esser Co., Hotel Astor, N.Y., Dec. 2, 1940.

Entry/Object ID

2010.007.0245

Scope and Content

Program and menu: Carl M. Bernegau; Golden Anniversary Dinner; Keuffel & Esser Co.' Monday December Second Nineteen Hundred and Forty; Grand Ballroom - Hotel Astor; New York City. Pamphlet, 8-3/4" wide x 11-7/8" high, [8] pp. plus covers. Gold paper pastedowns. Cover title: Carl M. Bernegau 1890-1940. While a banquet honoring Bernegau, who would serve from 1942-1946 as President of the company which was based in Hoboken and where he lived, the booklet was also a part of a ceremony for honoring the Old Guard and Golden Guard, a company organization which honored long-time employees. (in later years the group was more fornally re-organized into the two named groups: those who had at least 25 to 49 years service as the Old Guard and those with 50 or more years as the Golden Guard.) Page [1]: title as above; calligraphic rendering of the K&E griffin trademark with dates 1890 and 1940 added. page [2]: epigram page [3]: tipped-in printed photo portrait of Bernegau page [4]:program; The Golden Guard is listed - see notes for text page [5]: menu pages [6-8] Old Guard; members listed by years of service: 50, 45; 40; 35, 30 and 25 plus Retired - see notes for names and anniversary dates. In the Old Guard, there were some people who had served more than fifty years including one from 1881(59 years) and Miss Mary Pfeiffer, the 'Spider Lady' who started at K&E on August 17, 1889.

Acquisition

Accession

2010.007

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1890 - 1940

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1940 Date(s): 1940

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Bernegau was K&E president 1942-1946. [page 1] CARL M. BERNEGAU GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY DINNER KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. MONDAY DECEMBER SECOND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY GRAND BALLROOM - HOTEL ASTOR NEW YORK CITY Program [page 4] GREETINGS MR. KARL KELLER, Toastmaster ECHOES OF THE PAST The K&E Folksong Double Quartet OLD NEW YORK The K&E Choir MR. W. G. KEUFFEL THE WILD AND WOOLY WEST The K&E Cowboy Band STOUT HEARTED MEN The K&E Glee Club THE GOLDEN GUARD Mr. Philip Ferber COMMUNITY SINGING [pages 6-8] OLD GUARD 50 Years BERNEGAU, CARL M. 1890 September 15 FERBER, PHILIP 1885 March 5 FINCK, JOHN J. 1884 November 11 KEUFFEL, WILLIE L. E. 1884 June 16 KIMMERLE, ALBERT 1881 January 21 PFEIFFER, MISS MARY 1889 August 17 WITT, JACK 1880 August 9 45 Years EHRET, HARRY E. 1893 October 16 FORSTNER, CHARLES 1892 November 22 FRANKE, THEO. 1895 February 17 KRAUTHEIM, KARL 1891 August 24 PUSEMANN, PAUL 1895 April 16 40 Years ARNDT, EDWARD 1899 May 17 BAUMAN, PAUL 1899 July 5 CLIFFORD, HARRY 1900 October 1 FERBER, WILLIAM 1897 June 26 FOSSETTA, CARL 1896 August 15 FOSSETTA, GUSTAV 1899 January 21 HAMM, JOHN J. 1898 February 28 HERBST, WERNER 1896 January 16 HOLSCHER, ROBERT 1897 December 1 KEUFFEL, WILLY G. 1896 December 28 NATTEFORD, JOSEPH 1899 July 21 STUMPF, GEORGE P. 1897 November 19 35 Years AMELUNG, GEORGE 1901 May 8 BIRKICHT, WILLIAM F. 1903 August 16 BORJES, FREDERICK 1903 May 26 CONNELL, JAMES 1903 July 23 HETZEL, HERMAN 1903 November 12 HILDRETH, WALTER A. 1905 August 7 HORN, ROBERT 1902 January 2 KLATT, RICHARD E. 1905 May 26 KRAEFT, ALBERT 1905 October 23 KRIEGER, CHARLES 1904 August 31 LUNDEEN, CARL A. 1905 October 12 MALATESTA, JOHN 1903 August 1 NELSON, JOHN 1905 September 14 PESCIA, CHARLES 1904 May 10 RDHMANN, HENRY 1903 January 23 SCHRADER, JOHN J. 1904 March 16 STURM, IGNATZ 1902 January 14 SODEN, AUGUST 1905 June 8 SWAN, JULES 1904 January 14 30 Years ABRAMOWITZ, ALEXANDER 1907 September 3 BASKIN, SAMUEL 1906 September 10 BEALL, OPEL 1910 September 12 BECK, CHARLES 1906 May 9 BERGMAN, WILLIAM 1907 August 19 BIRCKHOLTZ, FRANK 1908 July 23 BREUNIG, CONRAD 1906 March 22 BURKE, JOS. 1908 April 6 GATO, GABRIELE 1906 January 14 GDNTHER, MAX 1908 April 7 HENZE, WILLIAM 1906 April I8 KELLER, KARL 1910 December 5 KOOS, EUGENE 1907 October 17 KOVACS, JOHN 1906 October 31 KRAFT, EUGENE W. 1910 July 12 LIPANOVICH, ANOTON 1904 August 8 LOCKHAUS, PAUL 1909 March 18 MIKALSEN, MIKOL 1909 July 1 MISIK, CHARLES 1906 May 3 PARISIO, JASPER 1904 August 11 REALACCI, AURELIO 1907 March 22 REID, WILLIAM E. 1909 July 1 ROSER, WILLIAM 1907 May 23 STAUB, JOHN 1907 February 13 STRAUB, RALPH 1907 May 9 STUHR, ALBERT C. 1906 November 20 WEISS, CARL 1910 November 7 WISLOH, ALBERT 1910 September 8 ZWIRN, JOSEPH 1907 August 9 25 Years BARBIERI, GIOVANNI 1913 June 26 BERTOTTI, FRANK 1913 March 24 BOWMAN, HARRY E. 1912 August 12 BREDE, WILLIAM 1915 November 15 BUSCH, WALTER L. 1915 November 15 CAPELLI, FRANK 1901 June 5 DORSETT, ARTHUR 1913 February 17 GARBARINI, MISS EDITH 1913 May 5 GILLIES, WILLIAM 1914 February 4 GRUSS, CHARLES 1910 December 12 HABENSTEIN, JOHN C. 1914 October 22 IVORY, EDWARD 1914 October 15 KEDFFEL, ADOLPH W. 1914 June 10 KEUFFEL, CARL W. 1907 July 11 LA RUE, LEO 1914 April 13 MANN, ANTHONY 1912 December 3 OHOURKE SR., EDWARD 1911 March 24 PATROSIO, WILLIAM 1914 April 23 PAULSEN, GEORGE 1908 May 25 RENKER, CARL 1914 July 3 SCHRAMM, ROSS G. 1913 June 23 SERRA, FRANK 1907 March 7 STERNAD, JOHN 1913 July29 STORK, JACOB 1913 August 6 SUDEN, WILLIAM 1904 April 16 VOSS, ARTHUR J. 1910 April 3 WATSON, JOHN 1911 June 19 WIIITLOCK, DONALD E. 1915 October 4 WOOD, CHARLES 1914 June 5 WOOD, SAM JR. 1913 September 3 Retired BRIEMEYER, FRED 1890 October 6 CITRO, ROCCO 1903 November 16 HAKE, AUGUST 1910 February 7 HALEM, LOUIS V. 1900 April 16 KISSEL, HENRY 1906 June 10 PFEIFFER, CHARLES 1885 October 5 SCHUMACHER, FRED 1891 January 4 SCHWALM, HENRY 1887 March 21 STOEFFLER, ADOLPH 1880 March 28 THOMANN, LOUIS 1898 July I8 Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-11-02