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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=86 BGCOLOR="#CC9966" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Glückstal Colonies Research Association</B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Glückstal"><U>Glückstal</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neudorf"><U>Neudorf</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bergdorf"><U>Bergdorf</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kassel"><U>Kassel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A>   |   <B>Newsletter</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research"><U>Research</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#996633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Archived Issues</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter Spring 2003"><U><B>Spring/Summer 2003</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter Spring 2002"><U><B>Spring 2002</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=394 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Newsletter</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter</B></div> <div> IN THIS ISSUE Volume 21, No. 1 </div> <div> (Spring 2008)</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="496" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="446"><div> <B>TITLE</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>PAGE</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> The Glückstalers in New Russia, the Soviet Union and North America</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Homer Rudolf, Margaret Freeman</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> A Preview of the New GCRA Book</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Margaret Freeman, Thomas A. Stangl</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="446"><div> St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Odessa </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 4</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> Glückstal Lutheran Church Reunion</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Twyla Zimmerman</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 5</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="446"><div> Reunion</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 5</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="446"><div> Honorary Doctorate for Calvin Fercho</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 6</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> Memories of Herbert Koerner</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Herbert Koerner</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 6</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> Pawns on the World Stage                    </div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Alfred Opp</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 11</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> The Ancient Cradle</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Alita  (Kussmaul) Frank</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 12</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> Our German Religious Heritage</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Edwin F. Zuern</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 23</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> Returning to an Ancestral Place in Germany</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by George Niesl</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 27</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="446"><div> Excerpts from the Hutchinson Herald (SD)</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Gladys Mettler</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 28</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="446"><div> Special Thanks</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 29</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="446"><div> In Memory</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 30</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 ><NOBR><div> GCRA General Information/Newsletter Copyright</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 31</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="446"><div> Index</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="39"><div> 32</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>