[Platt Deut Chen's Verein] (Lower German Speaking, Lodge or Society)
Chicagoer Arbeiter Zeitung, Feb. 3 1881
As the saying goes "the Crown to the Worthy". At the last meeting of the Platt Deutschen Verein, the Committee gave a special Toast to Mr. George B. Tiarks, who was their President four times, and who now is their e -President. And again a toast was drunk by the Lodge, the Lodge members using the slogan of the Lodge "Boy Hold On;" as they did so, they presented Mr. Tiarks with a came which had a gold tip.
Afterwards the Committee and members presented Mr. Tiarks with a Poem, which has been dedicated to him, for his faithful and untiring service, which he has rendered during his terms of President.
