May Ball to be held from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. on Saturday May 9, 2026 at Fairview Sports Bar in Jefferson
The identity of the new King and Queen is one of the best kept secrets in the City of Jefferson. Nominations for King and Queen are solicited from the community early in the new year. Only the Selection Committee, made up of the last three years of Kings and Queens know who the next Royalty of Gemuetlichkeit Days will be until they are announced at 7:30 p.m. at May Ball. Thank you Paul and Rori Eilendfeldt for being our King and Queen for 2025. Admission this year is only $5.00 each, or three for $10.00 for raffle tickets purchased at the door. You not only will be supporting the Gemuetlichkeit Days Scholarship fund, but will have a chance to win one of several prizes. They are listed below. If you have already purchased a raffle ticket from a Gemuetlichkeit person prior to this event simply bring a stub along. Please join us to welcome our new royal couple. Euchre tourney at 2:00 p.m. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.($2.00 entry fee for Euchre) Music for the evening by the Mike Schneider Band from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Raffle prize drawing will take place at 9:30 p.m. Raffle ticket prizes for 2026 – THANK YOU to all who so generously donated
1ST PRIZE — Chris Lemke 2ND PRIZE — Monica Krause 3rd PRIZE — Jerry Furan 4th PRIZE — Heather Faust 5th PRIZE — Tiffany Schmidt 6th PRIZE — Jenni Ehrke
7th PRIZE — Paul Hans 8th PRIZE — Kyle Haferman9th PRIZE — Mark Wiegel10th PRIZE — Bob Adams11th PRIZE — Shane Becker
1ST PLACE TROPHY — MaryAnn Gleisner - 79 2ND PLACE — Evelyn Fischer - 78 3rd PLACE — Tony Lembrich - 77 4th PLACE — Flo Simonson - 685th PLACE — Gordy Goers - 67 5th PLACE — Roland Altreuter - 67 5th PLACE — Lois Kirchner - 67 5th PLACE — Wayne Metzker - 67 HONORABLE MENTION — Brian Schmidt - 66 BOOBIE PRIZE — Kathy Schmidt - 42 HIGH AT HALF — Evelyn Fischer - 38
1st Place Winner MaryAnn Gleisner
