Niehaus News 4th Quarter 2021

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Bernie & Patty Niehaus
Anne Pratt & Brian Spradling - Brennan, Julia, Alec, Kevin, Sydney, Audrey

Butch & Tina Niehaus - Nicholas, Megan, Molly
Mallory & Will Irvin - Charlotte

Catherine Niehaus Lawless & Steve Lawless - Jensen, Johnny, Mickey
David & Maggie Niehaus - Katie & Abby
Emily & Cody Jones
Ben & Kate Niehaus

Eric & Teresa Niehaus - Bailey, Jackson, Natalie, Charlie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEW EMPLOYEES

JANUARY Jan 2 MARCH Mar 15 Victor Bravo Stonehaus
Jan 7 Mar 17 Patrick O'Haver Stonehaus
Coletyn Bieker Jan 7 Dennis Bilskie Mar 20 Jacoby Wilson WBM-Vincennes
Roger Abel Jan 9 Bryan Wood Mar 23 Raymond Legg Stonehaus
Dick Woodward Jan 10 Mark Frey Mar 23 Anabel Pena NL-Vincennes
Bobby Ray Deakins Jr. Jan 14 Andi Hart Mar 25 Jessica Miller NL-Vincennes
Randall Loman Jan 14 Jeffrey Enders Jennifer Rhoutsong IDC-Evansville
Debra J VanGilder Jan 14 Elizabeth Behringer Jessica McDaniel NL-Vincennes
Mick Gormley Jan 15 Benjamin Osmon WBM-Vincennes
Holly Robertson Jan 15 ANNIVERSARIES
Debra Dunn Jan 16 Joshua Thomas WBM-Vincennes
Keith Hirsch Jan 18 JANUARY Corbin Keller WBM-Vincennes
Stephen Burnham Jan 19 Jonathan Noah WBM-St Louis
Tonya French Jan 23 Dale Nash 26 Nicholas Stone NL-Vincennes
Rance Meredith Jan 28 Robert Tolliver 8 Jeremiah Keneipp Stonehaus
Ian Stephens Jan 28 Tim Reichenbaugh 3 Oscar Brosey IV NL-Terre Haute
Nathan Hill Jan 29 John Matick 3 Coletyn Bieker NL-Vincennes
Mary Beth Robinson Keith Pfoff 1 Blake Kean NL-Vincennes
Angela Francis John Hale 1 Claire Fox NL-Vincennes
Dakota Snow 1 Brett Roark WBM-Vincennes
FEBRUARY Lance Skaggs 1 Logan Reichenbaugh Installed Sales
Zachary Lamanske Installed Sales
Mark Ashcraft Feb 4 FEBRUARY 18 Jordan Miles NL-Vincennes
Alison M Jones Feb 4 8 Brandon Burchell Installed Sales
Gwendolyn A Johnson Feb 4 Kim Downen 8
Eric Feagley Feb 6 Richard Karns 8 CONGRATULATIONS
James Shade Feb 6 Travis Leigh 6
Levi Moore Feb 9 Cole Ginder 6 Susan Spainhoward
Richard Karns Feb 11 Marshall Pierson 5 on her retirement! Susan worked at
Scott McCrary Feb 12 Lane Vories 4
Brett Roark Feb 12 Ian Stephens 3 WBM St Louis.
Ken Pettry Feb 17 Scott Brian 2
Amie Smith Feb 21 Ross Montgomery Jeanine Weinzierl
John Harrison Feb 23 Tiffany Jo Henderson 26 on her retirement! Jeanine worked at
Dwight Foote Feb 25 25 Inspire Design Center in Evansville.
Lisa Brothers Feb 26 MARCH 17
Keegan Fuentes Feb 27 16 Jacob Deckard
Don Pea Feb 28 Steve Taylor 11 on the birth of his daughter, Lucille Ann
John Harrison
MARCH Mar 5 Tim Malooley 6 Deckard. Jacob works at NCI.
Mar 6 Mark Frey 5 Ben Niehaus
Jacoby Wilson Mar 6 Gretchen Beaver 3
William Carpenter Mar 10 Jean Boctor 3 on his marriage to Kate Ellerman on
Brian Childs Mar 11 Heather Dirksen 2 October 10th. Ben works at NCI.
Andrew Merrill Mar 11 Angela Francis 2 Jerald Jones
Kevin Compton Mar 11 Sonya Embrey 1
Scott Klein Mar 12 Bryan Myers on his 58th year of marriage to Polly.
Kathy McCreary Mickayla Smith Jerald works at Niehaus Lumber
Brian Kirwer Walker McCrary Robinson.

OUR SYMPATHY TO

Kim Downen
on the loss of her son, Sam Downen. Kim

is employed at WBM Vincennes.

RETAIL WHOLESALE

CORPORATE OFFICES Evansville • Robinson Vincennes • St. Louis Vincennes • St. Louis
Terre Haute • Vincennes Terre Haute • Evansville
1422 E. Elkhorn Rd. • Vincennes, IN
(812) 886-4412 FABRICATING

Bernie Niehaus Vincennes
CEO

Butch Niehaus David Niehaus
President Vice President

The Real Meaning of Christmas
Faith - Family - Friends
Our faith helps us
understand the Our Christmas dinner has always been a
real meaning of tradition at our house. Our family now numbers
37, with the addition of Cody, Will, Kaitlyn, and
Christmas. The season our great granddaughter, Charlotte. Over the
starts with Advent—a years, several friends have been added to the
season of hope—a time guest list, making the list now over 40 at the
of active waiting for the dinner table. On Christmas morning, the aroma
celebration of Jesus’ of roasting turkey permeates the house. I always
birth on Christmas day. look forward to Tina’s dumplings and Anne’s
dressing.
My fondest memories of Advent was when I was
in the seminary at St. Meinrad. The monks would Not long after the big meal, the dishes get
sing in beautiful Gregorian chant washed, and it is onto opening
“O come, O come, Emmanuel.’’ gifts. We started a new tradition
Each Sunday of Advent a candle of playing the game “Dirty Santa”
was lit on the Advent wreath in with all 37 members of the family.
anticipation of Christmas day. At the beginning of the game,
each person draws a number 1
When Christmas Eve finally arrives, to 37. Number 1 starts the game
the midnight mass portrays the and they can pick any of the 37
real meaning of our celebration gifts. You go in numerical order,
of the birth of Jesus Christ. Our consequentially, number 2 would
whole family would attend the follow. Although, person number
midnight mass together. As lector 2 can either steal the gift from
for the mass, I would walk down the aisle in the person 1 or grab a new gift off of the gift table.
entrance procession with the priest and the altar This continues until all 37 numbers have gone.
boys. Each gift can only be stolen 3 times before it is
out of the game. One can imagine that the over
The lights in the Church were turned off and only 21 gifts get stolen quite frequently in this game!
the candles beautifully illuminated the altar. One
of the altar boys carried the Christ child to be Many laughs have been given from our new
placed in the crib scene to the right of the altar. tradition, but it is important to remember that the
As we headed down the aisle, the choir would real meaning of Christmas is your faith, family,
sing “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Then, at the end, and friends. I wish you all a blessed holiday
they would sing “O Holy Night.” season full of God’s grace!

Bernie can be reached at [email protected]

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Ice Candles Angel Punch Poinsettia Pointers
Supplies: 1 cup sugar syrup
1 pint lemon juice Pointers on how to keep these
Paraffin Orange Juice Can 1 quart strong green tea festive Holiday plants around as
2 quarts white grape juice long as possible! Place the plant in
Broken Crayons Ice Cubes 2 quarts chilled club soda bright light, but not direct sun. Keep
Mix all ingredients except soil slightly moist, not waterlogged.
Cardboard Cotton String soda. Refrigerate for 1-2 Feed with a liquid houseplant fertilizer,
How to: hours & pour over ice. read label for directions on how often
to feed. When the flowers begin to
Melt wax in a double boiler,
fade, keep the leaves healthy
making sure the pan on top is by watering and feeding as
you would during the flowering
dry (water into wax will explode). season. The flowerless plant still
needs bright light. Prune back
Braid three long strands of cotton during the growing season to
control its size and shape so it
string - string must be cotton won’t get thin and ungainly. To
stimulate the flowering for next
to burn correctly. Dip string into year, start in October to keep the
plant in total darkness from 5 pm
wax a few times. Put into freezer to 7am every day for four weeks.
Maintain a night temperature
briefly to harden wax. Keep string of 60F-67F. Mist leaves daily if
atmosphere is too dry. When
strait. Stand string up in center your plant begins to flower, place
the plant in bright light and begin
of juice can and pour a small the procedure over again.
Good Luck!
amount of wax in the bottom

of the can. Put can in freezer.

Careful not to burn your hands.

After 10 minutes remove can,

wax should be hard. Fill can with

ice cubes, making sure that wick

stays in center. Fill can with liquid

wax to about 1/2” from top. Wait

for cubes to melt and wax to

harden. Pour off water. Remove

cardboard from candle. Voila, a

beautiful Holiday creation!

2021 Niehaus Open

24 th annual Niehaus Lumber Contractor

Appreciation Golf Outings were held
in September in Terre Haute and Bicknell.
Our top contractor customers from all four
locations were invited to enjoy a relaxing
day on the course featuring a free lunch, 18
holes of golf, contests, dinner, and plenty
of door prizes. We would like to say thank
you to all of the contractors that come to us
for their building needs. We truly appreciate
your business! We hope you’ll continue to
choose Niehaus Lumber as your building
material supplier of choice!

Traditions and Legends

The Advent Wreath Bells

The Advent Wreath is of Lutheran origin. it is an evergreen The ringing of bells originated from the pagan mid-winter
wreath to which four candles in holders have been securely festivities. It was believed that the cold, sunless winters made
attached. Beginning on the first Sunday of Advent, and the next evil spirits more powerful and the one way to drive them away
3 Sundays before Christmas, a candles is lit as a symbol of the was to make a lot of noise. The bells were good for this purpose
as one could ring a bell while at the same time be able to sing
light that will come into the world with Christ's birth. The
candles symbolize faith, joy, love and peace. or shout above it.

Christmas Cards Candles

The sending of Christmas cards began in England. John The Christmas candle is another tradition which evolved from
Horsley is credited with this, however, it was actually at the the pagan mid-winter festivities. It was believed that light was
suggestion of his friend, Sir Henry Cole in 1843, that the first also a way to keep evil spirits away. In Victorian England, it is
Christmas Card was created and published. 1,000 cards were customary to place lighted candles in the window during the
printed and sold for one shilling, equivalent to 24 cents today.
This initial venture failed. It wasn't again until this decade that 12 days of Christmas as a sign to weary travelers that food
less expensive cards can now be printed and the sending of and shelter can be found within. candles are also given by

cards to friends is begining to gain in popularitry. tradesmen to their loyal customers as gifts.

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(Merry Christmas &
Bernie Niehaus Butch Niehaus

NC, INC - CORPORATE NIEHAUS LUMBER WBM
Mike Adams VINCENNES, IN VINCENNES, IN
Tom Bryan Mark Ashcraft Roger Abel
Kim Downen Coletyn Bieker Douglas Akers
Lisa Evans Samuel Bloom Dennis Bilskie
Mark Frey Scott Charleston Casey Block
Amy Gaultney Chandler Deckard Amber Bursott
Andi Hart Ken Doades William Carpenter
Brian Kirwer Sonya Embrey Zachary Clayton
Teresa Mullinax Liz Emmons Benny Crow
Ben Niehaus Claire Fox Bradley Davison
Butch Niehaus Keegan Fuentes Greg Edgin
David Niehaus Travis Michael Hamilton Tracy Estabrook
Emily Niehaus Daniel Hess Dwight Foote
Nick Niehaus Ginger Isley Stuart Freeman
David Petelle Blake Kean Erich Goodman
Susan Sanders Kathy McCreary Mick Gormley
Jessica McDaniel John Harrison
STONEHAUS Brian McVaigh Corbin Keller
Douglas Mikiska Scott Klein
VINCENNES, IN Jordan Miles Travis Leigh
Meghan Bouchie Jessica Miller Erik Letherman
Victor Bravo Ross Montgomery Kasey Like
Wade Christian Keith Pfoff Justin Lowe
Adam Cliver TJ Rutkowski Scott McCrary
Tonya French Luis Scott Rance Meredith
Jeremiah Keneipp Jamie Shade Lisa Mincey
Eric Kotter Shawnee Umpleby Kenneth Mott
Raymond Legg Phil Wehrman Dale Nash
Briar Leigh Don Pea
Henry John Matick TOP SHOP Marshall Pierson
Walker McCrary VINCENNES, IN Jonathan Reed
Lacy Mejean Brett Roark
Levi Moore Ron Gaines Craig Sims
Patrick O’Haver Cole Ginder Tim South
Austin Ray Benjamin Osmon Leda Stagner
Tristan Seals Steve Taylor Josh Thomas
Ian Stephens Robert Tolliver Jacoby Wilson
Grant Utt Mike Worland
Lane Vories Bryan Wood Clete Yochum
Chuck Young

Happy New Year)
David Niehaus

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EVANSVILLE, IN TERRE HAUTE, IN
Lisa Brothers Jay Anderson ST. LOUIS, MO
Christian Buchanan George A Bannon Jr Gretchen Beaver
Stephen Burnham Ryan J Bergherm Jean Boctor
Kevin Compton Scott Brian Brian Childs
Paul Embry Oscar Brosey IV Heather Dirksen
Eric Feagley Walter Burnett Deborah Dunn
Keith Hirsch Bobby Ray Deakins Jr. Nathaniel Hill
Richard Karns Kenneth Dugger Ryan Hutchison
Randall Loman Adam Elliott Mitchel McGuire
Chris Maker Jeffrey Enders Bryan Meldrum
Andrew Merrill Dustin Fagg Christopher Mormino
Chad Ritzert David Flinn Jonathan Noah
Curtis Smith Gwendolyn Johnson Nichole Parkhill
Jacob Steinkuhl Robert Lawson Lisa Pearson
Jade Tibbs Tim Malooley Kenneth Pettry
Michael Wilson Zachary Martin Mark Pope
Keith McMonagle Holly Robertson
INSPIRE DESIGN CENTER Bryan Myers Amie Smith
EVANSVILLE, IN Bryan Justin Myers Brent Sweeney
Jacey Dittmer John Todd
Megan Gospodinoff Debra VanGilder Dennis Wiedner
Tiffany Jo Henderson Tyler Wilds
Jennifer Mitchell NIEHAUS LUMBER
Jennifer Rhoutsong INSPIRE DESIGN CENTER
Mickayla Smith ROBINSON, IL
TERRE HAUTE, IN Steven Duffield
NIEHAUS INSTALLED SALES Elizabeth Behringer John Hale
VINCENNES, IN Angela Francis Melissa Hawkins
Brandon Burchell Alison Jones Jerald Jones
Zachary Lamanske Jennifer Kidwell Clarence Michl
Tim Reichenbaugh Mary Beth Robinson Melvin Lance Skaggs
Logan Reichenbaugh Dakota Snow
Richard Woodward

Ethan Zwilling

(Christmas Word Search)

Answers on page 11

Advent Season

Circle - Eternity of God Matthew 1:21-23
Evergreen Wreath - Life, immortality
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name
Candle - Jesus is the Light Jesus: for He shall save His people for their sins. Now all
Four Candles - Four weeks of Advent
Purple Candles - Prayer, penance & preparation this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of
the Lord by the prophet, saying, ‘Behold, a virgin shall be
Pink Candle - Rejoicing
with, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name
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Not Your Mamas Mashed Taters

INGREDIENTS

5 lbs Potatoes Garlic Powder

1 inch Chicken Broth Salt

2 sticks Butter Pepper

8 oz Cream Cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Wash potatoes, peel (optional), and dice into 1 inch cubes.
2. Add 1 inch of chicken broth to the bottom of a stock pot on high heat. Wait
for the first bubble and turn down to simmer.
3. Add potatoes. Put air tight lid on. Wait for 1 hour or until potatoes can easily
be punctured.
4. Do NOT remove chicken broth! Add butter, cream cheese, garlic powder,
salt & pepper to taste.
5. Mix until the potatoes have no lumps.
6. Serve!
Tip - for additional flavor add cheese & bacon.
This recipe was created by Jim Johnson, 78 Grand Champion Barbecue Pit
master, who had his first class at Niehaus Lumber during Turkey Day. We look
forward to having many more classes to come.

Cabinets • Countertops • Windows • Doors

Evansville • Terre Haute • Vincennes

Niehaus Family Scholarship Award

The Niehaus Family Scholarship was awarded to Austin William Finch of
Vincennes. Austin was born and raised in Vincennes, IN. He graduated from
Rivet High School in 2020. Austin is a sophomore at Vincennes University
and will graduate with honors in December of 2021 with his Associates in
Construction Technologies.
Austin has worked for Wolfe Construction his entire life. He has worked on
numerous local projects including - Pioneer Oil, Subways, Steak n’ Shake,
the Isaiah House, French Village and many others. Austin has aspirations to
follow in his fathers footsteps and become a carpenter and later grow into a
management position. When he isn’t busy with school work or work he enjoys
riding his four wheeler, dirt bikes, and anything with a motor! He also enjoys
spending time with his family. Congratulations Austin, and good luck with your
future endeavors!

The Wait is over... (Christmas Word Search Answers)

Cheese is back at Niehaus Lumber!

Since 2016, the infamous Holiday
Cheese Spread had disappeared
from the Niehaus Lumber Vincennes
refrigerator shelves. That is, until
this year! Widmer’s Cheese, a
fourth generation family owned
cheese company out of Wisconsin,
is now at Niehaus Lumber! With
over four different flavors to choose
from - Aged Brick, Sharp Cheddar,
Jalapeno Brick and Olive Brick.
Hurry in, you don’t want to miss out on our Holiday
Cheese special!

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