While this year will celebrate the 59th annual German feast and auction to support the Corn Bible Academy, this will be the first year it is held at the new campus. The event will take place April 1 at 22387 E. 1070 Road in Clinton.
The school opened in 1903 in Corn, which was known as Korn, the German spelling of the word, until 1918. With America on the brink of WWI, anti-German sentiment was high and the name of the town was Americanized.
The Mennonite Brethren Church established the school, one of the oldest Christian high schools west of the Mississippi and the fifth oldest in the nation.
It is supported by parents, friends and businesses, all of whom help with the annual feast to make it successful.
It features a meal characterized by verenika, a cottage- cheese dumpling swimming in ham onion gravy, zwiebach, smoked or grilled sausage, cherry mousse and fried raisin fritters, also known as New Year’s cookies. If you aren’t looking for a full meal, there are also smoked sausage sandwiches.
The early meal begins at 11:30 a.m. and ends about 1:30 p.m. and the late meal begins at 5 p.m. and wraps up about 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children. They are available for advance purchase by calling the office at (580) 3432262, emailing germanfeast@ cornbible.org or sending a check and selfaddressed stamped envelope to German Feast, Corn Bible Academy, 22387 E 1070 Road, Clinton, OK 73601.
In addition to the wonderful meal, there are beautiful handmade quilts, wood crafts, afghans, toys, farm equipment, cracklins and schnetka (German delicacies), and many other items on display, for sale or eventually auctioned on the live or silent auction.
All proceeds go to support the school.