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The Southern Israelite
SOCIETY NEWS
Mr. Bernard Marx of New York
City was a recent visitor in the city.
Mrs. A. MacKillop, of San Francis
co, Cal., is visiting her son and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Blacknall on Ox
ford Road.
Mrs. Louis Weinberg has as her
guest, Miss Anne Kessner of Cleve
land, Ohio.
Mr. Charlie Pearl of Greensboro,
N. C. was in the city visiting Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Strauss.
Rabbi Gershon Hadas of New Bri
tain, Conn. Spent a short while with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Had
as.
The Misses Cecil and Annie Rice,
accompanied by their mother, are
planning to attend the Indores-Roth
wedding which will be solemnized in
New York at an early date.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Levy have re
turned from their wedding trip to
New York, and are at home to their
friends. They were the honor guests
at a cake cutting given by their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Clein on Sun
day, March 17th.
Mr. and Mrs. Werner Byck have re
turned from Clearwater, Fla., where
they spent the winter.
Mrs. Flora Mandlebaum, of Albany,
N. Y., is visiting her niece, Mrs. A.
Schwartz.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol I. Meltzer an
nounce the birth of a son.
Mr. Harry Friedman of Brooklyn,
N. Y., spent a few days in Atlanta,
enroute from Florida.
Messrs. Morris Hirsch and H. A,
Visanska, Jr., motored to Athens for
the week-end.
Mr. Sol Rosenberg, of Abbeville, S.
C., spent several days in the city.
The friends of Mrs. William Bauer
will be sorry to learn that she frac
tured her ankle last week.
Mr. and Mrs. David Stern, of Chi
cago, were interesting guests of Mrs.
I. H. Hirsch for a few days.
Mrs. Joseph Hirsch, Mrs. I. H.
Hirsch and Miss Catherine Crane will
motor to Charleston to visit Magnolia
Gardens.
The friends of Mrs. Sigmund Mon
tag will regret to know that she is ill
at her home on Oakdale Road.
Mrs. H. Landauer, of Milwaukee,
Wis., was an interesting guest at the
Biltmore for several days.
Mrs. Isaac Liebman is being cor
dially welcomed after a lengthy so
journ in Europe.
Mr. Wm. Adler spent several days
in the city as the guest of his brother,
Mr. Rudolph Adler.
Mrs. Sallie Hirsch and Mrs. Florrie
Cohen were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Montag, enroute from Albany,
Ga., to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Clein announce
the birth of a son.
Miss Emily Elsas is spending the
spring holidays with her parents.
Mrs. H. Golden has returned from
an extended trip to Miami, Florida,
where she was the guest of her
daughter.
Mrs. Sam Levy has returned from
Birmingham, Ala., where she attended
the Sisterhood Convention.
Mrs. Milton Olsner is recuperating
from her recent operation, but is still
unable to see her friends.
Mrs. Hofflin, of Columbus, Ga., is
the guest of her daughters, Mrs. Sam
Schoen and Mrs. Chas. Franklin.
Mr. Leroy Mandel of New York
City, spent several weeks in Atlanta.
Mrs. Alex Watchel, of Jacksonville,
Fla., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Wachtel and Mr. and Mrs. A.
Shulhafer.
The friends of Mrs. M. W. Moss
will be glad to know that she is re
cuperating from her recent operation
and will be glad to see them at her
home on Seminole Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Ellisan, formerly
of San Francisco, are making their
home in Atlanta. Mrs. Ellison is a
sister of Mrs. Vol Blacknall.
Mrs. A. D. Greenfield has returned
from a visit of several weeks in
Savannah.
Mr. W. W. Visanska has returned
from Abbeville and Charleston, S. C.
At the February meeting of the
council of Jewish Women, at which
Mrs. Annie Lesser presided, Dr. L.
Yates gave a very interesting talk on
China, where he spent several years
serving in a hospital.
Mrs. Ida Bressler entertained a
group of the younger set of Atlanta
society in honor of the sixteenth birth
day of her daughter, Miss Miriam
Bressler, on Sunday, February 24th.
George Washington color scheme pre
vailed in the decorations, favors and
dainty refreshments.
Among the young ladies invited
were the Misses Sarah Sinkovitz,
Frances Sinkovitz, Minnie Barron,
Gertrude Goler, Sadie Rich, Regina
Weinberg, Katie Israel, Annette Da
vidson. Leona Abelsky, Anna Wade
Skillman, Walda Hachendorf, Grace
Glass and Julia Boaz. The little Miss
es Irma Harriette Bressler and Sonya
Abelson, youthful nieces of the bride
also called during the afternoon. Top
score prizes were won by the Misses
Walda Hachendorf and Julia Boaz,
while Miss Annette GefFen cut the
consolation prize.
ORPHAN’S AID GIVES BRIDGE
The Hebrew Orphan’s Aid held their
annual bridge in the grill of the Bilt
more Hotel Monday afternoon, March
25th, many tables being reserved for
the occasion. During the afternoon
two cakes were raffled, one being won
by Mrs. Sigmund Guthman and the
other by Mrs. Simon Metzgar. A
number of prizes were awarded after
the bridge and refreshments enjoyed
by the guests.
PURIM PARTY
On Tuesday afternoon, March 26th
the children of the religious school of
the Temple were the guests of the
Temple Sisterhood at the Standard
Club at a Purim Party. The entertain
ment was in the nature of a Mother
Goose Party, the children represent
ing characters from Mother Goose.
The costumes were made of paper,
and were very attractive.
TREAT GIVEN ORPHANS’ HOME
Mr. Julius M. Visanska, of Charles
ton, S. C., treated the children of the
Hebrew Orphans’ Home with a de
licious chicken dinner. Other guests
present were Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Kriegshaber, Miss Marian Kriegshab-
er, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Visanska,
Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Visanaka, Mr. and
Mrs. Loewus and Mr. Julian Loewus
and Mr. and Mrs. Wyle, A very hap
py time was had by all.
COUNCIL WOMEN CHANGE
CONVENTION DATE
Los Angeles Triennial Meeting to
Convene Week of January 12, 1930.
New York City.—The Twelfth Tri
ennial Convention of the National
Council of Jewish Women will be held
at Los Angeles during the week of
Sunday, January 12, 1930, instead of
in November, 1929, according to a
decision announced by its Board of
Managers.
Mrs. Friend has announced the ap
pointment of the following chairmen
of committees for the convention:
Program, Mrs. Ignace J. Reis of
Chicago; Transportation, Mrs. Irvin
Bettman of St. Louis; Revision, Miss
Hannah Hirshberg of San Antonio;
Resolutions and Recommendations,
Mrs. Leo Schwartz of Nashville;
Rules and Procedure, Mrs. Adolph
Rubin of Forest Hill, N. Y.; Creden
tials, Mrs. Sol Goodman of Los An
geles; Candidates, Mrs. Alexander
Wolf of Washington; Elections, Mrs
Freiman of Boston. Additional ap
pointments are to be announced i n
the near future.
Mrs. A. S. Kohler of Savannah, Na
tional Chairman of the Council’s De
partment of Religion and Religious
Education, is considering plans for
the selection of a playlet to be pre
sented at the convention. This playlet
is to be chosen through a nation-wide
contest.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the Los Angeles Section for
the entertainment of one of the larg
est conventions in the Council’s his
tory. The questions that will be dis
cussed during the sessions of the con
vention are both momentous and
significant in their character. The
Sections are being urged to send their
ablest representatives to these meet
ings.
RECEIVES FIVE GOUCHER “AS”
IN FIRST SEMESTER
A remarkable scholastic record was
made at Goucher College, Baltimore,
by Miss Marjorie Cerf, 17 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Cerf.
Miss Cerf, who is a member of the
freshman class, received five “A’s” for
her first semester’s work, and this rec
ord has been equalled only once before
in the history of the college, it was
said.
News of Miss Cerf’s splendid record
came as no surprise to her friends, as
she demonstrated her ability through
out her scholastic career. She is a
graduate of Bass Junior High school
and Girls’ High school. At Girls’ High
school, from which she was graduated
last year, in addition to other awards,
she won the medal for proficiency in
French.
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