Newspaper Page Text
Page 36
The Southern Israelite
Wishing all of our friends
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year
Frees Pharmacy
350 CAPITOL AVE., S. E.
R. F. FREE, Prop.
MORRIS MYRON, Prop.
My best wishes for a
Happy New Year
MORRIS’ PLACE
GENERAL AUTO
WRECKING CO.
332-34 Decatur Street
My
Sincere Good Wishes
for a
Happy New Year
HARRY GORDON
With the
MARLHROW SHIRT CO.
Wishing All
A
Happy New Year
Stein & Co.
WHOLESALE
IRON AND METAL
ATLANTA
Mr. and Mrs.
DAVID H. SCHACHTER
1015 Virginia Ave., N. E.
Wish their Relatives and
Friends a Happy and
Prosperous New Year
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Peel
Extend the Season's
Greetings
LOUIS PEEL
WHOLESALE MEATS
National Stock Yards
Residence Phone Main 2933
Hemlock 6803
MEMORIES
By LEW MERLIN
Why docs the burning sun in Arizona,
Bring hack memories of you,
Yet all the while your love for me,
Was colder than an Eskimo igloo.
Why do llie dry, parching desert sands
of California,
Show mirages of you,
Let’s take a look in my diary and sec
where I was last year on these holidays.
Oh yeah, it was a little town in Oklaho
ma. I remember now my friend and I
were trying to make Wichita, Kansas.
Wc had stopped off in a small town,
which from appearances was an Indian
village, as most small Oklahoma towns
seem to be. There were Indians to the
right of us and Indians to the left, and
where there wan’t an Indian there was
an oil derrick. The night was closing in,
it was already Yom Tov and there were
wc unable to go any further as the roads
were impassable. There was nothing to
do but stay over. The first thought that
entered our minds was the shule and the
Jews, if any. The stores were practically
all closed, except for a drug store and
a small hotel. Not a sign of a Jew any
where and finding one seemed a hopeless
task.
“Go ask an Indian.’’
Of course that was out of the question,
so we decided to walk around the town
looking for a “Guten Yeden”. We did
make inquiries and were surprised to
learn that the town possessed a Cohen,
a Goldstein, and a Levy, but whether
they were Jew or Indian, nonq knew.
We started back to the hotel, and in
passing the drug store noted two girls
who from all appearances, were Indians.
High cheek bones, coal black hair, and
all the other Indian characteristics.
Regardless of faith, and then again,
suddenly becoming thirsty, we visited the
fountain and ordered two drinks. You
may rest assured there was no one around
to properly introduce us, but we had a
crazy hunch the two girls were going to
give us a lot of information in regard
to a shule and all else. I looked towards
♦
And just the same as you have been to
ward me,
They turn out to be untrue.
I am traveling on to foreign lands,
Over the ocean blue.
I want to get away from everything
That brings back sweet memories of you.
them once or twice as did my friend,
and for once I found two girls who posi
tively refused to give us any attention
whatsoever. Suddenly a great idea dawn
ed on me (an unusual happening) and I
began talking Jewish to my pal.
In the conversation I said, “This is one
town in America where Rosh Hashonah
will not be observed,” and sure enough
one of the girls spoke up, as girls will do
(just at the opportune time) saying: “I
beg your pardon, stranger, but if you are
looking for a shule, perhaps we can help
you find one. Wc are on the way there
now.
What could have been sweeter, and
off we went. Naturally we asked a lot
of questions, and in turn learned a few
things of the neighborhood and town.
On arrival at the house of worship we
found instead of a regular shule, a lodge
hall.
We walked in and found the hall quite
filled with worshippers. The man on
the pulpit who, I later learned, was the
chief Rabbi of the congregation, looked
identically like the Indian on the Buffalo
nickel, save for the fact that the feather
head gear was missing.
We took seats, listened intently to the
services, and enjoyed an inspiring sermon.
Services over, we were preparing to leave,
and were saying goodnight and many
thanks to the girls, when their parents
came over.
Following the introductions, we were
invited to dinner which we gladly ac
cepted, and it turned out that they
were real Jews at heart, but with an
Oklahoma Cherokee accent.
As for the girls, oh well, you would
ask questions. Eh?
—♦
THE JEW
/ he blood of ragabonds is my inheritance,
I he hunger for the wind and open sky;
My quest for breed am knows the stint/ of Egypt;
/ trace a race of men that do not die.
Mine is the lore of Life, the throb of Beauty;
the passion for the -wisdom of the sage;
I hear upon my heart the seal of -wonder;
I he Rock of Ages is my heritage!
—Victor Emanuel Reichert.
Best Wishes for
A Happy and Prosperous
MR. AND MRS.
New Year
E. S. Fagelson
MR. AND MRS.
Joseph Goldberg
Wish Their Friends
A Happy New Year
739 Capitol Ave.
Marcia ■
Clothings o,
170 Peachtree Stn
Extends Seaso:
Greetings for
New Year
OF COURSH
We Wish You All
A Happy New ) \ar
Tony Produce Co.
CHICKENS —EGGS
BUTTER — PRODUCE
118 PIEDMONT AVE.,
SEASON’S GREETINGS
FROM
Johnnie Minsk
Now Operating
Standard Oil Co., Station No. 8
De Luxe Service
Pryor St. and Georgia Ave.
Happy New Year
REUBEN A. COHEN
UNITED
REPAIRERS AND
HAT CLEANERS
Men's Felt Huts
Cleaned. 50c
SHOES DYED ANY COLOR
109 Peachtree Street
Opposite Piedmont Hotel WA. 1M2
141-147 Marietta St.
LAYFIELD’S
GARAGE
Complete
Automobile Service
ATLANTA, GA.
THE STAR
PROVISION CO.
Extends its Friends and
the best wishes for o I rosp
New Year.
600 Marietta Street
Phone Jackson 612