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The Southern Israelite
Atlanta To Have New Country Club
Of interest to a large number of At-
lantians is the announcement of the for
mation of the new Mayfair Country Club,
by a charter group of sixty prominent
business and professional men of this
city.
Town headquarters for the organization
are the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel, and until
completion of the Country Club project,
club rooms are to be located there.
While no definite site has as yet been
selected, it is believed that the new club
will be located in North Fulton County.
The plans call for a suitable club build
ing, an eighteen hole golf course, swim
ming pool, tennis and handball courts, and
other facilities for outdoor recreation.
The club will make its debut as one of
Atlanta’s outstanding social organizations,
with a dinner dance at its town quarters,
the Atlanta Biltmore, on Tuesday eve
To Remind You That—
Campbell
Coal Company
handles not only the high
est grade of coal and coke
—but—
Handsome Electric
Lighting Fixtures,
Builders’ Hardware of
Modern Type. Prac
tically Everything
that Goes into Build
ing a home.
Ja. 5000 240 Marietta St.
ning, December 16th, where plans have
been made to make this one of the most
brilliant affairs of the season.
Unusual and novel entertainment has
been arranged under the direction of Mr.
Jack M. Stein, as chairman of the enter
tainment committee.
The following were elected officers of
the new Mayfair Country Club: A. L.
Feldman, President; Chas. M. Newman,
Vice-President; M. Stephen Schiffer,
Secretary, and Herman Gross, Treasurer.
Dr. Leo Joachim Frachtenberg, anthro
pologist and communal worker, and con
nected here in Atlanta with the United
Palestine Appeal, died recently at the
age of 47 in Waterloo, Iowa. A native of
Bukovina, he was educated in Rumania
and Galicia, and after coming to America,
in 1904, studied at Cornell and Columbia
universities. He served on various Jewish
and general sociological bodies, among
them the New York Educational Alliance,
the New Jersey Commission on Crime
and Dependency, the United States Im
migration Commission, and the Jewish
Welfare Board. For a time he was the
supervisor ,of the United States Army
Service clubs, holding the rank of Lieu
tenant-Colonel. At the time of his death
he was a director of the Allied Jewish
Campaign.
Newton D. Baker, Cleveland attor
ney and Secretary of War in the cabi
net of President Wilson, was awarded
the first medal to be offered annually
by the American Hebrew “for the pro
motion of better understandings be
tween Christian and Jew in America.
The award was made because "he has
formulated in writing the philosophy
of the program for better understand
ing between Christian and Jew in
America.”
Southern Notes
Anrnvd Wyle
Miss Rhoda Kauffman, State wel
fare worker, and Armand Wyle, Super
intendent of the Hebrew Orphans
Home in Atlanta, were among the
prominent social workers from the
South attending the White House Con
ference on Child Welfare, held recently
in Washington, D. C. Both repre
sentatives were invited to attend the
series of meetings at the White House
because of their keen appreciation and
thorough knowledge of the subjects
discussed, and because of their effec
tive and commendable work performed
in their respective capacities.
Mr. Gabriel Cohen, an outstanding At-
lantian and active in the communal wel
fare of the community, died recently at
the age of 68. He had been active in the
performance of his various endea/ors
until the very day of his death, being
stricken suddenly while at work. He is
survived by his wife ,his sons, Abe, Dave,
Kasper, and Isadore; and his daughters,
Mrs. Charles Rosenberg, and Mrs. Jake
Faeman.
The tenth anniversary of the reopening
of the Jewish Alliance of Savannah, will
be celebrated Sunday night with an appro
priate program on which Mayor Gordon
Saussy appears as principal speaker. The
celebration will continue through the week
and include such additional features as a
lecture by Norman Thomas, candidate for
President in 1928, on “Wanted—A New
Social Philosophy,’’ to be given Monday
night, December 1; a Woman’s Club
meeting and Kid party on Thursday
night; anniversary' dance on Wednesday
night; concluding with an Athletic Night,
presenting drills, exhibitions, games, on
Thursday night.
A band of artists, comprising the Jew
ish Opera Company, of New York, are
appearing here in Atlanta in a series of
Hebrew operas. They were brought to
Atlanta by the local Jewish Educational
Alliance for the purpose of education of
the Jewish youth in the traditional He
braic songs of olden days. While con
ducting their performances in Atlanta, the
artists will be presented in two operatic
broadcasts to be heard over radio station
WSB, one at 12:30 o’clock Sunday after
noon and their second Monday night at
8 o’clock, their appearance being an event
of considerable novelty and of widespread
interest.
1 he Sunday School of the Jewish Edu
cational Alliance has resumed its regular
classes. These are in charge of competent
qualified teachers. The curriculum con
sists of a study of the Bible, ,
history, customs and cerenv •
knowledge of current event
younger children, there is story
arts and crafts. The school
supervision of the Doctor of
tivities and is co-educational,
every Sunday morning at 1()
interesting assemblies are P
school program. The Jewish !
celebrated in a most fitting m , r |
further particulars apply at the n ,,
the Alliance.
The Alliance Girl Scouts will },,,] ( j (
camp reunion and Girl Scout rally Thur
day afternoon, October 30th, at 3 J()
the members of Girls’ Scout To, ,, s m ,,
mg at the Alliance and those wh, ha-,,
been at camp will hold a rousing ect
together and reunion. An appropriate
program has been prepared.
On Thursday evening, October 30th.
Troop 8, of the Alliance Girl Scouts
will give a party with plenty of Hallow-
e en spirit, and will have as their guest,
the Alliance Boy Scout Troop 27.
In connection with the Girl Scout
Week, the Alliance Troops will visit
Egleston Memorial Hospital, and also tin
Federal Penitentiary, and will participate
in the tree planting on Saturday at Gimp
Civitania.
All of the troops have resumed their
regular meetings and are looking forward
to very interesting and enjoyable pr
grams. A fourth Girl Scout Troop is in
the process of organization. Those inter
ested may secure further information
from the Girls’ Worker at the Alliance
A lecture by Rabbi Harry H. Epstein
on “Evolution and Religion" and a con
cert by Enrico Leide, Harry Robkin and
Fannie Segal Goldstein, a trio of At
lanta’s leading musicians, will formally
start the winter lecture series of tlu
Young People’s Forum Sunday afterivon
The program will be presented in the
Ahavath Achim Synag at Washing
ton Street and Woodward Avenue at 3
p.m., with Berry Rittenbaum, chairman
of the governing board of the forum, pre
siding. The trio of ’cello, violin ana
piano will open the program with a con
cert featuring classical numbers.
The combination musical and lecture-
programs will be presented on alternate
Sundays during the winter months by the
young people’s organization, which ha>
mapped out a comprehensive program
study devoted to problems of niodern
Judaism.
Following the synagogue’s spiritual
leader in the series of lectures will
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta ton
stitution, who will deliver a lecture ' *
December 14; Rabbi A. Bengis, < t b*r-
mingham, who will speak on January .
a debate by four members of the
on January 18; a lecture by Rabb: Kosen.
of Savannah, on February 15 ; a
sium by Sol Golden and Ike
Atlanta attorneys, on March 1. ‘ \
lecture by Dr. David Beth-Lahm .
cipal of the United Hebrew
Atlanta, on March 15.
A daughter was born to Rabbi . r
Joel S. Goffen, of Troy, New ^ }
cently. The child was nan. -
Natana. Mrs. Geffen was forme.
Sylvia N. Mintz, of Brooklyn. ^
The grandparents are Rabbi
Tobias Geffen.
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