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The Southern Israelite
During his childhood, from 1854 to 1863,
Nathan Straus lived in Talbotton, and
his father, Lazarus Straus, sent him and
his brother, Oscar Straus, to the Tal
botton Baptist Sunday School where they
were taught, principally from the Old
Testament, by the late Hugh Hall, an
honored resident of Talbotton at that
time, and a member of the Baptist Church.
It is unusual for a Christian church
to hold a service for an orthodox Jew,
hut this shows the breadth of spirit that
prevails in this Southern town.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the occasion, to be interspersed
with appropriate music:
Summary of the Life of Nathan
Straus—Miss Virginia Persons; The
Straus Family in Talbotton—Col. J. A.
Smith; The Karly Religious Training of
Nathan Straus—Rev. R. F. Dennis, pas
tor of the Methodist Church; The Min
istry of Nathan Straus to Suffering Hu
manity—Mr. Frank Jordan, and Nathan
Straus as an International Philanthropist
—Col. J. H. McGchce.
The Jewish friends and relatives of the
Straus family are cordially invited to be
present, and the public generally is in
vited.
* * *
Under the auspices of the Atlanta
Chapter of Hadassah, the Women’s
Zionist Organization of America, Mrs,
Edward Jacobs, of New York, promi
nent Zionist and national president of
Hadassah, spoke at 8 o’clock from
the pulpit at the regular Friday night
services January 16, at the Ahavath
Achim Synagogue, Washington Street
and Woodward Avenue.
* * #
The Southern Regional Convention
of Junior and Senior Hadassah held
recently at New Orleans closed with
election of officers and selection of
this city as the 1932 meeting place over
bids from Savannah, Ga., and Mont
gomery, Ala. Miss Mary Frank, of
Atlanta, was re-elected president of
the Junior Section with these officers:
Miss Helen Seff, of Atlanta first vice-
president and editor of Bulletin; Miss
Adele Kansas, of New Orleans, second
vice-president; Mrs. Saul Lutsky, of
Miami, third vice-president; Miss Mir
iam Silverstein, of Shreveport, fourth
vice-president; Miss Dinah Rausen, of
Chattanooga, corresponding secretary;
Miss Bessie Lang, of Savannah, re
cording secretary; Miss Celia Fortas,
of Memphis, treasurer. Vacancies in
Senior offices were filled by election
of Mrs. Morris Frank, of Atlanta, as
corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Jo
seph Cohen, of New Orleans, as re
cording secretary.
* * *
The sixteenth annual banquet of In
dependent Israel Lodge No 587, I. O.
B. A., was held recently at the syna
gogue with installation of officers for
the ensuing year as the feature of the
program. Those elected were Louis
Geffen, president; P. H. Rudderman,
vice-president; J. Frank, treasurer; S.
Morris, recording secretary; I. Boro-
choff, financial secretary; A. Troup,
outside guard, and Dr. M. B. Copeloff,
physician.
* * *
A symposium on the subject, “The
Future of American Judaism’’, was
presented by Sol Golden and Isaac M.
Wengrow recently in the winter lecture
series sponsored by the Ahavath Ac
him Young Peoples Forum, held at the
synagogue at Washington Street and
V oodward Avenue. A musical pro
gram was furnished by Miss Eleisa
Levkoff and Paul Friedman.
* * *
I he Shcarith Israel Sisterhood were
sponsors of a benefit bridge held re
cently at Rich’s Tea Room. The bridge
is an annual event, sponsored each
year by the women of the Sisterhood,
the proceeds being used for the various
needs of the Shcarith Israel Syna
gogue. Officers of the Sisterhood are
Mrs. L. Frankel, president; Mrs. Simon
Zimmerman, vice-president; Mrs. R.
Spcctor, secretary, and Mrs. B. Kaplan,
treasurer. * * *
A dinner meeting of Gate City Lodge
No. 144, B’nai B’rith, was held recently
at the Standard Club, on Ponce de
Leon Avenue. Henry A. Alexander,
member of the Constitutional Grand
Lodge, installed the following newly
elected officers:
Joseph A. Schlesinger, president;
Abe L. Feldman, vice-president; Joseph
Loewus, treasurer: Joseph M. Brown,
secretary; Louis J. Levitas, monitor;
Milton Klein, trustee; Harry M. Ger-
shon, trustee; Abe Tcnenbaum, trustee;
Dr. Sinclair Jacobs, trustee; Dr. L. C.
Rouglin, trustee; E. Tourial, trustee.
The names of the various committees
were announced and plans for the
year’s w r ork formulated.
Services for Dr. Eugene J. Jacobs, 64,
owner of the Eugene J. Jacobs drug store
in Birmingham, Ala., and formerly a resi
dent of Atlanta, who died at his home
in Birmingham, were held recently.
Pallbearers were M. G. Michael, Ed
Steinheimer, Max Morris, Will Hirsh-
berg, Abe Rich, William T. Rich, Oscar
Venable, and Thomas H. Brannen.
A native of Athens, Doctor Jacobs
spent the early part of his life here, hav
ing been formerly connected with the
Jacobs Pharmacy Company with his
brother, the late Dr. Joseph Jacobs. He
was a graduate of the University of
Georgia and of the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy. He was a Shriner and a
member of King Hiram Lodge No. 774,
F. & A. M. Surviving brothers are Dr.
David H. Jacobs and Dr. Sidney H. Ja
cobs, both of Atlanta. A nephew, Dr.
Sinclair Jacobs, is president of the Ja
cobs Pharmacy Company here.
* * *
The Junior frolics of the Atlanta
Unit Junior Hadassah took place re
cently at the Henry Grady Hotel ball
room, with Miss Helen Seff in charge
of arrangements. It is customery for
Junior Hadassah, since its organization,
to entertain the membership at some
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