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Hon* ed
M - Rhoda Kaufman, formerly see-
retal .f the state department of pub-
l R . y, are, was appointed executive
secretary of the Family Welfare So
ciety recently.
Kaufman is one of the lead
ing sex al workers in the south, with
a high standing in national councils
0 f t hn* field. A native Georgian, born
and reared in Columbus, and a gradu
ate of Vanderbilt University, Miss
Kaufman came to Atlanta to begin
her career as a social service worker
with the Associated Charities, the
original organization of the present
Family Welfare Society.
One of the first outstanding mani
festations of recognition of Miss
Kaufman’s work came with her ap
pointment by Governor Hugh Dorsey
as a member of the state commis
sion for study of the feeble-minded.
As secretary of that commission she
led the work for establishment of the
school for the feeble-minded at Grace-
wood.
I)r. S. L. Silverman, who has won
many distinctions in his profession,
has been elected professor of oral
surgery in the Atlanta-Southern Den
tal College, it was announced by Dr.
Sheppard W. Foster, president of the
institution.
Dr. Silverman received his degree
of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the
old Southern Dental College in 1910.
He is author of a text-book on Oral
Surgery, which is extensively used
in American dental colleges, in Euro
pean countries, and at the University
of Tokyo, Japan.
He is a fellow of the American Col
lege of Dentists and an honorary mem
ber of several state dental associa
tions. as well as being an Associate
Fellow of the American Medical As
sociation.
Atht ns, Ga.
Dedication of the Myer and Rachel
'''tin Community House was recently
held in Athens. The Community Cen
ter is the gift of Mrs. Rachel Stern
in memory of her husband, Mr. Meyer
tern, who was a very prominent citi
zen of Athens and a loyal member of
the synagogue. The dedication serv-
neluded only members of the fam-
°f Mrs. Stern. Rabbi Abraham
Shusterman officiated.
new building has faeiliteis for
. * ' iigious school and for the ac-
1 °f tbe university men and
>n ‘ en . It has several class rooms, a
auditorium suitable for meet-
plays and dances, a study for
ahbi, and a kitchen.
tnnah
Jewish Educational Alliance
nees a very interesting lecture
'/ to be given this season. Lin-
''^ffens, newspaperman, author,
r ei and philosopher, will appear
member 25th, his lecture to be
*ng America at Last”. Following
Alliance will present Victor
Riverton, author and journalist;
f on Levine, author and journal-
no will speak on December 14th
Wdl the Five Year Plan Sue-
SOUTHERN NOTES
Mr. Richard Horwitz
Succumbs at Home
On Briarcliff Road
Richard Horwitz, vice-president of
the American Mills Company, Atlanta,
died recently at his residence, 906
Briarcliff Road. He was 56 years old
and had been in poor health for two
years.
Mr. Horwitz, prominent in the bus
iness life of Atlanta for many years,
was formerly vice-president of the
Capital City Chair Company.
Surviving are his wife; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Alice J. Springer, of New
York; three brothers, Ernest Hor
witz, of Atlanta; Dr. Max and Her
man Horwitz, of Austria; two sisters,
Mrs. L. Loebler and Mrs. P. Farber,
both of Austria.
Funeral services were held at the
chapel of Sam R. Greenberg & Com
pany, Rabbi David Marx officiating.
Interment was in the mausoleum in
Crest Lawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Armand May,
Herbert J. Haas, Joseph Eichberg,
Emil Dittler, Dr. Herbert J. Rosen
berg, Morris D. Eiseman, Morris U.
Moss and Simon Metzger. Officers
and employes of the American Mills
Company formed an honorary escort.
New Rabbis Installed
Beginning with the recent holidays,
pulpits in many cities of the United
States were occupied by new rabbis,
according to announcements received
from congregations by their parent
body, the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations. The Southern changes
include: Abraham Schusterman to
Children of Israel Congregation,
Athens, Ga.; Carl Schorr to Cleve
land, Miss.; Frederick I. Rypins, from
Emanu-El Congregation, of Roanoke,
Va., to Temple Emanuel, Greensboro,
N. C.; Maurice Goldblatt to Emanu-
El Congregation, Roanoke, Va.;
Joseph Gumbiner to Mishkan Israel
Congregation, Selma, Ala.; Meyer H.
Simon to Beth Jacob Congregation,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
ceed”. In February, Zone Gale speaks,
the subject being ‘‘Some Tendencies
in Modern Fiction”; and on March
7th, Clyde Fisher selects for his sub
ject “Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
Miss Mary Tennenbaum, well-known
Atlanta lawyer, was elected president
of the Atlanta Women’s Lawyer’s
Club.
Raleigh. N. C.
The Executive Board of the North
Carolina Association of Jewish W omen
held its annual meeting recently at
the Temple Beth-Or in Raleigh, N. C.
New Rabbi at Savannah
Rabbi Jerome Labovitz, of New
York, reached Savannah to take
charge of the newly organized Yeshu-
run Hebrew Congregation. Rabbi La
bovitz has been sent here by Rabbi
Samuel M. Cohen, of New York.
Rabbi Labovitz received the doctor
of divinity degree from the Jewish
Theological Society and graduated
with honors. He is 24 years old.
HONORED
Scouf Hyman Rizinshy
Scout Hyman Bizinsky of troop 53,
reached the coveted rank of an Eagle
Scout, when he qualified for his camp
ing merit badge recently, before the
Court of Honor at the Fulton County
Courthouse.
A scout, in order to become an
eagle, must have twenty-one merit
badges. Eleven of these are required,
the other ten being optional.
With this camping badge which
Scout Bizinsky has just received, he
now has twenty-nine merit badges. Al
though he has only been a scout since
1929, he has held the following honor
ary positions in his troop: Assistant
Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Bugler,
Scribe, he now holds the senior Patrol
Leader post in his troop, and will soon
be promoted to the Junior Assistant
Scout Master rank.
Troop 53 is sponsored by the He
brew Orphan’s Home under the able
leadership of Scoutmaster Harry I.
Saul.
Junior Hadassah
The Atlanta chapter of the Junior
Hadassah will co-operate in the sale
of season tickets for the All-Star
Concert series, to be presented at the
auditorium this fall and winter. The
artist group featured on the program
will be the Don Cossacks, Russian
male chorus; Lawrence Tibbett, bari
tone star of the Metropolitan Opera
Company; Amelita Galli-Curci, colora-
ture soprano; La Argentina, classic
dancer; Vladimir Horwitz, pianist;
Yehudi Menuhin, boy prodigy of the
violin.
Reservations may be made through
Miss Lee Rittenbaum, president of
Junior Hadassah, at Walnut 7824,
and Miss Gladys Shuman, ticket
chairman, at Walnut 0686. Season
tickets are from four to nine dollars
and single tickets from a dollar to
two and a hnlf dollars.
The Atlanta chapter Junior Hadas
sah is to receive a percentage of all
season tickets sold by it, the proceeds
to be used towards arriving at its
quota for the year.
Council of Jewish Women
A drama course and program of
readings are announced by the Atlan
ta Council of Jewish Women, to be
given by Mrs. Sinclair Jacobs, Mrs.
Emma Garrett Morris and Mrs. Ar
thur Burdette. These will be held
every Monday afternoon at the Stand
ard Club.
The first lecture was on contempo
rary English and American drama,
given by Mrs. Morris on Monday, Oc
tober 26th. Other features are: Read
ing of “Green Pastures,” by Mrs. Ja
cobs on November 2nd; “Contempo
rary Spanish and Italian Drama” by
Mrs. Morris on November 9th; Read
ing, Sierra’s “Cradle Song” by Mrs.
Arthur Burdette on November 16th;
“Contemporary Germanic Drnma” by
Mrs. Morris on November 23rd;
reading of George Kaiser’s “Gas” by
Mrs. Jacobs on November 30th;
“Contemporary Russian Drama” by
Mrs. Morris on December 7th; and a
reading of the Soviet play, “Red
Dust” by Mrs. Jacobs on December
14th.
Mrs. Mildred Seydell, prominent
Atlanta newspaper woman and lec
turer, was guest speaker of the Coun
cil of Jewish Women at their recent
luncheon meeting.
James de la Fuente, young violin
ist, opened the program with two se
lections, accompanied at the piano by
his mother, Mrs. Valeska de la Fuente.
Mrs. Seydell described interestingly
her interviews with famous personali
ties of Europe and America in her
talk “Meeting Celebrities”.
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