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Hadassah News
• The national convention of Iladassah,
the Women’s Zionist Organization of
America, was held recently for the first
time in its history in New York City.
More than 300 delegates from all over
the country were there representing 251
chapters and a total membership of ap
proximately 30,000. The Atlanta Chap
ter was represented by our president,
Mr'-. Herbett Taylor, the treasurer, Mrs.
I. \t. Weinstein, the past president, Mrs.
Hyman Jacobs and Mrs. B. M. Travis.
I'hey were the official delegates of the
chapter.
Dr. Haim Yassky, director of medical
work in Palestine, who has been in the
United States studying health institutions
in various cities, was present at the
sessions. Dr. Yassky gave a detailed ac
count of the progress of the work in
Palestine. Most striking was his report
on infant mortality in the country, which
in 1925 was 131 per 1,000, but which in
1930 was reduced to 69 per 1,000. The
Hadassah Medical Organization has
waged an anti-trachoma campaign among
the Jewish schools, reducing the num
ber of those afflicted among the children
from 35 per cent to 8 per cent. The
organization has also been instrumental
in eradicating entirely ringworm of the
scalp which in 1922 ravished 68 per
cent of the school population.
During 1931 there were registered at
the 22 health stations 3,549 expectant
mothers, 3,828 infants, and 1,517 children
of preschool age. In the same year, the
school hygiene department had under its
care 27,079 children. For the maintenance
of this system of health and medical work,
the American Organization of Hadassah
supplied a budget of $250,000 for 1931-
1932. The medical work in Palestine is
maintained by the American Organiza
tion, therefore, Dr. Yasskv’s report will
he of great interest to the convention.
The Membership Chairman, Mrs. I.. J.
I.evitas, makes an urgent appeal that in-
asmuch as the change in the fiscal year
from January to October has occasioned
a little unavoidable neglect in the pay
ment and collection of dues that all mem
bers kindly pay their dues now, before
the delegates leave for the convention so
that an outstanding report may be made
at the convention for the Atlanta Chapter.
An enthusiastic ovation of welcome was
given Mrs. Herbert Taylor as she wielded
for the first time the president’s gavel
of the Atlanta Chapter of Hadassah at
the first board meeting.
The officers were introduced by Mrs.
Taylor. They are: Mrs. M. B. Copeloff,
First Vice-President; Mrs. Morris Frank,
Second Vice-President; Mrs. I. M. Wein
stein, Treasurer; Mrs. J. M. Rosenfeld,
Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. H. Mat
tel, Financial Secretary; Mrs. M. L.
Kohn, Recording Secretary; Mrs . P.
Koplan, Assistant Corresponding Secre
tary; Mrs. S. E. Levy, Parliamentarian
and Honorary President.
The new board members were pre-
s ented by the president: They are: Mrs.
Joe Weiss, Mrs. J. Cohen, Mrs. J. Ja
cobson, Mrs. S. Yudelson, Mrs. J. Abel-
s °n, Mrs. S. Goldberg, Mrs. Jack Weiss
and Mrs. I. Goldstein.
The first regular meeting will be held
°n October 4th at the Jewish Progressive
C lub. A most humorous and novel pro
gram has been arranged by Mrs. Taylor
for this meeting in that she will award
three prizes to the most original and least
costly costume evolved by Chairmen, Co-
chairmen and officers showing their par
ticular phase of Hadassah work.
Many interesting projects for fund rais
ing for this year were decided upon and
much originality was shown by the Chair
men in their plans which they will an
nounce more fully at the regular meeting.
I he Chairmen are as follows: Donor’s
Luncheon, Mrs. S. E. Levy and Mrs. I.
M. Weinstein; Publicity, Mrs. M. L.
Kahn; Membership, Mrs. L. J. Levites
and Mrs. Hyman Jacobs; Infant Wel
fare, Mrs. B. Jacobson; Penny Lunch
eon, Mrs. R. M. Travis and Mrs. S. E.
Goldberg; J. N. Fund, Mrs. J. Jacobs
and Mrs. J. Friedman; Resolutions, Mrs.
J. \I. Rosenfeld; Sewing, Mrs. M. A.
Greenblatt and Mrs. J. Abelson; Refresh
ments, Mrs. I. Sugerman and Mrs. E.
H. Lippman; Outside Relations, Mrs. J.
J. Heilman; Senior-Junior Relations, Mrs.
S. E. Levy; Shipping, Mrs. J. Friedman;
Cards and Printing, Mrs. P. Koplin;
'Telephone, Mrs. Jack Weiss; Courtesy,
Mrs. J. Yampolsky; November Program,
Mrs. S. Romm and Mrs. M. B. Copeloff;
Tickets, Mrs. M. Prank; Ball 'Tickets,
Mrs. I. Goldstein, Mrs. M. Mendel.
Members of the Board are: 1932-1933,
Mesdatnes J. Yampolsky, L. J. Levites,
Joe Weiss, J. Cohen, H. Jacobs, and Joe
Friedman; 1932-’33-’34, Mesdatnes H. Ep
stein, H. Goodman, J. Jacobs, M. Zaban,
M. A. Greenblatt, S. Romm and R. M.
Travis; 1932-’33-’34-’35, Mesdatnes H.
Mendel, J. Jacobson, I. Goldstein, S.
Yudelson, J. Abelson, Max Mendel, S.
Goldberg, S. Lippman and Mrs. J. Hell-
man.
Board meetings will be held hereafter
on the Wednesday morning preceding the
regular meeting at ten-thirty in the morn
ing.
A series of one or two table private
bridges w'ere being held during the sum
mer months by conscientious Hadassaians
for the benefit of the Infant Welfare
Fund. Mrs. Mantell is Chairman of Ar
rangements together with the Infant Wel
fare Chairman, Mrs. J. Weiss.
'The Hadassah Infant Welfare work
now cares for more than 60 per cent of
the babies born in Jerusalem, and over
3,000 babies in Palestine. Mothers of all
varieties come to the Infant Welfare cen
ters. Ashkenasic, Yiddish-speaking moth
ers, from all sections in life; Sefardim-
speaking Spagniol or Arabic, Yemenites
Moroceans, Persians, 'Turks and Arabs,
both Moslem and Christian. 'The moth
ers receive instruction in the care, feed
ing and handling of their babies. No
one thing has done as much to create
good feeling between the various nation
alities as this service, which all moth
ers of Palestine are urged to accept, re
gardless of race or creed.
A record crowd is expected at the
annual ball of the Atlanta Chapter of
Senior Hadassah, which is to be held
at the beautiful ball room of the Shrine
Mosque on November 15th, with Mrs.
M. B. Copeloff as program chairman,
aided by a large staff of co-workers in
cluding Mrs. Morris Frank as ticket
chairman. This outstanding social event
will climax an intensive effort to assem
ble an attractive and valuable program
as witness to the esteem and goodwill of
the community who recognize the valua
ble work done by Hadassah, the Woman’s
Zionist Organization of America, in Palis-
tine and in local affairs.
Tickets for the ball will be $1.50 per
couple, or $1.00 for single admission.
The ticket committee is in charge of
Mrs. Morris Frank, chairman, and Mrs.
Max Mendel, co-chairman.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
That the prosecution is building up an
atmosphere of race prejudice in its effort
to convict Libby Holman Reynolds of the
murder of her husband, Smith Reynolds,
tobacco millions heir, is charged in a dis
patch to the New \ ork Evening Journal
by one of its correspondents making a
study of the case at Winston-Salem, N. C.
Although reporting that Carlisle Higgins,
State’s Solicitor, has assured him that
Libby has nothing to fear because of her
religion, the correspondent points out that
J. Erie McMichael, Assistant State's So
licitor, who handled the case before the
Grand Jury, has been making a series of
deliberate efforts to inject the Jewish an
gle into the case.
Fhe Evening Journal reporter asked
Solicitor Higgins: “If there is really no
prejudice against Jewish people down
here, why did your assistant, Mr. Mc
Michael ask young Walker if he knew
Libby was a Jewess.’* The Solicitor re
plied: “I'm damned if I know! Mr.
McMichael should not have done that. I
don’t approve of it. It wouldn’t have
happened if I had been there.” Accord
ing to the correspondent McMichael "is
supposed to have had a theory at that
time—maybe he still has it—that Smith
quarreled with Libby after learning she
was Jewish. She had kept that from him,
McMichael's theory had it, when he mar
ried her. Only a short time before his
death had he discovered it.”
However, the Evening Journal reporter
denies this as a possibility, stating that
he learned from the Reynolds family di
rectly that they and Smith Reynolds al
ways knew that Libby was Jewish, At
the time of the marriage, Will Reynolds,
uncle of Smith and head of the family,
is reported to have said, when asked
about the Jewishness of Libby: "That’s
quite the thing in the South. Jewish men
and women are marrying into some of
the leading families down here. And why
not. They don’t make any finer people."
'Fhe correspondent adds, however, that
though the more intelligent people of
the community may not have any race
bias, that is not entirely true among
those from whom the jury will be re
cruited.
Richmond, Va.
I)r. Edwar N. Calisch, of Rich
mond, was selected as the Jewish
representative, to conduct a service and
to deliver an address in a nation
al celebration, by the Washington Bi
centennial Committee, of the establish
ment of religious liberty and freedom of
church and state. The celebration was
held at Fredericksburg, Va., on Sunday,
October 16th. All denominations were
represented. A nation-wide broadcast
was held during the entire occasion.
Jewish Progressive Club
November for the Jewish Progressive
Club is one big time as far as its mem
bers are concerned. Among the affairs
being staged are: Election Night Dance,
November 8th; College Night Dance, No
vember 13th; a stag smoker, November
17th, and Thanksgiving Ball, on Novem
ber 24th. For the College Night Dance
on November 13th, invitations are being
sent out to all Jewish students attending
Emory, Oglethorpe, Georgia Tech and
Atlanta Southern Dental College, at
which time the Club will be the hosts of
all the college students. Among athletic
affairs at present, a handball tournament
is being carried on, business men’s gym
classes are being held under the direc
tion of a physical instructor, gym classes
for ladies are also being held, and bas
ketball practice is now under way under
the direction of Coach Dave Johnston.
Asheville, N. C.
Rabbi Moses I’. Jacobson, of Congre
gation Beth-Ila-Tephila, Asheville, N. C.,
was honored recently at a testimonial re
ception on his tenth anniversary occupy
ing the pulpit there. This signal occasion
marks the span of years of devoted serv
ices in Asheville of this beloved leader.
To Rabbi Jacobson this was a surprise
event as the occasion was announced as
an annual reception. In reality it was to
do homage to the man who put Asheville
on the map for its Jewish inhabitants.
During the past ten years Rabbi Jacob
son has obtained the utmost respect and
love of the Jew and non-Jew in Ashe
ville and over the Southland. He has,
by invitation, occupied the pulpits of the
leading churches; he has been likewise
honored by Educational Institutions such
as the Asheville Senior High School,
where he delivered the commencement
address, likewise at the Asheville School
for Boys, and other schools. Recently
Rabbi Jacobson had delivered a series
of lectures at the University of North
Carolina, and the University of Florida.
Within the Temple of Beth-Ha-Tephila
Rabbi Jacobson’s activities are well
known to its members. His outstanding
sermons ami beautiful Bar Mitzva serv
ices have endeared him to the hearts of
the participants and friends alike. In
spite of handicaps confronted by a small
mmmunity Rabbi Jacobson has carried out
his work in an admirable manner.
In order that the Temple member*
show their appreciation of the work
carried on by this outstanding rabbinical
leader, Rabbi Jacobson was presented
with an offering that consisted of a trip
to the Rabbinical conference held in No
vember in Cincinnati, where Rabbi Jacob
son will be the representative of a com
munity whose activities does credit to
Southern Jewry.
Savannah
• Miss Betty Myers, of Savannah, was
recently interviewed by the New York
Evening Tost. Miss Myers achieved
fame as the editorial chairman of "New-
Strung Bow,” volume containing poems
written by undergraduates of Sarah
Lawrence College, in Bronxville, N. Y.
'The book is published by E. P. Dutton
k Company, and is dedicated to Miss
Datharine Liddell, a beloved member of
the faculty.
Births
• Mr. and Mrs. C. Clarence Strasburger,
of Knoxville, Tennessee, formerly of Sa
vannah, Georgia, announce the birth of
a son. Mrs. Strasburger was formerly
Miss Emile Ehrlich.
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