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...SOUTHERN NOTES... 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. (Please turn to page 13) THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE m [11]