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SOUTHERN NOTES
Activities Throughout the South
/ inta, Ga.
\ mg the nation’s outstanding Jewish
jnal and civic leaders who have
.■ i\ agreed to serve on the National
Vh >rv Campaign which is sponsoring
t h itensified appeal of the American
r vs Joint Distribution Committee for
, : to continue emergency relief work
,, > jNtern and Central Europe are: M.
Hrnr\ Cohen, Tampa, Fla.; Harold
llirtrh, Atlanta, Cla.; Victor H. Krieg-
♦hatrr. Atlanta, Ga.; Al>e Simon, Mem
phis Penn.; Nathan Cohen, Nashville,
I nn.; Simon Linz, Dallas, Texas; Joe
Weingarten, Houston, Texas; Maurice
I Mrau*e, Richmond, Va., and Fred
Levy, Louisville, Ky.
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l harlrs W. Bergman was appointed as
a mrmber of the law firm of Camp,
^a\age & Crawford, it was announced
rn rnfly.
Mr Bergman, who graduated with first
honors in the class of 1927 in the Lamar
School of Law at Emory University, has
ttrrn associated with this law firm since
it* establishment.
Bergman graduated from Boys’ High
m 1922. He is vice-president of the Jew
ish Progressive Club, and secretary of
Congregation Ahavath Achim. He is ac
tive in religious work at the Atlanta Fed
eral Prison.
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I*he seventh annual conference of the
“southern Region Senior and Junior Ha
dassah enjoyed a most successful session
in Savannah, (Ja. The closing entertain
ment wa> the banquet given at the Jew
ish Educational Alliance, and which was
a very beautiful affair.
Mrs. Morris Rabhan, the president of
the Savannah Chapter of Senior Hadas-
'.ih. was the toastmistress and she con
ducted the program in a very gracious
manner. The invocation was given by
Rabbi Morris Max of the B. B. Jacob
Mnagogue. Rabbi Max also spoke dur
ing the evening on the vital need of con
tinuing Hadassah in spite of all difficul
ties and the many discouragements.
Miss Hortense Levy, of New York, the
national representative, gave a very in
teresting talk in which she spoke of the
political conditions of Palestine and their
influence on the work of the Hadassah.
s he also told of the general work being
(! n * by the Hadassah in Palestine, and
t the conditions of the country.
I”be membership prize was awarded
1 Memphis for having brought in the
'gest number of members during the
* s t year. The prize was presented by
'!■** Bessie Lang, second vice-president
the Junior Hadassah, and was ac-
'■pted on behalf of Memphis by Miss
Krna Waller.
* be junior essay contest was won by
'■‘ss Rose Brener, of New Orleans. Miss
ith Blumenthal, of Savannah, re-
n 'rd honorable mention. Miss Brener
a * swarded a silver filagree bracelet
uade at the Bezalel Art Institute in Pal-
;, ne. The subject of the winning essay
'as Contribution of Hadassah to Amer-
* Q Jewish Life.” The presentation of
prize was made by Miss Charlotte
■ ‘‘inkle, of Jacksonville, Fla., third vice-
'■dent of the Junior Hadassah, South-
n Region.
Mrs. Anna Schroder, soprano, sang
armingly a group of songs, accom
panied by Miss Margaret Steeg, and Ru-
'ph Jacobson played several violin
‘umbers, accompanied by Mrs. Jerome
; -«*enberg.
The Atlanta delegates of the Hadas
sah, sent to the Southern Regional Con
ference in Savannah were: Mrs. M. L.
Kahn, official delegate; Mrs. K. Koplin,
alternate delegate, and other delegates
were Mrs. Abner Hirsch, Mrs. Abe Gold
stein, Mis. Harry Mattel, Mrs. H. S.
Jacobs, Mrs. 1. M. Weinstein, Mrs. Jack
Weiss, and Mrs. Irving Goldstein.
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Senior Hadassah, of Atlanta, is endeav
oring to swell the School Luncheon's
Funds by sponsoring an enjoyable pro
gram of five Columbia pictures to be
showed at the Paramount Theatre on Sat
urday, April 26th. Parents are urged to
bring their children. Tickets are 15
cents for adults and 10 cents for chil
dren. Mrs. S. A. Goldberg and Mrs.
R. M. Travis are co-chairmen of the pro
gram.
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The A. Z. A. conclave held recently
in Atlanta was considered very successful.
The Atlanta Chapter took leading honors
in winning the basketball tournament and
debating and placed second in oratory.
Officers for the Southern District were
elected. Raymond Keirr, of New Or
leans, President; Walter Solomon,
Charleston, Vice-President; Arthur Gotts-
man, Atlanta, Secretary; Bernard Man-
dle, Treasurer, Atlanta.
New Orleans will be the scene of next
year’s conclave during the Mardi Gras.
Much of the success of this conclave is
due to the untiring efforts of Bernard
Mandte who handled the publicity end
of the conclave.
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At the annual meeting of the Hebrew
Orphans’ Home the following officers
were, re-elected:
V. H. Kriegshaber, Atlanta, Ga., presi
dent; Lionel Weil, Goldsboro, N. C., first
vice-president; M. G. Michael, Athens,
Ga., second vice-president; Joseph
Loewus, Atlanta, Ga., third vice-presi
dent; L. B. LillienthaI, Atlanta, Ga., fourth
vice-president; Armand May, Atlanta,
Ga., treasurer; J. N. Reisman, Atlanta,
Ga., secretary; Armand Wyle, Atlanta,
Ga., ex-officio vice-president.
Reports were received from the various
committees and from the officers of the
organization, which indicated greatly in
creased demands on its resources and
upon the energy and time of the work
ers. Nearly 100 children are now under
care. Reports on the present trend in the
development of work with neglected and
destitute children were read by the ex
ecutive vice-president, Mr. Armand Wyle,
and the Social Service Director.
The Home accepts destitute children
from the states of Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land, and the District of Columbia, and
wherever possible funds are provided
the mothers of children in order that the
family need not be broken up. Wherever
this mother’s assistance is not feasible
because of unwholesome home conditions,
the children are placed in carefully se
lected Jewish homes under the super
vision of trained workers. In subsidiz
ing children in their own homes the func
tion of the Home is tantamount to fam
ily welfare work, especially in the towns
outside of Atlanta where there are no
Jewish Family Welfare Agencies to care
for such families.
It was brought out through the re
ports of the workers that children are
being kept under the care of the Home
for a longer period of time than ordinar
ily because of its inability to dismiss chiI-
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