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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. ▼ ▼ 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. ▼ ▼ 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. V ▼ 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. ▼ ▼ 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. V ▼ 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- ( P/ea te turn to page 15) KOSHER MILK FOR PASSOVER We are pleased to announce that we are able to supply our Jewish trade with KOSHER MILK for the PASSOVER Season. Great care will be taken that all equipment used shall be handled and cared for in ac cordance with the strictest dietary laws. 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