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Friday, July 11, 1947
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6. FAGFl.SON, OF BIRMINGHAM, NAMED PRESIDENT; ANNOUNCE AWARDS
Young Judaea Holds Successful Conclave
By ALICE GONCHER D. S. I. victorious with
Convention spirit accumulated 3 10 2 -
for a o years was released upon Jacksonville bowled ’em over in
the 20th Annual Young Judean he An,,l,al Bowh** Tournament
Convention in Jacksonville June with Sheldon Blattner striking up
Rift Between Haganah and Irgun Leads
To Discovery of Underground Workshop
score of i tributed from those Young Ju-
21-75. The convention originally
called for last year in Jacksonville
r nother championship,
i Tltc swimming meet, held under
llr, very unfavorable weather condi-
was postponed because of the polio tions, was taken over by the D. S. I.
cnir emic resultlPff In doubled ef- Club of AUa nta. with Paul Mul-
forts behalf of the convention do WPri Allan Oillman and Bert
co-< hil men. Herbert Bohn and g au ) recc j v ing first, second and
Star ley Hammerman, in making thlrd placc respectively,
this convention the most mernor m
TEL AVIV (JTA).—What is believed to be the workshop of the
Haganah in Tel Aviv was discovered by the police as the result of an
.. ...... anonymous telephoned tip. It is assumed that the information came
SbTST tTaoM™ C? £ ! £-» •>">•» etremUU In reprto, tor [oUin. their atten.pt
inscribe in the Golden Book in ^ bk>w up cltrus Housc British military headquarters here.
Acting on the mysterious phone call, police broke into a locked"
house on Hagaiil Street, in the vicinity of Citrus House, where they
discovered a workshop fitted out with lathes, and occupying three
floors. Two men fled over the roof-tope when the police smashed their
way in. In the cellar the raiders found parts of automatic weapons.
able held in the Southern Region.
Athletic events participated Into
by representatives of all the
Southern states indicated very
close competition and good sports
manship among the boys partici
pating. The Southern Ping Pong
Championship was won by Sheldon
Blattner of Jacksonville after de
feating Sonny Rothenberg of At
lanta in the finals.
The Atlanta D. s. I. Club de
feated S. O. Z. Club In softball and
lr ter defeated a combined team
from Macon and Columbus to en
ter the final playoif against Jack
sonville. previously victorious over
Birmingham. Pinal results proved
In the oratorical contest, I eon a
Roth of Memphis won over Ken-
i.cth levin of Jacksonville in one
of the closest, verbal battles South
ern Judeans have witnessed in
aneous Speaking Contest, each
contestant drew a subject and had
twenty minutes in which to pre
pare a speech. Gerald Sohn of^H
Jacksonville won first place with around Young Judean went to
Kenneth Levin, also of Jackson-^Geral^Sohi^o^Iacksonvine. who
Jerusalem the names of Mrs. Ted
dy Moskow'itz and Mrs. Cohen of
the Jacksonville Zionist Youth
Commission, without whose excel
lent guidance and assistance the
conventions could not have been
so successfully held. Also as a
token of their gratitude to Her
man Popkin. Regional Youth Di
rector of the Southern Zionist
Youth Commission, twenty-five
trees were planted in his honor by
those Young Judeans.
An announcement was made of
the best all-around Southern
Young Judean Club and the B. B.
Judean Girls of Birmingham were
presented with a plaque as thel
most outstanding club of the year
The award for the best all-
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and Teddy Frankel of Atlanta as
runner ups, after an elimination
o-' over twelve contestants.
A Georgia watermelon was alie
ned oil at a wiener roast held
at Neptune Beach. The water
melon was purchased by the At
lanta delegation as the highest
bidders and all proceeds were di
rected towards the Jewish National
Fund.
Climax of the five-day conven
tion was the formal banquet and
dance held at the fashionable
Mayflower Hotel roof garden.
Newly elected ofllcers for 1947-48
were Installed, with Gene Eagcl-
son of Birmingham taking the
oath of presidency.
Other ofllcers elected to serve
with Gene are: vice presidents,
Bert Saul, Atlanta; Leona Roth,
Memphis; Gerald Sohn, Jackson
ville; Secretary, Marvin Hurwich,
Birmingham; treasurer, Teddy
Frankel, Atlanta.
Esther Weyman, past president
of the Southern Region and now
president of the Memphis Junior
Hadassah Chapter, was elected
Honorary President.
As a result of the watermelon
auction, enough money was con-
SAVANNAH
Philip L. Faliigant. new com
mander of Savann; t Post No. 135.
American Legion, presided at his
first meeting of the second largest
Legion group in the state, July 3.
• • •
A screen play by Savannah Ian.
' stated as one of the self-governing
1 bodies of the Alliance, after hav
ing been inactive for about five
! years. Composed of fifteen mem-
( bers, elected by the Alliance mem-
i bership at the annual meeting, the
j Junior board is composed of rep-
Aubrey Wisberg, entitled ‘The i resentatives from the 18 to 30-
Dark Road” is expected to go into j
production early in July by Som- .
erset Pictures, releasing through |
Screen Guild Production, it was
announced from Hollywood.
is also National Vice-President.
A Junior club in Charleston was
awarded a gold loving cup for
their outstanding efforts in the
raising bf funds for the Jewish [
National Fund. ! Major Nathan Greenberg, sup-
Miss Muriel Goldberg, National j ply officer of the 17th Battalion.
Young Judean speaker, was guest! has returned to Savannah after
of honor at the closing banquet.; attending the final meeting of the
year age group of the Alliance
membership and serves to develop
programs and making recommen
dations to the senior board on
problems of young adults.
The other members of the jun
ior board, all active in the pro
gram of the Alliance, are: Helen
Blumberg, Murray Bono, Richard
She also assisted with the teaching ' commanders and supply officers of ; Falk, Hyman Fialkow. Robert Gor
of modern Hebrew songs and j the Georgia State Guard in Macon
dances.
Among the resolutions passed by
those delegates assembled were:
“That the Southern Young Judean
Region make every effort to con
tribute toward the establishment
Walter Lowe, army veteran and
for many years active in the work
of the Jewish Educational Alliance.
1 us been elected chairman of the
junior board of directors of the Al-
of a Southern Branccls Camp In- ' liance. Serving as officers along
stitute” and "That the United Na
tions Palestinian investigation
committee present its report in
September in favor of unlimited
immigration into Palestine. - ’
with him are: Henry Kaplan, vice
chairman, and Helen Paderewsky
Arkin. secretary.
The junior board of directors of
the Alliance was recently rein-
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July 3 saw the official end of;
AZA’s District 5 Tournament. As (
20(1 weary participants dragged j
themselves home to Baltimore.
Maimi, or here in Atlanta, they
proclaimed this convention the
best one they had seen.
In the way of competitive ac
tivities, Atlanta triumphed over
all other cities In every event. In
the first contest to take place I* r-
nard Spcctor of AZA 357 (Atlan-
Jacksonville and Norfolk who had
one sectional contests.
The winners of debating were
two young members of AZA 518
(Atlanta). Elliott Levitas and Bob
by Rosenfeld. Although they tied
for first placc in the regional
meet last winter, they advanced
to this district finals and took
Uie undisputed first place trophy.
In the third official tournament
contest. AZA JTC (AUanta) ex
I ibited its athletic ability as the
team easily won the basketball
don. Carl Green, Rubin Grunin,
Nathan Karnibad, Martin M. Rab-
han. Louise Gordon Rudofsky. Jul
ius Shoob, and Gladys Trace.
AUGUSTA
Rabbi Joseph Buchler of New
j York city, a recent graduate of
the Hebrew Union college at Cin-
i cinnati, will arrive here the last
week in July to occupy the pul-
| pit of the Congregation Children
j of Israel on Telfair street, it was
j learned today.
Rabbi Buchler succeeds Rabbi
j Sylvan D. Schwartzman, who is
' leaving for New York to accept a
j national position.
Rabbi Buchler officiated during
his college days at Saginaw, Mich.,
Hamilton. Ohio, and Dallas. Texas,
i While at the college he was busi
ness manager for the HUC
monthly.
! He received his B.A. degree at
the University of Cincinnati.
all chapters were able to partici
pate. AZA 134 (Atlanta again)
sloshed to an easy victory in the
" , swimming meet. With tankmen
such as Allan Oillman, Donny Dia
mond. Sol Epstein, David Franco.
_ P and Jerry Siegel, 145 took every
ta) was awarded a troohv for his T ° the ‘‘first place and most second places
u») was aw aided a tropny loi ms JTC edged out a victory over the An
oratorical accomplishments. He
competed against orators from
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lanta men did not have too much
trouble beating Norfolk AZA 58
to 22. Members comprising the
winning team are Wally Cowan,
Malcolm Minsk. Alvin Halpern,
Brooklyn Bcreznitsky, Ben Edel-
stein, Jakie Froug. Arthur Bartell,
and Morris Froug,
Swimming and softball w'ere the
two added tournaments in which
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to win by the score 40 to 13.
JTC won again in softball. Tak-
1 ing games from AZA 134, 518 and
■ Miami Beach, the basketball team
! with addition of Leon Shulmeis-
i ter stood up again to take another
. first place trophy.
! The several business sessions
were brought to a climax on the
last day of the convention with
tlie election of district officers. The
following boys were elected:
j President, Sol Proctor, AZA 272,
| Jacksonville; Vice-President, Man-
| ny Lifchez, AZA 254, Augusta;
Secretary, Barry Fine, AZA 370,
j Norfolk; and Treasurer, Leon Ep-
■ stein. AZA 134, Atlanta: and Re-
! porter, Alan Salzman. AZA 134,
Atlanta.
I Tlie Convention was started at
a stag luncheon. Short talks were
! given by Donald Oberdorfer,
i President of the Jewish Committee
| Council and Ernest Brewer. Execu
tive Secretary to Mayor Harts-
| field.
The final banquet took place at
the Ansley Hotel’s Dinkier Room,
j Among the dignitaries present
! were Alex Miller. President of the
Atlanta Gate City Lodge of B’nai
B’rith, Barney Mednitz, First
Vice-President of the Gate City
Lodge. Ed Krick, Chairman of the
B.B.Y.O. Committee of Atlanta’.
| Louis Goldstein, District Five Di-
| rector of B.B.Y.O., was also pres-
> ent at most of the other conven
tion affairs to lend a helping hand
where needed. Following the ban
quet the athletic, oratory and de
bate awards were made, and Bar
ney Kahn. AZA 134. head of the
athletic committee, was given the
best convention worker and sports
manship award by the Convention
Advisors.
Sam Epstein, Prop.
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