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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Augusta News
Col. and Mrs. Jacob Schacter
and daughters of Washington are
visiting her parents and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Seidenberg
and daughters are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Seidenberg and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Damon of At
lanta are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Bose Pomerance and family.
Mrs. Donald Goodman, of Allen
town, Pa., with her children Don
na and David, spent the holiday
aeason with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. David Rubenstcin in Augusta.
Mr. Goodman Joined them in time
tor a local visit. Later the family
joined his parents at Montclair,
N. J., for New Year’s.
Melvyn and Norman Simowitz
have returned to classes at the
University of Ga. in Athens, after
spending the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Simo-
■Witz.
• Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Spira of
Augusta announce the birth of a
daughter Mary Ann on December
?,0. Mrs. Spira is the former Miss
Rita Silver.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Forb, with
their children, Lee, Sally and Julie,
ot Richmond, spent the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Blum.
The Daughters of Israel have
resumed sponsorship of the USO- ;
JWB Sunday afternoon parties
they began in November.
4t Lost Battalion”
Hero Dies at 62
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Abra
ham Krotoshinsky, the hero who
brought relief to the "Lost Bat
talion" in World War I, died here
recently at the age of H’2.
A Jewish Immigrant from Po
land, Krotoshinsky became an
American citizen after the war in
which he won the Distinguished I
Service Cross. His feat in working
his way through the German lines
was credited with saving his bat
talion which had been cut off and
surrounded behind the German
lines for five days.
Krotoshinsky, a private, under
took the perilous mission on Oct.
6. 1919, after 35 runners had tried
and failed to get through the Ger
man- lines. The citation which ac
companied his D.S.C. described
his feat in these terms:
“Pvt. Krotoshinsky was on liai
son duty with a battalion of the
809th Infantry which was sur
rounded by the enemy north of
the Forest de la Buinonne in Ar-
gonne Forest. After patrols and
runners had been repeatedly shot
down while attempting to carry
back word of the battalion’s posi
tion and condition^* Rvt. Kroto
shinsky volunteered 'fox the mis
sion and successfully accomplish
ed it."
Toronto Elects
Five Jewish
Aldermen
TORONTO, (JTA)—Five Jew
ish aldermen were elected here to
the new 18-member City Council.
Of the five, four were re-elected.
The fifth, Herbert Oiliffe, was
formerly a member of the Toronto
Board of Education.
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than M differ
ent IhimIk—work
together at a
modern shoe
factory aptly
nicknamed "Tlie Little U.N.*.
One of more Ilian SKI new in-
dnotrieo boused in quarter*
erected witk the assislattee of
•nn* from Umrl Bond invert-
—onto, the new Jeruoniera
Skoo Factory turn* out n
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tnn konvy work boot* —
fridoy, Jcmuory 8, 1954
Southern Region A
Hold Conventions
AUGUSTA—The Southern Re
gion of Aleph Zadik Aleph and
B’nai B’rith Girls met here for
their convention recently with the
following highlights:
1. New A. Z. A. officers are
Eddie Harelik, Augusta, president;
Maurice Kraucheck, Charleston,
vice president; Bernard Hirsch,
Savannah, Secretary; Julian To-
porek, Charleston, treasurer.
2. Ellis J. Kahn, Charleston,
KEN RUBENSTEIN
AUGUST A—Ben Rubenstcin,
well-known Augustan, died De
cember 22 The funeral was con
ducted December 23 at Elliott
Sons chapel.
Mr. Rubenstein was a member
of Social Lodge, No. 1, F. and A.
M.; a 32nd degree Mason and a
member of Alec Temple Shrine.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Mable Prescott Rubenstein; broth
er, Isadore Rubenstein of Bain-
bridge, Qa.; sister, Miss Eva Ru
benstein of Edgefield, S. C.; one
nephew and two nieces.
i. Z. A., B. B. G.
in Augusta
j first place winner in the oratorical
contest; Freddie Simowitz of
Augusta, second, and Don Monsky
1 of Columbus, third.
3. Miss Fayne Lichtenstein of
Atlanta was crowned Sweetheart I
! for 1954, Evelyn Sokol of Charles
ton, second, Deanne Javetz of Sa-
! vannah runners-up.
4. The Sara Jacobs Bagen tro-
phey for the best all-round chap
ter, given for the first tipie this j
; year, went to the Savannah chap- (
ter.
5. New officers of the B’nai
B’rith Girls are Carol Sherman,
Savannah, president; Connie
Bernstein, Charlotte, vice presi
dent; Carol Gray, Columbia, sec
retary; Lillian Lander, Atlanta, |
; treasurer; Barbara Herman, Char- !
lotte, historian; Myrna Smith, re- j
| porter, and Stella Franco, Atlan
ta, counselor.
0. Adrian Cohen of Augusta
won the discussion contest. Jacyues
Kierbel of Charleston emerged
second.
7. In the A league basketball j
championship, Charleston defeated j
Savannah to win first place. At- (
lanta downed Augusta to win
third place.
8. Chapter 134 won the Alex
ander Tries! Trophy for the best
average in sports, discussion con
tests and oratory. The Augusta
chapter was runner-up.
9. The Greensboro, N. C., chap
ter of B. B. G., won the song con
test Columbia and Asheville won
second and third place.
10. The Columbia B. B. G. group
also won the newspaper contest,
with Atlanta Chapter 176 in sec
ond place. Columbia also won th«
alma mater song contest, Sa
vannah second.
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