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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
VOL. XXXI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1956
NO. 20
Bernard Cone,
Mill Co-Founder
Passes at 81
GREENSBORO, N. C. — Ber
nard Milton Cone, retired chair
man of the board of Cone Mills
Corp., died May 21. Funeral ser
vices were held May 22 at Lam
beth Chapel. Interment was in
the family cemetery.
Cone was the last of three bro
thers who built the Cone Mills,
now the biggest producer of de
nim, flannel and corduroy in the
world. He also was the lone sur
viving member of a family of 13
sons and daughters bom to Her
man Cone and Helen Gugenhei-
mer Cone, both natives of Ba
varia, Germany, who met and
married after they came to
America.
Cone was a former president
of Proximity Manufacturing Co.,
which later became Cone Mills.
A native of Baltimore, he was
a brother of Moses and Caesar
Cone who founded Cone Mills.
His son Harold Cone of New
York City, and two grandchildren,
John Oliver Cone and Claribel
Cone, survive.
Linda Sue Klenberg
Three-year-old Linda Sue
Klenberg of Atlanta who was
struck by a stray bullet on May
19 died May 20 in a private hos
pital. Funeral services were held
May 21 in the chapel of Henry
M. Blanchard and Son. Rabbi
Harry H. Epstein officiated. In
terment was in Greenwood Ce
metery.
Surviving are her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Max H. Klenberg Jr.,
a brother, Robert Klenberg, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Garber and Mr. and Mrs. Max
H. Klenberg Sr., all of Atlanta.
Phillip Goldstein
Phillip Goldstein, 77, of Atlanta,
died May 20. Funeral services
were held May 21 in the chapel
of Henry M. Blanchard & Son.
Rabbi Harry H. Epstein officiat
ed. Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Mr. Goldstein, a native of Rou-
mania, was a retired dry goods
merchant. He was a member of
Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
Surviving are his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Goldstein,
Mrs. Manuel Taitz and Mrs.
Richard Cohen, all of Atlanta,
and three sons, William Gold
stein of San Francisco and Joe
and Herbert Goldstein, both of
Atlanta.
Mrs. Catherine Capilouto
Mrs. Catherine Capilouto, 81,
died May 15. Funeral services
were held May 15 at the chapel
of Henry M. Blanchard & Son.
Rabbi Joseph Cohen officiated.
Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Victor Varon of Atlanta; brother,
Gabriel Capilouto of Tallahassee,
Fla.; five grandchildren.
Louis Morris Friend
Louis M. Friend, 64, of East
man, Ga., died May 10. Funeral
services were held at the chapel
of Henry M. Blanchard & Son,
May 11. Rabbi Harry H. Epstein
and Cantor Joseph Schwartzman
officiated. Interment was in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Friend, a native of Russia,
came to the United States while
in his teens. He lived in New
York for a number of years,
where in addition to his business
he was very active among his
landsmen and where he -organ
ized a nursing home for poor
children whose parents had to
work for their living. A son of
an outstanding cantor and being
the possessor of a fine tenor voice,
he proved himself a talented sing
er and cantor. He performed with
High Holiday services in a num
ber of cities, including Atlanta,
New York and Chicago. He was
a veteran of World War I, past
commander of the Eastman Post
of V. F. W., he was also active in
various local civic affairs.
He came to Georgia about 20
years ago and was operator of
ready-to-wear stores in Eastman,
Hawkinsville and McRae.
Surviving are his wife; a son,
Stuart Friend of Eastman; three
brothers, Jacob Lion Friend of
Fort Valley, Nechmiah Friend of
Israel, Joseph Friend of Atlanta,
and one grandchild.
Sam Friedman
Sam Friedman, 45, of Atlanta
died May 10. Funeral services
were held in the chapel of Henry
M. Blanchard & Son. Rabbi
Tobias Geffen officated. Inter
ment was in Greenwood Ceme
tery.
Mr. Friedman, a native of At
lanta, was employed as an auto
mobile salesman. He was a vet-
ern of World War II, a Mason,
an Elk and a Shriner.
Surviving are a son, Phillip
Friedman, mother, Mrs. Rachel
Friedman; a brother, Wolfie
Friedman, and two sisters, Mrs.
Leo Frankel and Mrs. Sophie
Rltz, all of Atlanta.
Samuel Maier Wender
Samuel M. Wender, 64, of At
lanta died May 20. Funeral ser
vices were held May 21 in the
chapel of Henry M. Blanchard &
Son. Rabbi Harry H. Epstein of
ficiated. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery.
Mr. Wender, a retired dry
goods merchant, was a member
of Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
He was a native of Russia.
Surviving are his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. Oscar Cohen of
Alexander City, Ala.; Mrs. Roy
Finberg of Long Beach, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Gerald Rabushka of
St. Louis; mother, Mrs. Joseph
Wender of Atlanta; six brothers,
Morris, Julius, Louis and Eman
uel Wender, all of Atlanta; Max
Wender of Tucker and Herbert
Wender of Long Island, N. Y.;
and a sister, Mrs. Barney Shain-
ker of Atlanta.
Samuel Unger
Samuel Unger, 66, of Atlanta,
died May 10. Funeral services
were held May 14 at Peachtree
Memorial Chapel. Rabbi Emanuel
Feldman officiated. Interment
was in Marietta National Ceme
tery.
A native of New York, Mr.
Unger had lived in Atlanta for
the past 10 years. He was con
nected with the Fulton Pharma
cy.
A veteran of both world wars,
Mr. Unger had served at Ft.
Jackson, S. C., as chief pharma
cist. He retired from the Army
as a sergeant in 1956.
Mr. Unger held a masters de
gree from John Marshall Law
School and was a member of
Sigma Lambda law fraternity.
Surviving are his wife; two
sisters, Mrs. Charles Marks and
Mrs. C. S. Roth, New York City;
two stepsons, Eugene Gabrell,
Atlanta and Joel W. Gabrell,
New York; and several grand
children.
Senator Sparkman to Speak
At Goldstein Testimonial
SENATOR SPARKMAN
particularly outspoken critic of
our State Department’s actions
in the Middle East.
New Shearith Israel
Rabbi to Make Bow
At May SO Banquet
Congregation Shearith Israel
will introduce its new rabbi at
the annual congregation dinner
banquet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 30.
He is Rabbi Sidney K. Moss-
man, who will come to Atlanta
from his pulpit in Detroit, espec
ially for the banquet and the In
stallation of new officers that
will follow.
Rabbi Mossman, who will be
installed at a later date, will take
his post with the congregation
during late summer. An outstand
ing leader in Orthodox circles,
Rabbi Mossman has also held
pulpits in Nashville and Omaha.
He is a graduate of the Hebrew
Theological College of Chicago
and of DePaul University Law
School of Chicago. He has been
in charge of Talmud Torahs at
his different pulpits and has con
centrated widely on Jewish ed
ucation, according to Sol Lip6ius,
Shearith Israel president. Mr.
Lipsius will be succeeded by
Sidney Gulden.
U. S. Senator John J. Sparkman
of Alabama will be the principal
speaker at the forthcoming testi
monial dinner for Abe Goldstein,
Wednesday, June 6, at the May-
fair Club, it was announced this
week by Meyer L. Balser, chair
man of the Testimonial Dinner
Committee.
Mr. Goldstein, president of the
Prior Tire Company and a prom
inent philanthropist, is being
honored by the Atlanta Commit
tee for State of Israel Bonds of
which Ben J. Massell is general
chairman.
Announcing Senator Spark
man’s acceptance of the com
mittee’s invitation, Mr. Balser
said:
“The participation of this great
American, one of Israel’s most
forthright and consistent champ
ions, presents a great opportuni
ty to the people of Atlanta in
terested in making this testimo
nial to Abe Goldstein the suc
cess it deserves to be. Senator
Sparkman’s presence and bril
liant eloquence will, I am sure,
inspire many of us to unparal
leled efforts in Israel’s behalf.
“The Senator through his activ
ity in the United Nations and his
direct contact with leading gov
ernment figures in Israel, knows
better than most Americans how
important Israel’s survival is to
the democratic nations of the
world and just how much Israel
Bonds mean to this survival. I
am looking forward to another
record breaking year for Israel
Bonds in Atlanta.”
A key figure in the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
the former running mate of Ad-
lai Stevenson in the 1952 presi
dential election, Senator Spark
man is one of the bipartisan
group of Senators and Congress
men who have been urging Pres
ident Eisenhower to authorize
the sale of defensive arms to Is
rael to offset the imbalance cre
ated by communist arms ship- ^
ments to Egypt and other Arab
nations. Sparkman has been a
Women Active In Israel Bond Scene
The women of Atlanta have
accepted full partnership with
their menfolk in the current
campaign in behalf of State of
Israel Development Bonds.
Their principal activity will be
a tea at the home of Mrs. A. J.
Weinberg, at 10 Chatham Road,
N.W., at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 30, when active women
leaders will hear an address by
Commodore Shlomo Shamir, of
Israel’s foremost military auth
orities.
The tea and other activities in
the campaign are geared to high
light the Testimonial Dinner for
Abe Goldstein on Wednesday,
June 6, at the Mayfair Club.
Among the women who have ac
cepted leadership in planning for
the dinner (shown in accomp
anying photo) are Mrs. Frank
Garson, (second from right) co-
chairman; Mrs. I. M. Weinstein,
honorary co-chairman, left, Mrs.
Anne G. Hopkins, vice chairman,
and Mrs. J. L. Saul, vice chair
man, at right. Other vice chair
men not available for this pic
ture, are Mrs. Jake Abelson and
Mrs. Irene Schwartz.
Commodore Shamir to Appear for Israel Bonds
Before Atlanta Women and Professional
Commodore Shlomo Shamir,
one of Israel’s most important
military authorities and director-
general of Israel Phosphates Cor
poration, a key industrial factor
in the young democracy’s plans
and hopes for eventual economic
independence, will visit Atlanta
this Wednesday, May 30, in be
half of the State of Israel De
velopment Bond Issue.
Shamir will address two groups
during his visit - a tea for women
leaders at the home of Mrs. A. J.
Weinberg, 10 Chatham Road,
N.W. The Profesional group will
be meeting at the Mayfair Club
Wednesday evening to discuss
their participation in the forth
coming Testimonial Dinner for
Abe Goldstein at the Mayfair
Israel Consular Office
Opened In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) —
of Israel’s infant Navy and un
dertook to organize the first fight
ing fleet in the country’s history.
This mission accomplished, he
turned his talents to the Air
Force. As Air Commander, he
built up Israel’s air defenses,
originating flight tactics.
The Professionals Division of
the Atlanta Israel Bond Com
mittee is headed by Dr. Irving
H. Goldstein. Active members are
Dr. Nathan Blass, Joseph Cuba,
Alfred E. Garber, Dr. Irving L.
Greenberg, Irving K. Kaler, Dr.
James A. Kaufman, Samuel A.
Miller, Dr. Edward D. Reisman,
Dr. A. L. Sanders and Dr. Al
fred A. Weinstein.
New Orleans Shule
Rejects Family
Seating Plan
NEW ORLEANS, (JTA) — A
proposed family seating plan for
Congregation Chevra Thilim here
was defeated at a membership
meeting last week. The proposal
—which required a two-thirds
majority for approval — failed
to attain a simple majority. The
action averted a possible civil
law suit which had been threat
ened by those who opposed the
plan which had been put forward
by the synagogue’s board of di-
rectors
Rabbi Paul Hait, addressing
the meeting before voting began,
said that he could not recom
mend the plan, but would accept
it if the meeting approved it and
if it would put an end to the
dissention within congregation.
Macon’s Welfare Fund Drive
Expected to Reach $24,000
The State of Israel officially
established consular service here
last week, under the direction of
Max M. Varon, Consul of Israel
in New York. Mr. Varon present
ed his credentials to Mayor Rich
ardson Dilworth in City Hall.
Present at the ceremony was
City Representative Frederic R.
Mann, who is chairman of the
Philadelphia Bonds for Israel
Campaign. A permanent liaison
secretary will be present at the
new offices here, while Mr. Varon
will visit regularly two days a
month.
COMMODORE SHAMIR
Club on Wednesday, June 6.
A veteran of six years in the
Jewish Brigade of the British
Vinth Army during World War
II and a senior officer of the
Haganah before the establish
ment of Israel as an independ
ent state, Commodore Shamir
commanded a Brigade Group on
the central front during the War
of Liberation, leading many of
Israel’s decisive victories against
Egyptian forces.
In 1949, he assumed command
MACON—The Jewish commu
nity here seems headed for a
successful w e If a r e fund cam
paign.
Leaders report that the $19,—
000 pledged to date have already
passed the $16,000 raised last
year. A total of $19,000 has been
recorded so for and it is expected
the campaign will reach a goal
of approximately $24,000, or 50
per cent more than 1955, under
the general chairmanship of Dr.
Avjom Roobin.
J. Heilman, an Israeli news
paper man, and Rabbi Newton J.
Friedman addressed the advanc
ed gifts dinner. The community
dinner on May 2 was addressed
by Rabbi Aaron Doctor of Phila
delphia.
Leaders expressed the belief
that Macon’s renewed Interest in
its welfare drive was heightened
by local concern over the anti-
Semitic literature which is cir
culating throughout the com
munity as a result of the meet
ing this spring of the newly-or
ganized Klan.