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Congratulations Upon The Temple's Century of Service WERD Radio Station J. B. BLAYTON JR., Owner 330 Auburn Ave., N.E. JA. 4-0666 ^ ilifton ^ 9nu TELEPHONE 767-0281 Area code 404 Atlanta Airport, Georgia HENRI’S BAKER \ for discriminating people COMPLETE CATERING SERVICE Fully Equipped to Seat and Serve Any Size Party ANYWHERE Atlanta or Out of Town HOT OR COLI) 3251 Peachtree Rd., N.E. at Piedmont — CE. 7-0202 ATLANTA, GA. gree in law from the Univer sity of Wisconsin, after which he went to Indiana to serve as Professor of Medical Jurispru dence and Diseases of the Mind at Evansville Medical College. There he met the attractive young Evansvillian who subse quently became (in reverse or der) the writer’s great-grand mother and Atlanta’s first reb- bitzen. During the four years of Dr. Browne’s stay in Atlanta the congregation began to feel the pains of adolescence. The new building brought with it new responsibilities as well as in creased membership. In order to meet these needs, members increased their dues, first to $30 per year, then into brack ets ranging from $20 to $50 a year. There were two categor ies, regular members and those who merely bought seats. Those cost $50, payable with interest over a two-year period, but were made available free-of- charge to those unable to pay. The system remained in force, with only slight variation, un til the present temple.was built in 1931 and seat ownership was abolished. Religious education was a • matter of major concern then as it is now. Children attended both a Sabbath School and an afternoon Hebrew School which met four times a week for two hours each. Enrollment in the early 1880’s averaged about 100 students in each school. By the end of the dec ade there were approximately 250. Both boys and girls were confirmed when they were fourteen years old, beginning in the early 1870’s. These struggling newcomers in no way slackened their ef forts on behalf of others. As early as 1870 the women char tered a Ladies’ Hebrew Bene volent Society, the first such organization of any religious group in the city. They labored mainly in the area of social service, particularly in cases involving women and in the rehabilitation of immigrant families. Some of today’s mem bers can recall, as young girls, helping their mothers carry “wash tubs full of soup” to the Temple basement as a part of the work of this auxiliary in providing, for the refugees. In 1878 the congregation ap propriated a monthly stTm from its budget to go toward relief work, and funds for especially designated charities were col lected at the Memorial Service on Yom Kippur. The Temple even sent contributions to con gregations of other cities to aid in their building projects. The minutes of 1891 reveal that another Jewish congrega tion in Atlanta had asked The Temple for heljg t -.jn~this case to SLOAN PAPER COMPANY PAPER MERCHANTS for the PRINTING INDUSTRY Reliable Mill Brands Exclusively 781 Wheeler, N. W. ATLANTA, GA. 1230 Second Avenue, South BIRMINGHAM. ALA 205-207 W. 13th St. CHATTANOOGA" TENN. 2707 University Ave. HUNTSVILLE. ALA. A Salute to the Temple’s Hundredth Anniversary • £arla Q ay Press Co FACTORY 150 Garnett St.. S. W. JA. 3-6653 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 14 The Southern Israelite