The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, April 28, 1967, Image 19

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educated at public and private schools in New Orleans, and graduated from the University of Cincinnati and the Hebrew Union College. He fit perfectly into the picture the congrega tion wished to establish. As time went on he would en hance and even intensify it. The ycu'g rabbi lost no time in setting his course. In his in augural sermon, on September 6, 1895, he told the congrega tion, “Whatever tends to the spiritual elevation of man; whatever concerns the we’fare of humanity, the preservation • of morals; whatever conduces to good and. eschews evi'; what ever concerns itself with thp graver consideration of 'i f e and • true living is within the pro vince of the pulpit.’’ He began immediately to put these words into action. ■Within four days’ he was organizing a Young Men’s Hebrew Association. Within four we^'es. on October 3, ac cording to his records, he . .Organized Counci' of Jew ish Women after Succoth Ser vices.” Within a few months he was invited to address the At lanta Teachers Association and various other gatherings throughout the state. Within three years he gave the open ing prayer in the Georgia Legislature and was invited to attend the banquet welcoming the President of the United States to the city of Atlanta. Dr. Marx started the drive to build a hospital for the He brew Orphan's Home in 1897, to establish the Social Settle ment and Free Kindergarten i * Dr. Edward Benhamin Morris Browne Rabbi 1877-1881 Association in 1903, the Fede ration of Jewish Charities in '905, arid the Jewish Educa tional Alliance in 1909. He organized the congregalion ii West Point, Ga., in 1902, and conducted services there once a month for many years. He espoused Masonry with great devotion, serving as Grand Master of Fulton Lodge in 1899 and being elevated to 33rd De gree of the Scottish Rite in 1911. In 1905 the Governor of Georgia appointed him to re present the state at a confer ence on Imrhigration and Quar antine, the first of many simi lar honors on a city and state wide level (the Mayor of / tlanta designated him to be in c large of all civilian relief af ter the Great Fire of 1917). "he list could go on indefin itely. This sample merely at tempts to indicate the range of Eleanor Rosenfeld Marx Mrs. E. B. M. Browne O.i Her Wedding Day, October 15, 1901 The Southern Israelite Wife of Rabbi Browne GO TO WORK FOR YOU 220-5WPKE EYE-LEVEL COOKING CONVENIENCE No stooping in either oven. Just watch through the picture win dow ovens . . . both of them. Bakes and broils right before your eyes. Here is new cooking ease with new kitchen elegance ... Chateau by Magic Chef. SEE THESE MAGIC CHEF FEATURES AT YOUR DEALER TODAY • Tinted Glass Window Door • AutoMagic Cook and Keep Warm Oven Control • Lift-Up Removable Top • High Performance Burners • Appliance Outlet • Red Wheel Lo-Temp Oven Control • Remov able Oven Door • Full-Length Chrome Handle • Bake & Broil Burner in Upper Oven • Remov able Rack Runners • Roll-out Lower Broiler MAGIC CHEE CLEVELAND,TENNESSEE 19