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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Founding Installation Meeting JWV Post 112
the post most active in Child organizations such as the
Welfare. The Ladies Auxil- White Citizens Council and
iary now sponsors a monthly continue to be active as tne
birthday party at Grady Me- watchdog of our Atlanta
morial Hospital. Community.
Many members of the At- ' The Ladies Auxiliary of
lanta Post have gone up the the Atlanta Post 112 was or-
ladder to hold Department \ ganized May 16, 1946, and
and national offices. Past \ its fihrt president was Mrs.
Commander A1 Schwartz has Ida Solomon, still active in
been National Executive the Auxiliary,
Committeeman and still holds. > The Auxiliary works hand
that office. Past Commander in hand with the Post onits
J. Elliot Goldberg is also a many projects, and together
National Executive Commit- they are the greatest post
teeman, as well as Past Com- and auxiliary in the South-
mander Mack Frankel, of
blessed mempry; and Abe
Reisrrian, Past Commander
One of the active Ameri-
Compiled by Post Officials
The Atlanta Post 112 was
organized end granted its
charter on December 30,1034,
with the following members:
R. Wilner, David S. Block,
Abe Goldberg, Dr. M. B.
Copeloff, Hkrry Sunshine,
A. B. Reisman, Abe Levy,
Ezeeden Spodman, J. B. Lev-
etan, Robert Spector, Morris
Flax, Harry M. Wehgrow,
and Jack Barechson. The
first installation banquet was
held at the Grady Hotel on
February 21, 1935.
The post grew until.it had
acquired 700 members during
thp administration of Com
mander A1 Schwartz. For
many years, the Atlanta post
was ; the top post in the
Southeast: The post acquired
its greatest number of mem
bers immediately after World
War H.
During, the administration
of Commander Arthur Weiss,
the Atlanta Post was instru
mental in bringing the Co
lumbians, a vicious anti-Sem
itic organization, to an end.
Approximately 100 members
of the Post,.assisted by Com
mander Weiss, attended a
meeting of the Columbians
held at the Union Hall on
Central Avenue.. At this
meeting, Messrs. Loomis and
Burk spoke at length. Be
cause of the publicity this
meeting received, the mem
bership was opened to Jews
as well as Christians. Nation
wide coverage brought this
organization into court find
to an end.
In 1951, Atlanta was the
host for the National Con
vention, and Paul Ginsberg
was elected National Com
mander, \ the first National
Commander from Atlanta.
This convention was one of
the finest ever held by the
National Jewish War Vet
erans.
Past Commander A1
Schwartz, during his term
as Chairman of Georgia De
partment Commanders Con
ference, introduced a resolu
tion which was unanimously
passed barring any and all
Un-American and Un-Chris
tian and Un-Democratic or
ganizations from holding
cross burnings, and other
meetings on any state prop
erty in the State of Georgia.
The Atlanta Post was in
strumental in organizing a
canism projects of the post
is the presentation of ROTC
medals to outstanding non
commissioned officers of
ROTC units in Atlanta high
schools. Flags are also pres
ented to schools and civic
clubs. These flags have flown
ovir the nation’s Capitol in
Washington.
In hospital work, the Post,
together with the Ladies
Auxiliary, sponsored ward
parties at the Georgia State
Veterans Home in Milledge-
ville, giving holiday boxes.
They have also held Passover
Seders for the Jewish pa
tients at the Veterans Hos
pital in Dublin,' Georgia,
where homemade . holiday
and ceremonial food was
brought from Atlanta. The
services were led by Rabbi
Harold Gelfman from Macon,
Georgia.
During election years, the
Post has actively participated
in introducing the candidates
to its members by having all
candidates speak at meetings.
Brotherhood Week has al
ways been one of the com
munity’s favorite meeting
nights and drew a great
number of Post members to
their meeting to meet mem
bers of the pther faiths.
Recently, Jacob Ullman
donated a trophy in memory
of his brother to be given to
Past Post Commanders
Atlanta 112 JWV
Ralph Wilner*
Harry Wengrow*
Abe Reisman
Ben Broudy*
Milton Waronker
Mack Frankel
Sam Znssman
Sam Eplan
Julius Goldstein
Paul Ginsberg
Arthur Weiss
Dr. Irving Greenberg
Louis Geffen
Irving Libowsky
Bernard Berger
Dr. Alfred Weinstein*
Coleman Medintz
Irwin Karesh*
First meeting and installation of Atlanta Post No. 112, hold at the Henry Grady Hotel February 21, 1935. The organization was granted a charter December 30, 1934.
WINNERS OF POST 112 DISriNGUISHED CITIZEN’S AWARD
Harold Frank
Irving A. Singer
Alfred Schwartz
Jerome Mandel
Charlie Franco
Irving Shaw
J. Elliott Goldberg
Maurice Rich
Sidney Pazol
Meyer Abgott
Jerry Fields
Arnold Gross
Gerald Reed
(Current)
Raymond Yarfitz
•DECEASED
WILLIAM HAKTSFIBLD HERBERT JENKINS MAX CUBA * *' HARRY HARRISON PAUL GI ft SBERG
Nationally famous mayor of city World-reknowned police chief, Prominent communal leader in 1951 Convention Chairman and ghown ta hia World War H
of Atlanta for several decades, famous for his boosts to race many, many aspects of Jewish founding president of National nniform who was elected Na-
and civic life.
JWV Shrine.
amity.
Meyer Balser
Lt. Gov. Geo. T. Smith
Dr. Irving Goldstein
Barney Medintz*
Ralph McGill*
Edward Kahn
Rabbi Harry Epstein Abe Goldstein
Chas. Weltner Irving Kaler
Dr. Irving Greenberg *decea
Sam Levy*
Isidore Heiman*
Ben Massell*
Blood Program Chairman L Heiman surrounded by volunteer Bose Silver and the lata Tillie Jacobs
including one of the five-gallon donors illustrate the Blood Bank project initiated thousands of
gallons of this vial life-saving fluid ago. Chairing this project is practically a 24-hoar assign
ment with emergency calls sometimes craning in all hours which in torn require location ot
ready and quick donors. AU this in addition t.o the quarterly blood bank days. The Red Cross
and other (organisations have officially reoognised the contributions of this Post 112 activity.
The parade..The parade..up and down Peachtree ..during that epochal 1951 National Convention in Atlanta
and other patriotic and religious groups;
‘delegation of convention delegates; an
Army band; a Marine band; one of the
- large JWV state delegations; the float
of the Ahavath Achim Sisterhood; Ha-
dassah float; entry of the Forty & Eight
(American Legion Unit), and (on back
page) ....
to photography. They show in turn (left
to right) the reviewing stand of national
notables from the JWV, Armed Services
The men who work in the area sur
rendered their traditional Labor Day pa
rade to honor the Jewish man and wom
en who fought to defend their country
assembled for the national Jewish War
Veterans convention. These pictures
were made from the dizzying heights
of a mid-town building at dizzying
angles by the editor of The Southern
Israelite, who had at the time not yet
taken over the financial angles of the
publication and hence could devote time