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—L’Chaim—
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and Bill grew to love it. His days~of
helping others started early. While
at Pryor Street School, he remem
bered a little boy named Harvey
who always watched Bill eat his
lunch. Bill, naturally concerned,
had his mom pack two lunches
from then on. . . one for Bill and
one for Harvey.
When Bill was 14, his family
moved to Ashville, N.C. Bill went
to the University of North Carolina
and graduated in 1929. He went to
New York and worked for an
insurance company. After the stock
market crashed, he went to Rochester,
N.Y., where his sister lived. It was
there that he first saw his wife of 50
years, Sylvia. It was Rosh Hashana,
and while sitting in temple he nudged
his sister and asked who the girl
was. His sister replied, “Sylvia
Goldstein.” Bill said, “That’s going
to be my girl!” They met and dated,
but when Bill proposed to Sylvia,
he was making $25 a week. She
said she couldn’t marry him. Bill
asked “What would it take?” Sylvia
replied, $40!” So on Dec. 24, 1934,
they wed and moved to Atlanta
where Bill went to work in the steel
business.
I for one, never knew much
about Atlanta’s street cars. Ironically,
though, for Bill, when he came
back to Atlanta and the street car
era ended, he bought the steel from
the tracks. Bill became the first
chairman of the Southeast Trade
Institution of Scrap, Iron and Steel.
Bill was elected president of The
Temple in 1953, served as co-
chairman, and then vice president
of the Jewish Welfare Federation.
He is past national commissioner
and past treasurer of ADL as well
as an honorary life member of the
board of the Southeast Region. He
was B nai B’rith’s Man of the Year,
chairman of the building committee
of Northside Hospital, as well as a
pf.st president of the Jewish Home.
In fact, it was during Bill’s five-
year term from 1965-1970 that the
Jewish Home was planned and
built. He said, “In 1951 when the
first home was founded, Frank
Garson was president.” Frank got
Bill interested and he contributed
to and worked for the Home. Dan,
(Frank’s son) and Bill raised money
for the new home, which cost $2.7
million. He proudly recalled Mills
B. Lane of C & S Bank as the man
who loaned them one million dollars
which enabled the project to be done.
Bill added, “The prime rate was 4%!”
Bill is also on the board of the
Georgia Radio Reading Service
for the Blind (GARRS). He and
Sylvia share this interest since she
is a certified braillist who writes
books for blind children.
Bill’s other credits as well as the
offices he held, go on, yet his
current one-on-one involvement truly
shows the kind of man he is. Every
Friday from 10:30 to 1:30 he delivers
12 to 15 hot meals for the Meals on
Wheels Program. From Juniper
Street to Doraville, he feels gratified
knowing he can help. He also goes
every Tuesday to the Kahn Group
Home and takes residents shopping,
to the bank, the barber shop, the
dentist, or wherever needed.
Bill explains, “I don’t feel com
fortable doing nothing, and I get a
kick out of helping others.”
And what do the others have to
say about Bill? They lovingly add,
“He’s special, he’s kind, he’s involved.
. . his cheerful and obliging demeanor
adds to the quality of whatever he
does.” Sylvia says, “Bill is absolutely
terrific. He’s my best friend. . .
he’s always there when I need him.”
Daughter Carol Nemo adds, “He’s
the best father anyone could ever
have. . . His grandchildren adore
him. . . and we all do.”
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190 Zeblin Road
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Still, he continues helping others,
wanting no praise, doingjobs both
big and small. While Bill is soft
spoken and a man of few words,
his deeds and actions speak for
themselves.
Bill Breman is a man who wears
many shoes, but the truth of the
matter is, no one could fill his. To
Bill we say. “L’Chaim,” to a man
whose life is fulfilled by giving to
others.
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