F roID To"'n and Country

36 THE ZI O NIST REC 0 RD.

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(FJOm, Ow· Own Corre

pondents.)

Benoni

Thank to the ener.,;elic w<1rk of Mr. J.

J. Fine. a convenor, and hi~ coll ague·, a very satisfactory result \\'&. achieved in tlw recent Shekel collection nere, 28~ .'hekolim b in ^er disposed of, which i:· an improvement on the figure::> of any of the fiv ~ precedinv year and not very far fJhort of tht record achieved six years ago.

The following were the reiu1 ns of the arious couples :-Mis· E. diller and l\fr.

J. J. Fine, 62; Mes rs. Ch. ~Iille1 and J. J.

Fine, 2; Messrs. L. Franket and Joe Levy, 53· Messr. W. Shames and S. Ostrof ky,

;_,4;

Mr. L. Lovell, 25; Miss M. Silberma-:-i and Mr. I. Alter, 29; Mi ::. Betty Fine ar.rt 1\lr. M. Favi h, 17.

Beaufort West

On Sunday, March 11th, t.he fird cultural meeting of the local Zionii:;t Society was held in the Lyric Hall of Mr. M. Garo, Royal Hotel. Dr. N. Klass preside~ an.d Rev. I. .Gulis lectured un " The H1stor1c taus s of Modern Zioni::im." It w~.s clecid<>d to hold monthly galherin~· · oi a simila1·

nature.

The opportunity was t.-il~en of el ·ctilw_ a n '"\' Honorary Treasu1cr rn µlace of M1::;s A. Duhowitz, ·who i. mQnyi11g _hortly all'l takiug up residence in nlidJ~ l!Ji.;,q~·· Mi::.;

J Todes was accordingly apt>01ntt·d. Re- f~·e~hment. werl.! serve<l, an1.l a 'ery inter- e ting \'enin .. eoncludeu '·ith the; , ingin<.r of "Haiikvah."

Bethlehem

On Sunday, the 25th in. t., a ~ucc.e ·;-:ful debate and dance was held at the residence of Mr. and Mr . B. Swartzberg, under the au. pice. of the Young I rael Society.

Thanks are due to Mi s S. Shifren, Rev.

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On Tu ::.da), the 1st iri:st., a large gathet · i11g atter.cied a lectur g·i,, en by .Mr. Shak- snovis at the residence of Mr...,. T. Behr.

Uurin~ the riay l\fr. Shaksnovis inspected the \\ ''>rk of the Chedt>r children.

On Tuesday, the 20th inst., d:r . .'. I'ab:, of the South African Youth Council de- livered an address at lhe !'esi•lence of Mr<;.

H. Heller. He succeeded in forming a Heb- rew clas of seventeen members. A vot.:>

of thank was proposed by Mr. .J. W. Behr

Cradock

The local Ladies' Social Circle enter- tained it members at the ^t; ual bi-monthly tea, which was held at the re idence of Mr.

t.nd Mrs. F. Levensten, "Ronaldswaye."

J >uring th evening piano solos were :ren · dered by the Misses D. Krug·er and 'l.

Levensten, and the sum of

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^{:3s. 6d. was}

realised.

Harrismith

Although only formed in November la t, the Harrismith Womens' Zionist Society already has a good deal of Zioni.st activity to its credit. On the 31st January a very

~;uccessful cultural afternoon was held at the residence of Mr B. Green, at whicl1

1 rs. H. Helman delivered an interesting address on ·'The Origin of Zionism." A rard evening was held on the 11th F bru-

~ry, as the re ult of which the TrE>e Fund benefited to the extent of £6 0 . 6d.

A further cultural meetinir took plac during March at the residence of . Irs. H.

Helman, ·when a lecture was delivered in -Yiddish by Mr . B. Green to a a an·l appreciative audience. The society also conducted the sale of Shekolim in its centre on the 4th inst., which resulted in :10 She- kolim being disposed of, the collecto~· · Leing the Mbses B. Kaplan and lVI. Lewis.

Mesdames Green and Stiller have bee11 ap- pointed to take charge of the J.N.F. box dearances for the current year.

Ludwin, Messrs. R. Sief:f'., S. J ankelowitz, J. Kristal and H. I aacman, and to M1. an~l fr . Swa1·tzberg for their kindly ho~p1- tality.

Boksburg

I IVf eDlel

I ^{At tl1e} Bris Milah of the infai:t son of

•fr. and .. Irs. S. Gordon, celeurated on the Under the auspices of the Bokshurg and

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^{l 1th} ~n::;t., a b?x of ch~col1;1~es was sold_ by District Women'·· Zionist So •iety a succe:3s- Arn.encan auction and r. a!lsed ~he fine um ful and enjoyable afternoon ms pent <! .. vf £7 G . for .t~e J wish ~atwnal Fund.

th entraJ Hotel Bok-bur· on Thursday, A number of vISitors from vrcde were pre- th: 22nd inst. ' ' sent at this function_. . Thanks are due to

. all tho e \vho part1c1pat d, and to Mr.

Mrs. Ordm~n, ac~ompm:ued by ~ lr:". De~- Soliweitzik, of the Memel Hotel, \•ho enter- ton, of the \\omens Zwm t_Leagu ' Johai.- tainc:d the visitor., io dinner.

Jlesburg, addressed the meetmg on the worh.

that is l>eing carried on in Palestine, tres- ing in particular the importam·f> of the

\\' izo acti vi ti .

Mrs. A. J. Saretzky, •d10 pre~idtd, wel- comed the vi5itor on behalf of the LeagUt.!

and expre sed her delight in ting .·uch a ood attendance ..

Botha ville

On J anua1·y 21si, a debate \.\c held by the local Zionist Soci ty at th r sidencc A Mrs. S. Mervis. The c;ubject, " Is Zionism a Jewish Idea), or i~ it forced on the Jew hy Outside Cal..i.ses," '·as keenly debated. by Rabbi Kahan, a:--sj ·ted. by Mr.

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B. Stokmer and ifr. A. SacJ{3, ~lss1 ted by Mr. . Jankel.

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Middelburg (Tvl.).

Mr . N. Brozin, the hon. secretary of the local L·c.1ch of the South African Jewish Orphanage, has forwarded to that institu- tion the sum of £2 5s., being Febru~ry sub- scriptions collected by Mrs. lV . Birman.

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March 30th, 1934.

O udtshoorn. _

The :.mnual gen_eral mcetu:g of the Herzl Ladies :l1omst Soci ty took place at the

1 Hebre\v School liall, the fo}JO\ ·ing ladit- being elected as executive and committeP:

.vliss A. Sietf, pre ide11t; dr . P. Agranat, vice-president; Mrs. 'oi lor!i~, treasurer;

Mi~s E. Malt, secretary. Committee: .le - dames ~- i:~oc11omo\\ itz, L. er1eck, H.

Kussel, A. Abel, 1. Sindter, A. Kauffman, ,J.

'' ilck, J . .rlaze, 1. J. Kahn, L. Locketz, I.

.J1end1tz, 1\1. Gvldberg, L Subersk~, .J.

l lorris, J. Lazaru ·, :::> • .r 011, V. Branot, ,J.

kolne, l\liss 1 ussel, Mis· · Fortun"

Miss .lc,sther Kapl 1L

The monthly me ting of tll' ame :ociety, which took place on the 13th inst. at the residence of .i.\tlrs. Jack Morris. v. as well attended. An interesting news- heet was 11repared and read by Mrs. \". Brandt.

1'he committee ;ue to 0E; congratulate

?n their splendid effort in selling 112 she- kolim, the highest number yet <lispo ed of here. During the month t.ile Je\vi ·h Na- tional Fund boxes were cleared by mem- bers of the committee.

On the 14th inst . . Mr. I. llun ·ky visited Oudtshoorn and <lelnered Lin intere ·tino·

1 ·cture at the Templars' Hali.

Potchefstroom

A children's concert, 01ganised by ::Vh"'.

H. Michellow, was held ai.. the Communal Hall, on Saturday, the 24th inst., Lr1 aid ,,f the Dunam Drive. The hall was fill d to capacity, and the entertainment ,~·as a suc- cess both from the ocial and from the fin- ancial points of view. T~1e childrPn per- formed admirably, the Hai.Jonim s ction pre enting Hebrew and Yiddish rnngs. Dur- ing the interval, the Larnl of tue Zioni. t Youth rendered popular it ms.

At the conclusion of the concert, he childre11 who had iaken part, presented Mr·. Michello\ with a ::;ct of cut g-las:s, in appreciation of th effort s1w ha<l made to ensure its uccess.

1ith reference to the rep · h1 1 · -

neared in our issue of ilarch 1bth deali1 J

~\·ith a party held at the re~i<lence ^{of Mr·.} and Mrs. I. Rubin we have been asked to state that the bag auctioned for the Na- tional Fund was sold in .. he name of .Mr.

and Mrs. Rubins' son, in honour of tbe latter's first birthday.

Somerset East

Under the auspices of the local Zinni~t

Society two social gatherin s in aid of t11e J ev,·ish National Fund were held at th homes of Mesdames I. Berg-haus and • 1.

Baker respectively. At the former an amount of £6 2s. was rai;:; <l as a re ult of game and raffles. Special thanks aee due to Mis K. Sahn, uf Johaimesburg, who kin<lJy donated a hand-made cloth, ·hich was raffled and which yielded

n

7s. fid.

Mr. L. I\. Levin read "Ne,. Item ," which wne of great interest. This plea.ant function realised £7 1:Js. Gd. for the f un<l.

Thanks are due to the host and hoste e::;

and all tho <" who participated.

Win burg

On Sunday evening, March 11th, dr . . I.

B. Shacksnovis of the Board of Hebre v Education, addressed che Zionist Society on the subject "Jew Know Thyself,'' at the re- sidence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Zi,11rnerman.

Mr. Zimmerman presided.

The address was warmly appreciated by all. Mr. Shack ·novis also ,.;uccecrled in in- tere.·ting everal pre 'nt in the work of the Board. i 1 ext day Mr. Shacksnovi addres-

ed the pupil· of the Hebrew School and gav them a model les;:,on iu Jewish his- tory.

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