From Town and Country

THE ZIONIST RECORD.

FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.

EDITORIAL NOT/CE. -In view of our limited space, Secretaries of Societies and others sending Reports for insertion in the Columns or in our other Local News Columns must make them as brief as possible.

Bulawayo.

;;,· The Chovevi Zion · ocietv has fonrnrded to the R~ni t. Federation the amou'nt of

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2s. for the

. 0<le~1a11 Hebrew Dni,•crsity Fund, of which £2 2s.

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.f:/:";¹ < ouati<;>n by ::\Ir. H. Jncob!:'oll, of Gwan<la, and

I.J;J. wa' rm ed by a rnf:fl through th efforts of th

'n<liE ' \ 01kina Committee.

ClocoJan.

B On iTovcmbel' 25th, 1~28, ::\lr . . and . l\Irs. P.

U arnett gave a grand rCL'ept10n at. theu· re idence 011 H¹ occnsion of th Bmmitzvnh of their elcle t son, f J ¹¹¹~1Il 1ax. .\ brge number 0£ 'isitors fro n Blo m-

nntcin, \Yinburn-, mntr•e, Luclybrnnd and eJ.-e,vlH•n l'"er • prc>.·(•llt·. An approp1 iatc <~dclress was deli vcred

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^{th 1} lformitzvah, and ~ uitnLIJ r spond d to by the

<'\ • lt 't·}mler. .._'pe' hes "'l'l'e ul.·o delin'r cl by 'ev r I f the g11esi.. ])urina Hw afternoon n. log

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made ancl iced by i\lrt;.l'."l\Y .... ". ,fol'kern~ic: of irnb rl .7, who sp 'l'inll.) cnrne down for thL> o ·cns1011.

'',.1¹. old by American \.nc:t.ion for £20 for th · purpo~e

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^Jn cribinrr th Bnnnifo•;vah ·R name in th Gold 'll

{ >ok. l\fon.' valuable pre ents, :md n. sh ·nf of telc- T~.mn

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^{frm11 all over i} he Union, were received by th

<ll n11tz, ah. rrhe re ·eptiou was followed by 3 larg :-lipper J arty, nncl a danee, which contiuu cl till the

<ally hom: of the morning.

T On Sunday JnnuarY 27th, the Barmitzwh of )a, id Tobia-:, '·ide t sou of :Jfr. nnd l\frs. Pi('k, W:t"

c· ll'brnt cl at u reception in the r:r-o"·n Hall, which wa"

~a ·t 'fully d eomtcd and ntiendc·cl bY a happv gathcr-

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^1• ~f fril nds. rj he b!1~l w •ntli ·r kc>pt nwnv .n!nn;v / 1 lln · ~rom th-. surroundrnrr dorpi::, hut, s v rnl .''L'1tor.

1;⁰¹n_. J\roon~tnd. ,"'c1wh:d, Fom'it>shurg H. 11 nnd ou1 ⁱ "sb111·!.! wen• pps ·ni, and, ln ·t but not, l nst, a inoto!' partv Lom Lndvhrnnd who brav L1 the clements . . \fier ~pc> c·h bv i · BnrmitHah au<l otlwrs, n. cake

"a solcl bv rncrican mll'tion, wLieh wns ventually l\noc·k cl d<;wn 1.o th nurlllitz' ali at £20 !J . . in the

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nni<> r1 obin~. for th., purpo. c of In. ciibinn hi1n in ih .. <rol<len B1iok. rr110 happv fuzietion c:o1;clncl(>d with suppPr and clnn('iDf;.

East London.

At thf bri iuilah of the infont son of J\Ir. nnd

~1rs. H. E:nfJLl a C'oll---diou was mnde in nid of th

~¹Pha11 and .J( ~,·ish _ r,ttiorwl Fnn<ls joinily, reali~ing At he h1ismilnh of tlw infnnt ~011 of • Tr. and ::\7r .. P .... upire, th Re\._\, LL\·:,, in an el qlllnt

~1d~·0s , cl" cl on the imp<J1fonC' of supporting ~he ntionul Fund. Iu 1 spon, ' to his appc>al n ^Nill rhon wn' made, rcali ing £4, whiC'h W<l i1wr a t1 to £.l hy .l\Jr. Barn tt. th child's goclfo hr.

Johannesburg.

1' mm Bl 1 n-)I 'FAm Zw. ·rs·1¹ ~ocmrv.

\\ o:-.iE.'' Z10.·1s pa·

Kimberley.

CHANDLER'S Beer makes the Heart Joyful

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THE ZIONIST RECORD.

8losbe1·g, one of the A sociation's delegates to the Conference. Rev. H. Isaacs, who pre ided, moved a vote of thanks to l\Ir. 'losberg, which was carried by

<lcclamation.

Local Jewry is looking forward eagerly to Dr.

Alexander Goldstein' forthcoming visit to Kimberl y.

Kingwilliamstown.

,. . !he local Zioni ·t Association has forwarded to the Z1omst Federati~n the amount of £20, contributed by :\Ir. G. Alperstem, of Middledrift to inscribe in the Golden Book his late son Natha~ who died at the age of four years in September, 1922.

Koffiefontein.

On Sunday, February 17th, :\frs. J. Raywid, the honorary secretary of the local Zionist Association gave a social in aid of the Palestine Restoration Fund~

the ·whole of the local community attended, and a very plea .ant evening was spent. During the evening n ca.ke, given by. the hostess, was sold by American nuction and reah ed £5, the buyer being Mr. H.

~ yman, the ociety 's honorary treasurer. Mr.

- athan Knrpa was the able auctioneer.

Namaqualand.

T~c folowing have been le ted the officers and com:rnttee of the N amaqnaland Zioni t Society-:

Chamnnn, Mr. D. Gelb (Concordia); Joint Hon.

Trea,_urers, Mr. J. Caplan ( 'pringbok), 1\Ir. P. Levy ( Ookie.p); Hon. Secretary, Ur. S. Gordon (Concordia);

Comnutt~e, l\Irs. B. Albert (Ookiep), 1\Irs. D. Gelb

f Concord1_a), ~I.essr.. E. Bernstine ( 'pringbok), S. Chac·harm ( pnngbok), J. ovimkv (,'prino-bok) B

Albert ( Ookiep). · ^{0 ' •}

Pietermaritzblll'g.

, . A~lcr a period of inactivity, the local Zionist ::-io ·1et1e' resumed activitie on Sunday Februarv

~'1th, whe!1 :.: .social was held at the H~brew School m~~~r their JOmt a~~pice., ~t \vhich the Rev. J. I.

L \me lecutre~ on The Life of a J ewiRh J\Iarhr ''

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large ~ud1ence. l\Ir. ~1. 1\Iaister, who presi~led,

e .. pressed ~l. plea2ure at Mr. Levine's recovery from

h1~ 1·ecent illne s. A vote of thank \vas acco1:dccl to the Je"turer on the motion of the chairman and of :\Ir .. R. Benjami~, pre ident of the J nnio~ Society.

Dunn~ the evenmg the annual prize distribution to the children attend1::ig the Hebrew classes, which had b(·en postponed_ owmg to ).~r. Levine's illness, took place. Mr. l\Ia1ster, as pre ident of the conareaation I:an~ed th~ prizes. A special p1:ize was a;arded t~

. ylv1a Ma1ster, age~ 8. .A musical programme was also rendered, to ~·h1ch Lily l\Iaister, Rachel Hir on, :'.\fonnie J ncobson and Myra Goldman contributed. The annual election of officers for the Senior ocietv resulted as follows : Chairman, Rev. J. I. Levine';

Vice-Pre ident. Mr. M. ~fai ter; Treasurer, Mr. H. L.

Blumenfeld; Secretary, Mrs. David; Committee, \le - J~.mes P . .Jacobson, J. Jacob , A. Saldsmnn, Miss A.

X1rkel, Me. SI'S. Bautzer and DaYid.

. Miss Ja::iie Kirkel, A: .C.E., A.L.C.M., who g~med the Silver Medal diploma at last year's Natal Eisteddfod, has been a\rnrded the Go1d Medal of South

Africa, having obtained in the recent elocution examination first place in the Union and Rhodesia.

Port Elizabeth.

Under the auspice of the Ladies' Zionist League.

a very pleasant evening was spent at the Emmanuel Hall recently, when Dr. Ben Morrison gave a striking addres on some problems and impres ions encoun·

tered during his travels abroad. The committee 0£ the League had prettily decorated the hall for the occn. ion.

:'.Vfrs. Nathan Levine, president of the Leaaue, who presided over a very large audience, introduced the speaker. Dr. M01Tison's lecture embraced his travels in Lithuania, Palestine and the Continent of Europe.

and revealed a close study of the conditions of life he had found in these varying parts. His thoughtflll remarks on the social problems with which he had come into contact provoked a livdy discus ion which added zest to a most enjoyable evenina. Thanks were tendered to him by the Rev. N. Levine and

: Mr.

B. Weinronk, and the pleasure of the evening was enhanced by musical items rendered by some members of the latter gentleman's family.

The silver wedding of Mr. and .d:rs. B. \Veinronk was recently celebrated and evoked remarkable

expres:;ion of goodwill from the local community.

Mr. and Mrs. Weinronk are pillars of local Zionisn1, and very many friend seized the opportunity to express their esteem ancl affection in a tungible fornl·

'The Ladies' Zioni t League presented a pair of h'lnd·

some silver vases. Mrs. Levine, in making h presentation, voiced thell- appreciation of._ ifr.

\Veinronk's wonderful work for Zionism, and the ideal help rendered him in his work by his wife. The ne:t tribute was from the Jewish Ladies' A ·ociation. whose president, ~Irs. H. J. Rogaly, pail a glowing tribute to the work of l\:Irs. \Veinronk, nnd pre~ente<l l\ir. and li1r . Weinronk with a beautiful silver rO:"l'.l bowl. d Later, n deputation of the ZionL t ociety waite upon Mr. and Irs. \V cinronk, and the president. ~

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_ "'. Lurie, reviewed Mr. '\Veinronk' many •ears o service to the Cnu e in Port Elizabeth. He :mnounced that the Society's gift took a form best calculated to please the rrcipients, namely the planting of 25 trel s jn Palestine in their names. Congratulations; were also tendered by the Young Israel League and the Daughters of Zion, two bodies which the efforts of

~Ir. and J\Irs. Weinronk had brought into existenc~·

The Rev. N. Levine, on behali of the community ill

general, also voiced good \\<'lshe and conrrratulations·

On a later date Mr . Na than Levine entertained her committee at ~ tea party at Synaaogue Hou~e i~

honour of the silver wedding of the League's firs · president.

The first of the series of literary and social ·' -~ t Ho~es " to young people by the Rev. and l\frs. ~ · Levme was held at the Loubser Hall on the 6th inst . Considerably over 100 were present. Intere till~

papers were read by 11r. S. Luntz on " The Nece sit)' of Estahlishing a Jewish Home," 1\fr. N. l\1. Jncoh⁵

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~n " ome Aspect of Jewish Nationalism," and l\Ii ·s erger on '' 'ro-clay and Long Ago.'' A di cu sion f llowed, in ·which a large number of those present.

to?k part, an~l refreshments and dancing nded a hnppy '' ern_ng. It ^{l: ·} hoped to continue these " At Home. "

Oti.01°ht1y. They ha e hitherto been held at ...,yna- g~gue House, but owing to the great interest taken in

~ iem by the younger generation this is now too mall or the purpo~e.

Pretoria.

T1rn ZIONIST GUILD' ANNUAL l\lEETlNG .

. The annual general meeting of the Pretoria Zionist . mld wa held at the Synagogue on \\" edne day night, 27th ultimo. The rain undoubtedly kept a large number of intere ted members u,way, but in spit of the. downpour there was a. very fnir attendance. The C'han· was taken bv J\1r. . Podlashnc, who a ked l\Ir.

U · Osrin to read the r ·port and balanc ·· sheet. This howed vei ' clearly that the outgoin(l' committee had

<lone very good work. There had been quite a number f functions, mo tly literary antl propagandi t, and the h kcl C'Oll -,ction wn ~ the rno~t succe~ fnl e-ver held in Pr toria. On the financial side there had b en f?1-warded dnrwg the p st. fo·clv months to the Ii ed ration in Johannesburg almost £350, '' hich repre-

nted members· subscription £40, :National Fund 1.o.·c.· £4:'i, National Fund Drive £00. proeeeJ from

~Im e hibition £45, Shekel collections £55, and eoll c- h 11~ at various functions £100. Th ·e wn , therL for , c·\ l"Y rea~on to b highly pl ¹ <::ed with th year'~

~o1Iections, especially so in Yi w of the •xtr<·mol, · bail financi. l period through which they ·we1e pa sing. Mr.

· f. Schaeffer spoke very highly -,f the very go d t nd 1

1rt.:nuous work "·bich was done by l\fr. 0. rin, who . . ic .. nid, wa · mainly respon:iblL• for th n c s~

tclucved. 'lhc r port and balnnc sh t ,\· r aclopt cl in_d the meeting proceeded to lert ofiir.rr ancl om- n.ntte for the cnsuinn year. Th following \\er dul.'

<l^l cted: President, 1'·1r. C. Po<lla, hn : \ ic -Pr . i-

, ent., l\Iessrs. I. Ga' ronsky nnd M. . lrneff 1·:

Pi: a Ur r. .... :Ir. I. Ep tein:

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oint. Hon. "c 'l'C fll ics, ::\f~ s Bertha Tnbn ·k nrnl :\{J·. J. L. , ak ; C'onnnittec, J11<;scs Sil pert • ilber GaYl'Ol1 k ' l)erol nnd l

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¹-in, Ro. tm'i·~ky, Rl;i.O\vitz. rn·n;in. Hotz, hindl:.r, ita.y, E<l 1 ·t('in.

Orders for three inscdption" in the Golden Book h, ' ie clied th Zionist Federation per the Pretorin Zioni t Guild a folJow:: ollcetion at Bnrmitzvah .Jf Abraham , elP. nick Odohor 20th, lfl23 ( £ 10), to Inscribe the Barrnitzvnh ::md hi" µnrenis ( ^k olo1non Znlnian nd hnnnh Esth r clc"nir•k); collection nt the Bri" Milnh of Abrnham. infant ~on of :.\Jr. and :l\fr.

L . . hulrnan, D ¹cernber ; rd, 1923 (£20), to in cribe th Infant's name.

Simonstown.

The Z1oni t Soci "ty nnn Hobrcv OJlfYf gt tion ha~

f rwarded to the 1 .A. Zionist }'cdcrntion the amount thf. £74 13s. 9<l. f r the Palestine Orphan Fund. Of

1 £31 9:. fld. i an allocation from th Grand

Zionist Ball held in Odob r la ·t; whilst. ti balanc is made up of donation ollec.t d from Io ·al r id ut · during th-- pa ·t i.- month~. d tail· of which will b found in th ach1 wl dgmen eolumns in our n -..·t is UC.

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