36 THE ZIONIST RECORD. April
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JFROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.
BLOEMFONTEIN.
On Weclne day evening the 11th ult., Bloemfontein J wry a ·embled to participate in th 21. t annfr •r ary of the Bloemfontein Hebrew Helping Hand 'ick IlC'ne:fit · nd Loan ociety. The gathering took place at the Commun.ti Hall, which "·as filled to it utmo t capacity.
Tho Chairman, )fr. . J. Rosenberg, opened the pro- ceedings, after which Rev. Lawrence. l\lr. I. ll ogel and
l\Ir. A. Bryer poke on the development of thC' Society and th good work it accomplished. The pcakcr appealed for further support.
Dr. Otto Krau. e, the Society's l\ledical fficer, who gave his fine , ervice during the t<-rrible fin epidemic of 191 , wa also present and briefly r . ponded to the man,\' word of prai e ac orded to him.
During the evening, Councillor Sol. Harris pre ent cl )lr. Philip Cohen, the rC'tirina St er tnry, with a g ld watch in recognition of hi service for the la t. C'n·n years.
:.Musical it m , song. and recitations werC' rendered, and refr shmcnt were served b:v the Ladies Committee.
TIP Jewish Guild ha,:e ju t had it· mi-Annual General Meeting. After the u ual reading of the reports by the , C'C'Tetary and Trea. uror, the fo:Iowing committee
";a elected: ~fr. Bradlow, Clrnirman; )Jr . . T. HOlles "Vice- Chairman; l\f r. R. Drobi., Tr0asm·cr; l\liss A. Abelson,
Scrretar~' · :\Iiss D. Herberg, A.si -tant Secretary: :\Ir. Ph.
Colwn, H<'n. 0l'ganibPr; and the following Committee member , 1\Ii s D. Delaw, Mm. J. Cohen l\lessrs. H. Philip, D. Kahn and A. Sacks; Auditor. . J\fo~sr. . J. ohen 1. lld J. Taylor.
Tl10 Young Israel Roriety is organi. ing a reading circle to be he>ld -ev<'ry 'nnday evening, for it. members. ThC' ocicty deserve. to be congratulatc-d for tbi undPrtaking, snrh a circl0 being mlwh n<'eded here. 1t is a pity, though to r0. trict the circle to member only.
BULAWAYO.
Ou E·unday, 29th inst., the Bula' ayo Junior Zioni t 'ocicty lw ld a general meeting in the local J 0w_ish l\Iemorial Hall. The att ndance wa. exc llent, there bemg over 150 members and friend. pre ent. Tlw fir. t item on the agenda was a paper by 1\Ir . . J. H. S. Whitcson, B.Sc ..
on " Some Jewish Heroe .. " Thi paper wa. som<''1·hat re. tricted to one period-the Maccabean-the spraker later explaining that he con idercd this the mo. t in~piring p riod of our bistory.
After thanking l\Ir. "White. on for 11is in~ere~ting -pap£'r, tbe chairman urged on all present to <lo their little h1ts for Zion and try to <."mulate, to wlrnteYer degree, tllf' exa~p1es set them by tho e noble bcroe of whom they hn.d just heard.
The Rev. :\I. I. Cohen, B.A .. then add re. sed t]w gathering on the subject of the HebrC'w University of Jerusalem. emphasi ing the importance that tl)is in. titu- tion would play in the future, a~d. foresha<lowrd a clo or bond between the three great rehg10ns of the world, as a result of its activities.
At the conclusion of thi addre s the following ladi<'s and gentlemen kindly contributed a musical J?rograrnm<':
l\fis. e. T. Bernstein, H. Radow
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.J. Fan h and L.Solomon, ~les r . A. Hepker and R. li'redman. Tlw l\fis es Ii. Fredman, A. Baron and 0. Fredman were the accompanists.
DUR::SANVILLE.
At the Bris .Melah of the infant on of . [r. and
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Harry ""'piro, at which wa: pre. ent practically th\
'r
of the .Jewi. h communit:-. includin~, too, n. nun1:(le11 vi itors from Oapetown, Mr. Raphael (Cupetov;_n) i.n\tioil·
able appeal on behalf of , nndr~· charitabll' 111 t1
t;
\fh·cA<> the result, a collection took place. the pro pc]:; 0 £}4·
wa put np for American auction and reali ed .. doll quarter of 'rhich wa allo ated to the .Jewi h ~ n Fund. The Rei;-. Ka.sel of Wooch;tock officiat d.
ELISABETHYILLE.
Rt>v. Louis Wolk, the newly appointed mini. t"r. dtlt arrived in Jijli abctln-ille, ancl wa "·elc0mecl b. b 'l
prrsident 0f the congregation, . fr. TL Gla .. ton<', th oft
. ccrctary, :\Ir. D .• J. Robinson, and
an
the mernb rcommittee. , 11•
On Sunday, the 15th nltimo, an ' At flonic 111rt11' given by th president to t1l<' new ministc>r a ncl thoJ «:.
bers of the congregation. 'Ihe great need for }t
mini. ter in Elisabeth>ilk~ wa. demonstrated ,,11en_njti 'Yo1k found on bis arriya] that fonr ehildrC'n
werl
\~ tfor th0 Act of Covenant to he performccl upon t ie 0
iit ·
ages of the children ranging from three to twc1':e Jll
Mr. Wolk duly performed the nerC'. sary c rPmOlll · <l ti The new minister was recciv0p hy thP Governor h Province of Katanga. The fir t Rarmitz\ah "·htC(\ctiP taken place in the Congo was tltnt of }fa<;ter Gcrn~<l cl !! . onlv . on of l\Ir. and • fr . .T. K"rnp. 'l'he lad 111rr<'1f
"'ith hi mother to J oh:rnne. burg for the pnrpo .. 0 of rn':
f
ing t11<' nece ary Hebr"w ed1.1cation. C!_n 111" 0~
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• f..1. frs. Kc>mp made a donatHm of £.JO towar lr\\ · synagogue building fund. Tn th<' ei;·rnirn!:. the 1°<'
1:-tl
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~ community was entNtained to a 1wnouet at t_ie 8 ... t Hotel of ~bieh )Ir. Kemp is the proprietor.:n11
c~n!!ofirst Yiddisrh f' > imrhn of its kind in the Be1gwn
KROONSTAD.
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Tbr Kroonstad Orphans anr1 R<'1i<>f Fund
he c\ich
1 Jin th<' Cent~al Hotel on the ll+h nf )u t l!lont 1. '' }llll1d~
\YC'll patrom C'd, an amount. of £1.) havm!! h en tir }1
nyer to t11f\ fund. l\fis. H. Udson, the "nerf.:!:V 11cc . sC'netary. and thanks are due to , par<'d no efforts to make her and aLo al1 thl' the fnn ror:i1:11t tion. ~
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~e ror~ rrfrep bC'·rs who ::i. sist cl i~ sellin~ tick~ts and prOYHl1n1
~ '': .ment . Th0 comm1tte<' al. o desire to thank :\ 1 • d·it10
"Wooclh0rg, proprif'tor. for :-i llo'Yin~ tbE' nse of thlill~ t room free and also l\f r.. H. Goldst<'in for attcn(
gne ts.
LADYBRAND. rc\\'r
On how Day, l\forcl1 20th, th0 Lao b1nf!dfl·i11.11
·women's Bene,olent Society be:rl a ... trect coll ~tio rellJi·
of thC' South African .Ten·i h Orphanage, which nine~ 11 the hand.ome sum of £22 10 . 'irl. A dH'qllC' for .11tr!lt1 s<'nt to thC' treasurer of that institution. It is t}H~
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~ b011•of the la.dies to m et once a 1n• 1- at e:icb ot 1 011 t
to b0gin work for a bazaar to be h lcl later ' sM-ving the purpose of unity and ·ociability.
(r'orrtinued 011 pnae. 3i.)
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t l'OWN AND COUNTRY (Concludedfrom previous page).t
PRETORIA. .he Pretoria Jewish Guild has an extensive pro- e of activities ahead wJ1ile recent functions have
~ lllarked as a rule by a most gratifying means of .(~rt.. The proposal to establish a. physical culture
• .ti. lS making progre.ss and there 1 every prospect
1!~ \till be realised in p~actice in the near future.
Je
Ping-pong tournament, held on the 29th l\far~b, a popular attraction, and was also a financial 11· The customary fortnightly dance was held on0
ay the 4th .April. .. ¥ '
Unday the 12th .April, Rabbi Hirsch will lecture d h~ Training of Youth in .Ancient ~srael.:' On the ay following a Jewish Literary Evenmg will be hi;ld, hatrangement; being in the hands of l\Iiss F. H:urwitz.0 ~he, e functions will be held as usual m the
"'ria] Rall at .15 p.m. . . general National Fund Box Collect10n will take :ron Sl;Jnd_ay,
th~
12th .April, under the auspices of the l 1~ Z1omst Eociety. . . .~ llc1dental1v speaking of the Z10mst Society, one may tn:lllitted t'o' offer the heartiest congratulations to ~be
ll!ttee of that body on the success of the mass meetrng
,1 ~d for the 1st .April in connection with ~110 r Ity celebration~. All the arrangements were earned
~Rh
With admirable precision and efficiency.· f
th wedding of l\Iiss Helena Katzenellenbogen,r fUgbter of Mr. and l\frs. H. Katzenellenbogen, and t. au!ice Bo:Zam, a sum of ov.er £16 w~s d~nated by lah"e' of the bride and bridegroom m aid of the llal Fund.
PORT ELIZABETH.
11 :e
''Author' Evening" held by the P .E. Literary~ s. on the 29th ult., was the occasio1~ of a v ry large (ting, notwith tanding the purely literary character
~~ct~. .
lit0 Pay tribute to all thut is best and most ~eautiful eruture wa the primary object of tho evenmg, ~md
'"ho
participated excelled in their efforts to appreciate~l~tol
the~laster
. " V ld ,, 1 td · Adler's rendering of Gibbon's ~he e,, t ancr(
0rth's "The world is too much with us wa~ a\Ul as his ubsequent comments and explanations
Nurninating. , . B E ,,
e Luntz' paper on Browning's ' Rabbi en 1 zra d a thorourrh under tandiug of the subject and a deep ltiof the poetic and philo ophic.
trj his comments on :\1athew .Arnold's "Isol~tion" Dr.
0n di. played a wealth of knowledge of philology and
l'hPPr_ ciation of the beautiful. .
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11 d1 cu ·sion sustain<"d by ~Ir. Hei:rnan, Mr. Belschitz r 10f c•w others proved very mteresting and was a finen t ' f 1 · ·
'th·
o a most , ucce s u evening. .1 ~11'> ~ittle band of young ~nergetJc worker~ of th~
h ~ ational Fund Council are as active ~o"
Y have ever been before. The fancy carmval '1t held under their auspices, on
~he
25.th :tt·y, wa. one of the mo t enjoyable functions of itsto 'rho hall was very tastefully decora~ed and t~e
~li 1l f ancv costume as well as th magnificent music )Q d. by Witle and Han's big ~our added to. th_e and splendour of t~e evenmg. The _ad~ud1-
a llev.
and )1rs. Levme '.ind .Mrs .. We1m o.nk, '°c· Ino.·t difficult task in awar~mg th~ prizes, . which, lit r, Were received by the Misses ~hason, ~ieburg, l 01"1k and olomon and l\ilessrs. Buthon and Simmons.~~fit ~'Un day was shekel Day, and in very part of the
\Ii e ~et '"ith :voung coupl~s, members of the. daughters II Zion ociety and N at10nal Fund comm1.tt~~· can-
1/\fo'r
the hekel. The results of their activ1ti~s are 4·,~ l1own but their work was a fine demonstration ofsenti~ent.
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SMITHFIELD.
On the initiative of Mr. Shein on the occasion of hi recent visit,
a Zioni t Society was formed, and thefollowing officers were elect d :--President, Mr.
I.Bernitz; vice-president, l\Ir. S. Caplan; treasurer Mr
.F. Babrow; hon
.secretary, l\Ir. M.Saunders; com- mittee: Mesdames I. Saunders, J. Habinowitz, J
.Segall, S. Caplan, W
.Weiner, and H. Weiner.
The newly-elected president expressed his thanks to the gathering for his ele tion as well as to Mr. Shein for his eloquent aclclres . Mes rs. Caplan, Babrow and Saunders also returned thanks.
Itmay further be mentioned that the community is arranging to celebrate the opening of the Hebrew University, by
apublic dinner at which the heads of the gentile community
·
will
beinvited.
ZASTRON.
On the occasion of l\1r
.Shein's visit to
Zastron andon conclusion of the other
.business of his meeting, a
Zionist Soci ty was formed, the following office bearersbeing elected :-President, Mr. L. Gordon; vice-presi- dent, l\lr. A. M. Judes; treasurer, l\1rs. A. Symon; hon.
secretary, M:i s E. Pinshaw; committee: Mesdames L.
Edelstein, A. M. Judes, L. Gordon, Mes rs. J. Fried- man, and l\L Spitz.
At a meeting of the committ e held subsequently, it was decided that th nam of this Society bould.
be the '' Za. tron
Zionist ociety, '' and this body isseeking affiliation with the S.A. Zionist Federation
.WIT BANK.
On Sunday, the 23rd March last, :\fe. sr.. . Hillman and J. Janower, of Johannesburg, paid a visit here in con- nection with the above. A pecial meeting convened by the Witbank Zionist E"ociety resulted in a good attendance.
l\lr. J. E. l\lanasewitz, chairman of the Witbank Zioni t Society introduced the vi itors, and in extending to them a hearty welcome, expressed tbe nope that their visit would be productive of good result . Both ~Iessr . S.
Hillman and J. Janower gave mo t stfrring; addre. (' which were much apprecjated. The sale of 'hares wa then proceeded with, and 1;1P. to date already 140 bares have been disposed of, and it is expected that a furtl1er number of hares will yet be sold.
.At the wedding of l\fiss Esther Smith, of Witbank, to ]\fr. Drobis, of Johannesburg, jn response to t110 song
" Sheinkt a N f'dove " mo. t beautfully rendered by Mis~
Taitz of Johannesburg a collection was made which reallz~d £6. An appeal ~as then made by Mr. N. Brozin, of Middelburg, cousin of the bride, to thos0 ~resent ~o augment this sum. :\Ir. B. Holtz then abb' auctioned tlus amount which wa bought for £15 by l\f r. and ~frs. E, Lazaru~, of J\fiddelburg, iu .the name of th0 bride and bridegroom. 'This sum has been donated half to the Orphanage (Arcadia) and half to the .Jewish National Fund.
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