The B'nai B'rith magazine · 1927-07-01 · 10 (7.1927) · p. Seite 434

434 NEWS OF THE LODGES N. M. Jacobs f\N JULY 10th, N. M. Jacobs, a member of David Lubin Lodge, Sacramento, Calif., came to the one hundredth year of his life. He is believed to be the oldest living member of the Order. Mr. Jacobs joined the Sacramento Lodge, then Etham Lodge, in 1873. He is one of the Jewish pioneers of California and counts among his closest friends a number of the nation's prominent figures who have come out of that State. Mr. Jacobs enters the second century of his life in the prime of physical condition. He smokes his cigars, eats and sleeps well, takes his daily walk, reads without glasses, and has his own ideas and a youthful sense of humor. The B'nai B'rith greets its centenarian and hopes that his youth may remain with him for many more years. "gEGGAR ON HORSEBACK," the play chosen by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Players of Ohio State University for their final performance of the season, required the technique and experience of veterans and in neither respect were the actors lacking. The unusual scenic affects demanded by the play were effectively executed. * * * HTHERE was a Wider Scope Committee confirmation ceremony in New Castle, Pa., last month. Rabbi Samuel H. Goldenson, of Pittsburgh, officiated in the confirmation of thirtyfour children, and Joseph L. Kun, of Philadelphia, president of District Grand Lodge No. Ill, delivered an address. At a reception in the evening gifts were presented on behalf of the Wider Scope Committee to confirmants whose fathers are members of the Order. ARARAT Lodge No. 13, Hartford, Conn., this year celebrated its Diamond Jubilee. Among the honored guests who attended the celebration were James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor; E. J. Brainard, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, and Mayor Norman C. Stevens, of Hartford. * * * 'T'HE membership of District No. II has grown to 12,650, and thirty new lodges were added to the District during the past year, it was seen from the report of Sec. L. H. Freiberg, delivered at Dis. convention in Toledo, last month. One hundred and fifty-five delegates and a large number of guests heard the interesting reports of the activities in the District. Sidney G Kusworm, representative of the District on the Executive Committee of the Order, told of the Hillel Foundation at Ohio State Univ. which has succeeded in engaging the interest of more than one-third of the Jewish students in Jewish affairs. The special feature of the Memorial Day session was an address by Robert S. Marx, of Chicago, a former Cincinnati judge and captain of infantry in the World War who was decorated for gallantry in action. The 1928 convention will be held in Columbus, O. * * * "DESIDES contributing a sum of money from the Lodge fund, Manhattan-Washington Lodge, New York City, is asking its members to subscribe to the $1,500,000 building fund campaign of the New York Y. M. H. A. An appeal sent out by Philip Cowen, secretary of the Lodge, who was one of the founders of the New York Y. M. H. A., states that the present Y. can accommodate only 1,000 boys while facilities are required for 3,000. Many homeless young men who apply for shelter must be turned away, he said. p)R. ISADORE D. BRONFIN last month was appointed Medical Director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver. Dr. Bronfin's training and years of practical experience in the treatment of tuberculosis have given Dr. I. D. Bronfin him an outstanding position in the medical profession. He was house surgeon at the Beth Israel Hospital in New York, and later as superintendent of Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, organized the first Jewish training school for nurses in New England. At the Denver hospital, which includes the newly-completed B'nai B'rith Infirmary, he will have at his disposal the most modern facilities for the treatment of tuberculosis and its complications. DEAUTIFUL camp Oregon, conducted Neskowin in by Portland (Ore.), Lodge for children between the ages of seven and sixteen, began its fifth season July 3rd. The camp is under the personal supervision of Harry M. Renin, of Portland Lodge. * * * T AST month a large class of boys moved into Camp Tawonga at Cisco in the Sierras, which is conducted annually by the Y. M. H. A., the Y. W. H. A. and the B'nai B'rith of San Francisco. The camp season for girls at Tawonga begins the middle of this month. Officers of District VII A Above are the officers of District No. VII elected at the recent convention of the District in Memphis. From left to right, they are Maurice Hirsch, president; Charles Jacobson, first vice-president; A. D. Engelsman, second vicepresident, and Archibald Marx, treasurer. LL boys together — were members of Louisiana Lodge, Shreveport, their non-Jewish friends and their sons at a Fathers and Sons Banquet given by the Lodge last month. A Boy Scout troop were the guests of honor. A. B. Freyer spoke for the fathers and Simon Herold, a member of the troop, spoke for the boys.