On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the passing of Elihu D. Stone, lifelong Zionist and honorary vice-president of the Zionist Organization of America, the New England Zionist Region will erect in his memory a $50,000 student dormitory at the ZOA Agricultural Training Institute Kfar Silver in Israel.
Dewey D. Stone, national chairman of the Jewish Agency, Inc., and chairman of the United Israel Appeal, is general chairman of the Memorial Fund. The groundbreaking ceremonies for the building will take place tomorrow, the tenth anniversary of the death of Mr. Stone, in the presence of 57 members of the current Survey Mission to Israel sponsored by the New England Region under the leadership of its president, Frank Einis, together with leaders of the community and high Government officials.
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