Congressman Franklin W. Fort, of New Jersey, will be the speaker at the Founder’s Day exercises of the National Farm School here on June 1. This annual event is dedicated to Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, late Philadelphia rabbi, who founded the school.
Fifty trees will be dedicated this year, including those in honor of Abraham Erlanger, of New York; Sophie Irene Loeb, of New York; Justice Samuel Kalisch, of Newark; Elizabeth G. Berg, of Philadelphia; Ella Stern Mayer, of Philadelphia; Jacob Rose, of Lewistown; Laura Schoenman and Bertha Goldstein Bythiner, of Philadelphia, and others from all parts of the United States.
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