(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The establishment of a tuberculosis sanitarium in Nashville, N. C., was decided upon at the fifty-first convention of District Lodge Five of the Independent Order B’nai B’rith, concluded here today.
Eleven thousand dollars was pledged by the Asheville lodge and $5,000 by the Jacksonville lodge toward the proposed sanitarium.
The convention endorsed the Order Aleph Zadi Aleph, the junior organization of the B’nai B’rith, and recommended the establishment of a kosher kitchen at the Orphan’s Home in Atlanta, Ga., when practical.
The officers elected were: Sidney J. Stern of Greensboro, N. C., president; Joseph A. Wilner of Washington, D. C., first vice-president; Marcus Eudel of Jacksonville, Fla., second vice-president; Edwin L. Levy of Richmond, Va., secretary; Sigmund Steruherger of Greensboro, N. C., treasurer. The general committee comprises the officers and William Goodhart of Baltimore, Md., Julius Reis of Washington, D. C., Alvin B. Hutzler of Richmond, Va., Marcus W. Jacobi of Wilmington, N. C., and E. H. Abrahams of Savannah, Ga.
The Constitution Grand Lodge was represented by Alfred M. Cohen, president, and Dr. Boris D. Bogen, secretary.
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