More than five hundred Jews here were present at the funeral for Hertz Telson, who was secretary of the Hebrew National Association, the Folks Farein. He died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of fifty.
He is survived by his widow and a son. He came to Toronto from Odessa, Russia, fifteen years ago.
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