.:-;, ", ,',-, ' • , Page Four " TREJEWISH POST . Thursday, January 5, 1950 Page Five .~~------------------------~~~~~~-"------------------~~~=- Thursday, January 5, 1950 THE JEWISH POST looked very mucb like her. Tbe Pioneer Women Devote' 4•• ~.~ ••• _~_ •• _~_. __ ~ •••••••••••••• ~.~_._ft_ft ftftft._ftft·.ftftft.ftft ••• ft_mft=~ft-·ftftno_ftC.O°ftftft .. / -, i' eyes, the mouth, the wide forehead. January to Histadrut - SOCIAL AND Her brother - perbaps he had even PLEASE TAKE NOTE AND COME TO THE SATURDAY By I. BARAK been in my section ... JANUARY 14 And be was killed on that day a 10 P.M. year ago, that day when the sun beat I .m~t h~r that ~ame evening, at a party given on our at the PERSONAL down mercilessly on the hillside and S TA/G Hebrew Fraternal Lodge battalu~n s first anniversary. All through the party 1 kept the air shImmered with the heat of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bornstein wonderIn~ h~w she carne to be there; she did not seen happy; SPONSORED BY THE HEBREW FRATERNAL LODGE'S "SERVICE FUND" Club Rooms I kept thInkIng that somehow she did not belong in that gay explosions from the Arab guns. announce the birth of a son, Alan Many were killed that day - very REFRESHMENTS TICKETS $1.00 DOOR PRIZE 980% Main St. Howard, on Dec. 24, a brother for company. , °many ... wwwwwu _____ ._w_w_w ___ wwww,wwwww_www •• ww _____ •• _._ •• _wwwwww __ www Joanne. But it was no place to ask questions and so I walked " * • home with her, and now she was unlocking the door. Which of those bodies on the hill- side could have been Born to Mr, and Mrs, Lou Striker, . We went in. She switched on the lights and opened the SKltFUL brother's'! RADIO B ,"d ' G P t nee Lillie Privis, 436 Cathedral WIndow. It .was a smalI room, but it had a certain warmth II "He looked very much like me," PRODUCTION BEHIND es roup resen s avenue, a daughter, Gail, on Dec. 24, and fr~endliness. In the centre stood a big table surrounded Chanukah, 1943 she whispered. "Tall, fair, always at the General hospitaL by chairs. On the walls were reproductions of Van Gogh and By JUDY GELLMAN NEW GKY • * *_ a painting, now brownish, of a young girl. JO. king.,. " Variety Show Jan. 9 In honor of their 41st wedding "Take a chair and make yourself at home" she said, Then I remembered, This original conception of Jewish life under the Nazis won Judy Indeed they looked like twins... Gellman this .year's award of th~ Phyllis Diamond Memorial Trophy, anniversary, Mr, and Mrs. J. E, smiling. "I'll make some tea." , donated by the Wise Y's of the Y.M,H,A. The presentation was made But wait, no ... it can't be .... But Brown, 299 Yale avenue, entertained She put the kettle on and turned to me; she seemed on Dec. 25 at'the Y. Judy is the daughter of Mrs. Esther Gellman. at home Saturday evening, Dec. 17. gayer now. yes, he was the' one ... Honorable lIL2ntion went to Eva Ritter for her story on Shanghai. • • • "How do you like my room?" "They told me he died like a bero, Eva is a newcomer in Winnipeg, arriving here from Shanghai last June, - Tbe Editor. Mr. and Mrs. B. Portigal and son "I do like it," 1 said. "By the way who painted the girl He was a hero." \ Harvey, 102 Bannerman avenue, are in the gilded frame?" , HSure," I said. It was a cold winter night in the small town of Sklove, leaving Jan, 5 for Los Angeles to "Oh," she sal'd, "that . • I't' S an 0 Id'pIC t'ure, very 0 I d What eise could they have told Mrs. I, Parr presided at a recent Russia. Bullets and bombs were faIling everywhere. My spend the winter months with Dr. -------'-------=------ . no idea who the painter was. her? How could they bave told her, conference of all presidents and family w;;ts huddled together in one corner of the cold, dirty and Mrs. A. ~orti;aL • Los Angeles, Cal, En route she will It's of my ~other. She - both my his sister, that he was not a hero at Histadrut chairmen' of Pioneer Wo­ cellar under a half-bombed store. It was the first night of Miss Ruby LeibI, daughter of Mr. ~isit in" Edmonton, Vancouver, and :parents died when I was very young. all? That he was a coward? men's chapters who met on Dec. 29 Chanukah. My ·father, Yosef, and Rabbi Ben Ezra stood in and Mrs. H. Leibl, 664 Broadway, San Francisco. I can hardly remember them. I the middle of the cellar praying devotedly. Only the occa­ , A coward. Sometimes he would at the Hudson's Bay Georgian room left Jan. 3 for an extended trip to • • • never really knew what parents unnerve us with his cowardice, his with Mrs. N. Witman, when cam­ sional moan could be heard. Every man. woman, and child Regina - Mr. and Mrs. Sam meant." fear of death. In the earlier days, in paign matters were discussed. Full prayed silently. My eyes wandered over to my mother, who Sarner alUlOWlce the birth of a son, We drank our tea in silence. I the "romantic" period, everyo~e al­ programs of activity in the interest sat a little. ways from me. She was a thin, pale woman, NEXT WEEK . Jack Lawrence, on Dec. 28, at the hesitated to ask my question but at with long, thick, black braids, bounds around her head like Watcb for the Popular Column ready knew Tommy was a coward. of the 1950 Histadrut drive were Regina General hospital, a brother last I did. "How did you come to be When we had to poke our heads discussed, and a decision was adopted a crown. My sister, Ruth, slumbered uneasily against her. ''B'NAI B'RITH MAPLE LEAF £or Beverly Joan. at the party?" I asked "Did you Poor thing, she was so tired of running away from the Nazis, LODGE REVIEW" above the trench and fire, he would to devote the entire month of Jan­ .', • • have someone in the battalion?" cling to the ground, deep in a corner, uary to Histadrut. who so cruelly tortured every Jew in sight. Starting Next Week - Exclusive Mr, and Mrs. Aaron Rabkin and She put her cup down and I could with a desperate look in his eyes A move to raise all Histadrut Gradually my eyes travelled. to the opposite side' of the in THE JEWISH POST daughter, Florence, 484 Aikins street, see her hands tremble. Then she that begged to be allowed to stay quotas a minimwn of 10 per cent cellar. There sat a young mother cradling her sleeping child. extend farewell wishes to their pushed it away and her eyes fell. there - he would do anything, any­ was enthusiastically accepted. Her eyes were weary yet hopeful The small child was pale, Mothers' asso~iation" Peretz-Folk friends and ,relatives upon the occa- "My brother was in th~ battalion. thing! just let bim stay tbere, because of the lack of nourishment. She slept with her lips Lloyd E, Moffat is general man­ school, < st. John's branch, will meet sion o£ their departure' for Los Exactly a year ago today he, was ager 'of station CKY, which was No one could understand him; slightly parted. In another comer sat a smail dark-haired Monday, Jan. 9, at 8:30 p.m., at the Angeles, an Sunday, Jan. 8, from the killed - a year today ..." Polish boy staring into space with heard commencing Jan. 1 from new home of Mrs, W. Raizen, 316 College everyone despised him, but nothing resid.ence...of Mrs. 'Blitz, 296 Pritchard I struggled to remember. All eve- hall-wild eyes. What could he be Meanwhile Rabbi Ben stood studios at 432 Main street. avenue. would make him change. Finally he Ezra avenue, ning long I had bad the feeling that tbinking? The way his mother and With a score of years to his credit ,was given the job of going around before the Chanukah candie, and her face looked familiar, that some­ father were killed fleeing from the prepared to present first blessing as a radio station owner and man­ to the different positions and hand­ Mrs., M. Nozick~ president of for the general public, there will be w~ere I had once seen someone who German Gestapo, who tortured them of the holiday. He was tall, ager, Mr. Moffat has given a great Rosenberg-Finkelstein ing out the iron rations. a Brides' group of National Council a second presentation that evening because they were Jews, or how his godly mao, with a shorl black deal of thought and work in plan­ Hebrew Calendar of Jewish Women, has invited all at 8,30 p.m. How was he killed? That day we ning the station. ,I' Congress Women Invite small sister, Rebecca, was killed beard. Everyone stood up and . , 5~10 - 1950 The'Sb'aarey Zedek synagogue was drew an extra ration, and some Council members to attend their Mrs. L. Lazareck, well-kno\vn in Rosh Hodesh Shehat ...... Thur.• Jan. 19 fleeing from the bullets of a machine­ bowed their head in prayer. All "We £eel that listeners will wel­ the scene of a. ~andlelight wedding Organization Presidents sweets, and he came up to the hill­ gala presentation of "Stupendities University dramatic circles as MaUte Hnmishah Asar BeShebat .. Th.• Feb. 2 gun while running into the woods of a sudden cBme the hollow come back the familiar, historic call ·Rosh Hodesh Adar .........