Evening star., 1896-04-06
FOR A NEW TEMPLE
Annual Meeting Of the Warrington Hebrew
Congregation.
Bright Prospects for q New Building
The Success of the Recent
Fair.

The annual meeting ef the Washington
Hebrew congregation wus held yesterday
morning at the temple on 8th street near
H. It was an unusually interesting and
important meeting. for in addition to the
annual election Of offlc1rs, the matter OF
the erection Of a new temple commensurate
with the wealth and dignity of the con-
gregation came up for consideration. A
great deal Of qualification was felt and
expressed over the announcement that the
big bazaar held at the Washington Light
Infantry Armory some weeks ago for the
benefit Of the building fund resulted in the
raising of much larger sum than the
most saneuine had hoped for.
So well had the officers Of the congre-
CATION performed their duties during the
past year that the annual election was
largely matter of form, for the old board
were reelected without exception. The Of
ncers SO honored We're: President. H. King,
5r.; vice president, NJ. Goldsmith; treas
urer, David Strauss; recording secretary,
A. Adler; financial secretary, S. NJ Meyer;
board Of directors, the officers ex-officio
and P. Peyser.
The most important business of the meet
ing, aside from the election was the con-
sideration Of the report Of the building
committee The members of the commit
e zee % are Messrs. H; King. jr.. chairman;
:. Bieber, Simon Wolf, r. Goldsmith, L.
SakS. Chas. Baum. L. Luchs, w. Hahn,
NJ. Goldsmith, Rev. Mr.. Stern, M. Behrend
ana M. Loeb. The report of the committee
showed that the sum of $4,000 had been
aodeo 90 the building fund as the net pro-
ceeo OF the bazaar or Egyptian village It
was Geclded to go ahead with the plans
lor tne new temple. and the committee
was instructed to inspect several sites and
to report their recommendation at a spe-
clai meeting of the congregation to be
he!d early next month. 1t was evident that
large number Of the congregation favor
tne present site. and would rather go
ahead by tearing down the present struct-
ure ana erecting a new one in Its place.
rms rms Will be taken into consideration by
tne committee, which. however, is vested
win considerable discretionary power.
referring to the erection of the temple.
IN the report of the committee. Mr.. I'd.
hing, 1r.. the chairman, said:
I'VE are now confronted with our most
dlrncult task-the object which has elected
our pest work in the past and will, l trust,
continue IN the future, until accomplished.
namely, the erection of the new temple.
no shrinking from our sacred duty now.
besin, we must; begin, we shall. We will
Eot allow obstacles to impede our course :
our duty is plain and we must perform it.
II ne building OF new temple must become
reality. Let us unite and sink all diff
1erenccs in the one common, holy object
the rearing OF a magnificent and glorious
mouse of worship. Remember there
should be no retrogression, and thoughts
or failure should dwindle away into insignifi-
cance before our bright aspirations for sue
cess. Give us your kind assistance and CO.
operation in this, our noble mission, the
sacred duty imposed on u.s. and nothing
shall prevent the consummation of our
most cherished and needed object"