The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-03
RCEoLLEoTIoNs OF
 KAHL MONTGOMERY

Mark J. Lehman. NJ. D.. in the New or
 leans Jewish Ledger
 Some friend of Auld Lang Syne-no doubt an old pal of mine. or a college mate, has bridged Time, past and pres ent by sending me copy of the artlsti- cally designed program of the Golden Jubilee Services and Dedication Cere- monies of Temple Beth-Or. Montgomery, Ala.
 It is a pleasant reminder of familiar scenes, of friendship formed in the years gone by--a reminder. as 1t were-that we are all growing old together.
 My first recollection of Kahl Montgom- cry dates back to the beginning of the Civil War. for I have vivid recollection of being danced on the knees of Min van of Montgomerians coming to Mobile in 1861, en route to join the garrison at Forts Morgan and Gaines, thirty miles down Mobile Bay. It is hardly necessary to add that they wore the Gray and un- tarnished to the end.
 Glancing at the souvenir of the late Dedicatory ceremonies l note the well remembered features of Mir Jacob Strauss -''ITncle Sheelah"--the only surviving charter member now on the roster of Con gregation Beth-Or. Two score of years have left their impress upon his head, but his genial face is just the same as when he marched with the boys in Gray in '6l through the streets of Mobile. Then there were a complement of representative Of the Dreyfus family, the Meyers and oth- CTS whose names cannot recall--all from Montgomery, who regarded the opening of the contest in 1861 on the order of barbecue or fish fry. They were out on a lark.
 Less than a decade of years after I vis- ited Montgomery and recollect most vivid ly the "Old Shule" and resumed my &C., quaintance and friendship with the Old Soldiers and others representing the cul- ture and society of Alabama's represen- tative Israelites conspicuous among these being the Strassburgers. Uhlfelders, Goet- ters, Wells. Greils, Jacobls, Strauss, Gersons, Dreyfus, Isaacs, Loebs, Mohrs, Rices. Sabels. Winters, Youngs and oth- CTS.
 Recollections of visits to Montgomery at intervals since 1863 bring to thought the triteness of Rip Van Wrinkles remark How soon are we forgotten" "-because loved and familiar faces, limned upon Memory's tablet in days of childhood can not be effaced at once by hoary heads and bent figures of the youngsters l knew so long ago. Again, some of the old friends of long ago have passed into the Dark Valley while the babes of those QdYS are now QduullilE upOu hAGGp babes of their own. Surely We are all growing old together.
 In those good old days Rabbi Adolph Moses, whom American Judaism mourns for even today, was a resident of Mont gomery Hecht, afterwards of Mllwau- kee, now of Los Angeles. Cal, also Oc- cupied the pulpit in the 'Old Shule." Long before either of these gentlemen ever dreamt Of entering the pulpit Rabbi James K. Gutheim occupied it.
 Of recent years Davidson. the scholarly gentleman, added dignity to the pulpit in the "Old Shule" and today. Messing q Hebrew Union College graduate. a tal- ented. splendid gentleman-so Kahl Mont gomery insists and what they say is al- ways true-has continued the work and presides over the new Temple Beth-Or.
 And there are others of Kahl Montgom- cry who have labored zealously for Jew ish interests, gentlemen well and favor- ably known in Bnai B'rith circles, not only in District NO. but throughout the Order Universal Jacques Loeb, who solved the Endowment problem. and re- gently retired from the chair of Grand President. Abe Well, a prominent mem Der of the Order. also q Past Grand Off, ficer of District Grand Lodge No ', Leop. Strauss, an all around useful social and