Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-30
B'NAI BIRTH DANCE RAISES
 S40O FOR yURsES, HOME

B'NAI BIRTH DANCE RAISES
 S400 FOR NURSES HOME
 4 very successful dance was given at the Elks' home Wednesday evening by the Rose of NeY England lodge. No. S9S, l.. O. 3. B.. to Celebrate the first anniversary of tho organization of the lodge in Nor wich and to give impetus to the cause of raising 8 fund to erect a new home for the nurses of the W. W. BRclSus hospital The affair proved @ great success and when all returns are in 1t Is expected that about $400 will be raised for this great civic cause.
 Over zoo people were present at the opening of the celebration dance and en- joyed dancing to the music furnished by Herb Smiths orchestra Another feature Of the evening was several piano selec- tions rendered in a pleasing manner by Miss Hortense Caron which were greatly enjoyed.
 At 10 o'clock Sydney symon called a brief intermission and in few words in troduced Max Hanover, to whom all credit for the success of the affair is due. MT. Hanover spoke as follows:
 Ladies and Gentlemen: I know we are all enjoying this Thanksgiving eve enter tainment, and realize It to be an ir- fraction on my part to take up even a small part of your entertainment. but I want your attention for only five minutes My heart is overiowing with enthusiasm and the gladneSs of the event, and want to tell you how happy I am to be the chairman of the entertainment committee of this dance.
 In aoepting this office realized that with It would come labor and effort, but I was glad to serve the men and women of our lodge. We are celebrating tonight the first anniversary of the Rose of New England lodge, No. S9S, Independent Or der B'nai B'rirh. In It's first year of life in observance of it's noble precepts this affair has come. After this affair we may all return to our pleasant homes and think of the many times when the W. w Backus hospital has brought sunshine into ouc lives, and then again think of the meagre quarters provided for the wonder. fui nurses at our hospital. I sincerely hope that this cause which we have SC prominently brought before the public | will not end here but that 1t will be fur. 1 ther promoted by the go9d men and woun ! en of our city. wish to thank everyone l who came here tonight, and express tht heartfelt thanks of the lodge to Mayor Milo R. Waters, who has shown his in l 1 bless the ladies' for adding grace ana charm to our entertainment, and last bu | not least let me express our thanks ant | admiration to one of the loveliest girls 1, l our city, Miss HortenSe 'Caron, who e'
 pleasingly entertained us here tonight.
 Mayor Milo R. Waters was then intro duced by MT. Symou and was greete.
 with great applause. He spoke in par as follows:
 | Ladies and Gentlemen: Norwich | proud of the work done by the B'na B'rith in this city during the first year o
 its life, and tonight's entertainment Is fitting climax to a work that should re
 ceive the most hearty commendation. W realize that your lodge is not working fc
 itself alone but that by tonight's enter
 tadnment you have shown that you ar
 working for the good of all creeds an
 races. It is a. wonderful work, and Nor
 wich wishes you the success in futur years that you have met with during tn first year in our city.
 The success of the entertainment an
 dance is due to the untiring efforts c Max Hanover, general chairman. aided b
 his committee. comprising Sydney Symor
 Al1ra ham Silverberg, J. s. Tennen. Mur
 ray Zuckerman and Abner Schwartz.
 The lodge is also deeply grateful fo
 the many offers of assistance that mad
 it po5sfble,to turn over practically the CT
 tire receipts for the fund of the nurset
 home Through the courtesy of a frfen
 the advertising was given free, and th expenses of the nall were paid for by I H. Vignot and two other members wlr't ; all workers gave their services withot
 charge.
 During the evening attractive copies , tte history Of the lodge in Norwich we! distributed, containing the honor roll ) the lodge. it's history, and record of | , work during the first year of its existenc ] The booklet was carefully prepared undt : the supervision of Sydney Symon, edito . i.-vhief; Josiah Greenstein, assistant et itor; Max Hanover, contribution edito , and Joseph Sterniieb, business manager. The history of the lodge is told as fo
 lows in the booklet
 | In the summer of 1921 Julius W. Ca
 den visited George Greenberger and Ale,
 ander Pasnik and laid before them plal of organizing . Bfnai B'rith lodge in No 2 wscl1. MT. Levy. secretary of the gra1 e e Hodge. persuaded George Greenbe-ger 2 try and organize at oTce-but due to q i. l fncpportune time it was decided to pos |. I pone same until the fall.
 :. Certain preIiminaries were goi z through and then the real work bega i MT. Greenhsrger made a personal ca | vass of the Jewish men of Norwich al q when the meeting in the Wauregan hou : took place Nestor Drsyfus left with Ii | of 54 signers. and on Nov. 2oth, 1921, s the Buckingham Memorial. the first I. h B. B. lodge Of Norwich was instituted
 54 men expressed their willingness to U
 ihoh the laws of the order-charity. b < nevolenca, truth, and their loyalty to t ' land of the free and nome of the brave : the U. s. A
 ot The first officers Of the Rose of M ol England lodge (which name was ados ed), 10. B. B., were men who gave 2, their time unset1shiy, men who show x that they were 100 per cent. American. ,. The first president was Elkin Smi V whose kindly, untiring ways won the 8 y miration and esteem of all the member .- the vice president, Harry Solomon. fill I lIl his position with zeal and earnestne ,n Abraham ". Silverberg. the first. sec
 tary of the lodge, bore the burden
 practically the entire lodge-he worked
 svoEked-sl1d is still working for the n terest of the lodge. and the writer fes ,oi not to predict that he will again
 unanimously elected secretary. WILL
 Tranhtenberg, as treasurer, was V