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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18

Miss Clara Spevak, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Spevak,
became the bride of Morris Mosco-
vitz. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Moscovitz at 5 o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon, August IS, in the Jack
sonville Jewish Center with Rabbi
M. D. Margolis officiating.
The bride was given in marriage
by her mother and father, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Proctor. The
bridegroom was accompanied to
the altar by his parents. Acting
as best man was Louis Moscovitz,
brother of the bridegroom, and
groomsmen were Sam Proctor,
Norman Moscovitz and Sam Fa-
gan. Isadore Moscovitz and Mey-
er Liebovitz were ushers.
Acting as matron of honor was
Mrs. Isadore Moscovitz and brides
maids were Miss Bertha Mehlman
and Miss Joyce Davis with Miss
Sylvia Spevak, sister OF the bride,
as junior bridesmaid.
Prior to the marriage ceremony
lovely nuptial music was played
by Elmer Setter on the violin and
Miss Bessie Setter at the piano.
Mrs. David Torn sang "At Dawn
ing" (Cadman) and "Oh, Promise
Me" (Bond). The wedding party
entered to the strains of Lohan-
grin's Wedding March. Miss Syl-
via Spevak entered with Sam
Proctor, Miss Bertha Mehlman
walked with Norman Moscovitz
and Miss Joyce Davis with Sam
Pagan. Mendelsohn's Wedding
March from a Midsummer's Night
Dream was used as the recession
al.
The bride made her wedding
vows under the traditional white
canopy, wearing Mainbocher
model of white net and illusion
over satin. The bodice was piped
with white satin and was fashion
ed on Grecian lines. White satin
piping bound the tiny puffed
sleeves and the sweetheart neck
lines. The very full skirt had a
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18
LETTER BOX

American Committee For JEWS
Palestine Participation
At The New York Worlds
Fair, 1889
Empire State Building
New York City
Meyer w. Weisgal, Director
August 8, 1851
Mr.. Isadore Moscovitz, Editor
The Southern Jewish Weekly
P. o. Box 903
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Mr.. MoScoVitz:
Thank you for your prompt rel
Spouse to Mr.. Weisgals appeal fO1
cooperation in the raising OF mI
Palestine Pavilion MaintenancI
Fund.
Assuring you again of our deeA
gratitude for your fine coopersI
ton, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Joseph Brainin,
Publicity Director
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18
Miss Miriam
Schwartz HOnOrel

Miss Miriam Schwartz. who's
engagement to Melvin Hollins will
be of interest to their mani
friends, was feted Wednesds1
night in the Rainbow Room of th1
George Washington Hotel by MI
Hollins' sister and sister-in-laws
AS a memento of the occasion
Miss Schwartz was presented
POSTMASTER, an electric iron and
a slick coffee maker.
Present at the event were Nj.
and Mrs. I. Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs
Nat F. Cohen, Mr.. and Mrs. D. H
Lasarow, Mr.. and Mrs. Meyel
Chepenik, Mr.. and Mrs. Miltol
Hollins, Mr.. Irving Schwartz, Mrs
Schwartz, Miss Miriam Schwartz
and Melvin Hollins.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18
]. w. Y. Auxiliary
To Meet

The first meeting of the ladies
auxiliary to the ]. w. v. Post 1Ss
will be held Monday night, Aug
ust 21st, in the home of Mrs
Freda Schain, 1884 HaldumaI
Terrace.
All members and prospective
members are cordially invited Il
attend.
Those wishing to affiliate them
selves with this organization maj
yet become charter members, pro
viding they attend this meeting
Mrs. Helen Goldberg will preside.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18
Medallion OF Renaissance Jewess
Presented To Seminary Museum

The story of a great Renais-
sance lady is recalled to mind by
the presentation this summer OF
a bronze medallion of Donna Ora
cia Nasi to the Museum of the
Jewish Theological Seminary OF
America, at Broadway and 122nd
Street in New York City.
The medallion, two and a half
inches in diameter, shows the
profile head of a beautiful woman
in Italian dress of the sixteenth
century. It is inscribed with the
name Gracia Nasi in Hebrew
characters.
The Nasi family were well
known in Lisbon in the sixteenth
century as Spanish Marranos-
Spanish and Portuguese Jews who
had outwardly submitted to Cath
olicism. The Nasis had achieved
high place in the Spanish Court
and commerce. Donna Gracia
was born in 1910. Widowed
young, with one daughter, Reyna,
Donna Gracia devoted her wealth
to attempts to forestall the intro
duction of the Inquisition into
Portugal. With renewed persecu-
ton of the Jews under the Edict of
Charles v, she removed her fam
lily to Antwerp in 1886, where
Marranos were welcomed. The
banking and commercial house of
Mast was reestablished as head of
the branches throughout Europe.
Donna Gracia was held in favor
by Queen Marie of Hungary, Re-
gent of the Low Countries and
sister of Charles v. Donna Ora
;ia's nephew, Juan Migues, was
he companion of Macmillan,
brother of the Emperor, and had
served Henry II, King of France.
When one of the family, Diego
Mendes, was imprisoned to elicit
more funds for the wars of Charles
7, the Antwerp Burghers sent a
ong statement in his defense and
n defense of the other Marranos
f Antwerp, as productive and
italy useful citizens.
In spite of the houses CONNER
ial prosperity, Donna Gracia
earned to live in a country where
he could be a Jew, and she set
ut for Constantinople in 1547
nth her sister, Brianda Mendez.
:rianda resented the will Of her
usband Diego which had left the
Management of the Nasi house to
'onna Gracia and Brianda' s
aughter, Gracia Benveniste, and
lie therefore exposed Donna Ora
a to the authorities in Venice
Don their arrival there. Donna
racia, who had resumed her Jew
h name of Beatrice da Luna,
as imprisoned, until Juan Migues
complished her rescue. Through
Ike Sultan's Jewish physician,
Disc Hainon, the Sultan was pre-
vailed upon to send an ambassador
demanding Gracia's release to
Turkey. She was freed and ar
rived in Ferrara, another Euro
peall haven for Marranos, in 1919
Brianda and her daughter, Gracia
Benveniste, were expelled from
Venice for refusing to become
Christians, and they effected a
reconciliation with Donna Gracia
in Ferrara. In Ferrara Dona
Gracia's daughter Reyna married
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18
MOscOvitz- Spevak Wedding SOlemnized

short circular train. Her veil was
of sheerest white tulle extending
beyond the dress in long train.
It was attached to her head with
a cap of pleated net and tiny seed
pearl flowers. She carried white
Bible, the top of which was cover
ed with cascades of gardenias.
Fern, valley lilies and white rib
bons formed a shower falling to
the floor from the Bible.
The matron of honor wore corn
flower blue chiffon, sweetheart
neckline and shirred bodice. The
skirt was waltz-wide and her flow
ers were Picardy gladioi in a cas-
cading arrangement. A matching
flower was worn in her hair. Miss
Joyce wore a shell pink Mousse
line de sole made on similar lines
and carried a bouquet of orchid
gladioli. Miss Mehlman chose a
pale green chiffon with a cascade
Iof yellow gladioli. The. junior
bridesmaid wore morning blue
taffeta with shawl collar edged
in a tiny accordian pleated ruffle
which ended in small bow at the
waistline. Her flowers were pink
gladioli. All wore matching flow
ers in their hair.
Mrs. j. Moscovitz, mother of
the groom, chose a powdered rose
of chiffon model which featured
Ia bolero jacket edged in chiffon
flowers. She wore a corsage of
gardenias. Mrs. Alexander Spe-
yak, mother of the bride, wore a
light blue lace model with short
jacket. Her corsage was also of
gardenias.
Following the wedding a recep-
ton was held in the auditorium of
the Center for 500 guests. The
brides table was conferred with a
three-tiered wedding cake iced in
white and embossed with briar-
cliff roses in shades of pale pink
and green. Topping the cake was
a wedding bell with valley lilies
from which a tiny bridal couple
seemed to be stepping. The cake
rested on a base Of fern and asters
and a ruffling of illusion. Silver
bowls of white asters and baby
breath balanced each end of the
long table, which was Illuminated
by tapers in pairs of candlesticks
along the entire length of the ia
BILE.
Assisting in serving were Mrs.
Jack Proctor, Mrs. Nathan
Schneider, Mrs. David Mehlman,
Mrs. Isadore Moscovitz and Miss
Edyth Moscovitz.
After spending some time with
their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Mosco-
vitz left for a wedding trip on
the S. S. Irwin to New York and
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18

Baltimore. The bride travelled in
teal blue suit with a pleated
bodice caught at the neck with an
antique clip. The dress was worn
with a matching fingertip jacket
trimmed with fur. Her corsage
was Of gardenias.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-08-18

Juan Migues, who had accents
the Jewish name of Joseph NaSl
and her niece, Gracia Benvenist|
married Samuel Nasi.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
LIBRARY NOTES
NATIONAL BOOK WEEK,
1918, 1899

Our chosen books, like our
chosen friends, readily raise or
sink US to their own level.
A good book enlarges the cut
look, deepens the sympathieS,
quickens the perceptions, en-
riches the mind and elevatns
the character.
Book Week began back in
1919 with the slogan, More
Books in the Home!" and has
varied its mood year after year
until now, upon its coming of
age, tWenty-one-year-old Book
Week proclaims Books Around
the World"
There will be a number of
new books on display in the
county library during Book
Week.
A small house, covered with
attractive book jackets. will be
used for a ballot box and every
boy and girl is urged to vote
on the best book I have ever
read"
A rare pleasure is offered to
the people of this community
the 18th and 18th of Novem-
Der, the first two days of Book
Week, when the delightful screen
production of "Good-bye Mr..
Chips" from the novel by the
same name by James Hilton, is
played at the Harriet. Robert
Donat distinguishes himself in
his sincere and delicate delin :
cation of Mr.. Chips, a shy and
gentle master in an English
public school, which he enters
as a young man and grows old
in the service. endearing him
self to the hearts of all ne
contacts. although unassuming
the drama of his life is crowd
ed with both interesting and
pathetic experiences. The pic
ture teens with intimate and
homely details, with touches of
humor. The traditions, discipline
and codes of an English public
school are very clearly defined
and the scenes showing the
time-worn buildings interesting
A Well-selected cast adds to this
delightful picture which is high
w recommended for the whole
family.
The library will be closed on
iArmistice day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
Kirby Kernels

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Barton
have been visiting at the Rose
bud Mountain ranch this past
week. They are now at the
Dom Davies D Bar D ranch,
where they plan to spend the
coming winter.
The Dwight Fergusons have
guests from Evanston, ILL.,, in
Guiding a doctor and his wife
and son. The doctor is going %
leave his young son to spend
the winter with the Fergusons.
The Woman's club met on
Thursday at the schoolhouse
with Mrs. Amos Helvey as host
ess. She provided two quilts and
these were both tied in short
order, one before lunch and the
other after. The business meet
ing followed, and discussion was
held about the work that might
be done in the coming year.
The civic committee was in
structed to contact the county
commissioners about the roads.
Hawk" Schaeffer and his
aunt, Mrs. Fred Bell, were call
ing on Dom Davies on Friday.
Victor Johnson and one of
his high school teachers. Mr..
Scott, came out to spend the
weekend at the Rosebud Noun
tain ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Randall
were week-enders on the Rose
bud.
Dean Smith was unable to
come out to hold church serv-
ices at Foley's hall on Sunday,
but will try to be here on Sun
day, November IL.
SATURDAY.. Mrs. Leon Barton
was surprised to have her
mother, Mrs. Anna Barlean,
and her grandson, Bernard Bar
lean. drive in for a visit with
her. 1t has been five years since
she had seen the mother. VINO
is 70 and quite brisk and spry
for one of her wears. She is
travelling across country, with
the grandson as chauffer. visit
ing her seven children in Wash
ineton. Montana, wyoming
South Dokota and Colorado. Sc
rv:ll probably visit her old home
in Missouri. where she was mar
ried. and NAV return to Ken
turkv where she was born. She
will then return to her home in
yT7o ~hio~ton. "o~tent to settle
down for awhile.
W. V. Johnson has gone in to
Sheridan for treatment of a
stiff neck which has been both
ering him for some time.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09

More than one agreed that
this was the best evidence sub
mitted to the Senate that war
is chronic in Europe.
And military experts in Wash
ingtOn ale Snlckerlng quietly at
Americans who are worried over
a possible Hitler victory. They
point out that the crushing OF
the worlds greatest empire (the
British and the worlds Empire
No. 2 (the French) is accom-
plished more easily on paper or
vocally than on the battlefield
or the high seas.
To the Americans who are
fearful OF a Hitler-Stalin in
vaSion in the event of a doubt
full German Russian victory
they recall that Chinese par
able that: He who brushes two
giants is himself we'll crushed.
These same military experts
laugh outright at those who
are apprehensive of American
safety in the event of the sur
render of the British fleet. The
reason for the laughter is, they
say, that the British fleet will
never surrender. They point out
that at the end of the World
War the Kaiser's High Seas
Fleet surrendered between lines
of British and American men
of war-each line of Warships
being stronger than the fleet OF
ships being surrendered. And,
at the time of the surrender
there were two Allied ships, with
loaded guns, ready to upon up
at any moment upon any Ger
man ship which might show the
slightest sign Of fight.
Even though many more Brit
ish warships are destroyed, and
military experts say this will
happen, Hitler and his Red
ally will have no fleet able 70
enforce a surrender of the wal
dogs which fly the British flag.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
Owl Creek News

Miss Kitty Suit spent the
weekend with her grandmoth-
-, nuls. rern fOultUn, IN Har-
din.
MFR. and Mrs. Dan Romine,
their daughter. Karen, and Bert
Romine transacted business in
Sheridan last Friday.
MI. and Mrs. George Geier
OF Karney, Wyo., spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Rice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miles were
shopping and calling on friends
in Billings last Saturday and
Sunday.
H. Simmons is at the John
Rice ranch preparing to drill
another we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mcclure
were Hardin business callers on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Sherod and son,
Ralph, have been visiting in
Big Timber the past week.
Ralph planned to go deer
hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Peter
son moved to Lodge Grass for
the winter last Wednesday.
Robert Hilton and John Rice
were in Billings last Thursday
on business.
The Wise Owl club met at the
home of Mrs. Bert Romine last
Friday. New officers were elect
ed for the coming year as fol-
lows: Mrs. Harold Suit, presi-
dent; Mrs. Bert Romine, Secre-
tary; Mrs. Charles Sherod, news
reporter. The next meeting will
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
RETAIL SALES GAIN

-Four hundred and sixty in
dependent Montana retailers re-
ported sales of 1878 SOS in Sep
tember, a gain of nearly 10 per
cent over the mark for the
same month last year, accord
ing to a report by the federal
census bureau. September sales
this year were i per cent I'M
der Augustus total. Car dealers
reported a business gain of
21.6 per cent, while filling sta
tons reported sales down near
ly 10 per cent.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09

~ JAMES Preston

Armistice Day this year will be
celebrated in peace only in
America.
This announcement from the
White House failed to receive
the headlines accorded the la
test bulletins from Europe.
But the story back of that
announcement is one that has
a strong appeal to every Amer
lean home.
1t means that America is at
peace; that it intends to cele-
brate that peace, and that
America has no intention of
breaking that peace.
Such is not the case in Eur
ope. In France and England this
November II, men will march.
Flags will wave. Drums will rat
tie and bands will play. But
this European military display
will be in hope of a new Ar
miStice yet to come. In Amer
lea it will be for an ArmiStice
already achieved.
This is significant in the light
of the unpublished debate which
is going on in the cloak rooms
of the Capitol. More and more
the off the record talk is to the
effect that this is not Americas
war and that the only sure way
by which America can become
involved is for American to talk
herself into war.
To some. at first. the thought
of the United States talking it
self into war was ridiculous.
But after some six weeks of
l-ar this statement provokes few
laughs. 1t is now recognized by
many in Washington as the
most dangerous war factor with
which the country must deal.
It comes about this way:
The average American is in
terested in his wife, his chill
dren, his home, his job, his
town and his favorite hobby,
whether that be the golf course,
the fishing tackle or the like.
Mr. Average American also is
honest. He paws his debts. He
goes to church. He gives to
charity and he sympathizes with
those who have drawn a less
favorable place in life than he.
This background completely
disarIns him mentally for an
appreciation Or understanding
of the power politics" of the
restless millions of Europe. He
attempts to understand the
European in the way that he
would analyZe a new neighbor
in the community and thereby
he makes a mistake.
During the neutrality debate
in the Senate figures were plac-
ed in the Congressional Record.
Thew impressed more than one
in the debonair Capital City.
Here is what they revealed:
In the some 155 years of
American independence, the
British Empire has fought 81
wars, lasting q total of 1902 years
or has been at war with some
enc for 68 per cent of the time
that the United States has eX-
listed.
During this same period of
155 ?ears the French have fought
81 lars. These lasted a total of
80 years. In other words the
French have been fighting
somehow sc per cent of the
time that America was devel-
CrinG al infant nation to the
o~~o"te:t ard most PROSPEROUS
nation in the history of the
world.
And the man who compiled
these fiou3r" point out that dur
ing a quarter of a century of
this period England and France
were flghtinm each other.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09

The other day on the radio
we heard one man ask another
if he was going to celebrate
the old THANKSGIVING or the new
THANKSGIVING.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1882
be on November II at the home
of Mrs. Jim Brown.
MORE INMATES

NUKE INMATES
Inmates at the state hospital
at Warm Springs numbered
1902 November /, a gain OF 20
from October l figure. Prisoner
population at the state peni-
Tertiary at Deer Lodge increased
from $50 to 564 during the,
month.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
EDITORIAL

Inc american fCeU CTCSS tIllS
year appeals for a million more
members. Last year the Red
Cross emblem of mercy waved
at the scene of l57 disasters in
this country bringing assistance
to nearly $4,000 sufferers.
AS a pioneer in public health
nursing in this country, the
Red Cross has reached tens OF
thousands of needy i'll in the
past quarter century. Last year
Red Cross public health nurses
made more than a million visits
of mercy.
This year, the Red Cross
trained it's one-millionth life
saver. Since this program was
established Is years ago, thouS-
ands of lives have been saved
through greater knowledge of
water safety and ability to
meet emergencies.
Last year $50, 900 men and
women were trained in Red
Cross first aid to combat the
grim march of accidental death
which each year claims 100000
lives in this country.
Since 1895, the american Red
Cross has established 1852 high
way first aid stations through
out the United States. EXpen-
sion of this program, through
the support of more member
ships will enable the Red Cross
to render emergency care for
motorists injured in accidents.
Prevention of disease is one
of the most important programs
carried on annually by the
American Red Cross. Last year
g., 900 persons completed Red
Cross courses in home hygiene
and care of the sick.
With a 40 per cent increase
in army and navy personnel
voted by congress, the Red
Cross will be called upon for
greater service in the years to
come. Last year, Red Cross as
Stance was given in more than
25O,0O0 instances for members
of the armed forces and for
veterans of past wars.
This year the need is greater
than ever before. Join the Big
Hrrn County chapter of the
Red Cross during this years
Roll Call. November II to No
vember 80.
Saturday we celebrate the
anniversary of an accord be-
tween nations which ended tbs
first World War. Now, Just q
years later, a second struggle
between European nations be-
gins to enter it's bloodier phases
SATURDAY. will not be a day
of rejoicing, as it was in 1918
We will honor the dead who
fought "to make the world safe
for democracy" not only in sor-
row, but also in bitterness thai
so murh was done in vain.
It will be a day to ponder or
the cost of war and its horrors
It will he a dav to think so.
berly and carefully back over
the days between 1914 and 1917
ard to try to find a way *
avoid the hvsteria and the
unhapriness of those days.
It will be a day to consider
our past mistakes and to pray
that they NAV not be repeated
It will be a dav to search oul
own hearts and weed out ha-
treds. to recorder our minds into
fair thinking and clear reason
inc.
We must commemorate this
Armistice dav to quiet for g
war-torn world. We must. or
this dav r-hich marked the enc
of a terrible STRUGGLE rededicate
ourselves tn the ideals of JUS
tice, neutrality and peace.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09

Our chosen books, like our
chosen friends, readily raise or
sink US to their own level.