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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
DORCAS WORK

Mrs. Alfred Sefton's Bible
School class has taken over the
Dorcas work and meet every
Thursday afternoon from 1870
o'clock to 4:30 in their rooms
at the Administration Build
ing. These rooms are equipped
with half dozen sewing
machines, large work tables
and racks for hanging the do
mated clothing on, ready for
distribution. Mrs. Charles
Mifflin and Mrs. VIM. Colwell
are in charge of the sewing.
Last Thursday afternoon
there was a splendid number
of the class and several of the
former Dorcas workers pres
ent to help, mend and sew but
tons on several baskets of
clothes. This work was gladly
done to help Miss West who
has a school for orthopedic
children at Camp Lake, Wis.
On account of not being able
to get the necessary help Miss
West has over done and be-
came i'll.
Mrs. Anna Schmidt was in
charge of the Dorcas work
prior to Mrs. Sefton's Class ia
king this work over. Mrs.
Schmidt was assisted for many
years by faithful helpers who
met Tuesdays.
One Of our poets wrote i
expect to pass through this life
but once-if therefore, there
be any kindness [ can show or
any good thing I can do to any
fellow-being, let me do it now,
and not defer or neglect it, as
[ shall not pass this way again.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
NEW ELECTRICAL, POWER
STATION FOR ZION
INDUSTRIES. INC.

In order to handle the addi-
tional power load of the new
machinery now being INSTALL
ed in the enlarged Candy and
Baking Plants of the Zion In
dustries, Inc. and to provide
capacity for future growth a
new substation has been built.
This substation is fed by a 12,-
600 volt line direct from the
Waukegan generating plant of
the Public Service Co. Three
$50 KVA transformers reduce
the electricity to 24O volts for
the operation of the motors
and lighting in the plants.
This Improvement involved
an expense of approximately
100000. The substation is
situated on Ebenezer Ave.
south of 28th st. about mid
way between the Bakery and
Candy Plants.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
fife TheOCrat

line of well-wishers were on
hand to congratulate Eric
Bright and Fred Richards. The
first hundred ladies were CIV
en- corsages, while all others
received flowers. More than
$50 local and out-of-town
friends came to view the new
improvement.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
ZION GARDENS OPENS
NEW DISPLAY ROOM

Last Saturday, November I,
Zion Gardens opened it's new
ly constructed sales room and
head house located at the
south end of the green house
on Sheridan Road and Shiloh
Blvd. to it's many customers.
AS the opening hour of 9
o'clock approached, a goodly
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
Wednesday, November 5, 1947
BACK FROM VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. Ford Wilson
enjoyed a few days visit in
Ontario, Canada, where they
visited with cousins at London,
Ontario.
They report that they were
favored with wonderful wea-
Their, which produced marvel
GUS Fall foliage wherever
they went.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
COMMUNITY FUND

Mr.. M. G. Eckheart, chair
man of this years Community
Drive reports the fine returns
which are coming in daily.
Mrs. Celia Morton, is cap
tain of the many house to
house workers.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

MOJnoFS served DIS JUICES dllu
prizes were awarded.
Grade school boys played
two mornings a week in an Or
ganized softball league and
five afternoons week in a
baseball league. Ninety boys
played in the softball league.
Tournaments (tennis, horse
shoes, croquet, etc., contests
basketball, free throw, etc.,
were staged each week. A mix
ed boys (grade and freshmen)
played baseball daily each
week with one hundred boys
organized in teams.
The feature of the high
school boys activities was a
baseball league in which the
Paul Erickson trophy was
awarded to the winner. Small
trophies were given to the
leading hitter, leading pitcher
and most valuable player in
the league. Five teams with
IS players formed this league.
Tournaments and various
field day contests were held
throughout the summer.
The Zion Civic Recreation
Board furnished all equipment
and pays all unpaid fees in
every activity.
Picnic Equipment
Any group desiring picnic
equipment (softballs, volley-
balls and nets, horseshoes, soft
ball bats) are welcome to use
them without any fee. Several
organizations took advantage
of this last summer.
The Shiloh Park softball
lights were on six nights a
week last summer. Zion people
took advantage of this recrea-
ton. A place to go to relax
without any charge. Besides
softball league play, different
individuals could be seen play
ing basketball, taking advan-
tage Of the programs. Horse
shoes was another game play
ed by many including many
grandfathers. Two tourna-
ments were held with men
champions named. Tennis was
revived and a good turnout of
rs men took part in a singles
tournament. Ray Brooks be-
came the new champion.
A church softball league
was organized this summer
with four teams participating.
-Four ministers took part in this
program and much fun was
had by all.
FOR SALE-Large Estate Heatrola.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

FOR SALE-One heavy overcoat, one
topcoat, size 40. See Theodore Drey-
er. Zion Home. Also one electric shaw
err, perfect condition. Phone 976.
758-11-5I
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

FOR SALE-5-room house near town
and transportation. New furnace; 2
car garage. Phi. Zion 27O8 or 7O2.
TOLLS
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

Complete line of Christmas gifts IN
Avon products now available. Grace
Ray, 2913 Gabriel Avenue, Phi. 1886.
757-11-5
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

FOR ALTERING ladies' and chill
dren's clothes, call Mrs. T. c. Toilet
sen, Zion 3191. 756-ll-5I lZIl9
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

FOR SALE-Round Oak dining room
table with 2 leaves), and A chairs in
good condition.; half gallon Ball
Jars, new; large size bread box; quart
bottles, fine for putting up juice. Pm:
4o7 748-11-5
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

FOR SALE Large Estate Heatrola,
LOU gal: fuel oil drums, complete $50.
Phone 27O8. 762-11-5
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

FOR SALE = "A full set of CRATES
for Wise furnace, 22-inch. One dou-
BILE bed springs. Keiffer pears. Phone
1888. 3O1O Emmaus Avenue. 759-11-5
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

Carpenter work, painting, roofing,
and siding. Phone 1916. Relnhold
Lubke. Cont.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

REPAIRED = BOUGHT = SOLD
Washers, Vacuums, Refrigerators, Oil
Heaters, Radios
Reliable Appliance Service
Phone Zion 1905
Washington at Buttrick, Ont. 8493.
761-11-5 Cont.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

Plastering - Cement work, etc. Ellis
M HINT Phone 3148. GALLO
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
PLAIN TALK
by ALFRED 5EGAL
THE CLERGY

l must congratulate the rabbi
author of ''Peace of Mind" on
finding for himself the peace OF
mind frequently lacking in the
ambitions of rabbiS and the mem
bers of other clergies. l mean the
peace of mind which caused Rabbi
Joshua Lehman to be content to
live out his days among his flock
and friends in Boston instead of
accepting the seeming eminence
of Temple Emanuel of New York
to which he was invited.
THE PINNACLE
Who hasn't heard of the gold
plated glamor of Temple Emanu-
Ell? It might be called the ma
tional cathedral of Reform Juda-
ism. To be rabbi of Temple
Emanuel has been considered an
elevation that raises a man high
above all the other brethren Ia
boring in the vineyard of the
Lord.
There is more prominence for
them; there are the metropolitan
newspapers for publicity; there is
the social delight of being the in
innate of the big-shots who are
members. (In the smaller, hum
bier congregations clergyman's
social contacts are with people
who are Jake, Sol and Sam, or
John, Bill and Joe.)
l KNEW HIM WHEN -.
When, recently, it was an
nounced that Rabbi Lehman had
been offered the Emanuel pulpit
and was thinking seriously about
it, was kept on philosophical
edge for two weeks waiting for
him to give his answer. I could
think of him as just Josh because
| had known him from the time
when, as a small boy, he entered
our municipal university. He was
only Is and the newspaper head
lines called him child prodigy.
There were evenings when Josh,
on our porch, tried to make clear
to me what he would tell his con-
gregation about God when he be-
came rabbi. Gle was studying
at the Hebrew Union College
then.) In this he was just a
smart boy thinking out loud the
cosmic ideas he had arrived at so
early in life.
OBIGATION
remembered once speaking to
Rabbi Lehman about rabbis who
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07

award of the Cannes film festival
in Cannes, France, for the best So
cial picture made in the world for
the past year.
Tentative Plans Endangered
Realizing that the responsibility
of the movie industry does not
cease with producing one of five
or ten pictures about anti-Semi-
tism, Scott and Dmytryk and
those in Hollywood who share
their ideals have developed a pro-
gram to implement" the job that
"Crossfre" has started. One of
the first steps will be the film
ing of Laura Hobson's Gentle
mems Agreement" Then will
come a number of documentary
films-about 20 would service the
country for about five years, they
estimate, and cost about $4,000
to make-each dealing with one
aspect of anti-minority practices.
Each will be designed for all age
groups from cartoons for the chill
dren to mature analyses for col
lege groups. They would be made
available at no cost to social or
ganizations, schools, labor organi-
cations, colleges and to motion
picture exhibitors. A large num-
Der of film people have offered
their services free for the produc-
ton of these films, Scott said.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07

seem possible. If the Committee
winds up hearings on the matter
feeling that it has evidence of
Communist infiltration into the
movie industry the American pu-
lie stands in danger of losing one
of its freedoms.-freedom of the
screen. Secondly, if the Commit
tee is successful in discrediting
all the writers, producers, actors
and directors of films with a So
cial message it may ruin a good
healthy trend in the movie in
dustry that they have an obliga-
ton to society to use the power
full media of the films as an in
strument for social good. At pres
ent there are at least two films,
either completed or nearly COM
pleted, that will very likely never
be produced if the Committe
comes out on top in this struggle.
An Experiment
For a long time there has been
feeling in Hollywood that some
thing could and should be done
about anti-Semitism through the
films, a feeling that never came
to fruition because of the reluct-
ance of some to get out on the thin
ice of such controversial issue.
Scott and Dmytryk knew, how
ever, that if "Crossfre," an eX-
perimental film, lost money the
whole film\ industry might SHE
away from the anti-Semitism
angle purely for economic reasons.
They decided to make the picture
as cheaply as possible. To assure
box office appeal they used some
name" actors like Robert Nit
chum. The picture cost $595, 900
to make, a tiny figure in Holly
wood terms, and took % working
days to Shoot" An average GA"
picture takes about IS working
days, they explained.
Given An Award
The picture has already crossed
several Millions" according to
Scott, and is still on first runs in
many cities and is an answer to
skeptics who said such theme
couldn't make money. About a
month ago "Crossfire" won the
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
THOMAS w. HOWARD
OPENS NEW OFFICES

Thomas w. Howard well-liked
local man, opened his own offices
at so w. Franklin, dealing in real
estate and insurance. He came
from Chicago several years ago
where he operated a large insur-
ance business. Together with his
family he lives on N. Olsen.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07

abandon Boston for Emanuel I
would have asked where is his
own peace of mind? Certainly,
tinsel ambition and peace of mind
don't go together. Commenda-
tions, too, for the congregation of
Temple Israel, Boston, which re-
elected him for life after he put
aside the temptation of Emanu-
Ell.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
RUMANIAN DRIVE FOR
FASCISTLESS UNIVERSITIES

Bucharest (WNS)-A concert
ed drive to eliminate fascists from
Rumanian university faculties re-
suited this week in the dismissal
of approximately 1900 instructors
and other personnel.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
4 CaAINoSHep
BY Charlotte Weber
The Movie Industry

1t is doubtful if many of the
curiosity hounds and ambitious
movie struck young girls crowd
ing the Caucus Room in the Old
House Office Building to watch
proceedings of the House IN
American Activities Committee
investigating the motion picture
industry realize how much lies
beneath the surface of the whole
investigation. If they did its a
safe wager they wouldn't find the
seats so comfortable or be enjoy
ing the "good show" so thorough
ly.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
SubpOenaed

Two young men have been do
ing something real and hon.
est about combating Un-Ameri-
can activities. Adrian Scott and
Edward Dmytryk, the, producer
and director of the RKO film
"CrosSfire", in an interview a few
days after hearings opened, charg-
ed directly that the present in
vestigation of the Committee is
aimed at discrediting anyone who
has produced written or appeared
in any film which attempts to
expose racial prejudice particu
larly anti-Semitism.
"Crossfire"
"Crossfre" is the story of the
murder of Jewish soldier by
the 'lunatic fringe" type of anti
Semitic whose hate is so strong
it makes him capable of taking the
life he hates. Scott and Dmytryk
believe that they were subpoe-
naed as a direct results of their
work in "Crossfire'. Among 9TH
erS who have been summoned to
appear before the Committee,
Scott and Dmytryk pointed out,
have been writer's who have put
out documentary shorts and other
films portraying the evils of race
prejudice and actor Larry Parks
who sympathetically portrayed
the role of Jew, that of Al Jol-
son in "The Jolson Story"
Disclosing that they had wired
J. Parnell Thomas, Chairman of
the Un-American Activities Com
mittee, demanding that the Com
mittee members see "Crossfire"
before they hear their testimony,
Scott and Dmytryk said that if
the Committee failed to do this
1--WE will charge them directly
with attempting to silence us who
are trying to expose Un-American
and subversive activity of anti
Semitism in America"
Possible Results
Two very serious consequences
of the Committee investigation
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07

are here today, gone tomorrow.
He had been a rabbi of a Chicago
congregation for several years and
on visit to our town he told me
he had been offered a pulpit in
Boston, and what advice did l
have on that? | can't remember
my exact words but 1 gave him
the opinion I had long held about
rabbis and their social obligations.
I said a rabbi wasn't vaude-
vile performer, doing one-night
stands; nor was he like the shoe
maker who is free to pick up and
go to another shoe factory where
there is more money. A rabbi
wasn't just a hired hand. If he is
the right kind he is the beloved
friend of every member of his
congregation, he is a brother of
every family His synagogue be-
comes a cherished spiritual home
stead and he must hang around
there to see the synagogue's chill
dren grow up in the ways they
should.
1t was rabbits duty so to inte-
crate himself in the life of the
community that to leave it would
be as unthinkable as to leave his
own wife and children. These
are his people and he can't run
away from them for no reason but
his ambition.
INNER SATISFACTION
Sure, there can never be as
much pay for him, and certainly
not as much prestige, staying in
the humber congregation as there
would be in the bigger" pulpit.
But at the end of his days he will
have achieved the greatness of the
great Rabbi Henry Cohen who
has served SO years in Galveston.
Other, bigger" pulpits wanted
him, but he said No, here's where
l belong. Here are my people
and here will live out my days,
serving my people, if they want
me.
Henry Cohen has risen to saint
ly stature in Galveston.
That's about the way spoke to
Josh Lehman that time, but he
chose the more important" pull
pit of Boston, anyway. There
happily he has endeared himself
and even from the lesser emf
nence of Boston-lesser than New
York, that is-he has managed to
make himself heard in the land.
RELIEVED
/ would have been disappointed
if Rabbi Lehman had chosen to
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07

Two very serious consequences
of the Committee investigation
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

finally been passed. Furthermore.
she asserts that her use of the
phrase restricted clientele" did
not carry the same cOnnOtatiOn to
her as it does to the average
resident of this area, and she
points to the fact that tenant of
the Jewish faith had, in fact, re-
sided on the premises during this
past season.
If there is to be test of the
constitutionality of this ordinance,
such test should logically be based
upon a clear-cut blatant offender
who flaunts the law. The pur-
pose of legislation to correct man.
ifestations of anti-Jewish feeling is
educational and should not be pun
tive. Since the person against
whom the warrant has been is
sued has complied with the ord
nance and has indicated no malice
in connection with the alleged vio-
lation, it is the writer's opinion
that the action against her should
cease.
simultaneously however, the
ordinance should be vigorously
and intelligentIy enforced by the
properly constituted Miami Beach
law enforcement officials.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

Charles w. Morris of Louisville,
Kentucky, (above) whose work as
chairman of the National Council
Committee of the Joint Defense
Appeal has won him the title OF
Father" of the IDA Council.
Under Mr.. Morris leadership
the Council has developed in a
few short months from blueprint
idea to a thriving organization of
more than $50 members repre-
senting all parts of the United
States.
Southern Jewish communal
leaders serving on the Council in
clude: Harry w. Reinstine, of
Jacksonville; D. j. Apte, of Tam
pa; Abe Aronovitz, of Miami; A.
B. Block, of Tallahassee; Jack
Kapner, of West Palm Beach;
Louis Wellhouse, Jr., of Tampa; C..
Davis Turner, of Mariana; and
Harold Turk. of Miami Beach.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04
Movement of us. Tourist
To Holy Land Resumed

More than 800 American tour
lists sailed for Palestine in the
past four months, according to a
release today by DR.. Simon Bern
stein, director of the Palestine
Bureau of the Zionist Organization
of America. This marks a re-
sumption of American tourist
movement to Palestine since be-
fore the war.
The death of American tour
lists to Palestine was particularly
noticeable in 1945, when the Pal
estine Government discouraged
tourist travel because of a pur-
ported shortage of food and hous-
ing in the country. Special per-
mits had to be obtained from the
government in Jerusalem for
special cases, including owners of
property in Palestine or those
wishing to visit close relatives
there. Subsequently, American
businessmen desiring to visit Pal
estine on commercial missions
were made eligible for visas.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

When a certain sign reading
Restricted Clientele" remained
hanging from a tree in front of
an apartment house following the
recent adoption of this ordinance,
a local resident, acting on his own
impulse, became incensed and
Swore out a warrant. Events
then moved rapidly. Bail was
posted by the alleged law violator.
Her attorney, desiring to test the
constitutionality of this novel law,
the first of its kind in the country,
obtained a writ of habeas corpus
bringing the matter under the
jurisdiction of the Circuit Court.
The apartment house proprietor
involved has taken down the sign,
explaining that she meant no of
tense. She said, too, that she was
unaware that the Ordinance had
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04
MIAMI ANTI-BIAS LAW
DUE FOR EARLY LEGAL TEST
BY GEORGE J. TALIANOFF

Regional Director League OF Bnai Brtn
Florida
Miami Beach Anti Bias Sign Ordinance
is early constitutional test
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH ROBBERY
Released Under Bond Fol-
lowing Arrangement Be-
fore Commissioner

James H. Hicks, 20-year-old
Negro, former student at North
Carolina college in Durham, was
released under 81, 1000 bond here
yesterday following a hearing be-
fore J. Douglas Taylor, U. S.
Commissioner, on charges of rob-
berry of the college post office, ac-
cording to Sheriff's deputies.
City police here picked the Negro
up Thursday on a tip from Durham
authorities, and placed him il the
New Hanover jail on a technical
charge of vagrancy. a report
shows. Hicks is charged by Dur.
ham officers in connection with
the robbery of the college post of.
flee of s225, a quantity of stamps
and three registered letters, &C
cording to a report from that city
Durham officers reported tina
none of the loot has been recover
ed. A panel in a door leading tt
the basement rooms housing thu
post office, had been smashed, bu
other than that, methods of entry
had not been revealed, the repor
shows.
Advices here indicated tina
Hicks will be returned to Durham
for trial following Commissions.
Taylor's decision here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
Noted Lecturer
Plans Raleigh Talk

RALEIGH, Jan. 11.-(PeDr.
Alfred H. Sturtevant, professor OF
genetics at the California Institute
of Technology, will deliver a lee
ture in the Withers Hall auditorium
at N. C. State college Friday night,
it was announced yesterday by
DR.. L. E.. Hinke, chairman of the
colleges public lectures commit
tee.
DR.. Sturtevant's lecture is
sponsored by the State college chap
ter of the Society of Sigma Xi.
His topic will be 1.-THE evolution and
function Of genes"
The noted lecturer is a former
vice president of the American So
ciety of Naturalists and president
of the American Society of Zoolo-
gists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
REV. WILBUR EDWARDS

Lumberton, Jan, IL - Funeral
services will be held tor the Rev.
Wilbur Edwards, 4S, Monday at
8 p. m. from the home in the
Raft Swamp section, with DR.. c.
H. Durham, pastor emeritus of
the First Baptist church official
ing, assisted by eight ministers
from North and South Carolina.
Interment will be in the Baden
boro cemetery.
Mr.. Edwards was the son Of
Mrs. Adeline Edwards of Bladen-
boro and the late J. D. Edwards.
At the age Of Is he was married
to Miss. Anna Kinlaw. Deprived
Of a formal college education he
yet remained a student through
the years.
In 1923 he was ordained to the
Baptist ministry by the Rev. E..
A. Paul at East Lumberton church.
For about 80 years he had made
his home in Robson county and
at the time OF his death served
these .~churcheS, 6etnel, oanQy
Grove and Called in Bladen coun-
ty, Bloomingdale, in Robson,
Cedar Creek, in Cumberland, and
Oakda1e in COLUMBUS. He W s
a member of st. Adams Lodge
No. ia AT & AM.
Surviving besides his wife and
mother are two sons and one
daughter j. D. William and Edith
Anne Edwards all of the home
six sisters Mrs. Dewey Lytton of
Elizabethtown, Mrs. Hollis Free
man, Mrs. Allen Edwards, Mrs.
Mary Apple Herring, Mrs. Harry
Guyton, all Of Bladenboro and Mrs.
E. l.. Musselwhite of Lumberton.
Pallbearers will be deacons o.
the churches he pastored.