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Sir:—Knowing the interest you take in the progress
of the Hebrew Benevolent Association of the City of New Orleans, I have
the honour to submit a short statement of the affairs thereof.
The association counts now about eighty active
members, and some five or six honorary members. The treasury is in a
flourishing condition. The society has done a great deal towards
relieving those who were in want and needy, and the members composing
the association find themselves amply recompensed by the wishes for its
success, expressed by a large portion of the people of this city.
The anniversary ball, which took place on the
second of March current, was a brilliant affair, particularly
gratifying, when it must be admitted that the managers were labouring
under great disadvantages, and had to contend with many obstacles,
disadvantageous inasmuch as collections were made throughout the city at
the time, for the relief of the Irish nation, to which a considerable
number of our brethren contributed, and obstacles on account of a ball
which was given by another Hebrew Benevolent Association on the same
evening. Nevertheless, the managers succeeded in selling some two
hundred tickets, which, after deducting about five hundred dollars for
expenses, left a net gain to the society of sic hundred dollars.
On the 14th of March current, an
election took place for the officers to serve during the current year,
and the following gentlemen were elected: Dr. D. S. Gans, President;
Isaac Hart, Vice-President; L. Hess, Treasurer; S. Magner, Secretary.
Managers—M. Kursheedt, E. Leon, A. M. Solomon, P. Runkel, and A. Mayer.
The members of the association have been kept
together until now, by the love which they bear each to the other and
their unfortunate brethren; but being convinced of the necessity of
forming a corporate body, they have resolved to obtain a charter in
conformity to the laws of the state, and that once obtained, they will
be able to extend their operations, and fulfil to the fullest extent the
object for which the society is formed.
I have also to inform you that another Hebrew
Benevolent Society has been got up in this city, composed of ladies, who
have taken the matter in hand, and there is hardly any doubt but that
they will succeed in their noble undertaking.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
S. Magner, Secretary, H. B. Ass.
New Orleans, 25th March,
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