Forest Avenue Synagogue (k/n/a Golf Manor Synagogue), Cincinnati, Ohio - Golden (50th) Anniversary Book, 1904 - 1954

1954

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The Ladies — G-d Bless Them!

While the men of the congregation worked zealously to obtain a suitable house of worship, their wives and other women members of their families did not sit idly by but turned willingly to whatever they could apply their energies and talents to speed the plans to early success.

Formed as the Ladies Harmony Society in 1905, our present Ladies Auxiliary had as first president a Mrs. Abromowitz with Mrs. Frima Schwartz as treasurer and the Misses Sarah and Freda Abromowitz as acting secretaries.

The first permanent secretary as found in the records of the Auxiliary was Mrs. Yetta Finkelstein Engel. When the congregation after great effort and sacrifice bought as its house of worship a building on the corner of Clark and John Streets in 1920, it was with much of the money the women had raised with their bazaars, their parties, their auctions of gifts and fine things generously given to speed the purchase.

When in 1931 the present home was bought on Forest Avenue in Avondale, the ladies again had shown they could work equally with the men in planning and in achieving great things. Upon acquiring the present Forest Avenue property the ladies' group changed their name to United Ladies Auxiliary.

Officers under the merged groups were:
Mrs. Ph. Mincowsky, President
Mrs. Mollie Egherman, Vice President
Mrs. Goldie Hartman, Treasurer
Mrs. Yetta Finkelstein Engel, Fin. Secretary
Mrs. Clara Fine, Recording Secretary

Surviving charter members of the United Ladies Auxiliary are:
Mrs. Mary Hartman
Mrs. Zelda Freedman
Mrs. Ida Cohn
Mrs. Rachel Wolf
Mrs. Anna Brown
Mrs. Eva Graller
Mrs. Anna Marcus
Mrs. Anna Abroms
Mrs. Yetta Engel
Mrs. Anna Wuerst
Mrs. Mary Sonenschein
Mrs. Freda Collins