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[First installation banquet of B'nai B'rith in Vancouver]

Photograph depicts the first B'nai B'rith installation banquet in Vancouver. Written on verso: First Installation Banquet of B'nai B'rith in Vancouver took place in 1910. The year in which Samuel Lodge 668 (now Vancouver Lodge) was founded. The late Judge Samuel Schultz, first local president of B'nai B'rith is sitting just to the left of the menorah.

Jan - 1956 Astor Hotel

Photograph depicts the installation of (at table, left to right) Ace Hersh (as President), Sid Greenburg (as first Vice President), and Alec Jackson (as second Vice President) at a B'nai B'rith installation ceremony at the Astor Hotel. Ethel Jackson is seated at the far right end of the table.

Members of CCCA committee

The community service committee of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge presented a 21-inch 1958 Console Philco TV set to the Jericho Hill School for the deaf. Dr. C. MacDonald, director of the school, reported that the TV set would give his pupils both entertainment and practice with their lip-reading. Photograph is attached to a scrapbook. It depicts those who participated in the presentation (left to right): Chuck Kemp, Paul Tyre, Maurice Lifchus, Dr. C. MacDonald, Alec Jackson, Mr. Cardinall (school recreation officer), and Sam Gordon. Kneeling are two pupils of the school, Ronald Thorpe and Doug Lambert.

Membership + initiation dinner

Photograph depicts Alec Jackson, Sid Greenberg, Josh Abramson, and other members at a B'nai B'rith membership and initiation dinner.

January - 1957

Photograph depicts a newly installed member shaking hands with another member at a B'nai B'rith installation ceremony.

Membership + initiation head table

Photograph depicts (left to right) Alec Jackson, Josh Abramson, an unknown member, an unknown member, Sid Greenberg, an unknown member, Chuck Davis, and Paul Tyer at the head table during a B'nai B'rith membership drive.

Sid Greenberg elected President

Photograph depicts Sid Greenberg and Sara Greenberg standing behind a cake with (back, left to right) Red Lerner, Rae Lerner, Chuck Kemp, Alec Jackson, Ethel Jackson, and others at a B'nai B'rith Lions Gate Lodge event.

[Welcome home Mrs. Helene Tellier]

Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts a group of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge members - (left to right) Maurice Lifchus, Chuck Kemp, an unknown member, Sid Greenberg, and an unknown member - waiting to welcome Helene Tellier back to Vancouver. Tellier underwent a successful deep-freeze operation at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado to repair a congenital heart defect. B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge was instrumental in referring Tellier to the hospital.

Dr. MacDonald (superintendent) and pupils

The community service committee of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge presented a 21-inch 1958 Console Philco TV set to the Jericho Hill School for the deaf. Dr. C. MacDonald, director of the school, reported that the TV set would give his pupils both entertainment and practice with their lip-reading. The photograph is attached to a scrapbook. It depicts Dr. C. MacDonald and three of his pupils admiring the new TV set in its place at the school.

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