Excerpt from Fiftieth Anniversary of the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, Ohio, 1868-1918
Forty years are passed since I had been elected as Superintendent of the Orphan Asylum. On the 12th of May, 1878, at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees and Directors, held at Cincinnati, in the home of the late Mr. Abraham Aub, I and my wife of sainted memory had been elected Superintendent and Matron, to enter upon our duties in July, following the tenth anniversary of the institution. I then had been a Trustee, representing District No. 2, I. O. B. B., and also the Recording Secretary of the Board.
My official connection with the Orphan Asylum dated back to January, 1875, when, at a meeting of District Grand Lodge No. 2, held at Indianapolis, I was elected as a Trustee of the Orphan Asylum in place of Mr. Abr. Kramer of St. Louis, who had refused to accept the office. I was then Rabbi of B'nai-El Congregation, in St. Louis, having occupied this pulpit since my arrival in this country, in August, 1870.
In April, 1875, I made my first appearance in the Orphan Asylum at the quarterly meeting of the Board. Since that time I attended every quarterly meeting of the Board, traveling the respectable distance from St. Louis to Cleveland at my own expense. Mr. Louis Aufrecht and his wife, who had been the first Superintendent and Matron of the Asylum, invited me to stop with them during my visit at Cleveland, which always lasted from Friday morning until Monday night. I gladly availed myself of their kindness, thus decreasing my expenses in not needing to pay a hotel bill. Another advantage I gained by my stopping at the Orphan Asylum, which consisted therein, that I learned to know the inner working of the institution and becoming acquainted with the children.
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