Schauder, Adolph

1929 Yearbook

SCHAUDER Adolph, Wholesale General Merchant. Born in Kolomea, Galicia, in 1880. Educated at Kolomea and Vienna. Came to South Africa in 1899. Married in 1906 to Frieda Sheer; has six children. Served in Boer War as Corporal in Prince of Wales' Light Horse; Member of City Council of Port Elizabeth since 1922; has just been re-elected for further three years: Past Master, Lodge Maccabean, S.C., 1000; Founder of Port Elizabeth Hebrew School, and President since 1918; Founder of present United Chevra Kadisha, and President since 1914; Past President and Hon. Life President, Port Elizabeth Jewish Benevolent Society; Past President, Port Elizabeth Orthodox Hebrew Congregation; Past District Councillor, South African Zionist Federation: Chairman, Colonel Kisch 1928 Keren Hayesod Campaign. Postal Address: "Waldhaus," 14 Park Drive, Port Elizabeth.

1967/8 Yearbook

SCHAUDER, Adolph. J.P. Merchant and Industrialist. Born Kolomya, Austria, 16th December, 1880, son of Mendel and Rosal Schauder. Educated at Baron Hirsch. School, Kolomya, and served apprenticeship in Vienna. Came to South Africa 1899. Enlisted as Medical Orderly with the British Forces in the Anglo-Boer War. After demobilisation entered commerce in Port Elizabeth. Director, A. Schauder & Sons (Pty.) Ltd.. Schauder's Investments (Pty.) Ltd. Early began public work in both Jewish and general communities. First elected to Port Elizabeth City Council, 1923. and re-elected continuously thereafter for an unbroken. period of municipal service of 42 years. Helped organise Mayor's Emergency Fund for Unemployed and Distressed during the Depression, 1930-33. Elected Deputy Mayor, Port Elizabeth, 1938-1940: Mayor, 1940-42. Former chairman of Municipal Housing Committee, Port Elizabeth City Council 30,000 municipal houses for all races built under his auspices). Member of National Housing and Planning Commission for 16 years; Chairman, E.P. and Border Regional Committee of the Commission. Awarded Queen's Coronation Medal 1953 for his public services. Awarded Freedom of the City of Port Elizabeth, 1957. Founder and First President, Midlands Area Development Association. Founder and Chairman, Bantu Benevolent Society (which housed and fed aged, crippled and blind Africans at New Brighton Township). Schauder Township for Coloureds named in his honour. Member, P.E. and District School Board for 29 years. Member, P.E. Harbour Board till 1964. Member of Council, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 1946-66. Past President. P.E. Orthodox Hebrew Congregation. Founder, P.E. Hebrew School and P.E. Chevra Kadisha, and President of these institutions for many years. Hon. Life President, P.E. Jewish Benevolent Society. Vice- President, S.A. Jewish Board of Deputies. Founder and President, Ort-Oze in the Eastern Province. Past District Councillor, S.A. Zionist Federation. During World War II was Chief Area Commandant of Port Elizabeth, and first Chairman of the Governor General's War Fund (Port Elizabeth section). Also organised campaigns for other war funds, Life Vice- President, Cape Province Municipal Association. Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Social Science by Rhodes University, 1967. Married the late Frieda Shear, 1906; four sons and two daughters (of whom three are deceased). Add.: Waldhaus, 14 Park Drive: P.O. Box 140, Port Elizabeth.