1929 Yearbook
KROOMER, Hessel, Produce Merchant. Born in Kreitzburg, Latvia, in 1880. Educated at Jacobstadt. Came to South Africa in 1897. Married in 1905 to Hannah Falkenstein; has six children. Member of the Johannesburg Town Council; 2 years Chairman of the Public Health Committee; 2 years member of the Johannesburg Hospital Board; 2 years on General Purposes Committee; 2 years on Parks and Estates Committee; 2 years on Works Committee; 1 year on Water Committee; 1 year on Native Affairs Committee; 5 years Chairman Denver, Cleveland, Malvern Ratepayers' Association; 3 years Chairman of the South African Party, Jeppe Division; Commissioner of Oaths since June, 1921; Chairman for 5 years, Jeppe and Eastern Districts Talmud Torah; ex-Vice-Chairman Ferreira Talmud Torah; Hon. Treasurer of the Chevra Kadisha, 1915 to 1924; Member of the Executive, S.A. Jewish Board of Deputies for 4 years; Life Hon. Treasurer for the Knesses Israel Congregation; one of the Founders and President of the Kurland-Riga and Lifland Society: Member of Johannesburg Zionist Association. Postal Address: P.O. Box 5046; or 476 Main Street, Belgravia, Johannesburg.
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