Saul Ross,
Swastika Station Agent
Saul Ross 1925
Interview of Eddie Duke
"You know, I don't know if I mentioned this before
but Mr. Saul Ross, who has appeared in some of
these pictures, and I told you who was at one time
the station agent at the station in Swastika, well we
once had a visit from quite a famous Rabbi by the
name of Rabbi Zacks. And Zacks uh, was the Rabbi
at one of the largest synagogues in Toronto and had
also been a Rabbi in New York and a Rabbi in, over
the world more or less. When he came to speak to
us one time, he was the main speaker for a, a fund
drive or something, but I forget what the occasion
was, but this is what he opened with, I can remember it like it is verbatim, he says,
'I've been to stations all over the world. I've been in stations in England. I've been in stations in Europe and in Russia and in France and in the United States,' he says, 'and in all the stations I have been in, the only station I was ever in that had a Jewish station agent was in a town called Swastika.'" (Marlene laughed, "That's really something, isn't it?") "Yeah, the tie in, you know, the fact that very few Jews worked as station agents and also in a town called Swastika." (Marlene commented, "That is quite something.") "I can still remember that so vividly."
Saul Ross,
Swastika Station Agent
Interview of Eddie Duke
"You know, I don't know if I mentioned this before but Mr. Saul Ross, who has appeared in some of these pictures, and I told you who was at one time the station agent at the station in Swastika, well we once had a visit from quite a famous Rabbi by the name of Rabbi Zacks. And Zacks uh, was the Rabbi at one of the largest synagogues in Toronto and had also been a Rabbi in New York and a Rabbi in, over the world more or less. When he came to speak to us one time, he was the main speaker for a, a fund drive or something, but I forget what the occasion was, but this is what he opened with, I can remember it like it is verbatim, he says,
'I've been to stations all over the world. I've been in stations in England. I've been in stations in Europe and in Russia and in France and in the United States,' he says, 'and in all the stations I have been in, the only station I was ever in that had a Jewish station agent was in a town called Swastika.'" (Marlene laughed, "That's really something, isn't it?") "Yeah, the tie in, you know, the fact that very few Jews worked as station agents and also in a town called Swastika." (Marlene commented, "That is quite something.") "I can still remember that so vividly."
Swastika Station Agent
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| Saul Ross 1925 |
"You know, I don't know if I mentioned this before but Mr. Saul Ross, who has appeared in some of these pictures, and I told you who was at one time the station agent at the station in Swastika, well we once had a visit from quite a famous Rabbi by the name of Rabbi Zacks. And Zacks uh, was the Rabbi at one of the largest synagogues in Toronto and had also been a Rabbi in New York and a Rabbi in, over the world more or less. When he came to speak to us one time, he was the main speaker for a, a fund drive or something, but I forget what the occasion was, but this is what he opened with, I can remember it like it is verbatim, he says,
'I've been to stations all over the world. I've been in stations in England. I've been in stations in Europe and in Russia and in France and in the United States,' he says, 'and in all the stations I have been in, the only station I was ever in that had a Jewish station agent was in a town called Swastika.'" (Marlene laughed, "That's really something, isn't it?") "Yeah, the tie in, you know, the fact that very few Jews worked as station agents and also in a town called Swastika." (Marlene commented, "That is quite something.") "I can still remember that so vividly."
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