A trip down Eastern Cape memory lane

Sheila Meyerowitz ( née Klaff ), Johannesburg

He assisted in the mayoral services in Queenstown for Mr M Paul on the two occasions that the latter was inducted as mayor- in 1954 and 1955. Mr Paul was the owner of a hotel in Queenstown.

My father also assisted at the Civic Divine Service held in Queenstown on Sunday, March 3, 1957.

Our cousins – Morris and Nettie Shapiro – lived in King William’s Town (another small town in the Eastern Cape) and ran a successful textile company from the mid-1920s – King Clothing Manufacturers.

Morris semi-retired in 1962 and after his wife’s death in 1969, lived with his daughter, Toonie, in East London. He was still active in various projects until his death in 1991.