From left: His Worship Sarto Fourier, Mayor of Montreal, Mr. Max Fineberg, Parnass, Mr. Leon Levin, President Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Mr. William Hamilton, Post-Master General, Mr. Harry J. Erdrich, Q.C., Chairman, Mr. Samuel Bronfman (who turns the sod), Mr. A.J. Rosenstein, Q.C., Vice-President, Rabbi S.Herschon, Chief Rabbi of Montreal, Miss Jennie Erdrich, Sisterhood President, Mr. Morris Markowitz, President (names from "Two centuries in the life of a synagogue" by Rabbi Solomon Frank, page 66).