John Louis Pincus

The South African Jewish Year Book - 1929

PINCUS, John Louis, Solicitor. Commissioner of Oaths. Born in Winburg, O.F.S., in 1904. Educated

at Secondary School, Winburg, and University of Capetown. Past Hon. President, Cape Judean Central

Council and Past Hon. President, Wynberg Jewish Social Club. Postal Address: Maynard Road,

Wynberg, Cape Province.

Obituary

MR. J. L. PINCUS DIES WHILE PLAYING BOWLS

Cape Town - A world tournament bowler, Mr. John Louis Pincus, collapsed and died while taking part in

a mid-week competition game at the Shell Bowling Club this week.

Mr Pincus, who was 60, was born in Winburg, Orange Free State, and came to Cape Town as a law

student in 1920. He was admitted to the sidebar in 1925 and practised in Wynburg, up to the time of his

death.

Mr Pincus represented South Africa in the world bowls tournament in Seattle, U.S.A., in 1962, and was

in the rink which came second. He was elected to the executive of the W.P. Bowling Association during

1963.

Mr C.E. Cuff, Chief Magistrate at the Wynberg Magistrate's Court, paid tribute to Mr Pincus at a

gathering of magistrates court officials and legal practitioners.

SCOUTMASTER

Mr Pincus was one of the first Jewish Scoutmasters in Cape Town, and took a very keen interest in all

Jewish Activities. He was on the executive of the Young Israel Society - an organisation of which his

late brother, Dr J. V. Pincus, was one of the founders.

Mr Pincus was also a committee member of the Muizenberg Hebrew Congregation. Representatives

from most of the bowling clubs in the Peninsula, and from the legal profession were present at the funeral

which took place at the Jewish Cemetery in Muizenberg.

Mr Pincus is survived by his sister, Mrs Babs Genn, of Durban, and his brother, Mr Sia Pincus, of

Johannesburg.