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Sign: Kfar Shmuel - Watch tower


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Derekh ha-Tirosh, Kfar Shmu’el, Israel
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On the sign:
מגדל שמירה
בין השנים 1968-1950 הכפר היה ישוב ספר.
עד שנת 1960 היה מוצב בלילות שומר בראש המגדל, השומר, איש מילואים שהוצב ביוזמת צה"ל או חבר מחברי המושב. השומרים נהגו להפעיל את הזרקור שהיה בראש המגדל.
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The tower was photographed by the same photographer on the same day Click for a larger image

Another sign found nearby was photographed on the same day by the same photographer, and it says:
מגדל זה שופץ לזכרם של
רחל ויעקב וייס
ממקימי המושב, אשר עלו לקרקע בספטמבר 1950.
יעקב וייס היה רכז הביטחון (רב"ש) הראשון במושב במסגרת משמר הגבול.
הישוב היה ישוב ספר עד 1967. נדרשה נוכחות בטחונית 24 שעות ביממה

1953 קורס קציני חי"ר - מחנה 80

שופץ ע"י משפחות וייס ופז לדורותיהן

[translation]
This tower was renovated in memory of
Rachel and Jacob Weiss
from the founders of the moshav, who went up to the ground in September 1950.
Yaakov Weiss was the first security coordinator in the Moshav as part of the Border Guard.
The settlement was a border settlement until 1967. A 24-hour security presence was required

Photo (probably of Jacob Weiss)
1953 Infantry Officers Course - Camp 80

Renovated by the Weiss and Paz families for generations
Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
Watchtower
Between the years 1950-1968 the village was a Sefar settlement.
Until 1960, a guard was stationed at night at the top of the tower, the guard, a reservist who was placed at the initiative of the IDF or a member of the moshav. The guards used to turn on the searchlight that was at the top of the tower.
The rotating searchlight was used for signaling and defense observations against infiltrators across the Jordanian border.



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