Ephraim Gluckman managed the affairs of Solomon’s Stores during the time it was owned by Schneier and London. The new owners purchased the business from the Sonnenberg-Rosenblatt families in 1920. In 1922, Ephraim was involved in three legal cases related to Solomon's Stores. In 1933, the business was sold to Ephraim Hechter. This indicates that Ephraim Gluckman was in town during the 1920s. Ephraim was active in local government and served on the town council. He was a bachelor and was joined in Vryburg by his sister Nadia and her husband, Joseph Berman. The couple had three children: Alfred Berman, Stella Berman Saffer, and Irma Starfield. From his estate, we also learn that he had two other sisters—Mina Marks and Fanny Woolf. The duration of the Berman family's stay in Vryburg is not known.

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Joseph and Nadia migrated to the USA. 

 

Like many families in Vryburg, Ephraim came from Talsen. He was the son of Fannie (nee Lipman) and Joseph Berman. From Fannie’s death notice in 1910, we learn she was about 66, and her husband had died roughly 11 years earlier. We also find out that Ephraim supported his mother. After living in Vryburg, Ephraim moved to Johannesburg, and in 1942, he died at Old Homestead in Lyndhurst. This property was owned by Maurice Gluckman – who founded Gluckman Family Traders with his brother Nathan. Maurice’s son, Gerry, interacted with the local Jewish farmers as their agent at the major abattoirs.