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PONTIAC IS ALIVE WITH ACTIVITIES
Season's Greetings
IRA J. GREEN
Motor Sales
GRAHAM-PAIGE
MOTOR CARS
PONTIAC, MICE
PHONE 667
111-113 S. SAGINAW
We Wish All Our Jewish Friends and
Patrons a Happy and Prosperous
New Year
AUSTIN TRUCKING
COMPANY
74 WATER STREET
Phones 250-W and 250-R
Pontiac, Mich.
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Auto Paint & Trim
A. PIFER, Prop.
Lacquer Finish, Winter Body Enclosures
and Fender Repairing
762 ORCHARD LAKE AVENUE
Pontiac, Mich.
Telephone 2137
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A Happy and Prosperous New Year to Our
Jewish Friends and Patrons
GAUKLER'S
ICE AND COAL
42 ORCHARD LAKE AVENUE
Pontiac, Mich.
Telephone 4500
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COMPANY
CAREFUL MOVING
EXPERT PACKING AND
SHIPPING
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE
DETROIT EXPRESS DAILY
123 AUBURN AVE. PONTIAC, MICH.
Greetings of the Season
Season's Gretings
Collin' Clap
Pontiac, Mich.
Shorty's Wrecking
Service
Greetings of the Season
Farm Property a Specialty
R. D. Tyler Agency
14-16 CROFOOT BUILDING
Office Phone 4730
Res. Phone 3468
Insurance
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
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Wrecked or Stalled Cars Towed. A. A. A.
Emergency Road Service. We change Tires,
Start Cars, Deliver Gas and Oil. Mud and
Ditch Pulls.
PHONE 3916
173 SAN FORD
PONTIAC, MICH.
PONTIAC YOUNG
JUDAEA CLUB
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Through the efforts of Jacob
A. Meyer, the Pontiac Young Ju-
daea Club was organized and now
has 18 members.
To stimulate interest in the
club, eligibility for membership is
limited to those who have been
confirmed in the Sunday School.
The boys and girls are active in
dramatics, social activities, the
study of Jewish history, discussion
of current Jewish problems, etc.
Abe Kirschenbaum is president
of the club.
The Season's Greetings
J. L. Marcero & Co.
Distributors of
Lowney'a Chocolates,
El Producto and Dutch
Master Cigars
Season's Greetings
PONTIAC DUNTILE
PRODUCTS CO.
Manufacturers of
"DUNTILE"
For All Building Purposes
BUILDS BETTER HOMES CHEAPER
DRAYTON PLAINS, MICH.
PHONE 2889
45 Perry St. Pontiac, Mich.
Phone 200
A Happy and Prosperous New Year
to All My Jewish Friends
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Rosh Hashonah Greetings from
WARD L. TAYLOR
Company, Inc.
Investment Securities and General
Insurance
L. J. Heenan
302.303 PONTIAC BANK BLDG., Pontiac, Mich.
Telephone 1814
REGISTERED ARCHITECT
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Day and Night Service.
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REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Greetings to You
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"Service That Serves"
Strand Theater Building, Pontiac, Mich.
ROBT. A. VASSE.R
Telephone 1477
Auburn Ave. Frontage, Homes and
Building Lots on the East Side
Pontiac, Mich.
SEASON'S GREETINGS
SINCLAIR
k Great on the Grade
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The
Harry E. Thompson Co.
"THE SHADE SHOP"
Manufacturers of Plain and Fancy Window
Shades
Window Shades Cleaned by New Process
102 E. HURON ST. Cor PARK
Pontiac, Mich.
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8.9 HOTEL WALDRON BLDG.
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Pontiac, Michigan
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Transportation Facilities.
REALTOR
Phone 4548
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Three lines of the Grand Trunk
Railroad enter Pontiac, assuring
ample transportation. Pontiac is,
connected with Detroit, a distance'
of 25 miles, by electric railway '
and two bus lines The city is the
northern terminal of the new'
Wider Woodward Super Highway,
a paved highway 202 feet wide,:
connecting the city with Detroit.
This is one of America's most won-,
(lethal highways. It is electric
lighted the entire distance.
For light and power the city is
served by the Consumers Power
Company, a branch of the Corn-
monwealth Corporation; the water
works is municipally owned, the
water supply is furnished from
deep wells that give the city pure,
cold water.
In the past year Pontiac has an-
nexed 11 square miles of sur-
PONTIAC BOARD OF COMMERCE
rounding territory.
Pontiac has one daily news-
paper, the Pontiac Daily Press,
which exerts a wholesome influence
upon the community, due to the
keen interest of its management
in all that pertains to the civic
welfare of the community. Pon-
The general contract for con- for its completion not later than
tiac also has one weekly paper, the struction of the new 15-story April, 1929.
The assets of the bank have in-
$1,200,000
home of the Peoples
Independent.
Financial, Industrial Fe•tures.
State Bank in Pontiac has been creased 150 per cent in the last
The city has three strong banks awarded to the Everett-Winters year.
and one trust company, with re- Company of Detroit, it has been
sources of $32,000,000. The Pon- announced by J. Kovinsky.
THE FRIDAY NIGHT
tiac Mortgage Investment Com-
When completed, the new build.
LECTURES
pany, with a capital of $1,600,000, ing will have a frontage of 67%
gives encouragement to home feet on North Saginaw street and
builders. Pontiac is especially for- a depth of 140 feet on West Law-
The Friday night lectures at the
rence. The Peoples State Bank Pontiac Jewish Community Center
will occupy the major portion of proved successful. Detroit lec-
the first two floors and basement. turers spoke on matters of impor-
Entry to the bank building and tance in the Jewish community.
the banking quarters will be
Through the efforts and co-op-
gained from a central entrance on eration of Rabbis Leo M. Franklin
and
Leon Pram and William R.
Saginaw street.
The building, extending its 13 Blumenthal, regional direFfor of
stories more than 180 feet in the the United Palestine Appeal for
air, will provide 13 floors of offices Michigan, men were booked for
with 16 suites planned for each number of weeldii-trf deliver ad-
dresses and to lead in Friday eve-
floor.
Structural steel, brick and stone ning services.
will be employed in the building's
Among the speakers, in addition
construction, making it fireproof, to the rabbis and Mr. Blumen-
SIDNEY BARNETT, Prop.
and every modern convenience will thal, were Aaron Kurland, Leon
be incorporated in the offices. Four Kay and many others.
high-speed passenger elevators,
26 S. SAGINAW STREET with a speed of 600 feet per min-
Culture in a woman is better
than gold.
ute, will be installed.
The building was designed by
Culture of heart is better than
the J. W. Cook Corporation of Chi-
cago. Construction schedules call culture of learning.
BERT WILLIAMSON
490 Auburn Ave. Phone 5327
OAKLAND
STORAGE
Phone 1756
Season's Greetings
a
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play a large part in directing rapid
growth along religious lines.
l'ontiac has five service lunch-
eon clubs, the Rotary, Kiwanis,
Lions, Exchange and Civitan, with
a total membership of 300. Their
headquarters and meeting place is'
the Board of Commerce. All of
these clubs take an active part in
the civic advancement of the city.
PEOPLE'S STATE BANK, PONTIAC,
' TO CONSTRUCT $1,200,000 HOME
AUTO PAINTING
Season's Greetings
manufacturers of "Pontiac" ra• lution from the old-time council
dios. WJR broadcasting station, plan; by way of the simple cool-
one of the largest broadcasting mission form, which, while an im.
stations in the country, is located provement, (lid not meet the ex-
here. Many other smaller indus- pectations of the people because
of the difficulty in getting the big-
tries prosper in Pontiac.
IAA year the General Motors gest citizens to take positions on
erected a new plant in Pontiac for the commission as long as all de-
Pontiac is located among the tunate in the financial backing of the manufacture of the Pontiac tails of governmental affairs rest-
wooded hills of beautiful Oakland its principal industries. The Gen- car, at an expense of $15,000,000. ed upon that body. The manager
county. It is surrounded by the era: Motors Corporation has three They also erected a new $8,000,- development of the plan solved
county's 400 clear, spring water large industries in the city: the 000 plant for the manufacture of that difficulty, placing the burden
lakes and is the Summer Wonder- Oakland Motor Car Company, the General Motors Trucks and of organization and executive
land of Michigan. Oakland county manufacturers of the Oakland find Yellow Cabs and Coaches. This work upon the salaried manager,
is one of the largest counties in the Pontiac cars; the General Motors year they have appropriated while the nominally-salaried am-
state. It has hundreds of miles of Truck Company, manufacturers of $3,000,000 for an addition to the mission exercises a supervisory ca-
modern, concrete, gravel and state the General Motors trucks and plant manufacturing the Oakland Pacify over the manager, along
roads. It has 24 golf courses— Yellow Cabs and Coaches, and the cars. Pontiac built 1,069 homes with advisory duties. The per-
some of the finest in the country. Fisher Body Company, manufuc- in 1927. The industrial expansion sonnet of the commission has a thus r
tureen of Oakland, l'ontiac, Chen- this year will require the erection attained a much larger clibe
The country surrounding Pon- rolet and Buick bodies. The Wil- of a large number of new homes almost automatically and the pres-
rat system is given the thorough
fiat contains more beautiful farms
oundry and Machine Cum- and apartments in the city.
Foundry
and country estates than any ter-
Pontiac's
census
in
1910
was
support
of the public.
ritory west of the famous estates Pane, manufacturers of Willys-
Pontiac Board of Commerce
Knight, Whippet and Falcon en- 14,000; in 1920, 34,000, and in
In every city some organization
near New York City.
Pontiac's school system is one of gines, is one of the largest indus- 1928 Polk's Directory estimates must centralize the general activ-
which it is justly proud. Its high tries. It is closely affiliated with its population at 66,632.
employ ity of the city in commedcial and
industries
Pontiac's
school and junior high school are the Willys-Overland Automobile from
15,000 to 19,000 men, with industrial lines and in civic better-
rated as among the most modern Company of Toledo. Other promi-
and beautiful buildings in the nent and thriving industries are an annual payroll of $30,000,000, merit. The Board of Commerce is
t
logic a l organization in Poniac.
country. The grade schools of the the American Forging & Socket The value of the total products in the
It i s the instrumentality thro ugh
city are modern and have been ex. Co., the Pontiac Paint Company, 1927 was $178,000,000
p rising business men
which
enter
punted to meet the recent large Pontiac Varnish Company, Hub-
City Government.
co-operate to make a greater and
bard Spr ing Company, Jig Bushing
growth in its population. Pontiac f Company,
Pontiac has the commission- better city. It concentrates the
Baldwin Rubber Com•
has just voted a bond issue o
oundry, Boice manager form of government. The best business activities of the mu-
Howard Foundry,
$2,000,000
school
ex- It Pansy,
pansion in for
the further
next two
years.
Bros. (manufacturers of brick), success of this system of govern- nicipality and affords an agency
also has two high-grade parochial Pontiac Die Tool and Machine ment is shown on every hand in through which all can work for
The civic uplift. The Board of Com-
Company, the Angle Bumper Com- municipal improvements.
a
schools and,
at miles,
Orchard
lake, St. pany, Oliver Bottling Works, Pun- commission-manager form of gov- coerce of Pontiac is quartered in
distance
of five
is located
theological Oar Packing Company, Hancock ernment has sold itself to the peo- its own home on East Huron
a
Mary's for
Seminary,
school
Polish young
men. The Iron Works, and Pontiac Pattern ple of Pontiac during the eight street. A cafe is maintained, which
membership in 31 churches is and Engineering Company, also years of its operation here. The is open to the general public and
growing rapidly and the churches the Pontiac Radio Laboratories, present form was the result of evo- which is very popular.
PONTIAC, COUNTY SEAT OF OAK-
LAND COUNTY, IS HUMMING WITH
C I V I C, COMMERCIAL AND
INUDSTRIAL ACTIVITIES.
When your car is "taking the grade"
—you feel the power of SINCLAIR
Gasoline. It puts more power and
a new eagerness in your motor.
SINCLAIR is power—full of pep,
punch and pull. When you put
SINCLAIR in your tank, you put
new life in your motor. Try it.
TEN CONVENIENT SERVICE STATIONS
Oakland Oil and Gas Co.
Locally Owned end Operated
590 SOUTH PADDOCK STREET
Pontiac
J. Price Hill, Mgr.
Phone 4100
Paul's Electric
PAUL BAYTARIAN, Prop.
Contracting—Wiring—Repairing—Fixtures
We Wish All Our Jewish Friends and
Patrons a Happy New Year
74 AUBURN STREET
Pontiac, Mich.
Phone 1007-R
Residence 6 Lull Court; Phone 2005-It
HALL'S
GARAGE
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
24-HOUR TOWING SERVICE
SAMUEL HAIMSOHN
General Repairing and Battery Service
Tires, Tubes and Accessories
Owner and Subdivider
Joslyn Heights Subdivision
AUBURN HEIGHTS
Phone 5078
Pontiac, Mich.
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16 S. SAGINAW ST.
Phones 2260-7210-F-5
PONTIAC