America "wish Periodical Ceder Friday, May 17, 1946 CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE HISTORY OF JEWS IN MICHIGAN and The Legal Chronicle Jewish Juniors Biographical Sketches of Detroit Jews 1850-1860 Emanuel and Seligman Schloss 1 Twice Pisgah President Seligman Schloss served twice as president of Pisgah Lodge Bnai Brith and as president of Temple Beth El. In 1903 he contributed to the United Jewish Charities the largest gift made by a single in- dividual in the history of Detroit Jewry as a memorial to his wife, which became known as the Han- nah Schloss Memorial Building, headquarters of the United Jewisn Charities. His wife was Hannah Weichselbaum, daughter of Charles and Carolina Weiphselbaum, early residents of Dcoit. She served as president of the Ladies Society for the Support of Widows and Orphans. They were the parents of Albert, Clara (Mrs. Emanuel Adler), Murray and Jessy. Their grandchildren are: Mrs. Lawrence Lang (Helen Schloss), Frederick Adler, Helen Adler, Frances Adler and her twin sister. Emanuel Schloss died in 1910 SELIGMAN SCHLOSS and Seligman in 1913. (Next week's article will be a biographical sketch of Martin an.l Magnus Butzel.) WOCIIVICWIMIMIMIC3IMSWe MOSS ' KOSHER CATERING CO. 5028 Joy Road near Grand River TYler 4.9221 .7e. BLUMA NAGLER Bluma Nagler, president of the National Council of Jewish Jun- iors, announces that plans have been completed for the dinner dance to be given by the organi- zation on June 1 in the Cham- pagne Room of the Penobscot Club. Reservations must be in by May 27. Chairman of the dating bureau is Shirley Small. For reservations, call Pearl Shanbom, TY. 4-4780; Gertrude Stullberg, TY. 6-6462, or Lili Basch, TY. 7-7542. Rosenwald Post To Honor Dead Sponsoring an outdoor inter- memorial service, members of the Julius Rosenwald Post 218, Amer- ican Legion, will honor their friends and neighbors who were killed in World War II. The serv- ice will take place at 2:30 p.m.. Sunday, May 26, at the Central High School recreation field. A parade, beginning at 1:45 p.m., will precede the services. Army personnel, Legion veterans of both wars, Jewish War Veterans, boy scouts and others will participate. Gold star families can obtain reserved seats by calling Joseph Shapiro, TOwnsend 8-2808. Poppy Headquarters for the Ro- senwald Post have been opened on the corner of Lawrence and Dexter. COLD-STUFFED NOSE? Open up the cold blockade in your nose American Jewish Congress Again Calls Convention Yeshivath B. Yehudah Annual confirmation services of Temple Beth El will be held on Sunday, June 2, and at Temple Israel Tuesday evening, June 4. Traditional announcements of receptions at home will ap- pear in the next two issues of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle on May 24 and May 31. Parents of Confirmants are urged to send their notices for insertion in these two issues as soon as possible. There is a charge of one dollar for each insertion. 311M14.11 ■ 0•10 ■ 11081.100 ■■•■■■•■••■■■ 0•11M ■ WW/11, ANNOUNCING THE OPENING of the Offices of DR. BEN BENJAMIN Optometrist Tacked Down Wall to Ur AT 15214 LIVERNOIS CARPETING Cleaned In Your Home ( Also Furniture Cleaning Marking the completion of 30 years since its foundation, Yeshi- vath Beth Yehudah will pay trib- ute to the memory of the late Rabbi Yehudah Leib Levin and other rabbis and laymen who were instrumental in the organ- ization of the school, at the an- nual membership meeting to be held at 8:30 p. m. Monday, May 20, in the Mogen Abraham Syna- gogue auditorium, Dexter and Cortland. Cantor David Katzman, of Congregation nnai Moshe, will chant the memorial prayer for the departed leaders of the Insti- tution. Eighteen new directors to serve during the fiscal year be- ginning June 1, will be elected at Monday's meeting. Professor Samuel Levin, head of the Department of Economics at Wayne University, will be guest speaker. The public is invited. Confirmants-At-Home Notices To Appear in Next Two Issues PENETRO NOSE DROPS From the Original Idea to the Post Office. PROF. SAMUEL LEVIN After a lapse of several years caused by wartime restrictions, the American Jewish Congress will convene once again. From headquarters of the A.J.C., a call went out summoning American Jewry to a postwar convention. It will be held from Wednesday, May 29, to Sunday, June 2, 1946, at the Hotel New Yorker in New York City. In the official convention call, it is stated that in addition to the accredited de;egates, all who "are not indifferent to the question of whether or not Israel is to have a future" are invited to come to this National Convention of the A.J.C. and actively participate in shap- ing a realistic program for the American Jewish Community. with fast-acting Penetro Nose Dropa Breathe freer, easier, almost instantly, as they cool, soothe and shrink swollen nasal membranes. Caution: Use only as directed. Generous bottle 25c, 50e. Get 0 0 0000-0-0000-0-0-C8X1-CH0-0-0 Direct Mail Advertising HUGH ALLEN, Advertising CA. 5893 710 Farwell Bldg. To Honor Memory of Sholom Aleichem The city committee of the United Yiddish Folk Organiza- tions is organizing a cultural affair in memory of the great Jewish writer and humorist, Sholom Aleichem, whose 30th memorial anniversary, was marked with an appropriate program last Sun. day evening, May 12, in the Brown Memorial Chapel of Tem- ple Beth El. Sunday's program had included the Yiddish Folk Chorus, con- ducted by Mr. Henry Goldberg, and stage artists Chaim Briss• man, Emilia Babad and Shlamis Newman, who presented t it r e e plays by Sholom Aleichem. Speak- er of the evening was Menashe Unger, of the Jewish daily paper, "The Day". By IRVING I. KATZ Article 16 Emanuel and Seligman Schloss were born in Kleinsteinach, Ba- varia, the former in 1823 and the latter in 1830. They both came to this country in 1840 and became residents of Detroit in 1851. They engaged in the retail trade and in 1853 in the wholesale dry goods business. Their jobbing trade was extended into men's clothing man- ufacturing for which the Lake Su- perior mining country offered a commanding outlet in the early days. Emanuel Schloss served as the president of Temple Beth El. He was married to Rebecca Cozzens, daughter of Isaac and Sophie Cozzens, in whose home Temple Beth El was organized. 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