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Thursday, July 27, 1950
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Page 12
All in a Day at Camp Northwest
Center Camp
Runs Gamut
of Activities
It hardly pays to leave town
for a vacation, if you're between
four and 12, that is.
This group of pictures, taken at
• Camp Northwest, one of four day
• camps operated by the Jewish
Community Center, illustrate
some of the variety of activities
• offered stay-at-home youngsters.
Swimming is still the backbone
of the program, along with out-
door play on' the swings and
slides and on the ball-diamond.
But the children look forward
to their hobby hour, when they
take their choice of a variety of
. group activities. Some occupy
themselves with leather crafting,
modelling in clay, painting. The
quiet ones play games or listen
to a story.
One group practices a singing
skit for the afternoon's assembly.
A batch goes hiking in the woods
bordering Schulze playfield. An-
other ranges in a circle for box-
ing or Indian wrestling.
The littlest ones, 4 and 5 year
olds, take off for a tour of a
fire station. (All other Center
camps start with 6-year olds;
Camp Northwest's registration of
younger children was an experi-
ment—and a highly successful
one.)
After lunch all children have
a rest period. Following the after-
noon swim, the camp has assem-
bly. The children take turns in
• presenting dramatic or musical
entertainment.
Every Friday afternoon, the
campers celebrate Oneg Shabbat.
•A camper lights the candles, the
children eat their Challah and
grape juice and give themselves
up to quiet contemplation.
Each day camp also spends one
day a week at Camp Davidson,
the Center's new country camp
site near Pine Lake.
Now in its second year, Camp
Northwest was the first program
of the Jewish Community Center
to serve this rapidly growing
area. Last year a program of
neighborhood clubs for children
six to 12, meeting in members'
homes, was initiated.
This fall, it is planning to ex-
tend the club program to other
age groups. A Northwest Branch
office of the Jewish Community
center has been opened at 18677
11.,ivernois. It will offer a coin-,
plete program for teen-agers —
clubs, sports and social events,
and an extensive adult education
program.
Mrs. Jeannette Katz is super-
visor of the Northwest Branch
and Samuel Milan is program
supervisor of Camp Northwest.
Mrs. Louis Redstone is chairman
of the temporary steering com-
mittee, composed of parents and
community-minded persons of
the area who assist in program-
ming and in equipping the new
branch.
Pamphlet Completed
on Textbook Prejudice
Center Lists Week's Events
A pamphlet entitled "Prejudice
in Textbooks" has been complet-
ed and is ready for distribution
as a new weapon in the arsenal
of democracy to fight bigotry and
distrimination, it was announced
by Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, presi-
dent of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews. which ini-
tiated and financed a study of
the books used in American ele-
mentary and secondary schools.
The 30-page pamphlet was writ-
ter by Maxwell S. Stewart and
if No. 160 in the series of brief,
factual, twenty-cent pamphlets
issued by the Public Affairs Com-
mittee, a non-profit, educational
organization at 22 East 38th
Street, New York City.
The television concert series of
the Jewish Community Center
continues at 8:30 p.m. Monday in
the Television Lounge of the
Dexter-Davison Branch. Vladimir
Golschmann, conductor of the St.
Louis Symphony, will direct the
New York Philharmonic Orches-
tra. Following the concert, classi-
cal records will be played and
refreshments will be served.
An outdoor social will be held
Whether for the latest news or
the best in advertising, it always
pays to read the Jewish Chronicle
She
year round.
—Photos by Benyas.
at the camp with voices raised in song, Anita Neiman is the
counsellor; "look out below," shouts a diver at the camp's after-
noon swim. The botttoin row shows, left to right, Stephen August
and Jerry Rubin exchanging roundhouse swings as part of the
athletic program of the camp; and four and five-year-old campers
visiting a fire station.
Shown above are scenes in a typical day's activities at the Jewish
Community Center's day camp, Camp Northwest. The top row
shows left to right, Philip Levy swinging four bats as he steps
to the plate; young campers modeling clay ashtrays for their
parents as volunteer counsellor Lois Karbel, shows them how; and
time out for lunch, Melvin Burstein is the fellow with' the big
appetite. The center row, left to right, shows an Oneg Shabbat
W vow horn the
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DE LUXE
WINES
MILAN. WINERIES, DETROIT. MICHIGAN
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Wednesday evening, Aug. 2, in
the court of the Woodward center.
Classical music, dancing and re-
freshments will comprise the eve-
ning. "Marriage Today," a film
providing dramatic treatment of
the ideals and goals of adult love
will be shown at 9 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 3, in the outdoor court of the ties will include swimming and
Woodward center. Dr. Louis L. bicycling.
Kazdan, physician, will comment
on the film and lead the discus-
BEAUTIFUL
sion to follow.
The Center will sponsor a pic-
nic and wienie roast at Rouge
Park, Sunday, Aug. 6. Members
will assemble at 2 p.m. at the
Dexter-Davison Branch, Activi-
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