THE. JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May •7, 1943
Skelly Appointed Hold Annual Parties League of Women
To Direct Fresh For Children's Home Organizations
On Wednesday, May 19, the De-
Air Society Camp troit
League of • the National Elects Officers
Srere Is Re-Elected President
Of Jewish Welfare Federation
Abraham Srere was re-elected president of the Jeiff-
ish Welfare Federation of Detroit, at the last meeting of
the board of governors.
Clarence H. Enggass was re-elected chairman of the
board. The other Federation officers are:
Israel Himelhoch, Henry Meyers and Julian H. Kro-
lik, 'vice-presidents; Maurice Aronsson, treasurer.
Soberoff Gets Leave Here
To Help Form Fund in N.Y.
Home for Jewish Children at
Possesses Rich Background in Denver will hold its annual Members Affiliated Groups
Camping Activities; Red
Urged to Attend Meeting
simultaneous card and Mah Jong
Cross Graduate
Next Weclnes- day
parties in the homes of members
Alex Schreiber, president of
the Fresh Air Society, announced
this week that Alvin Skelly has
been appointed director of the
Fresh Air Camp. His appoint-
Executive Director of Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation
Will Be Associated With Percival Dodge
in New York Organization
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Herman M. Pekarsky, gen-
eral administrative assistant
of the Federation, has been
named acting director in Mr.
Sobeloff's absence.
Before assuming his post in
Detroit in 1937, Mr. Sobeloff, a
native of Baltimore, was engaged
for fifteen years in community
organization and related social
work in New York, as director of
public relations of the -Federa-
tion for the Support of Jewish
Philanthropic Societies, director
of the New York office of the Na-
tional Jewish Hospital at Denver,
director of public information
and education of the Welfare
Council and fund-raising consul-
tant to the Travelers Aid Society
of New York. He also was man-
aging editor of the Jewish Social
Service Quarterly. editor of Bet-
ter Times, social work publica-
tion. and chairman of the Social
Work Publicity Council.
Holds National Post
Mr. Sobeloff is secretary of the
National 1942 Allotment Com-
mittee of the United Jewish Ap-
peal for Overseas and Refugee
Needs, national chairman of the
committees on fund-raising poli-
cies and War Chest relationships
of the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions and. Welfare Funds, a mem-
ber of the executive committee
of the National Conference of
Jewish Social Welfare • and a
member of the board of the
National. Refugee Service.
In Detroit, Mr. Sobeloff is on
the board of the Council of So-
cial Agencies, the executive com-
mittee of the USO and the ex-
ecutive committee of the Mich-
igan Welfare League.
Directed State Bureau
Mr. Pekarsky, before coming to
the Jewish Welfare Federation
in 1939, served as state director
of the Bureau of Old Age Assis-
tance under then Gov. Frank
Murphy, and later as state super-
visor of the Employment Prac-
tices Section of WPA at Lan-
sing.
Mr. Pekarsky was educated in
the Grand Rapids public schools
and the University of Michigan
where he obtained his A.B. de-
gree. He also attended the Grad-
uate School of Jewish Social
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Work and the Graduate School of
Michigan State College. After
graduating from college, Mr.
Pekarsky was appointed national
executive secretary. of Avukah
at New York.
Mr. Pekarsky's first social
work position in 1931 was with
the City Social Service Depart-
ment of Grand Rapids. He subse-
quently became director of tran-
sient activities of the Kentucky
Emergency Relief Administration,
and later returned to Grand
Rapids to become director of so-
cial services of the Kent County
Welfare • Commission under the
chairmanship of Julius H. Am-
berg, now special assistant to the
Secretary of War.
On Faculty of Wayne
Since Sept. 1939, Mr. Pekarsky
has been general administrative
assistant of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, and has been a mem-
ber of the faculty of Wayne Uni-
versity School of Public Affairs
and Social Work.
Mr. Pekarsky is serving as a
member of the program commit-
tee of the National Conference of
Jewish Social Welfare, and as
chairman of the program com-
mittee of the Council of Social
Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit.
He is also a member of the Inter-
Organizational Committee on So-
cial Legislation.
From time to time, Mr. Pekar-
sky has had articles published on
social work subjects in profes-
sional journals, such as the Sur-
vey Mid-monthly and Social
Work Technique.
Summitz in Opera
Cast This Sunday
Allan Summits, Detroit baH-
tone, will appear in the role of
afternoon by the Cavalleria Rus-
ticana", to be produced Sunday
afternoon by the Michigan Opera
Co. at the Scottish Rite Cathedral
of the Masonic Temple. There is
a chorus of 50 voices. A ballet
will feature the performance.
Others in the cast are Riccardo
Vivaldi, tenor, and Florence
Wentzel, dramatic soprano.
Mr. Summits is a pupil of Max
Levy.
and friends. Proceeds will be
sent to the Home at Denver which
cares for underprivileged chil-
dren.
William Cohen, superintendent
of the Home says: "For 35 years
our Home has played an import-
ant part in the- program of child
care and child health. We need
more money for the maintenance
of our Home for all costs are
higher. We must double our
efforts."
Mrs. Maurice Schwartz is the
General Chairman of the May 19
project. Mrs. Joseph Slatkin is
ticket chairman, and Mrs. Na-
than C. Kanterman and Mrs. Lou
Burns are chairmen of the hos-
tess committee.
Mlawer Verein Auxiliary
Holds Banquet Monday
ALVIN SKELLY
ment was confirmed at the meet-
ing of the board of directors held
-
- -
at the Jewish Community Center
on April 27.
Mr. Skelly possesses a rich
background of experience in
both camping and educational ac-
tivities. For the last six years he
has been associated with Lt. Lou
Handler as assistant director at
Camp Tamakwa.
He is an American Red Cross
examiner and is a graduate of
the American Red Cross Insti-
tute. He is a graduate of Michi-
gan State College and Wayne
University College of Education,
and is now with the Detroit
Public School system.
The eighth annual Mothers and
Daughters banquet of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Mlawer Verein
will be held Monday at 6:30 p.
m. at Pereira's, 9925 Dexter
Blvd.
Mrs. Louis Semansky is chair-
man and Mrs. Jay Klayman, co-
chairman. For reservations call
Mrs. Semansky; TR. 2-4053, or
Mrs. I. Burnstein, program chair-
man who has arranged the en-
tertainment for the . evening.
There will be a humorous play by
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Prizes will be awarded the
oldest mother and the mother
with the most daughters present.
Let's Be Practical This Year
At one time he was a staff
member of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center.
Mlawer Umgegend Verein will
sponsor a card party next Wed-
nesday evening at Workmen's
Civic Center, 11529 Linwood. Is-
rael Burnstein is chairman and
Joe Greenbaum co-chairman.
Proceeds will go for charitable.
purposes. There will be refresh-
ments. H. H. Bierman, president
of the Verein, announces that at
the last meeting $6,500 of War
Bonds were sold.
The Leagtie. of JeWish• Women's
Organizations will ,hold its annual
meeting and election of officers
next Wednesday, at 2 p. m., in
the Shaarey • Zedek Social Hall. •
"Victory Varieties," an orig-
inal musical presentation, will be
given by the Youth Education
League. This sketch was written
and directed by Mrs. Jesse Rosen.
The cast is composed of memberS
of the Youth Education League
with Mrs. William P. Greenberg
as mistress of ceremonies. Miss
Setta Robinson is chairman of the
program committee.
Mrs. Louis James Rosenberg
urges members of affiliated or --
ganizations to attend. She reports
that the League cooperated in the
sale of War Bonds. Through the
efforts of Mrs. Harry L. Jackson
and Mrs. Carl Schiller, affiliated
clubs were enlisted in a program
of sending packages and deli-
cacies to soldiers at Camp Brady
and other Michigan military
points. Refreshments were served
by affiliated groups at the USO.
Also, cooperation was given Red
Cross units, Draft Boards and
other war offices.
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