THE JEWISH

Friday, April 12, 1946

Aviva Gootman Joins Center
To Direct Junior Activities

Miss Aviva Gootman has been
added to the staff of the Jewish
Center to take charge of the pro-
gram of junior ativities, Samuel
H, Rubiner, Center president, an-
nounces,
Miss .Gootman comes from
Pittsburgh, where she was award-
ed a Master's Degree iii social

MISS AVIVA GOOTMAN

group work by the School of Ap-
plied Social Sciences of the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh.
While at the U. of P., Miss
Gootman did field work at the
YM-WHA where her work in-
cluded leadership of groups, su-
pervision of leaders, planning of
mass activities, general building,
supervision and departmental ad-
ministration.
In Pittsburgh, she also worked
at the Juvenile Court, making
pre-court investigations, attend-
ing court hearings and doing so-
cial work in children's institu-
tions.

2 Servicemen Feted

By JWB ih Detroit

Battle Creek Carnival Win-
ners Given a Holiday Here
Last Week-End

Terminating a two-day carnival
held at the Battle Creek USO
March 27 and 28, the prize of a
week-end trip to Detroit was
awarded to S/Sgt. Rex Seeman
of Minneapolis, Minn., and Sgt.
Edward King of Little Rock, Ar-
kansas. The trip was sponsored
by the Jewish Welfare Board of
Detroit in cooperation with De-
troit restaurants, night clubs and
hotel managers.
The men arrived in Detroit
April 5th and were met by their
dates, Miss Kathleen Graham,' a
teacher at Roosevelt Elementary
School, of 22059 Karl, and Miss
Geanne Shutler of 1611 Tyler.
The program included lunch at
Cliff Bell's, dinners at the Book
Casino. Berman's Chop House
and the Stockholm, the Sinclair
Quiz Club radio program, the
RKO Downtown Theater and
dancing at the Tropics and the
London Chop House. They were
also guests of the Jewish Welfare
Board—USO at the Sunday morn-
ing brunch. Room reservations' for
the boys were taken care of by
the Barium Hotel.

'Jewish Girl Winner
Of Literary Fellowship

BOSTON,.. (WNS)—Jacqueline
Shoet Margoliash of New York,
is the winner of the eleventh an-
nual Houghton Mifflin Literary
Fellowship Award of $2,400 in
fiction. it was disclosed by the
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Entitled "The House of Jacob,"
the novel's thesis is the hope that
the Jews will be able to bring
about a world where "each people
keeps its individuality without
hating or being hated." Miss
Margoliash grew up in Cairo.
She came to this country in 1940
and was graduated from the
Columbia School of Journalism
in 1945. She is now in Egypt
with her family, but expects to
renirn to the U. S. in the fall,
when' she will complete the book.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
the University of Cincinnati,
where she majored in sociology,
Miss Gootman also had extensive
experience in camp work. In 1945
she had charge of the program of
adolescent girls of Camp Wise,
conducted by the Council Educa-
tional Alliance of Cleveland. Her
campers were part of the U. S.
Crop Corps, working for farmers
of the vicinity. Previously she
served on the staff of different
camps conducted by the Habonim
in 1940 and 1941, having been
connected with Camp Kinneret
supported by the Detroit Jewish
National Workers Alliance at
Chelsea, Mich. She had an in-
tensive Jewish training as a grad-
uate of the elementary and high
school departments of the Cin,
cinnati Bureau of Jewish Educa-
tion and as a member of their
college courses.
While still a student in the
High School Department, she was
awarded a scholarship to Pales-
tine where she studied at the
Herzlia Gymnasium in Tel Aviv
during 1937-1938.
Two other Center staff mem-
bers, Harbld Arian and Samuel
Neuschatz, also lived and studied
in Palestine.
Miss Gootman will work with
the committee on Junior Activ-
ities aided by Mrs. Charles Lak-
off, and will supervise the pro-
gram for boys and girls up to 14
in the Center and in Camp Ha-
bonim, of which she is to be the
director.
From her office located in the
Aaron DeRoy Memorial Building,
Miss Gootman will keep in touch
with all phases of children's work
and will be avialable for consul-
tation to parents on any phase of
their children's participation in
the Center program.

JDC and S. African
JWR Sign Pact

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NEWS

Sgt, Bogrow Discharged;
His Brother in Germany

Sgt. Harold Bogrow, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis H. Bogrow of
Gladstone Ave., has been dis-
charged from
service after
three years, with
the army air
forces. He ar-
rived ..in this
country from Is-
tress, France,
mrhere • he was
stationed with
Hq. Sq. 415 Air
SerVice Group in
the fiance de-
partment.
His brother, Milton, who was
inducted in the U. S. army on
July 18, 1946, is now in Grohn,
Germany, attending the radio
school.

A. Deitch Takes Over
Detroit Monument Works

S.

Sidney A. Deitch, who recent-
ly was discharged from the arm-
ed forces, has„.„
taken over the
management o f
the Detroit::::
Monument'
Work s. Deitch
served as 'a first
lieutenant in the
a i r forces. Of
the four years of
service he spent
two overseas
Lt. Deitch
with t h e troop
carrier command. He served in
England, France, Trinidad and
Puerto Rico.

Leonard Bernstein Guest Artist
At Center Concert This Saturday

Mrs. Nathan Simons, chairman
of the Center's music committee,
announces that Leonard Bern-
stein, young and brilliant con-
ductor, composer and pianist, will
be featured in the annual concert
this Saturday evening, in the
main auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center.
Mr. Bernstein became famous
overnight when he substituted
for Bruno Walter with the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra. He
has written the music to two
Broadway hits, "Fancy Free",
and "On the Town", which are
scheduled for nation-wide per-
formances. His "Jeremiah Sym
phony", which is partly based on
Jewish traditional music, has
been performed by leading sym-
phony orchestras with great suc-
cess.

Oppenheim to Accompany

David Oppenheim, formerly of
Detroit, will accompany Mr.
Bernstein on the clarinet in per-
forming the latter's composition,
"The Clarinet Sonata."
Mr. Bernstein will be heard in
the Center in a lecture with
iano illustrations on "What is
American Music".
At present, Mr. Bernstein is
conductor of the New York City
Symphony and one of the most
popular guest conductors in the
country. He is not only one of

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All Seats Sold

Mrs. Paul Broder is chairman
of the ushers committee, which
consists of Mesdames Eugene
Arnfeld, Burt Coleman, Sam
Gross, Alan Grossman, Jerome
Grossman, William Frank, Nor-
man Levey, M. Lurias, James
Stein, Eliott Lipson, Harold Rob-
inson and Oscar Zemon.
Mrs. Simons announced on
Tuesday that all seats for the
Bernstein concert have been sold.

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Jr. Hadassah of Windsor pre-
sents its Spring Fiesta dance at
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JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa
(JTA)—Speaking at a mass meet-
ing here, Dr. Joseph Schwartz,
European director of the Joint
Distribution Committee, an-
nounced the conclusion of a new
agreement between the S. African
Jewish War Appeal and the JDC
in administering relief to the
Jews of Europe.
•• The So. African organization
will render special assistance to
the Jews in Latvia and Lithuania,
he stated. Pointing out that the
JDC already is sending aid to
Baltic countries, Schwartz ex-
pressed the hope that the Soviet
Union would soon permit the
entrance of JDC representatives
to these areas. He also paid
tribute to the aid already given
by the S.A.J.W.A.

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