THE JEWISH NEWS-7
Clarence H. Enggass, Diligent
Community Leader, Reaches 65
Friday. July 9, 1943
David S. Isenberg
Dies at Age of 108
One of Detroit's most devoted community leaders, Clarence H.
Enggass, will celebrate his 65th birthday July 15. Noted for his un-
flagging efforts for the betterment of humanity, Enggass is acclaimed
in mercantile circleS, as well as in almost every phase of Jewish
communal life.
He was born in Detroit, July 15, 1883, the son of Adolph and
Barbara (Hirschman) Enggass,4,
and attended the Detroit public has been a member of the execu-
schools. In .1903 he entered his tive committee of the East Cen-
father's business, the Enggass tral Region of the Council of
Jewelry Co., of which he became Jewish Federations and Welfare
secretary in 1905 and president in Funds.
1923.
His interest in Jewish affairs is
Clarence Enggass has never per- not centered in this country alone,
mitted preference for any single as is shown by his membership in
cause to keep him from partici- the Zionist Organization of Amer --
pating in all movements which ica. He also has been a board
serve to better the public wel- member of the Zionist Organiza-
fare. In the Jewish community, tion of 'Detroit.
he is perhaps best known as pres-
Enggass has maintained his
ident of the Jewish Welfare Fed- family's long-standing affiliation
m
with Temple Beth El, which was
first organized in the home_ of
his great-grandfather, Isaac Coz-
ens.
In the community at large,
Enggass is equally prominent. He
is a member of the executive
board of the Detroit Community
Chest. and is member of the
Retail Merchants' Association, the
Economic Club, the Detroit Mu-
seum of Art Founders' Society,
the Board of Commerce, Franklin
Hills Country Club, Great Lakes
Club and the Grill Club.
To this diligent worker and
leader, on his 65th birthday, the
community extends its felicita-
tions.
David S. Isenberg, believed to
have been Detroit's oldest resi-
dent, who recently moved to Los
Angeles, died there June 30 at
the age of 108. His Detroit home
was at 2711 Burlingame.
Born near Minsk, Russia, in
1840, he came to the United
States 60 years ago and lived in
Detroit 27 years. He was married
three times. Eight of his 13 chil-
dren survive,. -Twelve of them
were born to his third wife, to
whom he was married 63 years
and who died eight years ago.
He is survived by four sons,
Louis, 2482 Hazelwood, Detroit;
William, Morris and Abraham,
Los Angeles; four daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Davidson, 2745 Bur-
lingame, Detroit, Mrs. Edith La-
Zebnik, Jackson, Mich., Mrs.
Rose Siegelman, Los Angeles,
and Mrs. Janet Suprik, Tel Aviv,
Israel; 42 grandchildren, 12 great-
grandchildren and three great-
great-grandchildren.
Hordes' 55th Birthday Spurs Efforts
To Complete Forest in His Honor
William Hordes' 55th birthday
on July 3 spurred efforts among
his friends for tree planting in
the State of Israel, to help cona7
plete the Hordes Forest being
planted in his honor on Jewish
National Fund soil as a project
of the _ JNF Council of Detroit.
The - planting of the Hordes
Named to Seminary Post
Rabbi Bernard Segal, execu-
tive vice-president of the Rab-
binical Assembly of America,
and t h e first
•Jewish chaplain
to be called to
active duty with
the United
States Army in
World War II,
has been ap-
pointed to the
; post of assist-
ant to the presi-
dent of the Jew-
Rabbi • Segal ish Theological
Seminary . of
America, it was ‘ announced by
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, president
of the Seminary. Ile will. as-
sume his new duties on Sept 1.
Educating Children
A Jew once boasted that he had
four sons, and every one of them
CLARENCE IL ENGGASS
an intellectual: "Two are doctors,
eration, a post he held from 1933 one is a lawyer, and the fourth is
to 1938. He also has served as a a scientist."
"And yoU," he was asked.
member of the Federation board
of governors as well as on the "What do you do?"
"I am a business man," he re-
boards of the Detroit Service
Group, United Jewish Charities, plied. "My shop is not very big,
Jewish Social Service Bureau, but, thank _God, it brings in
Jewish Community Center and enough for me to support all of
Refugee Resettlement Service. He them."
WILLIAM HORDES
Forest in Israel is part of the
1948 labor Zionist project for the
JNF. Mr. Hordes is chairman of
this year's project. He is the
chairman of the administrative
committee of the JNF Council
of Detroit.
Prior to being named chairman
of the JNF administrative corn-
mittee, Mr. Hordes was president
of the JNF Council for five years.
During his administration, in-
come of the JNF in Detroit rose
five-fold.
Born in Rtissia, Mr. Hordes,
who has been a Zionist since 1905
when he joined the Young Poale
Zion, came to this country Jan.
10, 1914, settling in New York.
He came to Detroit in 1915 and
has been in the insurance busi-
ness since 1919.
Mr. and Mrs. Hordes arid their
son, Earl, a World War II vet-
eran who served overseas, reside
at 2308 Calvert. Another son,
Herbert, is in the State of IsraeL
Their daughter, Mrs. Edward.
Wishnetsky, resides in New York.
They have two grandchildren,
the children of the Wishnetskys.
The first film in a new series
of monthly news reviews issued
under the general title of "Israel
Today," was released on a world-
wide basis by Palestine Filins.
The films will treat various as-
pects of life in the new Jewish
state.
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