Weisman Honored
In Golden Book
Pecuior People
simplify life, and since socks are
not absolutely necessary, he
doesn't Wear them.
Twenty-five years ago, they
used to like to tell these stories
about another great Jewish
m a t h e m a tician, Prof. James
Joseph Sylvester of Johns Hop-
kins.
One story had it that Sylvester
once kept walking along the
street, lost in thought, one foot
As a matter of fact, it'isgener- on the street and the other_ in
ally the great and profound mho. the gutter, and then remarked
seem most rife in peculiarities., that one of his legs must be
The stories are many about the shorter than the other. Then
absent-minded professor who put there was the story how Sylves-
his umbrella in bed and stood ter once mistook the back of a
himSelf in the corner all : night. carriage for his blackboard, and
Went running .after the carriage,
These absent-minded stories
dOm have a hod carrier or plain working out some mathematical
equation on the carriage back,
Joe Doakes for. their subject..
There are many stories told of
I got lb thinking about this the
other day, when sorrieone men- Solomon Schechter. "I see, Prof.
tioned with horror that Prof. Schechter, some of the egg of
Albert Einstein: -.does riot. wear' your breakfast athis morning is
any socks. I 'don't see why this , on your - coat."
is so peculiar in Einstein. After' "No," replied Schechter, "that
all, many of the women now- was from yesterday's breakfast."
When Prof. Schechter first
adays go stockingless. If the
women can do it, why shouldn't came to the fadulty of Cambridge
Einstein? Not so Many years University, a Catholic theologian
ago, there used to be a man in once paid him a visit. He sent
Congress who was called "Sock- in his card to Schechter. It read:
less Jerry Simpson" and who "Father Nott, Society of Jesus."
When Father Nott was usher-
represented Kansas. One day,
he rose in Congress, read some ed into Schechter's • presence,
figures showing how the protec- Schechter said to him: "You
tive tariff increases the cost of know, I am a Jew and I dislike
clothes, and ended by saying Jesuits, so now let's be friends."
That was a peculiar approach,
that Americans pay 50 percent
more for their socks on account but it's peculiarity lies in its
of the tariff. As a protest against great honesty, which could only
the tariff, he announced that come from a great man—and it
thereafter he would wear no w o r k e d. Father Nott and
Schechter became friends.
Socks.
The story is told that a lady
once wanted him to show her Histadrut Receives
whether . he really didn't wear
socks. Simpson replied he be- Additional Donations
lieved in reciprocity.
Contributions continue to
Today Simpson wouldn't have
to make such a remark, •for girls reach daily the office of the
take the not wearing of socks Detroit Palestine Histadrut Com-
quite casually. Simpson dis- mittee for -the Special-Emergency
carded socks as a protest against Histadrut Fund, according to
the tariff. Einstein doesn't wear Harry Schumer, chairman. In
them for a different reason. He many cases, he said, they are in
once explained that he tries to addition to contributions made
to the regular Histadrut cam-
paign.
Large sums were received from
the following groups during the
past few weeks:
Nichaniin Family Club, Larry Nich-
CHARLOTTE WATERSTONE
amin, representative; Jewish Social
has been named chairman of Club through Morris Zelby; Shed-
program and activities for na- litzer Verein through Sam Chereshnia;
"Ezra," American Federation of Pol-
tional Bnai Brith Young Women. ish
Jews, Mrs. M. Garnick, president,
HARRY MIRVIS is chairman of Mrs. Morris Weinberg, secretary, and
Mrs. Mary Goldfeder, treasurer; Wed-
Jewish education for national nesday Evening Social Club through
Bnai Brith Young Men. Both are Mrs. Rose Rosenblatt; Bialastocker
Aid Society, Ruben Galschinsky,
Detroiters.
president, M. Zeidman, vice president.
* * *
Guests at the home of Mrs. G.
An all-day excursion to Put- Willens gave the contents of a
in-Bay is planned by CHAPTER special "puskhe" to Histadrut.
ONE, ZOD, for Sunday, Aug. 15.
An unsolicited contribution
The boat leaves the foot of First was received from a small
St. at 9 a.m.
church group in Ferndale after
* * *
seeing the Histadrut picture,
BNAI MOSHE YPS announces "Gateway to Freedom." The
postponement of its scheduled non-Jewish projectionist started
Aug. 14 Bob-Lo outing, since that the ball rolling by pointing out
is the date of Tisha b'Ab• The what the workers of Israel were
doing to make a home for the
outing will take place Aug. 21,
homeless Jews of Europe.
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
In recognition of his service to
(Copyright, 1948, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency,
Inc.) •
the Zionist Organizatioft, Harold
An ancient quip has it: "Every-
B. Weisman, former president of
Chapter One, ZOD, was present- one is a - little peculiar. If you
are not,•that is your peculiarity?'
We Jews have been called as
a whole "a peculiar people." To
say that a person has a peculiar-
ity is not necessarily to -criticise
"My
1.
WILLIE SHANFIELD (left) and
HAROLD B. WEISMAN
ed with a certificate denoting the
inscription of this name in the
Golden Book of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund.
Willie Shanfield, newly-eIec led
Chapter One president, presented
the certificate at a farewell testi-
monial for Weisman, who left
Detroit Wednesday to take up
residence in Los Angeles.
Center Softball
Team Wins Class
'B' Championship
• With its recent victory, the
Center's Varsity Softball Team
is now Division Champ of the
City Recreation League in Class
"B" competition.
Some of the scores to date are:
Varsity 13, Mercury 3; Varsity
15, Jamaicans - 0; Varsity 4,
Western Electric 3; Varsity 5,
Ranucci 3. This league played
regularly at Roosevelt Field on
Monday nights.
Maurice Stotzky, coach, an-
nounces that the Varsity also
has made the Playoff League,
which meets each Thursday at
the same field.
The group will make a trip to
Cincinnati to compete in the
Mid-west's All-Jewish Center
Tournament. The team, to date,
has made a record of 21'wins
and two defeats.
The team is as follows: Bob
Roth 3b•' Ted Bale; 2b, C.; Al
Berlin, lf.; Bill Litt, lb, lf.; Isa-
dore Rabinowitz lf., rf.; Sol
Iwrey, of.; Harold Phillips, ss.;
Ben Stein, lb.; Jack Kutnick, c.;
Alfred Friedman, p.; Lew Gold,
p.; Meyer. Fleischman, rf.; Sig-
mund Brodie, rf.; Maurice Stotz-
ky, coach; Al Gantz, manager.
Jewish Center
Activities
Aug. 25, the WEDNESDAY
EVENING DISCUSSION GROUP
will have as its guest speaker Dr.
Maurice Floch, prominent psy-
chologist and author. Dr. Floch
will analyze "Sexual Behavior of
the Human Male" by Kinsey,
Pomeroy and Martin, in his talk
entitled "What's Wrong with the
_Kinsey Report." Dr. Floch is staff
psychologist at the House of Cor-
rection in Plymouth, Mich,
* *
The next Center FILM PRE-
SENTATION will be held in the
outdoor court at 8:45 p. m, Mon-
day, Aug. 16. The feature of the
evening will be "Psychiatry in
Action" and "Rehearsal," a Tele-
phone Hour broadcast rehearsal,
e
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ben-
jamin of 18719 Roselawn • an-
nounce the Bar Mitzvah of their
son, Norman, Saturday morning,
Aug. 21, at Beth Tefilo Emanuel
Synagogue, Taylor and Wood-
row Wilson. A reception in his
honor will be held Sept. 26 No.
cards.
*
Because of the anticipated
registration of voters prior to
the Sept. 14 primary election,
the City Election Commission
has arranged to conduct outside
registration stations.
Registrations 'will be accepted
at Northern High School, Wood-
ward and Josephine; Custer
School, Linwood and Midland,
and police precinct stations at
Petoskey and Joy Rd. and Wood-
ward and Seven Mile Rd.
These stations will be open
from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 23,
24 and 25. City Hall will be
open for registration from 8 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m. regularly and until
9 p.m. on those three days.
t FOR BRIDES ONLY !
Luscious, Long Trained, Beauti-
(fullyTrimmed Satin and Crepe
( WEDDING GOWNS to gent:,
Union of Russian , Jews.,..
A
55 W..42nd St.,.New York,18, N.Y.,
ALL SIZES
assistance lit loCating
asks
For Appointments Call
Schwartz, Jack, previous,. name
Avrum Taleisnik, son of IVIeishe
SALLY SIDRIN
Taleisnik of Verchovka, Bratzlav
TO. 8-2346
Uyezd, Podolsky, Obl., sought: by
Abram Beizer, son of Motel, now K
AFTER '7 P. M.
in Odessa.
Seeks Relatives Here
C
Miss Kovalsky Makes
Winter Wedding Plans
* *
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brown of
3262 W. Euclid announce the Bar
Mitzvah of their son, Richard
Martin, Saturday morning, Aug.
21, at Beth Tefilo Emanuel
Synagogue, Taylor and Woodrow
Wilson. A dinner honoring the
Bar Mitzvah will be held Sun-
day, Aug. 22, at the Wilshire
Hotel.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Silver of
2039 Gladstone announce the Bar
Mitzvah of their son, Harold
Bernard, Saturday morning, Aug.
21, at Mishkan Israel Synagogue,
Blaine and Linwood. •A reception .
in his honor will be held from 4
to 3 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at
their home.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zucker
of 1604 W. Euclid. announce the
Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jerome
Saul, Saturday morning, Aug. 21,
at Beth Tefilo Emanuel Syna-
gogue, Taylor and Woodrow Wil-
son. No cards.
MISS GERTRUDE KOVALSKY
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kovalsky
of 1955 Hazelwood announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Gertrude, to David Dwoskin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dwoskin
of 2940 Tyler. A winter wedding
is planned.
Room and Board
Also
Rooms with Kitchen Privileges
SPECIAL RATES ....
FOR MONTH OF AUGUST
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Joseph
Wallace wishes to express its sin-
cerest thanks to relatives and
friends for the kindnesses shown
them in their recent bereavement.
GIRSON'S
KOSHER
HOUSE
62 South Ave.
Phone 8037
MT. CLEMENS, MICHIGAN
YASHENOVSKY'S
STRICTLY KOSHER
▪North Shore Valley Resort
• FINEST KOSHER FOOD
• PRIVATE ROOMS WITH
• CHILDREN'S DINING ROOM
SHOWER
• LOUNGE AND CARD ROOM
41- COUNSELOR'S FOR
• FEW STEPS FROM BEACH
CHILDREN
• NEAR ALL VACATION ACTIVITIES
SPECIAL RATES — AUG. 13 TO LABOR DAY
Youth Groups
Set Neighborhood Sites
For V"Ote Registration
12—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 13, 1948
ar MilzvakJ
For Reservations Write or Phone
North Side Drive at Webster Ave., South Haven, Mich.
PHONE 427
The Wilshire Kosher Catering Co.
Now Exclusive Caterers
at the
HOTEL PARK AVENUE PENTHOUSE
AND ENGLISH ROOM
serving the same delicious kosher meals.
We also cater SHOWERS - WEDDINGS - BAR MITZVAHS and
ALL SOCIAL AFFAIRS . . . at your home, synagogue or hall.
1.1,11 iliggVANTITA
%To• 2-2825 or TE. 4-1554
and ask for Charlie Marx, Bernie Lefkowitz or Phil Price.
2643 PARK AVENUE
r
wok)
<Now Nor, Nook Nook Noah. ;vow slow vow Nook
Specially Recommended for Hay Fever Sufferers
OnGiarici.Tral;erse Bay
IDETE NAC
Omena, Mich.
LABOR DAY SPECIAL-
_ 3 DAYS . . . . .
••
The Complete Compound for Use
in All Automatic Washings
Machines
• Contains water softener, nothing
_
to add or mix.
• Eliminates soap spas and curds
• Quick rinsing
• Suds controlled
• Makes white • clothes whiter,
colors brighter.
FOR FREE HOME DELIVERY
PHONE HO. 0771
20 °°
Modern
Convenience;
' 1600 Feet Above
Sea Level
Fine Kosher
Style Cooking
Half-Mile Of
Private. Beach
Your children guarded by experienced counselors
Also a Sports Director
Entertainment by National Famous Artists
TED WERBEL and ESTHER BRODEY
In Yiddish and English Programs Daily
For Information and Reservation—Call UN. 3-8650 - TY. 5-3869
Daily 10 A. M.' to 2 P.M.; .5 P. M. to 9 P. M.
Also On Sale At
J. L. HUDSON CO.
CROWLEY MILNER'S
CIANCIOLO'S - McNichols Rd,
TURNER-BROOKS, INC.
Dexter Blvd.
Mfg. By
ABSO-CLEAN
CHEMICAL CO.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
allk VIM\ NOW Vlik NOUN VOW
N
■
■4
VSIO VOR 4101KNI1110. \Milk`e111kJ