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News Brevities

ROOSEVELT BETTER HOME
AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
April 26, to discuss school and
community needs. Dr. Rapport,
-chairman of the school and
community n e e d s committee,
will introduce a speaker from
the Better Schools Association.
Discussion will follow from the
floor.
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MR. AND MRS. NATHAN
ZLATKIN will give a BENEFIT
DINNER April 30 in their home
on Northlawn, in memory of
their parents, Abraham and
Leah Entner. Friends, relatives
and all members of the Ameri-
can Jewish Young Mothers' Club
are invited. Proceeds will go for
Israel causes.

The dance committee of the
SUNDAY NITERS announces a
social mixer dance for Sunday,
April 23, at, the Jewish Center,

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, April 21, 1950

Dexter and Davison branch. Mu-
sic an(' novelty features by Sam
Barnei.., and his orchestra will
be featured.
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BRANCH 114 of Jewish Na-
tional Workers Alliance will
meet at 9 p.m. this Saturday at
the Labor Zionist Institute. Re-
freshments will be served. All
members and • their friends are
invited.
• * *
' On Sunday, April 16, CORN-
FIELD FAMILY CLUB met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Galper. Movies were
shown.
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DURFEE CHAPTER, Better
Schools Association, will meet at
1:30 p.m. \ Tuesday, April 25 in
room 324. Miss Patton of the
Durfee faculty will conduct a
panel on "Home and Family
Living."

Silas Feinberg, of 1 8 0 9 0
Cherrylawn, well known whole-
sale jeweler and leader in fra-
ternal circles, died last Friday at
N. W. branch of Grace Hospital.
Funeral services were held Sun-
day at Lewis Bros. Burial, Clover
Hill.
Feinberg, who was born 51
years ago in Philadelphia, and
has been ai:• ;• ::•• ••
resident o f
Detroit since
1915, was ac-
tive in B n a i
Brith, the
Masonic o r-
der, Congre-
gation Sha-
arey Zedek
and numer-
ous other or-
ganizations.
H e partici-
pated in Al-
lied Jewish
Campaigns .
a n d, before
h i s illness,
w a s known Feinberg
for his ability and wit to serve
as a master of ceremonies at
public events. He was among the
DR. PINKHOS CHURGIN, dean leaders in the wholesale jewelers'
of the Teachers Institute of Yes- field in Michigan.
hiva University, who is being
Surviving . him are his wife,
honored u p o
Fannie; a son, Dr. Paul Fein-
completion of 30
berg, and a daughter, Mrs. Ro-
years of out -
land Levine of Newcastle, Pa.,
standing service
brothers, Harry of Los Angele:,
at the Univer-
David and Albert; sisters, Mrs.
sity. Dr. Chur-
Pauline Coggan and Mrs. Hazel
gin is wid.ely
Barbas, and three grandchildren.
noted as a Jew-:
ish educator,
scholar and
Zionist leader.
He is president
of the Mizrachi.
Organization o
America, editor Dr. Churgin
of the Hebrew journal "Horeb"-
published by Yeshiva University
The family of the late Ben 7
and has written several histori-
cal works including the recent- jamin Lustigman announces the
ly published "Studies in the unveiling of a monument in his
memory at 3 p.m. Sunday, April
Times of the Second Temple".
23, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
* * *
Rabbi Leon Fram will officiate.
COL. CHAIM HERZOG, son Relatives and friends are invited
of Israel Chief Rabbi Isaac Her- to attend the service.
zog, was named military attache
* * *
to the Israel Embassy in Wash-
The family of the late Morris
ington, following the receipt of Krause announces the unveiling
approval from the United States of a monument in his memory at
Defense Department. He will 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at Clover-
leave for the U.S. to take up hill Cemetery. Rabbi Morris Ad-
his new post early in May. DR. ler will officiate. Friends and
SHMUEL ELYASHIV, director of relatives are invited to attend
the Eastern European Division the service.
of the Israel. Foreign Ministry,
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has been named the Jewish
The family of the late Lily
state's Minister to Czechoslova- Stocker announces the unveiling
kia and Hungary.
of a monument in her memory
* * *
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23,
The appointment of EDWIN J. at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
LUKAS, former executive direc- Rabbi Jacob Segal will officiate.
tor of the Society for Prevention Friends and relatives are in-
of Crime, as director of the Civil vited to attend the service.
rights program
of the American
AO? Shoes, Clothing
Jewish Commit-
For School Children
t ee, was an-
Requisitions for used clothing
nounced by Ja-
made by the school attendance
c o b Blaustein,
department to keep needy child-
national presi-
ren in school have almost doub-
dent.of the com-
led during the present school
mittee. Mr. Lu-
year and the situation is rapidly
kas will coordi-
getting worse, according to A. N.
nate t h e civil
Hennigar, attendance director
rights program
Lukas
of the American Jewish Com- for the Board of Education.
H e n nigar
mittee, which embraces educa-
pointed o u t
tional, legislative and litigative
that the
activities on the local, state and
shoes and
national levels.
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clothing nec-
essary to care
LOUIS B. MAYER, motion-
for these
picture executive received the
children must
1950 Gold Medal of Merit from
be secured
the Jewish War Veterans "for
during the
distinguished service on behalf
Spring Public
of world understanding of
School Cloth-
America and the American way
ing Drive
of life." The award was pre-
which will be
sented to him at the 55th anni-
held in all
versary of the organization held
Detroit a n d
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Wayne County public schools
The invocation was delivered by April 24 through May 5.
Francis Cardinal Spellman,
The- drive is sponsored by the
Archbishop of New York.
Public Schools Social Service
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Committee, of which Hennigar
With "What Rabbi Stephen is chairman, in co-operation
S. Wise Meant to the Negro with the Volunteers of America.
Peoeple," • as his theme, REV.
Discarded shoes and clothing
ROBERT BRADBY of the Great- for children and adults should
er King Solomon Baptist Church be taken or sent to a public
pointed out in his sermon last school during the drive period.
Sunday that the "late leader
had fought with all the fiber of
ADOLPH J. SABATH, 84-year
his being against those elements old dean of the House of Repre-
in American life who were not sentatives, won renomination to
only enemies of the Jewish peo- Congress in the Chicago pri-
ple, but the Negro people and maries. He has been a member
all people."
of Congress for 44 years.

People Make News

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GOV. G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
met in Lansing with a
delegation from the Detroit Di-
vision of the American Jewish
Congress and the National As-
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People to receive a
report on "Civil Rights in the
United States in 1949," Thurs-
day, April 20.
* * *
The appointment of JULIUS
LOMNITZ, veteran community
worker, to head the current ac-
tivities of the Joint Distribution
Committee in South and Central
America, succeeding Jacob B.
Lightman in that position, was
announced by Moses A. Leavitt,
executive vice-chairman of JDC.
* * *
MISS KATHARINE F. LEN-
ROOT, chief of.
the U.S.. Chil-
.dren's Bureau,'
who will be the
principal speak::
er at the
annual program
institute of the
JWB Girls' and
Women's. Activi-
ties Committee
in Cincinnati
May 4
Miss Lenroot
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JOHN L. SAVAGE, American
irrigation expert, left Israel fol-
lowing a month's visit during
which he supervised plans for
the development of the country's
water resources. The Israel Gov-
ernment has appropriated ap-
proximately $1,600,000 for the
reclamation of orange groves
abandoned by Arabs who fled
Palestine during the war.
* * *
•
DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER,
former chairman of the Ameri-
can Section of the Jewish Agen-
cy and prominent World Zionist
leader, will be presented a
bronze plaque during the course
of the historical Pageant, "Sa-
lute to . Israel," at Madison
Square Garden, New York, on
May 11, in recognition of his
outstanding services toward the
achievement of Israeli State-
hood, according to an announce-
ment by Benjamin G. Browdy,
president of the Zionist Organi--
zation of America.
* *
HENRY ROSE, vice president
of Sears, Roebuck and Co., has
:been named recipient of the 1950
Honor Award, a silver plaque
presented each year by the Na-
tional Jewish Hospital at Den-
ver.
S * *
Dramatic arts teacher, EVE
MEISTER, announces that she is
available for Mother's Day pro-
grams. She is now preparing her
pupils for their annual drama-
tic costume recital at the Rain-
bow Terrace Catering, on May
24. For reservations call, TO.
7-3589.
* * *
For his "decade of service to
the American Jewish commun-
ity," FRANK L. WEIL, retiring
next month as president of the
National Jewish Welfare Board
after 10 uninterrupted years of
leadership, will be honored at a
tribute dinner in Cincinnati on
aunday evening, May 7.

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Obituaries

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Silas Feinberg Dies

M onument
Unveilings

MORRIS BAKST, 63, of 2511
Monterey, died April 13. His
nephews, Rabbis David and Leo
Bakst officiated at services at
Lewis Bros. Burial, Cloverhill
Cemetery. He is survived by his
wife, Rose; daughters, Mrs. Rita
Kaplan _ and Harriet; a son
Leonard Jay, and a granddaugh-
ter.
* * *
MARIAM BLUM, 44, of 1601
Blaine, died April 12. Rabbi M. J.
Wohlgelenter officiated at
funeral services at Lewis Bros.
Burial, Machpelah Cemetery.
She leaves her husband, Roy;
her mother, Sophie Cohen; a
brother, Charles, and sisters,
Frieda Uronovitz and Rose Kur-
lander of Chicago.
* * *
SARAH ELLSTEIN, 3711 Webb,
died April 10. Services were held
at Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi
Moses Lehrman officiating. She
is survived by her children, Jack,
Sarnuel, Irving, Mrs. David
Cohen, Mrs. Jack Ketai and Mrs.
Ben Fiarman; 14 grandchildren,
and 7 great-grandchildren. In-.
terment, Machpelah Cemetery.
* * *
SAMUEL WIDER, 80, of 9248
Quincy, died April 8. Services
were held at Hebrew Benevolent
Society. Rabbis Joseph Rabino-
witz and Josuha Sperka offi-
ciated. Survived by sons, Samuel
of Detroit and Akivah of Pales-
tine; one sister, Celia Weisman.
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LOUIS WIENER, 51, of 3232
Elmhurst, died April 9. Services
were held at Hebrew Benevolent
Society, interment, Cemetery of
Cong. Mishkan Israel. Rabbi
Isaac Stolman officiated. Sur-
vived by a brother, Hyman.
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MRS. RACHAEL SOLOMON,
80, of 11501 Petosky, died April
10. Services were held at He-
brew Benevolent Society. Rabbis
Max Wohlgelerenter and Jacob
Hoberman officiated. Survived
by a son, Isidore, and three
grandchildren.
* * *
MRS. EVA WEINSTEIN, 70,
of 2981 Monterey, died April 10.
Services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society. Rabbi Jo-
seph Rabinowitz officiated. Sur-
vived by a son, Abraham, and
daughter, Anna Holberstam;
four grandchildren.
▪ * *
JACOB GOLDENBERG, 60,
2642 Gladstone, died April 11.
Services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society. Rabbi Josh-
ua Sperka officiated. Survived
by his wife Annie; sons, Irving,
Louis, and Rubin; daughter; Mrs.
Betty Robinson; 7 grandchild-
ren; 3 brothers; 3 children.
* * *
REV. DAVID MANELA, 66, of
2346 Highland, died April 12.
Services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society, interment,
Cemetery of Cong. Beth Yehu-
dah. Rabbis Joseph Thumir,
Isaac Stolman, Solomon Gru-
skin, Gershon and Frankel offi-
ciated. Survived by his wife
Anna, sons Meyer and Carl and
4 grandchildren.
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ISAAC LENTZER, 14010 Hol-
mur, died April 14. Services were
held at Kaufman Chapel with
Rabbi Frankel and Cantor Gold-
in officiaing. He leaves his
wife,• Dora; two sons, Al and
Joseph; , two daughters, Mrs.
Halperin and Mrs. Earl
Propp' of Chicago. Interment,
Beth Moss Cemetery.

ABRAHAM SCHNEIDER, 2260
Blaine, died April 15. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel
with Rabbi Issac Stollman of-
ficiating. He is survived by his
wife, Libby; one son, Allen , . one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Wolfson;
one sister, Mrs. Joseph Berman;
one brother, Sheyia. Interment,
Machpelah Cemetery.
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ANNA HERMAN, 63, of 4083
Waverly, died April 13. Funeral
services were held at Lewis
Bros., with Rabbi Moses Lehr-
man officiating. Burial, Macphe-
lah Cemetery. She leaves a son,
Aaron, a daughter, .Minnie, and
a brother, Sid Bader of New
York.
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BERTHA LURIE, 19338 Tep-
pert, died April 11. • Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel
with Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick
officiating. She leaves two sons,
Leonard and Sallan; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Beatrice Gampel; two
brothers, Samuel of New York
and Charles Coleman of Los
Angeles; seven grandchildren.
Interment, Clover Hill Park
Cemetery.
* * *
MAX ANKERMAN, 2725 Rich-
ton, died April 11, Services were
held at Kaufman Chapel with
Rabbi Moses Lehrman and Can-
tor David Katzman officiating.
He is survived by his wife, Rose;
one son, Hyman. Interment,
Oakview Cemetery.
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GERTRUDE GORNBEIN, 2933
Glendale, died April 13. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel
with Rabbi Morris Adler and
Cantor Hyman Adler officiating.
She is survived by her husband,
David; one son, Aaron; one
daughter, Mrs. David Mondry,
one brother, Cahrles Rainman;
one sister, Mrs. Anna Wiener of
New York. Interment, Work-
men's Circle Cemetery.
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ABRAHAM LENHOFF, 66, of
Venice Beach, Calif., died April
10. A veteran of World War I,
he worked in the Detroit Traffic
Court' for many years. He was
a member of Pisgah Lodge, Bnai
Brith, and the Knights of
Pythias. Services were held at
Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi
Joshua Sperka and Cantor Hy-
man Adler officiating. The JWV
honored him with full military
rites. Survived by his wife, Sar-
ah; sister, Mrs. Florence • Levy.
Interment, Machpelah.

In Memoriam

In memory of our beloved hus-
band and father, Samuel A.
Agree, who passed away 20 years
ago, April 16, 1930.
Sadly missed by his wife, Rase,
daughters, Mrs. Max Miller, Mrs.
Sidney Wisch, Mrs. Jack Nover,
and son, George.

$1,000,000 for Investment
One million dollars was made
available to the Government of
Israel in a brief ceremony at
the offices of the Palestine
Economic Corporation on March
28. This money is to be used
for investment purposes.

MONUMENTS

By Karl - C. Berg .

Owner

BEN FILKOFF, 2649 Hazel-
wood, died April 14. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Sarah; two
daughters, Judith and Barbara;
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Filkoff;
one brother, Rubin; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Joseph Katz, Mrs.
Menachem Margulies and Mrs.
Morris R i chin a n _ . Interment,
Pittsburg, Pa.

Max Wrotslaysky
Monument Works

Distinctive
Monuments
Reasonably Priced
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