12—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 2, 1952 Israel Observes Independence Day Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News TEL AVIV—Independence cel- ebrations opened officially Tues- day morning and the day was declared Remembrance Day 1.)r War Martyrs. At 7 a.m.; fire stations, ships and civil defense sirens were sounded, marking the beginning of Remembrance Day. Flags were lowered to halfmast while Neir Tamids were lighted in syna- gogues_ and public squares. Army chief of staff issued a special order of the day honoring the "brave soldiers of Israel who fell on battlefronts of liberation. In life and in death they be- stowed upon Israel love, valor, unbounded loyalty and eternity. To them all praise." Israel naval units passed Tel Aviv shores. In a broadcast to the Israel nation Tuesday night ; Premier Ben-Gurion said that Israel, after four years, still is fight- ing on four fronts—security, international, political, immi- gration and settlement, and still finds herself amidst great serious problems, internal and external. He said the road ahead still is hard but "it is doubtful whether any other State today or indeed in any period succeeded in registering such impressive achievements and carried out such signifi- cant projects in face of such difficulties in so short a time." On -the security .front he warned that Arab states still refuse to make peace, and stressed the need for continued special attention to - military preparedness. On the international front. he said Israel emerged from tough struggles "with achievement of a respectable place in the fam- ily of friendly nations and the voice of Israelis listened to with respect_in the UN Assembly." He stressed the achievement of the doubling of the popula- tion of the country within four years in a land destroyed and desolated with barely a chance to rest from enemies and estab- lish fundamental elementary services. This was accomplished moreover wish the vast majority of immigrants arriving without means and the young state lacked capital, food, housing services for them. On the settlement front, Ben- Gurion said, "Israel rightly is proud of its achievements in expansion of agriculture. indus- try, building. transport." He said hundreds of new villages and cities were established and more was achieved in four years than in C. the previous 40 years. He stressed the various develop- ments launched in the Negev this year and said early at- tempts in the Negev - strengthen our faith thisf area will in the future become a fruitful center of mass settlemeht." He warned of "long shadows" of financial difficulties, ad- verse trade balances, shortage of housing and said urgent necessities require that "we must continue to make maxi- mum demands upon ourselves. We still are only at the begin- ning of our path. All our achievements will be nullified if we do not find means of guaranteeing continuance of absorp t i o n of immigration, construction and defense." I Men's Clubs I Samuel Berke, president of the SHAAREY ZEDEK MEN'S CLUB, announces the annual meeting at 9 p.m., Wednesday, in the synagogue. Election of officers and board members will take place. • • • BETH ABRAHAM MEN'S CLUB will meet at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the synagogue. Nathan J. Kaufman, president, announces that the nominating committee's report will be given ty co-chair- "men, William Genser and David Bussey. Plans for a dinner-dance- will be discussed., Shapero-Brown Vows Spoken at Sheraton Cadillac e Rabbi /tinhorn to Address, Center Forum on African ngageinenti Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Levenberg, of Fairfield Ave., announce the Speaking their marital vows engagement of their daughter, before Dr. B. Benedict Glazer on Madeleine, to Dr. William W. May 1 before an improvised Weisberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Weisberg, of Merton Rd. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gordon, of North Bergen, N.J. announce the engagement of thei r daugh- ter, Cynthia, to - Yeshayahu Lipszyc, son of Mrs. Michla Lip- szyc, of Tel Aviv, Israel. Miss Gordon, a Detroit resident for a year, graduated from New Jersey College for Women, Rutgers Uni- versity. Mr. Lipszyc attends Wayne University where he is studying accounting. A summer wedding is planned. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosen- berg, of 16503 Ohio, announce the- engagement of their daugh- ter, Mildred, to Louis L. Glass- helm, son of Mrs. Belle Glass- heim, of Jamaica, N.Y. An August wedding is planned. iNIRS. RAY A. SHAPERO altar at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel were Barbara Bela Brown and Ray A. Shapero. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Leonard Brown, of Strathcona Dr. The bridegroom's parents are Mr.s and Mrs. Nate S. Sha- pero, also of Strathcona Dr. A garden chapel setting was achieved through the use of Spring flowers and rambling leaves which decorated the en- tire ballroom. The guests stayed for dinner and a reception which followed. The bride's sister. Sandy. was maid of honor. Barbara's sister, Mrs. James Buhai, of Highland Park, Ill., and the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Alan Schwartz, of New York. walked down the aisle together as matrons of honor. Bridesmaids were Martha Ann Felsenthal. of El Dorado, Ark.. Mrs. Marvin Frenkel, Mrs. Har- old Marko and Marjorie Marx, of Huntington, Ind. Ray asked his father to serve as best man. His ushers were James Buhai, Paul Burnham, Ivan Jacobson. Jack Perlmutter, R i r h a r d Spaulding. Alan Schwartz and Dr. John Freud. The bride's gown was of candlelight Catoir satin and rosepointe lace. It was simply styled with snug fitting bodice and long sleeves. Her skirt formed two box pleats in front which fell into a 'full circular train. The taffeta petticoat was held up by seed-pearl orange blossom flowerettes and fell over a hoop. The bride's veil of Belgian heirloom lace was held to her head by a Mary, Queen of Scots cap and fell to the edge of the train of her gown. She carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley, Following an extended honey- moon in California, the young couple will make their home in Detroit. • Inds The Center Open Forum will hear Rabbi Ephraim F. Einhorn, of Cong. Ahavas Achim, speak on "I Lived with the Jews of Africa" at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, at the Woodward Center. The public is invited. Jolson BBG Goes Western Al Jolson Chapter, Bnai Brith Girls, will hold a western style affair—"Steer Inn"— beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, at the Dav- ison Jewish Center. Entertain- ment will feature a skit and Queenie and her Can-Can Girls. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Special— BRIDAL BIBLES Mother of Pearl TO. 8-6111 CALIFORNIA TEX. - ARIZ. - N. MEX. - ORE. - WASH. POOL CARS REDUCED RATES Phone FA. 1-0300 Call MITES AND SUN., TO. 5-3365 BEN KATZMAN The engagement of Libby Rit- ter, daughter of Mrs. Rose Ritter, of Cortland Ave., and the late Mr. Simon Ritter, was recently announced to Louis Selnick, son of Mrs. Anne Selnick, of Los Angeles, Calif., and the late Mr. Selnick. The couple plan to reside in Los Angeles following their wedding on June 1. 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