Councilettes Organizing Committee
Fayne Joyce Myers, daughter
Organizing commit- of Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Myers,
tee for Councilettes, was joined in marriage June 26
teen-age group spon-
sored by Detroit Sec-
tion, National Council
of Jewish Women:
Left to right, front
row : Eleanor Krouse,
Sally Bing, Sue Fech-
heimer; back row:
Judy Holinstat, Ed-
wina Cro11 and Mary
Ratner.
"But we can't go all the way
Hello Boys and Girls:
One of the most exciting mo- to Israel just to plant
ments fog a family is the birth Danny said.
"That's why I'm here," ex-
of a new baby. Mothers and
fathers. sisters and brothers, plained the young lady at the
aunts and uncles—everyone is desk. "People come in here, to
happy that a new life has just the local office of the Jewish
begun, that a child has been National Fund, and ask to plant
born well and strong. Let's find
out how Daniel and Judith cele-
brated the birth of a new little
cousin .. .
•
"Mazel toy! Mazel toy! Were
so happy for you," mother said
into the telephone. The children
were curious. "What happened?"
they asked.
"Auntie Rose has a new little
baby. a girl. Her name is Sharon
Ann."
Can we see her?" Daniel
canted to know.
In a few weeks," mother
answered. ''She is too tiny for
company now.
deposit a sum of
Every day the children asked a tree. They
the
'When can we see our new money with me, and I send
money to Israel. where it is
cousin?' And every day mother
spent for a young tree in one of
said "Soon."
Finally, one afternoon. mother the great new forests being
said to Danny and-Judy, "No planted on the Israeli hillsides."
"That way. children." mother
sniffles? No sneezes? Clean
added. "We are not only cele-
hands? We must be careful of
brating the birth of Aunt Rose's
our health when we go to visit
a baby as young as your new little girl. but we are helping to
restore the natural resources of
cousin."
The children were so excited the state of Israel."
"That sounds like a great
they could hardly sit still in the
car. When mother parked in idea." Danny was enthused.
to plant a tree in honor of
front of an office building, they wa' t
were disappointed. "Why are little Sharon Ann."
"Me,
too, I want to plant a
you stopping here?" Judith
asked. "Auntie Rose doesn't live tree," echoed Judith.
"Please have two trees planted
here."
"We are stopping to buy a in Israel, in honor of Baby
Sharon Ann, gifts of her cousins,
present for Sharon .,nn," mother
Daniel and Judith," mother told
explained.
"But we have a present al- the young lady.
And proudly carrying the
ready," Judith said. "Here it is,
a pretty pink dress. with ruffles. beautiful Jewish National fund
I helped to wrap it. Don't you cer'•ficate, they drove off to
meet their newest cousin.
remember?"
"Yes," said mother, but we
How's that for an unusual
are going to buy an even more
important present. Come into baby gift. boys and girls. Of
bought
the office with me, and you'll course, such a gift can be when
a
at any time, not just
see."
baby
is
born,
even
if
it
is
not a
The sign on the door said
"Jewish National Fund . . . Wel- special occasion. If you are help-
come." Mother walked up to a ing with the gardening this sum-
young lady at a desk and said. mer. you may be planting shrubs
"We would like to plant some or trees in your own yards. How
about planting a tree in Israel at
trees."
Danny and Judy giggled. Who the same time?
MIRIAM
ever heard of planting trees in Your Friend,
a n office?
The young lady at the desk
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took from her drawer a beauti-
fully engraved certificate. "How
shall I inscribe it?" she asked.
"We are celebrating the birth
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of a new baby in our family,"
mother said. Then she explained
to the children. "It is an old
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in honor of a newborn child. As
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the child grows, the tree grows.
and when the child is grown to
adulthood. so the tree is full-
grown."
"Many hundreds of years ago.
when all the Jews lived in Pal-
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to Samuel Petok, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Petok in a double
ring ceremony at the Italian
Gardens, Sheraton Cadillac Ho-
tel. Rabbi Morris Adler officiated
The bride's gown was of silk
taffeta with. off-shoulder neck-
line beaded in tiny pearls, tight
bodice, long sleeves and furl
skirt falling into a cathedral
train. Her bridal veil was a Mary
Queen of Scot cap of rose points
lace with three tiered finger
length veil of silk illusion. The
bride carried small white roses
and stephanotis.
The bride was attended by
Shulamith Adler as maid of
honor, Mrs. Martin S. Myers as
matron of honor. and brides-
maids, Mrs. Stanley Dorfman
and Mrs. Nathan Peterman.
Theodore M. Petok was best:
man and ushers were Martin S.
Myers, Stanley Dorfman, Eugene
V. Padding of Los Angeles, and
Norman A. Shorr of New York.
The couple are honeymooning
in Jamaica.
Gold, Celebrate 50th
Wedding AnniNer.ary
Mr. and Mrs. David Gold, 3810
Tyler, will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary Sunday at
the Turover Temple. They were
married in Russia where they
spent their first years of married
life, and have lived in the Unit-
ed States more than - 47 years.
Mrs. Gold is active in various
clubs and her husband . is First.
Trustee of the Tyler Synagogue.
They have five children and
eight grandchildren. one serving
these trees.
"Now, of course, not all of us
have enough space around our
homes to plant new trees for
each child that is born, so, in-
stead, we plant trees in Israel."
New officers of the N.E. chap-
ter of Detroit Women's Division
of the American Jewish Congress
are Mesdames Henry Small,
president; Edward J. Skully, vice
president; Leslie Mann, treasur-
er: Dennis Barkoff, Samuel Ben-
avie, Alex Grant, secretaries;
Manuel Klinger, co-chairman.
Committee chairmen are Mes-
dames Buck Goldman, program;
Albert Daniels, CLSA; Adolph
Spiro, CCI; Irving Ackerman,
WJA and Israel; Walter Berlow,
membership; Jean Shifman, fi-
nance; Abner C. Rosenzweig,
fund raising; Harry Brown, pub-
licity; Walter Becher, LW youth
center; M. J. Kritchman, SSW
Congress House; David Fuller,
community service; C. B. Miller,
contact; Reuben Dubrinsky,
Joseph Schwartzberg. George
Orley, hospitality; Albert Aston,
office; Harold Nelson, motor
corps; Oscar Bean, flower fund;
Zeldon Cohen, greetings; Saul
Katz. Abraham Brasch. hostess-
-es; Ben Katzer, current and de-
linquent dues; Abraham Miller,
re-enrollment: Martin Schaeffer,
secretary to study groups: Har-
old Fuller. bulletin; and Buck
Goldman, Alex Grant, delegates
to division.
Mrs. Estelle Kay of Manor Av
announced the engagement
er daughter, Iris Ruth, to Axil
•rey Earl Wolf, son of Mrs. Id i
Wolf and the late Arthur Wol
of Glendale Ave. at a recen
party given at the home of th
I bride-elect.
The bridegroom-elect is a for
mer student of Detroit Institut
1 of Technology where he majore
in pharmacy.
A late December wedding •
UNGAR-GLASIER: Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Ungar (Gertrude planned by the couple.
Glasier) were married at a
morning ceremony June 17, in
Cleveland. Rabbi Barnett Brick-
ner officiated. Detroit guests in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ku-
schinski and daughter Janice.
Mrs. Max Eichman, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Glasier and Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Glasier.
Following a wedding break-
fast at the Wade Park Manor,
Mr. and Mrs. Ungar left for an
extended honeymoon in New
York and South America. Upon
their return they will make their
home in Youngstown, G.
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Friday, June 27, 1952
Fayne Joyce Myers
Wed to Samuel Petok
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