Zionist Council
New Center for Mentally Retarded
Wins Support of Infants Service Group Extension OK'd

The executive committee of
the Zionist Organization of
America last week-end voted,
17-5, to approve extension of
the activities of the American
ZiOnist Council.. There were as
many absentions as those who
voted.

Hebrew Teachers' Assn.
Hanukah Dinner Dec. 18

The annual Hanukah dinner
of the Teachers' Association of
the United Hebrew Schools will
be held next Thursday evening,
at Zack's.
The dinner will be followed by
a Hanukah program, the parti-
cipants of which are: M. Mich-
lin, Helen Radin, Mrs. A. Roberg,
and Israel Elpern. Mrs. Shirley
Sklash will conduct community
singing. Morris Nobel is the
chairman.

Mrs. HY KRUPP, co-chairman of fund-raising, and Mrs.
CHARLES WOLPIN, overall chairman of the Infants Service
Group's dinner-dance and show, proceeds of which will help make
possible a program of assistance to mentally retarded children in
the /Detroit area, plan strategy' for the drive for funds.
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A center for mentally retard- of the organization is now in

ed children, the first of its kind progress, and will conclude on

in Michigan and second only to Feb. 1, with the Infants Service
a similar project undertaken
successfully in New York, is Group now-famous d i n n e r,
planned by the Greater Detroit dance and show at M as on i c

Parents Association for Mental- Temple.
ly Retarded Children (GDPA-
MRC) , with financial assistance
from the Infants Service Group.
With an estimated 30,000 chil-
dren in the area needing care
and adjustment, the center will
serve as a, focal point to which
parents may bring their children
to be screened and interviewed
by professional workers.
Advice will be given to parents
on the specific needs of their
child, names of doctors w h o
might be able to help the child
will be supplied and a program
planned to make the youngster
feel useful.
The overall program of the

Private Enterprise Responsible
For Israel's Industrial Growth

Private capital was respon-
sible for the establishment of
706 out of the 756 new industrial
and service enterprises founded
in Israel during . the past four
years, Harold J. Goldenberg
director of the Israel govern-
ment's Investment Center, said
in an interview with Economic
Horizons, monthly publication
of the Economic Department of
the Jewish Agency in New York.

Emma Schaver Invited to Israel;
Makes Nem Recording with Lavry

Emma Schaver, Detroit's in-
ternationally known soprano,
has been invited to Israel to
make a concert tour as well as
to' make additional recording
albums.
The invitation came from
--Marc Lavry, emi-
.nent Israeli
comp oser and
c o n d uctor, di-
rector of radio
Station Kol
Zion L'Gola
(V oice of Is-
rael), who at
present is visit-
ing in Detroit.
Mr. Lavry
Emma Schaver brought with
him the tape recordings of the
record album which Mrs. Schav-
er made with him and his or-
chestra during her last visit to
Israel. This album will appear
shortly.
Mrs. Schaver recently also re-
ceived invitations to return to
Buenos Aires and other South

American cities. for a repeat per-
sonal appearance concert tour.
While her plans are not com-
pleted as yet, Mrs. Schaver will
try to arrange her schedule so
that both the Israeli and South
American invitations can be ac-
cepted.
Mr. Lavry, during his visit
here, was acclaimed by a full
house at the Davison Jewish
Center, at the concert sponsored.
by Hashofar last Sunday eve-
ning. He was honored at a
luncheon Of the Music Sfudy
Club on Tuesday and was the
guest of the Schavers on Tues-
day evening.

Mogen Abraham Auxiliaries

Planning Hanukah Program

Mogen Abraham Men's Club
and Sisterhood will hold a joint
Hanukah party Monday evening,
at Rosenberg's on Dexter. Rabbi
M. J. Wohlgelernter will discuss
the background for the festival.
The public is invited.

Urgent Note About Deadlines

Several publicity writers for local organizations have failed to
live up to deadline rules. Henceforth, all copy reaching The Jewish
News office after 2 p.m. on Monday will either be eliminated en-
tirely or will be retained for the following week's issue, if copy
still is timely. During the pre-Christmas holiday rush, it is urgent
that copy be mailed days in advance to assure delivery.
The
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center envisions a series of
recreational areas in all parts
of the city, to which these
youngsters will learn group
play, educational aids to living
and arts and crafts.

The GDPAMRC was started
over a year ago, and now con-
sists of nearly 350 memb'ers. Its
membership has become familiar
with the problems faced in ad-
justing the mentally retarded
child. They work with profes-
sionals in medicine, education,
psychology, social welfare and
religion in solving the diffi-
culties ob both child and par-
ents.
Mrs. Bernard May, president
of Infants Service Group, stated
that as the organization enters
its 18th year of service in the
Detroit area, "we have embarked
on the most ambitious program
in our history."
The project will run over a
five-year period, with initial
funds of $5,000 being given to
the new center, and a grant fol-
lowing for each of the next four
years to cover rental and main-
tenance of the building.
Although no specific site has
been chosen for the center,
spokesmen declare that a cen-
tral location is being sought, and
it will probably be located in the
Wayne University area.
During its 17 years, Infants

Service Group h a s provided
indigent families with layettes
for the new baby, and have
taken care of al 1 its food
needs until the infant reaches
four.

Other work has included the
purchase of six incubators for
Sinai Hospital, a grant of a sta-
tion wagon to the Cerebral Palsy
Society, and funds to furnish a
speech therapy room, as well as
a cash allocation for the main-
tenance of the clinic.
Projects also include gifts to
Detroit Orthopedic Clinic, Chil-
dren's Hospital, Secours National
Jeuf, an orphanage for displaced
children in Paris, and many
progrAms for servicemen in
Korea and in hospitals through-
out the country.
The current fund-raising drive

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