Helen Pearlman Wed
To Robert Devries

MRS. ROBERT DEVRIES

Helen Mae Pearlman ; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Pearlman,
of Leslie Ave., was united in
marriage on June 21, to Robeit
Devries, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. M. Devries, in a ceremony
at the Fort Wayne Hotel. Rabbi
Morris Adler and Cantor Hyman
Adler officiated.
The bride wore a gown of
white tulle over satin with fit-
ted bodice and sleeves of lace.
The skirt fell in tiers edged with
chantilly lace formed in points.
Her fluted lace crown held a
fingertip veil of silk illusion. She
carried a white orchid and a
cascade of stephanotis.
The couple are honeymooning
in Miami Beach, Fla., following
which they will reside on Elm-
hurst Ave.

M

arriagea

AKSELRAD - ROSE NBERG.
The marriage of Rabbi Sidney
Akselrad and Marjorie Rosen-
berg, of Eugene, Ore., was sol-
emnized in a ,ceremony on July
9. Rabbi Akselrad, formerly as-
sistant rabbi to the late Dr: B.
Benedict Glazer at Detroit's
Temple Beth El, is currently
spiritual leader of Temple Beth
El in Berkeley, Calif. His bride
is a graduate of the University
of California.
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SHABER - FISHER. Mr. and
Mrs, Harry Fisher, of Miami,
Fla., announce r, i.f_e marriage on
July 5, at Temple Beth El, of
their . daughter, Marian, and
Milton B. Shaber, of Detroit.
They will reside here at 3425
Wager.

Weizmann Society Picnic

Chaim Weizmann Society will
hold a picnic on Sunday, at
Palmer Park. Food will be pro-
vided. All proceeds will go to
charity.

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Saga of a Mattress Firm

Kraft Mattress Firm
Has 40th Birthday

Forty years ago, when Harry
Kraft went into the mattress
business, mattresses were made
by sewing up some cotton tick-
ing, filling it with excelsior and
corn husks and then crawling
inside the cover to try to pack
the excelsior and corn husks
evenly so the mattress wouldn't
be too lumpy.
Times have changed, as visit-
ors discovered at the 40th anni-
versary celebration of Progress
Bedding Co., the firm Harry
Kraft and his associates found-
ed. Today the plant's 75 em-
ployees with the aid of the most
modern machinery produce
close to a thousand Restokraft
innerspring mattress and box
spring units each day.
In 1913, Harry Kraft and his
two partners, whom he later
bought out, turned out about
20 corn husk mattresses a day
and somehow foUnd time to sell
and deliver the mattresses per-
sonally, via horse and wagon, to
stores that formerly were fami-
liar names to all Detroit.
An early customer was the J.
L. Hudson Co., then just begin,
ning its dynamic growth.
Progress Bedding Company's
history is the story also of a
family, of the young immigrant,
Harry Kraft, who was born in
Lithuania in 1895, came to De-
troit in 1913, got a job on the
assembly line at Ford's High-
land Park plant. Kraft's energy
and ambition drove him to work
too fast for the production line,
and he was fired.
Kraft established himself in
the mattress business in a tiny
plant at Gratiot and Erskine.
His sweetheart from the old
country, Fanny Salinger, fol-
lowed him to Detroit where they
were married in 1916.
In the meantiine, Kraft's
parents, three sisters and three
brothers joined him in Detroit,
where all are still living, except
his mother who died in 1928.
His father, Beryl Kraft, now is
b2. Blind since 1946, recently
operated upon, Beryl Kraft's
sight was restored for the first
time in seven years the day he
attended the Progress Bedding
anniversary celebration.
Kraft's two sons are now
partners with him in the busi-
ness. Eugene entered the firm
after graduation from the Uni-
versity of Michigan, two years
graduate work at the Harvard
School of Business Administra-
tion and emp yment with the
Army Ordna ce Department.
Hannan majored_ in personnel
administration at the University
of Michigan and served as per-
sonnel consultant with the U.S.
Army. He is now personnel
director of his father's firm.
Both the boys married during
the war. Eugene now has two
children and Hannan, three.
Since the first plant on Gra-
tiot, Progress Bedding moved
and expanded five times, finally,
in 1938, to its modern plant at
2760 West Warren.
Twelve of the Kraft employees
have been with the firm more
than 25 years. Herman Gach,
now sales manager, started as
bookkeeper 31 years ago, and a
sewing room employee with the
famous name of Martha Wash-
ington has also worked at Pro-
gress for 31 years.

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the wise man glory in his wis-
dom, neither let the mighty man
glory in his might.—(Jer. 60:23)

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Slavik Builders Erect
14 Homes in Oak Park

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-15
Friday, July 10, 1953 ,

Fourteen homes — all three
bedroom, face brick houses —
are being constructed by Slavik
Builders on Wyoming and Oak
Park Blvd. in the new suburban
development of Oak Park.
Features of the home include:
useable wall space, maximum
privacy, higher ventilation,
which insures cooler rooms and
Alwintite aluminum sliding win-
dows, which can be lifted out
for easy cleaning and never
need painting.
Sales are by J. W. Cox Realty,
with offices at 20063 James Cou-
zens, BR. 3-2755. The phone
number at the model home is
LI. 6-1115.

I Bar Mitzvahs

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lieberman,
of 3285 Burlingame, announce
the Bar Mitzvah of their son,
Harvey, on Saturday, at Cong.
Shaarey Zion. A reception in
honor of the Bar Mitzvah will
be held from 7 p.m., Sunday, at
the family home.

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WEDDING? BAR MITZVAH?

MRS. THOMAS EASTON

The marriage of Judith Ann
Isenberg, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Isenberg, o f
Whitmore Road, and Thomas
Lind Easton, son of Mrs. David
Welling, of Detroit, a n d Mr.
Samuel Epstein, of Miami Beach,
Fla., was solemnized June 28, in
the garden of the bride's sister
in Huntington Woods. Dr. Rich-
ard C. Hertz officiated.
The bride wore -a gown of ivory
silk organdy with an over-all
embroidered scroll of the same
shade with bouffant skirt end-
ing in a traditional train. She
carried a bouquet of white spray
carnations, stephanotis and ivy.
Her tulle veil was attached to
a cap of matching organdy
edged in seed pearls.
Mrs. Edward E. Levine, t h e
bride's sister, was matron of
hOnor. Other attendants were
Mrs. Bernard R. Isenberg, Sheila
Estelle Frenkel, Marylyn Joan
Bleiden, of Michigan City, Ind.
and Lenore Betty Koppelman, of
Scranton, Pa.
Linda Jane Levine was flower
girl, and Steven Marc Isenberg
was ring bearer.
Lynn Epstein, brother of the
bride groom, was best man. Ush-
ers were Dr. Edward E. Levine,
Bernard R. Isenberg, Allan E.
Schwartz and Robert E.
Schwartz.
Following a reception for the
family, the couple left- for a
honeymoon at the Mt. Washing-
ton Hotel in Bretton Wood s,
N.H. They will reside in Roselle,
N.J.
Out of town guests at the
wedding included Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel M. Epstein, of Miami
Beach, Fla., Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Gilbert of Los An-
geles, Calif., and Mrs. Max Isen-
berg, of New York, Mr, and Mrs.
S. D. Lehrman, of Harrisburg,
Pa., a n d Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Rindley of Kansas City.

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The Beth Aaron Synagogue

and

The Mayfair Caterers

Are Pleased to Make

This Joint Announcement to the

Detroit Jewish Community

Beginning Tuesday, September 1, 1953

all Kosher Catering facilities at the

Frances Shayne Heads
Sholem Aleichem Group

new Beth Aaron Synagogue and Social

At its recent luncheon, closing
the season for the Women's Di-
vision of the Sholem Aleichem
Institute, the women heal. d a
musical program by Rhoda
Zahavi Shames and Lillian Zell-
man and a report by chairman
Frances Shayne on the past
years' activities.
New officers elected to serve
the group are Sarah Friedman,
Ruth Gosman and Esther Reder,
co-chairmen; Louise B 1 a n k,
Frances Driker, secretaries;
Sarah Kanter, treasurer; Ruth
Bader, donor chairman.
Paula Finkelstein is executive
board chairman; Minnie Avein,
Gittel Cukerman, Mae Etkin, Ida
Kamaroff, Dora Rose and Sema
Wesley, board members; E v
Jacobson, pledge captain; .Mania
Weinstein and Miriam Dombey,
captains; Ida Kamaroff, coor-
dinator; Ruth Gosman, mem-
bership; Sarah Friedman, Louise
Blank and Celia Davis, solici-
tors; Ruth Bader, social activi-
ties; Frances Driker, Paula Fin-
kelstein, - Rebecca Cohen, assist-
ants; Dora Rose, rummage sale
chairman; Sarah Friedman, ed-
ucational and program chair-
man; and Rebecca Cohen, Rae
Feinberg and Mary Pais, hospi-
tality committee.

Mr. Harry Bloom of The Mayfair

Hall will be managed exclusively by

Caterers, 13305 Dexter.

All arrangements for 'Weddings, Bar

Mitzvah Receptions, Bridal Showers,

Dinner Parties and other social, func-

tions can be made by calling Mr.

Bloom at TE. 4-6781.

Kashruth supervision, under the aus-

pices of the Detroit Council of Ortho-

day Rabbis.

Harry Green, President

Beth Aaron Synagogue

Harry Bloom, President

Mayfair Caterers