border wars with the Spanish Some Surprises in U.S. Jewish thstory ' colony of Florida. Nobody could speak the Indian language, but Holiday Best Wishes there was a Jew present to in- terpret Spanish. We do not even 4T)r. Levinger, now a chaplain with the Veterans' Administration at Los Angeles, is the well-known World War I chaplain and historian, His book, "History of the know his name; his very exist- Jews in the United States," was published by the Union of American Hebrew Con- ence is known to us only in the gregations, through whose courtesy the following article appears here.) obscure reminiscences of a col- Jews bob up at the most un- year 1695 the governor of South onial governor. expected places, from early col- Carolina desired to interrogate 'When John Charles Fremont onial days to the present. In the some Indians captured in the made his epochal fifth expe- 806 Wilde VI. 2-3186 dition across the Rockies in 1854, tracing the route for the future railway to the West, Sincerest Wishes on New Year's one Solomon Nunes Carvalho was the official artist of the rioliday Good Cheer expedition. In 1803, when New Orleans was LIVONIA RIDING & still French territory, - a retiring young man of 21 settled there BOARDING STABLES 1300 Broadway, Corner Gratiot and opened a shop; when he died Hayrides, clubroom facilities and reservations for private parties. exactly a century ago, Judah WOodward 1-9459 Successor to Morton's Riding Stables. Touro was famous the country 16035 HARRISON DR., LIVONIA over as a generous donor to Visit Our Northland Center Building "B Parking Lot" 2 Blocks N. of Fenkell between Inkster and Middle Belt Roods many causes, Jewish, Christian and patriotic. KE. 1-6430 Every section of the country welcomed a few Jews among Season's Best Wishes the pioneers, and usually one of them was an outstanding Holiday Best Wishes figure. For the Republic of Texas this was Henry Castro, born in France as Henri de Established 25 Years Castro, member of the famous Complete Collection Service Jewish line. He made a con- G. Lopez — Monufocturing Hand-Mode tract with Sam Houston in Investigation and Reports 1842 to find colonists for the CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS WO. 2-4474 empty land, and in the follow- Catering to Box Trade ing four years brought 5,000 312 FARWELL BUILDING immigrants from Alsace and 4134 Grand River TE. 1-5543 the Rhineland, investing a fortune in the enterprise. 1 Season's Greetings ; I The first president of the I American Federation of Labor, who held that office for 38 years, New Year's Greetings was Samuel Gompers, an English ' Jew. At the historic siege of Fort McHenry in 1812, Francis Scott 14331 WOODROW WILSON Designers and Builders of e Key, an observer, conceived the Dies, Tools, Jigs, Fixtures and Special Machinery I "Star Spangled Banner." But others were present, too; the rec- 2585 BEAUFAIT TO. 8-8600 ords show that eight Jews were DETROIT 7, MICHIGAN listed among the defenders of WA. 1-3071 the Fort. Richard Distei 1 In the colony of South Caro- Best Wishes for a Happy New Year I lina, as the Revolution was be- ginning, Francis Salvador was a member of the Provincial Con- Greetings on the New Year gress, the first Jew to hold elec- tive office in this country, as ' well as one of the earliest vie- tiros of the war. E. E. DeMott, Pharmacist I On the Pacific coast, in 1849, the very year of the Gold Rush, ' two minyanim observed the High 13003 W. 7 Mile Rd. UN. 3-2332 Holydays in the village of San Francisco. Many a ghost town of 1938 Franklin St. 1 today has a Jewish cemetery or LO. 7-6142 other memories of those hectic days. The "great man" among I Greetings on the New Year the early Jews was Adolph Sutro, builder of a tunnel at the Com- Greetings on the New Year stock Lode and for many years mayor of San Francisco. The best remembered even now is the strange figure of Emperor Nor- Lumber Specialists - Arthur J. Cooper, Pres. , ton, in his fantastic uniform, Complete Insulation ' followed by two mongrel dogs. He lived for many years on the New and Old Homes bounty of the San Franciscans, 3810 Grand River TE. 1-6440 and issued script which was ac- , cepted as legal tender in every 1 14731 E. 7 MILE ROAD LAKEVIEW 7-6569 restaurant in town. 1 If we look to the navy, we Best Wishes to the Jewish Community find a Commodore in the 1850's. the romantic Uriah P. Levy, and New Year Greetings an Admiral in the Second World ; War, Ben Morreel. Three Jews have sat on the Supreme Court, Corporation and six in the Senate; their pres- ent representatives are Justice Wiping Clothes Industrial Textiles Felix Frankfurter and Senator Structural Steel, Misc. iron Works Tack Rags Rewash Service Herbert Lehman. Textile Specialties In 1656, two years after the Fabrication and Erection 13065 RIOPELLE TO. 8-1870 1 first landing, a Jewish cemetery I was founded in New Amsterdam, 19381 JOHN R TW, 3-7660 and in 1682 the first synagogue 1 was opened for worship in the same city, but that time called New York. When the Christian New Year Greetings Sunday School movement was A Happy New Year Greeting new, Rebecca Gratz founded the first Jewish Sunday School in Philadelphia in 1838. Five years later, in 1843, 12 young German Sand — Gravel — Pebbles — Cement — Crushed Stone immigrants met in New York Mortar Fill Sand under the leadership of one Hard Quality Stone for Drivewoys and Parking Lots 19197 Sherwood FO. 6-2200 Henry Jones (previously Hein- e . 9690 W. Jefferson VI. 1-7200 e rich Jonas) to organize the first DETROIT 12, MICH. iJewish fraternal order in all his- ; tory, the Bnai Brith. One of their purposes was to unify the little e An"•" 1"""mvss• Jewish community, torn by the , struggles of rival congregations. Best Wishes for a Happy New.Year By the 1870's a movement to unite congregations was consum- mated by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Extends Its Heartiest Wise of Cincinnati. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations I TOOL STEELS — COLD FINISHED STEELS Best Wishes for a became a reality in 1871 and the Hebrew Union College, the oldest AND PLATE Happy New Year • Jewish College to endure, in 1875. By RABBI LEE J. 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