David M. LeVine Dies on 25th Anniversary
Of His Founding of Federal Engineering Co.

Twenty-five years to the day and helped in the 'selection of
on which he founded the Fed- the machinery that was used in
eral Engineering Company, lo - the change from the old to the
Model T Ford. He founded the
Federal Engineering Co. on Ar-
mistice Day, 1919.
His love of tools, mechanics,
and allied engineering arts led
him to take an interest in the
Technion of Haifa, Israel. He
made generous gifts to the Home
for Aged, was an honorary life
member of the board of Adas
Shalom, was one of the founders
of the Holbrook Synagogue, was
a member of Bnai Brith, the
Jewish Congress, the Zionist Or-
ganization and the Board of
Commerce and was a 32nd de-
gree Mason, a member of Crafts-
man Lodge 521, the Consistory
and Moslem Temple. The Ma-
sons conducted a special service
at his funeral.
Surviving him are his wife,
Virginia; two sons, Saul and
Daniel; a daughter ,Mrs. A. Wal-
ler; a brother, William; two
sisters, Mrs. Ida Rubin and Mrs.
DAVID M. LeVINE
A. Berger, and six grandchildren.

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cated at 850 Oakman, on Nov. 11,
David M. LeVine, of 17566 Birch-
crest, was called by death, as a
result of an accident, in Roch-
ester, Minn. He was 76.
More than 1,000 people paid
tribute to his memory at funeral
services at Kaufman Chapel on
Sunday. The funeral procession
paused in front of the Federal
Engineering Company, at the
Home for Aged which counted
him among its most generous
supporters, and at the Adas Sha-
lom Synagogue of which he was
one of the founders. The resi-
dents of the Home for Aged were
lined up in front of the institu-
tion which Mr. LeVine served as
an honorary director and chant-
ed psalms.
Born near Vilna, Mr. LeVine
studied in a Yeshiva as a youth
and later became a locksmith.
He came to this country in 1901
and settled here in 1910, became
an expert in the making of toots
and dies, worked for Burroughs
and later for the Ford Motor Co.

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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-21

Friday, November 19, 1954

AK: Intensifies
Cash Drive

The drive to translate Allied 1
Jewish Campaign pledges into
cash continues as divisions
maintain their efforts to obtain
much-needed dollars for the
program of services locally, na-
tionally, , in Israel, the Moslem
countries and .Europe.
Louis C. Blumberg and Har-
old B. Kukes head the cash
drive for the Detroit Service
Group, with Louis J. Cohen and
Jack O. Lefton as co-chairmen.

Leading the divisions in the
drive are James Wineman, mer-
cantile; Myron D. Stein, serv-
ices; Lefton, mechanical trades;
Arthur M. Howard and Robert
Brody, real estate; Herman Le-
vine, food; Mark H. Birnkart
and Dr. Leo Orecklin, profes-
sional; Hy Safran and Harvey
Willens, arts and crafts.

Ramon Gilbert to Bow in Concert
Of Helen Singer Music Foundation

Ramon Gilbert, Detroit bari-
tone, will be heard in his local
concert debut at 8:30 p.m., Nov.
28, in the Lecture Hall of the
Detroit Institute of Arts. The
recital is sponsored by the Helen
Singer Music Foundation.
Gilbert, a graduate of Central
High School here, entered Bran-
deis University on a football
scholarship, and after two years
was persuaded to give up foot-
ball for a voice career, in which,
he showed great promise.
Now a graduate of Brandeis
and doing post-graduate work at
Longy School, studying under
Paul Matthen, Gilbert has ful-
filled the expectations of his
music professors who urged him
to devote all his time to voice
and musical studies.
During his four years at Bran-
deis, Gilbert gave concerts at the
school, participated in chamber
music concerts as a clarinetist,
acted in the theater and did
operatic work at Longy School
of Music, Radcliff, Harvard and
Wellesley Colleges.
He won the Starlit Stairway
contest and the Department of
Parks and Recreation voice con-
test in Detroit. Here, he has per-
formed under the baton of Leon-
ard Smith and Valter Poole,
while at Brandeis he was direct-
ed by Leonard Bernstein and
Marc Blitzstein.
He is under contract to do a
regular Sunday television pro-
gram in Boston, under auspices
of that city's Temple Israel.
During the holiday season, he
will sing in Handel's "Messiah"
in the cities of Wakefield and
Stoneham.
The concert Nov. 28 is made
possible by Mrs. Helen Singer,
who is fulfilling a long-time
dream of aiding young musical
talent by sponsoring the concert.
Mrs. Singer, who recently es-
tablished the foundation which
bears her name, said it was
formed to promote the concert
debut of any young person ready
to enter the professional field.

South African Chief Rabbi
Resigns to Settle in Israel

JOHANNESBURG, (JTA)—Dr.
Louis I. Rabinowitz, Chief Rab-
bi of the United Hebrew Con-
gregation of Johannesburg, has
submitted his resignation effec-
tive one year from now, it was
announced here today by Dr.
Percy Yutar, president of the
congregation.
R a b b i Rabinowitz, 48, told
the congregation that he wishes
to retire from the ministry and
settle in Israel while he still has
his full powers. He gave the con-
gregation a year's notice so that
it could find a successor for his
post. Noting that leaving the
congregation here will cause him
personal distress, Rabbi Rabin-

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The Foundation, which under-
writes incurred expenses a n d
turns over proceeds to the par-
ticipating artists, is interested
primarily in the development of
local talent, Mrs. Singer said.
In cooperation with a music
advisory committee, composed of
some of Detroit's leading musical
personalities, t h e Foundation
will yearly name a talented re-
cipient. With Valerie Hite at
the piano as accompanist, Gil-
bert and Miss Hite will be the
first recipients.

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Sharon Nathan Installed
As Dora Savage Prexy

At a recent barn dance of Dora
Savage Chapter, Bnai Brith
Girls, Sharon Nathan was in-
stalled as president. Serving
with her during the year will be
the following girls:
Elaine Volin, vice-president;
Rose Mallack, treasurer; Carla
Rosner and Marilyn Frankel,
secretaries; Audrie Summers,
chaplain ; Marilyn Goldstein, re-
porter; and Harriet Levine, sen-
tinel. Jean Brindze installed the
new officers.
To raise money for the Belle-
faire Home in Cleveland, a ma-
jor Bnai Brith project, the girls
will offer their services as shop-
pers and baby sitters during the
week of Nov. 20 to 28. Anyone
wishing these services shoWd
call Carol Rosner, WE. 3-3060, or
Sharon Nathan, TO. 6-5210:

owitz expressed his appreciation
of the generous treatment ac-
corded him during his 11 years
in the post.
Born in Edinburgh in 1906,
Rabbi Rabinowitz served as a
chaplain with the British armed
forces from 1926-28 and was the
spiritual leader of a British con-
gregation before coming to the
Union of South Africa. In addi-
tion to serving as Chief Rabbi of
the United Hebrew Congrega-
tion, he is - Chief Rabbi of the
Federation of Synagogues of the
Transvaal, vice-president of the
South African Board of Jewish
Education and Hebre— Profes-
sor at Witwatersrand University..

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