Hadassah 'Open House' Fetes
Opening of New Headquarters

Earlier Deadline for Sept. 2 Issue

CARD OF THANKS

Due to Labor Day, there will be an earlier deadline for
our issue of Sept. 9.
All news copy for that issue, including photographs,
An open house program, de- of the building." Mrs. Isenberg must be in our hands by noon on Friday, Sept. 2.
Deadline for Classified Advertising copy will remain the
signed to celebrate the official concluded.
opening of Hadassah House, the
Members of the board of trus- same—at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

new home of the Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah, has been scheduled
for Sept. 11, in the building at
16240 West 7 Mile.
Mrs. William B. Isenberg, Ha-
classah president, has appointed

tees include Mesdames Theodore
Bargman, Bert Smokier, I. Je-
rome Hauser, Ralph Davidson,
Joseph Ehrlich, Max Frank, Wil-
liam Isenberg, Morse Saulson,
Frank Wetsman and the 'four
"Hadassah husbands" mentioned
previously.
The house committee's mem-
bership includes Mesdames Bud
Blum, Herman Cohen, Irving
Goldman, Saul Levin, Carl Schil-
ler, Sidney Solomon, Henry
Stark, Louis Tobin and Avrun
Cohn.

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Begin Honor Roll
Drive Sept. 13

MRS. HARRY L. JONES

Mrs. Harry L. Jones as chairman
of the celebration. Mrs. Julian
Tobias is serving as co-chairman.
Friends and members of the or-
ganization will be conducted on
tours of the newly-designed
building, from 1 to 6 p.m. Former
presidents and Honor Roll chair-
men will be hostesses.
Four men, husbands of Hadas-
sah members, were the spark-
plugs in the realization of Detroit
Hadassah's first real home of its
own. They are Theodore Barg-
man, Israel Davidson, Bert Smo-
kler and Frank Wetsman, whose
original gifts set in motion an un-
solicited campaign during which
gifts and contributions flowed in
to reconstruct and furnish the
buildin*.
Architects Louis Redstone and
Allan Agree were contacted to re-
design the two-story structure in-
to suitable office, an auditorium,
urn, gift shop, board rooms, li-
brary, kitchen, sewing and stor-
age rooms.
Hadassah House will make
available for the first time in the
history of the local chapter a
meeting place for all 17 Hadassah
groups, its staff and official per-
sonnel. All 75 activities which
Hadassah participates in will now
be organized and carried out
under one roof, Mrs. Isenberg
stated.
"We are humbly grateful," Mrs.
Isenberg said, "for the receipt of
so many unsolicited gifts and
contribution's, which ranged from
ash trays to a grand piano, from
well-wishers.
"This dedication to Hadassah's
prepetuity is appropriately inter-
preted by the board of trustees
and the house committee which
carefully selected the design and
color of the exterior and interior

Launching of the 27th annual
Honor Roll drive by the Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah will take
place at the opening meeting of
the year, on Sept. 13, at Temple
Israel.
The program, under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Morris J. Brandwine,
vice-president of fund-raising,
will begin with a dessert lunch-
eon at 12:30 p.m. It will mark the
first major activity following the
dedication of Hadassah House,
16240 West 7 Mile, on Sept. 11.
Mrs. Leo Orecklin,
dent of program,
will present Mrs.
Joseph Lash, of
New York City,
who will be
guest speaker.
Mrs. Lash, exec-
utive director of
the Citizen's
Committee
on Children in
New York, ac-
companied Mrs.
Eleanor Roose-
velt to Israel in
1952, at Mrs.
Roosevelt's r e -
Mrs. Lash
quest.
An active worker in Hadassah,
Mrs. Lash is herself the mother of
four children. She will be inter-
viewed prior to the meeting by
Fran Harris, of WWJ, on her
10:15 a.m. radio show.
Lt. Gov. Philip A. Hart also
will participate in the opening of
the Honor Roll campaign, ex-
tending greetings from the State
of Michigan. Another feature of
the program will be the confer-
ring of special honors upon the
outstanding Hadassah volunteer
worker.
In carrying out the Honor Roll
campaign, Mrs. Brandwine is as-
sisted by the following Chapter
Honor Roll chairmen:

Mesdames Joseph Ehrlich and Henry
Wineman, honorary chairmen; Bernard
Gourewitz, briefing; Mervin Grosberg,
special gifts; Aaron Friedman, Roy
Paul and Samuel Shecter, co-chair-
men; Alfred Rosen and Sander Hill-
man, general solicitations; Benjamin
Bond, treasury gifts; Walter Field, $100
minimum event; Charles Briskman, $16
minimum event; Robert Marwil, me-
moriams; Nathan Schermer; records;
Morris Wayne, Ruben H. Isaacs and
Harry Nayer, publicity.

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News Brevities

Seventeen - year - old ISADOR
SASLOV, of 3046 Collingwood,
winner of the Chautauqua Sym-
phony award, was soloist last
Sunday with the noted Chautau-
qua Symphony Orchestra, under
Walter Hendl, at Chautauqua,
N. Y. Saslov, born in Jerusalem,
is a pupil •of Mischa Mischakoff,
concertmaster of the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra. He will
enter Wayne University in the
fall.
* * *

MARGUERITE KOZEgN, De-
troit soprano who was guest
soloist last Saturday evening
with the Detroit Symphony Or-
chestra on Belle Isle, received a
special scroll from Norman H.
Birnkrant, Austrian consul, in
appreciation for her interest in
the Austrian arts.

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The Chorus Medal, given at the
final awards assembly of the
National Music Camp at Inter-
lochen, this year went to SUSAN
STRAUSS, 13, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Strauss, of 18410
Snowden. Susan, who plays the
piano and violin, was presented
the award for the greatest con-
tribution made to the Interme-
diate Chorus. She also took part
in the camp's Intermediate Or-
chestra.

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TANYA MOISEIWITSCH and
LOUIS APPLEBAUM have been
invited to return as designer and
music director, respectively, of
next year's Shakespearean Fes-
tival in Stratford, Ontario. Mi-
chael Langham was named artis-
tic director.
* * *
Dr. FREDERICK B. BERN-
STEIN, of 3797 Waverly, was in
Cleveland, 0. last week to attend
clinics and scientific lectures
sponsored by the National Asso-
ciation of Chiropodists of which
he is a member. Dr. Bernstein
received advanced instruction in
such techniques as X-ray, diag-
nosis, foot surgery, orthopedics
and chiropody practice.

Mrs. Nathan Wolok, daughter
of the late Harry Rubin, acknow-
ledges with grateful appreciation
the many kind expressions of
sympathy extended by relatives
and friends during the family's
recent bereavement. Special
thanks to the Chesed shel Emes
Society, Vladimiritzer Society,
Radorner Aid Society and Auxil-
iary and Bialystocker Aid Society
for their many kindnesses.

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