The Suburban Community
Oak-Woodser Dabbles in
Statistics of Jewish Populace
By the Oak-Woodser
Many dohs and alis went up
from the audience when Mayor
Richard W. Marshall of Oak Park,
greeting members of Cong. Em-
anu-El who had gathered for cor-
nerstone laying ceremonies ear-
lier this month, announced that
Oak Park's population now stood
at 28,000.
Mayor Marshall explained that
the population figure was based
on a census taken only a few
months before.
At the time the announce-
ment was made, Oak Park city
officials were in the -midst of
taking some well-deserved
bows that were handed out by
. planning boards throughout the
country.
The laurels were passed on be-
cause of Oak Park's great strides
- in adapting its growth in popula-
tion to the needs of the com-.
munity.
Most of Oak Park's population
•has come about since the early
part of this decade. A small
trickle had *started before that, in
_ the late '40's. The population,
however, for years, had stood at
an even 1,700.
An indication of Oak Park's
growth,_ as. Mayor Marshall re-
ported, is evidenced by the fact
that prior to 1950 the city had not
one house of worship. Residents
were forced to attend services in
other localities, out of Oak Park.
At the Emanu-El ceremony,
one of the points the Mayor made
was that there were nine
churches and synagogues either
built or under construction in the
area.
Of these houses Of worship, four
are "being built by Jewish congre-
gations. Besides Temple Emanu-
El, there is the Young Israel Cen-
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ter of Oak-Woods, the only com-
pleted Jewish building in the
area; Beth Shalom, the Conser-
vative group which has its plot
of land and is planning to build
momentarily; and Cong. Bnai
David, which recently held its
ground-breaking ceremony.
The census taken by Oak Park
asked no questions on religious
beliefs. In this day and age, ques-
tions of that nature are consider-
ed bigoted; however, it would
have answered a question as to
the number of Jews in the area.
On the basis of school reports
issued last year, the Oak-Wood-
ser quoted city officials at the
time, saying that there were 33
percent Jews in the section,
along with approximately the
same number of Protestants
and Catholics.
Since then, the -number of
Jewish residents is known to have
increased, but how much? If we
take the number of synagogues-
four—from the total number of
congregations — nine — we get a
four/ninths percentage of Jewish
residents.
Scientifically, -this is hokum,
and no one need tell us. But the
figure probably is not far off the
true picture, which to our think,
ing is somewhere around 40 per
cent.
Rosenwald AL Post
Has Joint Installation
Rosenwald Post 218 of the
American Legion will hold a joint
installation of officers with the
Ladies AuXiliary at' 8:30 p.m.,
Oct. 22' at the Bnai Moshe social
hall. •
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman will
be guest speaker and several
distinguished civic and veteran
guests will be present. The Post
officers will be installed by the
40 and 8 ritual team of the
American Legion.
Officers to be installed are
Robert Levitt, commander, Jo-
seph Goldstein, Sr. Vice Comm.,
David Mitchell, Jr. Vice Comm.,
Irving Cohen, finance officer,
Samuel Neshefsky, Sgt. at Arms,
Samuel Curtis, historian, Robert
Fenkell, chaplain, John Jacob-.
son, service officer, and Joseph
Shapiro, adjutant.
Panel Discusses Comics
at Evergreen Congregation
A panel discussion on "Comic
Books and What They Do to
Our Children" will be held by
the Evergreen Jewish Cong. in
Methodist Hall at Cambridge and
Evergreen on Wednesday even-
ing.
Dr. Al Eglosh, local phychol-
ogist, will serve as moderator and
panel members will include Rep.
Martha W. Griffiths of the 19th
District, Dr. John Franklin, of
the Juvenile Court and a member
of the Citizens Committee for
Better Youth Literature.
Center's Cinema 16 to Meet
On Alternate Wednesdays
Cinema 16, an adult group of
the Jewish Center which meets
to see and discuss the film as
art, will, next gather at 8:30
p.m., Oct. 26, in the Davison
building. Guests are invited to
the programs, which are held
on alternate Wednesdays.
Begin Adult Institute
At O-W Young Israel
The Adult Institute of Young
Israel Center of Oak-Woods, un-
der sponsorghip of the synagogue,
its Sisterhood and Men's Club,
will begin at 5 p.m., Saturday.
The institute will be a con-
tinuation of last year's classes in
Bible and medieval commen-
taries, Rabbi Yaakov I. Hommick,
spiritual leader, will direct the
group in discussing the weekly
Torah portion.
Other institue courses include
beginners and intermediate He-
brew and What Jews Believe, the
latter an analysis of Jewish be-
liefs and practice concerning
modern Jewish men and women.
No times have been set for
either of the two courses.
Services today will begin at
5:30 p.m., and Saturday services
start at 9 a.m. The Bar Mitzvah
of Gerald Smith will be observed
For information on the institute,
call the synagogue office, LI.
6-6662.
Irving Franzel has been elected
chairman of the board of di-
rectors of the Detroit Service
Group's Real Estate and Building
Council, at the division's biennial
meeting, held last week in the
Esther Berman Bldg.
The division also elected Jack
Schreier, Seymour Winokur,
Richard Sloan and Harold Berry,
vice-chairmen.
Other elections to the division
board, by trade representation,
are:
Builders : Arthur Howard,
George Klein, Sam Seyburn, Irv-
ing Rose, Max Stollman, Phillip
Stollman, George D. Seyburn,
Harry Nosanchuk, Toby Holtz-
man, Nathin Goldin, Abe Green,
A u b r e y Ettenheimer, Milton
Slatkin, Robert Brody, Don Rob-
ers, Harry Nachman.
Building finance, Benton Wolfe;
real estate, David Wilkus, Israel
Kaner, Harry Gold, David Zell-
man; • modernization, Marshall
Rogers, Morris Brown; building
suppliers, Irving _Berke, Ben
Wilk, Philip Helfman, Ralph
Bonin; hotels, Richard Serlin,
Kopel Kahn, David Pollack;
property management, Jack Ca-
minker; paint stores, Nathan
Soberman, Walter Field, Seth
Jacobson, Harold Victor; plumb-
ing and heating, Daniel A. Laven,
Max Nosanchuk, Harry David-
son, David Moskovitz; electri-
cians and suppliers, Jerry Son-
nenklar, Herbert Blumberg.
Others are architects and en-
gineers, A. Arnold Agree, Saul
Saulson, Ted Rogvoy, Paul Tilds,
Allen Agree, Louis Redstone;
chemicals and janitorial supplies,
William Stone, Irving Steinberg;
painters and decorators, Max
Weisman; hardware, Lloyd Wein-
garden, Oscar Warren; store fix-
tures, Ben Smith, Jacob Schreier;
general contractors, Al Etkin;
coal and ice, Mervin Jacobson.
The division, elected Franzel,
Jacob Schreier, Winokur, Sloan,
Howard, Seyburn, Wilk, Sonnen-
klar, Berry, Stollman and Agree
to the DSG board. 'Mandell L.
Berman and Milton Howard were
eleZted to the b'Oard of governors
of the Federation.
Young Israel Sisterhood
To Hold Social Program
The Sisterhood of Young Is-
rael Center' of Oak-Woods is
planning a social evening - at 8:30
p.m., Wednesday, in the syna-
gogue, 24061 Coolidge. Mrs. Dave
Dombey is program chairman.
Final plans will be made for
the annual games party and
bake sale, according to Mrs.
Joseph Rudd, fund-raising chair-
man. Guests and - prospective
members are invited.
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The Tween Career Conference,
to be held from 1 to 5 p.m., Oct.
23, at the Davison Jewish Cen-
ter, will feature Leonard Kasle,
of the Detroit Board of Educa-
tion, as keynote
speaker.
The confer-
e n c e, designed
to acquaint be-
ginning high
school students
with areas of
study available
in high school
a n d with the
value of extra-
curricular activ-
ities, is co-spon-,
sored by the
Jewish Com-
munity Center'
and the Jewish
Vocational Serv-
Kasle
ice.
KaSle will open the program
after a 1 p.m. luncheon. Orienta-
tion talks will be given by guest
speakers Selwyn C. Alvey, coun-
selor at Mumford High School;
Emanu El Sets Services --
Cong. Emanu-El will hold sab-
-
-
bath services at 8:15, p.m., today,
at Burton School, Huntington
Woods. Dr. Frank F. Rosenthal
will officiate and preach the ser-
mon. The Bar Mitzvah of Philip
Benjamin Martin will be ob-
served.
Roger Pepper, Wayne University,
department of reading efficiency
and study skills; vocational
counselor Selma Lesser, of JVS
and Saul Silverman, of the
Center.
Tweens will adjourn for a
"buzz" session to Consider vari-
ous points raised by the speak-
ers. The groups, moderated by
Center club leaders, will de-
vote their discussions to one of
four major educational areas:
commercial, college preparatory,
general and technical.
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