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The response to invitations
for the Annual Dinner Dance
of the Detroit Business
Men's Group is terrific. Year I •
afteryear more requests are
made to the sponsors for the
Lana Turner, who was sched-
privilege of attending this, uled to make an appearance in
what has beconie the social Detroit for the City of Hope,
4) has had
function of the season. And Sunday night (Nov.
to cancel this
all this, despite the fact that
engag ement
every invitee knows that he
upon the ad-
vice of her doc-
is expected to contribute.
tors, who feel
Another year, another
that she is not
drive and, perhaps another
fully recovered
from her recent
world — a new' world for
hospita 1 i zation.
those poor, needy, afflicted
The actress lost
at the City of Hope . . • a
a premature
h a v en offering renewed
baby less than
hope, renewed faith as they
Marie Wilson four weeks ago,
hear of the drives such as but had been determined to as-
this going on throughout sist the City of Hope in a fund-
the entire country, praying raising dinner at the Sheraton-
for its success . .. drives that Cadillac on November 4th.
make this world rich with
Motion Picture and TV Star,
opportunities, rich with pos- Marie IALilson, a personal friend
sibilities that the "little of Miss Turner's will take her
thing" our men of Medical place at the banquet and arrives .
Research are seeking for, in. Detroit, Satuiday night, No-
will soon be found. That, vember 3rd. •
they, at this great free, non-
From 'a bit player for M.G.M.
sectarian National Medical at $75 to the lead in Jack War-
Center, founded by and still
under Jewish auspices, are for cure - continues; as the
on the threshold of that dis- drive to keep one of our
covery.
greatest humanitarian insti-
"And the greatest of these tutions—The National Medi-
is Charity." Yet the word cal Center at the City of Hope
Charity is forbidden- at the —functioning. 'We, who know
hospital. One of - the first the taste of good, .free living,
creeds at the City of Hope free breathing are paying
is "in saving the body, we our debt to the "Powers that
do not wait to destroy the Be," who make it possible
soul."
for us to participate and
The struggle for rehabili- enjoy these yearly affairs,
tation throughout our land is enjoy' our well being by
going on, as is• the struggle helping that part of human-
to make whole and build up ity that needs our help.
Year after year we go on
the remnants of the broken
bodies ravaged by a dread to better affairs, greater con-
catastrophic disease goes on, tributions and -nearer. to the
as the efforts to find that goal of building a healthier
something towards the hope .humanity.
Marie Wilson. Re p laces
,ana Turner. Nov. 4.
ner's "Boy Meets Girl" in 1939
to Ken' Murray's "Blackouts" in
1942 when she scored 2,332 con-.
secutive perforniances with sal-
ary raises up to $1,000 per week.
In 1947 "My Friend Irma" was
treated by Cy Howard. Miss
Wilson played the leading part.
One of radio's top ranking pro-
grams, two "My Friend Irma"
pictures_ Were made. _ Marie. is
married to television producer
Bob Fallon.
Miss Wilson will make the
awards for the Million Dollar
Club memberships. - -
Co-starring with Miss Wilson
is Jan Murray, stage and T.V.
star. The affair starts with the
Champagne Cocktail Hour from
6-7 in the Italian Gardens at the
Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, dinner
in the Grand Ball Room from
7-8:30 p.m. and
festivities fol-
lowing.
The principal
speaker will be
Ben Horowitz,
executive di-
. rector of the
City of Hope.
Mr. -Horowitz
has been with
t h e organiza-
Ben Horowitz tion for eleven
years and assumed his present
position in January, 1963. He
is a very dy-
namic and iri-
teresting talker.
Bob Hall, in-
ternationally
known "rhym-
ster" will act
as Toastmaster.
Mickey Woolf,
popular ban d
leader and his
orchestra .will
Bob Hall-
furnish the
music for dinner and dancing.
Million Dollar Club Gain_Ls Favor
The Million Dollar Club is
gaining more and more favor,
not only among the members of
Detroit Busi-
ness Men's
Group but
among the in-
vitees as well.
The latest of
the latter to
join this_ select
circle of givers
is Mrs. Belle
Kozloff. She is
very proud of Belle Koslow
the interest her two sons, Ber-
nard and Harold are taking in
such a humanitarian cause.
Morris Canvasser, chairman
of the Board, has been a mem-
ber of the Busi-
nes s Men's
Group since its
inception
eleven year s
I ago. "Anycause
that has s the
welfare of chil-
dren and
man lives at
heart, is my
M. Canvasser cause ." M r.
Canvasser is head of the State
Plumbing and Supply Co.
N. R. Epstein, founder . and
Hon. President of the Group, as
well as president of the City of
Hope Auxiliary
for the past 26
years, affiliated
with the Key-
stone Refining
and other kin-
dred businesses,
has been an ar-
dent supporter
atid member of
the City of
Hope t for a N. R. Epstein
great many years. Untiring in
his efforts, he has helped many
a Detroiter in finding health
and years at the National Medi-
cal Center at the City of Hope.
Left
THE CHILDREN'S WING
of the City of Hope. Here
the patient is as important
a member of the team
working in behalf of the
little patient as the nurse,
physician, clinical psy-
chologist, or school teach- -
er.
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THE WAR against cancer
at the City of Hope makes
use of atomic energy. The
Medical Center's unique
_cobalt bomb is unusual in
design and may set The
pattern for low-cost Lan-
cer-fighting units within
easy reach - of hospitals
everywhere.
DOCTORS, psychiatrists, nurses, (the "medical center
team"),, confer regularly about the patients' physical,
psychological problems and progress. A great morale
factor for the patient is the continuous information
given him on his individual progress.
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THERE ARE NO WARDS at the Medical Center, but
private or semi-private rooms with all the conveniences
to make this "home away from home" as pleasant and
cheerful as possible. These conveniences also aid the
patients' mental health and -speed recovery.
Eugene Epstein, son of N. R.,
head of Victor
Oil Co., is presi-
dent o'f the
Business Men's
Goup. Follow-
ing in his fath-
er's footsteps
in aiding those
less fortunate
than ,himself,
he has done a
terrific job in
E. Epstein
the progress of the group's ac-
tivities.
The Spoon Bros., • Max and
George, of the Spoon Bldg. Co.,
have also been members of long
standing with this group. So
enthused are
they about the
City of Hope
that their in-
vitee list to the
anual affair is
unsurpassed.
George, who is ,
treasurer of the
group, has
drafted both.
his sons, Julius Max spoon
and Harry, into the work of the
hospital and promises that soon
the rest of the Spoon clan ,will
become members.
Both Max and
G-egrge Spoon
derive "that
inward glow of
happiness a n d
gratification
that comes
with the
knowledge that
one is able to
sk
give a helping
s 0
hand where
Geo. Spoon
needed."
Saul' Katz, of Katz Construe.;
tion and Investment Managet
ment, member of the Board-,
has long been
known for his
phil anthropic
ende a vors.
Since joining
the group sev-
eral years ago,
he has become
one of its top
contr i b u-tors.
He has dedi-
cated his efforts
Saul Katz
and much of his resources to
the City of Hope.
Ben Stone and Ben Gould,
both very active members of
the group, were the most recent-
to join the. Million Dollar Club:
Mr. Stone is
connected with
Ben Stone, of
the Ben Stone
Co., (waste gel-,
atinous m a t e-
rials. Says Mr:
Stone, "The
City of Hope is
a,great institu-
tion and is do-
ing a great deal
Ben Stone
f o r humanity.
I'm happy to do my share."
Mr. Gould is of the famous
Ben's Uniforms firm: "What
the men of research are doing
at the City of Hope and the
dignified man-
ner in which
the needy pa-
tients a r e
treated acord-
ing to many I
have talked to,
certainly 'de-
serves m y cot
operation a n d
I'm glad to
help as much
as possible."
Ben Gould
Other members who will rea
ceive awards to the Mifflin),
Dollar Club are Harry Brodsky,
Harry Sosnick, Wm. Fisher, Max
Fisher, the Sucher Bros., John
Lurie, Al Winnick, David Saffir,
Sam Bonin and a host of others.
Al Winnick is chairman of the
Million Dollar Club in this area..