Youth Ed league Sets Luncheon Rehearsing for a musical which will highlight the an-h nual donor luncheon of the Youth Education -,eague are, left to right, Mesdames DON- ALD GOLDEN, DAVID KING and REUBEN MENDELES- SOHN. * * - "Ye Gods," a three-act musi- cal comedy will be •presented as the main feature of the annual donor luncheon of Youth Ed- ucation League to be held this Wednesday afternoon, at Ma- sonic Temple. , Climaxing its yearly fund- raising campaign, the luncheon is expected to lba i s e nearly $12,000. The proceeds go for in- dividual hardship cases referred to YEL by social service agen- cies, the Cerebral Palsy Clinic, Haven Home for Retarded Chil- dren and other charities. Mrs. Nathan Kantor is presi- dent of the group, composed of 200 women. The cast is com- prised of members, but is di- rected by a professional, Stuart Piggins,,, with choreography by Jean Bartz. Other officers of the group are Mesdames Nathan Kantor, Lewis Manning, Milton Hubert and Meyer Blatt, vice-presi- dents; Jack Rosenthal and Sam Schwartz, secretaries; and Reu- ben Mendelssohn, treasurer. Round Table Sponsors Brotherhood Concert The 15th annual Brotherhood Concert, sponsored by the De- troit Round Table of Catholics, Jews and Protestants, will occur at 8:15 p.m., Wednesday, at Rackham. Auditorium, Wood- ward at Farnsworth. Valter Paole, Detroit Sym- phony Orchestra associate con- ductor, will be guest speaker at the event, planned in coopera- tion with the University of Michigan Extension Service. Participants in the concert will include the Marygrove Col- lege Chorus, Cass High School Symphony Orchestra, St. George Orthodox Choir and Detroit Council of Churches, Male Cho- risters. Tickets may be secured free of charge from the Detroit Round Table office, TO. 9-6306. New Hillview Fur Salon Given Warm Welcome Hillview Furs, creators of Vic- toria Furs, has been received warmly on the opening of its new fur salon at 1526 Board- way, it was announced this week by Irwin J. Kasoff, presi- dent. The response to an extensive newspaper advertising campaign w a s that despite one of the worst winter storms in 10 years, the salon was constantly filled with customers, Kasoff said. "Sales are heavy, and we believe we have discovered an interesting trend in fur buying," he said. "Our customers ob- viously were not interested in shopping for bargains, but were concerned only with quality for their money." Circle Women's Division . Sets 20th Donor Event- Among the forthcoming ac- tivities of the Workmen's Circle is a musical program planned for the 20th annual donor lunch- eon of the Women's Division on Feb. 20, at the WC Center, Among the artists who will be featured are Irene Pianin and Bella Goldberg, local soprano and pianist, respectively. The children of the WC Schools will present a play. For tickets, call Mrs. Harry Entin, UN. 3-2783, or Mrs. Rob- ert Israel, TO. 8-7665. English . - speaking Branch 460-E will meet to elect officers at 9 p.m., today. An installation birthday party is planned for Feb. 15. Both events are at the WC Center. Branch 1060 also will meet this • evening (place to be an- nounced) when Murray Seidler, assistant professor of political science at Wayne State. Univer- sity, will speak. Basketball Races in Center Leagues Only Minor Injuries Crash Victims to Go All the Way for Championship for Mr. Plane and Mrs. Jerome J. Elden, Three teams are still in con- tention for the Jewish Commu- nity Center Teen Basketball League championship as play enters the final four weeks of the regular 'schedule. Zussman AZA, which has been in the lead since the early part of the season, is still threatened by Nationals and Del Monicos, which have lost three games each. The standings: TEEN LEAGUE Team Won Lost Zussman AZA 10 1 Nationals 8 3 3 7 Del Monicos Saxons 3 7 8 Davison Imperials 3 Northwest Imperials 1 10 Games scheduled for Feb. 17 will pit Del Monicos vs. NW Im- perials at 12:30 p.m.; Nationals vs. Saloons at 1:30 p.m.; and Da- vison Imperials vs. Zussman AZA at 2:30 p.m. Center junior basketball teams have reached the midway mark in competition for the season with Strauss and Riptons well ahead in the standings. Outside of the last place Lincolns, the Bantam Division still shows a close race. The standings for both leagues: JUNIOR DIVISION Strauss 5 Riptons 5 Trysquares 2 Progressives 0 BANTAM 'DIVISION Kinx 4 *Adriatics 4 Institutes 3 Lincolns 0 * Played tie game. 1 1 4 6 1 1 3 6 While the standings look somewhat lopside d, games played in the Class C Division have been marked with close play throughout the- first half of the season. With the second half still remaining, the standings show: • CLASS C LEAGUE Dukes 5 Lancers 4 Vulcans 2 Counts 0 of W. Chicago Blvd., this week learned that injuries suffered by their son and his family in an airplane crash last weekend were not serious. , The son, Paul Elden, his wife, Peggy, and 10-year-old daughter, Arlene, were passen- gers aboard the Miami-bound DC-6A, which crashed on Riker's Island, moments after taking off from LaGuardia Field in New York. Mrs. Elden, although uncon- scious after the accident, was thrown_ clear of the plane. Elden aided his daughter to escape through a broken window only a few minutes before the plane went up in flames. All three suffered minor in- j uries. Freedom is worth whatever price we have to pay far it. —Aesop 1 4 5 c•• THE WEST-POINTER WHO BUILT ISRAEL'S ARMY! HIS WIFE'S OWN STORY OF A MODERN-DAY LAFAYETTE - 40 by EMMA MARCUS as told to RALPH SCHOENSTEIN Colonel David "Mickey" M a r c u s, motivated by the horrifying spectacle of the Nazi prison camp at Dachau, organized, trained and led the army that carved the state - of Israel out of hostile territory. He was killed in 1948 by a sniper, a few hours before the truce took effect, and is the only American buried at West Point who gave his life for an alien cause. Read the fascinating story of this modern-day Lafa- yette, the Jewish soldier and former American army of who led Israel out of darkness. IN THE AMERICAN WEEKLY WITH SUNDAY'S Detroit TIMES For home delivery, phone WOodward 3-8800; or order from your neighborhood newsstand.