Brevities "Firsts" seem to be a • habit with the PHILADELPHIA OR- CHESTRA, which will be heard here at Masonic Temple on Wednesday, May 1 at 8:20 p.m. under the direction of Eugene Ormandy. The Philadelphians were the first symphonic en- - semble to record, to make a sponsored radio broadcast, the first motion picture and the first telecast. Under Eugene Orman- dy, the Orchestra became the first symphony to appear before the television cameras, with an hour-long program over the Co- lumbia network on March 20, 1948. * * BODZIN FAMILY CLUB will meet April 28, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Bodzin, 23550 Kenosha, Oak Park, when Mr. and Mrs. Irving Pachtman (Ruth Bodzin) will visit from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Gerald Leib Bodzin will be admitted to membership. * * * BODZIN JUNIORS will meet the afternoon of April 28, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bodzin, 19308 Birwood. * * * Dr. HARRY ESSRIG, of Tem- ple Emanuel, Grand Rapids, will represent the Jewish Chautau- qua Society as a lecturer at Community College and Techni- cal Institute it Benton Harbor, this Wednesday, at an assembly in the local Methodist Church. * * * The DETROIT INSTITUTE OF LAUNDERING., this week announced the election of V. B. Watkins as president; Bernard Milinsky, treasurer; and Jack Lapides and Nathan Weinstein, board members. * * * Mr., Mrs. Julius Deutelbaum, Ex-Detroiters, Wed 50 Years Mr. and Mrs. JULIUS DEUTELBAUM A number of Detroiters will the newly-established Detroit travel to Los Angeles next week office of director of the Greater to join with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Detroit Bnai Brith Council. Deutelbaum in the celebration After charting a course to of their 50th wedding anniver- popularize and strengthen the sary. local movement, he resigned at A dinner is being planned in the conclusion of a year's serv- the Magnolia Room of the Car- ice because of ill health, and re- olina Pines, 7315 Melrose. turned to California. Mr. and Mrs. Deutelbaum The Deutelbaums, Detroit residents for 30 years _before have two sons, Joseph E., who moving to California in 1944, resides in Detroit with his wife, were married April 28, 1907, in Gertrude; and Either, of Port- Chicago, Ill., where they lived land, Ord. Both boys are vet- for eight years before coming erans of World War II. They also have a daughter, here. The golden anniversary cele- Mrs. Henry (Rose) Hirsch, who bration coincides with the 70th with her husband and two sons, Evan and Melvyn, are Detroit birthday of Mrs. Deutelbaum, residents. the former Florence Berger. Besides members of the fam- Mr. Deutelbaum was ex- ily, Detroiters who will attend termely active here in Bnai festivities in Los Angeles in- Brith circles, and is the only clude Morris Shatzen, Morris living past president of Pisgah Kramer and Henry M. Abram- Lodge to,r have served for four ovitz, all past Pisgah presidents, terms. He joined Pisgah in 1916: and their wives, Abraham Piel While on a visit to Detroit in and Aaron Droock, who will be 1947, Mr. Deutelbaum was urged toastmaster, and Mr. and Mrs. to accept an appointment to Ben F. Goldman. Judge Nathan J. Kaufman, of Juvenile Court, will speak on "Parental Influence and Juvenile Delinquency" at the installation meeting of NEW- Sam '(Shlomo) Geltner, the the kissing of his hand. Thi§ TON SCHOOL PTA, Ferguson and Curtis, on May 14. All par- man who turned from furrier resentment led to his desire to farmer and has established to go to America. ents in the area are invited. a successful aple-growing or- The story proceeds to de- chard at Armada, 40 miles from scribe life in the Boukovina Detroit, also has turned author. village, the family relationships, His reminiscences of his the domination of a few weal- youth, in Austria-Hungary and in this country, are recorded in thy people over the commu- nity's impoverished masses. It his Yiddish book, "My Young all led to Sam's (Shlomo's) de- and Green Years" ("Meine Yunge un Greene Yorn"), which sire to learn a trade, in spite contains autobiographical recol- of his mother's objections to becoming a baal-meloche, a lections of episodes that oc- his labarer. curred from 1'909 to 1912. But he finally attained his His book is dedicated to his wife, Rose, and his chil- goal, came to America, learned be an operator in a shirt fac- dren, Betty and Gerson. In to tory. his dedicatory note, Geltner He was an eye-witness to states nostalgically that after the tragedy of the Triangle living in a large city for Fire in New York and many years, he longed for marched in the funeral pro- an atmosphere like his birth- cession of the victims of the place, the village of Touteres, sweat-shop conflagration. in Boukovina, and states that Later, he became a photog- he found it at last on his •apher, then a furrier, and since Armada, Mich., farm, which he purchased in 1936 and 1936 the successful farmer in named it Rose-Haven Or- Michigan. The juicy Yiddish, his stories chard, in honor of his wife. The idea for the book devel- with "geshmak," will remind Smart brides select the open from a correspondence his readers of many incidents Sheraton-Cadillac for their Geltner conducted with his dear which. may also have affected weddings and receptions. And friend - Moishe Glaser. Geltner's their past. Rivington Street, the for good reason! First, the recollections were gathered as entire New York East Side, the staff of this famous hotel spe- a result, and Glaser, who lives Jewish restaurants with their cializes in catering to wed- dings — lifts so many nagging in Los Angeles, where the book "varenikes" ("pirogen"), the details from the shoulders of was published, edited Geltner's ideas about "Yankees," the rub- the bride and her family. ber collars and the high pres- book. And whether you select the sure suit salesmen—the-se and Geltner possesses an inter- magnificent Grand Ballroom esting style. Having retained many other items enter into a for a party of 750, or one of memories' of many humorous reconstructed youth. Work in our exquisite Parlors for an as well as touching incidents in the shop, the activities of union intimate family group of as small as twenty, you may rest his youth, knowing the idorn- organizers and other elements assured that the accommoda- atic speech of his landsleite in. in a greenhorn's life are in- tions and service will be the this country and the dialects eluded in this story. finest in Detroit. It is interesting that a new- and phraseology of his home Our prices are reasonable, community, he has incorporated comer who has become a good and you'll always be proud to into his descriptions warmth farmer has retained a knowl- remember that your wedding and nostalgia that holds the in- edge of Yiddish and has turned was at the Sheraton-Cadillac. to story-telling, presenting it as terest of the reader. For information and reservations, call His story begins with an a real art in an attractive book. Herman Schwartz at Woodward 1-8000 account of his father's deal- a ings with the poritz — the landowner—of their commu- An Paying nity, the man upon whom Investment Dividends they depended for their live- in That _ lihood. Geltner tells of his Washington Blvd at Michigan Ave. Pleasure Grow resentment against the bow- Mark Schmidt, General Manager ing down to the rich poritz, e Bordelove - to Tour State - With IOOF Grand Master Detroiter Maurice Bordelove, of Jericho Lodge, Order of Odd Fellows, will accompany Hon. L. S. Bridges of Baton Rouge, La., sovereign grand master of the Independent Order, on a tour next week to visit Odd Fellow and Rebekah groups in Michigan. The two will visit in Bay City, Coldwater, Grand Rapids, Cadillac, Ishpeming and the Upper Peninsula. The grand master also will at- tend a conference and general meeting in Detroit, at 8 p.m., Tuesday, in the Dairy Workers Hall, 15840 Second. The meet- ing, open to ,Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of the community, is being sponsored by the Odd Fel- low Circuit of Greater Detroit. ISIDOR KADIS, of New York, for more than 35 years identi- fied as a leading Zionist execu- tive, was honored on his retire- ment from active service with the Jewish National Fund, at a dinner tendered by staff and officers of JNF. Dance with Delight to LARRY FREEDMAN and His Orchestra LI 7-2899 UN 1-4687 Confirmation, Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Sweet Sixteen Invitations. Matches and Napkins Complete Selection at Reasonable Prices MRS. KATE ALTMAN UNiversity 4-0640 Juniors Offered Center's Vacationtime Recreation Vacationing juniors are in- vited to afternoon recreation of- fered at the Davison Jewish Center today, Wednesday, Thursday and next Friday. Ac- tivities will include roller skat- ing, arts and crafts, softball, kickball and basketball. The , regular "after school" junior program will resume on April 29. 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