On the eve of the centennial operated "The Fair," a leading
celebration of Pisgah Lodge, department store, in partner-
members of Bnai Brith recall ship with his brother at Michi-
"Daddy" Adolph Freund who gan Ave. and Rowland St., now
dedicated his entire adult life Shelby Avenue. After retiring
to serving the order. as a merchant he became an
During the local celebration insurance underwriter.
of the 90th anniversary of Bnai
He was married in Jan., 1881,
Brith, on Nov. 19, 1933, he was to Henrietta Newman, daughter
recipient of a certificate of life of Joseph and Mariana New-
membership in Pisgah Lodge. man, early pioneers in Detroit.
He had been a living inspira- Newman was the organizing
tion to three generations of chairman of Temple Beth El
local Bnai Brith. when it was founded in 1850.
Born March 13, 1847 in Mit- "Daddy" Adolph Freund died
witz, Bavaria, he came to the in 1936 at the age of 89.
United States in 1864, when
Pisgah Lodge was only seven
years old.
Upon attaining the age of eli-
gibility-21 years old—Freund
became a member of Pisgah
The 51st annual meeting of
Lodge; it took him but a few
weeks to pass the three degrees, the Jewish Home for Aged is
then constitutionally provided. scheduled for 11 a.m., Sunday,
His zeal soon resulted in his at the home, it was announced
elevation to the presidency of this week by Gus D. Newman,
Pisgah at the age of 29. He president.
Re-nominated for three-year
held this office five different
times; in 1876, 1877, 1891, 1906 terms on the organization's
board of direc-
and 1907.
tors are:
His talents were recognized
Maurice
in the higher councils of Bnai
Aronsso n,
Brith, and, at the age of 36, he
Harry Barnett,
was elected president of District
Al Borman,
Grand Lodge No. 6 for the year
Edward Flei-
of 1883-84. For many years
is chman,Dr.
thereafter he chaired important
David Kliger,
district and Supreme Lodge
B e n Kramer,
committees.
Daniel A.
Freund aided materially in
"L a v e n, Dan
the drive to raise' funds for the
LeVine, Hy-
Orphan Home in Cleveland, now
man Margolis,
known as Bellefaire, and served
Herman
as its president. He was one of
Mathias,
the founders and trustees of the
Newman Sylvan Rapa-
Montefiore Home for Aged and
Infirm in Cleveland and the Na- port, Louis Robinson, Allen
tional Jewish Hospital for Con- Schwartz and William Sucher.
sumptives in Denver. He was
Following short reports by
active at Temple Beth El, serv- Newman and by Ira I. Sonnen-
ing as trustee for many years blick, executive director on the
and secretary from 1908 to past year's activities, there will
be an exhibit of arts and crafts
1917.
He was one of the incorpo- items made by residents in the
rators of the Detroit Commu- hobby shop and occupational
nity Building Association, therapy department.
founded in 1923 to house social
The sheltered workshop will
service, welfare, educational be in operation so that guests
and recreational societies. He may view the achievements of
served as vice = - president
resident of the the Home's therapeutic pro-
Educational League and was gram.
active in many other organiza-
Isadore Winkelman, chairman
tions.
of the nominating committee,
In the early 1890's, Freund was assisted by Joseph Bern-
stein, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn,
Nathan Kolb, Ben Kramer, Jack
I MUSIC! ENTERTAINMENT!
0. Lefton, Milton K. Mahler
and David P. Zack.
Sammy Woolf
Danny Raskin's
LISTENING
NEW YORK MAY ONLY be
a couple of hours away from
here .via plane, but it seemed
like ages before we could get
out of there . . . We missed
our winged craft on the return
flight, and with the world series
just over, everybody tried to
get out at the same time . . .
Sitting at Jack Dempsey's with
Dorothy Collins, Peter Lind
Hayes and George Wood of the
William Morris Booking Agency,
columnist Louis Sobol told us
about the night club employee
who was complaining that he
needed more money to live .. .
"Have you prayed for a raise?"
asked Louis. "Oh, no," he an-
swered. "My boss doesn't like
anyone to go over his head."
* * *
THERE ARE LOTS of things
for out-of-towners to see in New
York . . . besides other out-of-
towners . . . There are land-
marks such as the zoo, love-
marks like Central, Park, and
laughmarks everywhere . . . like
Luchow's, whose regular cus-
tomers are Milton Berle, Jack
Carter and Red Buttons .
And Bill Bertolotti's, where
Jack Pearl can be found hiding
behind a steak nightly, and
Nicky Blair's, where Bert Lahr
makes his home away from
home . . • There's Twenty-One,
where Peter Donald is presid-
ing .. . then there's Bob Olin's
where Bob himself tries to
make funny but only succeeds
in making money • .. And the
Little Club, where owner Billy
Reed is usually "on"—but if his
jokes don't go over, he laughs
anyway, because his place is
always filled . . . And of course
the Copacabana, where comics
like Jimmy Durante, Jerry
Lewis and Joe E. Lewis have
made it one of the great laugh-
marks of all time . . . El Mo-
rocco is the class night club of
world, yet the place is loaded
And His Orchestra
with laughs as well as jewels
Man's inhumanity to man
UN 4-3174
UN 3-8982
Makes countless thousands . . . The people who go there
can afford to laugh . . . Morocco
mourn.
UN 3-6501
—Robert Burns (1759-1796) caters to such a rich clientele
that even their telephones have
a 14-karat ring . . . It's not un-
usual to see a Rolls-Royce pull
Order Tickets Now by Mail
up and a Brink's Armored Car
get out.
The Detroit Grand Opera Association presents
* * *
ONE OF THE colorful laugh-
with Detroit
Chorus added marks in New York is the Main
Street Cafe on Eighth Street in
the heart of Greenwich Village
and Metropolitan Opera Guest Stars
. . . You know Greenwich Vil-
AT MASONIC TEMPLE AUDITORIUM
lage—that's a jigsaw puzzle with
with DOROTHY KIRSTEN*
streets! . . . This quaint place
Tues. Eve. Nov. 19
By Gounod
Barry Morell, Norman Treigle and
has a lot of color, only it's too
In French
FAUST
Detroit-augmentedchorus;JuliusRudel,Conducting
dark in there to see it! . . . Its
By Pucci ni
Wed. Eve. Nov. 20
with GIUSEPPE GISMONDO
patrons come from every walk
Frances Yeend, Adele Addison
In Italian
of life, and some even drive
TURANDOT
Detroit-augmented chorus ;Julius Rudel, Conducting
there. Any normal night you
Thurs. Eve. Nov. 21
with ROBERT ROUNSEYILLE
By Lehar
might find a college professor,
Beverly Sills, Peggy Bonini
In English
TV star, an embryo painter, a
MERRY WIDOW
and Can-Can-Ballet; Franz Allers, Conducting
motion picture star, a designer
Fri. Eve. Nov. 22
with DOROTHY KIRSTEN*
By Puccini
or a fugitive from Copenhagen!
To Elect Board
at Home Meeting
N.Y. CITY OPERA CO
LA BOHEME
Barry Morell, Jacqueline Moody, and
Norman Treigle; Arturo Basile, Conducting
In Italian
Sat. Mat. Nov. 23
ABDUCTION frog
the SERAGLIO
Sat. Eve. Nov. 23
By Puccini
BUTTERFLY
In Italian
Sun. Mat. Nov. 24
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Sun. Eve., Nov. 24
LA TRAYIATA
Wed. Eve. Nov. 27
CARMEN
with PHYLLIS CURTIN,
By Mozart
In English
Robert Rounseville and Virginia Haskins;
Peter Herman Adler, Conducting
with ELIZABETH CARRON
By Strauss
In English
By Verdi
In Italian
By Bizet
In French
with BEVERLY BOWER,
Peggy Bonini, Ernest McChesney, Coley Worth
and Ballet; Franz Allers, Conducting
with ELEANOR STEBER,*
Barry Morel!, Louis Quilico and Ballet;
Arturo Basile, Conducting
with BRENDA LEWIS* WALTER CASSEL,*
Peggy Bonini, Richard Cassilly, Ballet; Detroit-
augmented chorus; Julius Rudel, Conducting
*Meiropolitan Opera Association
Orchestra: $5.50, 4.50,
3.50 and 2.50. Balcony: $4.50, 3.50 and
2.50. Matinees: Orchestra: $4.50, 3.50,
2.50 and 1.50. Balcony: $3.50, 2.50 and
1.50.
Evening Prices:
Giuseppe Gismondo, Jean Sanders,
Joshua Hecht; Arturo Basile, Conducting
OOP.
For mail orders, enclose stamped,
self-addressed envelope with your
check or Money Order payable to
Detroit Grand Opera Association, 438
Book Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich.
Truman to Receive
Human Rights Award
Charles N. Youngblood
Seeking Re-ElectiOn
Charles N. Youngblood, mem-
ber of Detroit's Common Coun-
cil, since April, 1953, is seeking
re-election to his post in the
Nov. 5 city election. Chairman
of the Wayne County civil
service committee, he serves
on the Wayne County board
of supervisors, heads the med-
ical examiners committee and
participates on the ways and
means, sheriffs, roads and
bridges and port committees.
He served as a Michigan state
senator for 1943 to 1947. Dur-
ing that time, he was respon-
sible for reallocation of some
$96,000,000 in tax monies back
to citizens of metropolitan De-
troit, along with amending the
Probate Court code on wayward
children. He assisted in obtain-
ing the first $6,000,000 grant for
Wayne State University new
buildings and acquisition of
land and assisted in the institu-
tion's obtaining an additional
$3,500,000.
He was influential in the
passage of the Veterans Trust
Fund Act. He was responsible,
while chairman of the state sen-
ate hospital investigating com-
mittee, for opening new wards
in state and local hospitals.
Abram Is Manager
of Leo Adler Branch
Leo Adler, Inc., leading Ply-
mouth - DeSoto d e a l e r, has
named Harry Abram as man-
ager of its branch at 3000
Fenkell.
As general manager, Abram,
who has won
a wide repu-
tation for in-
tegrity and
f air dealing,
will be in a
position to
offer the best.
possible price
on a new Ply'
mouth or De
Soto and bet-
ter service on
your car. Abram
When he was associated with
Dexter Chevrolet, Abram was
the king of the nation's Chev-
rolet salesmen.
Now he urges all his friends
and customers to come in for
a demonstration ride in the
new 1958 Plymouth or DeSoto.
Emil Cohen Here
for City of Hope
Dinner-Dance
The Detroit Businessmen's
Group of the City of Hope will
present its 44th annual dinner-
dance on Nov. 10 at the Shera-
ton Cadillac. Proceeds will go
towards the projects of the
non - sectarian
hospital. Goal
for funds to be
raised locally
during 1957 is
$125,000, a c -
cording to
Ben Goldberg,
group presi-
dent.
T h e dinner.
entertain-
ment will fea-
ture Emil Co-
h e n popular
raconteur in
t h e Yiddish
idiom. Iry Cohen
Field's orchestra will .furnish
music for dancing.
Dinner guests will be ad-
dressed by Louis Tabak, na-
tional president of City of Hope,
who will discuss the projected
plans of the sanitarium.
' The City of Hope medical cen-
ter has mushroomed from two
tents in the desert in 1913 to
a multi-million dollar institu-
tion concentrating on care of
cancer, leukemia, Hodgkin's dis-
ease and tuberculosis, all with-
out cost to the needy.
For reservations to the din-
ner-dance, contact Iry Herman,
WO 2-8900.
WE ARE NOW
CATERING
For WEDDINGS, SHOWERS,
BAR MITZVAHS, SWEET
SIXTEENS, ETC. Moderate
Prices. Con accommodate
from 25 to 125 people.
Dance floor and piano also
available. Serving dinners to
the public on Sundays and
Holidays only. See us in our
newly beautifully remodeled
Dining Rooms.
Kormendy's Dining Room
and Catering
TR 3-7444 or TR 1 - 4485
114 Pallister
EsKy
Air-Conditioned
Delightfully
Delicatessen • Restaurant • Cocktail Lounge
Famous for Fine Food
DINNERS 4:30 to 9:30 • AFTER THEATER SNACKS
Businessmen's Lunch 11:30 A.M. to 3 P.M.
TRAY CATERING A SPECIALTY
12th at Hazelwood
TR. 2-4375
WHERE TO MINE
AL GREEN'S
CARL' S
0/SE
15301 E. Jefferson at Beaconsfield
VA 2 - 4118
Luncheons 11 to 3 — Dinners 5:00
to 10:30. Suppers 10:30 to 2 a.m.
3020 GRAND RIVER. Free Parking. TE 2-8600. Pri-
vate Banquet Rooms for wedding parties. Serving
the World's Finest Steaks, Chops and Sea Foods for
more than 26 years. All Beef aged in our cellars.
ROBIN HOOD'S serving the finest and most delicious of foods, Steaks,
Chops, Chicken Club Sandwich-es. Short Orders. Delicious Hamburgers.
"Served as you like it."
20176 LIVERNOIS AVE., 1 1 /2 blks. S. 8 Mile Rd.
Open 24 Hours
MARIA'S PIZZERIA
Specializing in Pizza Pie and Famous Italian Foods
Air-Conditioned . . . Parking Facilities . . . Carry-Out Service
Former Judge Simon H. Rif-
kind and Melvin A. Block, a 7107 PURITAN — Open 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. — UN 1-3929
national commissioner of the
Anti-Defamation League, will be CLAM SHOP and BAR
TR 2-8800
the guests of honor at a dinner Serving: Oysters, Clams, LOBSTERS, Steaks and Assorted See
Foods
tendered by the Joint Defense
2675 E. GRAND BLVD.
Appeal on Nov. 13, in the Hotel Music by Muzak
Commodore.
The fund-raising arm of the
American Jewish Committee
18455 LIVERNOIS
and Anti-Defamation League of
UN 3-4500
Bnai Brith, JDA's 1957 goal is
CATERING ALL TYPES OF PARTIES—PRIVATE ROOM—BUSINESS
$5,600,000.
MEN'S LUNCHES—SHOPPERS SPECIALS 11-3—PRE-THEATER DIN-
The dinner will be high-
NERS—AFTER SHOW SNACKS—FRENCH PASTRIES
lighted by the presentation of HOURS: Tues. thru Fri. 11-11; Sat. 11-2; Sun. 1-10; Closed Mondays
Fourth Annual Human Rights
Award to former president
16622 Jas. Couzens Hwy.
UN 1-9890
Harry S. Truman for contribu- BETTY'S DINING ROOM
Specializing
in
Hungarian
and
American
Style Food
tions to the growth of human
Horne Cooking and Baking. Businessmen's Luncheons
freedom and dignity.
OPEN '7 DAYS A WEEK
Anatole's French Restaurant
25-TH E DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Frid ay, October 25, 1957
`Daddy' Adolph Freund Recalled
in Pisgah Centennial Celebration