Honored by Friends

Co-Workers Sponsor
50th Birthday Party

for John M. Wise

Friends and co-workers in
many communal causes with
Traffic Court Referee John M.
Wise have combined to honor
him at a dinner, next Thurs-
day evening, at Holiday Manor,
on the occasion of his 50th
birthday which he will observe
with his family the following
day.
. Thirty of Wise's friends
are co-sponsoring the dinner
in his honor.
Wise, who resides at 20259
Warrington here, has lived in
Detroit for the past 37 years.
Born in Peekskill, N. Y., on
Jan. 17, 1908, he moved with
his family to Great Falls, Mon-
tana in 1913. He came to De-
troit in 1920.
Graduating from Eastern
High School here, he attended
the College of the City of De-
troit, now Wayne State Univer-
sity. In 1930 he graduated from
the Wayne University law
School. He has practiced law
since that date, and has been a
Traffic Court referee since
1945.
Besides being a member of
the Michigan and American Bar
Associations, Wise is affiliated
with the American Judicature
Society, Round Table of Cath-
olics, Protestants and Jews,
Craftsman Lodge, Scottish Rite
Bodies, Moslem Temple and
Caravan Shrine Club.
He is past president of the
Probus Club, former member
of the Temple Beth El Men's
Club board and was first chair-
man . of the Organized Govern-
mental Employees of the De-
troit Welfare Federation. He is
on the board of directors of
the Detroit Service Group, and
served as civic affairs chairman
for the Greater Detroit Bnai
Brith Council. He is a past of-
ficer of Detroit Lodge, Bnai
Brith.
Wise is a board member and
on the community relations
committee of the Jewish Com-
munity Council He is on the
board of governors of the
Wayne State University Law
Alumni Association. He also
is a board member of the WSU
Alumni Association, and is an
honorary member of the Detroit
Police Lieutenants and Ser-
geants Association. He is a
member and legal advisor of the
Crisis Club and on the board
of the Wayne County Civic
League.
In addition, he belongs to
the Boulevard and East Side
Shrine Clubs, the Elks Club
and the Southeastern Michi-
gan Association of Police
Chiefs. He is on the advisory
board of the Michigan re-
gional ADL of Bnai Brith.
He is a member of the lawy-

ers' committee of the Red
Feather Community Fund, is a
charter board member of the
Sunday Brunch Club of Cong.
Bnai Israel and is affiliated
with the Labor Zionist Organ-
ization.
He has written articles for
the Wayne Law Journal on.
Traffic Court. At the request
of the Police Dept., he has
conducted classes for police of-
ficers on court demeanor and
procedure. He has lectured to
State Commanding Police Offi-
cers at Michigan State Univer-
sity.
During his 12 years on the
Traffic Court bench, he has
decided upon 125,000 accident
cases, among other cases.
Wise and his wife, S a d y e
Ann, have two daughters, Car-
olyn Sue, 22, and Peggy Jo, 16.

Few men have been admired

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to Gentile Neighbors

In the spirit that will bring
peace on earth, the Beth Abra-
ham Youth group recently dem-
onstrated a warming feeling of
"good will towards man."
With the holiday season fast
approaching, this organization
of Jewish boys and girls aged
14-17 became concerned with
how some of their Christian
neighbors were going to cele-
brate Christmas. They had seen
that many families did not have
enough food for the holiday
meals.
With this in mind, "Project
Food" was organized.
On foot, in cars and station
wagons they went. Boxes- and
cans of food began to pile up.
And when the drive was finally
finished, there was a total of

•

Meyer Levin Loses
'Anne Frank' Suit

Judge Samuel Coleman, of the
New York Supreme Court, this
week dismissed the suit that
was brought by Meyer Levin
against Cheryl Crawford for
breach of contract on "T h e
Dairy of Anne Frank" play.

THE MEN'S CLUB of
CONGR. GEMILUTH CHASSODIM

proudly presents

DR. HENRY GERALD

—The Wizzard of Denmark—
HUMORIST
MENTAL TELEPATHIST - PSYCHOLOGIST

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1958-8:30 p.m.
at Congr. Beth Abraham, 8100 W. 7 Mile Rd.

UNEQUALLED ENTERTAINMENT.
For tickets call UN 2-0786

`The Tenth is holy
unto the Lord.'

Share
in

—Leviticus

with your contribution to the

ANNUAL DONOR EVENT

of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Jewish National Fund

at the ANNUAL TEA

Wednesday, January 29, ]2:30 p.m. at Temple Israel
17400 Manderson Road

Guest Speaker

RABBI DANIEL
JEREMY SILVER

Associate Rabbi of The Temple, Cleveland
Noted Lecturer and Author

Guest Artist

Sulie Harand

Nationally Prominent
Dramatic Artist

27:32.

Help Make Israel's Tenth Anniversary an
historic year by building a - living Wall of
Defense in Israel's Border Settlements.

Building Border Settlements
for the Defense of Israel

Schedule M'laveh Malkeh
Honoring Rabbi Meisels

A m'laveh malkeh for Rabbi
Chaim Meisels, former spiritual
leader of Cong. Khal Charedim
here, now of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
will be held at 8 p.m., Satur-
day, at the Elite Restaurant,
18246 Wyoming.
David J. Cohen will be toast-
master, and several rabbis and
cantors will participate in the
program. While in Detroit,
Rabbi Meisels is the guest of
N. Framovits, 3264 Monterey.

Dr. Marvin Fox, professor of
philosophy of Ohio State Uni-
versity, will speak at a meeting
of the Beth Aaron Men's Club
at 8:30 p. m., Monday, in the
synagogue social hall.
In his address, "The Ameri-
can Synagogue — Problems and
Prospects," Dr. Fox will present
an analysis of
the role of
the synagogue
in contempor-
ary Jewish
life.
A graduate
of Northwest-
ern University
who earned
h i s doctorate
at the Univer-
Dr. Fox
sity of Chicago. Dr. Fox also
studied at the Hebrew Theolog-
ical College of Chicago and
served in its faculty as visiting
professor of philosophy.
He is a member of the board
of the Union of Orthodox Jew-
ish Congregations of America,
Mizrachi Organization, Ameri-
can Association of Jewish Edu-
cation and is associated with
numerous other national edu-
cational and religious groups.
A question and answer ses-
sion will follow his talk, and
the evening will conclude with
a social hour,

1,500 packages of food for dis-
tribution.
Many homes were brighter
and happier this Christmas. For
those celebrating the holiday,
a covered table changed the
mood from sadness to festivity
—and in the homes of the Jew-
ish boys and girls where Christ-
mas was not religiously observ-
ed, the participants were happy,
too.
As Ronnie Mazer, president
of the Youth Group put it, "It
felt good knowing that these
people were provided for and
able to celebrate their holiday."

Make your contributions and reservations by
calling: MRS. ALBERT SCHNEIDER, Donor
Chairman, UN 2-8547; the donor co-chairmen,
MRS. JACK S E I 1) M A N, UN 3-13'73;
MRS. EDWARD WISHNETSKY, DI 1-2411;
MRS. MAX STOLLMAN, president of the
JNF Auxiliary, WE 3-4113.

13-THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Frida y, Januar y 10, 1958

Dr. Fox to Speak Jewish Youth Group
Brings Holiday Spirit
on Synagogues