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 their sPrwm i a 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