THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, October
Fete John Isaacs
on 50th Birthday
The 50th birthday of John
Isaacs, a leading citizen in De-
troit's Jewish community, will
be celebrated this Saturday, with
a cocktail party and dance given
by a large
group of his
many friends
at Knollwood
Country Club.
Born in a
little country
town in Hun-
gary, Oct. 12,
1908, rsaacs
came to the
United States
in 1920, at the
John Isaacs age of 12.
At 19, he went to work for
City Towel Service in Detroit,
and he acquired an interest in
the firm in two years. A few
years later, he acquired an ad-
ditional interest, and is now
president of the company.
Isaacs gives much of his time
to communal and philanthropic
activities.
He is a member of the board
of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion and chairman of the serv-
ices division of the Allied Jew-
ish Campaign. He serves on the
board of the United Foundation
and is chairman of the services
division of the 1958 Torch
Drive.
He is a member of the board
of Congregation Bnai Moshe and
is also a member of Congrega-
tional Emanu-El.
He is a charter member of
Keidan Lodge of Bnai Brith,
and is a 32nd degree Mason. He
has been a member of the board
of directors of Knollwood Coun-
try Club for 16 years, and served
as president of the club in 1953-
1954.
Active in business trade asso-
ciation work, Isaacs is a past
president of the Michigan Linen
Supply Board of Trade, an of-
fice he held for three consecu-
tive terms, and has been a mem-
ber of the board of directors of
that organization for seven
years. He also served for three
terms as president of the na-
tional trade association, the
Linen Supply Association of
America, and has been a mem-
ber of its board of directors for
eight years.
With his w i f e, Ann, and
daughter, Barbara, Isaacs lives
at 13127 Winchester, Huntington
Woods.
Honor Three in Hack Family
Hart Names Attorney
to State Building Post
J. Leonard Hyman, a part-
ner in the law firm of Gross-
man and Hyman, has been
named by Lt. Gov. Philip A.
Hart to serve as a member
of the State Building Commis-
sion.
The commission will soon
participate in planning the
construction of the new state
office building.
Hyman, an attorney here for
11 years, is the father of four
children. He resides at 19594
Shrewsbury.
Name Deborah Assistant
Jack Lesser, national presi-
dent of Deborah Sanatorium and
Hospital, Browns Mills, N.J.,
announces the appointment of
Mrs. Victor Segal as administra-
tive assistant.
Private Hebrew Lessons
MR. MAX CORDON
For many years an instructor in
the United Hebrew Schools, now
accepts private lessons for the
study of Hebrew and the prep-
aration for Bar Mitzvah.
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CHARLES WEINSTOCK
Formerly with Buick Factory Branch for 30 Years
Flanked by his two sons, Leonard (left) and Morton, is
Nathan Hack, inventor of the famous Ripple Sole and chair-
man of the board of that corporation. Mr. Hack came here
from his home in California to attend the past presidents
dinner of the Detroit Shoe Retailers Ass'n., which he and both
sons have served as presidents, the only time in the history
of the association that a father and two sons have held that
high office. Each received certificates at the dinner, which
was held Wednesday evening, in the Wolverine Hotel. Morton
Hack is currently president of the Hack Shoe Co.
Ales:dames Hauser and Robinson on
ETJA-Sponsored Mission to Israel
Mrs. Harold Robinson and
Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser left New
York Oct. 1, as part of a 20-
member group of United Jewish
Appeal women leaders on a
three - week survey of UJA-
financed programs in Israel.
Mrs. Robinson is a newly
elected vice-president of t h e
Women's Division of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation, and
has been on the Women's ex-
ecutive board. She served for
two years as chairman of gen-
eral solicitation. For several
years she worked with the Red
Feather agency in Huntington
Woods and was named on the
Southern Oakland County ad-
visory board for the United
Foundation (Red Feather).
Mrs. Hauser was a vice-presi-
dent of the Women's Division
of Federation, and has been
chairman of- general solicita-
tion for the past two yearS. She
is now on the board of the Wo-
men's Division.
The mission made its first
stop in Geneva, where the inter-
national headquarters of the
Joint Distribution Committee, a
UJA-constituent agency, is lo-
cated.
They left Geneva on Oct. 5
for a 12-day visit to Israel,
where they will meet top
Seek Chief Chemist
government officials including
for Israel Corporataion President Itzhak Ben-Zvi.
The mission, which is headed
Shemen Oil Industry, Ltd., of
Haifa, Israel, invites applica-
tions from qualified American
chemists for the position of Best Sukkah Prize
chief chemist at the plant's Goes to Immigrant
laboratory, it was announced
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
here by PATWA, the Jewish Jerusalem - Municipality
Agency's office for professional awarded prizes for the best
and Technical Workers Aliya. Sukkahs built by city residents
The position calls for expe- during the week-long Sukkoth
rience in at least one of the holiday. The first prize went to
company's fields of activities a Moroccan immigrant, father
which include the production of seven children, who built his
of edible oils, soaps and deter- first Sukkah in Israel this year.
gents.
During the past week tens of
Applications or inquiries thousands of pilgrims undertook
should be addressed to Abra- the climb up Mt. Zion to stand
ham Cohen, director, PATWA, and look down on the Wailing
Jewish Agency for Israel, 16 Wall, just a few hundred yards
East 66th St., New York 21, away in Jordan territory. The
annual open house offered by
N.Y.
President Ben Zvi during the
intermediate days of Sukkoth
Israel Dance Troupe,
drew
thousands of visitors,
`Better Than Moiseyev'
many bringing bouquets. Young
on Sullivan Show Nov, 2
and old, representing every
Folk dancers "better than the walk of life in Israel, the visi-
Moiseyev Dancers" was the way tors filed past the President and
Ed Sullivan described part of Mrs. Ben Zvi, receiving sea-
the troupe of six acts he has son's greetings. The greetings
brought from Israel for appear- of the Moslem and Druze citi-
zens of Israel were conveyed to
ance on his Nov. 2 show.
In addition to the folk danc- the First Family by the elders
ers, the Israel entertainers will of those communities.
include two musical-comedy
Suomi College at Hancock,
dancers, a polio-stricken 12 year
old violin virtuoso and a Mich., is the only Finnish-
shadow-graph e x p e r t "who American institution of higher
learning in the United States.
beats them all."
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hand r e p o r t s from Israel
leaders on the intensive efforts
made during the past year to
resettle and absorb new immi-
grants into the life-strean of
the country.
Also on the itinerary are
visits to new housing develop-
ments and farm settlements
which have been established by
the Jewish Agency with UJA
funds, and to installations run
by Malben.
Members of the mission will
utilize their on-the-spot studies
as the basis for reports to their
home communities.
The mission will return to
the United States after a stop-
over in Rome, on Oct. 21.
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