6 THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS — Fr iday, Sep t. 1 1, 1959 — Testimonial Monday for Mrs. Solovich Center Votes to Open Facilities on Saturdays The board of directors of the position to the proposal which Jewish Community Center, at a was recommended earlier in a meeting on Wednesday evening, 7-to-2 vote of the executive committee. voted, 22 to 9, to open the Irwin Shaw, executive direc- Center's facilities starting at 1 tor of the Center,. said that a statement explaining the Cen- p.m. on Saturdays. Maurice Schiller and Rabbi ter's action will be issued this Joshua S. Sperka led the op- week. Lawrence Gubow Honored Named State 'Veteran of Year' Lawrence Gubow, a leader in the Jewish War Veterans; treas- urer of the Jewish Community Council, was designated "Mich- igan Veteran of the Year" on Veterans Day at the Michigan State Fair, Sept. 5. The selection is made annual- ly by the Consolidated War Vet- erans of Michigan, representing all veterans organizations in the state, and is announced at the State Fair. The award was pre- sented to Gubow on behalf of the Governor and the Consoli- dated War Veterans by Lt. Gov- ernor John Swainson at a cere- mony at the Fair Grounds. Selection of "Michigan Vet- eran of the Year" is based up- on the individual's service to veteran organizations and parti- cipation in civic and community affairs. Nominations may be submitted by any of the more than 1700 .posts of veterans groups in Michigan. Gubow's nomination was submitted by Norman G. Wachler, command- er of the Morton A. Silverman Post, JWV. An attorney and graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Gubow is the Michigan Corporations a n d Securities Commissioner. He was a cap- tain of infantry in World War II, was wounded in action in Romney Given 1959 ADL Honor George Romney, president of American Motors Corporation, has been announced as the 1959 recipent of. the Anti- Defamation League's Michigan Regional Advisory Board "Mich- igan's American Democratic Living" annual award. Mrs. Samuel S. Aaron, MRAB chairman, stated that the award would be presented to Romney at a dinner to be given at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel. Prominent on the committee planning the dinner are Max Osnos, Leonard N. Simons and Harry Yudkoff. Osnos will serve as co-chairman and toastmaster; Simons is in charge of a pub- lic relations program, and •Yud- koff has organized the sale and distribution of tickets. Sidney J. Karbel, national commis- sioner of ADL, heads the pro- gram committee. Romney, who was the cover man for Time magazine's issue of April 6, 1959, gained na- tional prominence by salvaging the American Motors Corp. and placing it on a competitive basis with other automobile manufacturers. "However," Mrs. Aaron said, "the award is being given be- cause of Romney's many fine activities on behalf of the citi- zens of this state." Past recipients of the award have been invited to the pro- gram. They include C. Allan Harlan, Detroit; Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, Grand Rapids; Leonard N. Simons, Detroit, and Judge Wade H. McCree, -Detroit. Tickets are available at the ADL office, 163 Madison, Suite 120, WO 2-9686. December, 1944, and taken pris- oner. He remained a German prisoner of war until he was liberated by advancing Amer- ican forces shortly before V-E Day in May, 1945. Following several years of treatment and convalescence in U.S. military hospitals, he resumed his law studies and was admitted to the Bar. • MRS. CHARLES D. SOLOVICH Mrs. Charles D. Solovich, recently-elected national presi- dent of Bnai Brith Women, will be honored at a testimonial reception, Monday, 8:30 p.m., at the Labor Zionist Institute. The testimonial is being arranged by Pisgah Chapter and Pisgah Lodge, as a city-wide tribute to the Detroiter who has been accorded national honors. Mrs. Solovich began her Bnai Brith activities as a charter member of Pisgah Chapter in 1933. Three years later she became chapter president. Since then she has held national, dis- trict as well as local Bnai Brith positions of importance. A practicing attorney, she has made Bnai Brith her major communal interest. She is the wife of Charles D. Solovich, also an attorney, .who has been in the furniture business for a number of years. They have two sons, Stanford Alan and David Miles. An invitation to the entire community to attend the testi- monial reception has been ex- tended by Mrs. Phillip Kramer, president of Pisgah Chapter. State and city officials have been invited. Pisgah Chapter past presidents will be hostesses. A musical program will be given at the reception by Cantor Nicholas Fenakel. Gubow is a member of the national executive committee of the Jewish War Veterans and is a past commander of the De- partment of Michigan. He was formerly commander of the Sil- verman Post. Among other ac- tivities within the organized veterans movement, he serves as Judge Advocate of the Allied Veterans Council of Wayne County and of the Detroit Dis- tricts Association of the Amer- ican Legion. He is a past na- tional president of the 106th Infantry Association. In addition to his activity with the Jewish Community Council and the JWV, Gubow is an active Allied Jewish Cam- paign worker and is a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Earlier in the morning of the day Gubow received honors from the veterans of Michigan, he was presented with another award from his wife, Estelle, who gave birth to a baby girl— their third child—at Grace Hos- pital. The Gubows live at 20100 Braile. Israel Government Begins Plans for Harbor Construction at Ashdod The location of the new har- bor will be near the site con- sidered to be the burial place of Jonah. A lighthouse will be built at Nebi Younis—the high- est elevation in the area—be- lieved to be the spot where, ac- cording to the biblical account, Jonah was spewed by the whale. TEL AVIV. (JTA) Israel government has signed an agreement with Frederic R. Harris and Company, New York consulting engineers, to draw up working blueprints for a new harbor at Ashdod, 15 miles south of here. The plans will cover the first stage of construction of a port to provide citrus loading facili- ties to cope with the increasing exports of the fruit from the southern part of the country. Cost of the initial stage of con- struction is estimated at 48,000,- 000 pounds ($26,667,000) in local currency and $10,000,000 in foreign exchange. Construc- tion of the breakwater is ex- pected to begin next year, with completion of the initial facili- ties scheduled for 1963. Folk School to Show Free Movie Saturday The United Jewish Folk School will show a 'free movie' to all children, 5 to 10 years of age, in the northwest and Oak Park neighborhood, in the Mor- ris Schaver Auditorium, 19161 Schaefer, Saturday, 1 p.m. Re- freshments and comic books will be distributed after the movie. Plymouth De Solo JACK MANN NEW CAR! USED CAR! or SERVICE! YOU EXPECT MORE FROM HAMILTON AND GET IT ! BEN GREEN You Can't Drive Overhead — Why Pay For It! HAMILTON MOTOR SALES 13519 HAMILTON at DAVISON TO 6-2800 3 Growing Interest in Education Told at Congress Report Meeting "THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN I WILL UPLIFT THEE AND GATHER THEE IN." I There is a growing world- gates, and enumerates'_ the im- wide interest in the educational portant personalities who rep- needs of the Jewish people, the resented the major Jewish com- Detroit delegates to the World munities in the world. Jewish Congress, held in Stock- holm, told an overflow meeting Israel Could Close at the Labor Zionist Institute on Aug. 31. Suez, But Is Seeking Rabbis Morris Adler and Le- on Fram and Philip Slomovitz Peace, Dayan States Direct JTA Teletype Wire described their experience at To The Jewish News the recent sessions and told of JERUSALEM.—Former Isra- the efforts made by delegates from 43 countries to strengthen eli army chief Moshe Dayan Jewish spiritual values and to said Tuesday that Israel could unite in defense of human close the Suez Canal by force of arms and was ready for hos- rights. Zeldon Cohen, president of tilities but was equally ready to the Michigan Council of the meet the Arabs to work out a American Jewish Congress, pre- peaceful agreement covering sided. The meeting was opened any area—"even a single well with greetings by Dr. Milton or dunam of land." Blavin, chairman of the AJ Con- The former Chief of Staff is gress program committee, and campaigning for a seat in the Mrs. William Cohen, president Israel Parliament on the Mapai of the Congress' Detroit Wom- Party ticket headed by Premier en's Division. Ben-Gurion. His statement was Rabbi Adler said that the made to an election rally of major impact of the Stockholm Mapai youth groups in explana- sessions was a "demonstration tion of statements he had pre- of the vitality of Jewish com- viously made which had been munities in far-flung corners of denounced as threatening war. the world." In the course of his speech, Dr. Fram applauded the con- the ex - commander disclosed tinuing efforts of the Congress some facts about the sensational in seeking equal opportunities Sinai Campaign he directed in 1956 and about the final deci- for all peoples. Slomovitz emphasized t h e sion to withdraw the Israeli value of Jews from many lands forces when they were in sight gathering to exchange views on of their goal. "When it was necessary to Jewish issues and uniting in defense of their rights. He eval- decide whether to stay in Sinai uated the language question at or retire," he said, "I was glad the Congress, told of the pre- that I did not have to make the dominance of Yiddish as a me- decision and that the responsi- dium of expression understood bility fell on Premier Ben- by the majority of the dele- Gurion." A NEW AND-UNIQUE WAY TO GREET YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ON the NEW YEAR The Jewish National Fund Is Proud to Announce a New Type of ... . . .TREE CERTIFICATE $2.00 PER TREE TAX DEDUCTIBLE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED AS A NEW YEAR GREETING Through this Certificate You Fill a Personal Need and Help a Great Cause Order Your Certificate NOW by Calling Jewish National Fund 18414 WYOMING AVE. UN 4-2767 After Labor Day — Office Open Sunday, 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.