City, State and Federal Officials Join in Tribute to Sol Slomovitz
City, state and federal officials
of all faiths joined with repre-
sentative Jewish spokesmen in
paying final tribute to Sol Slo-
movitz, Wayne County Deputy
Treasurer, who died at his desk
before noon Monday, of a heart
attack.
Funeral services were held in
the Kaufman Chapel in South-
field, Tuesday afternoon. Rabbi
Jacob E. Segal and Cantor Nich-
olas Fenakel officiated.
Surviving the veteran county
official, who resided at 17355
Woodingham, are his wife, Lil-
lian; son, Murray, a Wayne
SOL SLOMOVITZ
of the court," serving as an ad-
Possessing a good sense of
visor to many officials, actin g humor, he was loved for the
as guide to new appointees t o cheer he brought to his asso-
public off ice s, aiding man y ciates, to his f a in i 1 y and
needy who applied for assistance
friends.
He literally helped hundreds to
One of his last acts was to
secure jobs and there was a free
arrange
a testimonial dinner
door to his office for all who in honor for
of County Treasurer
applied to him for help. He Funk, to take place on Sept. 10.
often was referred to as the one
The esteem in which Mr. Slo-
man goodwill movement in the
movitz was held was evidenced
County Building.
In his youth he was among the by the public officials from sev-
most active leaders in the Young eral cities who attended the
Judaea movement here and funeral service and by the list
nearly all of the pallbearers as of honorary pallbearers who in-
he was taken to his final rest cluded:
Mayor James Clarkson of
(Julius Kabatsky, Aaron Lipin,
Dr. Joseph Markle, Harry Pear- Southfield and representatives
son, George Liss, Maxwell Silver- of Mayor Jerome Cavanagh of
stein) were his associates in the Detroit and of the City Council;
youth movement in the early
Circuit Court Judges Thomas
1920s.
J. Murphy, Miles N. Culehan,
He worked with equal ease James Montante, Horace W.
with people of all faiths and Gilmore, Nathan J. Kaufman,
races and he was an 'NAACP James N. Canham, Joseph A.
supporter and associate long be- Moynihan, Edward S. Piggins,
fore the movement was fashion- Carl M. Weideman and Joith
M. Wise;
able.
He was a member of Brandeis
Probate Court Judges Ira G.
Bnai Brith Lodge and was asso- Kaufman and Thomas C. Mur-
ciated with Congregation Adas phy;
Shalcm.
Common Pleas Court Judges
He was an ardent Zionist, dat- George D. Kent, Joseph Per-
ing back to his Young Judaea nick, John W. Connolly and
days.
Charles Kaufman;
He was especially known as
Prosecutor Samuel H. Olsen,
an efficient organizer and as the County Clerk Edgar M. Brani-
chief architect of the County
gan, Sheriff Peter L. Buback,
Credit Union which he super- County Treasurer Louis H.
vised and led it to be one of the Funk, Register of Deeds Ber-
most effective protective move- nard J. Youngblood, Deputy
ments in behalf of county em- Register of Deeds Roy Murdock,
ployees.
Chief Register of Deeds Clerk
County assistant prosecuting at-
torney; daughter, Mrs. Arthur
(Marilyn) Lipman, whose hus-
band is a Wayne County proba-
tion officer; two grandchildren,
Sandy and Deana Lipman; two
brothers, Benjamin, of Bayonne,
N.J., and Philip; and four sis-
ters, Mrs. Fred (Bluma) Brown,
Mrs. Alan (Bertha) Sloan, Mrs.
Nathan (Anna) Pritz and Mrs.
Philip (Fay) Sills.
Born in Russia, July 10, 1906,
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The Farband Forest at Modiin, south-
Mr. Slomovitz was brought to 50th
anniversary of the Farband-
this country by his parents at Labor Zionist Order was ob- east of here near the Jordanian
the age of 5. He lived in Bay- served in Israel with the plant- border, the ancient site of the
onne, N.J., until 1918, when he ing of the first saplings of the tombs of the Maccabees. Cere-
monies marking the opening of
came to Detroit.
a new road connecting the Mo-
A graduate of Northern
diin area with the seashore near
High School, on whose foot- Jewish-Arab Unity
Tel Aviv, and named for Izhak
ball team he played tackle, he
Ben-Zvi, late President of Is-
was in business here before In Israel Stressed
rael, were also held in connec-
joining the Register of Deeds in Eshkol Address
tion with Farband's jubilee
office here in 1933. He was
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observance. The forest and the
a Roosevelt Democrat and was
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — The impor- construction of the new road
active in Michigan Democratic
affairs, and for 30 years was tance of developing attitudes of were financed with funds raised
a high ranking official on the mutual confidence between the by Farband.
Taking part in the ceremonies
Register of Deed's staff before Arab and Jewish populations of
being elevated to the Wayne Israel was stressed by Prime were Mrs. Rachel Ben-Zvi,
widow of the late President, who
County Deputy Treasurership Minister Levi Eshkol.
During an impromptu address cut the tape opening the new
last December. He was named
to the high post he held at the at a reception tendered in his road; Yaacov Tsur, world chair-
time of his death as the selec- honor by the Jerusalem branch man of the Jewish National
tee of Chief Probate Judge Ira of his Mapai party, the Prime Fund, and Joseph Weitz, a mem-
of the Jewish Agency execu-
Kaufman, County Clerk Brani- Minister addressed himself di- ber
tive.
gin and Prosecuting Attorney rectly to representatives of
Sam Olsen. He assumed his Arab villages who took part in
260 Brazilian Jews
last office when Louis H. Funk the reception.
"We must learn and remem-
was named County Treasurer.
Settle in Israel
Mr. Slomovitz distinguished ber that which unifies us and
himself as an "unofficial friend forget that which divides us," Since First of Year
he said. Dwelling on his con-
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) —
tacts with Arabs from his first A group of 28 Brazilian Jews
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Edward Collins, Director of panied the body to Clover Hill
Tract Index Charles E. Adams; I Park Cemetery, and there was
County Auditor Arthur A. an o v e r f l o w attendance of
Sumeracki, Chief Wayne County mourners, with all available
Probation Officer Vernon Ker- rooms filled to capacity by a
win, the latter's chief assistant record number of people at a
S. Lee Gravlin, Chief of Circuit funeral in the Kaufman Chapel.
Court Criminal Division in
Prosecutor's Office Edward S.
Ferris, Chief Prosecuting Trial
Lawyer John W. Coury, Her-
bert Levitt, Common Pleas
Court clerk.
Hundreds of county em.
ployees came prior to the
funeral to view the body, and
a special inscribed Jewish
Publication Society Bible was
sent to the widow prior to
the funeral by Local 116-595
A. F. of S. C. & M. E., AFL-
CIO, with a special message
from the union's president,
Jim Bomarito.
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