Harvey Gratt to Wed Robert B. Bayer to Take Judith Beresh Engaged
Bride, Margaret Peters to Stanley Rosen of NY .
Francine Gelberman
Bank Cancels Order That Would Withhold
Pay for Jewish Employes Absent on Holidays
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — A
Philadelphia bank has canceled
an order withholding pay for
Jewish employes not reporting to
work on Jewish holidays. The
Western Savings Fund Society, in
announcing the withholding order,
had said it was doing so in line
with a federal government ruling
that payment for such holidays-
not-worked was "discrimination in
reverse."
In making the cancelation known.
Townsend Munson, bank president,
said the bank had been advised
wrongly about the meaning of the
MISS FRANCINE G E LB E R MAN
MISS MARGARET PETERS
MISS JUDITH BERESH
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gelberman,
of Addison Ct., Southfield, an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Francine Eva, to Harvey
Jay Gratt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Gratt of Bridgeport, Conn.
The bride-elect attends Wayne
State University. Her fiance is a
senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, where he is a member of
Zeta Psi Fraternity.
A June wedding is planned.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peters of
Sorrento Ave. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Mar-
garet Ann to Robert B. Bayer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bayer of
Lauder Ave.
The bridegroom-to-be is a gradu-
ate of Wayne State University and
presently attends Wayne State's
law school.
A June wedding is planned.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Beresh, 6784
Woodside, Birmingham, announce
the engagement of their daughter
Judith Gail to Stanley Robert Ro-
sen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving
Rosen of New York.
Miss Beresh is a graduate of
Wayne State University's college of
education. Her fiance is a graduate
of Michigan State University.
The couple plans an April 9
wedding.
JACOB GLATSTEIN, noted Yid-
dish poet, was presented here with
the 1966 H. Leivick Award for Jew-
ish literature, given annually by
the Congress for Jewish Culture, at
an impressive gathering at the
Statler Hotel attended by more
than 600 Jewish writers, actors and
persons active in promoting Jew-
ish culture. The persentation of the
$1,000 award coincided with Glat-
stein's 70th birthday and with the
publication of a new book of his
poetry under the title "A Yid Fun
Lublin." The book was published
by the Cyco Farlag, which spe-
cializes in the publication of Jewish
books.
* * *
Montgomery Ward District Gen-
eral Manager S. D. Ward an-
nounced the promotion of STAN-
LEY HART to store manager of
Ward's full-line retail store at the
regional shopping center, Gratiot
at 15 Mile Rd. A Wayne State Uni-
versity management g r a d u a t e,
Hart, 38, joined Montgomery Ward
in 1957. He was metro-district fash-
ion manager for the 12-store group
prior to this recent promotion. He
resides in Livonia with his wife
Franceen and three children. He is
a member of Temple Beth Am.
• * *
The comptroller of the currency
has issued a charter for the new
First National Bank of Warren,
now operating in a temporary
building on Van Dyke Ave. just
south of 13 Mile Rd. in Warren.
Among those elected as directors
of the new bank are DONALD H.
ROSS, a Warren business man,
FRED GORDON and A. VICTOR
BIZER, Detroit attorneys.
• * *
Irrigation problems of Israel,
and the National Water Carrier
created to help meet those prob-
lems, occupied W. WILLARD
WIRTZ, the United States Secre-
tary of Labor, during his two-day
visit here which ended Dec. 3.
Secretary and Mrs. Wirtz were
MISS RENA DAITCH
guests of Labor Minister Yigal Al-
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Daitch Ion at his kibbutz on Lake Tiberias.
an-
The guests were taken to the holy
of La Seine Ct., Southfield,
Rena Daitch Betrothed
to Ronald 31. Meyers
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Rena Florence to Ronald
Marvin Meyers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben A Meyers of Arrowhead
Dr., Southfield.
The bride-elect attends Michigan
State University's College of Com-
munication Arts. Her fiance is a
graduate of Eastern Michigan Uni-
versity, School of Business Admin-
istration, where he was affiliated
with Alpha Kappa Psi, business
fraternity.
The couple plans an Aug. 20
wedding.
places on the Sea of Galilee includ-
ing Capernaum. They later visited
the National Water Carrier station
at Eshed Kinroth where the entire
water program was explained.
Wirtz and his wife also visited
Nazareth before proceeding to Tel
Aviv where they met Aharon Beck-
er, secretary general of the Hista-
drut, Israel's labor federation.
Earlier Wirtz discussed the long-
pending American-Israel nuclear
desalination project and other eco-
The former U.S. representative
to the United Nations, PHILIP M.
KLUTZNICK, has assumed t h e
post of chairman of the board of
overseers for Brandeis University's
Lemberg Center for the Study of
Violence.
• *
GEORGE LEVINE, director of
the United Synagogue of America's
Northern New Jersey Region since
1958, has been named director of
the United Synagogue Book Ser-
vice, it has been announced by
Rabbi Bernard Segal, executive
director. Levine succeeds Murray
Shiff, who held the book service
post since 1962.
• • *
The American section of the
World Jewish Congress has ap
pointed MAX MELAIVIET as ex-
ecutive director. Dr. GRETA
BEIGEL has been named execu-
tive secretary of the section.
* *. *
Photographers ALLEN STROSS
and HARRY GLASSGOLD were
winners in the 56th Michigan
Artists Exhibition, on display
through December at the Detroit
Institute of Arts. Stross won the
"Group 17" award of $50 for a
photo, "Symbol." Glassgold re-
ceived the $50 Lou Tendler Mem-
orial Award for his photo.
•
3Ia rilynn La Vine
to 31a ivy Gerald Chi si k
order issued by the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission.
Therefore, he said, the bank would
continue "its long established prac-
tice of recognizing religious holi-
days with pay for all our em-
ployes."
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More than 2,000 delegates to the
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double honor Monday to JULIUS
FLIEGELMAN of Los Angeles, at
the- same time voting for two sep-
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and pledged another $500,-
000 to the American Histadrut
Development Foundation. Fliegel-
man was reelected Pacific Coast
president of the Israel Histadrut
campaign and at the same time
received the founders award of the
development foundation whose pro-
gram he helped initiate five years
ago.
• * *
JIM GOTTFURCHT, career
agent in the Norman L. Jacobs
Agency, Detroit, surpassed t h e
Massachusetts Indemnity c o m-
pany's all-time production record
of $38,000 on Nov. 9. This record,
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