22—Friday, March 3, 1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Youth News
Israel Dance Night 'Band Battle,'
Bible Contest on Agenda at Center
The Israeli Dance Night planned
by the City-Wide Jewish Youth
Planning Committee will be held
7:30 p.m. March 18 at the Jewish
Center.
Mrs. Harriet Berg will be in-
structor, and Gingi Kunianski will
be accompanist. Participants will
be able to learn Israeli dances and
watch performances by the Jewish
Parents Institute Teen Club, the
Young Dancers Guild and Hasho-
mer Hatzair. They also may bring,
musical instruments for a "Kuin-
sitz" hootenanny after the pro-
gram. Israeli refreshments will be
served. Nominal charge.
Proceeds will go toward the Je-
rusalem Y and YMHA.
The second annual Battle of the
Bands sponsored by the Jewish
Center gets under way 2 p.m. Sun-
day in the Aaron DeRoy Theater
and continuing throughout the
afternoon until each of the regis-
tered bands has been evaluated.
The auditions are open to the
public.
The final program will be held
March 12. Judges will select the
top three winners. Emcee at the
program will be Paul Winter of
Station WTAK. Admission charge.
* * *
Those interested in participating
in the Comprehensive English Di-
vision of the eighth annual Bible
Contest have until Tuesday to reg-
ister in the youth division of the
Jewish Community Center.
The contest is open to all young-
sters age 12-16 and not enrolled
in Hebrew day schools or after-
noon Hebrew schools.
This year's questions will be
drawn from the Books of Liviticus,
Kings I, Nehemiah. Coaching ses-
sions will be held for those enter-
ing the contest to have a better opr
portunity to prepare and study for
By DAVID
the elimination contest.
STEIN
For information or to registeu,
A portrait of Bertha Robinson, contact Allan Gelfond at the Jew-
Ford principal who retired last ish Center, DI. 1-4200,
June, was put on permanent dis-
play in the school library. Thank-
ing the audience present at the
ceremony, Miss Robinson outlined
the progress Ford has made in
Israel Kibutz Camp --- a new
its 10-year existence.
adventure in summer camping
Elliot Leib, January graduate will be available to American and
James Morgenstern and David Canadian teen-agers age 13-15 for
Stein were selected finalists in the the first time this coming summer.
National Merit Scholarship compe-
The first summer camp in Israel
tition. The selection was made on to be based in a kibutz, it will
the basis of Scholastic Aptitude combine a full camping program
with the experience of seven
Test scores and a questionnaire.
Two new noncredit courses have weeks in Israel.
Co-sponsors are t h e Histadrut
been made available to Ford stu-
dents. Mrs. Irma Alan is teaching Foundation for Educational Travel
a six-week speed reading course and Habonim Labor Zionist Youth.
Home base for the camp is
which will aid students in prepar-
ing for college. An advanced bi- Kibutz Gesher Haziv, on the shores
ology course, covering organic of the Mediterranean.
The daily, program will in-
growth and development, is being
taught Monday through Thursday dude working in the orange and
after school by Victor Skuratowicz. banana groves, turkey houses
Bandtastic, Ford's annual band and other areas of the kibutz,
concert, will be presented March Hebrew conversational practice,
interest activities, discus-
16 and 17 in the school auditorium. special
sion
groups
centering around the
Masters of ceremonies will be Roy Israel experience
and relating
Mash and Larry Russ. In addition, it to American Jewry,
sports,
the teachers will present a variety swimming, singing and dancing.
skit.
Field trips, hikes, and seminars
Shirley Moscow was named
will take the participants to all
Ford's 1967 Betty Crocker Home-
parts of Israel.
maker of Tomorrow. The award
At Gesher Haziv, campers will
was made on the basis of exam- be "adopted" for the summer by
ination scores on a test given by Hebrew- and English-s p e akin g
General Mills Corp.
kibutz families, at whose homes
The recent Michigan Boat Show they will spend several evenings
featured an exhibit from Ford's a week. They will also meet and
marine shop, the only one of its share experiences with kibutz and
kind in the city. The shop's under other Israeli youth their own age.
the direction of Robert Swearingen.
Campers will fly to Israel July
Although Ford's basketball team 12 and return Aug. 27. For infor-
has a disappointing 4-11 record mation, call Israel Kibutz Camp,
prior to district tournament action, UN 4-7094.
Gary Lincoln has broken school
records twice. In a 61-58 conquest
of Cooley, Gary hit 16 of 17 foul
shots for a record. Against Chad-
sey, he broke the school scoring
record with 34 points.
He then proceeded to break both
Robert Frost Junior High School
records in a non-league game with
University of Detroit High by mak- won more awards than any other
ing 18 foul shots and 36 points. junior high school in Southeastern
Ford's swimming team had its Michigan at the National Scholastic
best year with a 6-1 record as it Art Exhibit. Frost students, who
finished second on the West Side won 22 awards at the exhibit, in-
to Cooley. As they swept Chadsey cluded, among others, Michael
in their last contest, 59-46, Jerry Diamond, Laura Pershin, Ellen
Lafer - broke school records in the Glovinsky, Lisa Aronoff, Wendy
50-yard freestyle and 100-yard but- Siegal and David Goldfarb. Gold
keys went to Evie Kahn, Michelle
terfly.
Ford clubs are also organizing Ellis, Neal Rott and David Siporin.
a paperback book drive for service- Blue ribbon winners, who will have
men in Vietnam. Any books are their work exhibited in New York,
acceptable. Those in Northwest include Pamela Kralik, Shelley
Detroit may bring the books to the Popkin, Howard Burlak, Jeff Co-
Northwestern YMCA, 21744 W. hen, Mike Gorzack, Joel Krauss
and Karen Woolpert.
Seven Mile.
The
Ford
Scene
Israel Kibutz Site
Opened to Teens
They Made
the Grade
News Brevities
The gifted Spanish guitar family,
the ROMEROS, who come to the
Masonic Cathedral March 10, en-
gage in over 80 concerts in a sea-
son in North America. Performing
as soloists and in ensemble, they
offer five centuries of classical and
Flamenco repertoire. They are the
first guitarists to play at Philhar-
monic Hall and Lincoln Center,
and 19-year-old Angel Romero is
the first classical guitarist to per-
form with the Hollywood Bowl
Symphony. Tickets are available at
the Masonic Auditorium box office
as well as Grinnell's downtown
and all J. L. Hudson ticket centers.
* *
Opening for a three-weekend run
today is the University of Detroit
Theater production of the Christo-
pher Fry comedy, "THE LADY'S
NOT FOR BURNING." The play
will be presented at 8:30 - p.m. in
the U. of D. Library Theater.
Tickets are on sale at the theater
box office, 342-1000, ext. 207.
* * *
A testimonial banquet honoring
Nellie Watts, a young artists' spon-
sor for 30 years, will be held 7
p.m. March 18 at the Masonic
Temple. Proceeds from the sou-
venir bank will be used to pur-
chase a violin for a young local
violinist. On the following day, the
NELLIE WATTS CONCERT SER-
IES will present Veronica Tyler
at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in
the Masonic Temple. Miss Tyler
won top prizes in the Berlin Festi-
val in 1966 and Tchaikowsky Fes-
tival in Russia the same year. For
banquet tickets, contact the Ma-
sonic Temple box office, J. L. Hud-
son Co. ticket centers or the ban-
quet committee, TR 2-1770. Among
those serving on the testimonial
committee are Drs. Robert H. Klot-
man and Robert R. Luby, Kurtz
Myers and Dr. Morris Hochberg.
* * *
Galerie de Boicourt will present
an exhibition of paintings by ROD-
NEY G. LANDSMAN March 5-31.
He will be present at an opening
reception 3-6 p.m. Sunday at the
Birmingham gallery. A native of
Detroit, Landsman studied at the
Cranbrook Academy of Art, East-
ern Michigan University, Wayne
State University and the Chicago
Academy of Fine Art. He has ex-
hibited regularly in many major
national shows, the most current
of which are the Butler Institute of
American Art, Birmingham, Ala.,
Museum of Art and annual exhibi-
tions of the Michigan Academy.
His work may be found in the De-
troit Institute of Arts and in many
private collections.
* * *
JAMES DICK, finalist in the
Edgar M. Leventritt Foundation
competition, will give a piano re-
cital 8:30 p.m. Monday in Oak-
land University's Wilson Hall.
Last June, the 25-year-old artist
returned from the Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow as fifth
prize winner. The official Tass
News Agency hailed him as the
favorite of the musically sophisti-
cated audience. He has been in-
vited to tour the Soviet Union in
May. A limited number of tickets
are available for the performance
at the Meadow Brook Festival Of-
fice, 338-7211, ext. 2301.
Hayim Greenberg Shule
Plans Purim Carnival
The Hayim Greenberg Hebrew-
Yiddish Shule invites all parents,
members of the movement and
friends to the Purim Carnival 6
p.m. March 22 at the Labor Zionist
Institute.
Prizes and surprises are planned
for all students and their friends.
Each child will receive Shalakh
Manot refreshments. A special
Purim buffet for adults will be
set up.
Music Study Group Meets
The next meeting of the Junior
Music Study Group will be held
at the home o2 Janet Rogoff, 20561
Kentfield, 2 p.m. Sunday. Friends
are invited,
Adm. JAMES CALVERT, author
of "Surface at the Pole," the book
about the subpolar voyage of the
USS Skate, will be Detroit Town
Hall's speaker 11 a.m. Wednesday
in Fisher Theater, followed by
luncheon at the Rathskeller. As
commander of the Skate, which
made military history by first
breaking through the ice at the
North Pole, he was twice awarded
the Silver Star. He was then put
in charge of all U.S. nuclear sub-
marines in the Atlantic Fleet and
subsequently became head of the
Navy's European desk at the Pen-
tagon.
• • *
A meeting of the LAPEER PAR-
ENTS ASSOCIATION FOR MEN.
TALLY RETARDED CHILDREN
will be held 2 p.m. Sunday in the
recreation center of the Lapeer
State Home and Training School.
Presiding will be Joseph Kepes of
Oak Park, president. To promote
the employment of mentally re-
tarded persons, a film, '"Selling
One Guy Named Larry" will be
shown. A panel discussion on com-
munity placement with leaders in
the field of vocational rehabilita-
tion for the mentally retarded, will
follow. The public is invited,
* *
Metro-Detroit Travel Center an-
nounces the appointment of SID
PERLSTEIN as a travel consult-
ant. He will be working out of the
office at 3082 W. Grand Blvd. and
the new office in the Detroit Trade
Center.
Business
Brevities
Mrs: Madeline
Adinoff has
joined the staff
of the Meljoy
Realty Co. Mrs.
Adinoff, who is
active in South-
field a n d other
suburbs' civic af-
fairs, is qualified
in all phases of
real estate sales. Mrs. Adinoff
* * *
MAURICE A. BETMAN, CLU, or
the Northwestern Mutual Life In-
surance Co., has qualified for the
Million Dollar Round Table for the
fourth consecutive year. Betman
recently attended a one-day CLU
seminar in Ohio dealing with es-
tate planning techniques.
What really flatters a man is
that you think him worth flatter-
ing.—George Bernard Shaw.
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HEINZ S. F. BORCHARDT,
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of the 20 field underwriters in
New York Life Insurance Co.'s
Bloomfield-Detroit general office
whose production record for 1966
helped his office win a Grand
Slam award, according to Kenneth
L. Meyer, general manager. Only
63 of the company's 275 general
offices throughout the Unit e d
States and Canada qualified as
Grand Slammers, Meyer said. The
award goes to those offices whose
agents make outstanding records
in all areas of business and per-
formance.
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