40—Friday, April 12, 1968 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS `Cause to Be Proud Of: Israel' Henry F. Prestwood, 19329 Ilene, recently bought a $500 Israel Bond for his son Henry Jr., 14, to demonstrate his friendship for Israel and for the Jewish people. "I couldn't think of a better cause to sup- port," said Prestwood (above). "I am a strong admirer of Israel for Israel has demonstrated that a small nation can survive if the people have the will to survive. The young people in Israel are committed. They can set an example for our youth," he said, "I was especially in- terested in the Six-Day War and bought four copies of 'Swift Sword,' by Gen. S.L.A. Marshall." Prestwood's wife died last September, a week after they had moved into their home on Ilene, and their son is now living with his grandparents in Cincinnati. Prestwood, a veteran of the Inia-China-Burma campaign in World War II, served 38 months over- seas. He has lived in Detroit for more than 20 years and is now a super- visor of mechanical maintenance for the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department. His wife was a social worker for the city. One of his close friends is John Greenberg, his attorney for many years. As a boy in Alabama he got his first job from Benjamin Moskowitz, owner of The Fair, a men's and ladies' clothing store in Tuskegee. After he returned from the service in 1946, his boss wanted to set him up in business, but Prestwood declined the offer and came to Detroit, to work for the Parks and Recreation Department. "After reading 'Swift Sword,' Prestwood said, 'I wanted to invest in a cause my son and I would be proud of, and chose Israel Bonds." Detroit to Celebrate 2041i Year of Israel Statehood in Program Detroit's Jewish community will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Israel's independence in a special program featuring Moshe Leshem, ambassador extraordinary - with the Israel Mission to the United Nations, at the Jewish Center 8 p.m. April 28. Plans for the event were an- nounced jointly by Dr. Sanyiel Krohn, president of the Jewish Community Council, and Morris Lieberman, chairman of the Zion- ist Council of Detroit. The annual celebration of Israel Independence • Day has been sponsored jointly by Lois Leaderman to IfTed Mel Gitler in August the Community Council and Zion- ist Council since the re-establish- ment of the State of Israel in 1948. In addition to Ambassador Les- hem's address, there will be a pro- gram of musical entertainment and other traditional features such as the presentation of the colors by local Jewish veteran organizations. 'Tickets will be available at the door. Brevities An outdoor cafe atmosphere will be added to the Detroit Sym- phony Orchestra's 1968 CABARET "POPS" CONCERTS, scheduled for April 17-27 in Detroit's Light Guard Armory. MeMbers of the Junior Women's -Association for the Detroit Symphony will provide special decorations for all of the concerts. * * * The DETROIT HEARING and SPEECH CENTER has moved into new quarters at 19185 Wyom- - ing. * * * A puppet show for children will take place Wednesday afternoon at the Jewish Museum, New York. The B-GAY PUPPETS, star at- traction of the museum's Passover program this year, will give a performance of several playlets based on the Bible and Jewish legends. * * * The PICCOLO TEATRO MUSI- MISS LOIS LEADERMAN CALE of the City of Rome, appear- Mr. and Mrs. Sam Leadermaning for the first time at Detroit's of Faust Ave. announce the en- Masonic Auditorium, at 8:20 p.m. gagement of their daughter Lois May 7, has enchanted the capitals Elaine to Mel Gitler, son of Mr. of Europe since its conception in and Mrs. Norman Gitler of Prairie 1948. This little opera company of 40 founded and directed by Renato Dr., Southfield. Fasano, features a roster of 17 The bride-elect attended the leading Italian opera singers ac- dental program at Oakland Col- comp a n i e d by the Virtuosi di lege. Mr. Gitler attended Ferris I Roma, augmented to an orchestra State College, where he was af- of 24 musicians, in a repertoire of filiated with Sigma Alpha Mu 18th Century comic operas by such fraternity. composers as Rossini, Pergolesi, An August wedding is planned. i Cicarosa and Fioravanti. I Sigmund Shlesinger Heroic Indian Fighter "Killt a coyote and eat him all followed the Indians' trail and en- up," wrote a teen-aged Indian camped in a valley opposite a sandy fighter a hundred years ago. Re- island in the middle fork of the Republican .River near Wray, searchers at the American Jewish Colo. Archives in Cincinnati disclose that On Sept. 17, 1868, a large this teen-ager, Sigmund Shlesinger, band of Cheyenne and Sioux at- a Jewish immigrant from Hungary, I tacked them and forced them to played a heroic role in the Battle take cover on the island. They were besieged there until Sept. of Beecher Island, one of the most i 21, when the Indians withdrew. dramatic Indian battles of the Old It was not until Sept. 25, that West. they were rescued. Despite bitter cold, gnawing Shlesinger had gone West to seek his share of the frontier's economic hunger, and disheartening sights of boom, and he joined the 50 scouts destruction and death, S'hlesinger in the troop commanded by Colonel displayed great strength and forti- George A. Forsyth. Ordered to tude. Colonel Forsyth later wrote seek out a band of Indians who of him: "He most worthily proved had killed two teamsters, the scouts himself a gallant soldier. among brave men." In a letter to Rabbi Henry Cohen, of Galveston, Forsyth IDetrolter's Music praised "the pluck and endurance of this young son of Israel . . . a to Be Presented worthy descendant of King David." During the days of the siege, in t•i • iarrn on May 1 Shlesinger kept a diary which was Norman M. Snider, Detroit at- uncovered by the staff of the torney, has been informed that his American Jewish Archives in 1951. symphony, "Days of the Temple," It records in terse, simple, in- will receive its world premiere at elegant language some of the ob- Servations of the nineteen-year-old immigrant. At one point, Shle- singer noted: "About 600 Indians attackted us. Killt Beecher, Culver and Wilson. Woundet 19 Man and Killt all the horses. We was with- out Grubb and Water all Day. Dug Holes in the sand 'whith our Hands." Leaving the West after the battle, Shlesinger moved to Cleve- land, Ohio, where he became one of the Jewish community's most respected and influential leaders. He never forgot his experience in the West, however, and it colored much of his life. He remained very close to American folk-heroes like "Buffalo BilL" Hebrew Union College senior Burt A. Siegel of Milwaukee, has prepared a full account of the adventures of this extraordinary American Jew. It will appear in the April issue of American Jewish Archives. Drs. Jacob R. Marcus and Stanley F. Chyet, of the Hebrew Union Colloge faculty in Cincinnati, are editors of the mag- azine. PRESENTS Hal Gordon MUSIC BIG BAND OR SMALL COMBOS NORMAN M. SNIDER the B a y f r on t Amphitheater, Miami, May 1. The evening is an- nually set aside as "Israeli Night" and is attended by several thou- sand spectators. For this occasion, Snider, who will be present at the premiere, has dedicated the symphony in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the State of Israel. At last year's Israeli evening, Snider's "Hebraic Gordonia," symphony d e d cated to the me- mory of the late Max Gordon, formerly of the United Hebrew .Schools of De- Fershko troit, was enthusiastically received and will be repeated again this year. The program in Miami will be under the direction of the Miami Israeli Committee. *noel Fershko of Miami Beach, haliteen chosen as the symphony's conductor for this performance. Israeli dancing and singing will be included in the presentation. While in Israel, Fershko was di- rector of the armed forces radio station Kol Israel. Gen. David Sar- noff discovered Fershko and brOught him to the U.S.A. • in the early 1950s. Since coming to this country he has composed, directed and produced many Broadway shows on TV and radio. Medal to Honor . Pre-'48 Para-Military Groups JERUSALEM (JTA)—The cabi- net has authorized a special medal that will be awarded. to all mem- bers of military or para-military organizations that f ought to achieve Israel's statehood prior to independence in May 1948. To be included among the recip- ients will be former members of such dissident military activist groups as the Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Stern Gang which fought Arab terrorists and British Manda- toryauthorities after World War II. UN 3-8982 UN 3-5730 MUSIC BY SAM BARNE1T AND HIS ORCHESTRA LI 1-2563 DANCE CLASSES in your home taught by PREMIERE STUDIO 22111 W. 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