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Communal Calendar

March 28-30—Temple Beth El Cou-
ples Retreat, Kellogg
Center, East Lansing
29—City of Hope Square
Dance and Dinner, 8
p.m., Temple Beth El
30—Council Forum '69 Cul-
tural Series — Joe and
Penny Aronson, 3 p.m.,
Cong. Beth Israel
31—Temple Beth El Board
Meeting, 8:30 p.m.
April 1—Bnai Br ith Meeting,
8:30 p.m.
3-10—Passover
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Jewish National Fund Auxiliary
co-chairmen Mrs. Henry Schafer
and Mrs. Harry Feldman announce
that JNF box collection will start
Members are
after Passover.
asked to assist.

.Michele Goldstein toll eel
31r. Messner of Chicago

Senior Friendship Club of the
Flint Jewish Community Council
will hold its annual Passover pro-
gram 7:30 p.m. April 6 at Cong.
Beth Israel. The group will honor
Cantor Abraham Ranani of Beth
Israel for his service to the com-
munity. Dr. Nat Gross is produc-
ing the program for this event, to
which the community is invited.
Refreshments will be served. Also
in the planning stage is an April
23 dinner honoring Israel's Inde-
pendence Day.
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Yetta Shapiro Chapter, City of
Hope, will hold a square dance and
dinner 8 p.m. Saturday at Temple
Beth El. Caller will be Dub Perry,
with entertainment by the "Black
Light" group from Detroit. Gen-
eral chairman Mrs. Louis Sill is
assisted by co-chairman Mrs.
James Weisberg. Proceeds will go
to the nonsectarian, admission-free
City of Hope Medical Center, for
the fight against catastrophic dis-
eases. The dance is open to the
public, and reservations are being
made through Mrs. Sill and Mrs.
Weisberg,

MurrayMoss Heads Hadassah Event to Aid Youth Aliya
Ann Lebster Chapter of Hadas- belsky, asd eo-chairman Mrs.
Great Lakes Region sah will hold a games night 8:30 Marshall Cossman.
Tickets and publicity chairman
p.m. April 19 at Willowood Coun-
Mn. Arthur Silverman is aided
of Jewish Clubs
C l o u n b g.
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Murray E. Moss of Flint, was
-elected president at the 17th annual
spring convention of the Great
Lakes Region, National Federation
of Jewish Men's
Clubs in Toronto.
The-Great Lakes ;'t
Region, encom-
passing Ontario.
Ohio and Michi-
gan, has member-
ship of 27 Con-
servative Jewish
men's clubs.
Moss is presi-
Moss
dent of Cong. Beth
Israel and past president of Beth
Israel's men's club. Owner of the
Moss Insurance Agency, he serves
as vice president of the Independ-
ent Insurance Agents of Genesee
County Democratic Committee.
Also elected were: executive vice
president, Stanley Soll of Toronto:
vice presidents, Leonard E. Baron
of Southfield, Harry H. Berns.
Toronto, Edwin D. Grusd, Cincin-
nati, Carl Lichterstein, Detroit.
and Albert Savren, Cleveland:
secretaries, Abe Katzman. Oak
Park, Frank_ P. Mandel, Cleve-
land; treasurer. Allan Rosenberg.
Southfield; and immediate past
president, Sam H. Blank, Toronto.
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the highlights will be
teen-age "bunny girls" and a mid-
night supper. Admission is open to
the public. There will be many
prizes.
General chairman Mrs. Gerald
Reznick is assisted by co-chair-
men Mrs. Boris Kreel and Mrs.
Seymour Stern. The food chairman
is Mrs. Nelson Schafer. Assisting
her will be Mrs. Louis Sanford and
Mrs. Benjamin Epstein. Decora-
tion chairman is Mrs. Isaac Gra-

by Mesdames Arthur Barterer,
Hy Bergman, Sydney Hartman
and Frank Basle. Game chair-
man to Robert Kerner. Many of
the Radium& husbands will
assist.

All profits go to Youth Aliya,
which helps resettle, train and ed-

ucate children in Israel.
For reservations, call Mesdames

Bergman, Hartman, Ester Heitz-
ner, Kasle or Silverman.

Israeli Archaeologist Addresses Wort-ie;

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The Special Gifts Section of the Flint United Jewish Appeal Wom-
en's Division hosted Dr. "Abraham Biran, director of the Israel
Department of Archaeology and Antiquities, at a luncheon last week,
which also was highlighted by the appearance of John Stewart, Flint

tenor in residence. Shown (from left) are Mrs. Peter Kronick, Dr.
Biran, Mrs. Michael Pelavin, Stewart and Mrs. Saul Gorne. The
three women are chairmen of the Women's Division UJA Campaign.

MISS MICHELE GOLDSTEIN

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Goldstein
announce the engagement of their
daughter Michele to Marshall How-
ard Messner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Messner of Chicago.
Miss Goldstein received bache-
lors and masters degrees from the
University of Michigan and is on
the staff of the University of Chi-
cago. where Mr. Messner received
his bachelors and masters degrees.
lie is completing his PhD work
there.
A June 1 wedding is planned.

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KEISER-VOIGHTS: At her par
eras' home on Sherwood Dr.,
llynn-Wendy Voight became the
bride of Jay Steven Keiser. The
couple's parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart E. Voight amid Mrs. Eman-
uel Keiser of Forest Hills, N.Y.,
and the late Mr. Keiser. Rabbi
William Greenebaum II officiated
at the ceremony, following which
the newlyweds left on a honey-
moon' tour of the New England
states. They plan to reside in Kew
Gardens, N.Y. The bride wore a
soft blue silk crepe afternoon
dress, with scoop neckline, long
sleeves and crushed self-fabric
belt accenting the hipline and scal-
loped hem. A matching Dior bow
held the short bouffant veil, and
the bride carried a nosegay of
miniature roses, Stephanotis and
baby's breath. Abby Merridith
Hirsch served as the bride's at-
tendant. The bridegroom's brother,
Melvin Keiser of Coram, N.Y., wa•
best man.

'History in Folk Song'

The Forum '69 Cultural Series
will feature Joe and Penny Aron-
son in "Jewish History Through
Folk Song" 3 p.m. Sunday at Cong.
Beth Israel.
The program is for the entire
family, and tickets may be pur-
chased -at the door.

Tex Castro

The lives of some individuals are like

footnotes to history. Not themselves
prime movers, they nevertheless exert a
certain influence on the course of events.
Such an individual was Henry Castro of
Texas.
A native of France, Castro emigrated
to the United States and became a citi-
zen, at first residing in Rhode Island.
But two years after Texas seceded from
Mexico and set up an independent repub-
lic, Castro was asked by President Sam
Houston to undertake a financial mission
for the fledgling republic in France.
Then, in 1842, Castro received a contract
to establish a settlement west of the
Medina River. He also served as Consul-
General for Texas in France.
Castro formally dedicated his colony

In 1844. The settlers unanimously voted

to call their town

Castroville. Over a

three-year period Castro ferried some
5,000 emigrants to Texas, providing
them with food, farm implements, medi-
cine, seed and livestock, at a cost to him-
self of more than $150,000. Since the
settlers came, in the main, from Alsace,
even today Castroville resembles an

Alsatian village.
Though there is little

factual

knowledge about Castro's origins, he is
reputed to be a descendant of a noted
Marrano family.
Henry Castro, founder of Quihi, Van-
denberg and D'hanis as well as Castro-
ville, died in Mexico at the age of 76.

He is buried at the foot of the Sierra
Madre. The State of Texas honored its

adopted pioneer son in 1876 by calling
one of its new counties by his name.

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