26 Friday, March 6, 1970
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
—
Albert Kahn Associates Honored
by Detroit on 75th Anniversary
Commodores Feted Miss Toni Reisma n 16 Be
at Great Lakes
Mrs. Robert N. Bader
Yacht Club Ball
Commodores from the Detroit
River Yachting Association and 15
area yacht clubs were guests at
the Great Lakes Yacht Club's re-
cent annual Commodores Ball in
the Casino Room of the Sheraton
Cadillac Hotel.
Honored were retiring Commo-
dore Herbert Reinheimer and in-
coming Commodore Richard Dib-
ner.
Flags designating their office
were presented to Reinheimer,
Dibner, vice commodore Lionel
Willens, rear commodore Wil-
liam Appel, treasurer Austin
Kanter, secretary Albert Col-
man, fleet surgeon Richard
Hommel, fleet measurer Robert
Ferar and fleet captain Sanford
Rossen.
SOL KING
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A distinguished gathering of De-
troiters joined on Tuesday noon, at
a conference at the Engineering
Society, in honoring the 75th anni-
versary of Albert Kahn Associates,
the nationally famous firm of archi-
tects and engineers.
Sol King, president of the firm
(AKA), took note of the event and
expressed gratitude to community
leaders and spokesmen for city
government for taking note of the
event.
A testimonial resolution adopted
by the City Council was presented
to King by Council President Mel
Ravitz and a message from Mayor
Roman Gribbs was read by the
mayor's public relations represent-
ative, Howard Lancour.
LATE ALBERT KAHN
Motors, Fisher and New Center
Buildings, The firm's offices are in
the latter.
King, besides being president of
Albert Kahn Associates, has held
many important national offices
and is presently president of the
Engineering Society of Detroit. He
is an active member of the board
of Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
Beth-Sheva Laikin
to Convey 'Moods, Modes'
for Center Theater
Past Commodore John Mayer
acted as toastmaster.
Great Lakes Yacht Club, located
at Jefferson and Nine Mile Rds.,
St. Clair Shores, has a member-
ship of more than 130 sailboat and
powerboaters. The club has five
fiberglass Cape Cod sloops for the
use of its members, and sailing
lessons are provided for the novice
sailor.
A summer program of small
boat handling and racing tactics
is available, along with a swim-
ming pool, picnic areas, play-
grounds, dining room and locker
rooms for members and their
guests.
This year the club will host its
fifth annual Great Lakes Yacht
Club regatta for some 250 sailing
members of area yacht clubs and
the Detroit River Yachting Asso-
ciation.
GLYC sailors have captured
many flags and trophies in area
races, and the annual Port Huron
to Mackinac Island sailboat race.
Beth-Sheva Laikin will perform
a one-woman show, "Moods and
Modes," for Center Theater's Front
Row Center program 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday at the Jewish Center.
Miss Laikin's acting background
The Council resolution recalled
the AKA firm's distinguished includes radio, television and the
A limited number of club mem-
services and "its far-flung serv- off-Broadway stage. She has play-
ices (that) have carried its name ed leading roles with Detroit's berships are open, according to
and the name of the City of De- World Stage, Vanguard, Unstabled Sheldon Klimist, membership
troit to all parts of these United and Stabled theaters and most chairman, who noted a reduction
recently performed the lead in of the initiation fee.
States and around the globe."
For information, call Klimist,
A resolution commending the Center Theater's production of
353-4371, evenings, or 965-5060, days.
Kahn architectural firm also was "The Rose Tattoo."
She has directed productions of
adopted by the Michigan House of
"The Crucible," "Tevya" and Mythological Studies
Representatives.
A birthday cake was cut by Mrs. "The Theater of Peretz" for Cen-
in Literary Classics
Louis Savage, a sister-in-law of the ter Theater.
The public is invited at a nominal
late Albert Kahn, founder of the
Mythological writings, the myths
charge.
Refreshments
will
follow
firm, and King, in his brief re-
of the centuries in the Bible, in the
marks, introduced other surviving the program.
works of noted scholars, receive
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members of the family who attend.
thorough treatment in an outstand-
ed the anniversary function.
Center Auditions Set
ing study of the subject published
King stated that the AKA firm is
by Wayne State University Press.
"committed to continued identifica- for Chayefsky's 'Gideon'
In "Mythopoesis — Mythic Pat-
Tryouts for "Gideon" by Paddy terns in the Literary Clasics," Dr.
tion with Detroit, and the aim to
help find solution to urban prob- Chayefsky, Center Theater's third Harry Slochower examines Sig-
production of the season, will be mund Freud's "Moses and Mono-
lems."
In behalf of the AKA staff. Ruth held at the Jewish Center 8-10 p.m. theism," the Book of Job, Thomas
Homlquist introduced the program. Thursday and 2-5 p.m. March 15. Mann's "Magic Mountain," "Don
The play, which will be directed Quixote," "Moby Dick," "The Di-
A pioneer member of the firm,
Saul Saulson, was among the asso- by David Regal, will be presented vine Comedy" and scores of other
ciates in the Kahn organization May 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9.
classics.
whose presence was especially
"In this historic moment," Dr.
noted at this function.
Technion Society to Meet
Slochower states, "mythopoesis
Mrs. Moritz Kahn was another
leads
a precarious existence. The
"Industrial Relations and Man:
distinguished guest at the event.
effort to communicate across na-
power in Israel" will be discussed
Albert Kahn founded the firm in by Dr. Jack Stieber, professor of
tional and cultural boundaries, to
1895. Sol King has been associated economics at Michigan State Uni-
sound the theme of the human
with it for 35 years, having joined versity, and Carl Alpert, executive
condition is in danger of being
it soon after his graduation from vice chairman of the Technion
lamed by a thermonuclear Go-
the University of Michigan College board of governors, 8 p.m. Tues-
lem which are age has fashion-
of Architecture and Design.
ed."
day at a meeting of the American
Among the structures that were Technion Society, Detroit Chapter,
He discusses Karl Marx, Franz
designed by Kahn were General at Cong. Bnai Moshe.
Kafka, the developing sciences and
automation and emphasizes the
relation of fraternity and freedom.
Analyzing the pressures and men's
genius and nobility, he points to
Members of the
the possibility of tempering human
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