20—Friday, March 20, 1970 a Cricket Players Make History SHOLOM POST No. 537 Sholom Post No. 5:;7 Auxiliary in 1949. By JESSE SILVER (copyright 1970, JTA, Inc.) Aron (Ali) Bacher of South Africa made history recently when he captained his country's cricket team in a test match against Australia in Cape Town.. A physici- an from Johannesburg, Bachcr thus became the first Jew ever to lead a national cricket team. He was joined on the squad by another Jewish player, Dennis Gamey, 29, the best wicketkeeper in South Africa. It was Bacher's ninth interna- tional match and Gamsy's first. An outstanding batsman, Bacher, 27, toured England with the South African team in 1965, and in 1966 captained the Transvaal team that handed Australia its first evar cricket defeat in South Africa, going back to 1902. Bacher has also been selected to captain the South African team that is scheduled to visit Great Britain later this year. Officials have expressed concern over the trip since the recent visit of a South African rugby team to Bri- tain caused so many demonstra- tions. organized in 1946 and the Our Post and Auxiliary are represented very well in the many community relation projects throughout Metropolitan Detroit. We are very proud of our services to all the Veterans Hospitals. Last year we organized a Youth Education Scholarship El Fund to send a deserving student to college. 3 El 0 1 0 J.W.9:SIMPLEMENT " Abel Kiviat and Allen Rosen- berg are two recent additions to the Helms Athletic Hall of Fame. A middle distance runner, Kiviat represented the Irish - American A.C. of New York City prior to World War I. Between 1909 and 1914, he captured nine U.S. and three Canadian championships at distances from 600 yards to cross country. In 1912 he set a world record of 3:55.8 ia the 1500-meters, and .then was runner-up in that event at the Olympic Games - in Stockholm. He competed in track until 1925, and is active today, at 77, as an official at the indoor meets in New York City. Like Kiviat, Rosenberg likes speed, but prefers his in a racing shell. He coached and coaxed the U.S. Maccabia Games team in 1961, and was the coach of the gold medal eight - oared crew at the 1964 Olympics Games in Tokyo. Rosenberg served as president of the Rowing Coaches Association America in 1965, and coached t he Vesper Boat Club crew until hree years ago when ha moved to Rochester, N.Y., where he works as a patent attorney for Kodak. He has since organized the Rochester Rowing Club and brought it into prominence. Carmiel Develops Center for Youth By HAIM snAcuTER JERUSALEM—Carmiel is a new town in Upper Galilee. It is situ- ROBERT J. RAFELSON POST AND AUXILIARY No. 431 ated on the central highway con- necting the coastal plain with the Upper Galilee region-23 kms. from Acre, 43 kms. from Haifa. 30 kms. from Safed and 34 kms. from Ti- berias. Conceived in 1963, the first 16 families bad settled there by August 1964, and by the end of the year the population had grown to 100 families—half of them new im- migrants from Eastern Europe; the remainder veteran settlers from the kibutzim, moshavim and other towns in Israel. Today, just over five years after its inception, Carmiel has a population of almost 5,000—SO per cent veterans, 90 per cent new immigrants from Eastern Europe and 10 per cent new set- tlers from North Africa, South Pfc. Robert J. Rafelson Robert J. Rafelson killed in action March 13, 1945 in the initial crossing of the Rhine River. Beloved son of the late Mark Rafelson and Mrs. Francis Rafelson. Post and Auxiliary are in our 24th year of service to our community, to the veteran and to ttio,e leis fortunate. We pledge our continued efforts toward the preservation of the great ideals of Judaism. veteranism and of this great nation. The Post and Auxiliary have been an integral part of the community and its activities. We Feverently we pray for strength and guid- ance to help restore, preserve and advance have responded to calls for aid and assistance those great American principles and ideals of from less fortunate. which we have been beneficiaries and which we hold as trustees for future generations. oi fit ERS — RAFELSON POST 431 Sam Solomon 5911or 11 , c , Com(1,(1(1.19r Janinr V , c,• Com milpfler onarteru•ff ;ter Plf - Ifl aril Schwartz Ralph Epstein Morton •Oppenheirn inauguration of a Youth Center America and United States. A ramified industry has devel- oped at Carmiel, in a special indus- trial zone which is kept apart from the residential area of the town. The industries include a plant for prefabricated houses ,metalworks, printing shops, plastics and textile factories, all providing employment for many hundreds of hands. Feb. 12 was a red letter day for this young Israeli town. Many hun- dreds of visitors, including a dele- gation of over 100 young people from the Argentine, bad converged on Carmiel in order to attend the inauguaration of a Youth Center and club premises attached to the Carmiel Local Council building in the center of the town. The opening of the Youth Center was made possible by funds raised by young key workers of the Keren Hayesod- United Israel Appeal in the Argen- tine, and is the first project of its kind to be established in Israel Argentine Jews through the special projects department of the Keren Hayesod. There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with de- light.—Marcus Aurelius. OFFICERS — RAFELSON AUX. 431 President Senior Vice President Lillian Stern Evelyn Schwartz Junior Vice President Belle Yoff Treasurer Zelda Rose Past President Evelyn Schwartz Compliments of KASLE STEEL & ALUMINUM