Edward C.. LeVy - Relishes 'asWelcome . - Birthday 'Gift
Privilege to Share in Numerous Community Services

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
34—Friday, November 5, 1971

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EDWARD C. LEVY

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"The best gift I can be given on
my birthdaY is the privilege of
-continuing my labors for our com-.,
munity."
That's the message Edward C:
Levy passes on to his friends when
they greet 'himon his '72nd birth-
day, today.
"Ed"—he - wants to be intimate:—
- has just returned from Vienna and
Israel, having participated in :the.
Israel Prime Minister's Mission.
"One again, we were inspired
by Golda, and we'll go,. from -
strength to strength in our next
Allied Jewish Campaign," Ed said.
The reason for this comment
is his acceptance again of a vice-,

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chairmanship of the 1972 Allied --
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his recent visit at the Western Wall - hilerusaleni;
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Ed Levy was married to the the, steel industry in the Detroit
• "four-in-one" evening of _events
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will employ-from 500,to .700 'more.-
farmer
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in
1929.
area, Plus 14 concrete plants op- - What-greater satisfaction can .a
830 p.M.. Saturday in the':syna-
They have two children and 'six erating under the subsidiary name man. have in _having helped:.create *-
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"grandchildren
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of the Clawson Concrete Company: Sornethinc-whatgreater joy in hay-
: A 'late supper will - follow. For
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further
information tail
They are members of Temple'
information, - members and non-
With the new steel making pro- - ing -helped Israel?", - .:
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or write
members may . call Sue . Lynn, Beth El, and besides his philan- cess, the Levy Co. has built the Levy recalls with additional
541-3400; - or Sandy Wittenberg, thropic activities Levy is a world's largest lime plant to supply pride that - the then "treasurer of
member of and contributor to per- burnt lime to the
oxygen steel the Jewish Agency, Israel's finance
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haps 50 or more local and national making industry in the
area, plus minister, the late Eliezer Kaplan,
The
."Twenty Skidoo". movements and organizations.
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five of the most modern asphalt said to him in Yiddish; "God, sent
party will be held Dec. IL
"I am happy to be counted on plants in the metropolitan Detroit you here to us to give us this help
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oo o 000 60 philanthropically, but I am always area, plus a large , gravel operation to guide us toward a path for a Casa/led _Ads-- Get Quick Results
that what I belong to and on the outskirts of Detroit; and the great industry."
'SHELDON ROTT : certain
what I assist is of the highest
Kelleys Island
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th middle of Lake Erie
quarry in the
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is
where
it
processes
limestone for
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Levy's
biography
reads
like
. processes.
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a "Romance in Industry." Born in
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Big Beaver, Mich., a village that • Not only has growth occurred in
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no longer exists, on Nov. 5,4899, he the home territory of Detroit, but
Are Arriving Daily
slag production has begun at Burns
Portraits by
came to Detroit in 1913 and , his Harbor,
Indiana plant of the Beth-
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first means of earning a livelihood lehem
Steel Corp.
was to - drive a team of horses—
"and it was not beneath me to
Levy's honors are many, and he
clean alleys,". he adds.
is listed as one of the six largest
It.was in 1920 that he established contributors to the Allied Jewish
as always fine
his present -immense Edward C. Campaign in the Detroit area.
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Levy Slag Co., after having estab- However his major pride is in
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having
created
the
glass
industry
lished friendship and association
a
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on a business basis with the Ford in Israel. The story is so fascinat-
MON. SAT. 10 to 5 30 tois:Ekve_rnan
it ix so unique in pioneering
251 Merrill, cot-. Woodward- Motor Co. 'Now he .prides himself ing,
and
in
providing
the
skills
of
an
on being able to provide help where
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needed—and there is not a cause expert in creating a new industry
that does not get his 'cooperation. •for Israel that the name of Edward
Ed Levy' takes pride in Many ac- C. Levy, Sr. will be linked indelibly
complishments in behalf of IsraeL with the builders ' of Israel.
It Was thanks to him- that the glass
When Levy was in Israel, in
industry developed because he 1950, the mayor of Beersheba_ told
... for ALL occasions! had felt the value of sand in one him
of a great need for Israel—the
of the: hills, and the glass industry establishment of a glass industry.
developed . as a result.
He bemoaned the , fact that the
„He
the-proutW.co-founder of small existing industry not , only
the-Israei 'flock Prodacts Industry, was .struggling but was suffering
dnd 'ãery.-one'of;hla. many, from lack of* Silica sand.- " •
vialtaritilsrael:he:'stidlei the Rock
"Wilh Shripathe
Whatever glass Israel was mak-
Products
"Congtveitlegione
ing was prohibitive in price_ The
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Beersheba
official told Levy: "We
FtECOMMENDEtt
"lost Whims"
The words "Slag” and "Levy" have no silica sand. We have only
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are almost synonymous, since Ed- ocean sand." He explained that all -
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ward C. Levy Sr. converted slag, the necessary products were being
No drapery shrinkage
once an unwanted material, into a imported at a high price from Bel-
valuable construction aggregate, a gium, and he pleaded: "If we could
Perfect-folds
product 'that has helped to build only get the raw products"
Controlled length
thousands of miles of roads, streets
Levy was the right man to be
Have your draperies cleaned _ . the truly saleway. We
and highways, and millions of approached
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the subject. For six
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dollars worth of commercial and years he had on
offer yotrthe protection Of. the Aditist-a-drape process
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been associated with
industrial buildings.'
that guarantees the length `as, well as - assurir.g you
Sand
Products
Corp.
in Detroit. lie
Today, the Levy Co. operates six
of even hemlines; more graceful folds.-Our service' is
knew what was needed and bow
available for home or:offite.
to test the materials.
Ours is a complete service — your draperies are re-
It was thanks to his knowledge
moved from the rods and measured before cleaning.
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'and skill that,. soon after speaking
Your draperies- are returned to you and rehung with
with the Beersheba official, Levy
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a new look of elegance, Why-not, call us today for an
discovered, a short distance •from
estimate or free pickup,atutdelivery?
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Beersheba, a vast dune, a moun.
tain of sand, sufficient to - provide'-
AST-A-DRAPEPIROCESS
BY-
_the necessary silica sand product
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for glass-making for more than 100 '
years. He took samples to the
Weizmann Institute, and his belief
that it was- silica, the right pro
duct for glass-making was con-

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"It was the, most glorious how
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Israel has them all.' I 10=d : silica!
The industry began to develop.,
Now it functions as Israel Pho0..`
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