26—Friday, April 14, 1972
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Birmingham Temple to Sponsor Fair
Featuring Appalachia Patchwork Art
The art of quilting, as practiced
for more than 100 years in Appa-
lachia. will be brought to the De-
troit area this weekend for an
Appalachian Patchwork Fair at
Birmingham Temple.
prise, called Cabin Creek Quilts.
The quitters are mostly widows
of coal miners living on small
Social Security pensions. What they
earn from quilting buys the neces-
sities their pensions don't cover.
Hours of the fair will he 10 a.m
9 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p m.
Sunday. •
Since Thibeault's arrivel, Cabin
Creek has sold quilts to major
stores in such cities as New York,
Boston. Chicago and Palm Beach.
Yet, the quilts still are made in
the cabins of their creators.
Cabin Creek quitters stick to au-
thentic patterns handed down for
generations. They will work in col-
ors a customer orders, and on re-
quest will fashion scatter pillows,
wall hangings and patchwork host-
ess gowns, as well as quilts. Spe-
cial orders will be taken at the
temple and completed in 8-10
weeks.
Refreshments will he served at
the fair. admission to which is
free. Miss Anderson will play
country favorites on her autoharp.
Wendy Blau. a Detroiter who
worked in the poverty belt of Appa-
lachia in West Virginia as a volun-
teer for VISTA. is assisting in the
arrangements for the dernonstra-
Lon, exhibit and sale. Coordinator
is Mrs. Rita Zissman. a temple
member.
Another Michigan volunteer,
Colleen Anderson, will come in
for the event, along with a quilt-
er
and Jamie Thibeault, the
VISTA worker who discovered
the work being done by Appa-
lachia women and turned their
skills into a cooperative enter-
For tbe Imes( vl Musical
Entertalemerit
Problems of Aged
Topic of Panelists
ERIC ROSENOW
AND HIS CONTINENTALS
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Avodah. Brandeis. Dimona and
Sharona chapters of Pioneer W(Mi.
en will sponsor a joint meetirog
1?:15 1) m. Tuesday at the Labor
Zionist Institute.
398-366s
NOW IS THE TIME .
"Psychology and Problems of the
Complete lawn Mo.ntenonce
and Spring Clean Up
Aged - will be discussed by Samuel
I,erner. director of the Jewish
Family and Children's Service,
and Roger Skully, a staff member
of JECS.
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For Full Season
Free Es/orates
RUSS LANDSCAPING
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Refreshments will he served.
Friends are welcome.
YOUR CANDID COLOR
Mesdames Lorraine Wilner, Leah
Lubin. Helen Ginsburg and Fri
eda
Faigin served on the planning
committee.
If no answer 756-7033
ALBUM
FINER
WINER
rke
Hillel .Art Auction Set
WILL BE
Mild Day School of Metropoli-
tan Detroit will host a fund-
raising art auction 9:30 p.m April
22 in the school building.
WHEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY
A champagne preview will be
held from 8 p m-
Chairman Mrs. Ashley Gorman
and co-chairman Mrs_ Eliot Char-
lip are assisted by Mesdames Har-
old Dean, Sanford Roth, Aaron
Lupovitch and Leo Rosen.
AND ASSOCIATES
KE 1-8196
Tickets can be purchased at the
door. For information, call Hillel
Day School. 851-2394.
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Batia Zy-tnicki, the wife of the
Israeli artist Mark Zytnicki, has' '
asked Mrs. Philip Shiner of De-
troit, during the latter's visit to!
Israel. to help her locate her fam-
ily in the United States.
According to Mrs. Shiner, the
Zytnickis are not asking for any
financial or other help but are
making the search only for the
sake of reuniting with members of
the family from whom they have
been separated.
Mrs. Zytnicki states that her
maiden name was Levine, daughter
of Alter, and that she was born in
Uzde tor lode) in the province of
Minsk, and that all who are being
sought came from that city. Her
uncle. Gusta Goldman, who was
horn 87 years ago, came to thg
United States in 1905. His children
with whom she seeks to make con-
tact are Les( Goldman, age about
50. who lived in New Jersey, and
h's sister, May Goldman, now
about 55 or 56. She is also looking
for a cousin. Barns Meishke, who
is about 60 and who lived in Cali-
fornia.
Mrs. Zytnicki can be contacted
at her home. Jaffa "D," Sderet
Yerushalayirn 17915, Israel .
Beth Moses Plans Art
Auction to Raise Funds
uch Center
DEPARTMENT STORE FOR CHILDREN
TEL-TWELVE, 12 Mile and Telegraph
Sunday 12 to
Open Daily 10 to 9
ALSO NORTHLAND SHOPPING CENTER
13 Mile at Woodward
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Jaffa Woman Seeks.
Relatives in U.S
Lew Noi'man. humorist, actor,
director and producer, will head
the program at the Pioneer Wom-
en's annual Israel Rand luncheon
noon Thursday at Cong. Bnai
Moshe.
Frieda Leemon will be honored
with the presentation of the Sha-
lom Award.
Mrs. Victor Ross is luncheon
chairman, and Mrs. Jack Gosman
is council Israel Bond chairman. A
special feature will be the presen-
tation of an Israel Bond, contrib-
uted by Mrs. Morris L. Schaver.
For reservations, call the Pio-
neer Women's office, 851 - 0750.
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MISS LYNN SOLOWAY
Mr. and Mrs. George Soloway
of Stout Rd. announce the engage-
ment of their daughter Lynn
Cheryl to Allan Gary Weiss, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weiss of
La Belle Ave., Oak Park.
Mr. Weiss was graduated from
Michigan State University and at-
tends the Ohio College of Podiatric
Medicine.
An August wedding is planned_
Lew Norman to Head
Pioneer Women Program
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Cong. Beth Moses will hold a
fund-raising art auction 8:30 p.m.
April 23 at the synagogue. A
champagne preview will precede
the auction at 7:30. Tickets ca0
be purchased in advance at the
synagogue or at the door the day
of the auction.
Committee members working on
the fund raiser are Mesdames
Daniel Weisswasser, William Nat-
taly. A. Berman and Stanley Gross
Workmen's Circle
to Commemorate
Ghetto Uprisino ,
The 29th commemoration of the
Warsaw- Ghetto Uprising will be
observed by the Workmen's Circle
Michigan District 8:30 p.n?. Wed-
nesday at the Workmen's Circle
Center.
This program, to be presented
in both English and Yiddish. will
immortalize the memory of the
Six Million and will pay homage
to the heroism of the Jews of
the Warsaw Ghetto.
There will be recitations by Ei-
leen Israel, vocal selections by
Simon Klachefsky, !Ionia Boren-
stein and others. There also will
be a traditional candle lighting ob-
servance.
The program was prepared by
the Workmen's Circle Cultural
Committee of Detroit.
The public is invited at no
charge.
GERMAN SOCIETY FOR
INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTAND-
ING, INC., is organizing its second
annual summer exchange program
for students age 16-21. The partici-
pants will be placed with German
families for four weeks, then be
allowed to travel throughout cen-
tral Europe. After six weeks, the'
Americans return home with a
German partner to live in the U.S.
for four weeks. For information,
call Maria Schneider, 476-8353.
Deputy Prime Minister YIGAL
ALLON of Israel and author ELIE
Wiesel head the list of speakers
at the American Jewish Congress'
national biennial convention May
10-14 in Cleveland.
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