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to Be Honored on 90th

Characteristic of a lifetime
of service to the Jewish com-
munity of Flint and to Is-
rael, Flint patriarch Israel
Sendler asked that all who
wish to honor him on his
90th birthday do so by con-
tributing to the Jewish Na-
tional Fund. The gesture is
typical of a man who has
devoted his considerable en-
ergies to the Jewish people,
Mr. Sendler will be hon-
ored by the Flint Jewish
community at a party given
by the Senior Friendship
Club 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at
Temple Beth El. He is a
founder of the 10-year-old
tp and still plays an ac-
role in its programing.
A highlight of the event
will be the presentation of a
Book of His Life, prepared
by his friend, Joe Laro. The
book will be a thick one—
including greetings f r o m
many Jewish leaders and a
capsule account of his event-
ful life.
Mr. Sendler, noted for his
unfailing good humor and
good sense, will be sur-
rounded by his many friends
and relatives, the latter in-
cluding his children, Dr. and
Mrs. Sidney (Frieda) David-
son of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry (Reva) Ratner of
Flint and Mr. and Mrs. Sim-
son Sendler of Oak Park;
and his 10 grandchildren.
His wife of 50 years, Ida
Lifshitz Sendler, died in 1968.
Together, they had earned
recognition as Michigan's
outstanding Senior Citizens of
the Year in 1966. As pioneers
in Flint Jewish community
life, they helped lead the
community to the respected
position it holds toda , with
regard to Israel activity and
other Jewish interests. Mr.
Sendler is honorary chair-
man of the United Jewish
Appeal Campaign and a
member of the Jewish Corn-
munity Council board of gov-
ernors.

His knowledge of Yiddish
is well known, and he has
played sn important role in
Yiddish cultural meetings, as
did his late wife. Many years
ago, while living in Detroit,
they helped organize the Yid-
dish shul in the Hannah
Schloss Building.
Mr. Sendler acquired his
love of Jewish learning and
of Zionism as a student in
the Slabotka Yeshiva of his
native Lithuania. He was an
only son in a family which
for six generations had pro-
duced only one son. (His
own son, Simson, broke the
chain with three sons, and
one daughter.)
An immigrant to America
in 1904, Mr. Sendler went to
work _ in the Cadillac Motor
C
Detroit. His evenings
spent at meetings of
Poale Zion, which he helped
organize here and in Roches-
ter, Buffalo, Cleveland and
Toledo. His activities later
were extended to include the
Jewish National Workers' Al-

William Bailies , 83 ,
Ex-Store Owner

ISRAEL SENDLER

liance, cultural outgrowth of
Poale Zion.
During World War I, Mr.
Sendler enlisted in the Jew-
ish Legion but was unable to
leave the country because of
his job in a war plant. How-
ever, he helped to organize
the Red Star of David nurs-
ing service, which was to
work with the Jewish Legion.
Among the girls who were
preparing for nursing service
was Ida Lifshitz, whom
Sendler married shortly after
the war
Mr. Sendler brought his
family to Flint in 1926 and
there set up a linen supply
business. An early leader of
his synagogue, he served on
the Beth Israel board of edu-
cation and took an active
part in Jewish education. He
also helped build up the He-
brew school. in which he still
maintains close interest.
He helped found the local
branch of the Jewish Nation-
al Workers' Alliance and
helped establish the Flint
Friendship Association, a
charitable group.
The Zionist Organization of
America named a portion of
its school in Kfar Silver,
Israel, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Sendler. Many trees
have been planted in their
name by the Jewish National
Fund, on whose council he
serves.
He also is active in Bnai
Brith.
The entire community is
invited to the party honoring
Mr. Sendler. Mrs. Eva Fisher
is in charge of arrangements.

William Bailies, former
owner and operator of the
Detroit Woolen Co., 211 N.
Saginaw, for more than 25
years, died Dec. 21 at age
83.
Born in Russia, Mr. Bailies,
3100 Miller, lived in Detroit
and later moved to Flint
where he lived for 42 years.
He opened his woolen store
in 1930 and operated it with
his wife until it was sold to
a Detroit firm in 1957. The
store sold fabrics, drapes and
dry cleaning supplies.
The dry cleaning part of
the store was moved in 1952
to 425 S. Dort, and was sold
in 1965.
Mr. Bailies was a member
of Bnai Brith, the Masons,
Bay City Consistory and
Cong. Beth Israel, where he
was chairman of the board of
education for eight years.
He is survived by his wife,
Dora; two daughters, Mrs.
Marian Agree and Mrs. Flor-
ence Rubenstein; and seven
grandchildren.

Comings ...
and
... Goings

The Flint Institute of Arts
is exhibiting more than 230
pieces of American pewter
from the collection of Dr. and
Mrs. Melvyn D. Wolf. The
exhibition is on view at no
charge through Jan. 13. The
Wolf collection has been de-
scribed by the FIA curator
as one of the finest private
collections in the country.
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Milton Weiss has been
named to a post on the local
Officers Compensation Com-
mission, whose purpose is to
set the pay of City Council
members.

Elliott G. Lande and Ed-
win M. Vater have been ad-
mitted to practice as
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lawy-
The Flint Jewish Commu- ers in Michigan.
nity Council's men's team
swept to victory against
Great Lakes Baptist Church,
64-28. Junior Boys were de-
feated in an overtime game
with Metropolitan with the
score of 34-29. Senior boys Jan. 2—Religious School
Classes reconvene.
won again over Court St.
—Community Relations
Methodist by a score of 36-31.
Commission, 8 p.m.,
The next week of play is:
Cong. Beth Israel.
Men's Team vs. First Cong.
3—Board of Governors,
Church, 9 p.m. Jan 5, at the
8 p.m., Temple Beth
YMCA; Junior boys vs. Dozi-
El.
er Memorial C.M./E. 6 p.m.
—Beth Israel Board
Jan. 7, at Central High
Meeting, 8 p.m., at
School; Senior Boys vs. Chris-
synagogue.
tian Science Church, 7 p.m.
5—Israel Sendler 90th
Jan. 7 at Whittier Junior
Birthday Party, 7:30
High.
p.m., Temple Beth
El.
6—T w e e n Bowling,
2:30 p.m., Town and
Flint Jewish Youth Center
Country Lanes.
Closed During Reorganization
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The Youth Activities Committee of the Flint Jew-
Beth Israel Sisterhood will
ish Community Council, feeling that an analysis of
feature "A Personal View of
programs and services must be made to better serve
Israel," a slide talk by Dr.
the youth of the community, is searching for new
and Mrs. Jack Stanzler, who
avenues of program services and new facilities, and
have just returned from Is-
it is attempting to employ professional staff. When
rael, 12:30 p.m. Jan. 9.
these arrangements have been completed, the Youth
Center again will be open, providing greater services
The human voice is the
to youth of the Flint Jewish community.
organ of the soul. —Henry
W. Longfellow.

Mission Participants Report
Israelis' Loneliness, Depression

Back from missions to Is- troops at the Suez Canal and
rael, Dr. Carl Fisher, Aaron on the Golan Heights, said
Gochman, Dr. and Mrs. Leon one soldier in the Sinai blink-
Rosky and Dr. and Mrs. Jack ed with surprise when he saw
Stanzler reported the follow- a filled tourist bus. A hos-
pitalized soldier in a full
ing:
"There was a mutuality of body cast, who had lost a leg
feeling, excitement and de- in battle, was playing the
pression, and the feeling that guitar and cheering up the
in the past, we have gone visitors.
Dr. Fisher said, "It is vital
to Israel for our own needs;
now, as Jews, we are obligat- to their morale that the
ed to go to Israel because of American Jews don't aban-
the Israelis' intense lone- don them now. We must visit
liness and feeling of world them and support them at
this time more than before.
desertion.
" They look to us as their At no time was our safety in
only friends, and we have to question."
be there to smile at them, A 10-day Flint mission will
laugh with them and cry with leave for Israel Jan. 10.
them . . . We are caught up Flint Jews are asked to make
in the sense of being Jews their reservations now. For
who have to come to the information, call the Jewish
moral support of our desert- Community Council, 767-5922.
ed brothers. We must find
ourselves in Israel and we
Council Ski Trip
must do it now."
The group, who visited Reservations On

Youth on
the Move

The following Flint youth
received all As on their first
card marking: Janet Antell,
Glenda Becker, Scott Colish,
Carie Coughlin, Karen Gold-
en, Kimberly Houryitz, Jef-
frey Kaplan, Steven Portney,
Eric Sorscher, Steve Sor-
scher, Elizabeth Warren and
Danny White.

Seventh graders and older
youth are invited to partic-
ipate in the Flint Jewish
Community Council ski trip
March 1-3.
The total package includes
lodging, breakfast, Saturday
night dinner, all lift tickets,
lessons and bus transporta-
tion.
Reservations will be first-
come-first-served, and the
deadline is Jan. 21. For in-
formation, call the Council
office, 767-5922, or Maxine
Kronick, 732-9324.

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Marriages

HOFFMAN - LEVENSON:
Janet Kay Levenson and
Daniel Andrew Hoffman
were married in a recent
ceremony by Rabbi Sherwin
T. Wine. The bride is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
David Levenson of Grand
Blanc. Parents of the bride-
groom are Dr. and Mrs.
Harry Y. Hoffman of An-
gelus Ln., Pontiac. The new
Mrs. Hoffman and her hus-
band were graduated from
the University of Michigan,
where she is a masters de-
gree candidate in psychiatric
social work. Her husband is
a student at Wayne State
University's medical school.
The couple will live in Eng-
land for three months where
Mr. Hoffman will be asso-
ciated with the Hampstead
Child Therapy Clinic.

Spectrum '74

Yacov Dan will be fea-
tured guest in the "Spectrum
'74" series, sponsored by the
Jewish Community Council, 8
p.m. Jan. 27. The event is
free to the holders of series
tickets. Others will be ad-
mitted for a charge.

qiirtits

Dec. 16—To Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Poger (Judy Bark-
man) of Westland, a daugh-
ter, Rebecca Leah.
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Nov. 19—To Mr. and Mrs.
David Megdell (Marilyn Chi-
corel), twins, Josh Philip
and Adrea Beth.

The truth that survives is
simply the lie that is pleas-
antest to believe.
—H. L. Mencken

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