THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 3 1975-47
Mrs. Dalsheimer,
Baltimore Notable
BALTIMORE (JTA)—Mrs.
Helen Dalsheimer, the first
woman president of the
World Federation of YM-
YWHAs and Jewish Commu-
nity Centers, died here Dec.
26 at age 74.
A former president of the
Baltimore Jewish community
center, Mrs. Dalsheimer was
an honorary board member
of the National Jewish Wel-
fore Board, a leader in the
Associated Jewish Charities
of Baltimore and in the
C,
of Jewish Federa-
t
and Welfare Funds and
a past president of the Na-
tional Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods.
She was a member of the
executive committee of the
JWB Women's Organizations
Services and served on the
JWB board beginning in 1946.
In 1960, Mrs. Dalsheimer
received the JWB Frank L.
Well Award for her "distin-
guished contribution to the
Jewish Community Center
field."
During her many years of
activity in the Jewish com-
munity she was also a
member of the board of gov-
ernors of the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, board of trustees
and executive committee of
the Union of American He-
brew Congregations, and the
North American board of the
World Union for Progressive
Judaism.
Sam Hassin, 67,
Longtime Builder
Sam Hassin, owner of Has-
sin Builders, died Dec. 29 at
age 67.
Born in Chicago, Mr. Has-
sin lived 55 years in Detroit.
He was a builder for 40 years
in the Detroit area. He was
a member of Adat Shalom
Synagogue, .a member and
past president of Harry B.
Keidan Lodge of Bnai Brith,
a past president of Metropol-
itan Detroit Bnai Brith Bowl-
ing Association and a mem-
ber of Tam O'Shanter Coun-
try Club. He resided at 6987
Cedarbrook, Birmingham.
He leaves his wife, Leah;
two sons, Gary of Berkeley,
Calif., and Dr. Ian of Miami;
a daughter, Mrs. Al (Ellen)
Brown; three sisters, Rebec-
ca, Mrs. Harry (Faye) Levin
of Oak Park, Ill., and Mrs.
Fremont (Edith) Sweetwine;
and two grandchildren.
Israel's Popularity
AMSTERDAM (JTA) —Is-
rael's popularity in Holland
be
• htly dropped this year
pared to 1973. A pub-
a
li
poll conducted by
tht. etherlands Institute for
Public Opinion reveals that
37 percent of the population
is pro-Israel compared to 40
per cent last year.
The Family of the Late
SAM E. KENT
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind expres-
sions of sympathy ex-
tended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent bereav-
ment.
OBITUARIES
SHIRLEY RUTH ADLER,
26001 Harding Sq., Oak Park,
died Dec. 26. She leaves her
husband, Harold E.; two
sons, William M. of W. Los
Angeles and Robert I.; three
brothers and three sisters.
* * *
BETTY VIOLET ifENEN-
SON, 18240 Rosemont, died
Dec. 31. Survived by her hus-
band, Harvey; her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Farkas; and one
sister.
* *
CECILLE (BECKER) DA-
VIDOFF, 23120 Wildwood,
Oak Park, died Dec. 28. Sur-
vived by a son, Leon Becker;
a daughter, Mrs. Jack (Bea-
trice) Lovinger; two brothers
and three grandchildren.
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BERTHA FISHKIN, 26715
Greenfield, Southfield, died
Dec. 30. Survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Al (Faye)
Fredson and Mrs. Marion
Nakell; seven grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
* * *
G E N I A GREENSPAN,
22030 Sussex, Oak Park, died
Dec. 29. Survived by her hus
band, Sam; three sons, Shlo-
mo of Lakewood, N. J., Jac-
kie and Harold; two brothers
and four sisters.
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FREDA GREENWALD of
Pittsburgh died Dec. 27. Sur-
vived by five sans, Harry- of
Southfield, Robert of Toledo,
Dr. Saul of Indiana, Pa.,
Bally and Arthur, both of
Uniontown, Pa., one sister
and 11 grandchildren. Inter-
ment Uniontown.
• * *
RUTH C. KANTERMAN,
16300 North Park, Southfield,
died Dec. 31. She leaves her
husband, Nathan; two daugh-•
ters, Mrs. Marilyn Meeske of
New York and Mrs. Patricia
Langdale of London, England;
one 'brother and one grand-
daughter.
• * *
MILTON S. LICHTEN-
STEIN of Chicago, died Dec.
30. Survived by his wife, Mir-
iam; and a brother, Carl R.
of Detroit. Interment Chi-
cago.
* *
LILLIAN T. NATHAN,
Ralph Rimar, 76,
of Auto Parts Firth
Ralph Rimar, co-owner of
Harry Rimar Auto Parts on
Linwood Ave., died Dec. 30
at age 76.
Born in Russia, Mr. Rimar
lived 60 years in Detroit. He
was associated with the auto
parts firm until his retire-
ment eight years ago. He was
a member of Downtown-Fox
Lodge of Bnai Brith and was
a veteran of World War I. He
resided at 18548 Ashton.
He is survived by his wife,
Sylvia; four sons, Albert,
Marvin, Stanley and Law-
rence; a daughter, Diane; a
sister, Mrs. Sam (Ethel) Ro-
senberg; and 10 grandchil-
dren.
32284 Loomis, Farmington,
died Dec. 26. She leaves her
husband, Morton M.; a son,
Stewart A.; two grandchil-
dren and one great-grand-
child.
FAYE PRUSSIAN, former
Detroiter of Chestnut Hills,
Mass., died Dec. 30. She
leaves a son, Gordon of Win-
netka, Ill. ; a daughter, Mrs.
Lawrence (Delphine) Wein of
Chestnut Hills; one sister
and four grandchildren. In-
terment .Detroit.
*
ANNA ROBBINS, 26715
Greenfield, Southfield, died
Dec. 30. Survived by two
sons, Albert and Leonard,
both of California; two daugh-
ters, Ms. Evelyn Robbins
and Mrs. Thayer (Selma)
Conner of Brigham City,
Utah; one brother, three
grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.
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CHARLES J. "Chickie"
SHERMAN died Dec. 26. He
leaves two brothers, Benja-
min and Sidney; and two sis-
ters, Mrs. Fred (Edith) Co-
hen of Venice, Calif., and
Mrs. Jack (Jean) Brooks.
*
BARNEY SHIFF died Dec.
29. He leaves two sons, Irv-
ing Schiff and Sam Schiff; a
daughter, Mrs. Harry (Rose)
Polasky of Saginaw; two sis-
ters, seven grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
* *
REUBEN SNITZ, 24700
Walden Road W., Southfield,
died Dec. 27. He leaves his
wife, Jennie; a son, Gerald;
one brother, two sisters and
two grandchildren.
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*
FANNY SWINKIN died re-
cently in Los Angeles. Sur-
vived by her husband. Wolf;
two sons, Herbert of Toronto
and Harry; a daughter, Ruth
Kossack of Detroit; a sister,
Rose Gurian of Elsinore,
Calif.; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild. Inter-
ment Los Angeles.
Legendary Comic, Jack Benny;
Career Spanned Over 60 Years
LOS ANGELES—Hundreds
of Hollywood's elite and
thousands of spectators turn-
ed out for the funeral Sunday
of comedian Jack Benny,
who died Dec. 26 at age 80.
Born Benjamin Kubelsky
on Valentine's Day, 1894, Mr.
Benny's comedy routine
which depicted him as a
tightwad, even though he was
known for his generous con-
tributions to Jewish and oth-
e• causes, earned him world
renown.
The son of a Russian Jew-
ish immigrant store owner,
Mr. Benny began to play vio-
lin at age 8 and soon after
was performing concerts in
his home town. of Chicago.
However, when he got his
first laugh in a vaudeville
show, his interest in serious
music dwindled.
"The sound intoxicated
me," he once said. "That
laughter ended my days as a
musician, for I never again
put the violin back where it
belonged except as a gag."
In his comedy routines, Mr.
Benny, a master violinist,
sawed away at his violin, and
his never-completed rendition
of "Love in Bloom" became
a hallmark of the show.
Mr. Benny began his ca-
reer in vaudeville. In 1927 he
married Sadie 'Marks who
played Mary Livingstone, his
radio wife, for many years.
The Bennys have an adopted
daughter, Joan Blumoff. He
also leaves a sister, Florence
Fenchal, in Chicago.
Mr. Benny began his ca-
reer in radio in 1932 on the
old "Ed Sullivan Show" with
a guest appearance. By the
end of the year, Mr. Benny
had his own show on the
NBC network. He stayed with
NBC until 1948 when he
moved is show to CBS.
In 1955, after a 23-year ca-
reer in radio, Benny's pro-
gram went off the air. He
went from guest appearances
on TV to weekly telecasts,
and had a program which
lasted from 1960 until his re-
tirement in 1965. He briefly
came out of retirement to do
"Jack Benny's First Fare-
well Special" and "Jack Ben-
ny's Second Farewell Spe-
cial."
A master of timing, Mr.
Benny's other trademarks in-
cluded his persistent urging
that his age was 39, his al-
most - flabbergasted expres-
Sion, "Well!," and his ex-
pression of mock outrage,
"Now cut that out!"
Longtime friends and fel-
low comedians, George Burns
and Bob Hope delivered eul-
ogies at Sunday's services.
Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin offi-
ciated at the funeral services
at Hillside Memorial Ceme-
tery in suburban Culver City.
Mr. Benny was buried near
comedy greats, Al Jolson
and Eddie Cantor.
Leon Wayburn, 68,
Local Ad Executive
Leon S. Wayburn, a self-
employed advertising exec-
utive for the past 50 years,
died Jan. 1 at age 68.
Born in Harrisville, Mr.
Wayburn lived 55 years in
Detroit. He was a past presi-
dent of Temple Beth El Men's
Club and past vice president
of the temple. He resided at
26655 Franklin Pointe Dr.,
Southfield.
He leaves his wife, Mildred;
two daughters, Mrs. Linda
Grossman and Nancy Cain of
Lanesville, N.Y.; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Sol (Minnie) Lewis
of Ferndale, Mrs. Betty Lip-
ton of New York City and
Mrs. Nina Tyser of Chicago;
and two grandchildren.
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz Dies
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, the cial workers in the area of
dean of American Jewish so- philanthropy, former execu-
tive vice president of the Joint
Distribution Committee, died
Emma Dubinsky,
Wednesday at the age of 75.
Union Chief's Wife Dr. Schwartz pioneered in
NEW YORK—Emma Gold- many activities in behalf of
berg Dubinsky, wife of for- Israel Bonds. For a number
mer union leader David Du- of years director of activities
binsky, died Dec. 25 at age in behalf of survivors from
Nazism and head of the JDC
80.
For many years, Mrs. office in Paris, he was the
Dubinsky had been an active chief architect of major Jew-
helper to her husband, the ish philanthropic tasks.
former president of the In-
News of his death came as
ternational Ladies Garment this issue of The Jewish News
Workers Union.
was going to press. Details of
Upon his election as pres- his *distinguished career and
ident in 1937, when she was tributes to his memory will
called on to speak, Mrs. Du- appear in the next issue.
binsky said, "I can't say
very much right now, but I
think both you and I have
the right man."
The Dubinskys were mar-
ried in •1914, having met at
a cooperative restaurant
During the
started by Dubinsky and his
coming week
friends.
Yeshivoth Beth
Over the years, Mrs. Du-
Yehudah will
binsky was active in femi-
observe the
nist causes and was a foun-
Yahrzeits of the
der of the Organization for
following d e-
Rehabilitation and Training.
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11- 1:T "IN
Jacob Adler, 102,
Yiddish Humorist
NEW YORK — Jacob
"Papa" Adler, Jewish humor-
ist and writer known as "the
Yiddish Mark Twain," died
Tuesday in South Pasadena,
Fla., at age 102.
His famous "Yente Tele-
bende" series ran in the
Jewish Daily Forward for
more than 30 years. Adler
published under the pseudo-
nym• B. Kover, and wrote
more than 30,000 humorous
articles, 18,000 poems, plays
and 12 books.
Born in Austria, Adler was
the son of a cantor and
tailor, and took up tailoring
after arriving in the U.S. at
age 17. He then began his
long career on the Forward.
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