38—Friday, February 7, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Federation Junior Division Sets Square Dance for Young Adults The Dusty Hole Show Down Square Dance sponsored by the Junior Division of the Jewish Welfare Federation will take place 8 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Shiawassee Hotel, Southfield. Young Jewish adults are invited to the dance which is a departure from regular di- vision events. The Junior Di- DRAPKIN Photography Weddings - Bar Mitzvah Social Events 647-5731 Eves. and Weds. Jack Drapkin 851-2671 Over 30 Year vision is an organization for young people interested in the organized Jewish community. Square dance caller Glen Eastmond will be featured at the evening get together. - There will be a nominal charge, and refreshments will be served. Co-chairmen James Cohen and Ellen Schmier said they expect a large turnout. Committee members assist- ing the general chairmen are Gene Gunsberg, entertain- ment; Cynthia Levin, decora- tions and invitation designer; Cynthia Seifman, refresh- ments; and Ellen Whitefield, hospitality. For information, contact Mrs. Lillian Bernstein, divi- sion director, at the Federa- tion office, 965-3939. ELECTROLYSIS FREE! Remove Unwanted Hair Permanently Complimentary 1 st Appt. Shirlee Bloom R.E. Call for Appt. 358-5493 O ffer Ends Feb. 14th C atering by Gite 4 • The For ALL Occasions 543-3585 A public service radio cam- paign addressed to "Jewish losers" will begin soon to urge Jews of child bearing age to be screened for Tay- Sachs disease. Thousands of Jewish club women from Bnai Brith, Jun- ior Division of Jewish Wel- fare Federation, ORT, Bnai Brith Girls and the Women's Guild of Sinai Hospital are working to attract a record turn-out at screenings to un- earth hidden carriers of the child-killing disease. The screenings are sched- uled for 10 .a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 23 and March 2 at Cong. Beth Achim. The theme of "Jewish las- ers" in the commercials is based on the fact that Tay- Sachs is a genetic disease that most frequently strikes Jewish infants. "A lottery you're entered in . . . like it or not . . ." if you are of Central or Eastern European Jewish heritage, as one com- mercial states. Tay-Sachs is caused by the absence of the hormone called "hex A." Without that hor- mone the body cannot break down fatty tissues which col- lect in the brain. By the age of six months an apparently healthy infant begins to lose control of its bodily functions; over the next five years the infant becomes helpless, goes into a coma, is stricken blind, and then dies. There is no present treat- ment or cure for Tay-Sachs disease. In past screenings more than 80 carriers were discovered in the Detroit area. In addition to urging at- tendance at Tay - Sachs screenings, the women's or- ganizations are also active in providing the more than 200 volunteers who will coordin- ate the actual screening pro- grams along with medical and technical personnel. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sims of Bnai Brith head the on-site registration coordination, and Mrs. Andrew Berger is serv- ing as Tay-Sachs speaker's bureau chairman. Mrs. Alfred E. Lakin, chair- man of volunteers, said a minimum donation is being requested of those being screened, but that no one will be turned away. Co-chairmen of the Tay-Sachs Screening Program of Metropolitan De- troit are Doctors Ralph Cash and Hyman S. Mellen of Si- nai Hospital of Detroit. Dr. Lester Weiss of Henry Ford Hospital is scientific director. 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