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Marking its own 50th year, at the half-century annual meeting held Tuesday evening at the Jewish -Community Center in West Bloom- field, the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit de- voted a portion of the as- sembly to a tribute to the Fresh Air Society's 75th anniversary. An impressive portion of the annual Federation report also was devoted to the Fresh Air Society, with an historical and pictorial record of the so- ciety and the communi- ty's camping achieve- ments. The annual Federation meeting heard reports from President Martin Citrin and associate offi- cers in the year's activi- ties. A special feature of the meeting was the presenta- tion of the 1976 Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award for Distinguished Com- munity Service to Jack 0. Lefton. Citrin expressed pride 5 lbs. of MATZO , If I can't Beat Your Best Deal 'ARNOLD MARGOLIS Margolis Household Furniture 30 YEARS at the Same OLD STAND 6 Mile, 1 Blk. W. of Schaefer SHARPENING the PENCIL On All Name Brands Furniture and Bedding •SCHOOLFIELD 'SELIG •SIMMONS 'SEALY •SERTA •SPRING AIR •LA-Z- BOY •STIFFEL LAMPS •KROEHLER •AMERICAN •BURLINGTON •BASSETT •BARCALOUNGER •LANE •UNIQUE 13703 W. McNichols 342-5351 Hrs. Mon thru Sat. 9:30 til 5:30 411 ■ 11=111111116 The Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award for Distin- guished Community Service Was presented to Jack- 0. Lefton, shown holding his award, at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation President Martin E. Citrin, former President Mandell L. Berman and 1974 Butzel honoree Alan E. Schwartz. in the services that are provided by. the 75-year- old Fresh Air Society by giving priority to the ob- servance of the society's anniversary as the com- mencing feature on the evening's agenda. Robert Kasle, respond- ing to President Citrin's congratulatory greeting, as president of Fresh Air Society, gave a birdseye view of the camping serv- ices sponsored by the so- ciety, commencing with the modest beginnings and proceeding to the current activities which include functions for the elderly as well as the 'camping youths. Mrs. Dulcie Rosenfeld, who is slated - for the chairmanship of the wo- men's division of the Al- lied Jewish Campaign, presented the slate of newly-named members of the Federation board of governors and the follow- ing were re-elected: Mrs. N. Brewster Broder, Samuel Hechtman, Her- bert P. Sillman and Joel D. Tauber. Also elected were: Elect FLORENCE SALTZMAN State Board of Education Republican • 19 Yrs of Education Experience —Public Schools; president (73-'74) Birmingham Board of Education —College: Current Member, Board of Control, Saginaw Valley State College • Jewish Community Council Executive Committee LEADERSHIP FOR MICHIGAN'S LOCAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, LIBRARIES bert M. Colman, David B. Hermelin, Dr. Mark L. Kahn, Michael W. Maddin and Bruce E. Thal. The Butzel award for the current year was pre- sented to Lefton by Alan Schwartz, the 1974 Butzel Award winner and a former president of Fed- eration. Schwartz reviewed Lefton's manifold com- munal activities, in the general and Jewish com- munities, and welcomed him to the ranks of hon- orees for communal serv- ices by virtue of his dedi- cation to the needs for the elderly, as a former presi- dent of the Jewish Home for the Aged, his Allied Jewish Campaign activi- ties and membership on the boards of directors of a number of agencies. Lefton, describing his reaction to the honor ac- corded him as "an emo- tional experience," af- firmed that the respon- sibilities to which he was dedicated called for con- tinued labors in support of the many social serv- ices included in the Fed- eration program. The annual Federation meeting was occasion to introduce the new Feder- ation executive vice pres- ident, Sol Drachler. It was Drachler's inaugural address to the major community organization and he outlined the ideological and practical aims inherent in the Fed- eration agenda. Federation President Citrin utilized the event to pay honor to Esther Prus- sian for her many years of services to the Detroit Service Group and Feder- ation, and to greet Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom, who gave the invocation, on his election as spiritual leader of Adat Shalom Synagogue. In his presidential ad- dress, Citrin, speaking on behalf of the 600 members of the boards of Feder- ation-affiliated agen- cies and the 3,000 volun- teers who work in the Al- lied Jewish Campaigns, gave a thorough outline of the achievements of the current year and ideologically defined Federation objectives. At the outset, touching upon the successful Al- lied Jewish Campaigns, he pointed out that the first such drive conducted by the United Jewish Charities netted $4,000 from 245 contractors. Taking pride in the last drive's $18 million total from some 23,000 con- tributions, Citrin said it reaffirmed Detroit Jew- ry's devotion to Israel's needs by declaring: "The survival of Israel and her people was and remains our first concern and our highest priority. I know I speak for every Jew in Detroit when I say that in the years ahead we shall leave nothing undone to measure up to our responsibility for the welfare of the state of Is- rael. She symbolizes our own determiniation to live upright on our feet as Jews." Assaying the roles of the score of local agencies af- filiated with Federation, Citrin rated the comple- tion of the new Jewish Center among the high achievements. He commended the ef- forts. of the Jewish Voca- ' tional Service and its Community Workship among the highlights of communal programming, and cited Sinai Hospital as another sign of the Jewish community's committment to the cen- tral city. He said, "In 1976 we were able to keep pace with car problems — par- ticularly in financing our beneficiaries. Many other federations had to adopt strict budgeting limita- tions. "We here in Detroit were willing and able to adopt a more generous estimate of our capacity. "Our goal on the local scene was, and continues to be, to improve the qual- ity of Jewish life; and,our basic stewardship is to make the most effective and-efficient use of com- munity dollars and re- sources throughout our service programs." • Israeli Farming Focus of Media JERUSALEM (ZINS) — Many countries are in- trigued by the remark- able success of Israel's agriculture. Two leading American journals, the New York Times and Newsweek magazine, have sought the coopera- tion of Israel's- Ministry of Agriculture in the prep- aration of special reports on Israel's outstanding success in this field. In addition, a number of American TV stations have prepared material on Israel's achievements in agriculture and these documentaries will soon be shown to TV audiences in the United States. One West German TV station in Koeln has pre- pared a series of 10 pro- grams dealing with Is- rael's agricultural ac- complishments. The pro- grams will also be distri- buted to a number of South American- coun- tries.