62 Friday, November 24, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Lord Edwin Samuel Dies; 50-year Israel Civil Servant JERUSALEM (JTA) — Lord Edwin Herbert Samuel, son of the first high commissioner of Palestine and a mentor of the Israeli civil service, died Nov. 14 at age 80. Lord Samuel was born in London in 1898, son of Her- bert Samuel, then leader of the Liberals, later the first commissioner. lie'studied at Oxford and served during World War I as officer in the British army. In 1918 he ar- rived in Palestine as liaison officer between the Jewish population here and Gen- eral Allenby's headquarters in Jerusalem. Shortly after Lord Samuel joined the Jewish volunteers and became an instructor in the 40th Jewish Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. After his discharge he helped out on Ihe back-breaking road building in the Galilee, and then began his 50-year civil service career. It was in that period that he married Hadassah, daughter of the writer Yehuda Gur (Grasowsky). Lord Samuel began his civil service career in 1926 in the office of the Jaffa district commis- sioner. In 1929 he was de- puty district commis- sioner of Jerusalem and subsequently served in the same capacity in the Galilee. During World War II he served as postal chief and chief censor and began an academic career as a lecturer in administration at the Hebrew University which continued into the 1970s. After the war Lord Samuel served as head of the Palestine Broadcasting I Authority, which laid the groundwork for the future Israel Boradcasting Authority. During that time he established the In- stitute of Public Adminis- tration which trained many of the future state's ad- ministrators. In 1963 Samuel joined the House of Lords in the British Parliament. A year later he donated his father's private papers to the state of Israel, providing valuable material about the early days of the British Man- date. Lord Samuel was a pro- lific writer. During his serv- ice for the British Mandate he published a number of books about the young Jewish community in Palestine. He was a con- tributor to numerous local and foreign publications on issues in public administra- tion. He also wrote light ar- ticles and satires which were published in a 1970 collection, "A Lifetime in Jerusalem." He divided his time between London, the U.S. and Jerusalem. Technion Cites Foreign Students HAIFA — Graduate stu- dents from nine developing countries were awarded the Master of Science Degree in Water Resources Engineer- ing & Management in a spe- cial ceremony at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Taking part in the year long Technion program were students from Nepal, Mexico, Burma, Barbados, Cyprus, Dominican Repub- lic, Ecuador, El Salvador and Thailand. Dr. David J. Patt Dr. David Jeremy Patt, chief of the immunopathol- ogy laboratory at Henry Ford Hospital, died Nov. 18 at age 36. A native Detroiter, Dr. Patt was graduated from the University of Michi- gan's medical school in 1969. He was a resident in the doctoral program in pathology at the University of Chicago from 1969 to 1975. He was an assistant professor at Wayne State University's medical school from 1975 to 1977, prior to his association with Henry Ford Hospital. Dr. Patt was a member of the Sigma Psi Honorary Society for Scientific Re- search and the Tau Beta Pi Honorary Engineering Society. He leaves his wife, Dr. Claire; two sons, Joseph and Brian; three brothers, Daniel, Dr. Michael of Chicago and Robert of Jamaica Plains, Mass.; and a sister, Mrs. Sol (Judith) Herman. Leon J. Paul Leon J. Paul, a parking lot owner, died Nov. 17 at age 76. Born in Russia, Mr. Paul was the founder of Macomb Parking Co. in downtown Detroit. He retired 15 years ago. He was a member of the Downtown Synagogue and the Oakland Century Lodge of Bnai. Brith. He leaves his wife, Ger- trude; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Jackie) Wolnowski and Mrs. David (Evelyn) Diskin; a sister, Mrs. Albert (Anna) Sherbin; and four grandchildren. Dr. Maurice Meyer Dies, Was Sinai Chief of Surgery Dr. Maurice R Meyers, former chief of surgery at Sinai Hospital, died Nov. 20 at age 76. A native Detroiter, Dr. Meyers was a member of the American Medical Associa- tion, Michigan Medical Corps, Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity, Detroit Surgical Society and the Wayne County Medical Society. He was a surgical consul- tant at Veterans Hospital, a major in the U.S. Army dur- ing World War II and a fel- low of the American College of Surgeons. He pursued under- graduate studies at the University of Michigan and was graduated in 1926 from the University of Chicago's Rush Medi- cal. School. He resided at 23195 Riverside Dr., Southfield. - Dr. Meyers was the brother of the late Dr. Sol Meyers, former chief of staff at Harper Hospital. Synagogue of America and Rose Gutentag Mrs. Silverman Rose Gutentag, past president of East Side Chapter of Bnai Brith, died Nov. 5 at age 72. Born in Austria, Mrs. Gutentag lived in Chicago prior to making her h•,me in Detroit. She had re',ided in North Miami Shores, Fla., for the past six years. She was the recording secretary of the Eastern Shores Chap- ter of Women's American ORT in Florida. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Annette) MacKinnon of Miami Shores, Fla., and Mrs. Allen (Gloria) Bell of Oak Park; two brothers, Sam Bromberg of North Miami Beach and Melvin Bromberg of Chicago; a sis- ter, Mrs. Etta Faber of Chicago; and two grandchildren. Interment Miami. Marilyn Silverman, a teacher in the Detroit Pub- lic Schools, died Nov. 10 at age 39. A native Detroiter, Mrs. Silverman was graduated in 1950 from Wayne State University. She was president of the Michael C. Stark Chapter of the Leukemia Foundation, past president of the Key School PTA and a member of Cen- tennial Chapter of Bnai Brith Women and Cong. Beth Achim and its sister- hood. She leaves her husband, Stewart; two sons, Franklin and Harold; her parents, Mr. and , Mrs. Nathan (Sally) Lux; and a brother, Ronald Lux of Seattle, Wash. Flint Couple Acquire Model After Meeting Artist Cagli Flint News COMMUNITY) CALENDAR ( Monday — Beth Israel Sisterhood board meeting, noon; and Temple Beth El board meeting, 8 p.m. Tuesday — FJCC Jewish Education Commission, noon, Council office;__and Cong. Beth Israel Parenting Session, 7:30 p.m.; and Keren Or board meeting, 8 p.m. Wednesday — FJCC Red- Cross Blood Program, noon-6 p.m., Temple Beth El; and FJCC Adult Educa- tion Series, 8 p.m. Temple Beth El. Thursday — FJCC Senior Friendship Club, noon, Temple Beth El; and FJCC Community Rela- tions Committee meeting, 8 p.m. Cooking Program Keren Or Group, Hadas- sah, will sponsor a gourmet cooking demonstration Dec. 12 in the home of Sandi Leavitt, 406 S. Lynch, con- ducted by Anne Marie Ol- son. Family Shabat Dinner Planned Cong. Beth Israel will hold a family Shabat dinner 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1 in the synagogue. Dinner committee mem- bers are Donna Koenig, Naomi Meizlish, Wendy Flamenbaum, Janis Eis- man, Carol Hurand, Hanna Goodstein, Florence Berner, Shelley Biesman, Laura Grossman, Trudy Galanter, Emily Bank, Erna Richmond and Sandy Chimoviti. Reservation deadline is Monday. There is a charge. Chairmen Named Hadassah gift wrap chairmen have been named, announces Alice Katz, vice president. They are: Florence Eps- tein, Genesee Valley; Pat Fauer, Pat Binder and Es- telle Hartman, Small Mall; Elaine Pier, Katherine Wintrobe and Eleanor Winston, Eastland Mall; Bernice Schafer, North- west. Persons interested in assisting should call one of the aforementioned repre- sentatives. The late Corrado Cagli's 50-foot- sculpturefor the Goettingen, Germany synagogue is shown at left, and the artist's model, recently acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Morris Pelavin of Flint, is .shown at right. The sculpture is a pyre of Stars of David. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Morris Pelavin of Flint recently ac- quired Corrado Cagli's model for the 50-foot memo- rial sculpture Cagli exe- cuted for the Goettingen, Germany synagogue. The Pelavins met the late artist during a trip to Rome in 1975. Pelavin, a Russian Jew, and Cagli, descended from Russian Jews, held a lengthy meeting after their mutual background was discovered. On a subsequent trip to Rome, upon learning of Cagli's death, the Pelavins made an attempt to acquire some of the artist's works but were unsuccessful. Last year, the Pelavins were able to contact the executor of the sculptor's estate. Cagli's will stipulated that the artist's remain- ing works were to be do- nated to museums, but the executor said that Cagli himself had told him of his meeting with the Pelavins and the Goettingen model was sold to them. Mr. Pelavin says that ul- timately the model will be donated to the new Dias- pora museum in Tel Aviv or a similar museum. He leaves his wife, Wilma; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Harriet) Dunsky; two sisters, Mrs. Sidney (Golda) Barnett and Mrs. Celia Broder; and two grandsons. David H. Zeff David H. Zeff, an ac- countant with the Ostin Meat Co., died Nov. 19 at age 65. A native Detroiter, Mr. Zeff was a member of Adat Shalom Synagogue and its men's club, regional vice president of the United Synagogues of America and a member of the Boy Scouts of America Interfaith Plan- ning Council. He leaves his wife, Sylvia; two sons, Gerald of Plano, Texas, and Lawrence; a daughter, Mrs. Jeffrey (Joy) Gable; a brother, Harold of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Bernard (Charlotte) Glossman of Jacksonville; and six grandchildren. Flint People Make News Sue Himelhoch was in- stalled as a national board member of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism at its national bi- ennial convention at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. Representing Flint's Cong. Beth Israel Sisterhood at the conven- tion were Carol Cole, Car- men Rachwal and Anne Smith. Flint Births Oct. 18 — To Dr. and Mrs. David Gunsberg (Sandy Gorzeck), 1387 Chissom Tr., a son, Daniel Loren. Lillian F. Kevoe Lillian Fink Kevoe, an active member of Jewish women's and communal organizations in Florida, died Nov. 18 at age 77. Born in London, England, Mrs. Kevoe lived in the De- troit area prior to moving to Florida 25 years ago. She was presdient of the Bnai Brith Women's Coun- cil of Miami, past worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, past president of the women's auxiliary of the Miami Beach Jewis Home for the Aged, pa president of the Jewish Wa Veterans Women's Auxil- iary, was a member of the United Order of True Sis- ters and the Miami Beach Jewish Welfare Federation. The JWV named her "woman of the year" for 1977. Mrs. Kevoe leaves a daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Eleanor) Newman; four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Interment Detroit. Harry Hoffman Harry Hoffman, owner and president of Livernois Auto Glass in Oak Park for 20 years, died Nov. 17 at age 62. A native, Detroiter, Mr. Hoffman was a member of the Jewish War Veterans, City of Hope, Crescent Shrine Club, Oak Park Lodge of the Masons, Bnai Brith and was past president of the Detroit Glass Dealers Association. He resided at 22615 Nottin- gham Ln., Southfield. He leaves his wife, Sophie; and children, Alan; Mrs. Joel (Linda) Serlin; Mrs. Ronald (Janice) Yourofsky; Richard Gibbs of Toronto; Mrs. Michael (Sharon) Benedek; a brother, Rudy of Van Nuys, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Ben (Lillian). Pevzner; and six grandchildren. Abraham Nickin Abraham Nickin, co- owner of Adelman's De- partment Store in Windsor for the past 30 years, died Nov. 20 at age 68. Born in Poland, Mr. Nic- kin was a member of Cong. Bnai Moshe. He resided at 28570 Tavistock Tr., South- field. He leaves two sons, Larry and Mark; a daughter, Mrs. Alan (Elaine) Herbst; two brothers, Meyer Nitzkin of Chicago; and Sidney; two sisters, Mrs. Sigmund (Adella) -Poznanski a Mrs. Joe (Manya) Lyn both of Chicago. Max S. Zieger Max S. Zieger, 66, owner of Marty's Auto Supply in Dearborn, died Nov. 20. He was a member of Morgenthau Lodge of Bnai Brith and Cong. Shaarey Zedek. He lived at 23600 Coach House Rd., Southfield. He is survived by his wife, Ethel; two sons, Gary A. and Dr. Harvey; two brothers, Dr. Allen and Morris of Florida; and two grandchildren.