THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS DETROIT South African to Visit Israel Danny Raskin's LISTENING POST the Furniture Club by their TEMPLE ISRAEL'S children, Sondra and Al youth group will honor Lichtman, and grandsons Rabbi Leon Fram, 7:30 p.m. Randy and Gary Lichtman. Dec. 7 . . . on his 85th Out-of-town guests in- birthday . . . with a concert cluded Ann and Buddy featuring David Syme . . . ,-- of his one-time assistant Jacobson, Betty Lieberman ' and Ann Lyons, Cocoa Be- . . and the person who ach, Fla.; Eyie and Chuck took Rabbi Fram's place as Rubin, Tamarac, Fla.; he became Temple Israel's Nathan Shiovitz, Anaheim, rabbi emeritus . . . David is Calif.; and Eve Wilenski, the very talented young pianist virtuoso son of Toledo, Ohio. Sammy Woolf sang many Rabbi M. Robert and Sonya of Leo and Molly's favorite Syme. Steve Grekin is president songs . . . and the party of Temple Israel's youth turned into a "Sing Along group . . . and Jeff Sage, With Sammy" event. MAIL DEPT. . . . "It's chairman of the event . . . with proceeds used for es- been several years. I re- tablishing a scholarship in ceived an article you wrote Rabbi Fram's name to bring on Steve Petix and I am an Israeli exchange student proud of what you said to the United States each about him. He was always year. one of my top employees. David is today considered Say hello for me. "I'm still among the liv- among the world's finest young concert keyboard ar- ing and still a life member of tists . . . consistently the Hannah Schloss Old labeled as the brilliant Timers. I am enjoying it young American pianist very much in Palm Springs . . . His recordings are al= - 'and still very active — so- ways in demand . . . and cially, that is, plus doing critics the world over have some traveling. Please say expressed unqualified ad- hello to all my old acquain- miration for his great play- tances." Bernie Frant ing. (Bernie, now an oc- Tickets can be gotten by calling Temple Israel, 661- togenarian living in Palm Springs, Calif., is the former 5700. CHARLIE ROBINSON owner of Mansfield Clothes is on Nine Mile and Green- years back in Detroit . . . field now . . having taken The dozens of photos on his over the Shell station there apartment walls, plus hun- . . . The favorite of so many dreds of others in a photo people, Charlie's former album, its cover gilt- station on W. Eight Mile embossed with the title, was a stopover for motorists "Down Memory Lane With whether they needed gas or Bernie Frant," was cause not . . . His was one of the for a half-page spread in few stations that still gave The Enterprise newspaper complete service . . . from . . . recalling those many windshield wiping to water memories . . of Bernie and oil checking . . . If we and baseball greats, boxing know Charlie, he'll try to be champions, show biz super the same way . . . if possi- stars, etc.) METRO SINGLES is ble. GET WELL WISHES new group that has a theme . . . to Charles Bell . . . at event every month . . . named after each occasion Henry Ford Hospital. . . . Like the one on Dec. 7 IF ANYONE KNOWS . . _That'll be a Pearl Har- the whereabouts now of that Detroiter's Club in the Los, bor Day Dance at Angie's, Orchard Lake Rd., south of Angeles area, please con- 14 Mile, 8 p.m. . . . For tact Mrs. Sara Mazer, 402 Montana, Apt. • 9, Santa more info, call Mary Green- berg or Harvey Haffner, _ Monica, Calif. 90403. CONGRATS ... to Ger- 552-0323. NEWEST HANUKA de and Stuart Palmer . 11. on their 40th anniver- item at Top It Off on Coolidge in Berkley has sary. A WALK THROUGH nothing to do with tee shirts . . . It's a box of Jewish for- the stacks at Yesterday's tune cookies. Books on Greenfield and 10 SENIOR MEN'S CLUB Mile reveals thousands of previously owned books in has been formed in South- all subject areas at a frac- field for gents 62 years and tion of their original price older . . . Monthly meet- . . . There are over 20,000 ings are the third Wednes- hard cover and paperback day of each month at books in many hundreds of McDonnell Towers, Civic categories . . . Owner Lois Center Dr. east of Tele- Wodika keeps a reference graph . . . Sam Greenberg file with .a record for cus- is pres.; Lewis Diamond, tomers whose special re- first vp; Jack Victor, 2nd vp; quests want a particular Phil Cutler, treas.; Ben Goldberg, chaplain; Her- book. LEO AND MOLLY man Schuman, parliamen- FURST were honored at tarian, and Reid Rayner, Cong. Bnai David recently historian . . . Trustees are: on their 50th anniversary Louis Weiler, Goldberg, Cu- . . . and a dinner given at tler and Phil Herman. JERUSALEM (JTA) — South African Finance Minister Owen Horwood will visit Israel in December to discuss economic cooper- ation with Israel, a Foreign Ministry spokesman an- nounced. 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