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Honor of Joe Wisper's 93rd Birthday
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JOE WISPER'S 93rd YEAR
By ARNOLD WISPER (Son)
On September 15th, in Eighteen Ninety-Five,
A historic event, Joe Wisper came alive.
A soldier, fighter, salesman and entrepreneur.
A humorist, philanthropist and a real doer.
A growing legend, of loyalty and devotion.
He is highly respected from ocean to ocean.
He lived with his parents in Detroit on High Street.
As he tells it, that was his newspaper beat.
He also hitched up the family horse and wagon.
After school he worked, til his tail was draggin'.
He joined the army during the First World War.
He was a boxer too, and had gals galore.
After the Armistice, he worked for his dad,
At Wisper and Schwartz, where fine clothes could be had.
He worked at the store, in Hamtramck, Michigan,
And soon became a big city politician.
He was close to the mayor and police inspector,
'Cause he held the office of tax collector.
When his dad retired, he didn't dilly-dally.
He opened up the Palmer Park Bowling Alley.
In Nineteen-Forty 'twos the biggest of its kind.
With is bar and restaurant, Joseph really shined.
It was close to two tracks, where horse racing was king.
The owners and jockeys gave Joe tips on ,everything.
Joe's busy life was love and glamour, he'll confess.
He and dear wife Rose raised two sons in happiness.
During World War Two both boys were in service.
Their parents at that time were really quite nervous.
They came back unscathed with many stories to tell.
Joe and Rose were smiling, though they went thru Hell.
In Sixty-Eight, Joe and Rosie, his peach,
Made the decision to move to Miami Beach.
Amid sunshine, horse and dog tracks and Hai Alai,
They made lots of new friends under the bluest sky.
After sixty years of marriage, came a sad note.
Joe's love and best friend Rosie, took that last boat.
The family wish Joe, to add to his life's wealth,
HAPPY NINETHY-THIRD, WITH GOOD LUCK AND GOOD HEALTH.
On September 15th, in Eighteen Ninety-Five
A historic event, Joe Wisper came alive.
Center Offers
New Classes
Group drum lessons will
begin in October at the
Jewish Community Center,
Maple/Drake Building, for
children nine to 11. For infor-
mation, call Annette Chajes,
661-1000, ext. 348.
Suzuki lessons in violin,
cello and piano will continue
at the Jewish Center,
Maple/Drake Building. Tradi-
tional lessons in piano, flute
and recorder are also offered.
For information, call Mrs.
Chajes.
Bridge classes will be held
in the fall at the Maple/Drake
Building for beginning and
intermediate bridge students.
For information, call the
Center.
The Advanced Reading and
Study Skills Program will be
offered at the Maple/Drake
Building beginning Oct. 10 at
7 p.m. This course is design-
ed to increase self-confidence
through effective study skills
and improve reading com-
prehension. It is open to the
public.
Jabotinsky Unit
To Have Meeting
The Jabotinsky Society of
Herut Zionists of America
will present a program in
memory of Ze'ev Jabotinsky
at the Jewish Community
Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris
Branch, Sept. 17 at 8:30 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Ar-
nold Aronoff, executive com-
mittee member of Herut, and
Cantor Barry Ulrych will
chant memorial prayers.
Light supper will be served.
An Israeli movie will be
shown. The community is in-
vited. There is a charge.
For reservations, call Simon
Cieck, 548-3073; or Sam Hor-
ning, 557-1847.
Meanwhile, a garden of 100
trees in honor of the 75th bir-
thday of former Prime
Minister, Menachem Begin,
has been planted by the
Jabotinsky Herut Zionist
Organization, announced
Cieck.
UHS Nursery
Has Program
United Hebrew Schools
Nursery School will host a
parent coffee featuring
Rosaline Gilson, consultant
for OUT Wayne County
Headstart Program, The Mer-
rill Palmer Institute and the
National Childcare Staffing
Study and past director of the
Beth Hayeled of Shaarey
Zedek, at 7:30 p.m. Wednes-
day at the nursery school.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1988
The topic of the discussion
is "You and Your Nursery
School: A Tham That Can't Be
Beat!" Mrs. Gilson will talk
about the importance of the
partnership between parents
and the nursery school, signs
to look for in a quality pro-
gram and warning signals
when things aren't working
out.
There is no admission fee,
and the public is invited. This
is the first in a series of pro-
grams to introduce the
United Hebrew Schools
Parenting Institute, and is co-
sponsored by Jewish Ex-
periences For Families. For
information, call Carol Gale,
UHS nursery director,
356-7378.
Blacks, Jews
Join For Play
Members and friends of the
Museum of African American
History and the Detroit
Chapter of The American
Jewish Committee will view
together the 1988 Pulitzer
prize winning play Driving
Miss Daisy at Music Hall on
Thursday.
A block of seats has been
reserved for the two groups to
sit together during the perfor-
mance. After the play the
combined group will convene
for refreshments and discus-
sion about the play. This for-
mat was put together by Dr.
Charles Wright, founder and
chairman of the museum, and
David 13_ -Jaffe. President of
the Detroit Chapter of
American Jewish Committee.
Dr. Wright and Roger
Winkelman will lead off the
open discussion.
Call the American Jewish
Committee office, 965-3353,
for information.
B'NAI B'RITH
Lodge, Chapter
Join For Event
The Louis Marshall
Chapter and Louis Marshall-
Suburban-Tikavh Lodge will
hold a joint meeting on
Thursday at 8 p.m. at the
Zionist Cultural Center.
A musical program "Salute
to Irving Berlin" will be
presented by Phyllis Bratt,
Dorothy Mills and Ceil
Dzodin.
Special greetings will be
presented by Bobbie Levine,
regional director of B'nai
B'rith Metropolitan Council.
Guests are invited at a
nominal charge. Refresh-
ments will be served.
For information, call Eileen
Israel, 968-0569.