Faye Erin Mendelson of
Huntington Woods will become a
bat mitzvah Saturday, Feb. 11, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield. Proud parents are Dr.
David and Lauren Mendelson.
Excited sister is Zoe Leigh. Faye
will share the bimah with grand-
parents Dr. Herbert and Phyllis
Mendelson, also of Huntington
Woods.
Faye is a
seventh-
grade stu-
dent at
Norup
Middle
School in
Oak Park.
Her
mitz-
Meldelson
vah projects
included volunteering her time at
Yad Ezra in Berkley.
Laura Ng
will be
called to the
Torah as a
bat mitzvah
on Saturday,
Feb. 11, at
Temple Kol
Ami. She is
Ng
the daughter
of Rosa Schindler and Rick Ng
and sister to Garek Ng. She is the
granddaughter of Morris and
Janet Schindler and Yook Kum
Ng, the late Rae Schindler and
the late Yut Sun Ng.
Laura is a student at Walled
Lake Middle School. Her most
meaningful mitzvah project is
the collection of baby items to
send to Korea for babies waiting
to be adopted.
Erica Marlee Riger will be
Scott Evan Schlafer (Simcha
called to the Torah as a bat mitz-
Pesach) will be called to the
vah at Adat Shalom Synagogue
Torah as a bar mitzvah Saturday,
Saturday, Feb. 11. She is the
Feb. 11, at Congregation
daughter of Debbie and Mark
Shaarey Zedek Southfield.
Riger and sister of Ryan. Her
Participating in the service will
grandmothers are Perle Aaron
be his proud
and Shirley Riger. She is also the
parents, Julie
grandchild of the late Richard '
and Steven
Aaron and
Schlafer, and
the late Sid
brother
Riger.
Bradley.
A student
Scott is
at Clifford
delighted to
H. Smart
have his
Middle
Schlafer
grandpar-
School in
ents
Walled
Henrietta
Riger
Lake, Erica
and Alvin Weisberg share in the
felt it was
simchah. Scott is also the loving
especially meaningful to volun-
grandson of the late Ellen
teer at Yad Ezra in Berkley as one Schlafer.
of her mitzvah projects.
Scott is an honor student at
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Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills. He
participated in the JARC and Dor
nor programs through Hillel.
More .13`nai
Mitzvah
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield — Faye Erin
Mendelson, daughter of Lauren
and David Mendelson
(Saturday).
• Temple Shir Shalom Emily
Nummer, daughter of Mindy
and Brad Nummer (Saturday
morning); Garrett Fried, son of
Jamie and Marvin Fried
(Saturday Havdalah).
• Congregation Shir Tilcvah.—
Haley Farkas, daughter of Dan
and Becky Farkas (Saturday).
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Toothbrush and Toothpaste
Historical Trivia
Toothpaste was used as long ago as 500 B.C. in China.
Modern toothpastes were developed in the 1800's. Dr
Peabody suggested adding soap to tooth cleaners in 1824.
John Harris first added chalk to toothpaste in the 1850's. In
1873, Colgate mass-produced nice smelling toothpaste in a
jar. In 1892, Dr. Sheffield of Connecticut was the first to
put toothpaste into a collapsible tube, called Dr. Sheffield's Nelson Hersh DDS, MS
Licensed Specialist
Creme Dentifrice. Advancements in synthetics detergents
(after WWII) replaced the soap in toothpaste with
emulsifying agents. Colgate research resulted in the use of fluoride. Fluoride was added
to toothpaste in 1956 when Proctor & Gamble launched its Crest product.
The ancient Chinese invented natural bristle brushes. The bristles were taken from
hogs and later horses and badgers. Dupont introduced nylon bristles in 1938. French
dentists promoted toothbrush use in the late seventeenth century. The firSt toothbrush
mass-produced was made by William Addis of England. The first American to patent
a toothbrush was H.N. Wadsworth. Companies began to mass-produce toothbrushes
in America around 1885. The Pro-phylactic brush made by the Florence
Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts is a good example of an early American
made toothbrush. The first nylon bristle brushes were introduced in 1938. Hard to
believe, but most'Americans didn't brush their teeth until soldiers brought the Army's
enforced habit back home from World War II. The first real electric toothbrush was
produced in 1939. Developed in Switzerland, Squibb first marketed the electrical
toothbrush in the United States in 1960 under the name, Broxodent. General Electric
introduced a rechargeable cordless toothbrush in 1061. Interplak was the first rotary
action electrical toothbrush for home use, introduced in 1987.
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