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Friday, August 10, 1951
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Page Three
\ olunteers Dine on Cool, Outdoor Center
Court to Launch Drive for Center Members
More than a hundred volun
teer workers Monday night got
a first-hand insight into the
value of the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center as they dove
headlong into the campaign for
new members.
The group gathered on the
outdoor concrete court, which
doubles as a dance floor, basket
ball court—or outdoor eating
base, and dined as the guests of
Erwin Zaban, last year’s mem
bership chairman.
Mrs. Sam Alterman and Mrs.
Nathan Lipton were in charge cxf
Camp Rutledge
Tells List of
Councillors
By ADOLPH ROSENBERG
One of the finest group of
young people yet assembled on
the staff of councillors is this
week rounding out the last few
days of the summer season at
Camp Rutledge.
Mrs. Bertha Rubin is again
serving as camp mother, lending
a sympathetic shoulder for the
homesick or insect-bitten, cheer
ing on the kids who don’t hear
from home regularly and urging
others slow about writing to keep
in touch with parents back home.
Mrs. Rubin also has charge of
the kitchen and sees that the
food is flavored perfectly and
served to the hungry mouths at
meal time or at the interim milk
calls.
Arnold Piskin, athletic director
at the Jewish Community Cen
ter, is again directing the camp.
His wife serves as camp director.
Betty Smith of New York is
the camp arts and crafts direc
tor. She has been trying to de
velop interests in ceramics, car
pentry, puppetry and in broader
creative fields than the usual
“gimp” weaving, perennial camp
favoriate occupation.
Emanuel Fechtwang, who
hails from Isratl and who is a
student at Georgia Tech, brings
an international touch to the
campers.
Sheila Rubel of Macon, daugh
ter of Rabbi and Mrs. Rubel, is
in charge of the dramatics activ
ities.
These of course are only a few
of the specialists who guide the
camp programs.
Also on the staff are Dorothy
Fishman, Miami; Let Somers,
New York; Miriam Yudkowsky,
Morristown, N. J.; Tim Bern
stein, Louisville, Ky.; Maurice
Fox and Gary Schinbaum, Chat
tanooga.
Atlantans serving as council
lors are Harriet Cohen, Joanne
Edwards, Fran Feldman, Marcia
Frankel. Phyllis Kletzky. Rhalda
Ruben, Leon Tuck, Bert Saul,
Paul Miller, Archie Merlin, Peter
, Jacobson, Vic Copeland and Isa
belle Sirota.
Blue Ridge Institute
Names Joe Gross
Joseph Gross of Atlanta was
named to the executive commit
tee of the Blue Ridge Institute
for Southern social workers at
its recent meeting at Blue Ridge,
N. C.
7 The organization, which is
made up of Southern social work
executives, has met annually for
the past 25 years to discuss
problems of social welfare af
fecting the South.
Mr. Gross is associate director
of the Community Planning
Council of Metropolitan Atlanta
and was formerly director of the
Jewish Educational Alliance in
Atlanta.
the supper arrangements, which
wound up with slices of iced-
cold watermelon.
Beyond the well lighted con
crete court, in another sector of
the vast athletic field at the cen
ter, several night softball games
were going on simultaneously.
Stanford Makover, who is
guiding the 1951 drive for 2,000
members in Atlanta, presided at
the “kick-off” ceremonies later.
He related the value of the cen
ter’s program and urged the
volunteer workers to press for
ward and wind up the job in
speedy fashion.
He pointed out that member
ships comprise the major portion
B. B. Y. (). Post
Now Vacant
Enjoy working with youth?
Then maybe you’d like the job
of part-time director of B.B.Y.O.
in Atlanta.
The post is now vacant and
applications for the post are be
ing accepted by Ed Krick, a
member of the B’nai B’rith's
B.B.Y.O. committee.
Vandals Damage
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y„ Aug.
5. (JTA)—The sheriff of Dutch
ess County this week-end began
an investigation of race preju
dice which led to the smashing
of windows and doors at a Hech-
alutz training farm near the
town of Verbank. The vandals
eommitteed their acts while the
students and instructors at the
Bachshare center were watching
movies. «
The sheriff described the van
dalism as “an outgrowth of ra
cial prejudice,” revealing that
he had received previous reports
of “young people” mocking the
trainees whenever they passed
the camp. The sheriff offered an
award for the identification of
the hoodlums.
Southern Obituaries
JACOB WEISS
Jacob Weiss, 87, of Jackson
ville died July 31.
Funeral services were held in
Jacksonville Aug. 3.
Surviving Mr. Weiss are four
sons, Sidney Weiss of Miami,
and Joe, Herbert and Charles
Weiss of Jacksonville; one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Lever of
Atlanta; granddaughter, Mrs. A.
L. Hershberg of Atlanta and
seven other grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
MRS. SIGO FARKAS
Mrs. Sigo Farkas, Albany
communal leader for 30 years,
died on Aug. 1 .
Funeral services were held on
Aug. 3 at Temple B’nai Israel in
Albany. Rabbi Martin I. Hinchin
officiated. Interment was in
Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Farkas was born in
Thomasville and was the former
Miss Allene Steyerman. Her
parents were the late Simon and
Rachel Steyerman, pioneer citi
zens of Thomasville.
Mrs. Farkas received her edu
cation in Thomasville and later
attended Agnes Scott College.
She was a past president of
Temple B’nai Israel Sisterhood
and the Albany Parent-Teacher
Association.
She is survived by her hus
band; a son, Philip A. Farkas of
Montgomery; three sisters, Mrs.
Max L. Breman and Mrs. Nathan
F. Wolfe of Atlanta and Miss
Mildred Steyerman of Albany;
and one grandchild.
A. A. Ladies to List,Girl Scouts, Brownies
at Registration Rally; Leaders Wanted
of the income of the Center bud
get. v
Center Director Jack Chilnick
and the Center President Meyer
Balser supervised the distribu
tion of the cards of prospects.
Ed Kahn, executive director of
the Federation for Jewish Social
Services, spoke briefly on the
opportunity which Center mem
bership affords for identification
of all residents of Atlanta with
the Jewish community wide pro
grams and ideals typified by the
Center.
ADL Films
Are Cited
in Boston
The presentation of awards to
three Anti-Defamation League
films has been announced by
Alexander F. Miller of Atlanta,
Ga., Southern Director of the
ADL in Atlanta.
These awards were presented
at the First Annual Film Festi
val held under the auspices of
the Film Council of Greater Bos
ton recently.
“Your Neighbor Celebrates,”
a film well-known for its in
spiring presentation of the Jew
ish holidays received the First
Award in the Jewish Religious
Section of the Festival, Mr. Mill
er stated.
Receiving Award of Merit at
the Film Festival in the Adult
Education Section, were two
other ADL films, “To Live To
gether,” the story of an exciting
experiment in children’s camps,
and “The Challenge,” a movie
about recent strides in human
relations in the United States.
“The Challenge” was produced
jointly by the ADL together
with the American Jewish Com
mittee, the Jewish Labor Com
mittee, and several non-denom
ination organizations.
All three films are available
for loan from the Southern Of
fice of the Anti-Defamation
League, 11 Pryor St., Atlanta,
Ga., which maintains a library
of over 60 educational films. The
ADL film library is the most ex
tensive in the field of human
relations in the South today.
Over 6,000 churches and schools
viewed ADL films during the
past year.
sponsored Girl Scouting at the
Center for the past five years.
The program has grown from one
troop to an expected ten troops
this year. Meeting rooms are
furnished at the Center at no
cost to the troups, and financial
assistance is contributed an
nually.
All leaders and assistants work
voluntarily. Additional leaders
and helpers are needed, also
anyone having special knowledge
of folk dancing, dramatics, arts
and Crafts, overnight camping,
etc. Anyone who has had exper
ience as a scout or working with
girl groups can become a leader
by calling Mrs. Louis Lefkoff,
EM. 2249 or Mrs. Louis Ruskin„
VE. 4301. A leaders’ course wilt
be given in September at no co6t
to those interested.
The Annual Girl Scout-
Brownie Fall Registration Rally,
sponsored by the Ahavath Achim
Sisterhood, will be held at 8
p. m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at
the A. A. Center.
Girls from the age of 7 to 14
may attend. Parents must attend
with Brownies and Scouts at
time of registration. A program
depicting various phases of
scouting has been planned, in
cluding a short movie.
The A. A. Sisterhood has
Servel Opens
Region Office
in Atlanta
Servel, Inc., manufacturers of
automatic refrigerators and
other appliances, is establishing
a Southern regional headquar
ters in Atlanta this week.
The new headquarters will be
in the Terrace Room of the
Peachtree Manor Hotel until its
permanent office building is
completed at 900 Peachtree St.,
N. E. The permanent home is
scheduled to be completed by
Jan. 1,
The new Servel office will
serve Servel distributors, deal
ers and consumers in 10 states—
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Louis
iana, Alabama, Florida and
Georgia.
Austin J. Schullstrom, who
worked in Atlanta for three
years before World War II as a
Servel sales engineer, will be
manager of the Southern divis
ion. H. R. Nielson will be air
conditioning manager.
Servel manufacturers three
principal products, the Servel
motorless refrigerator, the Ser
vel copper ball gas water heater,
and the Servel “all-year” air
conditioner.
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