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ostentatious, judged by their
neighbors houses. The rugs are
oriental and colorful, and the furn
iture gives the impression of having
served a generation well. Mrs.
Aaronson is very proud of a lovely
silver candelabra brought from Is
rael many decades ago, and with
justifiable pride points to the tiny
pitcher which fills the lights with
oil. Intricately and gorgeously
wrought from spun silver, the
Hanukah candelabra is a true
work of art. She is also anxious
to show you the strikingly beau
tiful Limited Edition of her son-
in-law’s book, The Living Talmud.
Judah Goldin’s “The Living Tal
mud” was also issued in a Her
itage Club Edition and in paper
back by Mentor, but the original
Limited Edition is on such fine
paper and the line drawings so
extraordinarily reproduced that
the whole looks like an original
work of art.
Lunch itself reveals the aesthetic
nature of these fine people. Cold
roast beef fanned out in perfect
slices, resembling a shell, the apex
being a quartered red tomato in
whose heart Millicent has arranged
pretty olives. In the center of the
table is a oversized whiskey snifter
containing an assortment of beach
shells.
The meal begins with a Motzi,
and the talk is stimulating and
delightful. What does Alfred
Aaronson talk about? After all, he
is largely responsible for Tulsa
having retained one of its most
precious landmarks, the Thomas
Gilcrease Institute of American
History and Art; he had spear
headed the drive for a new met
ropolitan library, served on the
Tulsa City-County Library Com
mission, acted as chairman of the
building committee for the Tulsa
Psychiatric Foundation, headed
the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Plan
ning Commissions Downtown Busi
ness Committee, originated the
idea for creating a Tulsa County
Historical Society, serves as direc
tor of the Fourth National Bank,
a member-director of Friends of
the Library, one of the directors
of Tulsa Urban League and is ac
tive in B’nai B’rith, Congregation
B'nai Emunah, the Tulsa Jewish
Community Council, of which he
is a past president, and the Tulsa
Chapter of the Zionist Organiza
tion of America, of which, natural
ly, he is a life member.
So what does he talk about?
Well, he tells how he and Millicent
had just returned from Hawaii a
number of years ago when they
learned that Tulsa was about to
lose the Gilcrease museum which
was without funds for further op
eration. Will Rogers hometown had
offered a museum to house the col
lection, and Thomas Gilcrease, a
Creek Indian who had become oil-
wealthy and had built a fabulous
art collection, was considering the
Claremore offer.
Aaronson felt this would be a
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