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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, July 9, 1965
Moviedom’8 Selznick
Dies at Age of 63
David O. Selznick, producer'of
top movie money-maker “Gone
With The Wind,” died of a heart
attack jast week at the age of
63.
Selznick was the husband of
actress Jennifer Jones. '*■
Although the producer made
many famous movies and intro
duced many who became first
rank stars, it was for his pro
duction of Atlanta’s own Mar
garet Mitchell saga that he was
best known.
David O. Selznick first visited
Atlanta in December of 1939 for
the premier of GWTW, and those
festivities were recalled this
week by Atlantans noting |his
death. It was the late beloved
Julian Boehm who served as
master of ceremonies for the ga
thering of celebrities.
Accompanying Selznick on his
chartered plane were Clark
Gable and his wife, the late Ca
role Lombard, and Vivien Leigh,
whose performance as Scarlett
won her the first of her two
Oscars as best actress.
Selznick again visited Atlanta
in 1961 when GWTW luminaries
visited here in connection with
the start of the Civil War Cen
tennial celebration.
He was a perfectionist, parti
cularly in casting, and the suc
cess of his productions reflected
this trait. Among his other clas
sic movies were “Intermezzo,”
“Rebecca,” David Copper-field,”
“Little Women,” “Anna Karen
ina,” “A Star Is Bom,” Duel in
the Sun,” “Farewell to Arms,”
and many others. Selznick is
credited with introducing to the
screen such stars as Ingrid Berg
man, Katherine Hepburn, Joan
Fontaine, Freddy Bartholomew,
as well as Vivian Leigh.
Mrs. William Lasky
Mrs. Fannie Levy Lasky, 73,
of Savannah died June 26.
Funeral services were held
Monday, June 28, at Sipple’s
chapel with Rabbi David Raab
officiating. Interment was in
Bonaventur® Cemetery.
Mrs. Lasky was a native of
Poland and had been a resident
of Savannah for 54 years. She
was a member of Congregation
Agudath Achim, Sisterhood of
Agudath Achim, Hadassah and a
life member of Bethlehem Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Lasky and her husband
operated Lasky’s Grocery in Sa
vannah for 35 years before re
tiring 15 years ago.
Survivors include her husband,
William Lasky; a daughter, Mrs.
Bernard Yesner of Coral Gables;
a brother, Hyman Levy of Sa
vannah; four sisters, Mrs. Anne
Melaver, Mrs. Bluma Broome,
Mrs. Robert Lowe and Mrs. Eva
Sadler, all of Savannah; three
grandchildren and a number of
nieces and nephews.
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Twer sky Reports Russia
Has Repaired Rabbis Graves
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Rabbi
Chaim M. Twersky of Brooklyn,
a member of the presidium of the
World Cente^ of European
Rabbis, reported this week, on
his return from a tour of Soviet
cities, that officials there had
erected and repaired monuments
Leonard Jacobs
Leonard Jacobs, 29, popular
young Atlanta business and com
munal leader, died Monday, June
28.
Funeral services were held
June 29 in Blanchard’s Chapel
with Rabbi Harry H. Epstein of
ficiating. Interment was in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Jacobs, a native Atlantan,
established Jacobs Insurance
Agency in 1958, and in 1959
was named Man of the Year by
the Travelers Insurance Co. He
was also a member of the Leaders
Club of Fidelity Mutual Life In
surance 'Co. and a member of
Life Insurance Leaders of Geor
gia.
Mr. Jacobs was graduated from
Grady High School in Atlanta
where he was captain of the foot
ball team and a member of the
all-state and all-star football
teams. He greduated from the
University of Georgia in 1957
with a BBA degree and was a
member of Tau Epsilon Phi fra
ternity, which he served as bur
sar for two years.
He was on the board of trus
tees of B’nai B’rith and was ad
visor to the Sholem Aleichem
chapter for two years. He was a
member of the Progressive Club,
Ahavath Achim Synagogue, At
lanta Jewish Community Center
and Georgia Life Underwriters
Assn.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Gloria Buchsbaum,
daughters Elizabeth and Laura;
brothers Harry and Dr. Julian
Jacobs; and parents Joseph Ja
cobs and Mrs. Esther Rosenwald
Jacobs, all of Atlanta.
Mrs. Ida L. Greenspan
Mrs. Ida L. Greenspan, Wash
ington, mother of Mrs. Melvtin
Pazol of Atlanta, died July 2.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, July 4, in Blanchard’s
chapel with Morris Mitzner of
ficiating. Interment was in Crest-
lawn Cemetery.
Other survivors include daugh
ters Mrs. Gerald Kapdloff and
Mrs. Lewis Roberts of Washing
ton; brother, Robert L Ginsberg,
New York City; grandsons Les
ter Pazol and Norman Pazol of
Atlanta and two other grandsons
and four great-grandchildren.
A. L. Goldstein
” > C '.AAfecrfeaMD
Abraham Louis Goldstein, 86,
of Augusta, died Tuesday, June
22.
He was the husband of the late
Mrs. Ida Tannenbaum Goldstein
whose family were the first Jew
ish settlers in the Augusta area.
Funeral services were held
June 23 at Adas Yeshuron Syn
agogue with Rabbi Arthur Fine
officiating. Interment was in
Magnolia Cemetery.
A native of Poland, Mr. Gold
stein had lived in Augusta 66
years. He was a retired sexton
of Adas Yeshuron Synagogue.
Survivors include three sons,
Moses Goldstein | of Augusta, Dr.
Myer Goldstein and Dt. Isadore
Goldstein, both of Louisville, Ky.,
three daughters, Mrs. Harry
Smith of Pittsfield, Mass., Mrs.
Julius Coffsky of Augusta and
Mrs. Saul Sehattenn of Yonkers,
N. Y.; 15 grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Office: JA 3-4452
Morris H. Manheim, Jr.
MONUMENTS
Home: TR. 4 2455
of graves of a number of rabbis
in those cities with ‘‘the fullest
measure of cooperation.”
Rabbi Twersky visited Mos
cow, Kipv, Makarev, Onetevka,
Kalinovka, Berditshev and Zhito
mir. He said there were many
Jewish cemeteries in the Soviet
Union which had suffered dam
age during the Nazi occupation
but he found that the non-Jews
in the area had not touched the
remnants of the cemeteries.
He reported that this informa
tion was important in reference
to efforts by the rabbinical group
to obtain indemnification from
West Germany for repair of
cemeteries damaged or destroyed
by the Nazis. The West German
Government has argued that the
local non-Jewish population
would destroy the cemeteries if
they were repaired. The rabbini
cal group is seeking to obtain
1,000,000 Jewish signatures for a
petition, to be presented to West
German officials, declaring that
the West German Government
should provide funds to repair
cemeteries in East Europe de
stroyed by the Nazis.
Tampa Temple
Installs Officers
New officers of Temple Schaa-
rai Zedek, Tampa, assumed their
duties following a buffet supper
in the Annis Memorial Biblical
Patio in Zielonka Hall. Immedi
ate past-president Morton L. An
nis Sr. relinquished the gavel to
Charles J. Adler. Irvin Peckett
is the newly elected vice presi
dent, Walter Kessler, treasurer,
and Simon L. Dingfelder, secre
tary.
The program ended with the
dedication of memorials by Rab
bi Zielonka. These included me
morial windows, a white cover
for the Torah, art objects and
“The Corner of Heroes,” housing
a special memorial to the 6,000,-
000 victims of Nazi atrocities.
4 viva BUG News
The month of June has been
a busy one for the girls of Aviva
with a singing engagement, a
dance, a service project, and a
District No. 5 BBYO convention.
Aviva’s chorus sang at the in
stallation of the new Atlanta
Lodge B’nai B’rith officers. The
chorus is directed by M. Gin-
eger and has some future en
gagements.
At our dance on June 3, Barry
Zimmerman was elected beau,
with Barry Wiener and Ronnie
Merlin on the court.
Aviva girls made pillows and
beanbags and took them to Hill
side Cottages as a service proj
ect. This was a lot of fun, both
for the children and the club
members.
Aviva BBG sent three girls to
the District No. 5 Convention at
Camp Judea in Hendersonville,
N. C. They were Barbara Ger
ber, Susan Horowitz, and Phyl
lis Fineman. These girls came
back with new ideas, better un
derstanding of BBYO, and fond
memories.
—PHYLLIS FINEMAN
Victor 1). Franco
Victor D. Franco of Atlanta
died Sunday, July 4.
Funeral services were held at
Blanchard’s chapel. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein and Rabbi Joseph
Cohen officiated. Burial was in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Franco was a native of the
Isle of Rhodes and was employ
ed as a beverage salesman. He
was a member of the Or Ve
Shalom Synagogue and was past
worshipful master of Battle Hill
Masonic Lodge 523.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Mary de Leon; a son,
David V. Franco; two sisters, Mrs.
Albert J. Page, Seattle, Wash.,
and Mrs. Sue Beton, Atlanta, and
five brothers, Morris D , Isaac D.,
Sam D , Jack D. and Joseph D.
Franco, all of Atlanta.
St. Petersburg
SENIOR FRIENDSHIP NEWS
by HARRY ROSE
The fire crackers have been
banging and booming all around
me, only, because I forgot that I
had a column to write and mv
Editor-in-Chief is right, I did
promise to continue this Column
while on vacation and will con
tinue to do so. My right and left
arms in St. Pete are working now
and the mail is being delivered,
so we are in business with “news
while it is news.” Sorry that you
were deprived of hearing the
latest as The Southern Israelite
wants “News When It Is News.”
So all of you folks let us hear
from you with the latest happen
ings in your circles, and the Chief
will see that it is published.
Thanks for missing me. It’s
wonderful to know that we are
among the living.
* • •
Molly Brandt, founder and first
president of the Senior Friend
ship Club, is visiting her daugh
ter and family in Scarsdale N. Y.,
and while there, is maintaining
an apartment in New York City
so that there is not too much
stress and strain on her as she
takes in the top shows and the
World’s Fair. Molly has accepted
the chairmanship of the project
committee and it is expected that
a great many new innovations
will be presented to the members,
come this October when SF Club
opens its new indoor season.
Molly will return to St. Peters
burg Beach some time in early
October.
• « •
William Marx has been re
leased from Mound Park Hospital
after a very careful checkup, but
all examinations have proven
negative. Ada Marx can not let
down as this has been a tremend
ous strain on her health, as she
herself is trying to build up
strength, following surgery a few
short months ago.
* * *
Dr. Ned Tirk and Henriette
Tirk have returned to their Gulf
home having attended the
wedding of their grandson, which
took place last week in Mil
waukee, Wis. Dr. Ned Tirk leaves
for New York City this week
where he will remain for several
months. Henriette will remain in
St. Pete.
» • »
Toba Rothman returned to her
home in St. Petersburg, following
the sad trip to the North where
she went to lay away the remains
of her late husband Dr. Samuel
Rothman. However, on her return
to St. Petersburg she had many
of her dear friends and members
of SF Club meet her and assist
her with the many duties that
remained to be done, following
this sad ordeal. She will have
those many friends about her
continuously so that time does
not lay heavy on her hands. Toba
will remain a resident of St.
Petersburg.
* * *
Worjj leaks in from Minnesota
that Oscar and Carrie Ascher are
the busiest beavers in all of the
State of Minnesota They have put
their property in order and it is
now on the market for sale. They
have become permanent residents
of St. Petersburg. Oscar is the
first vice president and chairman
of the board of directors of the
SF Club and has laid out a busy
1965-1966 season for himself and
the members of his hoard. They
will return home late in Sep
tember.
* * *
Sixty members of the SF Club
were disappointed last week as
their scheduled Boat Ride was
cancelled out. Barney Socol. pres
ident of SF Club, had arranged
a very wonderful all-day boat
ride, but when the Club's mem
bers arrived at the dock the Cap
tain of the Excursion Boat felt
it was too risky to make the trip
and cancelled it. It has been re
instated for the coming week.
No matter where a member of
SF Club goes he is bound to meet
up with fellow-members. On the
ride up on the Seaboard Airline,
this writer was greeted on the
train by David J. Milstein, who
was on his way to Washington,
D. C., to spend the balance of the
summer season there with his
family, returning early in Oc
tober. Charlotte Zimmerman was
also on her way north, worried a
bit about her health and having
a son in Clifton, N. J. a well
known M.D., was urged by him to
come up for a few months and
under-go careful examination
medically under his personal
supervision. A follow-up this
week with Charlotte brought
forth the happy news that it was
not “what she was afraid of” and
that she feels so much happier
and better that she took her son’s
advice and came north. All her
friends in SF Club will be happy
over this latest information. Then
this writer and his good right
arm Ruth Rose, had the happy
privilege of meeting up with
Nathan and Nancy Rubin, who
are in Teaneck, N. J. visiting
their children, and Louis Eisner,
who is in Clifton, N. J., visiting
with his daughter and her family.
At a special luncheon we are at
tended, the talk was over SF
Club, its members and the
wonderful days gone by and yet
to come. Nathan and Nancy
Rubin, who have been here a
month, left this week for Pitts
burgh, Pa., to visit their son and
his family and will then head
back to Maderia Beach, Fla. and
the “gang.”
President Barney Socol arrang
ed a picnic at Gulfport Beach last
week and 60 members were in
attendance. The day was an ex
ceptional one and the top mess
age, to this correspondent, was “It
was delightful and we understand
that there are to be many more
this summer.” The indoor season
of the club will take place Oct.
1,-with a great get-together meet
ing now being given considerable
thought.
Sayde Routman, genial chair
man of the refreshment commit
tee, left for New York to spend
the next three weeks with her
son. George and Helen Birkhahn
moved into their own home on
Villa Del Mar this week. Pauline
Zirinsky sold her home on Villa
Del Mar and will occupy an
apartment. Etta and Louis Gold
stein left for New York this week
and will return late in September.
Arthur Sofskv left this week
for New Jersey to spend the rest
of the summer with his children.
Gertrude Lichton was admitted
to Mound Park Hospital for
more Xravs and further examina
tions and after three days of
tests was permitted to return to
her home. Eva Seldin is the envy
of the women folk of SF Club as
she enjoys the sands of Gulfport
Beach. One of my informants
writes, “Eve Seldin was so cute
walking on the beach with a red
umbrella, a shift dress of Hawai
ian design and she wore a big hat.
She looked like Mae West. I tell
you she would make a good
leading lady for one of our annual
shows.” Henry and Gussie Levine
and Herman and Sarah Taylor are
enjoying the sands of Spa Beach,
which is nearer their home and
which opened last week for pub
lic use after being widened and
cleaned.
* * •
Ruth Rose has moved over to
New York City whore she will
remain with her sorter Sally for
the next 10 da.vs^ visiting friends
of long ago and rubbing shoul
ders with the family that has
waited two long years to break
bread with her. She will return
to Fair lawn, N. J. to her daugh
ter’s and then we will leave
July 15, for Pittsburg, Pa., for a
month’s visit with our son
Michael.