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Friday. February 25, 1966
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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ATLANTA JEWISH
COMMUNITY
CENTER
1745 Ptachtrei St.,
N.E., Atlanta, Ga.
30309
AJCC News
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formed about AJCC
programs. For details
not covered call:
TR. 5-7881
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Coming to Atlanta ;
“Festival of Children’s Art”
“The Festival of Children’s Art” is being held in
commemoration of Brotherhood Week. A city-wide
project has been taking place for the past several
weeks in working with youngsters of Grammar and
High School age in preparing for an Art Exhibit from
Monday, Feb- 21, through Saturday, Feb. 26. A variety
of art work will be entered featuring pieces by chil
dren of public, private, parochial schools, churches,
and the Atlanta Jewish Community Center. Many
media such as puppets, paper mosaics, paintings, draw
ings, prints and murals will be exhibited stressing the
theme “Big Big World and the People In It.”
The exhibition will take place at 57 Peachtree St. and
the hours during the week of Feb- 21 will be 10:30 A.M.
to 4:30 P.M.
This exhibit is under the sponsorship of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews. The public is most
welcome to attend.
Health & Phys. Ed. News
Rabbi Lehrman
To Speak To
JCY Leaders
Rabbi Richard Lehrman of the
Temple will speak to the leaders
of the Center Clubs on March 3,
1966, at the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Center. His topic will be
“Jewish Ethics.” The discussion
will include:
a. What are ethics?
b. What are Jewish ethics?
c. How can we through the
club program teach children what
Jewish ethics are?
d. The importance of the ori
gin of ethics and how to transmit
these to children.
This will be the third in a
series of in-servicq leadership
training sessions for the Center
club leaders in connection with
the National Jewish Welfare
Board project on “Jewish Con
tent Programming for Center
Clubs.”
The leaders, Miss Ronnie Sei-
den, M»ss Vicki Sirroca, Miss
Kathy Carter, Mr. Harley Strick
land, Mr. Dennis Gordon, Mr.
Mike Mamet, Mr. Steve Cowan
advise clubs on the tween level
and are all involved in this pro
gram.
Miss Barbara Stein and Mr.
Ed Robbins are coordinating the
training task. Future speakers
include Mr. Hans Erman, Mr.
Morris Kotovsky and Mr. Frank
Fierman.
Sunday, April 3—Sports
Awards Night
On Sunday, April 3, from 7-
9:30 p. m. in the AJCC Auditor
ium, the first annual Sports
Awards Banquet will be held.
Two hundred awards will be
handed out to deserving recipi
ents. The categories for receiving
awards are:
1. Teen Basketball League “A”
and “B” Champions
2. Biddy Basketball Awards
3. Young Adult Basketball
Champs and MVP
4. Teen Basketball Tournament
Champs
5. Most Valuable Player awards
from each team
6. Coaches Awards
7. Torch Club Awards
8. Swimming Awards
9. Judo Awards (for both ses
sions)
A sit down spaghetti dinner
prepared by a chef from “Lebs”
Restaurant in our Center kitchen,
and, prominent guest speakers
from the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta
Falcons and College coaching
ranks should make this an en
joyable evening for the whole
family. Everyone is invited.
The admission is $1.00 per per
son for an exciting evening of
dining and entertainment. Tick
ets are now on sale in the H&PE
office. There will be other sell
ing stations in the near future.
Check The Southern Israelite
for names of Award winners.
For further information call
Harold Post or Jerry Weissman,
TR 5-7881.
Drivers Training
Theory Class
Open To Public
The Drivers Training class cur
rently being offered at the At
lanta Jewish Community Center
will offer six hours of driving
theory open to the public. The
first class will be held Tuesday,
March 1, 1966. The program will
be in two parts. “Avoiding Ac
cidents” and “Seeing Habits in
Driving.
The program will include
speakers, movies, slides, etc.
Remember Tuesday—7-9 p. m.
March 1, 1966 for Drivers Train
ing Theory class.
No fee,
NOW SHOWING...
Prints, Drawings
and Paintings
by Jim Bray
GERALD SACHS
TO REPRESENT BRAVES
Mr. Gerald Sachs, public re
lations director of the Atlanta
Braves, will represent the Braves
organization at the Third Annual
Sports Award banquet to be held
on Sunday, April 3, from 7-9:30
p. m. in the AJCC Auditorium.
Mr. Sachs formerly was Pub
lic Relations Director for the
Baltimore Orioles for four years.
He is a welcome addition to the
banquet program.
The whole family is invited to
attend and meet Mr. Sachs and
find out some inside stories about
the Atlanta Braves.
Admission is $1.00 per person.
GIRLS “A” LEAGUE
This past Sunday were the last
regularly scheduled league games
and the league championships
were decided with some very ex
citing contests taking place.
In a most crucial game, DOZ
edged past Laura Wise BBG 30-
29 with the clutch fowl shooting
of Joanie Gaines. The victory
resulted in a three way tie for
3rd place as DOZ, Laura Wise
BBG, and 176 BBG all finished
with identical 6-3 records.
Going down to the final wire,
Joanie sank two free throws with
7 seconds remaining to pull the
victory out for DOZ. Joanie
Gaines was high scorer with 22
pts. and Michele Silberstein
topped Laura Wise BBG with 13
pts.
Amirah BBG with Rachel Ben-
ator leading the way, defeated
Anne Frank BBG 36-16. Rachel
tossed in 15 pts. in the last quar
ter to ice the victory. DOR BBG
closed out the season with a vic
tory over young Simcha BBG.
The score was 25-10. Top scorer
for Daughters of Rebecca BBG
was Francie Freedman with 14
pts., Cheryl Gay was top scorer
for Simcha with 6 pts.
DEBORAH LEAGUE
CHAMPS
In a battle of the undefeated,
Deborah BBG met Jewels of Ju
daea BBG and Deborah reigned
supreme as they downed Jewels
of Judaea 30-15. They finished
with a perfect 9-0 record and
played excellent basketball all
season. Congratulations Deborah
and to Jewels of Judaea for their
fine showing this year as well.
Boys “A” League
134 AZA closed out their sea
son with a victory over Weinstein
518 AZA. The score was 63-39.
Bruce Alterman, 14, and Larry
Siegel, 12, paced the 134 team to
victory. Mike Newman hit for
15 pts. for the 518 team in a
losing effort.
ROYALS LEAGUE CHAMPS
Two fine unbeaten teams met
to claim the league champion
ship and Bossak Royals AZA
came out on top with a tough
decision over 357 AZA. After
trailing early in the game, 357
closed the gap only to fall be
hind again and eventually lose
it—42-34.
Chester Rosenberg turned in a
fine all round performance and
was high man with 14 pts. How
ard Rappaport also played well
and chipped in with 13 pts. Paul
Orenstein and Dave Kuniansky
paced 357 with 10 pts a piece.
Congratulations, Royals, for a
fine season and your league
championship and to 357 for their
successful showing in the league
TYG claimed 4th place in the
league with their 45-39 victory
over Bossak AZA. Jan Goldstein
was the big gun with 13 pts
for TYG. Arthur Salus hit for
20 pts. for Bossak. Lions of Ju
daea AZA victory over TOZ AZA
put them in 3rd place. The final
score was 55-26. Maurice Levitt
had a hot hand as he hit for 30
pts, 17 coming in the final quar
ter. Stuart Cott topped TOZ with
13 pts.
Congratulations to all the par
ticipants in the “A” League for
their fine showings and for mak
ing this year’s league a success
ful one.
GEMS-MOOSES
VICTORIES
Diamond’s Gems, getting stron
ger and stronger as the year
progresses played a tremendous
game in downing Manning’s Ma
rauders by the widest point mar
gin of the year, 49-32. Miller’s
Mooses handed the first half
champs, Taratoot’s Terrors their
second straight defeat 42-28. This
was the Mooses' first win in five
league games.
Diamond’s Gems had to over
come fatigue, as they only had
five men and held Ken Schwartz
from hitting his 22 pt. average.
They accomplished this in fine
fashion. Ken Schwartz was held
to 12 pts., Jim Burdine’s 22 pts.,
Mort Gilner’s 11 pts., and Ber
man’s 11 pts. led the Gems to
victory. Vic Romano and Jim
Burdincdid a tremendous job in
controlling the game.
The second game was the sec
ond most lopsided contest of the
year. Miller’s Mooses, paced by
Steve Sobell’s 18 pts. and Mar
tin Cohen’s 9 pts. led the winner.
Raymond Taratoot’s 16 pts. con
stituted most of the Terrors
scoring.
Standings:
Diamond’s Gems 2 0
Finkelstein’s Flashes 1 0
Miller’s Mooses 1 1
Manning’s Marauders 0 1
Taratoot’s Terrors 0 2
FRANK GARSON
PURIM CARNIVAL
SUNDAY, FEB. 27, 1966
1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
GARSON AUDITORIUM
Basketball
League
News
Final “A” League
Standings
GIRLS
Deborah
®- i * * * * * 7 * * * * * * * 15 -0
Jewels of Judaea
8—1
DOZ
6—3
Laura Wise
6—3
176
6—3
Amirah
3—6
Daughters of Rebecca
3—6
Anne Frank
2—7
Chai
2—7
Simcha
0—9
» • • •
BOYS
Bossak Royals
8—0
357
7—1
Lions of Judaea
5—3
TYG
5—3
TOZ
4—4
134
4—4
Bossak
2—6
Sons of Israel
2—6
Weinstein 518
0—8
• • • *
TEEN “B” LEAGUE FINALS
Saturday, Feb. 26 7 p. m.
Admission 25 cents
TEEN “A” LEAGUE
SEMI-FINALS
Sunday, Feb. 27 1—6 p. m.
Admission 25 cents
Teen "A” League Finals
Sunday, March 6 1:00 p. m.
Admission 50 cents
Everyone is invited to this
SPECIAL EVENT
No Smoking Policy
Begins March 1st.
The Center’s no-smoking pro
gram has reached at least 400
tweens, teens and adults in the
past two weeks with the show
ing of the movie “Who, Me?”
from the American Cancer So
ciety. The film was followed by
discussion led on Feb. 6 and 9
by Dr. Irving Greenberg and on
Feb. 13 by Dr. Donald Chait and
Dr. Milton Deitch.
The display in the lobby has
attracted the attention of many
people who have taken some of
the pamphlets made available by
the American Cancer Society.
A poster contest for tweens
and teens is underway. Clubs are
making posters with slogans
which will be placed throughout
the Center. The deadline for sub
mitting the posters has been
changed from Feb. 20 to Feb. 27
at 5 p. m. to allow more clubs
to participate. Posters should be
submitted to Kathie Carter at the
Center. The club’s name should
be on the back of the poster.
The No Smoking policy will go
into effect on March 1st for all
children of school age. There
will be no smoking for all ages
in the Game Room.
FRENCH KOSHER CUISINE
The new French Kosher Cui
sine group met with their leader,
Monsieur Tremege. on Tuesday
nite at 7:00 p.m. The prize dish
on the menu was Coq au vin . . .
If you would like to join in this
gourmet experience, the fee is
$2.00 per person. There are four
sessions remaining, which prom
ise to offer succulent delights. In
order that all may learn the art,
as well as feast afterward, the
cooking is done in the Center
kitchen, which is large enough to
accommodate full participation.
Call 875-7881, ext. 32 for further
information.
So come on out and
ROOT FOR YOUR
FAVORITE TEAM
Adult Activities
This Was The Start Of Something Big!
The Group of the AJCC held a successful gala at
the Hound’s Tooth on Sunday, February 13, at 5:30.
Over three hundred single adults of the Jewish com
munity danced to the varied rhythms of the Hound’s
Tooth Band. Food was prepared by the hard working
committees and the cooperation of Happy Hermans.
Several door prizes were given to winning ticket
holders. The group is now planning its second event. . .
HOOTENANY ... at the AJCC.
Girls 21-35 Men 25-40 The Group has met . . .
were you with it? . . . the group will meet again . . . will
you be with it? Call 875-7881, ext. 32, Gerri Weinblatt,
at the AJCC for further information.
Interior Decorating To Be Offered
In The Morning.. . .
Beginning February 22, a course in Interior Deco
rating will begin at the Center from 10:30 to 11:30.
The course will be instructed by Bess Neely, of Bess
Neely Interiors. The fee $10 for 10 weeks. Register now!
Ballroom Dancing And Bridge
Classes Postponed
Classes in ballroom dancing and bridge ... on all
levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced, have
been postponed for further registration. Many people
have called to express interest in these two classes,
but have failed to formally register. If you wish to
attend either subject, register by mail or at the Center
desk.
NEEDED
Volunteers for Home Hospitality
for Jewish Servicemen
Saturday night—March 5
in conjunction with
THE JUNIOR HOSTESSES
OF THE
ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
OF THE
AJCC
Call 875-788 ext. 32, Gerri Weinblatt,
Director Adult Activities