The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, April 22, 1966, Image 16

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Newspaper Page Textr I Stitraa THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Friday, April 22 ,1966 In Atlanta May 9-12 Details Completed for Hadassah Conference The Atlanta Chapter of Hadas sah has announced that final preparations are being completed for the Southeastern Regional Conference to be held May 9-12 at the Riviera Motel. Mrs. Milton Saul, Chapter pres ident, said the schedule will in clude workshops, gala luncheons, a Wednesday night banquet at Ahavath Achim Synagogue and showcase plenary sessions. Among the guest speakers will be Dr. Willis Hurst, Dr. James Lieberman, Rabbi Alfred Good man, Dr. David Elazar, Consul Shimon Yallon, and Aaron Mar- galith. The hostess chapter has res erved the newly decorated hos pitality suite at the Riviera to welcome registered delegates and guests. Mrs. Raphael Tourover, a member of the national board of Hadassah since 1939, will serve as conference advisor. Mrs. Mor ris Cohen, regional president, stated, “it is our privilege to have Mrs. Tourover, one of the most outstanding Jewish women in the country today, to be with us.” Mrs. Tourover serves as Hadas- sah’s liason officer to the nation’s capital and is Washington rep resentative to the United States government agencies. As such, Mrs. Tourover attends briefings in the Department of State. In 1955, Mrs. Tourover was sent on a special mission to Is rael to set up a coordinated pro gram for the distribution of sur plus foods given to Israel by the U. S. government. She serves as Hadassah's voice on the Amer ican Food for Peace Council, and received a certificate of appreci- Tampa St. Pete Senior Friendship News By HARRY ROSE Mickey Erlich, co-chairman of the Projects Committee, has been a speedy Dynamo since accepting the co-chairmanship of this group. He is busily engaged in bringing to the attention of vari ous members and committees dif ferent ideas that he has in thought for recreation for the new season ahead. He plans a Jewish Choral Group that will meet the needs of those who love Jewish music. Oscar Bilfeld, singer of Jewish songs for SF Club, a winter resident, will be come very active in this group on his return next October. Molly Brandt, chairman of the project committee, has been endeavoring all season to come up with new ideas for club participation. Nancy Rubin has her dancing shoes on again and she’ll instruct group dancing class this coming season. * • * * Clara Gollobin unde r w e n t surgery for hernia in the Mound Park Hospital last week, which was very successful. Clara has been up and around her hospital room and walking the halls, a good sign that she will be on her way home shortly. Bedic and Manny Ward are busy with bag packing getting ready to leave for a trip in the South Pacific, that will take them to Japan and other lands in that part of the South Pacific. Oscar Ascher, newly elected president of the SF Club, is a busy, busy individual these days, as he keeps his nose to the list of duties that is his with the ac ceptance of the office. One of the most important is the selection of chairmen and committees that will help him in his term of of fice. But he seems to be smiling every time he makes an appear ance at meetings, as if to - say "everything is coming along won derfully well.” He will announce his selections at the May 2 meet ing of members, last for this season. Bill and Ada Marx are off on a long motor trip that will take them to their families in Chicago and also down Long Island way, New York. Caroline and Kasper Loewen- stein have been the busiest cou ple in St. Pete this month. Their families from Milwaukee, Wis., and New York City visited them one right after another and have kept them on the hop. Sol Eisenberg returned from Miami where he spent last week with friends while working out plans for his future. George Meltzer suffered a heart attack last week and was re moved to Bay Pines Veterans Congregation B’nai Israel 301 59th St. North St. Petersburg, Fla. 33710 Phone 341-1471 Sat. Apr. 23—9:00 a. m. Sab bath Service. 10:30 a. m. Teen Service. 10:30 a. m. Family Serv ice. Sun. Apr. 24—9:00 a. m. Con servative Service. 10:00 a.m. Min- yan Club. 7:30 p. m. USY meet ing. Mon. Apr. 25—8:00 p. m. Men’s Club meeting. Tue. Apr. 26—8:15 p. m. Sis terhood Board meeting. 8:30 p. m. Ritual Committee meeting. Wed. Apr. 27—8:00 p. m. Insti tute of Jewish Studies. All adults are welcome. Fri. Apr. 29—8:00 p. m. Family Sabbath Hour. Hospital. He is reported to be much improved, but will remain at Bay Pines for several more weeks. Sadness befell our good friend Louis Shapiro, social secretary of the SF Club this week, as word reached him from Miami that his brother Jacob died on April 15. Louis and Jennie had just re turned from Miami after spend ing a week with his brother. Ja cob Shapiro was 83 years of age. Funeral services were held on April 19. Louis and Jennie are expected back from Miami early next week. Elias Marcus, 76 years of age, died in St. Petersburg, April 14. He was well known to the mem bership of SF Club. Born in Ru mania, he lived here 14 years. He was a restaurant owner and a member of Temple Beth El. He is survived by his wife, Grace, and a son. Morris. Funeral serv ices were held April 14. conduct ed by Rabbi David J. Susskind. Interment was in Royal Palm Cemetery. From down Illness Lane things brightened this week as many of our members were reported very much better. Ann Sanel, making wonderful progress, back home after a long hospital stay. Dora Hart, at El Sol Retirement Home, is reported very much on the bet ter side. Friends may visit. Sadie Hurwitz. recovered, has been sent home from the hospital. She can have visitors. Selig and Ida Bush, still confined at Colonial Rest Home, will be happy to see friends. Ike Fleischer is a happy fellow as he is now able to at tend the gatherings of SF Club and meet all his close friends. Jennie and Harry Goldberg both are getting along wonderfully well at home. Joseph Schuss still confined to his home and unable to make the cluh for the time being. Eva Seldin fully recover ed and back in club circles en joying herself. Minnie Tiger also doing very well and getting to the club every once in a while. Pauline Zirinsky fully recovered and again getting about. ation from President Kennedy for this work. A member of the Bar of Wash ington, D. C., since 1924, Mrs. Tourover holds an LLB degree from George Washington Univer sity Law School. She has been a member of the actions commit tee of the World Zionist Organ ization since 1956. $20,000 Day Camp Building Given Augusta Center A new $20,000 day camp build ing has been donated to the Au gusta Jewish Community Center by Leon Ghitter, in memory of his wife, Molly Ghitter, it was announced recently by M. K. Steinberg, president. The new addition will serve a dual purpose. In the summer it will serve as a day camp build ing and in the fall and winter it will be used for general youth activities. The building will house day camp offices, an arts and crafts room and a general activity room. AVGUSTA NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Victor Smolen and sons Steven and Craig, of Silver Spring, Md., were recent visitors with their brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Smolen and family, in Atlanta. * * « * Miss Phyllis Greenfield of Au gusta has returned from a two week trip to Spain. Miss Green field is presently residing in New York City where she is employed as a reservationist for Eastern Air Lines. * * * * Rabbi Jay B. Goldburg, who with his wife, Erika and chil dren, Jonathon and Dvorah, were visitors in Augusta recently, was the guest speaker at Walton Way Temple recently. He is the son of Rabbi and Mrs. Norman M. Goldburg. * * * * James Bruce, North Augusta High School coach, will direct the Jewish Center Day Camp for the second year. The day camp will run for six weeks from June 13 through July 29. Interested persons can receive further in formation by phoning the Jewish Community Center at 736-1818. * * * * Mrs. Ira Goldberg has been named chairman of the Amer ican Cancer Society’s Residential Crusade in Augusta. Mrs. Leroy M. Jacobs Mrs. Rachel B. Jacobs, 64, of Atlanta died Sunday, April 17. Graveside services were held April 19 in Greenwood Cemetery with Rabbi Harry Epstein and Cantor Isaac Goodfriend offici ating. Mrs. Jacobs was bom in New York City and was a former school teacher. She was a mem ber of Ahavath Achim Syna gogue. Survivors include her husband and three sisters, Miss Doris Baker of Atlanta; Mrs. Rose Singer and Mrs. Max Shapiro of Montreal, Canada. Mrs. Frankie Kelly Mrs. Frankie J. Kelly, 78, of Savannah died April 4. Funeral services were conduct ed April 6 by Rabbi Joseph Buchler. Interment was in Bona- venture Cemetery. Mrs. Kelly was bom in Savan nah and had lived there all her life. She was a member of the Alee Shrine auxiliary, past pres ident of the Chatham County Parent-Teacher Assn. and a founder of the Savannah PTA. She was a member of Mickve Israel Synagogue Sisterhood and the National Council of of Jewish Women. Survivors include three sons, Lawrence, William H. and Frank A. Kelly; five daughters, Mrs. Henry Kroskin, Mrs. William Kroskin and Mrs. Sarah Ander son of Savannah; Mrs. Cecile Aronson of Cordele and Mrs. Adeline Roth of Clearwater; a brother, Henri J. Oppenheim; two sisters, Mrs. Essie Burk holder and Mrs. Eva Lipman, and 11 grandchildren. Southern Orthodox Youth Elect Officers, Officers for 1966-67 were named by the Southern Region the National nference of lagogue Youth i t s annual n vention in rch at Beth ob Synagog- Atlanta. "hey include: rylin Schaf- Charleston, sident; Anne re Thoma s , Manning Memphis, and Michel Cenker, Atlanta, vice presidents; Rhoda Gerson, Atlan ta, rec. secretary; Marsha Rosen berg, Charleston, cor. secretary; Chaim Sukenik, Miami Beach, treasurer; David Galbut, Miami Beach, regional counsellor and immediate past president; Henry Cohen, Augusta, editor, and Steve Fishman, Augusta, parlia mentarian. More than two hundred syna gogue youth from throughout the region were welcomed to the convention by Brince Manning, chairman of the DeKalb County Commission. In his remarks to the delegates, Mr. Manning stressed the value of the youth organization as well as Judaic-Christian ties. “Our common Judaic-Christian back ground,” he said, “rooted firmly in the historical Jewish Revela tion and Morality, shares many basic affirmations, a few of which I would like to call to mind, just briefly: “Life itself is a Gift of God and it is our responsibility to use life’s opportunities and its bless ings as wisely as possible. “Man is created in Brother hood with all his fellow men and bound to his fellow man. one to the other, by the Act of Divine Creation. “We are morally responsible to God who reveals his will and who has taught us right from wrong. We are morally accountable to Hear Manning Him and we should strive to do what is right.” Manning then told the group “ . . . Judaism has given the world common tenets in three great religions. Moslem, Chris tian and Jew alike pray to the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. “In my own personal experi ence, as an individual, as a pub lic administrator, and as a form er Juvenile Court Judge, I have been deeply impressed with the outstanding morality and stabil ity of Jewish home-life.” Remarking on the low incid ence of Jewish juvenile delinqu ency, divorce, alcoholism and other evidences of social malad justment, Mr. Manning continued, “Authorities confirm my own observation that the elements for a stable life are in-built in the typical Jewish home, secured there by outward and inward de monstrations of love, affection, discipline and self-respect.” Southern Obituaries Kaplan-Kaplan Unveiling Unveiling ceremonies in mem ory of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kap lan will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, May 1, at Greenwood Cemetery. Rabbi Harry H. Ep stein and Cantor Isaac Good- friend will officiate. Mrs. Lillian Levey Mrs. Lillian B. Levey of At lanta died Tuesday, March 29. Funeral services were held March 31 in New York with in terment in Paramus, N. J. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Raymond Kurtz, At lanta, and Mrs. Barry Firkser, New Rochelle, N. Y.; a son, Alan Lee Levey, Columbus, O., and two sisters, Miss Rose Michael- son, New York City, and Mae O’Hallahand, Arizona. David Minkow David Darling David Darling, 86, died Satur day, April 9, in Lexington, S.C. Funeral services were held April 10 in Augusta with Rabbi Maynard Hyman and Rabbi Norman M. Goldburg officiating. Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. He was a retired merchant, a native of Poland, and had lived in Georgia most of his life. Survivors include one son, Mose M. Darling, Augusta; three daughters, Mrs. Leonard Dobson, Lexington, Mrs. E. J. Bogen and Mrs. Rose Levinson, both of Columbia, S.C., and eight grand children. Sidney H. Levy Sidney H. Levy, 81, of Savan nah, died March 8. He was president of Joe Price, Inc. and a Savannah merchant for many years. He had been president of Levy’s department store, which was sold in 1944 to Allied Stores, Inc. He retired from the firm in 1947. Funeral services were held March 10 with Rabbi Joseph Buchler officiating. Interment was in Bonaventure Cemetery. Mr. Levy once served as pres ident of the Greater Merchants Council and was a former mem ber of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He was a charter member of the Savannah Rotary Club, a past president of Mickve Israel Syna gogue and a past master of Clinton Lodge, F&AM. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lily Weichselbaum Levy; two daughters, Miss Jessie Levy and Mrs. Joe Price; a sister, Mrs. Herman Edel, and two grand sons. David Minkow, 82, of Beaufort, S. C., died Saturday, March 26. Funeral services were held March 27 at Beth Israel Syna gogue, Beaufort, with Rabbi Jos eph Salzman officiating. Inter ment was in Beth Israel Ceme tery. He was a native of Russia and moved from Allendale to Beau fort 25 years ago. Mr. Minkow was a retired merchant. Survivors include four daugh ters, Mrs. Oscar Young, Miss Rose Minkow and Miss Minkow of Beaufort, and Mrs. J. Weisman of Santa Monica, Calif.; two sis ters, Mrs. Meyer Drechsler of Mi ami Beach and Miss Dora Min kow of New York; four grand children; three great-grandchil dren and several nieces and neph ews. Mrs. Carl Schoenberg Mrs. Lillian Schoenberg of New York, formerly of Atlanta, died recently. Funeral services and interment were held in New York City. Survivors include her husband; sons Mark, Eric, Kenneth and Saul, sisters Clara Miller Ungar and Ruth Weintraub Zucker, all formerly of Atlanta. Mrs. Minnie Kaplan Mrs. Minnie Kaplan of New York City, mother of Theodore Kaplan of Atlanta, died April 12. Funeral services were held April 13 in Hazleton, Pa., with Rabbi Robert Miller officiating. Interment was in Beth Israel Cemetery. Other survivors include daugh ters Mrs. Julie Licker and Mrs. Florence Lehrman of New York City and three grandchildren.