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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Fare Seram
Delegates Gather in 1 Jot Springs
For Regional JWB Conference
Southern delegations represent
ing the Jewish Community Center
and the Center’s JWB-Armed
Services Committee are in Hot
Springs, Ark., this weekend to
participate in the 1967 Biennial
Conference and Institute of the
Southern Region of the National
j.'w sh Welfare Board.
Dr. Marvin Goldstein, a region
al vice president and member of
JWB’s National Board of Direc
tors, will present a plaque to Lt.
Gen. Louis W. Truman in recog
nition of his voluntary service on
behalf of the spiritual and cul
tural interests of men in the
Armed Forces. The presentation
w 11 take place at the Conference
Banquet on Saturday night, April
15. General Truman is Command-
ins General of the Third United
States Army with headquarters af
Fort McPherson here in Atlanta.
Meyer Balser, a past president
of the Region’s Board of Gover
nors, is serving as chairman of
the nominating committee for
this year’s Conference and will
also be the chairman for the Sat
urday afternoon Shabbat Forum
on “The Modern Jew — Meeting
His Interests and Concerns
Through Programs and Commun
ity Services.”
Frank Fierman, executive di
rector of the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center, will bring
greetings to the Conference on be
half of the Southern Chapter of
the National Association of Jew
ish Center Workers, and will also
serve as chairman of the Sunday
morning session on: “Open Mem
bership in Center— Implications
for Policies and Programs.” Mor
ris Kotovsky, associate direc
tor of the Center, will serve as a
resource person at the Conference.
Mrs. Leonard Bagen, a vice
president of the B’nai B’rith Leo
N. Levi Memorial Hospital in Hot
Springs, and a member of the
JWB-Armed Services Committee,
will greet the assemblage at the
Hospital on Friday night, April
14, for Shabbat supper.
Participating will be Consul
General Zeev Boneh, Abe Tooch
of the Israel Aliyah Center, and
Chaplain and Mrs. James Murphy.
Chaplain Murphy, stationed at
Ft. McPherson, is head of the
chaplains for the 4th Army.
Over twenty communities in
the South will be represented
at the Conference.
Nathan Loshak and Herman
Lebovitz are the regional consul
tants for JWB in the Southern
Region with offices at 311 For
syth Building.
Southern Boys' 1 Clubs Select
Half on As “Boy of the Year 9
Melvyn Raymond Halfon, an
Atlanta youth, has been named
“Boy of the Year” for the Sou
thern Region in the 21st annual
c o m p e t i tion
sponsored by the
Boys’ Clubs of
A m e r ica. the
national organi
zation announc
ed.
Melvyn, 17, a
member of the
Joseph B. White-
head Memorial
Boys’ Club, an
agency of the
United Appeal,
was one of eight
boys chosen
Halfon
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from the 700,000 national mem
bership to receive the award—
the highest personal honor given
by the organization. It was the
first time in the history of the
award that a youth from the At
lanta area has been named “Boy
of the Year.”
Melvyn was chosen because of
his outstanding contributions to
■Juvenile Decency’ based on the
quantity and quality of service to
home, school, church, community
and the Boys’ Club. He will re
ceive a $200 scholarship from the
Reader’s Digest Foundation.
A senior at Fulton High School,
“Mel” has distinguished himself
both in the classroom and on the
athletic field. An honor student
elected to the Junior National
Society, he is active on the varsity
baseball and track teams. This
year, he is president of his home
room, Spanish Club president,
Science Club president, Art Club
Sergeant-at-arms and Student
Council Sergeant-at-arms.
As a member of the Joseph B.
Whitehead Memorial Boys’ Club,
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a branch of the Atlanta Boys’
Club, for the past nine years,
Melvyn has taken an active part
in all phases of the programs at
the club and has won many out
standing awards. In 1965, he was
presented the Ada Healey “Good
Citizenship Award” and elected
“Boy of the Year” from his club.
He was named “Most Outstanding
Counselor” at Camp Kiwanis in
1964. He is a past winner in the
Optimist Oratorical Contest. He
was the principal leader in es
tablishing the Whitehead Key
stone Club, an organization of
older boys dedicated to commun
ity service and projects, and was
the group’s first president.
His Boys’ Club athletic awards
include “All Star Team” in var
sity baseball for two years, “Best
Hustler” in varsity basketball in
1965 and 1966, “All-Southern
Boys’ Club Team” in basketball
in 1965 and captain, varsity foot
ball team in 1966. He is a vol
unteer coach of the junior foot
ball andPbasketball teams.
Melvyn is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Halfon of 1774
Bond Drive, S. W. in Atlanta, and
is an active member of the Or
VeShalom Synagogue.
Mel hopes to become an Air
Force officer, and has been
named a second alternate for an
Academy by his congressman.
April 2 through April 8 is Na
tional Boys Club Week. It marks
the 25th anniversary of fhe first
Boys’ Clubs in metropolitan At
lanta. Today there are five
branches of the Boys’ Club in the
Atlanta area that serve more than
8,000 boys throughout the year.
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