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the SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, July 9, 1971
Natural Background Setting RINGS ON THEIR FINGERS
For Niman - Popkin Wedding
By Adolph Rosenberg
' . There never was a wedding
^ike the Niman-Popkin June 5
nuptials — certainly not at Blue
Star Camps. That’s for sure.
* As a starter, in the two dec
ades and more of spectacular
Jewish camping this was the
first wedding on this placid
Blue Ridge Mountain premises.
There have been birthdays,
B’nai Mitzva, festivals and sim-
chas galore — even the great
joy of second-generation camp
ers. But never a marriage.
To the soft-spoken Candy and
starry-eyed Roger, the event
was naturally a first for them
and meaningful in all the glor
ies of a first. But neither was
concerned with breaking any
Blue Star record. It seemed a
logical setting since there was
this lovely chapel, oh so gorg
eously pristinely , beautiful and
perched on the side of Mount
Pinacle. Why not put it to use?
And Camp Blue Star was
where the bridegroom had
spent so many splendid years of
childhood and later youthful
summers in the camp enchant
ment and fellowship of family
and friends. And word passed,
he had decided to join the fam
ily team and make camping his
life’s work. There had been
years of doubt. Now he had
made up his mind.
Cousin Michael, best man at
the wedding, (Harry’s son) had
never had any doubts.
The wedding weekend began
Friday afternoon when most of
the 300 guests began arriving.
Many were family and friends
of the bride. Others were close,
close associates of the bride
groom’s parents and Blue Star
Capaps. (Is there a difference?).
Friday cvantbi there wm
Erev Shabbos service in the
Solomon Chapel. Then a dinner
in the mess hall. Afterwards
much, much dancing, Israeli and
UiS. folk-style.
Early arrivals had used the
time to swim, boat, bike and a
galaxy of camp-type things ordi
narily missed by wedding
guests.
Then, Saturday all day more
guests streamed into the hotels,
enjoying the swims, golf, etc.
That afternoon, open house
was held at the Cottages of the
Harry Popkins, Herman Pop-
kins, Mama Deitch, Hilda’s with
sister Annette — aunt to the
bridal couple — being omni
present. This writer went duti
fully and progressively from
one to the other, succumbing
at each place to blandishments
of lushly iced cake untasted,
but afterwards was faced with
the tortuous possibility of re
tracing steps from place to
place each time with more
struedel or fabulous cake im
pelled into receptive hands.
And we could have made it,
too, had we not known instinc
tively the Popkins would later
on spread a fabulous feast at
their only son’s wedding such
as never to be forgotten.
We sneaked away, appropri
ately, to the infirmary, where
the host had invited us to snare
a cot for the evening. They
never fooled this newsman once.
The health center is downhill
from the mess hall where the
feast was to be served and in
case of too much "cold duck” all
anybody had to do was just roll
us to our bunk. We hate to dis
illusion any of our readers who
may still be in a state of sophis
ticated naivete, but “Kaskie”
was not served that night. You
drink “cold duck,” you don’t
eat it — but let me not go into
that here. We just found out
lately.
There was transportation up
to the chapel site—but we man
aged to schlep it there somehow.
The chapel was fast filling . . .
beautiful girls and lovely wom
en, pretty men in women’s hair,
MRS. POPKIN
even some in what can best be
described as the “Afro” poof.
Even with moustaches, they
look like women. Sorry, but we
tell it like it is. Somewhere in
the audience a svelte young gal
with split skirt revealing hot
pants and such shapely gams.
Why is she changing her seat
so often?
It was difficult to keep my
mind on the natural forest set
ting of the chapel and the wed
ding about to start as soon as the
sun set . . . This Jewish tradi
tion would not be broken this
evening, whatever else might.
Acsoaa th« chapel bima was a
line of stained glass windows,
very familiar. They came from
the beautiful “Big Shule” which
served so long and well on
Washington Street. The win
dows—how gorgeous they are
during the Havdallah services
with the sun streaming through
—do not completely obstruct the
view. Across the top, like a na
ture-made mural, is the distant
peak of Eagle Rock Mountain,
familiar to Blue Star Campers
for scenic hikes.
Lovely people were coming
up the aisle and gathering
around the huppa . . . Rabbi
Jacob Rothschild was waiting
with the groom and best man.
Candy floated down the satin
walk after her attendants.
These were her sister Nancy,
of Port Chester, N. Y.; the groom’s
sister Vicki of Atlanta; Mrs. Bruce
Morris of Atlanta; Mrs. Bruce
Finley and Mrs. Robin Vemay,
both from Port Chesiter.
Sam Altman of Charleston. Ste
phen Weinstein of Hartford,
Conn.. Gary Ney of Atlanta and
John Bloom of Hendersonville
were usher-groomsmen for their
cousin.
The newlyweds are associated
with Blue Star this summer as
program directors. This fall they
will attend Georgia State Uni
versity.
At the request of the couple,
Galil Gibran’s poem on mar
riage comprised the theme of
the ceremony. The rabbi took
up the thread of Jewish individ
uality and identity and related
it to the ritual he was perform
ing .. .
Twice, a covey of birds had
somehow taken flight during the
ceremony and cut an arc swath
across a part of the open sky
the guests could see. A happy
omen for the feeling was one of
great peace and tranquility and
in the nearby forest, crickets
chirped and other creatures
stirred and made their special
intimate nocturnal noises . . .
And Candy and Roger were
wed under the laws of Moses
and there never was a wedding
like this — at Camp Blue Star.
Gelfman-Lamkin
Miss Joan Roberta Gelfman,
daughter of Rabbi and Mrs. Har
old L. Gelfman of Macon, be
came the bride of Randolph
Lamkin Jr. on June 6 at Tem
ple Beth Israel in Macon. The
bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Randolph Lamkin Sr.
of Harlem, Ga. The bride’s fa
ther officiated.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her brother, David S.
Gelfman. Matron of honor was
Mrs. Charles Stein of Athens,
Ga. Bridesmaids were Miss
Peggy Adelstone of Atlanta,
Miss Randi Gelfman of Boston
and Miss Lynn Edwards of De
troit.
Mr. Lamkin was his son’s
best man. Usher-groomsmen
were Boswell Lamkin of Har
lem, Ga.; Turner Bryson and
Edward B. Nelson of Milledge-
ville; Roy B. Reynolds Jr. of
Tampa; Robert Lewis and Joel
Adelstone of Macon; Richard
Cohen of Washing to n and
Charles Schroeder of Athens.
The bride’s book was kept by
Miss Nancy Seekins of Atlanta.
The bride is a graduate of
the Medical College of Georgia
in Augusta with a BS degree in
Dental Hygiene. She is present
ly an instructor in dental hy
giene at Macon Junior College
and will attend the University
of Connecticut this fall to work
towards a master’s degree in
Counselor Education,
The bridegroom is a graduate
of Augusta College and received
his master’s degree in sociology
from the University of Conn
ecticut, where he will begin
work toward his PhD this fall.
The bride’s parents gave a
reception at Temple Beth Israel
following the ceremony. After
a wedding trip to Nassau the
couple will live at 28-D Knoll-
wood Acres, Storrs, Ct.
A Sabbath dinner at the Tem
ple was given on Friday, June
11, by Rabbi and Mrs. Gelf
man. Following services, an
Oneg Shabbat was given by
Mrs. Leon Goodman and Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Small at the
Small home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamkin Sr. gave
the rehearsal dinner at the Hil
ton Hotel. The day of the wed
ding, a brunch was given for
out-of-town guests by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank M. Happ, Miss Ju
liette vGans, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Elkan, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Rosen, Mrs. Milton Fried,
Mrs. Michael Kaplan, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Kaplan and Dr.
and Mrs. Herbert Cohen. Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Lewis gave the
bridal luncheon.
Earlier, parties had been given
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stein
of Athens and Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Goldstein of Milledgeville,
at the Goldsteins’ home; by Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Harris of
Harlem, Ga., at the Au
gusta Town House; by Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Harris
and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kap
lan at the Harris’ home in
Macon; by Mr. and Mrs. James
Reynolds III of Washington
Ga.
Luncheons had been given by
Mrs. Emanuel Stone and Mrs.
Sheldon Tuzman at the Stone
home in Milledgeville, and by
Mrs. Charles Nadler and Mrs.
Freeman Hart at the Idle Hour
Country Club, Macon. Bridal
showers were given by Mrs.
Leonard Jacobs and Mrs. Harry
Torch; by Mrs. Mike McQueen;
by Mrs. Israel Benn and daugh
ter Linda; and by Mrs. Ike
Dreizin, Mrs. Sam Pollock and
Mrs, Irving Purcel.
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and Istanbul, Turkey.
Upon their return they will
take up residence in Philadel
phia where Mr. Zausner will
attend the University of Penn
sylvania Law School and the
Wharton School of Finance. Mrs.
Zausner is under contract to
teach in an elementary school.
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MRS. ZAUSNER
Sandra Leslye Silver, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Silver
of Atlanta, became the bride of
Lewis Andrew Zausner on
June 5 in a garden wedding
performed by Judge Luther
Alverson in a garden ceremony
on the premises of the Swann
Coach House.
A reception and dinner fol
lowed the ceremony. The bride
was given in marriage by her
father.
On June 6 the marriage was
solemnized in a religious cere
mony at the Temple with Rab
bi Jacob Rothschild officiating.
The newlyweds left for a trip
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