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Joy Howard to be presented
B nai B rith service award
Joy Howard will be the recipient
of B’nai B’rith’s 1985 Distinguished
Service Award which will be presented
by Gate City Lodge #144 at its
installation dinner at the Westin
Peachtree Plaza Hotel on Saturday,
Jan. 25.
The 1986 officers of the lodge, to
be installed at the dinner, are Bernard
B. Kornmehl, president; Robert
Galanti, president-designate; Stewart
1. Aaron, Arie Kohn, Steven Leibel,
Barry Gold and Victor Profis, vice
presidents; Allan Brezel, treasurer;
David S. Franco, recording secretary;
and Barry Silver, monitor.
Joy Garson Howard, daughter
of Frank and Gussie Garson, is an
Atlanta native. Her parents, she
says, “both served as role models
with their volunteer endeavors.”
M rs. Howard is a graduate of
Atlanta Girls High School, and
earned an A. A. degree from Larson
JuniorCollegein New Haven, Conn.
While attending college, she met
Bernard Howard, and on Dec. 3,
1943. they were married.
The Howards havefourchildren:
daughter Jackie Slutzky in Atlanta
and three sons, Gary in Phoenix,
Neil in Macon and Clark in Atlanta;
and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Howard began her volunteer
work as a Red Cross nurses’ aide at
Emory University Hospital while
her husband was overseas during
World War 11. At the same time,
she was a Youth Division chairperson
for the Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Joy Howard
Fund.
Active in Atlanta Jewish Federa
tion drives for many years, Mrs.
H oward has chaired various women’s
divisions and was overall women’s
chair three different times. In 1963,
her last year as chair, her husband
also served the men’s division in
the same capacity.
The Lovett School Mothers Club
is also honoring Mrs. Howard this
year for her service 30 years ago as
the first chairperson of their now-
famous annual fashion show. During
that time, she was also co-chair of
the March of Dimes” in charge of
staffing the western half of Fulton
County.
Along with a family involvement
in Brandeis University, Mrs. Howard
was active in the women’s committee
of the Atlanta chapter, serving as
chapter president in 1956 and later
as national corresponding secretary.
Returning to the work force 20
years ago, Mrs. Howard is presently
in charge of the “leisure travel”
department at son Clark’s travel
agency. She continues her volunteer
work, serving on the boards and
committees of Federation and the
Atlanta Jewish Community Center,
and after years of service at the
Jewish Home, she became its first
woman president in 1978 and served
for three years.
She has served on the board of
the American Jewish Committee
and is a member of B’nai B’rith,
Commerce Women, the Service
Guild, National Council of Jewish
Women, Hadassah, Women's
Commerce Club, Women Business
Owners and the Georgia Women’s
Political Caucus.
The Howards’ laslest endeavor
was spearheading The Temple’s
opening a winter shelter for homeless
couples that began in February
1983.
A cocktail reception will begin
at 7:30 p.m.; dinner will follow at
8:30. For more information and to
make reservations, call 266-1022.
Atlanta Music Club will honor
Mrs. Taylor at All Star concert
Mrs. Herbert Taylor, longtime
advocate of music education in
Atlanta, will be honored by the
Atlanta Music Club at its All Star
Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4,
at Symphony Hall.
T he Music Club will dedicate its
70th Anniversary Program Book
to Mrs. Taylor at the concert. She will
also be honored at an opening night
reception, by invitation, followingthe
concert.
T he reception will also honor
the opening night performers, violinist
Ruggiero Ricci, cellist Nathaniel
Rosen and pianist Leonard Pennario,
artists of the Ricci-Rosen-Pennario
Trio.
Esther Taylor has been a board
member of the Atlanta Music Club
for 45 years and has played a vital
role in its development and success,
having served as a vice president,
board member, projects chairman
and hostess to many of its musical
functions.
Known as an accomplished musi
cian, she studied with Alfredo Barili
and Atlanta’s Hugh Hodgson, Guy
Maier and Teicher of Ferrante and
Ieicher at the Juilliard School of
Music, and studied in special classes
with Rosaline Tureck and Dean
Hutchinson.
In the 1940s, striving for better
music education in Atlanta, Mrs.
I aylor produced daily programs
on WAGA Radio(formerly WCON)
Mrs. Herbert Taylor
which were directed to the Atlanta
Public Schools’ scheduled music
periods. She was also chairman of
radio programs on WGST-Radio,
presenting Atlanta musicians in
“Music of American Composers.”
As the club’s vice president in
charge of education in the 1950s,
she inaugurated the Spring Festivals,
in which talented members of the
Junior Club, the lccnage Student
Guild and the Artists Workshops
performed. She also sponsored a
composition contest for Georgia
music composers.
TheTaylorComposition Contest
was established by Mrs. Taylor in
the early 1960s.
In 1966, Mrs. Taylor founded
and established a Planned Parent
hood affiliate in Atlanta and was
elected by the Southeast Regional
Conference to represent the Southeast
on the national board of Planned
Parenthood.
In 1970 Mrs. Taylor established
a pilot pioject to give simple group
courses in music to members of
boys clubs and girls clubs in Atlanta.
It was called "Having Fun With
Music" and attracted youngsters
who had never been exposed to
classical music or its composers. A
documentary of this project was
completed by WSB to be distributed
by the National Music Sorority
Sigma Alpha lota.
Herbert and Esther Taylor have
donated Steinway grand pianos to
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center, Ahavath Achim Synagogue
and the Jewish Home.
The Taylors have one son, Mark.
He and his wife, Judy, have four
children.
What's Happening
a comprehensive community calendar
DECEMBER 29, Sunday:
1 p.m.-B’nai B’rith Leo Frank Lodge Baseball Game. Briarwood
Recreation Center, 2235 Briarwood Way.
DECEMBER 31, Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. -NCJ W New Year’s Eve/ Birthday Party, Jewish Home.
JANUARY 4, Saturday:
8 p.m.—Comedy Concert with Torah Day School, AJCC/Peachtree.
JANUARY 5, Sunday:
3 p.m.—Cello-piano recital, Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
7:30 p.m. — Movie, “Hester Street.” AJCC/Peachtree.
JANUARY 6, Monday:
10 a.m. — Ein Karem Hadassah Book Group, Home of Carol Rubin.
JANUARY 8, Wednesday:
6:30 p.m. —BBW Young Professionals, Shoney’s Restaurant on
Peachtree Industrial.
7 p.m.— Mount Scopus Hadassah Bread-Making Class, Home of
Judy Bernath.
7:30 p.m.—Temple Sinai Women’s Committee Hosts Bingo, Jewish
Home.
JANUARY 9, Thursday:
1:30 p.m.—Arthritis Self Help Course Begins, AJCC/Peachtree.
JANUARY 12, Sunday:
7:30 p.m.—Club 50, AJCC/Zaban.
7:30 p.m.—National Yiddish Concert Tour, AJCC/Peachtree.
SingleScene
Rusti Klein, a therapist in private
practice, will discuss “Fighting Fair”
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the
AJCC/Peachtree. Kaleidoscope is
sponsoring her talk, and all singles
are welcome.
The event is free for members, 50
cents for non-members. For details,
call Patsy, 875-7881.
& & &
People Meeting People invites
all singles to a lecture by spiritual
healer /counselor /metaphysics
teacher Bill RocheatSp.m. Thursday,
Jan. 23, at the AJCC/Peachtree.
He will use auras, colors, meditation
and attitudes to explore the principles
of healing.
The talk is free for members, 50
cents for non-members. For details,
call Patsy, 875-7881.
Attention all hungry singles! The
next Big, BountifuE Beautiful Brunch
will be held at 11:30 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 12, at the AJCC/Peachtree.
Cost is $3.75 for members, $5.75
for non-members. For details, call
Patsy, 875-7881.
Baby sitting by Carolyn Kessler
is available during the brunch for
$1.50 a child per hour. Her services
can be reserved by Wednesday,
Jan. 8, at 874-4351.
& & &
All singles are invited to attend
services at Congregation B’nai
Torah’s new building on Friday,
Jan. 10. Singles will meet at 7:45
p.m. so that they can sit together.
An oneg will follow.
For more information, call Patsy,
875-7881.
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Kaleidoscope invites all singles
to “The Great Society —A Preview
of Zoo Atlanta” at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 28, at the AJCC/Peachtree.
Nadine Tyft, president of the Atlanta
Zoological Society’s Speaker Bureau,
will describe the coming zoo renova
tion at Grant Park, highlighting
the natural habitat exhibits.
The presentation is free for
members, 50 cents for non-members.
For details, call Patsy, 875-7881.
& & &
People Meeting People will sponsor
an evening for all singles called “Is
This a Meaningful Relationship:
or Are We Just Having a Good
Time, and What’s The Difference?”
at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at the
AJCC/Peachtree. Find out what it
is like to have a meaningful relation
ship and how to create one for
yourself. Joe Greenwald and Pola
Eisenstein will use Life Trainin' -
techniques to guide you.
The evening is free for members, 50
cents for non-members. Eor more
information, call Patsy, 875-7881.
Kaleidoscope invites all singles
to an Ice Cream Smorgasboard at
8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the
AJCC/Peachtree. Cost of designing
a dessert is $1 for members, $2 for
non-members.
For details, call Patsy, 875-7881.
& & &
People Meeting People challenges
all singles to a Trivial Pursuit Night
at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the
AJCC/ Peachtree.
The event is free for members, 50
cents for non-members. For more
information, call David Lerner,
321 -9373 (home), or 455-2597 (work).
& & &
People Meeting People invites
all singles to dinner at Sidney’s
Just South, 4225 Roswell Road, at
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. Good
food and conversation is guaranteed.
For reservations (by Jan. 27)
and details, call Patsy, 875-7881.
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