Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1947-11-28

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Vol. 2.% No. 40
COLUMBUS,  OHIO,   FRIIMV,   NOVEWIBBR  28,   1047
Devoted to American and   Jewish   ideals
Neiii^ Center Site Purchased!
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The Board ot Trustees of the new Jewish Center made a tre¬ mendous stride toward its goal this week with the official an¬ nouncement that the site has been selected and purchased!
The Center will be constructed on College Avenue, approximate¬ ly 500 feet.south ot Ijlvingstnn, at the east line, and ,205 feet south of Livingston, on the west boundary. It has a minimum frontage of •14,'j feet on College, directly opiioslte the Berwick Addition. The north lioundary extends 1300 feet to Alum Creek; the .south lino reaches 1,700 feet to Aliim C:reek. The approximate Alum Creek front¬ age is 700 feet. All In all, the en¬ tire area'of the site Is slightly less than 25 acres[
Abe r. Yenkin, chairman of the Site Sub-committee, reported sev¬ eral major advantages of the location: 1) Ready Accessibility, 2) Spacious enough to pryvlde for any future expansion, 3) Best serves the current Jewish population In various sections ot the city, and .should continue to be convenient in the event ot future shifts of population, 4) Alum Creek's Iwundary presertts attractive po.sslbilltles w h 1 (- h may be utllizetl for future com¬ munity needs, 5) MODEItATE COST.
"This purchase was made only after several months of exhaus¬ tive investljgatlun," revealed Mr. Yenltln. He reported that 15 potential sites "had been visited and carefully considered, artd that the committee had held a dozen formal meetings plus sev¬ eral Informal conferences and discussions.
VOLINEB SOCIETY ELECT OFFICERS
A regular meeting and election Of Officers of the Vollner Society, Js scheduled for 2:30 tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at the Co¬ luinbus Hebrew School, A' mem¬ bers are urged to attend .;hd se¬ lect the officers who will liest serve the' organization for the coming year.      ,,
He had visited several cities which have been planning sim¬ ilar projects, to accumulate all phases of posslbllltle's and prob¬ lems relative to such mamoth undertakings. New Centers are being constructed- In many Jew¬ ish communities in the country, at a combined cost of $30,000,000!
Several local sites hati evoked
the Interest of the committee, but the areas were too small, or were unavailable because of var¬ ious restrictions, and the price was too steep. Proper considera¬ tion had been given lo a possible downtown location, but the visit- ing representatives of the Jew¬ ish Welfcire Hoard, adiiressing a meeting ot  the  Center's   Hoard
of Trustees last Vvpril, pointed out the advantage.s\of a spacious .section of land to provide out¬ door activities (athletics, pic¬ nics,  etc.)
"They also advised," said Mr. Yenkin, "that a program could best be developed- in a Center located away from the downtown district, since it would be In a
JOIIVS CHRONICLE NEWS STAFF AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Ohio Jewi.sh Chronicle is jileased to announce this weel< the acklltion ot IVIr. Edward (l'!d- die) Fisher to its staff as. Asso¬ ciate Editor.
Mr. Fisher, who assumed his duties this week, wlll^ie in com¬ plete charge ot all local news of organizations which rely ex¬ clusively upon the Chronicle. He will endeavor to carry on tho same constructive service to the Columbus .Jewish communlt-' which the Chronicle has render, ed tot' more than a quarler.ccn- tury. (The newspaper is cele¬ brating Its 25th anniversary this year.)
Mr. Fisher's by.line has ap¬ peared on the Chronicle siJ<»rtH riage for several years, covering. In particular, the activities of the Zicm Lodge bowling league and the Suniiay Morning softbali league.
Eddie's journalistic career be¬ gan with Columbus Dispatch, where he served as a spoi'ta col¬ umnist and writer, Including all high school athletic activities.
EDDIIH FISHER
During the war years he was emplnycd by [he U. S. .Army Engineers, Ohio Itlver Uivislon, in CoUunbu.s. He ivas editor of liio office magazine, director of recreation anil entertainment for all civilian and military person¬ nel, and was pulillc relailuns man.
In the summer of 1915, Mr. Fi.-iher fininded and iaimchcd the Coliiiiilnis Howling News, a week iy spiiils taiiloid, and formed a ¦|)ai-tiR')-sliip with his brother Leon. (Anotiier brother, Sandy, is now editor of tho ijowling \'ews.)
tlddie is prominent In iucai spurls, especially soflliaii. This summer lie received the Dr. Don A. Shu.-Jterman trophy, an annual award which goes to the Sitnday Morning League's most valuable |)layyr,.p.s-selected by league of¬ ficials and managers.
Mr. Fisher Is a native ot Co¬ lumbus, and Is the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Fisher, 648 Car¬ penter St.
JEWISH PHIUNTHROPiST WILLS $55,000 TO ILLINOIS HILLEL
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — After witnessing the work of B'nal B'rith Hlllel Foundations, the late Joseph Rubin, of Effingham, III;, left $55,000—the bulk of his estate—to the Hlllel F'oundatlon at the University of Illinois here. Mr. Rubin was 70 years old at the time of his death last month. Until two years ago he had tieen completely eatranged from Jew-
ish life.
In acknowledgement ot the gift, the Hlllel trustees at Illin¬ ois will establish a Joseph Ru¬ bin Memorial In connection with the $200,000 Hlllel building soon to be erected at Champaign.
Mr, Rubin, In addition, left $500 to each of the 22 Christian churches in Effingham, and vary¬ ing sums to local libraries, the
veterans home, and other local institutions and agencies.
HIS gift Is the second largest ever made to the Hlllel Founda¬ tions. Joseph Baumgarten, ot Hillsdale, Mich., has cbntrlbuted a quarter-millton dollars' to the Hlllel Foundation at Northwes¬ tern University; and Max Karas- Ik, of Chicago, gave $50,000 to Hlllel at the University of Chi¬ cago.
less competitive area trom the standpoint of other attractions. Thus it would become an Inte¬ gral part of community life. The Importance of having sufficient land to control location anil fteau- tificatlon was another point wliich was wisely stressed."
At a recent meeting of the Hoard of Trustoea at the Excel¬ sior Club, Mr. .Siiiiuicl .\'. Sum¬ mer, in'usidunt of tlii," Jewish CuiiLcr and generiil chairman of tliu campaign cunin-iittcc, des- crilicd tho achiovcmont.s of Iho .Siie Sub cummitlcc as a "mag¬ nificent piece of worli." The Ohio Jewisil Chronicio heartily concurs. A resolution commend¬ ing the activities of this conv mlttee was passed unanimously.
Mr. Summer t/tated that an¬ other meeting ot the l?oard would be conducted in January to take additiimal steiis toward speeding uji the Center's iiroject, for w+iich Columbus Jewry gen- erous'ly has subscribed approxi¬ mately $-100,000. Mr. J. S. Res¬ ler, ij-casiircr, is appeajing to subscribers to lirlng their pledges up to date as soon as possible, thus facilitating tlie work of the Building Committee, which will soon be appointed.
(The above drawing is the work of F. & Y. Building Service.)
Announce Speaker For Fellowship Church Service
Rev, A. J. Muste, Executive Secretary ot the Fellowship of Reconciliation In the United States and member of the Com¬ mission on a Just and Durable peace of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In Amer¬ ica, will be the guest preacher at the inter-racial atid interfaith Fellowship Church seirvlce to be h^ld Sunday, at 5 p. ra., at the First .Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad. His subject: "The Way to Overcome Evil."
Presiding ministers for the sei«- vice will be Rabbi Jerome Folk- man of Temple Israel, Rev. Rus- (Gontliqied on Page 8)
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