Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1953-05-01

              JIHRONICLE
iJW// Serving Coltunbus and Central Ohio Jewisli Community \V/AIK
Vol. SI, No. M
coli;mbi:.s, OHIO, Friday, mav i, looa
Devoted to American and Jewish Ideftli
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[Herb Cummins, Carl Mellman BB Guardian Candidates
Election of officers of Zlon I-odge 62, always a highlight event, takes place Tuesday night, May 26, at tho Center. A typical battle Is expected for the office of Guardian, the chair that will eventually lead its occupant to presidency of B'nai B'rith.
Aspiring for Guardianship are Herbert A. Cummina Tand Carl B. Mellman, both well-known In local circles. For the job of secretary, Art Pollack a newcomer from Steubenville's Lodge, haa been nominated.
UJF MEN'S ANNUAL SPECIAL GIFTS DINNER NEXT WEDNESDAY
Jiabl)! Abba Hillel Silver will address the Men's Annual .Special Gifts dinner for the 1003 t/nited Jewish Fund cympnign Wednesday at the Winding Hollow Country Club, fi p. m.
Richard J. Abel, president of the Fund; Fred Yenkln, Campaign chairman, and Jack Rosier, chairman of Special Gifts, expressed the hope that this mcctrng wfli be one of the most successful ever held In Co¬ lumbus. They stated; "We are honored this year in having Dr. Silver as our guest speaker. Dr. Silver has won the esteem and  recognition of all those who have the interests of the Jewish .people at heart.
"Dr.   Silver,   on   his   60th   birthday,   was   acclaimed   hy   leaders   of	
American Jewry as one of the most out.<5tanding personalities In Ameri¬ can Jewisli life. In his own per.ion, he combines all the great qualities nf  .'spiritual  lendi-r.ship  nnd   political  statesmanship,
"A.s a .fewi.sh leader, he wa.s in the forefront nf tho.se u-Ijn made poH.sible the establi.shnienl of the .State nf l.srael and .seemed its reeo^- iiitifin  by tlie Hntfed Nation.s and nur (MumtrN-.
"A.s an Amerieuii citizen, he ha.s been an iintiririK .supporter nf civil liberties and thr' adv'oejite of .social weft-being in it.s broa<h'.st. as well U.S   irinst  eonerete, .sen>se.
HERBERT CUMMINS is presi¬ dent of Bryden Rd. Temple Bro¬ therhood and haa served as chair¬ man of its Blood Donor committee for three years. He has worked on United Jewish Appeals, United Ap¬ peal and Polio drives.
Cummins is on the Board of the Jewish Center and has also worked on the Membership committee of B'nai  B'rlth.
Brother Cummins is an officer of the Sun Flash Oil Co.. the Olen¬ tangy Oil Co., the Thurman Ma¬ chine Cp., Thurman Steel Co., and a member of the Board of The Star Home Co.
Bom in Rochester, N. Y., grad¬ uated OSU, Cummins served in the army in the South Pacific.
He is married, has 3 children,, and resides at 316 S. Roosevelt Ave.
JWV STAG TUESDAY AT SENECA HOTEL
Capitol Post 122, Jewish War Veterans, will have a surprise guest at the Paat Commanders stag party Tuesday evening at the Sene- < ca Hotel.
The affair starts at 7 p. m., with dinner.
CARI:, MEUJWAN was a vice- ' preaident of AZA and has worked on the United Jewish Appeal, Unit¬ ed Appeal and other fund-raising drives.
Brother Mellman received his Law Degree In 1951 from OSU and Is associated with the firm ot Schwartz & Gurevitsi in the gen¬ eral practice of law.
He ia a member of the Columbus and Ohio State Bar Aasociation.
While attending OSU, he repre¬ sented the Law School in the Stu¬ dent Senate. In addition, he is a former vice-president of the Tau Epsilon Rho (legal) fraternity.
For the past three years, Mell¬ man has held the rank of lieuten¬ ant in the U. S. Air Force Re¬ serves. ^
The son of Mr. and. Mrs. Samuel Mellman, Carl and his \vife live at 269-7 N. Chesterfield Rd. •         •
OTHIJR OFFICERS up for elec¬ tion are;' Saul Sokol. pres.; Myer Mellman, 1st v-pres.; Dr. Bernard T. Mln?illn, 2nd v-pres.; Sol Zeldln, Warden, Richard Grundstein, Chaplain and Walter Katz, treas,
A biographical sketch of Brother Art Pollack will appear in the next issue of the Chronicle.
'¦We liope Ihal Jill tho.se who have ' received jnvitation.s to thi.s annual dinner will .nrnd in their reaerva- ' tions immediately if they have not alniady done so, or rail the United Jewi.sh Fund office. MA. SlRl. and let us know they will attend. It Is not often that Columbus can honor such a distinguished leader and we hope the community will recognize the opportunity and furn but in great numbers to welcome fJr. Silver."
FRED VENKIN. Campaign chair¬ man, stated;
"The entliyaiasm of the workers In this yampjtign Is very hearten¬ ing. Everybody\eems to realize the necessity for grfca^r giving this year. Du\ing the IasK?0 years the AmericanX Jewish conrnounlty has matured faBter than even before as testified by Mts sense ofycommunity responsibility.
"The United Jewish Fund Ls not merely a money-raising machine. It is an institution which helps raise the dignity and self-respect of every Jew wherever he may live. This Is demonstrated by our concern for tbe welfare of Jews everywhere: In our city, state, country and throughout the world.
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Installation  Banquet At Broad St. Temple
Plans are completed for the an¬ nual in.stallation banquet at Broad St. Temple. Tuesday. 6:30 p. m.
Newly-elccted officers and the members of Uie Board of Trustees to be elected following the banquet will be Installed by Rabbi Nathan Zeilzer.
Mr. Charles Marguh's is chair¬ man of the Banquet committee, as¬ sisted by Fred M. Roland, Law¬ rence W. Polster and Raymond D. Nateman.
The    following    off leers    are scheduled for election:
Herman M. Katz. president, re¬ elected tor the 2nd term; David Goldsmith.  1st vice-pres.;  Fred M.
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NOTICE
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Charles P. Taft
Featured Speaker
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati is the f eatu red speaker for the 107 annual congregational dinner of Temple Israel at the Winding Hol¬ low Country Club, Sunday, May 17.
He Is a noted lawyer who has served bo^h tabor unions and large corporations.
In 1934, as Federal mediator, he successfully settled the bitter Elec¬ tric Autollte strike at Toledo. Later he became chairman of the Federal Steel  Mediation  Board.
DURING   THE  LAST    war    he
served as Director of Cdmmunlty War Servicea until 1943, when he became Director of Wartime Eco¬ nomic Affairs in the State Depart¬ ment.
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UJF Day Will Start With Breakfast
Emulation of T\J Show "This is Your Life" is Feature of Councirs Meeting Tuesday
At Tuesday's meeting of the Columh.us Section of the Natlorial Council ot Jewish Women, which will be held at 12;30 at Bryden Rd, Temple, program chairman Mrs. Elmer Engelman has planned an excit¬ ing program in the form of "This Is Your Life".
The program hag been patterned after the popular Wednesday nite TV ahow which gives a surprise playback of many highlights of an outstanding Individual's, ^real life. The Individual, who will tie the star of the Council Show, wlll be un¬ aware of her starring role In the production. It will be a great sur¬ prise to her and the entire mem¬ bership to aee her life and service to the community unrolled and por¬ trayed.
Just UA is  the custom  on TV, un entire recap of the whole pro¬ duction wlll be presented In re¬ corded form and on film us a gift from CouiicU. Mrs.   Howard   Bloom,   M rs.   Jos. Oroban and  Mrs.  Wm. Coona  are assisting Mrs. Engelman.
Mrs. Nathan Zt^Wzcr wlll give the . opening prayer.
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3-Day Open House At Pre-School
About 90 children from the Jew¬ ish Center Pre-School wlll partici¬ pate in a three-day open house celebration, next ^y^ck, in observ¬ ance of Mother's Day.
The festival begins Tuesday, featuring fhe Nurucry Group at 10 a. m., until noon.
Groups I and III of the Jr, Kin¬ dergarten win honor the mothers Wednesday' 9:30 a. m. to 11:00. Group II wlll observe the holiday ^Thursday, 9:30 a. m. to noon.
Mr. Morrey Mattlin and Mrs. Joseph D. Schecter have agreed to serve as co-chairmen of the com¬ mittee planning the arrangements for "UJF Day" at the Jewish Cen¬ ter Sunday morning. May 17, 9:30. Announcement was made by Messrs. David Leviaon. Ira Monroe and Herbert Schlff. co-chairmen of the General Solicitation Division.
The co-chairmen atated that Mra. Schecter and Mr. Mattlin are tak¬ ing care of the details of planning the breakfast. On that day. all the volunteers In the General Solicita¬ tion Division will gather and after breakfast and discussion of cam¬ paign procedures, they will call up¬ on more than HOO men- at their homes.
The volunteers will tell each of these contributors the story of the campaign and the needs this year. It Is hoped that by 2:30 thftt after¬ noon every posalble contributor to the United Jewish Fund will have had a call from one of the aollcltors and will give generously; when ask¬ ed to do so.
The co-^alrmen stated, "We are well organfted thla year for a good campaign. The UJF merits the sup¬ port of every Jewlah person In Co¬ lumbus. By our help, vvo know we -uro making It posalble for Israel to continue the job of rehabilitating the 700,000 who have entered the country since tho establishment of the state in 1948.
"We are also helping more than 40 agencies which meet needs here
know that if people would stop to think of all the agencies Included In this one big campaign and would add up what they would give to each of them, their response would be generous;
"Locally the United Jewish Fund includes the Jewlah Center, the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School, Columbus ADL office, Jewlah Community Countil, Jewish Community Blood Donor Council, Jewish Home for the Aged, Jewish Family Service Program for New Americana. B'nai B'rith Hlllel Foundation at OSU, and the Interfaith Program at OSU.
"On   the   national   scene,     the
Health and Welfare Agencies in¬ clude Bellefaire Regional Child Care Service, Leo N. I^evl Memori¬ al Hospital, Montefiore Home for the Aged, and the National Jewlah Hoapital.
"The Community Relations Agen¬ cies Include the Joint Defense Ap¬ peal (American Jewlah Committee and Anti-Defamation League), the American Jewish Congress, "Etern¬ al Light" program, Jewish Labor Committee, and the National Con¬ ference of Christiana and Jewa.
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The Sr.  Klndergartners  will  un¬ fold their elaborate efforts Friday, I In Columbus, throughout the U. S:. 9:30 a. m, to noon. land Irf other parts qf the world. We
SIRS. SCHECTER