Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1961-06-02

              COLUMBUS EDITION
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COLUMBUS
EDITION
VoL 39, No. 22
FRIDAY, JUNE 2,  1961
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A Dozen Symbols Of Effort Going Into Cornerstone
A dozen Items, all symbolic of tho community's successful effort to build a modem home for Jewish aged men and women, will be sealed in tho cornerstone ot thc new Columbus Jewish Home for the Aged at a dedication ceremony Sunday, June 11, at 11 a,m, at the College Avenue site. The community is invited.
Abe A. Woiman, honorary chairman of the board of the home and head of the cornerstone dedication planning committee, revealed the  contents of thc  box.
Tweenagers Ready For Farm Fair On Sunday
Marc Zitron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Zitron looks at his turtle, John F. K., wondering whether It will win a prize at the Tweenage Animal Farm Fair this Sunday at the Jewish Center. There will be a watermelon eating contest, sew the patch contest, turtle race and name the cow contest among others. Tweens who wish to adopt pets will have the opportunity to adopt animals which the Franklin County Humane Society will provide. The Tween Farm Club, which sponsors the Fair, will be an all-year project for tweens interested In becoming acquainted with farm¬ ing activities.
A turtle? Yes, a turtle. To Sheryl Center, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ben Center, little Poke-a-long holds great intere-st and she will take her pet to the first Tween Farm Club Fair gathering on Sunday, June 4, 2r4 p.ra. at tho Center, where all tweenagers are invited to show thoir pets and receive prizes and awards for the best in many categories. The Columbus Traveling Zoo wiil visit the Farm Fair where exhibits on farming equipment, sewing displays, flower arrangements, seeds and plants will be exhibited. Both yougsters and adults will enjoy the pony rides and hay rides.
JWV State Convention Time Near
The final days for registering for the Jevvlsh War Veterans annual state C!>nvention are here, Martin Kaufher, 804 Sheridan Ave,, i,s- still accepting reservations. The convention will be held at Nationwide Inn, June 9-11, inclusive,
Thc $10 package deal includes registration fee, Saturday evening meal, dancing, use of the swimming pool and nine hole putting green, barbecue and picnic area, shuffleboard courts and free parking. Sleep¬ ing   accommodations   are   $10   to
.$12 per couple, double occupancy,
SPJECIAL GUEST speakers will be Mrs, Morris Lessure, past de¬ partment president, and conven¬ tion co-chairman for the Ladles Auxiliary of Capitol Post; Mrs, Malvina Freeman, past national president; Mrs, Nick Lustig, de¬ partment and Cuyahoga County Council president; Mrs. Sam Gold¬ man, past department commander of JWVA,
Male speakers include Eddie Fleishman, JWV regional com¬ mander, Chicago; Al Herman, de¬ partment State Commander; Dr, Ben Gertner, past department commander and co-chairman of the arrangements committee; and Harry Topolosky, newly Installed Capltol Post comnlander.
THE CONFAB wiii hold ses¬ sions on leadership; Joint group discussions, and formulate JWV policies on a local level for rec¬
ommendation   to   national   head¬ quarters.
Election of department state officers will be held as a finale, Akron, Ashtabula, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Canton, Warren and Dayton will l>e represented l>y their JWV and JWVA groups.
OONBUOTTNO Friday evening services will be Iz Zeldin and Joe Waterman. JWVA will host the Oneg Shabbat following the serv¬ ices. All decorations will be ac¬ counted for by JWVA.
A motorcade headed l)y Mrs, Sam Goldman will present a tra¬ ditional gift to the Chiiiicothe Veterans Hospital, Friday, June 9, Awarding of meritorious cita¬ tions for special services, special memorial tributes and patriotic drills are also on the program,
THE PROGRAM for the week¬ end follows:
Friday, June 9, registration for all guests with balance of after¬
noon devoted to assignments to allied guests, Friday evening serv¬ ices begin at 8 with a Sabbath social to follow,
Saturday, June 10, late arriving guests will be greeted by JWVA and refreshments will be served. Patriotic Instruction and military drills will be held later in the day. Swlnvming, golf and other activities will be the order of the day, as weather permits, A full course dinner Is slated for the evening followed by special speak¬ er Eddie Fleishman, regional commander. Other brief talks will be given followed by dancing from 9 to 1,
Sunday, June 11, no special events are planned but winding up the CQclave will be election of department of Ohio officers.
CREATES ANTIDOTE
NEW YORK, (WUP)—Dr, Mat¬ thew A. Vassallo, a specialist In public health, has created a tab¬ let, called Aqua Ivy, containing a minute amount of poison Ivy ex¬ tract, which has proved a success¬ ful antidote to poison Ivy, The tablet Is prepared by the Clark- West Division of Syntex Labora¬ tories, Inc.
'The Campus' To Be Heard On WBNS
"The Campus," a quartet of four stories sot on a uni¬ versity campus is the first of 13 weekly half-hour radio pro¬ grams sponsored by the Co¬ lumbus office of the Antl- Defamatlon League, The Series, entitled "Decision," wiil be heard through Aug, 27 on radio station WBNS each Sunday starting June 4, at 9:10 p.m.
Subsequent programs in the' series include "Opportunity Unlimited," (June 11) a story of the supernatural, starring Walter Abei, and "The Presi¬ dents" (June 18) retelling ope family's history through its contacts with each of Ameri¬ ca's presidents.
HE SAID THAT future histor¬ ians opening the box will find a list of officers and board members of the home with a sample of the previous stationery, list of cam¬ paign committee members, list of building committee members, list of contributors to the cam¬ paign, copy of the program hon¬ oring the original founders of the home, copy of the study that re¬ vealed thc great needs of (Co¬ lumbus' Jewish aged, brochure describing the services and factli- ties of the new home, annual re¬ port of the home for 1958, invita¬ tion to the goal plate dinner, Bible, news article announcing plans for the home and a photo¬ graph of the ground-breaking ceremony lEist Oct. 30.
Wolman also said that details of tho dedication ceremony are almost complete and will be an¬ nounced shortly.
AARON ZACKS, president of the home, issued a last-minute reminder that funds for the new home are  still  needed.
"We are close to our goal but still require about $45,000," he said.
'I urge everyone who has not yet responded to the community's urgent need for this magnificent home to do so as quickly as pos¬ sible. A list of contributors to the campaign will be sealed in the cornerstone as a permanent rec¬ ord of the splendid achievement of the citizens of our community. There  is  oniy  a short  time  left
PLANNING JWV CONFAB
The committee working on the Jewish War Veterans 26lh annual state convention is shown. Standing, left to right, are Herman Eisenman, Martin Kaufher, Dr, Ben Center, Post Comman¬ der Harry Topolosky and Lou Ackerman. Seated
left to right, are members of the JWVA who are helping with plans: Mrs, David Rosenbaum, Mrs. Al Siegel, Mrs. Harry Cowan. Mra. Alfred Roaen, Mrs, Sam Goldman  and  Mrs, Morria  Leaaure,
PROGRAM-PLANNING INSTITUTE SLATED NEXT WEDNESDAY
William Wasserstrom, chairman of the Council of Organizations of the United Jewish Fund and Council has announced that a pro¬ gram planning institute wiil be held Wednesday, June 7. 8:30 p,m, at the Jewish Center, Guest speaker for this Institute will be Pat Goldberg, assistant director of the Cincinnati Jewish Center, Goldberg will discuss methods and techniques of program plan¬ ning for adult organizations.
This institute conducted hy the Council of Organization ia for presidents and program chairmen of organizations in the CitouncU, Special attention will be given to resources, people, materiala, films, etc, that make meetings interest¬ ing and worth while.
Since working with and devel¬ oping programa for organizations is becoming a moat specialized field, the Institute will have aa a conaultant a member o' the adult
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Honor Roll Lists Many Contributors
Inside the Chronicle this week is a listing of an honor roll of contributors to the new Jewish Home for the Aged, The names of contribu¬ tors were obtained from pledge cards, some of whioh were   not   complete,
Aaron Zacks, president of the Home, issued the follow¬ ing statement:
"If we inadvertently made an error, we apologize. Please bring to our attention any errors or omissions so that they can be corrected in sub¬ sequent issues. Thanks for your  understanding,"
In which to add new names to tills
list,"
AVHEN  COMPLETE,   the  new
(Columbus Jewish Home for the Aged will have 50 beds and be located on 12 acres of ground' Im¬ mediately south of the Jewish Center,
Facilities will include a syna¬ gogue with traditional ark and pulpit, single and double l>ed- rooms, meeting and recreational areas, physical and occupational therapy area, beauty and barber shop, garden patio with perma- nentiy tiovving Fountain of Life, an Infirmary and formal land¬ scaping.
Jewish Immigrants To Hit 7000 In 1961
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Seven thousand Jewish Immigrants are expected to arrive in the United States this year, it was announced by Lester Ginsburg, outgoing president ot the New York Association for New Americans, The New York Association for New Americans is one of the beneficiary agencies of the United Jewish Fund and Council,
Addressing the Association's 12th annual dinner, Ginsburg said that  the greater number of this
year's new Jewish arrivals is ex¬ pected to settle In New York, NY ANA is the sole Jewish agency responsible for the integration of Jewish newcomers in the New York metropolitan area, J, Clar¬ ence Davles, chairman of New York City's Housing and Rede¬ velopment Board, was elected by NYANA to succeed Ginsburg in the presidency,
OINSBUBO, IN describing the Jewish immigrant entering the United  States  at  this  time,   said
selling and other activities essen¬ tial to integration. Funds for NYANA operations are derived from contributions to the United Jewish  Appeal,
"THE O'V'ERWHELMINO ma¬ jority of thoae we aided have adjusted quickly, effectively and happily to their new surroundings, and have joined their fellow-Am¬ ericans in contributing to the Well-being of their new commun¬ ity," Ginsburg concluded, Philip M. Klutznick, U,S, rep- he represented "a new kind of , rescntative in the United Nations, newcomer; he Is more skilled, | said that the iarge flow of refu- more confident, more realistic and gees has dwindled sharply since better equipped to adjust quickly . the early post-World War II to American life than hia prede- years, but "no one may hazard a cessor of 10 years ago," Nevertbe- ' guess when or where In this cha- iess, Ginsburg noted, "the present otic world an event will transpire new arrived, as with the newcom- that will change its relative quiet" ers before him, still need help to
translate hope Into the actualities rT WAS REPORTED that of home and safety, job and self- nearly 80,000 imlgrants have been support, independence and a new aided by NYANA since 1949, in way of life,"
To help them, NYANA provides an extensive program of services partment of Citizenship and Im- including financial aid, setting up migration announced that ta lfl60, a home, medical and dental care, 2386 immigrants "of Jewish, ori- job placement, guidance and coun-  gin" arrived in (Canada,)
beginning Ufe anew In New York, (At Ottawa  the Canadiem De-