Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff
Yo-Ma-Cos Plans Sixth Annual Yom Kippur Nite Dance at Mission valley Country Club
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 4
Milton Kossy, Chairman of the 6th Annual Yom Kippur Nite Dance, to be held Monday Eve., Sept 26th, at the Mission Valley Country Club, has completed arrangements with the aid of his hard working committee, for what will be the most entertaining and successful dance Yomaco has ever sponsored.
Tickets can be purchased through any Yomaco member and they are only $1.50, tax included, per person.
President Leon Solomon has announced that final plans have been completed for the forthcoming rummage sale. Proceeds will go to the Jewish Community Center through our Yomaco Mem orial Foundation. Tully Kitaen and Edith Gelman will see that all rummage will be picked up at the earliest possible moment.
Hostesses for the forthcoming meeting, as advised by Refreshment Chairman Sada Cohen, will be Lois Zlotoff, Mona Sharpe and Lil Nadler.
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A.Z. A. News
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 4
By Stephen Goldfarb
Sunday, August 21 (at the horrible hour of 6:00 a.m.) saw four vigorous delegates from San Diego A.Z.A. Number 122 zooming up to the Annual Eastern Council Leadership Conclave in Huntington Park, California. Chapter officers Alvin Cohen, Stephen Goldfarb, Richard Solomon and Aleph-in-Training Gary Fine represented our chapter well in the various workshops set up for the purpose of discussing and solving chapter problems. Following the day-long conclave, the boys guested at the home of Howard Feldman, Aleph Godol of Lakewood A.Z.A., and there socialized with members of Lakewood A.Z.A. and B.B.G.
Members have been engrossed in selling tickets to the Southern California College Prep Football Classic in order to raise funds for the San Diego Children’s Dental Health Center. The game, which took place Wednesday, is sponsored by the Breitbard Athletic Foundation.
Interested boys, fourteen years of age, or older, are invited to attend a chapter meeting. Call AT-2-9062 or AC-2-3384 for dates. Aleph Moreh, Eddie Naiman , has announced that a Pledge Class will be starting soon. Watch for dates.
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Please Note!
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 4
San Diego’s Public Schools will reopen for the fall semester on Monda, September 12. New pupils only (kindergarteners and all other pupils new to the school district in which they now live) will register Thursday, Sept. 8, from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Lasker Lodge News
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 4
By Lou Levitt
The time is growing near for the First Annual Lasker Lodge Golf Tournament. It will be held on September 12, Monday, at Mission Valley Country Club. This is an open affair, and non-members as well as members are invited to participate. Those who are planning to come lease get in touch with Ed Herman as quickly as possible. If you desire your own particular foursome, inform Brother Herman of that fact when you call him. You will be informed of your official starting time well before the start of the tournament. Later that evening, the Lodge will hold their regular meeting at the Club beginning with dinner at 8:30 p.m.. Of course, you do not have to attend the dinner, as the regular meeting will begin at 8:15 as usual, with an evening of fun and entertainment. This is an opportunity to gain new members for the lodge, so take advantage of it and invite friends to join you, in the Golf Tournament, or for dinner, or for the meeting, or all three. Remember the date, Monday, September 12.
Brother Marshall Zucker is do(ing) ticket sales for the Harvest Ball and the two cars that are going to be given away this November. This is a golden opportunity for the Lodge to make some money with a minimum of effort and absolutely no investment or chance is involved. If each one of the members could sell a complete book, the Lodge would stand to make several thousand dollars. So let’s push this ticket selling to the hilt!
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Now Hear This
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 4
By Nadene Feller
Hi kids. Well, here I am with a few choice tidbits for you. Hope you enjoy them.
More fun was had last Tuesday at Camp Pendleton. Fifteen junior hostesses boarded a chartered bus for Oceanside at about 6:45 p.m. We had a special service and ten a dance in the Oceanside Community Center. This was for the Jewish Marines stationed at Pendleton. Turned out real swell.
We are very glad to hear that the Junior Hostess Reitha Stokes is much better. It looks like she will be able to attend the Hillel convention in New York after all. Keep getting better and hurry home, Reitha.
Seymour Kline (better known to us as Si) is going home to Bayonne, New Jersey. We are glad to hear that you are out of the Navy Si and hope that you have a real swell time from now on.
Phyllis Mollick, former Junior hostess, was married Sunday at Beth Jacob Shul. Good luck to you both.
Wednesday, September 7th, will be a big night for outstanding service to one of the Junior Hostesses. This is an annual affair, so it should be quite exciting. Wonder who it will be?
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Community Responsibilities
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
“No organization is an island” may be an aberration of a very trite phrase, yet it merits consideration under the present circumstances.
We are too small a Jewish Community for any group to say that they may go their own way and need not consider what effect their actions may have on others.
Most of us belong to and serve on the Boards of many different kinds of organizations and Synagogues. We pay dues and are active to the degree that time, energy and funds allow. It sometimes happens that people limit their major effort to just one group. That is a laudable thing if you are so inclined. But others have wider and more varied interests and divide their efforts accordingly.
No one group, therefore, may take an action without considering its community responsibilities, that is, how its actions will affect the community and other organizations, now and in the future.
Should the leadership of an organization become reckless and oblivious to the welfare of the general community, its motives and good will should be subject to challenge.
Albeit the slightly amorphous “community of organizations” is weak in leadership, this does not excuse any action on the part of one organization which would tend to break down the community structure that exists. Although it be in a state of utter desperation, the organization must seriously consider the general welfare before it takes action.
Many organizations have set aside the easy way of attaining their ends because their methods ran contrary to the good of other organizations and the community. This is not merely altruism but common sense. In the long run, these organizations benefitted from the rulings which protect the whole community. There is the highest premium on cooperation in this small Jewish community and all organizational leaders have a moral responsibility to consider the general good.
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Open House Plan Of Nursery School
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
The annual Open House of the cooperative Nursery School of the Jewish Community Center will be held on September 11 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 3227 El Cajon Blvd. The purpose of the affair is to acquaint new members with the school’s facilities and personnel.
Acting as chairman will be Mrs. Lester Friedman and assisting her will be Mrs. Bernard Arenson, Mrs. Sarah Brooks, and Mrs. James Fry. Mrs. Lee Phillips, President of the Nursery School and members of her Board of Directiors will be hostesses. Refreshments will be served.
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City of Hope Aux.
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
The Auxiliary is holding its first major Membership Tea on Thursday, September 8th in the lovely gardens of Mrs. Babe Bard, 2830 Felton Street at 122:30 p.m. A Chinese Tea will be the motive (sic, motif) with refreshments and decorations and invitations carried out in this vein. Mrs. Liz Gotkin, and Mrs. Anna Lazarowitz, co-Chairman, promise a delightful afternoon. Others on the committee are: Mmes Ethel Berwin, President; Goldie Schusterman; Becky Bard; David Friedman; Cookie Bloomfield; Isaac Barr; Jeremiah Aronoff and Jeanne Camiel.
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“Back To School” Meeting Planned by Birdie Stodel Chapter
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
The first meeting of the season is a “Back to School” session with the S.D. Birdie Stodel Chapter, B’nai B’rith Women. This will be held on Monday, Sept. 12, 1955 at Beth Jacob Center, 4473 30th St., at 12 Noon.
Since Monday is the start of school, and is a half day, mothers are invited to bring their children from school to join us for lunch. A special program is planned for the children. We know you will find this a most interesting afternoon. Our Program Chairman, Mrs. George Starr, extends an invitation to newcomers to come and get acquainted and have your children get in the fun. Prizes will be given to all children.
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Chaim Weizmann Labor Zionist
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
Chaim Weizmann Branch of Poale Zion takes pleasure in announcing that their annual Dinner will be held on October 30 at the House of Hospitality in Balboa Park.
An outstanding guest speaker will be featured on the program following the dinner. Reservations can be made by calling the following members; Mrs. Joe Richlin, AT 4-3028; Mrs. B. Veitzer, AT 2-7886; and Mrs. Rose Brooker, CY-6-4587.
Mr. Wm. Davis has subscribed for a garden of trees in Israel in memory of his wife, Blanche. Subscriptions are being taken for another garden from her friends and members of our organization. For further information call Bess Borushek at HO-9-2643 or AT-1-7744.
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Deceased
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
Terry Rochelle Dramen, 5 years of age, passed away August 19.
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dramen – a sister, Sheryl Kay Dramen and her grandmother, Mrs. H. Hirsch of Miami Beach, Florida.
Funeral services were held at the Lewis Colonial Mortuary Monday, August 22 at 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Morton C0hn officiating. Entombment was in Cypress View Mausoleum.
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As The Psychologist Sees You
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant
More Impressions
All impressions of places visited in foreign countries should include those of the people of these countries. Mine are no exception for I was able to study the behavior of the people at close hand. This, of course, is not unusual for a psychologist as he invariably concerns himself with the way people act and think.
The Japanese people are a combination of many things, a mixture of Western behavior and Oriental culture and tradition. They have taken some of the good and much of the bad of our own habits yet retained the clam serenity, the inscrutable mask, the unruffled smile that makes us wonder what they really are thinking –especially of us. They are courteous beyond compare, whether it be to the orchestra members at a concert or in a crowded, hot train. It was a far cry from the audiences of America or the travelers in one of our buses or subway trains. They keep their shops clean, well-lighted, attractively stocked, and are pleasant even when it is obvious that you are merely browsing. Yet, the inconsistencies of their existence are constantly present, whether it be in their mode of travel with ox cart and bicycle going down the road side by side with shining cars or in their dress when they shift from typical Western costume to Japanese kimono and wooden clogs, depending upon their moods.
The Japanese family life centers around the children with all activity devoted to the youngsters’ welfare. The mother is closest to the children, starting from the time she carries the child around, strapped to her back. In all the time I was in Japan, I did not see a single baby carriage—yet saw many babies.
From Japan I traveled to Okinawa where I saw the great development we have made on this island. Splendid roads and attractive housing facilities have been established, party for comfort and partly to aid in military preparations. From Okinawa I flew to Formosa, stayed in Taipei a few hours, and then on to Clark Field in the Philippine Islands. This airbase, which was severely bombed during the war, has been completely reestablished. I learned that it I inadvisable to travel on the roads during the night because the bandits and the Huks are quite active in the vicinity. The morning after my arrival in the Philippines I flew the short distance to Cavite, across the bay from Manila, where I reported to the Naval Air Station at Sangley Point. In the distance, guarding the bay, stands Corregidor which is now a national shrine. Manila, itself, once a tragically bombed out city, now is redeveloped although still showing the effects of war. The bay is filled with sunken Japanese ships, very much a menace to shipping but soon to be cleared by Japanese engineers as part of the reparations plan.
The shops in the Philippines are shabby by contrast with those of the Japanese and one can only conjecture that the industriousness of the Japanese people is the reason. Among my many observations, however, one thing was readily noted. The people of the Philippines have a great hatred for the Japanese because of the many indignities and acts of cruelty put on them. It will take many, many years before a Japanese will be able to walk in comfort on the Philippine streets.
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With The Guardians
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 2, 1955, Page 5
By Morrie Pomeranz
Brother Murray Goodrich relates an incident involving a relative of his in Omaha: The man was torn between two conflicting passions – a love for short sleeve shirts but an equally intense fondness for cuff links. (Over a period of years, he had accumulated an outstanding collection of cuff links – many were custom made—all were expensive.) The clash of unrelenting interests became a frightful experience. Ultimately the Goodrich ingenuity rose triumphantly above this swirling maelstrom—the has kep t his short-sleeved shirts but pierced his wrists!
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Morris Kraus, the perfectionist and every the long range planner, has once again demonstrated his knack for strategic thinking. On or about September 15, this intrepid woodsman leaves for Wyoming to engage in a 10 day hunting trip for bear, antelope, elk and whatever foolishly presents itself within telescopic range of our huntsman. Accompanying Moishe the Marksman on this safari are three companions – two doctors and a dentist.
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The monthly meeting of the Board of Directors was held (August 18th) in the home of member Sammy Addleson. A pledge in the amount of $1,000 was unanimously declared in behalf of the Hebrew Home for the Aged. Following the meeting refreshments were served in the spacious patio: sandwiches were prepared profession ally by brother-in-law Doc Solomon. Attention Lew Lipton: If ever you think you might need an assistant who can serve ’em pretty thin, Doc is your man.
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Guardian Sol Price and his family have returned from a combined motor-liner tour which took them into Canada. Their ship was placed aboard ship locally and the family of four plus their car took all disembarked at Seattle. Their leisurely-appointed trip took about four weeks. Despite prevailing rumors, Sol definitely did not represent a local syndicate of Guardians (Farb, Snyder, Brodie and Stotsky) to purchase Quebec.
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We were stopped on the street and the following story was related – the only variance is the anonymity of the Guardian involved: At the breakfast table, his wife had good-naturedly inquired how he had fared in the poker game the night before. (He was sour all night and took a trouncing.) Rather than start the day with a Cupvaytig our narrator informed his wife that he had won twenty dollars – he then handed her a ten spot of her share of the winnings. On his way to the office, our hero poured over the evils of lying – for on the day before instead of keeping an important business appointment, he had slipped up to Del Mar and really got clobbered.
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