Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-05-13

close friends at a luncheon at tn,
Hotel Utah last Saturday afternoon
The special guests of honor were
Mrs. |. s. Breetwor, of Pueblo, Colo.
rado, and Mrs. Sylvan Nathan, of Sar
Francisco, California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nate Offer were al
home 10 their friends last Thursday
which was the eve of their thirteenth
wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Herman Finkelstein is enter.
tanning at luncheon Saturday after.
noon, at / o'clock, in compliment OF
the sixteenth birthday of her daugh.
ter, Estelle. The color scheme will be
carried out in yellow and white. Vel.
low ribbon streamers will reach from
the chandelier in the dining room to
the center Of the long table at which
the guests will be seated. Tall yellow
candles in silver candlesticks will be
at both ends. Invitations have been
issued to sixteen young friends.
A girls and boys tennis tourna.
ment is being conducted on the ten.
mis- courts of the new Community
Center under the auspices of the
Maimonedes Club.
Miss Dora Passer will leave on
June l6 on an extended trip to Cali.
fornia. She will spend several weeks
visiting with friends in Los Angeles
and Santa Barbara before going to
San Francisco, where she will spend
the summer and attend the marriage
of her brother, Simon Passer, former.
ly of Salt Lake, now of San Fran
cisco, to Miss Minnie Abrams, also
of that city. r.-
Tentative plans have been made by
members of the B'nai Birth Lodge to
arrange for special Pullman car to
take members of the organization
who desire to attend the annual B'nai
Birth convention which will be held
in Seattle, Washington ON June ~, IS
and 30. Mr.. Jack Finding is chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments.
Correction of an item in last week S
issue. Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith
are receiving congratulations over
the arrival of son born recently at
the Holy Cross hospital
The Montefiore Sisterhood will en-
tertain at an informal reception
Thursday evening in the vestry room
of the Synagogue in honor of the re-
tiring and newly elected officers of
Congregation Montefiore. A splendid
musical program has been arranged.
Mrs. Nate Grossman is chairman of
the committee in charge of arrange
ments.
On June s, at $3.50 p. M, Rabbi
Benjamin Frankel, well known rabbi
of Detroit, Michigan, and Executive
Head of the Hillel Foundation of the
B'nai Birth Lodge will deliver an ad-
dress at the B'nai Birth hall on Third
East street under the auspices of that
organization. The public is invited.
The Jewish Community Center,
formerly the palatial residence Of
Colonel Wall, and the scene OF many
gay festivities while in his posses
sion, is now the property of the jew
ish people of Salt Lake City. The
deed to the property has been trans
ferred to the committee in charge of
the Community Center Fund The re-
decorating and remodeling of the
building, which will be very exten-
sivc, is already we'll under way. Ac-
cording to present plans this Center
should be ready for occupancy by the
latter part of August. The formal
opening will take place on Scptcm-
Der /.
At the last meeting of the Maimo-
ncdcs Club, which was held Thursday
evening in the vestry room Of Con-
grcration Montefiore, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Mr.. Nathan Axel-
rad vicc-prcsidcnt, Miss Eta Fox ;
secretary, Miss Clara Stores rc-clcrt
cd; treasurer, Mr.. Dal Seigel, and
Chief supreme Counselor, Rabbi III.
liot NJ. Burstein. A meeting for the
formal installation of the newly elect
ed officers will be held in the near
future,