Evening star., 1940-02-05
Many Organizations
Will Pay Tribute
Al Isaac Cans Rites
Arrangements Made
For Funeral in Hebrew
Temple Wednesday

All of the many and varied Or
eanizations with which Isaac Cans
was affiliated, and some additional
ones. will honor the civic leader
and philanthropist at rites We'd
nesday in the Washington Hebrew
Congregation Temple, Eighth and
H streets NV.
Regarded as one of the Districts
most distinguished citizens, Mr..
Cans died early yesterday in Emer-
gency Hospital from heart trouble.
He was 80 years old.
Body to Lie in State.
The body will lie in state through
out tomorrow, after it is removed
to the Washington Hebrew Congre-
cation chapel at 1890 am. from
Hysong's funeral home.
At l pm. Wednesday the casket
will be taken to the temple for pub
lie services beginning at o'clock.
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld will Off
ciate and the principal eulogy will
be delivered by the Right Rev. James
E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of
Washington.
There will be no honorary pail
bearers, it being Mr.. Cans wish that
all of his friends attend his funeral
and that they consider themselves
his pallbearers. The active pail
bearers will be prominent Washing
tonlans, whose names have yet to be
announced.
Color Guards.
Burial will be in Washington He
brew Congregation Cemetery. Har-
ry S. Wender, in charge of the
funeral arrangements, today an
nounced a list of the organizations
which will be represented by color
guards at the services.
Included were the Boy and Girl
Scouts, the Boys Club of Wash
ington, the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club, the American Legion, Disabled
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Saliva
ton Army, Jewish War Veterans
and auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Disabled American Veterans.
Other organizations to be repre-
sented include the Societies of Forty
and Eight and Eight and Forty, St.
Johns Masonic Lodge, American
Automobile Association Schoolboy
Patrol and the Police Department.
The color guards have been re-
quested to be at the temple vestry
at 1890 pm. Wednesday and then
report to James Kehoe at the tenn
pie at 2:30 that afternoon.
Praised by President.
Mr.. Cans had been a tireless
worker in Washington civic affairs
ever since he came to the District
from Baltimore in 1882 On his
74th birthday he was lauded by
President Roosevelt as "a good and
valuable citizen" The American
Legion named him as one of the
Nations five outstanding citizens.
Mr.. Cans was one of the original
members of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board. He had planned to
retire from the board late last year,
His resignation became effective at
the close of business last Friday,
two days after he was stricken
with a heart attack at his home at
the Iowa Apartments.
Mr.. Cans also had served as chair
man of the District Board of Inde-
terminate Sentence and Parole and
as member of the Board of Edu-
cation. He belonged to the Board
of Trade and had twice served as
president of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Served in Other Capacities.
He had been chairman of the
board of the American Automobile
Association, president of the Saliva
ton Army's Advisory Board. chair
man of the Jury Commission, first
chairman of the Veterans Bureau
Board of Appeals, chairman of di-
rectors of the Lee Highway Asso-
citation. president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association,
chairman of the Legislative Com
mite of the Retail Clothiers' Asso-
d. citation, a member of the Boy Scouts
Executive Committee, and twice
foreman of the District grand jury
Mr. Cans also held membership
In St. Johns Masonic Lodge, No. IL;
the National Press Club, the Amer
lean War Veterans and Walter Reed
Post of the V. F. w.