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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20
Beth FL Sets
Glasses For
Sunday Only

Congregation Beth ELS week.
day-and-Sunday Hebrew School will
be continued this coming year, but
a new Religious School also will
be inaugurated, with sessions only
on Sundays, for children unable to
attend the Hebrew School.
These plans have been an
nounced by Rabbi Harry z. Schect-
man in progress report on Beth
Els educational system.
He said the Religious School will
offer two-hour Sunday classes in
Jewish history, Bible study, Gus
toms and ceremonies for children
from the pre-kindergarten age of 8
up to the eighth grade. Graduation
will take the place of what used
to be called confirmation and will
be contemporaneous with gradua-
ton from the Hebrew School.
Full Schooling Urged
The Hebrew School will continue
as it did last year, with instruction
being held two days a week and
Sunday morning for a total of six
hours a week, for children from 8
to IA.
Rabbi Schectman urged parents
to utilize the Hebrew School facili-
ties for "a full and complete He
brew education" But if this is
impossible, he said, parents are
urged to discuss it with him, and
if the difficulty cannot be overA
come, the children may be as
signed to the Religious School on
Sundays only.
The Hebrew School was put into
operation last year, and, at the
same time, Beth ELS Sunday
School was discontinued. The rabbi
explained that the principle under
lying the Sunday School was one
of minimum education, adaptable
only to "the type of religious edu-
cation befitting non-Jewish reli-
gious schools" Under the new sys-
tenn, children above 8 attended
weekday and Sunday classes and
those from 3 to went only on
Sundays. Confirmation was abol-
ished as an limitation of a reli-
gious ordination Of non-Jewish re-
ligious elementary schools"
Majority Favor IT.
Rabbi Schectman said last years S
experience proved that great
majority" of the congregation
want their children to obtain q
maximum of Hebrew education. I"
Moreover, he said, the children
enjoyed their weekday classes and
showed both interest and progress
in Hebrew studies.
However, said Rabbi Schectman,
several children did not attend
Hebrew classes because they either
could not obtain transportation fa-
cilities during the week or did not
recognize the necessity for a reli-
gious education with more Hebrew
content"
1t is for the latter group that
the new Religious School program
is being instituted, said the rabbi.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

OUR INCEST NIGHT out in Tel
Aviv was renewing acquaintance
with friends of the Israel Philhar-
monic Orchestra whose visit to
Phoenix remains the high point in
our memory of Jewish life in our
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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20
By Bertha Goldman

DON'T THINK that Israel well
coined two more eager visitors
than the Goldmans in this year Of
1854. When our plane came down
at LYDIA, We were consumed with
exbitement at landing in Eretz
and seeing the land for the first
time.
Our first few days were spent
around Tel Aviv though 1 would
recommend starting in Jerusalem
to a prospective Israel visitor who
might ask my advice.) The beau
tiful new Dan Hotel accommodate
ed us with all the customary mer-
lean luxurieS and serviceS-even
refrigeration.
We found it quite true that the
organizations in Israel vie with
each other to extend hospitality
and tourist service to the Ameri-
can visitor. So We accepted their
hospitality in order to see an ex-
ample of the work of as many
different groups as possible. Our
respect for them increased with
each day Especially for the ac-
complishments of the Jewish Ma
tional Fund, Youth Aliyah, ORT,
Malben, Pioneer Women and
WHO, and the miracle of the Bond
dollar and investment dollar).
Around Tel Aviv we saw in abun-
dance the results of their work.
OUR TRIP WITH Malben was
both interesting and Informative
but somehow at the same time dis
tressing. 1t makes you very glad
to know that because of your UJA
dollars, the aged, crippled and the
ill are helped, but it still doesn't
lessen the pain of seeing them.
We visited the workshop at Par
dessia where, under medical super
vision, handicapped people were
employed primarily in weaving.
We also saw village which is a
care center for the aged. 1t is
very pleasing to see the clean,
comfortable though extremely SIM
pie living quarters, each with its
own beautiful flower garden kept
by the aged couple or individual.
W CA E1NAN3 VIC Rcoo~SA
the beautiful Sharon and Emek
Hefer valley, which is under in
tense cultivation and irrigation,
and went on to the lovely sea-
side resort town of Nathanya.
=
A DAY THAT WILL remain
bright in my memory was the trip
to Beersheba. AS we left Tel Aviv,
our guide brought home to us the
Importance of the road between
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by point
ing out the spots where Israeps
young men and women died de-
Tending the road or clearing out
small Arab villages.
When you turn off on the main
road toward Beersheba, you soon
enter the beautiful plains which
belonged to the PhilistineS in bibli-
cal times. No wonder they fought
our ancestors constantly to hold
this land, for it is beautiful to be-
hold and fruitful beyond imagina-
ton. The variety of products grown
is impressive - tomatoes, cotton,
grapes, fruit trees of many varie-
ties, melons, sugar beets, tobacco
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20
MariIyn Swi+zer Wed

Miss Marilyn Switzer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Switzer of
TAB E. Pierce, was married Satur-
day to Theodore Leonard Finkel-
stein, son of Mrs. Millie Finkel-
stein of Miami Beach, Fla. A re-
ception followed at the Switzer
home.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20
Escape from Morocco
AFRICA JEWS FLEE.
P0CR0M OUTBREAKS
IsroeI DiorY

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
second in a series of reports by
Mrs. M. b. Goldman, Jr., CO.
publisher of The Phoenix Jewish
News, on a recent visit to Israel
by herself and her husband. The
Goldmans returned to Phoenix
earlier this month";
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

and garden vegetables for con-
sumption in the city, mostly grown
by co-operatives.
We stopped in two kibbutz viii
lagos, Nitzanim and Ruhama, as
we'll as the old-new city of Ascalon
on the Mediterranean, which is be-
ing rebuilt by South African Jew
ry. Then we went on to Beersheba
for lunch.
BEERSHEBA is truly the mira
Gle city of Israel. 1t is the "capi-
tal' of the Negev and the hope of
the growing population. Much of
the city proper is as it was under
Turkish rule-rather dirty and ug-
ly. can assure you that the English
did little to improve it in the years
of their mandate.
But the quantity and quality of
new buildings are so great that
they overwhelm you. / can only
convey the significance of Beer
sheba's development by suggesting
that you compare it with, say, the
little town of Salome, in the hot
Arizona desert. Then imagine that
Salome suddenly achieved impor-
tance and grew to a city of about
1000 in five years. That's the
story of Beersheba.
Here is located the basic indus
try for chemical and mineral prod
ucts which are being found in the
desert. Manufactured in Beer
sheba are heavy pipes for irriga-
Ltion and water supply, plumbing
fixtures and glass products. In
addition, this is the center of the
new oil drilling operations in the
Negev.
INCIDENTALLY, AS WE arrived
at LYDIA, we went through Gus
toms with seven American men
rugged, hardened individuals-who
told us that they were from Okla
homa and had come to Israel on a
one-year contract to teach oil-drill-
ing to the Israelis.
1t was a great thrill to see the
Hadassah Hospital in Beersheba
and to appreciate its value, for 1T
is the only hospital serving the
entire Negev, and it is already
far too small. Hadassah will add
100 beds soon, to help alleviate a
pathetic overcrowding. We saw 81
child patients in 20 beds, and it
was particularly pathetic to see
parents = predominately Yenemite
during visiting hours, peering in
at their babies. There was no
room for them inside.
AMONG THE MOST unusual
sights on our return trip was an
encampment of Bedouin Arabs
several thousand of them. 1t is
quite astonishing to see these hun
dreds of tents, with camels thresh-
ing the grain in the centuries-old
way, walking in a circle led by a
little donkey.
Here is located one of DR.. Wal
ter c. Lowdermilk's watersheds, "
created in a dry wash to hold the
water which can accumulate dur
ing the rainy season. There we
saw flocks of sheep and goats as
well as donkeys and camels being
watered. It's one of Israeps re-
construction projects for the Arabs.
OUR INCEST NIGHT out in Tel
Aviv was renewing acquaintance
with friends of the Israel Philhar-
monic Orchestra whose visit to
Phoenix remains the high point in
our memory of Jewish life in our
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Girl Scout News

Girl Scout Troop HOS of Mil
ford was we'll represented at the
Basic Training Course for Over
night Camping which was arrang-
ed by the Camp Committee for the
Peninsula Girl Scout Council.
Last Saturday, May 1st, Mrs.
Charles Lundstedt and Mrs. Dan
Petrucci, leaders for Troop HOS
were accompanied to Camp Todd
by Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Emory and
Mrs. Reese DickersOn.
Our Milford group joined some
twenty-five or thirty others from
various towns of the council area
around $3.50 and from then until
about $3.50. they worked in groups
of five and six doing the very
things a troop would do on an over
night camping trip. There were
bedrolls to be made, breakfast,
lunch, and dinner to be cooked
over outdoor fires. Many other bas-
ic skills were learned that would
be found useful in overnight
camping.
All felt that their day had been
well spent and informed the Camp
Committee that they would be in
terested in an Advanced Training
Course for Overnight Camping.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Springtime Varieties
At Avenue Church

The Methodist Youth Fellowship
of Avenue Methodist Church are
presenting a very unusual enter
tainment entitled, "Springtime
Varieties, on Tuesday, May H.,
at 8 p m. The first half of the pro-
gram will be a comedy skit Amos
and Andy. The cast is as follows:
Andy, Edward Steiner; Kingfish.
Kenneth Draper; SAPPHIRE, Carol
Kimmel; Clara, Carol Ann Cannon;
Mabel Pruae, Jean Messick; Hazel,
Jean Jaquette; Socrates, David
Fitchett, Lightning, Jay Black.
The second half of the evening
will be Talent Tryouts" Many
good acts are already lined up:
Billy Mayhem, Casey at the Bat" !;
Bonnie Porter, tap dancing; Janet
Lofland, Soprano solo; Donald
Steiner, Coronet solo; Eugene Rice,
Harmonica; Ronald Rust, Solo.
There are also several acts which
are being lined up at the present
time.
Five judges VIII select the win
ner who will receive a ten dollar
prize. The judges will be: Mrs.
A. G. Davidson, Mr.. Frank Wolfe,
Mrs. John Keller, Mrs. Clyde Mel
son, and Mr.. Henry Saunders, Jr.
Admission is only so cents so a
full house" is expected.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Ed McCauley Wins
Another Promotion

c. E. McCauley, a former Della
ware State Agricultural Extension
worker, has just been appointed
by Southern States Cooperative as
Director of Feed Distribution for
the Delmarva Peninsula Area. He
will assume responsibility for all
feed distribution and related activi-
ties in the Area to be served by a
new Southern States Feed Mill,
now under construction at Seaford.
Delaware. The mill is scheduled for
completion this fall
McCauley, who for the past three
years has been serving as Director
of Feed Distribution for the Co
operative. is a native of Delaware
and a graduate of the University
Of Delaware. He will have his head
quarters at Seaford, Delaware.
He first joined Southern States
Cooperative in 1916 as a District
Manager. In 1947 he became head
of the COOperative's Broiler Con-
tract Program. He was formerly
with the Delaware Extension Serv-
ice, where he had specialized in
directing state All Club work.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Avenue w. S. C. S.
Elects Officers

Election of officers for the coming
two years took place at the regular
meeting of Avenue WOman's Society
of Christian Service, Tuesday even
ing in Fellowship Building of the
church. They are as follows:
President, Mrs. ]. S. Willis; Vice
president, Mrs. Robert E. Green;
Secretary, Mrs. James K. Petty
john; Treasurer, Mrs. Robert Mer-
Ger; Secretary of Spiritual Life,
Miss Helen Tatman; Secretary of
Christian Social Relations, Mrs
John w. Warrington; Secretary of
Promotion. Miss Mary Cook; Secre-
tary of Student Work, Mrs. David
A. Clements, Sr.; Secretary of
Youth Work, Miss Sara Prettyman;
Secretary of Children's Work, Miss
Mary Travis; Secretary of Mission
airy Education, Miss May Watson {;
Secretary of Literature and Publi-
cations, Mrs. L. J. Matthews; Secre-
tary of Status of Women, Mrs.
Huntley foyer; Secretary of Sup
plies, Mrs. Byron Gibson.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Brownie News

Saturday morning, May 1st, at
7:45, Brownie Troop #33 boarded
a chartered bus that took them to
see big Top" that is televised
every Saturday on a Philadelphia
station from 1900 to 100. There
were 35 children, which included
the Scout Troop #3S and their sis
ters and seven chaperons, includ-
ing their leader, Mrs. Frank Glen
daniel, Jr., and assistant leaders.
There were Mrs. John Hallett. Jr.,
Mrs. Franklin Lynch, Mrs. Garrett
Grier, Mrs. Pearl Hopkins, Mrs.
John Dickerson and Mrs. Calvin
White.
The weather was just right for
the trip which made it a perfect
day. The children were most in
terested in seeing a TV show ac-
tually being televised from its
original source.
The trip ended at 500 in the
afternoon with a bus load of tired
children and leaders, but very
happy group; at that. The children
were full of talk about their day
on bus and seeing a TV show
that didn't have to be tuned in OF
a set at home.
This Saturday, May 8, at 10000 a
m, Brownie Troop #33 will take
a hike and cook hot dogs outdoors
for their lunch.
Next Saturday evening, May Is
at $50, the troop is having /;
lookout" near Haven Lake, ant
their mothers and fathers are in
vited. Chilli con carne will be tn,
main dish, and Brownie will do al
the cooking over an open fire.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
State 4-H Members
Help NATL Project
lcontInuea IrOn, 1rst 10

half met" discloses Samuel M.
Gwinn, state All leader. "If each
remaining clubs gives 10 cents per
member we will easily reach our
goal"
The All Center, a 12-acre cam
pus and 5 buildings, was formerly
the Chevy Chase Junior College. It
was purchased in 1851 by the Nat
ional All Club Foundation, and
almost overnight was leased to the
U. S. Dept. of Defense for a high
priority secret defense project.
The Center will be operated again
by the All Foundation. when the
Defense work is completed, mean
white funds are needed to pay off
the mortgage, repair and remodel
buildings and construct new facili-
ties.
Fourth members top the list of
people to use the Center. other
youth groups, extension workers,
home demonstration and farm or
CARNATIONS and outside groups will
also be able to use the facilities as
schedules permit. Eventually there
will be room for up to 300 persons.
Every club that contributes it's
quota will have its name recorded
and kept permanently in a file at
the Center.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Mothers Day AT
Houston Church

Mothers Day is to be a big day
at Houston Methodist Church next
Sunday Everyone who is we'll and
able should attend divine worship
service on this great occasion. You
are cordially invited to attend these
services in the Houston Church,
whether you are a member of the
church or a weekend visitor in
the community.
Mrs. Agnes Webb is the organist
and Miss Carolyn Davis is pianist.
The Senior Choir and the JUNIOR
Choir, directed by Mrs. John P.
Lennon, will sing. Robert Williams
will play a cOrnet solo; the Re-
spOnsive Reading will be led by
Mr.. Franklin Morgan, and the
Scripture Lesson will be read by
Mr.. John p Lennon. Sermon by
the pastor, Rev. F. Charles Lou
hOff, JT.
This service will be broadcast
over Station WKSB, Milford.
The evening service, beginning
at 500 p. m, viii he in charge of
the OUR Bible Glass and will
be directed by the teacher. Mrs.
Estella Biggs. An excellent pro-
gram of recitations, singing, and
other features will be given. Every
one of the class should attend this
service and the entire Church
should stand back of this program
So, be sure and come out.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Benjamin Banneker
School News

The Banneker faculty sponsored
"a Garden of Fashions, a fashion
show, on April 18th, in the audi
torium Models were Mrs. Helena
Fields, Mrs. Lavenia Fleming, and
the Misses Edith Scott, Jacqueline
Laurence, Jennye Washington, and
Jenny Mae Parker; Mr.. J. T. Ed
wards and Mr.. Douglas Gibson.
Among the tot set were the little
Misses Deborah Hammond, Wanda
Ingram, and Cheryl ShOckley.
The commentators. were Mrs.
Cammille Jacobs of the William
W. Henry faculty in Dover and
Mrs. Celestine Gray. Home Econ
Omics teacher of our school.
Pianists for the evening were
Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer, Miss Vir-
ginia Lofland, and Mrs. Fontaine
Mitchell.
Enjoyable readings we're given
by Mrs. Celia Johnson and Mrs.
Virginia Johns.
The stage setting was a garden
scene and was made beautiful by
furniture loaned by Webster's and
Feldman's Furniture stores. The
picket fence was loaned by the
Western Auto Supply Co.
The pupils of the first grade en-
tertained the student body in as
sembly on the 18th with a musical
program. The program consisted
of rhythm band selections, folk
dances. and songs centered around
nursery rhymes.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Beef Cattle Killed
In Dover Smash-up

A car smashed into a group of
beef cattle crossing the Dover
Hartly Road last Friday night,
killing six steers and injuring the
vehicles three occupants.
Five of the animals, weighing
about 700 pounds each, were killed
almost instantly. A sixth, it's legs
broken, was shot by a state trooper.
One of the cars occupants was
EOspitalized. She is 2G-ye2r-old
Lille Mae Mast, daughter of the
driver, Clarence Mast of Hartly.
Her face was badly cut when she
went through the windshield.
Mast, A, and his five-year-Old
son, Robert, were treated at the
Kent General Hospital for cufs and
bruises. Attendants there say that
the girls condition today is fairly
good.
Mast's car, a 1852 Ford, was
practically demolished.
State police said the accident
happened on State Route 8 near
PearsOn's Corner, about four miles
west of Dover.
The cattle, three-Quarter-grown
Aberdeen Angus steers, were part
CT a herd of Al owned by Jacob
BleclIman, whose farm lies beside
the road.
Blechman said last Saturday he
could not estimate the loss, adding
that the carcasses were being
hauled to a rendering plant for use
in fertilizer.
Mast said he was driving toward
Hartly and saw only one animal
and only saw that one at the las
minute because he was blinded by
the lights of cars headed i'm The
other direction.
AS it turned out, he said, the car!
had stopped to let a herd of may
be 25" steers get across the road.
Before Mast's car was brought t,
a stop, it plOwed into six of tn,
steers, which are inky black.
1T was like hitting a stone wall.
he commented.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
HOmemakers Met
At Dover, Tuesday

"Homemaking is the center but
not the circumference of a wOman's
interests, was the general theme
of the annual states meeting of
Home Demonstration Clubs in Do
yer on Tuesday.
About 300 women attended the
session in the Capital Grange Hall.
The state council president, Mrs.
Edward Krewatch, SeafOrd, pre-
sided.
Mrs. Krewatch pointed out that
homemaking club work has ex-
panded far beyond the skills and
handicraft stage. HOmemakers to-
day have an increased awaTeness
of city, government and world
affairs, she said.
In the same vein, DR.. Paul DOlan,
professor of political science at the
University of Delaware, told the
women that they could be tre-
mendous influence in state govern
ment by organizing into state pO-
litical group.
He explained the structure of
Delaware's government and ways
in which local people and groups
have force. He said that the pow
ers rest with the people and that
courts and legislative bodies are
| but instruments of our power In
a small state such as Delaware, he
pointed out, the citizens are espec-
| tally fortunate since they are able
/ to get to know their representatives
! and government officials.
The broadening scope of homo
/ demonstration work was outlined
in reports of state chairmen in
health. citizenship and civil de-
fense; family relations. information
al relations, safety and publicity
Mrs. A. Carl Nelson, MarshalltOn.
/ health chairman. reported that y
| statewide project has been proposed
/ TO purchase a televisiOn set for the
| paralytic ward at the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital, Brack-Ex.
| She also said that the clubs are CO.
operating in state health activities,
including X-ray programs, cancer
detection and polio vaccine work
among school children.
Mrs. Vincent T. Elliott, Whining
ton, chairman of citizenship and
civil defense, urged the clubs to
become acquainted with voting ma
chimes and state election laws and
to participate in local civil defense
activities.
Family relations chairman, Mrs.
Ernest Waller Newark. announced
that all home demonstration clubs
in the state are cooperating il a
family life survey which is being
conducted by the University of
Delaware and also in a safety pro-
gram for family members.
The safety chairman. Mrs. James
White, SeafOrd, reported that clubs
are discussing safety hazards in
home and taking steps to help pre-.
vent such domestic accidents as
falls, etc. During the summer they
will concentrate on farm. highway
and vacation accidents.
On international relations, Mrs
Duane Lynn, chairman, of Lincoln
asked clubs to cooperate with com.
munity in observed United Nations
Day in October and to learn more
about UN activities. Delaware
homemakers in the past year have
sent pencils and eyeglasses to KO,
rean children.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Lewes Driver Wins
Georgetown Race
Paul Walker Chalks Up Win
At DOWnState Speedway

Local boy makes good. That was
the story at the initial stock car
program of the Georgetown Speed
way last Friday night. Paul Walker
of Lewes, Del. zoOmed into the lead
on the fifth round of the 25-lap
feature and was never headed for
the remainder of the race. Walker
drove a White SpOrtsmen Ford
Coupe No. AID owned by the Nib
lett Brothers of GumbOro, Del, in
the NASCAR sanctioned races over
the half-mile hi-banked oval last
week. In the starting field of Is cars
Walker had fifth spot and when the
checkered flag was dropped by
starter Tom Brown there were only
nine stocks to cross the finish line
with frankie Schneider, Ken Mar
riott, Vince Conrad, J. r. Jones
among the ones that dropped from
the race for various reasons. Wal
ker covered the 25-laps in 1905.
Finishing behind Walker were
Johnny Martin, Lewes, Del, 2; Lou
Johnson, Wilmington, Del, 3; Ell
wood Tucker, Bridgeville, Del, A.;
/ Bob Hill, New Castle, Del, 5; Law
renee Tucker, Pennington, Del, g.;
Dick Twilley, Magnolia, Del, z;
| Eddie Adams, Rising Sun, Md, 8;
and Jim Hayes, Milford, Del, 8.
During intermissiOn handsome
gold trophies were presented tC
J. R. Jones of Salisbury. Md, as the
1853 Sportsmen Champ of George
town; to the Trice Brothers Of
Salisbury, Md, as his car owners;
to Lou Johnson of Wilmington, Del
as the Modified King Of the George
town plant for 1858 and to Charles
A. Brown of Hyattsville. Md, as hi'
owner.
Sportmen and Amateur stock cal
races are again scheduled for thu
Georgetown Speedway next Frida!
night, May 7, with the first race OF
at $3.50 p. m. (DST).
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
BOTTLE Has LONG TRIP

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - (P) -
Carl E. Manthey, Jr., sailor, toss
ed bottle into the ocean while
his ship was five days out of Liv-
erpoOl. He enclosed a note prom
ising to send 81 to the finder. The
81 has been claimed by Milmar F.
Sversen. He wrote that he found
the bottle in Stor Linessjord in
the Bay of Altasjorden Timmarte,
Norway, January q, 1854. Man
they had thrown it into the ocean
December 3, 1852.