Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1943 — Page 2

PAGE TWO

THE JEWISH POST

Friday, March 12, 1943

IN THE SERVICE NOW

With Indiana's Jewish Boys at War

Contribution,! for thla column nre welcome from relatives and friends of soldiers throuahout the state, ns well ns the soldiers themselves. The I’ost Is sent free to any member of the armed Forces anywhere, on reanest.

Notes—Four local boys, Norman I. Cohen, Sidney Tuchman, Robert Levin and Robert Baerncopf, the latter two I. U, students joined the armed forces this week. CpL Leo Wexler is in officer training at Ft. Custer, Mich. A new second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps is Justin Frommer, who was graduated from Indiana University in December and achieved high honors there. He will take advanced training at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va. Other news is that Lt. Julian Kiser has been transfer red to De Bidder, La. A note from his mother in Chicago tells that Manuel Dichner has begun his training as an air cadet and his friends may write him at this address: ASN 161139, 505, Sheppard Field, Tex. • * * A number of South Bend boys in the country's service have been heard from this week. Among men just graduated from OCS at Miami Beach is David M. Feferman. He is home on fuTlough before reporting to Mitchell Field, Va. Marvin H. Smith, now in North Africa, has been promoted to first lieutenant, according to wtord received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Smith. Sam New has enrolled for a fourmonth course in the V-7 at Abbott Hall, Northwestern University. • * * ELKHART — A commendation from the army medical chief in Australia has been received by Lt. Theodore D. Arlook, former Elkhart physician for his part in saving a soldier's life by a front lines operation in New Guinea, according to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Arlook. According to the information, Lt. Arlook and another doctor were transported by plane to the battle front for the operation. Both doctors received letters of commendation. Dr. Arlook was sent to Australia early in 1942 and in January of this year was assigned to an evacuation hospital in New Guinea. * * * Sgt. Sheldon A. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baker of Gary, who went through three Japanese air (raids, left here this week for Santa Anna, Calif., where he will begin training as a navigator. Sgt. Baker, who was home on his first furlough in sixteen months was in two air raids at Dutch Harbor and in another while with a task force in the Alutians. Other Gary army news is about Sgt. Jerome H. Le vine's promotion to technician fourth grade, and Abe Hyman's promotion to a second lieuten-

ancy.

• • « The Lafayette news from its sons in the armed forces is varied. Harold Winski. son of Mr. and Mrs. Mose Winski, is in camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., where he is in the Army Air

Corps. Jack Fearlman, son of Dr. and Mrs. Louis H. Pearlman, loft for Canyon College at Gambier, O., where he is enrolled in the enlisted reserve of the p r e-m eteorolo gical branch of the Army Air Corps. Technical Sgt. Herman Messing of Camp Carson, Cal., will spend several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Messing, before leaving for Ft. Washington, Md., where he will be enrolled in the Officer's Training School, administrative branch of the service.

Morris Horowitz, 74, Dies at Miami Beach

News was received here recently of the death of Morris Horowitz, 74, at his home at Miami Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, Mar. 2. Mr. Horowitz was engaged as an officer and director in various business enterprises, including the Fountain Realty Co., Inc., Fountain Square Theater Company and Central Indiana Corporation. He retired from business in 1941 and moved to Chicago

to be near his children.

Mr. Horowitz was a member of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Zion Lodge of B’rith Abraham, and is survived by his wife, Dora Horowitz, two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Kay and Mrs. Selma Wolfberg and two grand-

children all of Chicago.

Beth El Services To Honor Council The Indianapolis section, National Council of Jewish Women, will be guests of Temple Beth El Friday night for Council Sabbath Services. Mrs. Clarence L. Budd and Mrs. Meyer S. Efroymson, co-chairmen of the Council Religious Committee have announced. To honor the memory of a woman whose life was the embodiment of that ideal. The services will be delivered to the founder of the National Council of Jewish Women, Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon. Mrs. Marcus Cohen, president of. the Indianapolis section, will deliver the sermonette on “Hannah G. Solomon.” Miss Gertrude Fcibleman will speak on “Council” and the Mesdames Max Farb, Leon Levin and Jacob Weiss will give scriptural and responsive readings. The Beth El Choir, under the new director of music, Janot S. Roskin, will chant the responses, together with Cantor M. -Glass. At the social hour following the Mesdames Sigmund Asher and Leo Talesnick will preside at the tea table assisted by the Mesdames Norman Isaacs, Jean Margolis and Abe Rubinstein.

MEN'S CLUB SPEAKER

Mrs. Hugo Joffe Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Fanny Joffe, 44, wife of Hugo Joffe, died Saturday at her home, 3009 Boulevard Place, after an illness of several months. She recently had returned to her home from -the hospital. Mrs. Joffe was a member of the Jewish War Veterans’ Auxiliary and the B’nai B’rith Auxiliary. Besides the husband, surviving are two daughters, Miss Jean Joffe and Miss Eleanor Joffe, and a son, Irving Joffe, all of Indianapolis; two sisters, Miss Sylvia Fishman and Mrs. Frieda Cominsky, both of Rochester, N. Y. and three brothers, Harry Fishman and Ben Fishman, both of Rochester, and Abe Fishman of Indianapolis. Ben Fishman came from Rochester for the funeral and Leo Gurvitz came from Chi-

cago.

Funeral services were held Sunday at the Aaron-Ruben Funeral Home and burial was in Knesses Israel Cemetery. Rabbi David Shapiro officiated.

ROGER BALDWIN Roger N. Baldwin, director of the American Civil liberties Union, will be guest speaker at the meeting of the Beth El Men's Club at 8:30 p. m. next Thursday. March 18. The meeting will be open only to members.

Local, State Girls Head Jr. Hadassah Henrietta Schwartz, president of the Indianapolis chapter of Junior Hadassah, who attended tVie regional convention of the organization held at Milwaukee last week was elected one of three regional vice-presidents. Jeannette Terris of Hammond was elected regional president. The local group will sponsor services at Ft. Harrison Friday night when Frieda Cohen, Mildred Kraft and Bess Calderon will participate in the program. An open meeting will be held at Kirshbaum center at 8:00 p. m. next Wednesday.

Jr. Hadassah to Give Purim Party The regular business meeting of Junior Hadassah at 8 p. m. next Wednesday will be followed by a Purim Party, featuring a Purim play, Purim games and Purim and Palestinian songs. A social hour will follow. The Misses Saddle Bergman, Miriam Bernstein, Mildred Stein and Mollie Greenberg will be in charge of the program.

SYNAGOGUE NOTES

Mrs. Cecilia Kahn, 86, Dies While Visiting Here Mrs. Cecilia Kahn, 8b, of Evansville, died Saturday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Morris, 4325 Winthrop Ave., after a week’s illness. She had been visiting in her daughter’s home about a month. Mrs. Kahn was the widow of Mose Kahn, former owner of the Kahn clothing store in Blooming-

ton.

Survivors, besides Mrs. Morris, are two other daughters, Mrs. Fred Bryan of Chicago and Mrs. Isadore Kahn of Evansville, and two sons, Edgar Kahn of New York City and Howard Kahn of St. Paul, Minn. Funeral services and burial were in Evansville.

S.D.T.s Plan Hillel Services Special BLOOMINGTON—Members of Sigma Delta Tau Sorority will have charge of the Friday night services at the Foundation this evening. Phyllis Levey is general chairman. In line with their endeavor to aid the war effort, Hillel girls who have been baking cookies and writing letters to the men in the armed forces, are now planning a week end of entertainment for soldiers from Camp Atterbury on Saturday and Sunday.

Morris Koor, 46, 111 Briefly, Dies | Morris Koor, 46, 3512 N. Illinois St., a lifelong Indianapolis resident, died here after a short

illness.

Funeral services were conducted in the Aaron-Ruben Funeral Home by Rabbi Israel Chodos and Cantor Myro Glass. Burial was in Beth El Cemetery. Mr. Koor was born Oct. 12, 1896, in Indianapolis, and was employed for several years as a clerk by the Joseph Koor Co. He never was married. Survivors ai'e his mother, Mrs. Mary Koor of Indianapolis; two brothers, Harry Koor and Joe Koor, both of Indianapolis, and three sisters, Miss Ida Koor of New York City, and Miss Rose Koor and Mrs. Ben Maierson, both of Indianapolis. Tony Stein, 69, Dead; Lived Here 15 Years Tony Stein, 69, 843 N. New Jersey St., died here Tuesday. He had been a resident of Indianapolis for 15 years. Funeral services were conducted yesterday at the Aaron-Ruben Funeral Home by Rabbi Nandor Fruchter, followed by burial in Central Avenue Hebrew Cemetery, the first in the new cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Kitty.

United Hebrew “With or Without” will be the topic of Rabbi Samuel Fox’s sermon at the regular Friday evening sevices at 8:30. The Ladies Auxiliary of the congregation will serve the dinner at Kirshbaum Sunday evening for the U. S. O.

Hebrew Orthodox SOUTH BEND — Friday evening services today in the Hebrew Orthodox congregation will be dedicated to Dodim Young Judea, junior affiliate of the Zionist organization. Rabbi Aaron M. Rine will conduct the services, assisted by Marvin Solomon. The address will be given by Melvin Tomber, and Maurice Jacobson, past president, will report on activities. A member of the senior Zionist group will extend

greetings.

Sinai

SOUTH BENDParzen, of Sinai

-Rabbi Maurice Synagogue, is

Indiana Sammies Dance

Special

BLOOMINGTON—I n d i a n a University Sammies held their annual spring banquet last weekend. Guests included the Misses Helen Louise Weinstein, Barbara Ann Goodman, Lois Simons, Jane Cohen, Edna Klein, Sherry Bordorf, and Judy Greenfield, Louisville; Carole Margolis, Jackie Frank, Miriam Miller, Sylvia Miller, and Ellen Sagalowsky, Indianapolis; Betty Ernest and Beverly Gilbert, South Bend; Ruth Kaplan and Shirley Roger, Gary; Barbara Jacobson, Anchorage; Pinny Trupin, Syracuse, New York and Gloria Saltzman, Whiting. Also present were Suzanne Cohen, Joan Jackson, Dorothy Shakin, Lillian Nathanson, and Elaine Issacson.

presenting a series of lectures on “The Message of Judaism for Daily Living,” at 8:15 each Friday in the synagogue. He addressed a large group last Friday on “Taking Our Lives for Granted.” He will give the second in the series tonight

• • •

Adath Israel EVANSVILLE — Special services were held last Friday in honor of the men in the fighting forces. Rabbi Joseph Garfinkel will dedicate a plaque donated by Mr. Sidney Bernstein, president of the congregation. The families of the men in service were honor guests of the evening. Rabbi Samuel Silver, chaplain at Camp Breckinridge, delivered the address and Pvt. Samuel Haffert, who in civilian life was a professional cantor, chanted the services. Mrs. Harry Lerner was in chargg of tea following the services.

* * * Beth El

HAMMOND—At regular Friday evening services to be held at 8 p. m., Rabbi Adolph J. Feinberg will speak on the movie "Hitler’s Children,” and will discuss “Education for Death.”

Knesseth Israel HAMMOND—At regular Saturday morning services Rabbi Sydney K. Mossman will speak on “What Have We Done to Bar Mitzvahs?”. The Talmud class will meet at 5 p. m. Saturday. The Jewish Youth of Hammond will hold its next regular meeting at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, Mar. 16 in the new social center.

— Want Ads -

Room available for girl or woman. South Side apartment: near tow*i. LI 5760.

Suede Shoes Beautifully Cleaned RED LINE SHOE REBUILDERS 5172 COLLEGE AVENUE