THIS MONTH

FIFTY YEARS AGO

COLUMBUS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

In July 1957, Ohio-born Marine Corps major John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record, flying a supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours and 20 minutes. A report was issued by the Surgeon General said "it is clear that there is an increasing and consistent body of evidence that excessive cigarette smoking is one of the causative factors of lung cancer." Althea Gibson received a ticker tape parade down Broadway after winning Wimbledon. She subsequently won the singles title at Forest Hills. John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time. The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.

Charges that Israel restricts United Nations personnel in the demilitarized zone along the Israel-Syrian frontier, and has refused to dismantle fortifications made in that area, were made in a report submitted by UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to members of the Security Council.

Discussing the Middle East in his own personal Newsletter, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey charged that "the Arab states have for ten years used the Palestinian refugees as political hostages in their struggle with Israel. "While Arab delegates in the UN," the Minnesota Senator added, "have condemned the plight of their brothers in the refugee camps, nothing has been done to assist them in a practical way lest political leverage over Israel be lost."

Addressing a Savings Bond dinner in Spring Lake, New Jersey, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon declared that the Soviet Union "May attack, and most likely will attack" the U.S. when they feel "we are weaker."

A group of members of Congregation Chevra Thilim of New Orleans has brought a suit against the congregation, its officers and board members on the delicate question of "mechitzah" – physical separation between the men’s and women’s seats. The action was brought to the civil district court with Judge Frank J. Stitch, a Lutheran, presiding.

In their suit, the members seek an injunction which would prevent the officers and board members from implementing a family-seating plan approved by the majority of members at a recent balloting. During the opening sessions of the trial, the questions regarding the orthodoxy of the synagogue were propounded by Robert Weinstein, attorney for the defendants, to Rabbi Solomon J. Sharfman, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, representing the plaintiff as an expert.

Television on a limited scale was introduced in Israel last week, Variety reported in its current issue. The show business weekly said that the new media was presented for the first time at a home and garden exhibition held at Beit Dagon, near Rishon Le Zion.

Locally:

Mrs. William. Wasserstrom was elected one of the six national vice-presidents at the recent annual conference of the National

Women’s Committee of Brandeis University. She was National recording secretary. Mrs. David Rose is the new National president.

Mrs. Wasserstrom is known in Columbus for her community activities. She has served the Columbus Chapter of Brandeis since its inception in 1949 and was the second president of the chapter.

On July 13-14 "A Roaring 20’s Weekend" will be the theme for the fifth annual "Midsummer Mitzvah" sponsored by Young Adults of the Jewish Center. There will be a dance Saturday night, 9-12, featuring the music of Bob Marvin’s orchestra. Also on the Saturday night agenda is a dance exhibition and the awarding of door prizes. . . Ronnie Benjamin and Benton Bloch are co-chairmen of the year’s event. The committees are as follows: Alice Hirsch and Marilyn Kauffman, refreshments; Adele Goldman, publicity; Lea Cantor and Lou Zaner, registration; Rhonda Curl, decorations.

The "bubbas" and the "zedas" reign at 115 N. Woodland Ave., where daily 14 residents enjoy the life and pleasures of the Columbus Jewish Home for the Aged.

Helping make life pleasant are the Auxiliary of the Home, with Mrs. Isaac Nutis, as president; Link I, with Mrs. Mitchell Rosen as president; Link II, better known as Candlelight Chapter of B’nai B’rith Women, Mrs. Herbert Feldman, president; and the governing body of the Home, headed by Abe A. Wolman.

To add glamour to their everyday living, Donn’s Beauty Shop is taking two women each week to his shop for beauty treatments. They are also providing transportation for the women.

A committee consisting of representatives of the United Jewish Fund, Jewish Family Service, Columbus Jewish Home for Aged and other community leaders, recently met to inaugurate a study concerned with institutional care of the Jewish aged in Columbus.

Richard J. Abel and Harry Gilbert, as co-chairmen of the committee, introduced the problem at the initial meeting.

Abe Wolman, president of the Home for Aged, reported on the rapid growth of the Home since its establishment in August, 1952. In a period of five years, the Home has cared for 23 residents. It is serving a capacity number of 14 persons, whose average age is above 80.

There is no provision for the chronically ill. A waiting list has continued to grow. At one time, Columbus residents were referred to the Montefiore Home in Cleveland, but since the Columbus Home was opened, all local residents have been cared for in the community.

Marilyn Lou Margulis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Margulis, 3158 Broadmoor Ave., and Barry Sidney Hillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julious M. Hillman, 39 N. Roosevelt, were married June 16 at Ilonka’s Provincial House. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer officiated at the 5:30 p.m. ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father, who escorted her down the aisle. The bride’s gown was fashioned from "I Do" chiffon taffeta and imported chantilly lace. Princess lines featured an empire bodice of lace and a portrait neckline enhanced with nylon tunic.

An announcement was made of the engagement of Miss Adele Miriam Goldman to Ronald Alan Benjamin. Miss Goldman is the daughter of Mrs. Katie Goldman, 1478 Forest St., and the late Joseph L. Goldman. Mr. Benjamin is the son of Mrs. Sylvia Benjamin, 301 N. Kellner Court, and the late Willard C. Benjamin.

Miss Lois Ann Lewin became the bride of David J. Daniels in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony at Temple Tifereth Israel Sunday, July 7. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Lewin, 737 S. Remington Rd. The bridegroom’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Daniels of Dayton. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer performed the ceremony under a canopy decorated with salal and huckleberry foliage and white gladioli. Spiral candelabras, bowls of white gladioli palms, ferns and cascades of southern smylan adorned the pulpit, while garlands of salal and huckleberry foliage tied with white satin ribbon were arranged at the pews.

Winding Hollow Country Club was the setting last Saturday for the marriage of Miss Barbara Ellen Wasserstrom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wasserstrom, 2751 Fair Ave., and Dr. Joel Jacobs Alpert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Alpert of New Haven, Conn. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer officiated at 8:30 p.m. The couple exchanged vows under a canopy of smilax, blush pink asters, pink roses and pink gladioli.

Agudas Achim Synagogue was the setting for the Sunday, July 1 wedding of Miss Nancy Weber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Weber, 2877 Ruhl Ave., and Mr. Tearle L. Meyer, son of Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Meyer, 150 S. Roosevelt Ave. Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein performed the 5:30 p.m. ceremony. Woodwardia and bouquets of white gladioli and majestic daisies formed a decorative setting.

Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Leeman and daughter, Cheri, have returned from Chicago, after attending the Furniture Market. They were guests of the Sherman Hotel. While in Chicago, they were joined by their children, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Weinstein and granddaughter, Carrie Lee, of Tucson, Arizona.

Miss Judy Teichmann of New York City arrived by plane Thursday for her annual visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldstein, 926 E. Broad St. Judy will spend the summer in Columbus.

The following b’nei mitzvah were celebrated during July 1957: Alan Altman, July 6 at Agudas Achim; Michael Gertner, July 13 at Agudas Achim; Donald Meyers, July 13 at Temple Israel.

It has all the ear-marks that the second round of the Sunday Morning League will be one of those last-day deals for the championship, with Emil’s Steer-Inn and Ohio Monarch Cigarette Machines meeting July 28 in the big finale. If both those clubs, now 2-0 in the standing, are to meet undefeated, Emil’s must hurdle Columbus Steel Supply tomorrow on Wolfe Park No. 2 (not 4) and the Monarchs must master Steelton Auto Parts July 21. In Emil’s 12-3 victory over Steelton, pitcher Mike Weisman of Steelton was the victim of shoddy defense and some peculiar offensive base running by his own team. Emil’s took a 2-0 lead in the first on singles by Jerry Cooper and Bob Runger, Jeff Nacht’s double and Freddie Kass’s triple.

The Little and Pony leagues are at the end of their first round of play, with Nikki Schwartz’s Little League Indians leading with a winning record of 5-0, behind the fine pitching of Joe Brandt. In the Pony, the Browns, coached by Phil Goldberg and Sanford Topy, also owned a 5-0 record at the end of the first round.

Gene Weiss announces he has had a wonderful turnout for his body building classes and is therefore forced to have two sessions. . . To date, 50 boys have enrolled in classes. Those interested who have not yet joined are urged to do so by calling Gene at the Center.

Some 32 Intermediate girls are participating in the Tuesday morning archery and softball athletic combination. All Intermediate girls in the 7^th, 8^th and 9^th grades are invited to join. Mandy Stellman, women’s physical education instructor, sent the girls through an assortment of unusual exercises. Libby Geichman and Virginia Weiner’s team edged Betty Shankman and Mandy Stellman’s nine in an exciting 4-3 softball game. Newcomers to the program were Marilyn Topy, Janet Waldman, Marla Greenfield, Annette Katz, Martha Bernstein, Betty Gooloe, Michele Lando, Cherly Lande, Resa Goldsmith, Andrea Weinreib, Dianne Handler.

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Benis have been awarded a week’s vacation as the winner of the annual "Sweetheart’s Contest" held by the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company’s Columbus Agency. The award was given for paid life insurance production during the months of May and June.