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January 4, 1940
THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
3
"Y" CENTER BANNER
Published by The Y. W. 6- Y. M. H. A. Center of Houston, Texas .
VOL. I
JANUARY 4, 1944
Ne. 7
A. Z. A., RAMBLERS GAME
HEADS BASKETBALL CARD
IN SR. LEAGUE SUNDAY
Two great games, both involv-
ing Ramblers Club teams and
bringing back memories of last
season’s thrilling race, head the
three-game schedule in the “Y”
Center Senior Basketball League
this Sunday.
In the first game, at 2 o’clock,
the M. M. Society, tied for second
place, will mix it with the Haboy-
nim five, which has won only one
out of five games this season.
Then, at 3:15, the undefeated City
Tire club will tangle with the
Ramblers Club No. 2 outfit, fol-
lowed by the A. Z. A.—Ramblers
Club No. 1 contest at 4:30 o’clock.
Eager to help out the cause of
their brother Ramblers No. 1, who
went down to defeat for the
championship at the hands of the
City Tire team last season, the
Ramblers No. 2 five will attempt
to take the City Tire outfit out
of the undefeated column this
Sunday. A thrilling, hard-fought
battle is in prospect.
Granting that the No. 2 team
can win Sunday, the first-string
Ramblers have a job on their
hands to remain in the no-loss
column, when they stack up
against A. Z. A. The A. Z. A.
boys remember with pride the
upset they caused last season
when they took into camp the
much stronger Ramblers No. 1.
And they figure that what could
be done in 1939 can also be ac-
complished in" 1940.
In any event, the possibilities
of some real dope-upsetting and
standing-scrambling games this
Sunday should draw out a large
crowd to the “Y” Center gym,
where the games are played.
Members are admitted free of
charge; 15c to non-members.
Last Sunday, the Ramblers No.
2 five defeated the A. .J. Club,
54-42, but lost the game to the
A. J’s. by playing an ineligible
man. The fast-moving Ramblers
No. 1 almost doubled the score
on the Haboynim to win 66-35.
Abe Lewis, with 20 points, led
the Ramblers, with Max Halpin,
scoring 10 markers leading the
Haboynim. S. A. R. forfeited to
the City Tire five when the form-
er failed to place a full team on
the floor.
HOLD
WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 24
BIG MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
CONSTITUTION
Center and B’nai B’rith Will
Sponsor Vacation Guidance IFork
One of the most important for-
ward steps in the program of
service for Jewish youth has been
taken with the adoption of a
vocational guidance program,
which will be inaugurated late
this month, as a cooperative ven-
ture by the “Y” Center and the
two B’nai B’rith lodges of Hous-
ton.
The vocational guidance pro-
gram, as developed through a
series of meetings of represent-
atives of the Houston and Herzl
lodges of B’nai B’rith and the
“Y” Center, has four phases, as
follows: (1) Occupational Group
Conferences; (2) Vocational
Speakers’ Bureau; (3) Vocational
Essay Contest; and (4) Vocational
Library.
Through a series of occupation-
al conferences, in which general
information concerning all as-
pects of various vocational fields
will be presented by local ex-
perts, Jewish youth will be given
an objective picture of what var-
ious occupational fields have to
offer to Jewish youth, qualifi-
cations, necessary training, op-
portunities, remuneration, etc.
Supplementing the occupation-
al conferences the Vocational
Speakers’ Bureau will make av-
ailable speakers for discussion
of the general field of vocational
guidance and its Jewish youth
and adult groups at their own
club and organization meetings.
In addition, the outstanding men
JUNIOR BASKETBALL LOOP
ENTERS SECOND WEEK FRL
The first full week of com-
petition in the Junior Basketball
League finds one game booked
for this Friday afternoon and two
for Saturday evening.
The Friday game, which starts
at 4:15, schedules the Beth Israel
Juniors to play the Beth El team.
The latter will be playing its
first game in the league.
On Saturday night, the A. J.
Ciub No. 2, following in the foot-
steps of their brother club memb-
ers, who won the Junior basket-
ball championship last season,
will play the Adath Yeshurun
Juniors, coached by Cantor Max
Landman, in the first tilt at 7:15.
Troop 27, Boy Scouts, of Beth
Israel, will take on the strong
T. H. S. five in the second game
at 8:15.
The league was inaugurated
last Saturday night with the T.
H. S. boys turning back the Adath
Yeshurun youngsters, 33-6; and
the A. J. Club No. 2 taking the
measure of the Beth Israel Jun-
iors, by the score of 33-9.
MOVIE FEATURES CLINIC
ON BASKETBALL HERE
FINANCING OF FAMILY,
MISS SHAPIRO’S THEME
“Financing the Family,” dealing
with the economic basis of mar-
riage, will be the subject of the
discussion to be led by Miss Della
Shapiro, Case Consultant of the
Family Service Bureau of Hous-
ton at the “Y” this Tuesday. Jan.
9, at 8 o'clock. Miss Shapiro’s
talk will be the sixth in the series
of eight lectures-discussions com-
prising the symposium on “Prob-
lems of Marriage and the Fam-
ily.”
With her training and exper-
ience in the field of family re-
lationships as head of the case
work department of Houston's
major family service agency, Miss
Shapiro is well equipped to treat
the subject of Tuesday’s discus-
sion. She took an active part in
devising and carrying out the
study of family budgets in Hous-
ton, a recently-completed pro-
ject of the Case Work Section of
the Houston Council of Social
Agencies.
There is no charge for these
lectures. Because of the adult
nature of the subject, only those
over 18 years of age are admitted.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
WEEK OF JANUARY 8
Wednesday January 10
Music Appreciation Group, 8
p .m.
Aeroplane Modeling Group, 3:30
to 5:30 p. m.
Friday, January 12
Arts and crafts for Juniors. 3:30
to 5:30 p. m.
BOWLING
Recreation Alleys No. 2
Zindler’s vs Knobler’s
Bell Uniform vs M. M. Society
_ Real Tailors vs Becker’s
MEMBERS URGED TO ATTEND SPECIAL MEETING TO
PASS ON CONSTITUTION, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24
Again
in the various occupational fields
will be recruited to serve in an
advisory capacity to those young
people who wish more specific
material on an individual basis
is available at the group meetings.
The vocational essay contest, to
be open to all Jewish youth, will
serve to stimulate the participants
to serious thought and study about
their life work.
The vocational library, to be
housed at the “Y” Center and
made available to all Jewish
youth, will include basic books
and subscriptions to magazines
and occupational services, based
on recommendations of funda-
mental volumes made by the
B’nai B’rith Vocational Service
Bureau and other expert agencies
in the field.
Each B’nai B'rith lodge has
made available $100 for the pur-
pose of carrying through the pro-
gram during 1940. The money
will be used for establishing the
library and for the vocational
essay contest.
The committee which studied
the field of vocational guidance
and recommended the adoption of
the program to the respective
lodges is as follows: Houston
Lodge: M. H. Jacobs, chairman,
Adolph Blumenfeld, M. M. Korn-
feld. Dr. Ben Lemer, Seymour
Lieberman, and Horace Simon;
Herzl Lodge: Abe Stracks, chair-
man, Yale Kalmans, Dr. David
Mendell, Dr. Israel Sondock, Moe
Mandel and Michael Reznik.
BUSINESS MEN’S GYM
CLASS MEETS SUNDAY
/
started in
City Tire
3
O
1,000
the showing of the outstanding
Team
Won Lost
Pet.
movie “Basketball,” directed by
City Tire
3
0
1.000
the famous “Chuck” Taylor, will
Ramblers
1 3
0
1,000
be sponsored by the “Y” Center
A. Z. A.
2
1
.666
the latter part of this month, ac-
M. M. Society 2
1
.666
cording to Bernard Shelansky,
A. J. Club 2
2
.500
Physical Director, who is working
Ramblers
2 2
2
.500
out the program.
Haboynim
1
4
.200
In addition to the movie, the
S. A. R.
0
4
.000
program will include a demon-
JUNIOR BASKETBALL
stration of various systems and
Team
Won Lost
Pet.
techniques by one of the leading
T. H. S.
1
0
1,000
local high school basketball teams
A. J. No. 2 1
0
1,000
and an interpretation of the 1939-
Beth Israel 0
1
.000
1940 basketball rules by an out-
Adath Yesh. 0
1
.000
standing Southwestern Confer-
BOWLING
ence Basketball official.
Team
Won Lost
H.G.
H.S.
The sound movie, almost an
Zindler’s
21 6
810
2361
hour in length, will illustrate the
Bell
18 9
810
2205
systems used by some of the out-
Knobler’s
15 12
832
2260
standing collegiate coaches in the
Becker’s
11 16
809
2249
country, including Clair Bee, of
M. M.
9 18
797
2307
Long Island University, whose
Real T.
7 20
809
2197
teams always rank with the
Of interest to all business and
professional male members of the
“Y” Center is the announcement
that a special gym class for this
group will start this Sunday
morning, January 7, and will con-
tinue to meet regularly every
Sunday morning thereafter. The
class will start at 10 p. m. and
continue until one o’clock.
This class is being
response to many requests from
our adult male members for a
group in which the program will
be adapted to their interests and
needs in physical activities.
Bernard Shelansky, physical
director, has worked out an in-
teresting program which will
include volleyball, badminton,
mass games, calisthenics, and
other conditioning activities. All
men attending are assured of an
interesting and worthwhile ses-
sion.
Among those who have already
indicated their intention of tak-
ing part are: Louis Goldberg, Sol
Laufman, Joe Nachlas, Ben F.
Leff, Moe Mandell. Abram Gel-
ler, Ben Epstein, Earl Horowitz,
Harry Wilk. Herman Krakower,
Morris Pepper, Benjamin Levitt,
and Joseph Sachs.
Those attending are asked to
bring a gym uniform and gym
shoes. Lockers will be provided
as well as a metal basket for stor-
ing gym articles.
For those men who cannot
come on Sundays, a class is be-
ing organized on Thursday even-
ings from 8 to 10. The first
Thursday class will be held this
Thursday, January 11.
strongest in the East; H. C. “Red”
Carlson, of the University of
Pittsburgh, originator of the
Figure 8 offense; and “Phog”
Allen, of the University of Min-
nesota.
Further details will be an-
nounced in next week’s issue.
we urge you to put
aside the date of WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 24 (evening) for the
special meeting of the member-
ship of the "Y” Center, when ac-
tion will be taken on the newly-
revised constitution, recently
adopted for submission to the
membership by our Board of Di-
rectors.
The proposed constitution is
based on the expanded program
and enlarged scope of the work of
the "Y” Center. It represents
many hours of thought and at-
tention by the special constitu-
tion committee, headed by Max
H. Nathan, and the best judgment
of the Board of Directors and the
Board of Governors.
Chief among the new features
of the constitution is the change
of the name of the organization
to the JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF HOUSTON and the
provision for the Executive Com-
mittee of the Jewish Community
Council to serve as the steering
committee of the Center, function-
ing on problems of major policy
of the Center—those policies
which affect the Jewish com-
munity of Houston at large—and
major financing problems.
Mimeographed copies of the
proposed constitution will be
mailed to all members of the
"Y” Center above the age of 18—
the eligible age under the present
constitution—when formal notice
of the meeting is mailed. Only
members in good standing will be
eligible to vote—those whose
memberships are paid-up at the
time of the meeting. A two-thirds
majority will be necessary to
adopt the constitution.
SENIOR BASKETBALL
“Y” CENTER—SUN. JAN. 7
M. M. Society vs Haboynim. 2:00
City Tire vs Ramblers 2, 3:15
Ramblers 1 vs A. Z. A., 4:30
___ JUNIOR BASKETBALL___
“Y’ CENTER, FRL. JAN. 5
Beth Israel vs Beth El, 4:15
SATURDAY, JAN. •
A J. 2 vs Adath Yeshurun, 7:15
Troop 27 vs T. H. S„ 8:15
AMERICAN RABBIN ATR
DESIGNATES JANUARY 88
AS J. N. F. SABBATH
New York—(Special Dispatch)
—Saturday, January 80th, 1888.
marked in the tradition of the
Synagogue as “the Sabbath of
Song.” will be observed in Or.
thodox Congregations throughout
the United States as the Sabbath
of the Jewish National Fund, in
accordance with a call
to Orthodox Jewry
the Nation.
The call, in which January 80th
was designated as Jewish Nation-
al Fund Sabbath, was issued by
the Union of Orthodox
in the United States and
in connection with the
ing observance of Chamisho Oeor
B'Shevat. Palestine Arbor Day.
occurring on January 25th. known
in Jewish lore as Trees* New
Year. Issued over the signatures
of Rabbi Israel Roeenberg of New
lark; Rabbi Eliezer Silver of Cin-
cinnati. Ohio; Rabbi Dov Aryeh
Levinthal of Philadelphia, Pa.;
members of the praestdium. and
Rabbi J. L. Seltzer, secretary, the
call of the Union of Orthodox
Rabbis urges the participation of
Congregations in the Jewish Na-
tional Fund's tree planting work
in Palestine in connection with
the observance of Chamisho Oeor
B’Shevat
Stressing the needs of the
present emergency, the call of the
Orthodox Rabbinate points out
the necessity of pushing forward
the upbuilding of the Jewish Na-
tional Home “as a sacred duty”
the fulfillment of which hasps
“open the Road to Redemption.'*
“Our heroic brothers and stat-
ers who flee to the land of our
fathers from the blackest slavery,
degradation and torture in the
Hitler domains are
and fortified by the
promise: Thou shall no
be called foresaken: thy land
shall no longer be described aa
desolate.’ (Isaiah 82,4) For there
in the Yishub, our brave builders
of the Homeland, like in the days
of Ezra and Nehemiah. are per-
forming a double task. One hand
is engaged in defense while the
other is set to building and plant-
ing for the future.
“Planting for the future is the
message which the |
observance of
B'Shevat brings us in this time
of trial. New trees are a symbol
of browth and an expression of
hope in the future of our people.
The planting of trees is also a
method to provide
for those refugees wl
already reached safety
finding e haven in Eretz
This is a purpose which is «f MB-
nificant and appealing importance
to all of us,” the call of the Or-
thodox Rabbinate
POLISH ECONOMISTS
VISITS AMERICA AND WILL
REPORT ON SITUATION
New York—Dr. Hoenryk
zkies, leader in the
bank system in Polish
prior to the war. who
several weeks ago from
occupied Polish territory, arrived
last week from Paris on the liner
Conte di Savoia. He brought with
him an authentic first-hand ac-
count of conditions, particularly
the Jewish situation, in Nazi-dom-
inated parts of Poland.
Following his hazardoi
from Warsaw, where he
president of the Jewish
community and
figure in many
relief activities. Dr. |
made his way together with his
family to Vienna and thence to
Paris.
Dr. Szoszkies
tailed report to Premier
Sikorski and other
the Polish Government in Paris!
Shortly before sailing for Ameri-
ca. he was appointed honorary
Polish Consul in Tel Aviv. Pal-
estine.
While here. Dr.
render a report on the
of the Jews in
Polish territory to the
tion of Polish Jews hi
with whose relief activities in
Poland he has been
ciated for several yean.
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