379 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/eda1ec9bdf158decc3dfcd101f505953.mp4 111855ad61c8ca873b1a610fbbead85d https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/158a68fc1ecd0921ee2f0ce92abb4dfe.pdf b8ea7738c91093c363c82fda4785d90b PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 7] FB: ……volunteered to stay on for the two weeks had difficulty getting back to the States, can you tell us anything about…? SA: I don't know anything about that, I don't know. We had no control over the - going into the air force - most of the got away. FB: What did you think the AVG accomplished in that one year? What would you say, from your own personal observation? SA: I think it's a proven fact that they are not just a simple bunch of people together, but they are really unspeakable in the way they accomplished what they did, and I would say they were entirely 100% successful all the way through, and I'm proud of being connected with it. I consider it the best thing that ever happened to me, to be in that organization. Does that answer you? FB: My next question is, what do you personally feel you accomplished during that year, and what effect did it have on your life? SA: I don't think I accomplished much. I might have accomplished a few things but I don't - I can't have missed much. For instance, some friends of mine gave me a job inspecting the problem and I was immediately one of the people to send out all over the United States in a short period of time, say one month, it was terrific. You'd think I was God, because I'd go from one place to another and write a report on the combat people and that, over and over. I didn't like that business of being an inspector, but I had to. Then I got out and with General Haynes and Mitchell Steele? And it was a bomber command, that's what it 1 �was. I was just happy to be - that was a happy thing, I guess. We had this house - we had to lease it. We bought it in '40. FB: Somewhere inside there, is all those friends of yours that I showed you pictures of [?] 5th anniversary, so instead of talking to me, I'd like you to talk to them. Because we will show this - I need you to look right into the camera - get yourself comfortable and look right into the camera. SA: Ladies and Gentlemen: I'm extremely sorry that I'm unable to be with you on this historic occasion, the 50th anniversary of the AVG, but I would like to say, being a part of this organization is something in my life - I'm proud of it, and always will be. There's one thing I would like all of you to know, that I have done the best I could, and I wish that my learned friends would tell me that I was right to go ahead with it. I also would like you to know that I think Dick Rossi has done a tremendous amount of good for the AVG and nobody forced him to do it. I have read a lot of books, met a lot of people, but I have nothing to be ashamed of, anything that I've done. The one thing that I do and hope that you will understand is my tremendous admiration for Chennault while he lived and everything. I also have some friends, best friends I've ever had - still are my friends, and one of them was good enough to say after writing a book, "Skip, I never heard anybody say an unkind word to you." I don't believe that. You can't take on a job like I had without making enemies, and I just want to say, "Hullo and goodbye to all of you." FB: That was beautiful. I want to ask one more question over again, and I realize that perhaps it's a difficult question to answer, but if you could try. We're doing these interviews with each person to get - what do you personally feel you accomplished in the AVG, and how did that affect the rest of your life? SA: I don't know that it affected the rest of my life, I don't know that. It's a question that's difficult to say - but I'll say this, and I mean every word of this. I have never made more than $10,000 in my life. I attended a party recently with a tycoon and at home, and he said, "That old so-and-so never made more than $10,000 in his life," and I said, "You're talking to one right now." Well, I don't still make that much, but I can't complain about my luck at all. I've got everything I want. I've got three children, put them all through college. They've all done much better than I ever did. My wife has been extremely important to me. She's had many, many friends in the upper echelons. I don't know of 2 �anything I can say except I appreciate you fellows coming by here to do this. I hope it hasn't been a bust. Goodbye. FB: I know it’s somewhat difficult to talk about yourself, but if you hadn’t gone around and recruited those people – there would be no AVG. And I guess, what we’re looking for… SA: They probably could’ve gotten somebody else… I don’t know… FB: Skip, we’ve heard what the guys have said about YOU! You haven’t heard that and I’ll tell you something – you’re pretty high up on the ladder in terms of people that they respect. And I know it’s kind of difficult, but this is for the record. There’s gotta be a certain amount of pride in what you did. SA: I have… FB: Please tell us about it. SA: Well, I have a tremendous amount of pride… I've said repeatedly, I think it was the most important thing I've ever done in my life, and I have done, on the other hand, some very significant things. I'm very much impressed - I don't anybody, that I know who has three children who have grown up and been so successful and I even have two great grandchildren, and what kind of life do you think I've done? Do you think I've been busted all the way? No. I don't think so either, and I'm just proud of everything I've got now. There's one little thing. This little house cost us $7,500. Now it's a hundred and some - way up there. They come by every goddam year and say, "That son of a bitch is worth more than that, let's raise his taxes up. He's so and so." Well, I bought it to live in, not trade off and make money out of. But that's what they're doing. They just keep on. I don't know what the hell's going to happen in death. If they keep on raising the damn taxes - I paid $20 a year for taxes when I bought it, now - thousands. That's just the house tax. 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Skip_1991-06-06_v07 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 7 of 7), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair discusses the major accomplishments of the AVG during their historic year and the tremendous pride he has for being a part of the Flying Tigers. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/635f460a791a12ac6ec75a73a9a74913.mp4 17925ae6d9930a4882ed50ecb4b5691e https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/533f0d56e8890057a8ac3f95722706bb.pdf 1644e4a6671822c7d2040d95568cecd0 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 6] FB: I'd like to ask you about the bombing of Kunming and the AVG on the 20th of December fought against the Japanese and was successful, and actually the Japanese never even came back again. What was your reaction and what were you doing while that battle was going on? SA: There wasn't any big deal about what I was going to do. It was a difficult thing to pick out these Japanese as they came in. Although we were getting information on the radio they were so-and-so and at such and such a time. Also our pilots in the air found them took advantage of it and knocked down a few. We had some other places too, small places, it wasn't just Kunming - down the road - I know I was down there one time, my teeth were bothering me and - you'd never believe it - we had a dentist, Milt Wilton. He said, "You've got an impacted wisdom tooth. I can do it but it's not going to be pleasant because I don't have the proper elevators - you know what that is?" I said, "Go ahead and do it." While that was going on, the Japanese were swarming in from nowhere and we had guys like Tex Hill - as a matter of fact, it was Tex Hill and his outfit were there, and they had a battle pretty much, all over the damn place they were. I went out to see these Japanese airplanes that had come down - Tex Hill had shot them down - and Tex Hill jumped out of his airplane and walked over there to him, kicked the corpse - I think it was a corpse "Hey, you son of a bitch." He did something he didn't like, anyway, he didn't feel sorry for the guy one bit. That's what you've got to do, I think. I've never shot one down though. FB: I guess what I was looking for in the question, Skip, was - before December 20th, the AVG had never encountered the Japanese. They had been training but had never encountered the Japanese. Kunming had been bombed without - as you said before, there 1 �was no defense, so when they actually shot down those airplanes, what was the reaction from you, from Chennault? SA: That was tremendous, you can't describe it. The Chinese all were - something from heaven - they just couldn't - it was just one after another - these AVG people are just tremendous. We had a Governor out there in that province - did I ever tell you about him? Long Yuen. He put on a party for us out there [?] and all that stuff and wines of all kinds, and I had to get up and respond and do this and that - I hated it that stuff, but I still had to do it. But it was a beautiful place. The Chinese - I don't want to get into anything about what I think of them and all that, but the governors had unlimited power. You can't say "Chiang Kai Shek" - but each local governor - they're the ones that are - and of course, they all pretty much think Chiang Kai Shek is one too, but you can't on that. They never liked him at all. FB: What was your reaction and Chennault's reaction to the success? Because Chennault's name in a sense was on the line. He'd been training these guys - what was the reaction you had and what was the reaction that Chennault had to the success over Kunming? SA: I don't know about success - as you say, I can't recall any of us jumping up and down like some people seem to do. We expected it. You go to all the trouble and get the airplanes and get the equipment and get the best mechanics and the best pilots, you got to expect some good things, and it happened. Of course, we were glad. One guy - you probably never heard of Neale? You don't know? Neale was one of the squadron commanders. He's alive now - he lives up off Oregon, one of those islands up the west coast up there. Chennault made him his air commander, as he called him, because he'd shot down about 18 or 20 planes himself, tremendous. I sat next to his wife and talked to him - I never thought he liked me, I don't know why. I never did anything overtly or anything else, but I guess he just didn't express himself too much, he kept quiet.. Incidentally, can I say one more - we had loads of newspaper writers and whatnot come in there, and they would ask one question after another. "How can you tell which is the fighter and which is the ace and which is not?" And I said, "The best way is going and look in the bar and they've got the smallest little guy you could see, and the quietest guy, he's the [?], and that's about the way it was. Don't listen to his bad mouth. Am I on camera or am I not? I am. 2 �FB: What would you say the Chinese role was in the defense of Kunming? The Tigers were fighting in the air. What would you say the Chinese role was in the defense of Kunming? Did they have ground [?] over there? SA: Their role was very important. Just because we had the pilots - every airplane had a bunch of Chinese - if you looked at the airplanes, there was always one American maybe - they had three or four others - but they were tremendous. FB: What was your relationship - this is during the AVG period - how did you work with the Chinese? Were they involved in the supply at all? Were they involved with ……? SA: No, I don't think we did a damn thing with the Chinese. [?] They did a marvelous job, the Chinese, of supply us - a place to stay, the finest quarters, we took over places that had been in the past, probably, schools, houses and whatnot. We had otherwise - we had been dodging it really but [?] one thing that bugged me about our own people - they didn't realize how good this damn service they were getting was - it was nothing like as good as they were getting back home, that kind of stuff, you know. Hells bells, I think it was damn good. How do I know it? Because I had lived in China before and we were damn lucky to have any kind of thing. The only way I looked at it, was - to build it myself or have it built, pay for it, and get a beautiful woman out there to man it! FB: When did you first hear that the AVG was going to be incorporated into the army air corps? SA: It was pretty obvious that. I think I heard it some time, I wouldn't know exactly when but that was - no way we could make a [?] which we did on July 4th. These men could go home if they wanted to go home or they could stay in the army. I was one of the few who stayed, as a major. I went back to the United States, to the Pentagon and some friends got me a job, and that's about the way it was. FB: Skip, what was your reaction to the military now about to come in and take over the AVG? What was your personal reaction? SA: The communists? 3 �FB: No, the American military was about to take over the AVG, what was your personal reaction? SA: It was just one of the things that was going to happen. You don't have to worry about it, whether it was going to happen or not. This was a long plan and we had a long time to figure out - they had an apartment of four or five military officers who had [?] and anybody who wanted to stay in the army could stay and they would consider what they were - so a lot of them stayed in. You know what I mean by that? Everybody knew it was going to happen, and it did happen. FB: What would you say the morale was like amongst the AVG during this period of time? SA: The AVG in general were stupid to always say that the army was a terrible place. They didn't like the idea of getting back in the army, that kind of stuff, on the other hand, they didn't like the way - a lot of the things we did in the AVG. FB: Do you think that Bissell's speech had something to do with that? Were you present? SA: Some people say so - that's the kind of speech I'd expect from him. FB: Were you present at the Bissell speech? SA: I don't think so. FB: …observation at that time. Why do you think most of the AVG did not rejoin with the army air corps? SA: I don't know. I think a lot of them had been in before - a lot of them were navy people and navy people said, "Why in hell should I join the army", - something like that. Tex Hill, for instance, was a navy man, but he came back in. He got a job as a general. FB: What was your personal decision? What were you going to do after July 4th? What did you decide to do? SA: I decided to stay for a while, which wasn't too long, when I went back. 4 �FB: The AVG was promised passage back home in their original contract. They were supposed to be brought to China and returned back to the United States. What was your observation of what really happened? SA: Some of them they did send back, some of them they didn't. Some of these people, I didn't know much about, but they just went out for the ride. As soon as they got out there, they wanted to turn back, and they said, "We ain't gonna pay their way back, hell no. Somebody we fire, we'll see that they get transportation and we'll pay for it." That's the way it was. 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Skip_1991-06-06_v06 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 6 of 7), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair describes the reaction to the AVG's first combat with the Japanese pilots after the bombing in Kunming, in addition to the final days of the AVG and the arrival of the American military. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8417780cf02f38072ab639b010d03d98.mp4 07149302a0ac09c3838759e4b53399e3 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/36de568561fef919c189c128ea19a7ed.pdf 2b800fbf4c463a8a6ca22d3a99b6b0bb PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 5] FB: In the kitchen, you had talked about that incident where you were escorting Madam Chiang Kai Shek and then Boyington was in the - you sort of set it up in the beginning fine, and you told the ending fine, what we need to edit it in, is what you said … you hurried her past? We need a little more detail on that? SA: There was a table with a sort of [?] on it. This guy was sitting at a table but when he saw us enter the room he realized that he was in the presence of somebody important - she was certainly important, she was chief of the air force. So I just maneuvered her away from that and I didn't stop or make a comment. She probably knew exactly what was going on, just as I did. But things like that are upsetting. When the President of the United States should come down and give the one squadron outfit like we had in S. Carolina a party or something like that and you don't even bother to go? What kind of a guy are you? FB: Let's talk about somebody that you liked a lot more. Give us your impressions from your personal perspective, your impressions of Claire Chennault. SA: He was a maverick. He had infinite skill as a fighter, he knew exactly - he was perfect with the Chinese, and that was one of the smart things they did, to get him out there. That's true. I had numerous occasions to know him. As I told you, I went down to [?] way ahead of home, and he had nine children down there, and that's enough for a baseball team. He didn't ask me down there just because he liked me, a lot of people that way, he just probably wanted to tell me something, I don't know. I'm not just saying, but afterwards, after the AVG, he would come right here - he would send me a telegram saying, "I want to stop here for a few minutes, come out and see me again." We did, and 1 �left when this was going through. Another time, I was in a pretty good position and General Haynes had been good enough to give me a job on his staff, and we had a house on ??, a beautiful house, and all that stuff, and Chennault came through one day, and came in and he said, "Skip, I'm going to be here - I'd like to see you." Once the General said I could use his table to eat on. And I said, "That’s something else, something more important than that. General, some people back in New York have been badgering me over and over again, saying that I should get Chennault to come to this celebration and whatnot, so he could be the fall guy and I had this worked out - and I told Chennault, and [?] on my part because he wouldn't like it. I said to him everybody's going to be there, what are you going to have, everybody's going to be there, the mayor and - and a lot of AVG people are going to be there so we want you to show up and they'll get up and say the usual bad things about you and funny things too, and he'd just take it with a grin and let it go at that. And that's what happens. What's the name of that governor - the mayor of New York, Italian gentleman, everybody know him …………and then we got a baseball guy from - one of the [?] club. He said, "Get get a good game on this afternoon, I'll get everybody in that wants to", and [?] said, "The only problem is getting there and I'll have all the motorcycle policeman and escorts and everything else, and I was sitting next to General Haynes, in the same car with him, we were going out to the - we were going so fast and screaming, you'd think that we'd be killed ten times, it would go through everything [?]. We all got there, but I said to Haynes, "I've never been through a god dammed thing like this before, in China or any place else, because it scared the hell out of me.” FB: SA: Let's go to China again with Chennault, what was your impression of Chennault during the AVG period of time, what was your own personal observation? He was my boss, he was the best boss I've ever had. He was a guy who knew airplanes and I had a tremendous respect for him and I don't think there's anything I can say that in my opinion he was one of the finest people I've ever known. FB: If he was in the room when you walked into a room and Chennault was there, what did you see? SA: When I walked in the room - what room? FB: Any time when you walked into a room - if I was there, what would I see? 2 �SA: I don't know exactly what you mean by that? FB: Just in terms of his look. How did his looks strike you? Some people talk about his piercing black eyes, or his leather face. What was your impression? When you looked at Chennault, what did you see? SA: He was an individual and it was a hard thing for him to get anywhere in the military because as I said before, I always thought of him as a maverick. So many generals get to be generals by smoothing in this and that situation but I don't think he had an idea of going back to the United States and becoming a general. He got to be a general because Madam Chiang Kai Shek put the heat on with [?]. The regular people out there, Stilwell and his group were telling a lot of people that they don't understand this AVG, Flying Tigers and stuff, didn't understand that at all. One of them called me, waked me up in the middle of the night, one of the colonels, waked me up and got me out of bed. He said, "Have you got an airplane you can send down to rescue General so-and-so." I said, "I don't have one but there's one here. I'll tell him that you want it done and if he does, that's fine, but I can't order him, because he's an American, not an air pilot and I'm reserve officer and out of it." So that's the way it happened. And you know what? This guy got to the airplane down there and landed at dawn and General Stilwell decided, that no, he was going to walk out. He was going to walk out, that we could take the nurses he had and put them on an airplane, but he was going to walk out. That saved his neck I think. He walked out. There were a lot of things like that. FB: Did you ever meet Stilwell? SA: Yeah, I just told you. Not only that but Madam Sun Ya Tsen invited him and his aide and me and her secretary to play bridge, not once but twice. I had respect for him as a general and all that be had was not my idea of Chennault. Now Chennault and Stilwell would get together and say, period. Stilwell - Chennault, the guys in the trenches are going to win this war. Chennault - there ain't no damn trenches. That's about the way they got along. That's the truth I think. FB: How about Stilwell's aide, Bissell? SA: Bissell was just the opposite of what I said. He was an over the line military man. Nobody liked him, not particularly me. He was the kind of a guy that didn't give a damn 3 �about anybody. He would say, "I guess we've got to adhere to the line and do exactly what the army says. He couldn't really last for a minute the way we could. So why in the hell would he have to call me, a guy that wasn't even in the army, middle of the night, to bail out Stilwell from his own goddam stupidity? I don't know. I think Mrs. Stilwell must be gone too. I don't think any of my friends are still alive, not many of them. Some of those pictures you showed me - but they're younger. I took one of them - this is a good story. I think one of them came from Las Vegas and I met him in the lobby at one of those conventions we had, and I said, "I understand you've been raising horses. Come up to the room and have a drink of scotch or something, I've got some good stuff up there." He said, "Okay, we'll do that." He gets up there and he says, "Skip, when I first saw you, I thought you were as old as hell. Now I don't think so any more." Now things are different, he wasn't a kid any more either. FB: We really need to get better understanding - for the documentary … SA: You might say it was nil. When I started to do something when Chennault wasn't there, I did it - that was a staff meeting. Did I call everybody together and say, "Can I do this?" No. We didn't have staff meetings as the army and air force has them. Didn't do it, or anything. So we used the word "staff" - I've got a book here somewhere that lists all the names over everybody, what they did. But it's the best book that's ever been written. There have been a hundred or so of them written. Half of them are spurious. FB: In terms of Chennault, he had a very bad case of bronchitis, give us an idea of he would get sick, who would take over and how did he communicate with the pilots? SA: I don't think he was eve to that point. He had this throat condition but it didn't amount to anything. He never said anything about who was going to take over if he died - I don't know, I suppose I'll have to. 4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Skip_1991-06-06_v05 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 5 of 7), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair discusses his impressions of General Chennault as a maverick and admirable boss, in addition to General Stilwell and General Bissell. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f6d59698cb93f6a01e27ebcb6e3e32e7.mp4 744bdee38daafbf216237eae1a1dad47 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/84b13ce4f8f02d0e9e5a25f29187f9e9.pdf cb76b13ce4185f1598c7b9f97e784a22 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 4] FB: Can you give us an idea of what it took to get equipment, and to get it to the crews? SA: I'm going to say that that was something that CAMCO did - airplanes, spare parts, they would do it. All that stuff was arriving in Rangoon, and one of the brothers - I've forgotten whether it was Gene - but we would receive these crates, a shipment. I'd open them up and - they were P-40 airplanes - we'd put them together the way it has to be done. In case you don't know, a crate comes in, it's not an airplane, they put it all together and a lot of people spend a lot of time working on it. Once it gets together, then they call somebody - maybe me - and say, "We've two or three more planes ready", so we'd send down some pilots and they'd fly them back, just like that. That was supply. We weren't in the business of buying things, but you've probably heard of a guy named Joe Alsop. He came out there and got in the organization, and we were getting to be friends. We would send him on [?] and one time when he was - some guns and some small side arms you might call them. He went all the way to the Philippines and bought a bunch of them and came back. Another trip he was out there getting something like that for us, is when the Japanese folded up Hong Kong, and so what he had to do was claim he was a pilot at the embassy, not a part of AVG, his life wouldn't have been worth a nickel if he was that way. You understand that? Well, that happened. Joe Alsop was later friends later on after the war in Tex Hill, and I used to go up to that place and have dinner. He'd apologize because he didn't have so much money, but all these people would bring him delicious fish and stuff like that, and he'd say, "I apologize for the fish," but it was real good stuff. That's the way Joe Alsop was. 1 �FB: It was once stated that you and Chennault had a conversation in which they said he'd never last 15 days - that the AVG would never last 15 days without parts. Do you remember that conversation? SA: Uh, Uh. But it could be very true. I'm not part of that, but anybody that knew anything about military, knows damn well that supply is - without it, you're dead. Even though I thought, "To hell with it," I didn't want the damn job, but it seems it hounded me later on. [?] said, "That's the only job I've got open, supply". I said, I don't know a damn thing about it but I'll take it. That's about the way you learn. FB: We need you to give us your personal opinion, your personal observations about some of the people that were in the AVG. We have a pretty good idea about the pilots, the mechanics, but none of them knew the staff. You're the only one we've been able to talk to that actually had real contact with the staff. So I'll just ask you a few questions about people, and if you could just comment on those people. Chennault had an interpreter the whole time he was out there named P.Y. Shu. Did you ever have any contact with him or do you have any …? SA: I just freewheeled, just as I … I'm 82 years, I don't remember things like I used to, hells bells! But these Chinese were indispensable, as interpreters and otherwise. I'll tell you one thing, these Chinese people - I don't know how to put it but they'd do the best they can with what they've got, but you can't stack them up against Americans who were educated, and that's the truth, no way. I had lots of things that astound me. I'm just like you or anybody else. You know what? This Tiananmen Square, where all the massacres of students took place? I don't know whether it took place or not but that's beside the point. In China, you can't come out and say offhand that somebody's bad, somebody's good - you can't do it. FB: Let's talk about some of the people on the staff. SA: Williams - that's a good one to start with. Williams was a [?] officer, and I had problems with him. One time, we moved out from Kunming? up to Chung King, and as much as we may dislike it, we had no niggers in this outfit, that's one thing, and another thing what the hell did I start to talk about? FB: Williams. 2 �SA: He was a radio man, he was very important to us because he set up this bunch of radio stations and early warning things - it was very [?] but we had to have it. You couldn't sit on the ground and wait for them to [?] you had to know they were coming - did it by airplane communications. We did it that way. We didn't take anything from him, he was never an officer. Our system was based on what the navy had. We had different bars, different dining rooms. You might say, how can you be so snooty. Chennault set it up that way originally and I had to carry it out, and I didn't like it that way but I did it. For example, we moved up to Kunming and I sent Williams ahead to prepare, to do certain things before I came up and the rest of it. I got up there and I got so goddam mad, I went and blew my top. He had set everything all together, strewn everything out the window, and that wasn't the way we operated. His mentality and the way he went - he said he couldn't see anything different about it, but goddam it, I could and everybody else could I gave him hell and immediately changed it myself, but he called me a "son of a bitch" and everything else. I didn't give a damn. He goofed and he didn't ask anybody for information, he'd just go ahead and do it that way. Now Williams, I like, he's older than I am, but that doesn't mean he was in the AVG so long. I don't know where the hell he was before that but all I know is, he's older. And the one reason I know he's older, one day I was talking about someone - how old I was - and he say, "I'm older than you," I says, "You are?" It surprised me, but he was. But Williams was a tremendous person. It just so happened he never was an officer, and we had so damn many good'uns - crew chiefs and [?] personnel - no use laboring the point, but in this case - I could have gone along with it, with the same damn thing, you see. But it was absolutely - didn't jibe at all with what we'd set up. FB: How about Harvey Greenlaw? SA: He was a no-no. I don't know why Chennault ever brought him over there but he was an old friend of his. He hadn't been in the army or anything else as far as I know, but he was supposed to know China, but he didn't know much. He had a wife who didn't know much either, so I heard. FB: Can you comment any further about his duties or what she was supposed to be doing? SA: He didn't do much of anything. They got credit for that [?] but he wasn't. 3 �FB: How about Boatner Carney? SA: He left for the [?] Another thing, Chennault always told me, if you want to get rid of somebody, you do it. Well, I had to, I said to him "That's a tough job but one of the things I have to do." [?] FB: Can you comment on that - on reasons why some of the AVG were fired, or any in particular that you remember? SA: I was having lunch with some friends of mine - I don't want to say friends, maybe officers - a Chinese waitress came up and said, "Somebody at the door wants to speak to Mr. so-and-so. Mr. so-and-so was one of our pilots, a good pilot, but he'd had an operation, a double hernia, so we'd taken him off until he'd gotten over that and somebody - I didn't do it, but I guess somebody had sent him to inspect the barracks, so to speak and look for drugs and things like that. He went round and he must have upset somebody but they came - two of them - big s.o.b.'s - big boys - and this pilot went back to the door to find out what they wanted, and they started pounding on him right and left, and boy, you're talking about somebody getting mad. I let them both have it! Right and left! I let them know I was there. I didn't knock them out but they were so goddarned [?] that I couldn't do a damn thing else. My reputation was made! They went, "Christ, that Skip can really do it"! But I'm not the kind of a guy that can sit aside and watch somebody be slaughtered. Are you? What else? FB: You were talking in the kitchen about the incident in which Boyington, Pappy Boyington. SA: Pappy! Chennault hired him, he can't blame that on me, I didn't hire him, but Chennault did. It was a mistake and he'd admit it. I like whiskey, but I'm not a drunk, [?] but this guy did. He was a good pilot but, hell, who wants a good pilot, someone who's drunk and going to taxi around and crack up some of the airplanes. That's what he did, one after another, that's a bad damn thing. He'd do that and he'd ignore it. He was supposed to be such a hotshot - I don't know how many he shot down, if any, I don't know. I'd like to repeat it, I don't care who knows it, when Madam Chiang Kai Shek was on my arm - I was escorting her and showing her what a fine set-up the Chinese had provided, the Chinese had always provided these things, we didn't do it. Things like hotels and food and whatnot, [?] going through and there was this Boyington, goddam! I had no idea he was there or I wouldn't have took her in there, but he staggered up to - drunk himself and 4 �that's what - he had done, he had busted into the van, the liquor van and which is safer than ??? Nobody thought he would do a thing like that. I told Chennault, I said, "Listen, you probably know what happened, but this is what happened, I'd bash the hell out of - I don't see why the hell we need a guy like that around." And he said, "Skip, get rid of him." Even though he hired him. So I called him in, I says, "Boyington, you're such a nice boy, really nice, I like you, but things the way they are, we're just going to have to let you go". I let him down as easy as I could, that's the truth. He left and he went and got to Hollywood and started making films and whatnot. In my opinion, he was a no-no. 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Skip_1991-06-06_v04 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 4 of 7), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair describes the supply situation for the AVG and his personal observations of some of his fellow members including Harvey Greenlaw, Boatner Carney, and Pappy Boyington. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1d62b95fb0fd3ac5f68505115be35ee6.mp4 4849d5010c18ea8bed33885f423d6604 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/eb0178f6bdd9d4b2a0c34c3d92c983b9.pdf 1d4010a295bcc84361fb9159831fcc7c PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 3] SA: … maybe someone in administration, Franklin D. Roosevelt, he was a man of his own, he knew what he wanted to do, I'd never make any criticism of him, but guys like the Senator who shoots his mouth off, nobody else did. He might have for some reason in administration wanted to have affirmation to get out, but he leaped out, isn't that what they say? What it was, it was a bad deal for us and them. He was later, can't remember the gentlemen's name, but he was lot's older than I am, and I'm old enough. He just was told to do it - I think that's what happened. But he would never say that, he says, "Do it as a [?].” I know so much about it – this is going to happen – he would never have been fool enough to do that. So I think that's what it was, the way it was. They didn't want all of a sudden this thing to fall on them like a ton of bricks. You know what I mean? That's the way it was, exactly. FB: Once you had completed the recruitment process, what was the next thing that was asked of you? What was the next thing that you did? SA: To be frank I got in one of these airplanes that land on water, Pan American [?]. I got on one - incidentally, I had a card I could fly anywhere I wanted. I went to Hawaii. Gave myself another ten days’ vacation [?] "I'm gonna do it, nobody else can ever - I'm could stay there a month if I wanted to. But I did see a lot of my classmates out there, in the air force. They were concerned, they knew that the Japanese were getting - and I did too. I said, "Jesus, you'd better watch 'em because…" I didn't predict that Pearl Harbor, but that's what happened. I stayed there and this friend of mine took me all over the island, which is a good thing. Then I got back on the Pan American Clipper - that's what it was they take off and land on water. You've seen them I'm sure. I flew all the way in the Hong Kong area. 1 �FB: At this time of the organization, were there ships going over to take them over? Did you get involved in that at all? SA: I had nothing to do with that. CAMCO, which is the Central American Manufacturing Co., run by the Pawley brothers, there were two or three of them and they did a good job of doing what they were supposed to do. Chennault never got along with them very well. I got along with them a lot better than Chennault did. Pawley, Gene Pawley was a good friend of mine. I was walking down the street in Times Square and bumped into him and he said, "Let's have a drink." We were that way and I used his office which was up there in the RCA building - I think it was about the 70th floor, it was way up there I can tell you that. I'd never do all the paperwork for him, I'd send it in to this and that and so and so and so. FB: Once you had completed the recruitment process, what was your next duty? What else did you do for the AVG? SA: I got to Rangoon which was the place where we started. Above Rangoon about 120 miles was a little British airport that the British weren't using. We got permission to use it as a training center, which we did. What else do you want to know about it? FB: What was the next responsibility? You'd finished with the recruitment part, now what did you do for the AVG? What was the next step? SA: The next thing? Just about what I told you, except for the time before. Chennault and I were just like this. I didn't have to ask him a damn thing, I just went on and did it, and so forth and so on. Only upsetting thing about the whole process as far as I was concerned was, I got malaria. Now malaria over there is a killing process. It was a good thing we had a couple of nurses, two females and another male, a doctor and everything else and they were using the finest things in the world on me. I was 104 temperature. They put me on a slab, bald naked and ice all over me. These nurses all got very familiar with me. They didn't really think much of me because I'd [?] One morning, while I was there, still in the hospital, Chennault came by - he usually came by in the morning to tell me what was going on [?] I said, "What's new this morning?" He says, "Nothing much. The Japs have bombed Pearl Harbor. They're next door to us and they could be here in another twenty minutes." I said, "Nurse, bring my pants." That's exactly what I said. So, I got 2 �the hell out of there and he said, "I want you go on up, when you get the chance -after you get through - send these people and all these spare parts, motors and everything else we've got to go. I didn't go with the experts. I had a little guy that was a supply clerk, and I says, "Listen, you have a responsibility. You've got ten trucks, new trucks, and millions of dollars’ worth of things. You know who's going to be responsible for it, who's running that thing? You! That usually set him up and they did it, like I did a lot of things. So that's the way it was. We've got to give them credit for moving more material in the fastest time than anybody else - it had been routine army joke that it "had taken forever", but they didn't do it that way. He just said, "You, that's your job and you're not taking off tomorrow, you're taking off today." FB: That leads me to another question. What would you say were the differences between the way the military did things and the way the AVG did things? SA: A big difference - based on the same thing, but I would say we had more freedom, we could do it if we wanted to. We didn't have to go right down the line and do everything one, two, three and so forth. We could use our own discretion and do things like that. The army could never do that. They'd take a month to get ready, and we'd be already up there. Did that get through you? FB: Part of the energy process - sometimes we have to ask you - but the part that you talked about when you had malaria, and you were laid out and Chennault came in to tell you about Pearl Harbor? Could we have you repeat that again? If you could start with the fact that you got down with malaria and they had to lay you out on the ice and then Chennault came in as he usually did and then …? SA: While I was in the hospital, we had a good medical staff of our own. I'd had nothing to do with hiring them, Chennault did most of that. There was a doctor and nurses and they were very good. They kept me alive because that type of malaria they had over in Burma, that was a killer. Our doctors had as good a knowledge of it as anybody, better than most. I didn't have no trouble out there. I got out, and that's it. After sending a few more people up, we had a little transport [?] by ten people, two engine airplane, I'd flow in one a lot of times. We just moved on up to Chunking with that. These pilots had been trained down there in this place, and they had done a pretty good job of doing it. They had to land on real short runways, some of them were busted up. But in general, they were pretty good. We saw three organizations, squadrons, many [?]. 3 �FB: Could we get back to …? SA: He never was kicked out, he [?] or nothing, he didn't get that way, he wasn't that kind of a guy. He said, "How are you feeling"? I said, "I'm feeling better, I'd better get out of here." He said, "I hope so, I want you to go on up to Kunming because the Japanese have done just what I said - bombed Pearl Harbor." And what's the name of that little kingdom - the Japanese could go anywhere they wanted to go - they were there. And that's about it. I got out and never had any recurrence of that thing, malaria. FB: How long did you stay in Burma? You went almost immediately to Kunming, didn't you? SA: I don't know how long, but it wasn't a short period of time, it was a matter of a month or so. FB: So you were there during the training period? SA: Yeah, that's right. It doesn't sound like much, but that's exactly what it was. Do you know what "supplies" meant? Everything! They couldn't move without it - can't do anything. So, I hated the darn thing. I told him "I don't know a damn thing about supplies, and you know it." It doesn't take that kind of a thing, it takes someone with a few brains to do it, to take advantage of opportunities, and go ahead and do it with limited facilities." Got it? FB: Could you tell us a little bit more about what the supply situation was like. What kind of problems did you run into? What did you have to do? SA: The guy, as I told you, was a tough man. He walked into the room and you wanted to walk out the other side, because he had a body odor that'd kill you. But he was the best I had. You couldn't tell him to go back to the United States and send over somebody else like that. So, you've got to go. I had about three or four others, we had clerks who had probably more experience in supplies that I had, but I couldn't have gotten to where I was in the air force without knowing a lot about supplies. Does that answer your question? FB: What we're looking for is - as if we know nothing about this. I know the supply situation was very difficult, that you were running out of supplies, it was a constant problem. 4 �SA: We didn't have any corner drug-store or anything like that. FB: This is what we need on camera. We need to know what kind of problems you ran into and what the supplies situation was like. SA: I'd pick a telephone and I'd call Rangoon - I'm way up there about 120 miles away, and I say, "Send down a box, we just lost another pilot," or something like that. I had to do things like that all the time. I'd use the telephone, and who would I call? CAMCO. A lot of people don't know anything about CAMCO, but they were pretty important. 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Skip_1991-06-06_v03 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 3 of 7), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair discusses hearing the news of Pearl Harbor while being treated for malaria, in addition to the supply situation during the training period in Kunming. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1512ee98c41af140741c3444d053fa5f.mp4 19f645a4bd9bf113c640644559fb0b0f https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e7abf957ae3c9216db82932f4b7bd7d0.pdf b5007fc480f6e5de532070199ae4f55d PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 2] FB: Did you ever witness him (Chennault) fighting the Japanese? SA: No, I never witnessed - but I've seen and read so much about him, and I knew so much as a matter of fact, he was head of the air force, fighter division, down in Montgomery and when he first went out to China, he took off and did a one man air force. According to what I've heard, I didn't see it and I didn't see it, but I know he shot down at least a half a dozen of them. But when I arrived on the scene, he said - I don't remember now - I'll tell you he - there are so many things, I'm trying to pick out the important things, the things that will be interesting to you. FB: Whatever you want to talk about is fine, but what you're talking about I think, is what we were talking about in the kitchen, when he said, "Skip do you want to fight in airplanes? SA: Yeah, that's one of the things. I asked him point blank what that was - "Are you and I are going to fight in this war," and he said, "No, nobody, not you or I either. We've got our own jobs and somebody's got to run this outfit." The implication was that either one of us got hurt, it would be a blow, which it would be. FB: Let's go back to the early days in Kunming in China, can you tell us about your observations of the Japanese bombings? SA: Yeah. We'd go out and sit on a hilltop somewhere and watch them. We always had this warnings, we knew they were coming, then we'd spot them in the sky. They'd be up maybe 20,000 ft., something like that, and they'd start dropping these bombs and boy, when they hit you could see them hit, big explosions all over town and it kind of made us 1 �mad, naturally. Chennault and myself and everybody else connected with this thing wanted to see what could be done. I guess the most harrowing experience I've had was, I was up in a brand new little fighter plane, we'd just got it into China. I was trying it out, sat in it and one thing and another for half an hour. I had sense enough to come on back then, pulled the plane up and went along into town where my house was, and you know what? The Japanese came on that thing and just [?] the hell out of that airplane I'd been in just a few minutes ago. I was just lucky that I wasn't sitting - there was nothing I could do about it but hide and run. That was the closest I've ever been. FB: Why would you say the Chinese were not able to defend themselves against the Japanese? SA: That's a leading question I would prefer not to answer. FB: At this time, the Japanese had a lot of airplanes, they had a lot of investment into the military. They also had pilots that were very well trained. You were just training the instructors who then had to go out and train - it was a long process just to learn how to fight. SA: You might say that until the AVG days - we're talking about before the AVG - that's nothing, there was absolutely nothing you could do about those Japanese. They had a field day. It's simple! I can't think of anything easier. Nobody shooting at them. We had a few pilots, some outstanding fighter pilots - they were capable of doing something, but they didn't have the equipment or anything else. FB: Skip, my intention was not to give you a leading question - I'll tell you why I asked that we've already interviewed some of the Chinese that were those pilots and they basically said that there was no way of stopping them. SA: I don't remember that, but I have never known any of them to shoot one of them down. I'm sure it must have happened, but I'm not aware of it, certainly not while I was there. FB: Were you a part of the discussions with Chennault about the difficulties he was having in training the Chinese and what alternatives you had to fight against the Japanese? 2 �SA: To a certain extent. I don't think I had a great deal. He had his own ideas made up and there was nothing I could say or do to him about it. FB: When did you first hear that he was going to start up an American Volunteer Group? SA: I guess it was about the time I left China, somewhere along about that time. We knew it was going to happen, and the reason we knew it, he and I in the States had made a $50 million loan and that was the purpose of getting some airplanes. It was all a secret thing, nobody ever put in the paper or said anything. No. Everything I did was quiet and absolutely no ………I got on the boat to China, you think I said I was going over there to fight? Hell, no! I was a newspaper writer I think, yeah, that's what I was. Later on, when I was recruiting these boys, we all gave them a sign, some kind of identification. That's the way we did that - we were very quiet. So, one day, all hell broke loose as far as I'm concerned when this joker from Florida who was probably a pretty good friend of Roosevelt, Franklin D. Anyway, he was testing the wings, when he said, "This AVG is going to be …Blah, blah, blah, let the whole goddam thing go". Well, before that we had nothing, absolutely nothing. We kept it shut and quiet, the whole way, that's what we were supposed to do, otherwise the Japanese would sink every goddam boat [?]. We signed nothing. So even then I was mad at Chennault and everybody else the matter had become public, that it was going to happen. Everybody I hired, and I hired a lot of them to everyone I said, "Don't say anything about this". FB: Let's get to that point then. You returned back to the United States after training the Chinese - you decided to return to the United States - why did you then decide to go back to China? SA: I was going back I think because everybody knew the whole deal was over. When I got back - Chennault and I, besides playing a few rounds of golf on the course there, he said, "I want you to meet somebody," and I met T.V. Soong, Dr. T.V. Soong. He was the money man of [?] at that time and Mr. Chennault said, "This is Mr. Adair and we're going to use him to recruit," and he just nodded his head. That's about all there was to it. He didn't ask me any questions. Chennault wanted it. That was it. FB: What were you told to tell, or what were you looking for when you went out to recruit these various people for the AVG? What were you told to tell them and what did you actually find when you went out looking for them? 3 �SA: I wasn't so much told what to tell them, but in general I said, "We're building up a group of fighter pilots to defend the Burma Road." The Burma Road was the only lifeline, you understand that? All right, that was the whole deal. That's about it. Anything else you'd like to know about it, I'd be glad to answer it. FB: Of these men that you were going to recruit, when they came in to see you, can you give us some idea of some of the personalities of some of the people who [?] you or …? SA: That's a – of what I thought, and I had had enough experience all the way in the air force one way and another, about 5,000 miles in the air. I had all this [?] I didn't have to do anything. I didn't make up any lies or anything, I told the truth. As a matter of fact when I got back, I said, "One of these guys told me, he surprised me, he said, "You're a soft sell". I don't know if I was a soft sell or not but I got two or three hundred people, and I got a few bums in there, but most of them were good. Anything else? FB: Once you had done the recruiting, give us an idea of how you went from base to base looking for - you were travelling across the country looking for people? SA: Yeah - a list, and bases, eight or nine air force bases, and most of them had P-40's or something like that they trained on. I was given a letter identifying me, a very simple thing. "This will introduce Mr. C.B. Adair who will explain the nature of his business." That doesn't say much does it, but that's exactly the way it was. So I went. A lot of these guys that walked into the base were classmates of mine. They all said, "I'm not gonna let this guy go." I said, "You have nothing to say about it." He picked up the telephone and "call Personnel right now if you want to." Some of them did call. I was given the freewheel to go ahead, they didn't cooperate and get a group of them together - I talked to the group. I didn't go one by one or anything like that. I had a long list of requirements Chennault had put up. He wanted a [?] of the so-and-so, all different mechanics. Different phases of it he would go through and spell it out, how much they would get in salary. I didn't much like that but I was innocent more than the pilots. FB: In terms of the pilots themselves, you were looking specifically for pilots that had P-40 experience, is that correct? SA: Yeah. 4 �FB: What did you actually find in terms of pilots? SA: Some of them had P-40 experience and some of them didn't. When I got down to San Antonio when this R.T. Smith and P.J. Green - they were there - they had never been in a fighter plane in their life. They knew what the hell it was all about, they were the kind of guy that I wanted, and I hired them. You know something? They're both aces. You know what an ace is? Five or more. 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair describes the early days working with General Chennault in Kunming, China and the early discussions of the American Volunteer Group and their recruitment efforts. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/048612c846fd483c1dd454599f83e5f2.mp4 87974356147a5e1ddd2c88b8072fdaeb https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1c88fe6418709defa015a9db22cf2f4e.pdf df3fddc5e18129de56b6e874d3d6cf82 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 1] SA: I flew for Eastern Airlines for a while, got out of that and I was doing - there were a hundred things to do up there. I told you I went to the University of South Carolina. I had a pretty good athletic background. The thing that really got me interested in flying was an engineer I was working with on the roads. I had one of those easy, so-so jobs, $100 a month which was a lot of money in those days. But this guy says, "You know I have this book here you might want to read," and I says, "Sure". That was a book about the early days of World War I, by Elliot Springs who later became a [?]. People kept asking me one after the other. I said one time, I said to this engineer, I said, "I read this book and I've contacted a friend of mine who has gone through this things, and he said it's a real tough deal to get into flying these days because there's no money and this is the words depression we've ever had, and all that stuff, and I just happened to get in, and to get in wasn't just a simple thing. You had to go to your Congressman, write to so and so and so and so, and I did all this and the guy in – I joined a bunch of other people about ten people down at Montgomery Alabama for a test, final test, examination and if you passed that, they had some pretty good … So I …you don't mind me saying "hell" do you? Sure enough, I was two of the ten who got through - I was on my way then. I had a friend who owned the [?] and he was a fine person, lived in a little, small town, his son was going to Tulane and he said, "Skipper, I know you from way back and you're the kind of guy that will go to a dance and get drunk and everything else and teach Sunday School next morning. If you pass this thing, come on down to New Orleans and we'll help you celebrate and he'd pay the bill. And he did, and I did. And that was a great idea - and Mardi Gras, that was really something, something fine, and for a man who likes to eat as much as I do, and occasionally drink - but I thought it was a good idea, and I got in. [?] …it wasn't easy in those days, but I got in. And the first thing you know, the Commandant, pulled out a long list of names, A-A-A, obviously he's going to start with 1 �the names [?] this little fellow was - I've forgotten his name but he was ahead of me …all right Mr. so-and-so, you're designated. He started hemming and hawing and said, "I can't do that and do this", and he went down the second name, "Skip Adair, Brian Adair, are you willing to accept the responsibility in this, you'll be the top dog in this whole class?" I said, "Yes sir" because I never turn down an opportunity to prove myself, and that's what it amounted to, I understand. I was looking at the best line instructor in the air force to teach me. He did a good job of teaching. FB: Once you followed through with that… SA: What do you want to put in the year book? I said, "Travel" because that's what I wanted to do, and I said "Okay". What was the original thing we were talking about, I've forgotten. FB: After you were finished up, you were training under one of the best trainers in the air corps. What happened after that? I got through class, two of them, and after graduation, I was sent to this place in Virginia - Chesapeake Bay, a fine place to start out for a young officer. I did that and Chennault came by one day and he just came in - he was visiting. I didn't know him from anything, and he had a couple of friends - that I had - joint friends with him. He said, "Come on Skip, we're going out on Chesapeake on my boat, and Chennault's coming along too." So we did, and that's the only time I met him so I doubt very much whether he'd remember meeting me. But things were different when we got into China, very different. For some reason he seemed to take a … he said, "This is the kind of guy I want to do this and that and the other". He never told me about it, we'd go hunting together, shoot those …drink bourbon, not to any excess but we did. That was pretty good, good deal. What else do you want? SA: FB: When did you - the first time that you went to the Gulf? SA: [?] Stratton, a good friend of mine from Texas, the classmate of mine, I wrote him a letter that I would like to come out there - they don't have a job at the moment and what do you think? He wrote back immediately and said, "Yes, you'll be perfect for this job." So, we'll send $1,000 check from the Bank of China for this thing and you just come on out here when you want to. So I went. 2 �FB: What were they asking you to do? What were your duties to be for this $1,000? What were you supposed to do? SA: Teach the Chinese, as simple as that, that was the only thing. Not a fighting deal or anything like that, that's all it was. What else? FB: Why did you want to go to China to begin with? SA: Because I got $500 a month. Was that a good reason? In a time when I never made more than $100 a month. Okay? FB: What did you know about China at that time? SA: What did I know about it? What I learned in school and studying. I'm pretty good on geology and geography. I had no particular preparation for it. I couldn't speak Chinese, nobody could. We all had to use interpreters. FB: Where did you go in China? Where were you actually stationed to teach these Chinese? SA: Kunming, Kunming was the first place I went to. They sent me up to a little place called Yunanyi and they had about six Americans there. Some of them had been there two years. I'd been there ten days before Chennault flew up from Kunming to Yunanyi and said, "Skip, the Chinese want you to be the boss of this outfit," I didn't know whether that was true or not - whether he wanted me to do it, I don't know. He said, "Are you willing to take it? It won't be any more money." I said, "Yes sir". I'm the kind of guy that - I've always done that - opportunity to take responsibility, I took it. In this case, it worked out pretty good. FB: What did you find at first in Kunming and then later on? What was the state of the Chinese Air force at that time? SA: Practically non-existent. We had one outfit with about ten bombers in it. They had a long history of being taught by Russians and by the Germans and one thing and another, but Chennault went over there about first two years before I did, and he was unbeatable in a fighter plane, he shot down half a dozen of those things - just like shooting ducks in a pond or something. What he was doing was running an outfit and improve the character 3 �of the Chinese pilots. We were not supposed to teach Chinese students, instruct and check on them, and be sure they were worth having, which is what we did. So that was that. Now what? FB: The Chinese Air Force at that time, what kind of airplanes were you training in? What were the facilities like? SA: Very obsolete planes, one seaters, as a matter of fact, the same type of plane that some of the classmates of mine flew. I didn't ever fly them except as occasionally out of interest. What I had was the best planes, newest ones, and I was taught in that. We were the subject of a lot of derision by other students, who said, "You've got it easy! You're pushbutton pilots. That kind of stuff. Well, that's baloney. But I did get to fly the best planes they had at that time. FB: Had you decided to ask your wife to come out to China, or was that later? SA: A lot of pilots had wives out there already and I said, well, I may as well have too, so I go to Chennault and he says, "Yes, go ahead, bring her out". Well, she came out - and out of Hong Kong, and one of my friends, Madam Chiang, - personal airplane, - she flew in from one place into Kunming up to the place where I was. By the way [?] which was the first and most lovely home and nobody in China had a home like that, the rest of them were just junk. You'd pull out the gun and shoot rats off the rafters and things like that. This was a good place and my wife was flown up in this beautiful C43 by an American pilot with the permission of Chiang Kai Shek, isn't that so? Anything else you want to know? FB: We're going to change the tape now… 4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Skip_1991-06-06_v01 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 1 of 7), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair discusses his background before becoming involved with the American Volunteer Group and his first meeting with Claire Chennault in Chesapeake Bay. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/016f79a3ea25ae930d2fbe60f12dca6c.mp4 73ea2476f54f202df07296fdaaf10e66 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7e264cbd605b757a17bcba58279e5eff.pdf 3df28071b98c26698154ec8747842682 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Marian "Steve" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 3] FB: That year that you spent in China - how did that year affect your life and your marriage with Skip? MA: The year in China with Skip really welded our marriage and we both have been stronger because of it and as he said Mike brought us together and Pat kept us together and Stephanie, who is our baby, the one you saw the write-up on, was the one that really made the difference because we have a deeper understanding of each other and he also is more tolerant and I have become more tolerant. I'm supposed to be a creative person and I made fashioned clothes for some of my friends and could select who I wanted to work for and he puts up with that. That's the reason the house is such a mess, I don't think about housekeeping. I'm doing something else, creating. So he just says creative people have to make a mess. I'll create the cooking and I'll create the mess in the sink for somebody else. And sometimes I don't have that somebody else. FB: What are your memories of the war in China? Do you have any memories of the war? Skip was involved in the war. MA: To begin with, the only good news in the paper was these little blocks about that big, sometimes just two lines of what the Flying Tigers were doing in China. It wasn't on the front page, it was on the back page and my mother was an excellent reader and she would bring them to me and show them to me every morning if there was something good in the paper and I always felt like Skip could take care of himself. I didn't much feel that he might not come back. 1 �FB: MA: What did you know about Skip's work? Did you think that it was important? Were you aware of what he was doing? Did you have any idea of what it was he was doing? Well, in a way, but not too much because he didn't talk to me too much about it. His own family didn't know much about it. (break) FB: Did you feel that what Skip was doing was important? MA: Oh yes I did because I believed in China and China at that time was threatening to be invaded and was invaded and that made a difference because he was doing what he thought was right and it was good for both of us. FB: How was it good for you? MA: Well I think it made me a lot stronger person. I definitely would probably be momma's baby because I was. I never had to make a decision of my own all my life and I've had to and even now I have to make decisions that are sort of whopping. But we get along. He makes some decisions too. FB: How did you feel about leaving China? MA: FB: I didn't want to leave and yet I did want to leave. I felt for Pat's sake because she had already been born, that I ought to come home and it was much more crucial than when I got out there because I've forgotten whether the Chinese had closed the Burma Road - I don't remember why it was closed - it was closed and travel was not allowed on it and when it was reopened they didn't know what was going to happen and they were trying to get all civilians out of Hong Kong and I was one of the ones - probably the last ones - it wasn't long after that Hong Kong was invaded. My memory abates in years - confused. I never did make good marks in history. How did you feel about Skip returning to China to join the AVG? MA: Well that was in the book when our life together began because he was so dedicated to doing it and he only slept in this house 3 nights after we bought the house and it was devoid of curtains and rugs and furniture. We had a few sticks of furniture, but it was a challenge. There again, I had to do all the purchasing and decision making. I put myself 2 �on an allowance. He was making enough money at the time that we didn't spend it all and I just wrote my allowance from the account - Chase-Manhattan - and put it in my bank account here and kept the kids going and paid for a servant and paid for whatever I needed and then when things got too high, I just raised my allowance. FB: During this period of time, it was very unusual for a woman to be on her own raising a family. I wonder if you could give us an idea and give your family an idea of what that was like to be raising a family on your own? (break) MA: How did I feel as a single mother, so to speak, since my husband was gone? Actually one of the boys down the hill - a twelve year old boy - he used to come up and play with the kids and I was smoking cigarettes then and he was at the age - he might have been fourteen - he thought he could get by coming up here and smoking with his parents not knowing it and I couldn't stop him from smoking too much, I'd let him smoke one or two and then we'd do something else. He got the word around that nobody even knew whether I had a husband or not and of course, the people next door who we had known for these 52 years now, bless his heart, he's gone, but she's still living in town and they sold the house about 15 years ago to the people that are in it now, and the strange part about it - they also have 3 boys. The former almost had 3 boys and my boy didn't have a brother and he surely wanted that brother, but we just couldn't give him a brother. I did not have any problems. Occasionally, when I'd go out in the evening somebody might get kind of a smart attitude, but I never did have any trouble with men trying to outsmart me or financially or being rude to me because I had known several of the couples that he had known the six months he was here, you see, we lived in an apartment and met a lot of the - the McDaniel Heights Apartments is an apartment that a lot of people in Greenville started their lives in and I still know some of them. Just were about starting housekeeping like I was for the first time. I did have an apartment in Charlotte one time, but that didn't last long. Skip made me get it before he came back and I had a place for him to be with Pat and Mike without my parents being in the way, but they never have bothered us. They never have tried to run our lives and never did and we've just been strictly independent. Later his family moved to Greenville, we agreed we would not live in the town that either of our families lived in, but his father died in the meantime and his brother was in Burman, so his mother and sister moved to Greenville to be close to the other brother, 3 �and that's the reason we ended up - and it's been fortunate because we're all close and she needs us and we need her. FB: MA: You had touched briefly upon seeing articles or little bits and pieces about the AVG, but what was your reaction during that period of time you probably also knew that the Japanese were practically taking over Asia and the only real bright spot was the Flying Tigers. What was your reaction as a person here - a wife of one of the Tigers here in America what was your reaction to what was going on over there? We didn't like Japan trying to take over China, but that has been for thousands of years between the two countries - misunderstandings. China has been able to take care of itself and we thought that with this work that Chennault and the Flying Tigers were doing, that China had a chance of survival. (break) MA: The little bits of news that was in the paper were billed from the back pages of everybody's news and it was - Charlotte being a much larger city had better coverage probably than Greenville papers, but it meant a lot to them and to my friends here in Greenville it meant a lot knowing that Skip was over there. FB: We're trying to get a sense of during the dark days in China 1941-42 when the Americans, the British, everybody was being defeated over there, but this one group called the Flying Tigers had incredible successes against incredible odds. And your husband was over there. There was People, there was Time Magazine, there was Life Magazine, it was a big thing, but you had much more personal insight into all that. I guess what we're looking for is your personal reaction to the successes of the AVG when all else seemed to be lost. MA: The news filtering into the papers about the Flying Tigers in China of course affected me quite a bit and my friends who at that time had widened considerably, were impressed with it and would ask me questions that of course I didn't know, being so far away. But they kept up with it and were just most impressed. When Pearl Harbor came along, my 12 year old friend down the hill, the boy, came up - I had just come home from Sunday School with my two little kids and I had a rose garden at the top of the hill then - now it's grass - and I was looking at the rose garden, I had planted some pansies, and Do said "Ms. Adair, I hear the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and Singapore and where's 4 �Skip?" I said "what?" He said "It's all over the newspapers" - not the newspapers - I think then the newspapers hadn't even come out - "It's all over the radio news" and so of course I had to turn on the radio and that was about 11:30 on Sunday morning, which was not too long after it really happened - come to think about it - 'cause that was Sunday. So I was informed of it right away by my little neighbor and the other people were concerned about me in the meantime. Don, next door had gone - he'd been in the Navy he'd gone back and became a Commander in the Navy and people were just leaving [?] my friends who had been in the service of any kind. FB: Well as they left, Pearl Harbor and the time after that, there was no real successes. The people that went over there were not being successful with the Japanese, but the Flying Tigers were. What was the reaction back home in the dark days before you knew the successes of the Flying Tigers? MA: It was just incredible. No one could believe how this little group of pilots could be performing such fantastic feats over there and it was Chennault's genius - I think it was nothing short of that - the way he trained them to attack and I think he should go down in history books as a genius in flying and having pilots trained. (break) FB: During the time that they were the American Volunteer Group, The Flying Tigers, what do you think Skip and Chennault and all the pilots and ground crew and nurses and doctors accomplished for the morale of the United States and the defense of China? MA: Well it was just so tremendous a thing that I cannot express it. Everyone was talking about the Flying Tigers and what they were doing. And some people didn't know my husband was over there. Some people thought - as I told you - the boy said that people were saying that I didn't have a husband - but to people around here the man that sold us the house knew I had a husband and the next door neighbors knew I had a husband because they were the only people here. In fact, there were just the 3 houses then - oh there were 4 - the one at the top of the hill. All the other houses have come in since then and the road wasn't paved. When we moved here it was a red mud road and Skip's brother, one of the last night he was here it had been raining before Skip left and he skidded down the terrace in that mud and they couldn't get the car out anyway so they had to send him - somebody else had t take him home and come back the next day to get 5 �the car out of the mud. But those people, that night were part of the group that of course knew Skip was around and knew that he was part of it and I think we all felt like Skip was always safe. I don't think it ever once entered my mind - I know some women were so fearsome - maybe I just didn't have sense enough to be afraid, but I've always believed in him and he must have always believed in me. 6 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Marian_1991-06-06_v03 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Marian "Steve" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Marian "Steve" Adair interview (video and transcript, 3 of 3), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Marian "Steve" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Adair, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the wife of pilot Skip Adair. In this tape, Adair discusses how the year she spent in China affected her life and marriage with Skip Adair, in addition to how the Flying Tigers affected the morale of the United States and China. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a3c384584adf07bb8ef439b766b94ff3.mp4 834772fec0998c4185297962dbc16603 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/704fcff906dc5cf9c1e7111265dd2ca6.pdf 62bb01bfdaf4ff998607ce493e21e15e PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Marian "Steve" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 2] FB: If we could, your personal observations of Chennault. MA: Well, Chennault to me was, as I say I met him first at a get together at a party. The Kunming, employees, or whatever you call them, that were working with him, were all there and he was just a quiet gentleman, playing host to the group. He was helpful because I didn't know how to handle this food you're supposed to cook like Sukiyaki, except it had a Chinese name. I did it again. FB: I think when you met Chennault at this party and he was very helpful and then go into the story about the Sukiyaki. MA: When I first met Chennault, was at a party that they had a get together of a CNAC and the instructor school, he was there and very quiet, very gentlemanly and very helpful. Trying to make me seem at home in a foreign country. He even helped me try to learn how to make the Chinese version of Sukiyaki which I have still not learned to pronounce. My inflections of the Chinese is not to be admired by anyone so I'll stop trying to, I did learn to count, and I left one number out. I don't know which one it is, like an E or some [?], I get lost in the middle of it but that's just part of me. Dead ears I suppose. Then later, he used to come and see the little girl that was the daughter of the common dot in Yu Nang Yee when he was up there, she was somewhere about 5, 6 years old. And he always came by and spoke to her, he seemed to enjoy knowing her. And one instance, he had come by, this was a year later, had come by to see my baby Pat, the redhead that was born in Manila, and he wanted to see that thick of hair. And so, he came out and Mama was giving her a bath and he just had more fun watching that little baby, probably about 3 or 4 weeks old and that evening I went out to supper with the gang to McDonald's and I 1 �guess I'd been living with the one that was the hero of kings. Had an apartment together and had us over there and he had arrived before I did and if there wasn't anybody else. Most of the people had arrived. He had been telling them about he had seen the redhead take a bath and of course they lived in what was called a fishbowl in Hong Kong, all of the apartments you could see from one apartment to the other. And so they were all trying to decide which redhead had not drawn the curtains, and when I had arrived, they found out that he talked about my baby Pat. But we got along fine. And he liked having his little jokes. FB: What are some of the things that you recall about Chennault's personality - in regards to you in terms of when he would talk to you? Did you feel like he was listening to what you had to say? Did it seem like he was interested in talking to you or was he just very much a part of the group? MA: When I was around him, the most, it was… the conversation was that he was talking to me and felt like I was a good listener. You probably can tell by the way I'm talking now, I'm not much of a talker. I guess when I get excited. FB: What things would he talk to you about? What kind of things did he talk about? MA: Well, one things about all the wars going on in the world and the standings of the Russians and the English and the Chinese and the branch - it was just astonishing some of the things he would come out with that I thought, my goodness, but I never did repeat what he said to anybody because he was talking to me and nobody else. FB: Did he tell you what he thought was the danger from Japan, that China was in danger? MA: I think so, that could have been included in this conversation he had with me. I mean he was just talking to me. I've forgotten we were going somewhere in a taxi, there were 3 of us in a taxi and he was on one side and I was in the middle. And it seemed to be very serious to me what he was talking about - his expressions of what was going on in the world. FB: What did he look like when he was happy? What would his face look like when he was happy? 2 �MA: He was just that relaxed little grin, with a few more wrinkles showing when he was happy. I never did see him when he seemed to be exuberantly happy. I don't think he was the type of man that would express his feelings too much. FB: What other kinds of emotions did you see in him, when he talked to you and he was maybe very serious about something? How did he look like to you? MA: Well, when he was talking seriously, he was very somber and was really concentrating on what he was saying, he was just not talking off his head to make conversation with me. He was expressing some deep feelings of his that would not be repeated and he knew it. Now I don't know that I ever had any reason to have conversations with him - he would visit us in our quarters at Mitchell Field later after Skip had gone back into the Air Force and brought his little dog with us, and his little dog chased the rats. Had fun and wanted to see the redhead again. And of course, that was before Stephanie was born and Mike was there - I had two redheads then, and I don't think he got to see him, I think they were in school the day he came by. He enjoyed it. We enjoyed having him. FB: If he was standing in this room right now, what would we see? Describe Chennault for us. MA: Well, he was, he'd be a middle-aged man, and probably looking older than he was because of his furrowed face, but a very alert person. Very much interested in the other part of the world. It wasn't just him, he was interested in other people and individuals as well as world affairs. FB: There was an incident you had mentioned about flying in an airplane with Billy McDonald? Do you recall that McDonald was flying from... If you could tell us about the trip that you took that was arranged on Man Tuck Hai Shek's [?] airplane? MA: I finally got ready to, Skip had proceeded to Yu Nang Yee and I was left in Kung Nang. McDonald who was one of Da Nang's pilots, got permission for Reynolds to fly me to Yu Nang Yee on the Madame's plane. FB: Start again, because of the phone. 3 �MA: Skip had left me in Kung Nang waiting for me to get transportation to Ny Nang Yee and McDonald who must of you know as Billy, and I always called him Mack got permission from Madame Chiang Kai-shek to fly me in her plane and Roland was the pilot, he and McDonald were the two pilots and it was fun because I had not flown in a small plane before and the dog which Skip had inherited from one of his friends who had just left, was in the back seat looking over our shoulders and got a little car sick and between me and the dog I think the pilot had his hands full, but we made it. Probably in good shape. And Skip was there waiting on us and was happy to see us and the dog was real happy to see the ground and Skip. FB: If you could give us an idea of, here you are a young married couple, and you had a child that was back in the States, describe to us what that must have been like? Here you are in a foreign country, you're in a backwoods environment, you're a young married couple. Living in a foreign land, your child back in the States, you're in actually a dangerous, even though you had a couple of air raids, it still was a war zone, if you will What was that like? MA: I didn't really feel, I felt the pressure of there being possible air attacks, but I felt I was being cared for, and I knew my child back home was being cared for and as far as being lonely I supposed I was lonely, but I was busy doing something all the time. Because the house you saw the curtains in there and you didn't see probably the bedroom and all the curtains, I made all of them by hand out of cooly cloth. Hems and ruffles on them, then the covers to the two things that looked like studio couches in the living room, and if there was a table cloth, I had done something to put an edge on that and I finally started making some clothes for myself and the houseboy rented a machine for me - a Singer sewing machine. I don't know how much, how he conned the tailor in the town to part with that machine for a week for me to use it, but he did and he - they were just very kind to me, all of the people, the house people and the people on the street, they would acknowledge the presence but they weren't, there was nothing threatening, the only thing Skip told me to be aware of the dog because they were unpredictable and our dog, himself was unpredictable. He'd been trained to chase the lights from the flashlights and just went wild running around the compound after the walls were finally built, chasing that light, and I told them I thought it was cruel that they shouldn’t do the dog that way but they went on and did it. It was fun to watch the dog. My dog chases around here, and I think she just chases herself. She has a ball that she grabs hold on occasion then, runs around, will not give it to anyone, she doesn't play pick and return to the owner. 4 �FB: Did you find life in China, a surprise, was it surprising to you, things that happened there? What kind of things did surprise you out there as an American woman out there? MA: Well, the, of course, I was brought up in a good size city which was Charlotte, N.C. and the difference in living in a fairly large city, not Metropolis, but a large city, and to see the difference in the streets and the roads, and the housing and the lighting and the, all the facilities was not unexpected because Skip had written to me about everything to expect when I got there, so I was not seeing the streets being used as a deposit stories, and no plumbing, no running water we had two Cooly boys that their one job was to bring water and gasoline in cans. I don't know what we would have done without the gasoline cans. 2 gasoline cans - only? A mile and a quarter from the one place you could get drinking water and this was all you used for all our household water and out tubs, they had to fill to keep the water on the stove, made out of gasoline cans and our latrine was made out of gasoline cans, everything, we don't know what we'd do without those 5 gallon cans. FB: What things in China upset you? MA: Well, I think the filth. In a way it couldn't be helped, in a way you'd think that somehow along the way that something, whether it been that the poor little children being strapped on the mother's backs, we see our children being strapped on the mothers backs when the mothers go shopping, these days just like those little infants out there, and that's the modern way of young mothers taking care of their children there. That [?] what the [?] had done for years. FB: What sorts of things amused you about China? MA: I don't know that I got amused too much. Now I enjoyed the Chinese Theater. It came to entertain the troops, so to speak, the boys and the Flying School, when we were invited to attend, and I had absolutely no idea what was going on in the stage, it was fun to watch with all in Chinese and expressive, but still I didn't know what was going on. FB: How did that year that you spent in China, how did that year affect you? 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-88_Adair_Marian_1991-06-06_v02 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adair, Marian "Steve" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-06 Title A name given to the resource Marian "Steve" Adair interview (video and transcript, 2 of 3), 1991 Description An account of the resource Interview of Marian "Steve" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Adair, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the wife of pilot Skip Adair. In this tape, Adair describes her personal observations of General Chennault, in addition to her experience as a young married couple living away from their child in a foreign land. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boring, Frank (interviewer) Christopher, Frank (director) Fei Hu Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9bde23484c9938a23132fd5b42e9fc41.mp4 81294a96cfba4730d106b840d537bd31 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/fb819585952585bd65934bf0cfe0e18d.pdf ffb9e0b1392d6b0421b2711f48d27a97 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives RHC-88 Fei Hu Films Flying Tigers Interviews Interviewer: Frank Boring Interviewee: Marian "Steve" Adair Date of Interview: 06-06-1991 Transcriber: Frank Boring [TAPE 1] FB: Now is this your given name, or is this a nickname? MA: My real name is Marian Jeannette Stevens. And Skip's sister nicknamed me Steve and I've been called Steve ever since. FB: Steve, if we could begin with when Skip decided to go to China in the first place, what was your reaction to him to go off to China? MA: I knew when I met him that he had planned something. So I was not surprised when he went. FB: Steve, if you could tell us your reaction of him going to China. MA: When I first met Skip, I knew he was planning to go somewhere. He was in between. And it was to China. FB: What did you know about China at the time? MA: Nothing especially, except what I had read in the papers and history lessons. FB: And what was it that you had read or heard about? MA: Well it was such an entirely different lifestyle and people and we were in America. Those people living in China and their beliefs and yet some of their women had been educated in the United States which was very important and since I wasn't 1 �there for this they had gone to the Methodist Church and gone to the Methodist schools. FB: Now when he finally asked you to come to China, what was your reaction? MA: Well because I was really excited and my whole family was excited, the thought of their baby leaving the country and leaving her baby but my family thought it was the thing to do and my mother offered to keep my child and he really had a lot of love and care. My sister, Virginia helped her with care and he's known nothing but love all his life. FB: What did you find when you actually arrived in China, give us some of your observations, your first reactions, if you will. Here you are a young woman, American, you've heard your husband is going off there, you've seen things in the movies, read books, and everything, what did you actually find when you got to China? MA: Well, I landed in Hong Kong when I first arrived all the noise on the street and the conversations back and forth, not understanding anything, the [?] shows, that was fun and the most exciting thing was and upsetting thing was he was not there to meet me. He had had his friends meet me and the young lady that met me was Margaret Potsmith. It was a wife of, I've forgotten her husband's first name, Potsmith, he was a pilot, one of the CNAC's pilots. We became very good friends. They had made reservations for me at the Hong Kong and somebody else had made reservations at the Peninsula Hotel. And it ended up, Skip came in the next day, I think there was a Typhoon and the Indian Ocean I think was supposed to go through Hong Kong to get to Indo-China. And that was great pleasure. FB: Now, where did he take you next, where did you leave, when you left Hong Kong, where did you go? MA: We went by boat to Hathong [?] and then on up the train, a little local train to Mongsa [?] where there was a group of Americans stationed there, what they were doing, I don't know. Part of them eventually ended up in Kunming or had been in Kunming or Yunnan Ning. And became great princes, some of them. 2 �FB: What did you find when you arrived there, what was your living accommodations like? MA: The living accommodations in Mongsa [?]… I was only there a few days but the hotel we were in had been part of the French Embassy. The French had just recently left Indo-China. FB: Where did you go from there? MA: Went on up to Kunming, Baa, the French Railroad and it seemed like an awfully long trip but it wasn't as long as I thought. We arrived and all of Skip's buddies were there to welcome us. And that's all of the immediate reaction, I had to, things happened so fast about then. I have very little recollection of it. FB: When did you first meet Claire Chennault? MA: Sometime later, probably several months, I met Col. Chennault. That's what I always called him. That's what he was when he left the service before and at his own home in Kunming I met him with a group of other Pre AVG's and the CNAC pilots and of the men stationed in China. FB: Begin at the beginning of where you were when you heard the sirens go off and then… MA: Of the first air alert that I was in, was in Mongsa and just doing nothing but hanging around. Everybody said get your things together. We've got to go to [?], so we did, I think about a dozen of us. .When the Nang men went off to Rios together, we really did nothing until the siren stopped and then we got the all clear sign and we went back in. And it was exciting because I didn't know whether there'd ever been an air raid or not, but to expect it. FB: Amongst the Chinese population, either there or later on in Kunming, you had stated that you didn't have too much contact with Chinese people personally, but what were your observations of the Chinese in terms of their daily life or of this condition that they were in, though we saw pictures of goiters and things like that. 3 �Can you give us a sense of what it was like to live there and what your reaction was to the Chinese people? MA: Well the Chinese people that I knew some slightly through Skip's work and through our help, and our house boy they were very cooperative and wanted to help me in any way they could. The boys could even understand my English and I couldn't even understand their Chinese. Which was interesting. One house boy got fascinated because we let him run the Victrola. Played the records and after the machine wound up while he was playing them and he loved the Beer Barrel Polka. And one day by mistake, he got in and found the Begin the Beguine and the young boy was so hacked. Because he liked the rhythm of that Beer Barrel Polka. And the people on the street were in awe of me I think, they were polite and helpful I'm sure, If I had needed any help, mostly I was walking down at the airfield waiting for Skip to come in and walking around behind the hills behind the house and the, and one time, I know, when I arrived there, Skip had hoped to have a home built for me and the rains came and washed away the mud brick. So I stayed in the main neighboring town in a nice two-story complex, kind of a U-shaped building in the owner's quarters. And our house boy, Oscar, his family went over there with us. And it was fun. I finally bought a pair of Cooley shoes because all of my shoes were uncomfortable for walking the Chinese roads and highways and so the Chinese thought my big feet were just riots. They were pointing at my feet and I just laughed. And of course, I didn’t know what to think I just met them flat, didn't make any difference to me, I knew my feet were big. And seriously I didn't have a real Chinese friend and when I was in Hong Kong, I did meet and have lunch with Butterfly Woo. She had heard I was there and heard the girls talking about me and I had tried to play [?] with some of the women, and [?] she wanted to meet an American woman, so Mary Margaret Potsmith and I had lunch with Butterfly Woo. Now the big deal was that Butterfly Woo would speak English to me and would not speak English to anybody of America. And the girls just couldn't believe that she was talking to me in English. But she realized that I couldn't understand her Chinese and didn't want to go around an interpreter. So we had a very nice luncheon and that was my visit with Butterfly Woo. FB: Without trying not to sound too ignorant, who was Butterfly Woo? 4 �MA: She was the young lady that the young Marshall, I think they called him, a Chailor, became involved with and I don't exactly know what the situation was, like everything else, there's stories. But she had quite a reputation but she still seemed to be a fine young woman. FB: Did you witness any of the, what you would call brutality? Amongst the Chinese? There were executions for example, or anything, did you ever have any recollections of those? MA: They were very peace loving people and as far as I was concerned, they are definitely family people and loved the children, they of course, the medical situation out there, it just looked like they let the little flies and varmints eat up the sores that were on the children but possibly they didn't know anything better to do because it was definitely in the backwoods. And there were still women there with bound feet which had been outlawed for some years in China. And they all seemed to have some animal of some kind, following along with them. FB: Let's talk now about Chennault. You had a chance to get to know him fairly well, you got a chance to perhaps see a side of him that nobody else saw. What can you tell us about Claire Chennault? MA: Well, Claire Chennault, I met him first at his home in Kunming. And the group was getting together for supper and he was very friendly and kind and gentlemanly and we didn't have much to say to each other. Being in a group like that, I was sort of on the outside and looking in. I was obviously a newcomer. And then later I got to know him fairly well I think and he got to know me and we had some conversations. From your perspective, as an outsider looking in, what was your first reaction to seeing Chennault? What did he look like? Did he stick out in a crowd to you at all, was he, his face is often described as a leather face and his eyes were piercing black, did you have any of those kinds of observations about him when you first met him? FB: MA: Well, when I met him he was just one of the group. And he was much older than anyone there and I didn't react too much of his personal appearance. I've always been an observer and not a participant. 5 �FB: How about later, when you got a chance to know him better? MA: Oh, we just chattered around, general things, and some things that weren't so general. But… FB: What was your, well I guess what we're looking for is that Claire's no longer with us anymore. And all we have left, or just for posterity sake are just memories of people who did know him. And I'm not looking for you to give away any secrets, or anything like that, but what I am looking for is a personal perspective. You knew him and I didn't. My father knew him and I didn't. I guess what I'm looking for is for you to be able to give me an idea of what you like so much about him. MA: Well, I liked the man because he was quiet and was not trying to impress anybody. He had his own way of doing things and receiving people and handling himself. He loved children and he loved animals. He had a little Dachshund that he had with him for years. And the little dog, he'd say rats and that little dog was under the sofa and everywhere else looking for rats. And he, one of his favorite tales in Hong Kong after Pat was born, this was a year later than, he came by to see Pat have a bath. And I didn't think too much about it, went out to dinner that night and fortunately one of Skip's friends had let me use his house because his wife had been evacuated back to town, to Canada… FB: You're doing fine. The only problem is that the fabric on your pants, when you touched......... 6 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flying Tigers Interviews and Films Subject The topic of the resource Oral history United States--History, Military China--History, Military Veterans China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Description An account of the resource Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were organized by the United States to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Original filmstrips were recorded by AVG crewmen Joe Gasdick and Chuck Misenheimer, as well as Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu, who was assigned to assist Col. Claire Chennault as he trained Chinese pilots and established the AVG. Interviews with members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) “Flying Tigers” were conducted by Frank Boring for the documentary film Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers, which he co-produced with Frank Christopher under the production company Fei Hu Films. The AVG Flying Tigers were a group of American aviators, mechanics, medical and administrative military personnel, led by Col. Claire Chennault to assist the Chinese Air Force in their defense against Japanese air strikes from 1941-1942. The AVG Flying Tigers also flew in defense of the Burma Road, a major Chinese military supply route. The group disbanded and returned to regular U.S. military service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boring, Frank Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/540">Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fei Hu Films Christopher, Frank Gasdick, Joseph Misenheimer, Charles V. P.Y. 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PURP0'3E The purpose of this organization shall be to buy, acquire , sell, Jive, barter, grant, e~change, convey, and i~prove property, both real and personal; to construct, build, furnish, and equip, operate nnd maintain a building with adequate facil1t1 ~s to house Jewish Co~munnal activities in Muskegon, ich1 6 an, and its adjacent communities; to give, convey, and grant any such property which it constructe or acquires to the Congregation Sons ot Israel, of Muskegon, Kiohigan, a Michigan Corporation, or it• ■uooeaaor, prortded that the dedication ot the building erected thereon ba• been uoo■pli ■hed. ••• II 111111 •• ei,,.,.,e,.•••• ehmll _,~_ • ARTTGl,E III. MEIIBB SRTP AND VOTTNQ RtQCTS Any Jewish person residing in the vicini ty of Greater Muskegon, Mi chigan , who has attained the age of 21 years, and who has contributed tas.oo or more to the building fund of this Corporation shall be deemed a member of the Corporation, and shall have the ri ght to cast one vote at a11 mee.tin sand that person shall be eligible to hold offioe in said Corporation. No pers~n or Organization shall be entitled to more than ne vote. ARTTCLB IV. OFFIC~R8 AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES section 1, - Election and appointmeots. (a). The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of these By-Lawe, (b). The above na ed officers shall ipso facto be ~embers of the Board of Trustees. �(c). The Board of Trustees shall consist of the above named Officers and seven other pe rsons elected from the membership in accordance with the provtsione of these By-Lawe. Section a. - Vancancies. The Board of Trustees shall have the power to fill any vacancy which might occur amongst the Officers or the other members of the Board. Section 3. - Duties of Officers. (a). The president, shall preside a t meetings of the members of the Boara of Trustees, appoint com.nt tteee, unless other ~ise directed by the Board of Trustees; shall call special meetings of the Board of Trustees whenever he deems it necessary, or upon the written request of three members of the Board of Trustees. (b). The vice-president shall perfor~ the duties of the president in the event of his absence, resignation , or inability to serve. {c). The treasurer shall have charge of t he funde of this Corporation, and shall be required to place t he fu nds in a checking account in anai:>proved depository, With- drawals fro~ said account shall require the Ri 0 nature of the president, or the vicepresident, in addition to the treasurer's signature. The Officers shall be placed under a surety bond in the amount and kind qe t he Board or. Trustees from time to time shall approve. The expense of the cond shall be born by the Corporation. ( ). e ecre'tar y eliall keep the minutes and records of t he Cor porati on , and shall perform such other duties as the Roard of Trustees shall delegate to him from time to time, Section 4. - Duties and Po'l!'ers of the Board of Trustees . {a). To ~anage the affairs of the Corporation between meetings, of its membe r ship. (b). To arrange for the raising of necessary funds. {o). To direct and control the distribution of f•mde collected in the manner which they deem best to carry out the purpose of the Corporation. {d) . ·ro emi\f)y and compensate such persons and incur such other expense as may be deemed necessary for the successful prosecution of the objects of this or6 anization. {e). To give at least once annually a full and complete report of its activities at the annual meeting called for all of the me~bers. -a- �ARTICLE V. NO~lINATION PROCEDURE Section 1. - Nominating Committee. This com,nittee shall be appointed not less than ten days prior to the date of the annual meeting of the organization, and shall consist of three ,11embers apJ:)Ointed by the president. The nominating committee shall prepare a slate of at least one name for each office and each trustee to be presented at the next annual meeting at Phtoh Officers and members of the Board of Trust ees shall be elected. Section a . - Nominations from the Floor. Regardless of whether or not the above said elate shall have been pre-oared and eubmi tted by the no'11inat1ng oo.~,ni ttee, nominations for officers and members of the Boerd of Trustees may also be made from the floor at the annual meeting of the organization. ARTICLE VI. FISCAL YRAR j ,,,,_.. / ,J. I' {};{Yk.,. 'i'he fiscal year shall be from D :ab& 1-at, to tfooealber 3~th, or such other twelve (la) months periods as the Board may f'rom time to time determine. ARTICLE VII. 'The oard of Trustees shall have the power to adopt such further By-Laws whioh are not inconsistent with the Articles of Association, or the ~ithin Constitution and By-Laws. APTICLE VIII. A END"E,iTS . By-Laws may be adopted, modified, altered, amended, or repealed by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, at any ~eeting of the Corporation. A copy of such proposed adoption, modification, Rlteration, amendment or repeal must be subm'tted in writing, and a copy thereof mailed to each member of the Corporation, at his or her last known address, no less than five days prior to the date of the meeting wherein such ~ct1on iA to be taken by the members of the Corporation. ARTJC',E IX. ANNUAL AND SPECIAL UEETI~GS The members of the Corporation shall be sum oned to meet each year within sixty days before or after the end of the current - 3- �.. . fiscal year, at such time and place aa the Board of Trustees shall determine, for the purpose of electing officers and members of the Board of Trustees, and transacting any and all business presented at such time. Any and all other special meetings of the Corporation me~bers may be held on the call of the Board of Trustees, or on the ~ritten petition of fifteen members of the Corporation. Twenty members shall constit~te a quorum for the tr neaction of business at any annual or special ~eeting of the oreaniza t ion. Six members of the Board of Trustees present at any Board fP.eting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busines-. �GOES LO OSE LEAF MINUTE BOOK No. 14 A RECORD BOOK CONTAINING 250 BLANK PAGES APPROPRIATE FOR A RECORD OP THE MINUTES OR PROCEEDINGS OP A CORPORATION, COM, MON LAW TRUST, PARTNERSHIP, INDI, VIDUAL BUSINESS, SOCIETY, LODGE OR ANY SORT OP AN ORGANIZATION WHERE NO SPECIAL FORMS FOR RECORD ARE REQUIRED. IT MAY ALSO BE USED ADVANTAGEOUSLY AS AN AUXILIARY RECORD BOOK TO GOES BOUND AND LOOSE LEAP COMBINED CORPORATION RECORD BOOKS. THE NAME OP THIS ORGANIZATION IS PRINCIPAL OFFICE AT SOLD BY �- -- ""\_V .. <=.:· MICHIGAN CORPORATION AND SECURITIES COMMISSION l.IUSKIDON HOUSE OF JE",HSH IIORSHIP ;:-t,;,,r11 ,l/2iJ1,()#'(!/ {'/,(lrr/y_1 1 ,lhei 24t_h_ ,r/a11 June .9J'.1/., ./ {07~/ee11 .lf/olf/2,erl,a11d ,9J,;1,1f1 - Eight /o ,rr11r/t,/Je---<Jairt Y5o11tjtro~y: ,ei; ,rrrr/h/lJ<~ed /(Y ,c/11J1/llle11c: ,.(,°/J ,/«Jr,11eo:J ,,11 ,co11f1i1ur,71 ,trrli✓ $-/ .J,f1, PJ/r//ic, ,.Wr-14 ~ /9,Jf. , ( ((('/} 1 1 /)/11 1 /)/ 1 1 1 1 1 1 . \ \ \ \ ./4 11) ;, t s / ' I/ ' \:., \ J I / /' /' .. ·., ' ffht>rrtf .fhrrrr hr,wm/,. 11 iaJl(I rtJu/, trjjr:rt>1I lir .¼,! 1';J,. .%!ri11r1J1,'I' .Jl'I ,,~ 'l;,, ·· · ]()JIIJllfJJffJJI. (JI ;I (//., (/II' " (Jlfl/ Twenty-!'ou"'tlyfr,1' .7.:/. /.9.J _§_ , (/I . 'in/',..Z fl/lJ//11'/ /,'/ . /lfJ 1 '---=J--=u!!.:ne,:___ __ I' l. ( // - . .. ( J('J/1 Jl/{.JJ/{Jlf'J' . �ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TOTBE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF Muskegon House of Jewish Worshi p Uodtr Aet 3'27. Public ~ct• of lllel. u ame.ndtd. llttll to: lll~blJao CorpotaUOo ud SfiC'utUlc,• Coromb!don Bo:r ffJ8. l,IIDslo~. .\llcblJan FILEO �IN WITNESS Vl'HEREOF, we hereunto sign our names this_ _ Dec!luiber...,~ - - - - - day of A. D., 194L. ab1p l>T.ATE OF MtCfilGAN COUNTY OF - 'u-..e...1 k,,_,e..,.,;o,..n,..____ - ~- On this.___ _?il~'--- ---day 0 ,_f_ _ __ Oe=oem~-'r a Notary Public in aud for SAid County, appearea.__ _~L~t~o~"'C' o;Jen fO who i~ ~~,11dent - - - - , , 194L, before me 11 • o: b let I it tidttlt, _ of the_ • nt1. ~ i.ou (Olf1ct>) P~ J•Wi&h (Namf' of ~orpontlon) _ _ _ _ _J\'..,O.ul'flh....,._ _ _ _ _ _~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - known to me to be the person named in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he el(ecntecl the same freely and for the intents and purposes therein mentioned. L-/ n,,. l . c,. - • �l<'orm LG--G 1G•d-20M 4 (Ute form No. 18. loatttJ of thS11 torm, wbere 1rnHd.weot cbaugee thtligbte, prlvlltCct or p~-0reotet ot tbe boldere of eba'" ot any c1u...) CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MUSK!tGON HOOSE OF J!i:WISII WORSHIP Registered Office: 1146 Ho7t Street, liuskegon Hts,, ~ic=h=•~ - _ __ We, the undersigned, being the PresidentJtiti'ilJtbftWitt and Secretary l t ~ - ~ ~ m of the Muskegon Honse of ,Ie•1 s:b 'forsb1 p, a corporation existing under the provisious of Act 327 of the Public Act,i of 1931, •• amended, do hereby certify, as required by said act: That at a meetiug of the shareholders of said corporation duly called for the purpose of amending its articles of incorporation and held at the office of the company on tl:,e 27th day of Deoeml>er, A. D., 19U -, it was resolved, by the vote of the holders of the majority of it.1 shares,* that Articles No...II.. !\....YI.I l. of the articles of incorporation be and the same are amended so as to read as follows, viz.: ARTICLE IV Said Cor-poration is organized upon a non-etook basis. The total number of sbares of 00111?110n stock whtoh the corporation shall ahare. Jla.ve a11thont¥ ta 1 esue 1 s none shares of th" par value ot none :per (b) _ __ AftTIC~E VIII. -The rider attached to original Article VIII of organization of oor-p..P...r.a.11.on under Article VIII 1• etr1c..ken and 1n lieu thereof the following article or rider is subetituted1 'l'lhe reaA thia corporation shall .he.re.aft.er operate QlL.&_D.Q~Jl.t.ocJc baa1a_ _n.o o_o.n1.nbutor, or flllbsor1.ber, pest or future, she.11 have a olaim f0Teh11re or aharea of stock ...o,.t_ ~aid oorporat1on . :r.b..e_oont.ml and dispoeilion j)Lt.be assets ot the_ oo..r~tion sha,11 be vested in the Board of Trustees, duly elected by the oontr1but1og members aooording-tD-1.he..*,....,.,...,.._____________________ ••• -J'o-l,ty- tl1ree stock holders (95.t) Were present at the e!iid llleeti ng. of t hem voted f or t he amendments. All To The Stook Holders of the uskegon House of Jewish ¥o rsh1p, a 'i oh1gan Corporation HOTICE OF J.lIETIRO Please be advised t hat a meeting will be held of the stock holders o.t' The 'uskegon Houi,:e of Jt"..,ish Worship, a i chi an Corwration, on ilecember 27th, 1943, at 10: 00 A.II., 1n the PluP iloom at the Occidental Hotel , in 'uskegon, "'cbip-"n. The purpose of said meeting shall be : I. To offer t o the stock holders for approval the folloT1ng amend~~nt to the Articles of Incorporatton : Article IV. To amend article IV to read as follows: Snid Corporation is or~anized upon a non- stock basis. la) The total nu"lb~r of shareP of common stock ,l,ich t he oorporation sball have autho:rlty to iss,ie 1s none shores of tbe -onr value of none per share. • (b) Qa id oor~:r--.-tihn i • ho b. .£ir. nd ♦c.i. u.r.d•~ ~L .... fvl.1o•i••"" R•n•r~1 p1ani Jy •ub•o~~pt~ono• oontr~but1on~. n ~r•ady ott8~nc~ o r eub- ~ - - eeqtten~1y ob~a1ne~. ARTTCLE VII I. To ansnd article VIII t o r ead as follo,.s: The rider attached to original Article VIII of organiv.at1on or corporation under Article VIII is strtoken and ln lieu thereof the following artiole or rider ,is eubetitutecl : "hereas this corporation shall hereafter operate on a non- stock beets, no oontributor, or subscriber, pl\st or fufu»e, shall have a claim for share or shares of etook of said corporation. , The control end disposition of the assets of the corporation be vested in the Bo rd of Truet6es, duly elected by th~ contributing members according to the by-laws. ehall II. !II. To approve the }:,roposed by-lai,s. To elect ofiicets. To perform any and all other business th~t shall before the IV. meeting. DATED: November 37, 1943 001J1e (signed) Morton L. olfe Seoretary '11skegon House of Jewish Worship �COl,..,,. l 'l'lJ '11 ., ....., D .L.IY- L•., , .; Cl Ci Ji 'I..,H 'Cn.::rtIP (1'' .iu::.,.3Gl ., .tll u.c ,,IU..,/.Z '.iC !, , ..11 CilI G,.!l ;,.H1ICJ..E 1 . The name of the orp:anization shall be : .:..\.LIC1i ll . The purpose of thib organization snail oe •O buy , ac quire , sell , give , oarter , grant , exchanf!'e , convey , an d improve property , both reel aid rerscnal ; to construct, build , furnisr. , and eq«if , operate a1,d maintain a buil<1inq- •itr: adequate facilities to ncuse Je·.vish Communnel activities in ..,USkegon , .icnigan , imd its adjacer.t ccmmui.ities ; to o-ive , cc1 ve. , a1,d ~rant ai.., ., .. en ; r orerty ·,..i.cr: it ccr.s~ructs or acg.d,r1-s to tt.e .;ongr egation ..,ons of Israe.1. , of .. uskegon , ...icr.igs.1. , a ...icnigan Cor poration , or its ;;;Uccesscr , rrcYi:led t,.at trre dedi-,ation t.Ccom'. lisr.cJ. , ,ne ouildino- erected there.,n /las oee n c,.i; I\ ..,aid dee e;r ce; 1·e,1a1.ce sna 1 c,ntai1, a re - s.r.1.cc.1.on rrevc1ting- said gra.t e fr ) .,cr tp:a ~ir.l'" or e. cumber- ir.g s,.i..i. 1 re:r.:ses . '..'his c orr.era ti en snall net ha•:, tne .c ,:.i(C 11cumcer er ,nor it nc I c•m. c,. m .. to 11 ar,, .i. r t, vfC.tt;· , o·~er rea. or yer::: nal . icl: utu.·e . 111. ,.n;; Je :i. h rers u resiiini:, i, .,us«egori . . i.c,.1,0: · '· a 11 , , •:i-,ini t; o:' (}r ater ·r:,v 11as atta1· ned. t,. . ai:,e of ~l .' rears , and f continued) �11 ,J .\.... .... .1.... • •• \L 1- .. .:::i ( ccr .m.0,.' me na:, c: r:tr.r,lltE1 :::o . O tnl~ Jor~oration sho l c 1l ) $ .a.l c.s ..- au..t .rat r l,s, •<., t. deo Cl a nerrber t i :lin~ fu d e,, c t the ,.i •., tc (; st e,rc ·,vt• at all 'l:.e,n ..,,aill oc eli ,11:,. Jcrroration , eetin;-s c.. ,.ol, cffL:,e u s ia Jor - ..o l""rs~n er CrR"uuizat.on snc1 l Le entitle:i to mere roraticn . t r.un or ror .·c, t~ . ' ::icction l. (a) J.ectioi arii anroin Tne officer~"'" ent:, . c.c :::orl"oratloi, sn& l c,e a president , "."ice- rre$1dc1., , secre tar. , anu trca$,..rcr , in accordance .1i tn tr.e rro•:isi n_, ( b) 01· m1. sn 11 oe ele(;ted tr,ese ..,y- Lu"13 . The aocve u,me I cf ficers sn,;.11 ipso fac ;;o be merr,bers of the Board of Trustees . le) The DOard of irustees shall consist of ttc above i,amed 1.fficers and seven othe: perse,1.s elected fre, tne member - s .. 11 in ac:cor1.h,nce :,_ th tho rro·:lsio?.s of those Jy- La ·1s . ::iection i:: . ·:ancancies . 1 rhe Board of irustees shall have the po ..,er to fill any vacancy .vhlcn rr,i.,.h. occur amonR"st the Cfficer s or tr.e other members of tr.e .ooard . ) ~ection 3 . la) JJUties of Cffic:er s . The pr esidert , shall rreside at ~eetin~s of the members of the .ooar d of Tr ustees , arroint committees , unless other rise directed by t~c ~car d of ~rustees ; shall call rccial r:iee tings c.f the Eoa r d of Tr ustee s Nhene·:er he deems it nec essary . �111 cc .. ~.1I . . ,D BY- :.. ( c nt1nue:1) v.1.L ... ,L, ..... or upon tr.e ·1r 1 tten request of three i emberd of tne Board of 'lrustees . (b) The vice- president shall -nerfcr•n the duties of the president ir. the ever.t ~f his abserce , resi,nation . or inabll- ) it; to serve . ( c) The treasurer shall nave char ire of the fui.ds of this Corporation, and shall be require to rlace toe funds in a cnecKinw acc~unt ii. an arproved depositor✓ , 'i th- dra ·181.; from ;;,aid aucou1.t snall re~uire the sigr,ature cf the president , or the vice- president , in addition to the tre~surer's ::ii<rnature . Tne Officers shall be rlaced under a surety b~nd in the a:r,ount and r:ind as tne noard of '.rrustees frorr, ti:ne to time shal 1 approve . The expense of tile L ond f,na 11 be born oy tne Corpora- ti on . The Secretary sna 1 keep the ~inutes and recordb of (d ) of the Corroratior , and shall re1·fcrm .·uch ether duties as tne Board of Trustees snall dele~ate to him fro dection 4 . (a) t1rne to tine . Duties ar.d Po ·,ers of the Board of •.rrustees . 10 ma11ai:re tnc affairs o_· the Corporation oetween meeting~ , of it~ membersni1 . ) (b) To arra1Jge for the ra "it.f of necessary funds . (c) 'l'o direct ar.,l. control the distribution of fur.ds collecte,1 i1 t:..e ... nr.er :thiuh trey dee:n oest to carry out the rurrose cf tne Corporation . (d) To emplcJ and ccmrensate such persons a,d incur such other expense as may be deeme, necessary fer the successful �lV CC ..,...,J.' r rrr _, ~~.,D HY- Lzi. ·s ( ·ontinll'ld) rrosecution cf the ob,'c<.:ts c.. •i:i:- c.rganization . {e) To give at least once amua ly a full and CO" - rlete rerort of it:, activit1es dt the annual _eetlnp called for all of the .embers . -"~ re . . ..:: v. Se<.:tion l. r.ominatinr.- Committee . 'l'his cort .it tee shall be a, rointed not less than ten days rrior to the date of tne a1:nual meet1no- vf tr.e organization, and mhall c~ .&ist of tcree e bers BTfOinte by tne rresitent . The nominatinp <.:om~ittee sha'l rrerare s sl.te of at least one came fer each office ai,d each trustee tc be rrcsente1 at the next ani..:.r.. meetir."' at ,r.ich (fficers <:i1.d .,e,.,bers of the Board .cection l! . i,omillaticns 1'rc., the ~'loor . Regardless cf ,nether or not tre .. bc•:e s .J l:'late ~nall have been rreraret and sub,uittei by t!1e no:nii.atin~ cor:im,ttee , no::1ir.atious for c.f'fi<.:er,; .1.d r:-.e:nber, oi: tne .iJcari of Trustees may alto oe made irt tr.- fl or at tne a1nual eetinP of the organiza ticn . ..t.1. l ~.u..; Vl . ) The iisc l .ear snall oe frl~ January 1st, to December 31Dt , or -,ucn o tr.er t 1el Ye ( ll::) :r.or. tnv yeriods "" tne Board may fro:, tie to ti~e determine . �I 1L.1.1. CC .... i " ' . . . .J.,,1., .BY- ,., ..., ( c .. nti11ued J ~he ~oard of trustee~ sn.11 r.a~e tnc roier to adopt such furtr,er i:ly- .L.a 1· 1·1i..:r. re nvt inccr:sistcut a th the ..rticles of ..ssoc;iatior:, or tne -iithir. t-onstitution ani By- La ,s . ) n.rllIC.,~ slll. ..... .. 1,t. ,,h Tv By- Laws r.ay be adopte , :ncd1~·1e;i , alterc:i , amended , er rcrealt!, o:, :i ,·ct& cf t 1c - tnirJ.s cf th') ,e .bers pr s •nt, at any meeting cf tr.e Jorporaticn . ~ co~y or syc rrcrcseo 1:idOpticn , :nodificatie,1., alteration, a ei d.1e1 t or repeal -:-,ast ue s ... c ..it ted in 'ri tii,g, and ) 0cry tnerect" 11ai:c l tc each e., ber of the Corporation , at r.is er ner last •. no ·:n address, no lese tila.1. five days prior to tne date of tne ::.eetin~ ·1hcr in such action is tc te tat.:e1. by tr.c r:.embcrs cf the Corporation. £he men,oers ,:,i tnc 0orporation shall be su;.1:i.O1:e.1 to meet es.ch year ·1i tnin si;..t:i, d<iJS before er after tne end of tne current fiscal ~ear , at SYDn ti-e und Jl ..:castle ~card of Trustees snail deter ... i11e , for t.r.e p.irrose cf electir:g offioerl:l and ,_embers of the Board of irgstees , and trl:insacting a1iy aud all business presented at ,rnch time . .-.n:, and all otner spec:ial r..eet_n"s of tLe Corpore - tion members ...s.~ ue n_ld ,l the ca:1 of tne DCard o ,.rustees , or 011 tee ~itten retkt1cn of fifteen .ember~ cf the Corporation, ,I T"1e1:~;r mer.:bers snell c(,nsti tute a gucru~ fvr tnc transaction of b.lsines at any a1.i.ual or sreci.,l mectinE'. of the organization . 1••'"' ~iA me_,bers cf tr.e Ecard of !rus tees rre.:e1. t at ar ~- Board .Jee ting scull c:o. stitu:e a ~~oru. fer the tra1saction of business .}I\; �A meetir g of all tr.e 01e-r.bers o: t' e llsxe1_;on ~o,1ee of Je\Y- i sh iYorship "'ill be he id in the Conver.ti on "loom of the Occidental Hotel on 'ondav, Decl"n er 26th, 1943 at 8:00 P. . , and you as a member are ur0 ed to attend. T~is meetinQ is bei.g called for the following~ rnoses: 1. To a .end Article IV of Articles of Association to reas as follows: • "Said Corporll.tior is organized 0n a UQ!l-stock basis". (Proposed change underlined). 2. Increase t .e ca""i talization of said corooration to ~1oc,ooo.co. 3. To f rtr.er a ne id · rticle IV so it sha-..1 reed 'I< follor.s: • "<laid CorDoration is to be financed under following general plan: ~Y s1lbscriptions ard bv contributions, alreacy obtained or subseq·iently obtained 11 • 4. To amend Article VIII so as to read as ~ollows: "The rider attached to original Articles of Associat;on of corroratior. under Article VII! is strict.en and in lieu thereof the following article or rider is substituted: '' 'hereas this Corporation st.all hereafter onerate on a non-stock bRsis, no contributor or subscribor, rast or future, shall have a claim for ~hare or shares of stock in said Corroration!' "The control and disposition of the assets of the Corporation sJ:,.al l be vested in the Po~rd of Tristees duly elected byte contrib•ting etbers (conti"lue") �~otice of eetirg (continued) according to the :Sy- Laws." 5. AdoptiO'l of By-La'YS, 6 . Election of Officers. A copv of t e above n.>tice •v'l.s sent bv rnail to each member of t ,e vor,.,orc.tion . �·e .. t · ng of All The ~s ?n e"l'r- rs of The House of Je ieh Dece r:ce r ? -, orsh'p l "43 A breakfast ~eeti~t of the o•· "'ni zc1tior: of t' e '•.1Q;,,egon Rouse of Je ish orship w"l.s te'd on Sm•av , Dece ber l3', l..,43, oom of t .., Cccidentc>1 ··-,te:. . ,it 1C- : 3C A. . in the .usset :.eo . osen -..esic'eo . Ther mere 38 voting ne bt>rs prP.ser.t , as follows: Jack La..,son San :<layf Leo Rose{! · -nerrr.an Jross·nan Jose~o Striflin Jero -.e i.isher 'ike Goldberg· - Robert Cherin· - Eernc1rd ,;-; sher ·. Golder, • Al Gol".ien ·:P.r an enc'olsonRube E r an Faul ~ iener ,H rold Silverrar. - ·:arold 'Rosen - '. Frie d - 'orton :olfe - R. V. A•.1gust ' 'ltanler &> ru - A. E:pstein ~ w.>s n 0 ax l'l.osenber ~ob lt ,ierber~ .,+ Krntor Ch:orles Locke Sol Silv r an T arrv Fisher Sax Li o,an - C;i. rl Stei. dler Ge:1e ~4u,.... Abe Asrendo r f ,:Uce LPVY - ax NP '!ian - f.y an Li oo:an - ilton ~teindler - Kelly Kauf,i:an 'la"! Price - This meetirg wrts C"l.lled for t e following •nrroses : 1 . To arr.enc' Article I? cf to read as follow,i : rticles of Association "Said Corooration is or 6an' zed on a . on- stock basis" . (Fronosed cl'.;i.nge underlined. ) 2. Increase t.e ca~italization of said Corporati on to 100,coo.oo . .3. T:i furt.er a:nerd Article IV so it sl'.all re~d as follov.,s : "S::> ' d Coroo:::-ation is to be financed 1nder follow'n~ general tlan : Ey -1 - (continued) �ef'til" .1.t of Dec ber . , (co ti. ..ied ) s~bscription~ ar.d bv c0ntrib tions, already obtaired or s1bseque,tly obtai red 11 • 3. To a .end Articlie VIII so as to read cs follows : "The rider attac ed to or'ginql Articles of Association of Coreoration ur.der Article VIII is stricken ~nd in lieu thereof this following article or rider is substi t•.1ted : ) 11 hereas thi,, corporation shall hereafter oner~te o;:, a non- ~tock basis, no contrit..itor or s·.1bscriber, oast or f 1ture, shall r.ave a clai for share or snares of ~tock in said Corcoration" . 11 Tte Control and d' S"'os · tion of the assets of the Corporation stall be vested in the qo rd of Tr etees d ly elected bv t'e contr'b"t'ng n:e.,,bPrs 11ccord1;:,'"' to tbe Bv- La~s . " ·otior. was :>de by 'orton 'olfe ar" sieconded Kla"f to adopt t e pro osed a"lencl ente . Proposed Ey- Laws adopt sa .e was xa"e bv Klavf. T:.e motion ere re· d by !lort on ..olfe . ortor. c" "a rnel 'ls carried . 'otion to olfe and aecc.,ded bv Situuel In tt.e discussion fcl, owi ., and Mencl'l1er t wa offered by Carl Steindler to have fiscal ye2r begin on Jan·i~ry 1st ar.d end Dece11ber 31st . The amend11ent was accP ted b·· ortor. olfe to be incorporated ir tr.e sa.< d erticles . Anendmer. t numcer 2 was made bv Faul "·~ er. r , t .• t tl:.i s corporation st.all not have the po·1Pr to mort~a e or enc.lmber anv propert•·, real or perl'Jonal , which it now in the f~ture . 0"111S rhe motion was seconded bv rt1.1'ce or n·ght om Levv. The Ey- Laws ·~1th tne above a nend ents ·ver~ a coted unanimously. The Treas~rer 's reoort ~s giver. bv Sa~1el Kl~vf, t e �J. ~ P-eting of Cecenber =;., (c rti.·.i.ed) treasurer. h.:J stated thtt t ,e foll •ir am,u ts r on hand ; ~O, OOO. OO in tones, Serir.s G; with v312 . 5O •nterest ?n bones; ~l,O7C. 82 in cash; ) 8,000 . 00 unpaid pledges; tion of this amount . A su_geqtion '"28 5,000. 00 collec- Lot fully -oaid. rnaoe by :: l"!lan Gross'lian tr. t ir,vPst· P:a0 0 tion be m~de concerning tr.e kee in of 3eries ~ on·s . Or.air- m1.n Rosen apo ir.terl ··nrrv l<'ish~r a:-id :'err,ar. ~rossman to T.2£e recor. endatior. as to ·h~t type of bon~s we sbo~ld ~rocure n the future . O'-iair .an Rosen 'll?de 4p~eal to t·e rouo for cdcitional contributions ,i. t t· '" ti e for f·J. th rir.g progr,i.rn to b •i d ,he corite""pl ted house o 0 worshi- on sound fir.a"lcial basie. lie t:ben Cf<lled on Jacob 1(2ufnar. to give t:.e ri>ovrt on the structural and 2rc;.itectual ol:>.s for t:e new bli d'1 Y. 0 uf-r.ar. _avi> 2 detailecl outlL.e o the v rious id"'2 J cob ar-i p:j.ans for the proooi:;ed edi f'ice "h' ch 'llet with 6eneral comnl te ,i,p-:iroval. Lnmediately followin the "iscussion an apoeal frJ o:.air"'in "co sen res msde for voluntary additions to 'ndi vi "·,al pler.'gec- ··hich met "'i t:1 tremer o..is success. 21 , 50 . 00 ~~ subscribed. Electio. of officers then resulten in the followin unani'lious election : President 'lice Presider.t '3ec re tllr}' Treasurer Leo S. Rosen Joseph Strifling Jack La~son 3a11uel '. . Klavf Votin~ to elect seven <?) trustees Tiet ~ith the ~ollowin results : - 3- ( co:it; nuerl) �.,_, 'eetin!? of Decettber ..,__, (cont ir.ued) Kellv Kaufrr.an Sa.uel Lip~an 'aurice Golden H~rold Silver~an 'lal-ch V. Au~st t-arrv Fisher Fe 11l =iener The treas·.irer, Sa'T!uel Klayf, ther reed the followint financial statenent a<> of ·')verr.ber 30, 1943, ,., ,cc v•as approv<"d all read, ard ti-e Sec re ta "'Y wa" ' " r•lcted to record sa e in the minutes. ;·ove ber 30, 1943 STATE ~~-T '.;? p~cE IPTS A ·c CTSB'"RSE ErTS RECETPTS: Subscri }:tio ..s, rcgula r Total P' edged ::31, 595.00 -alance due 8,102.00 Paid (See Sch 0 dule A) Subsc1intions, special a.rd non-'!:e'!lber ( See Sc ed·1le B) Int rP"t rece•ved on bonds 83,493.00 1,330.00 0 31::!. 50 25,435.00 D""~R RSF "'":.~TS: 0 Inve<>t ,ent in lot i eluding interest, t~xes s~rvev a~d abstract Preli inary architect fees f~r building Promotional, off<ce and :riscellaneoas ex~nse Collection fees chareed by ba.k TOTAL DISE ':"SE 3,952.02 325.00 148. 01 3~.55 ;::rs :n, 'l7C. 92 Pl.larce on Hard Eala:-.ce or. t ,.d co'1sists of: •;ni te States ;,r Bonds, Series ''G" Cash in E~cklev "n<on !''l.tional "ank The meetin., adjourned at 2:00 F. '. 4,364.58 2c,oco.oo 1,070.92 '31.1;70. 92 �'eeting of the Eo rd of 7rustees of uskegon nouse of .Jeri sh "'orship DeceTcP.r 2, 1~43 fh rt wae a speci~l ~eetir.g of t'e noard the f Tr1~t es of uskeg'1n Boise of Je ish ~orship at p~esident ~eo ~0son ' s ats : cc- . . , President Rose& e~- plai&ed th t t~e tceti~ 5 cnllccl ",rt callin~ on me:tbe1s ~·ose pled~es also on other ne ter~ ho er o'e ere n't ~sid u n t prer 1t se of c1.r to cat and t t·e nett · n~ of -ecer.ter 2~, 1?4~. :::: c-s were distr ..tuteci t with Golden ta·:in t:oE rt" me nc rs ere V"ri'1t:.S nen dur · •- t e chiir e of t· e .-1r·ve . ~ ee tir_,, e follo•'~•t. re <ier. t : ·· ro J Sil v r:tan J . K?uf an tar1 y -r · sh r Jaci· ~a ioon Faul "ierer 'orris '.lol~en Sa ·•1~1•f Leo Rosen Fau _ -, er.er rr.acie the su~ es ti on tt? t tt O sec rE. tar" ce ir.structed to secure a ,mrety 'vend L the s our.t of 5C, CCO. CO to be ta·en O1t on the tret'lurer . ·otion v:· s made ty P::-ul r. olfe ' s secret~rv be aid ··"' r , s crmdec b·· S . Klavf tr::-t l'\OJ'" for two (,) services for tie ~ut ir. doi incorporation, etc . 'otio. carried. fetine acljo·irne 4 'It 9 : 3G F. . ont s �eetintl" of the l'l?ard of .r:istees of us eg, ·ouse ?f Jewi,;h "orsr.ip 'arch l , 1944 The meeti of tne Po rd of Tru<itees of tr.e of JF'WiE'h ·•ors,1ip wa S . Rosen . t.eld or. ere:-, 1st , l ·44 at the !nne of Leo ,. . . The ~eeting ras c · lled to orjer at 9 : 30 The followinJ board mer.berr Leo Rosen Jack La eon :-'alph A·,1gust The us1r e6 '.)ri Ho 1se ~ ere present : 'a:i.rice G.;lder Sa ue l :'..i p ~ n i<e::.lv · auf en · r,utes of the nrevious t·,o meeti'l c · f'-re re1:d 1:r.c' "'i tr one correction werf' ap-rove ; sc'id correction bein to incor~or- ~te the fir.arcial state~e~t as ;:art of the m· nutes of tre ~eetin~ of Dece ber 2Cth, 1943. A motion was made by F.al~~ August anc s~c nde v K lly Kaufr,ar. that a receipt fron the 'ichi<-an Corr>0r'ltior, Sec rit<ep Cor.m·ssion for t~e annal f'r.~nc1~1 re9ort 2r · franc, ' se fee for the year 1943 be ?l8CPO on filed . "orton ':olfe, 'n referin ~~emotion w·r carried. to t e in iter of t ~ ~eetin o+' Cecenber :i~th str ted t 3.t .,e vnuld ref;..se to acce,::t the fee of 130 . 00 previo1sl" voted on by the "o rrl of Tru,,tPes tote hi r. in payment 0f r>ro+'essior.al services rerdere . erable discussion or. 'orton bv Kellv 'aufman and seco ce t~bled ·irtil a f t ThPre ~ ·e dat After co sid- ol~e ' " etetement , a not' 0n ·• s r.<'de by ~:,alnh Aug~st t ,·, t e ~~tt r be The 11otio:o was cr,rrl.ed . ~,; a disc 1ssion cv t'1e E ,erd of officers to oe ven 'llP. b~ rs ac to t'"' ·1mc"r i ve. access to t~e sa+'<>tv de"'l!c<i t bo,: at tl-ie - 1- �'eetin.i: of ·arc· 1st, (co. tinued) corporation's na'T,e. al-oh A•1 1st n"ce " '!lotion, which w· s seconded by Kelly vauf en t Bt ~ccess to tre s"fetv de~osit box 'n t .e ..ac.cley 'nion ) 'l.tio al -ank in thP n'l"le Qf ,;re Corpor 0 tion, be given to el.t 0 r t ,e nresidert or t e vic"'- pre<-i ent, on o e h<>nd, toyether "'i tr. tr<> 'lecr tar .. or 0 tre"s•rer on t e ~t "r A lett r "d. ~s re"~ bv t e secretarv, a ·res ed to Leo S. osen from the Tuxb;.1r-- A encv, i th ~ef.-.rence to infor'llo ti ?n on tbe cost of a ~urety bone covert ,g the treBrurer vf the corpor"tion. A moti-in v;"e, 'll"de by Kelle" Kauf an ancl seconde · by Pal~h A\llUt't ti.at the matter be ta'cled . The moti ,n ·""s carried. Kelly Ka;.1f an ·ve a re~ort of tie b1ildine committee 'lleeting held at the orr·ce of architect E. :::. Valentire . meeting ~·as attended by Leo This osen, F.arold Rosen, :lalph Au~ 1st, Sanuel Lip an and Kellv KaufT,an . The report disclosed that the committee w-.c; ?roceedir.g with the plt>ns anc 'llere nroject''l samP. so tr.at in ti:e e,ent permission could be obtai'led to st,eirt b1ildin~ ever••thin~ would be in readiness. A discussion arose "Vi th reference to t'.e hi ring of an arc hi. tect, and for the pa:r-nent of his services. made by Samuel Lip'Tan, ans s c .de 0 by A motion was Ralnh A;.1gust t~at the bui ldi .g co-nni ttee bv autorizt"d to meke said arra'1genente 1tt<;. th "r. E. E. 'lalertine , architect, for fees 1:-i con'1ectior. ~•i th the "raw1'1g up of the plar.s for the ne,v b~1ilding. F·1rt"er, tr:>t the buildinb co:r.mittee be a·1thorized to p~~c"ase an add 1 tior.al ten or twelve feet of land to the ~·est of tne present plot, if -2- (continued) �e,E)t·n~ of arch 1st, (cont' m:.ed) such p•1rcna"'e b i>:. ) co ni ttee 0 feasible . Ar,y act · on on the " rt of t· e b •ild- 'th refe~e ce to tre i:nrc'wse "fad·,+•,,~,,, ~ro;:iert" r1ould be sub~ect to radi.fication of t :r~stees. The mJti~n A moti.on 7.auf ar tb~t " ?o rd of ae c~rrie~ . ,na:.e by Sanlle an er.cl si>00nded bv 'el ly Li 500 . 0C te pa'o i •e·i telv to "rchitect E. B. Velentine for oreparrtion of oreliTi CE ,E:' ,....,...., 0 ry plans . 1he motion ~as rriec1 . The treasurer ther read the followin tr.e secret!?ry was instr1cteli t Bonde, on F.and (aorroxi ate) in crsh f'nanciPl report -h · ch place u,on tre record : 3r, ooo.co 1,000.00 31 , 000. 00 CutRt~ ' ng unnaid nledges Resorve ~or uncollectable pie" _es "'20 , 000. 00 '! . 000 . 00 il , OCC . 00 The meet in,: ·,as adj our:ied at 10 : 30 F. Resrectf•11lv t. ; tter , J~, .:::;- �MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JE~ISH WORSHIP Held -at the home of Paul M. Wiener O,; t.1ie1 :25, 1944 - 10:00 p,m, Sert•,.. b,.,. ,-1, The following members of the Board of Trustees were present: Leos. Rosen Joe S. Strifling Jack Lawson S. 0, Klayf J. Kaufflll&l s. Lipman K. Golden H. Silverman Harry Fisher Paul Wiener The following Board Kember was absent: Ralph V. August The following non-Board Members were present: Harold Rosen Dr. IL. Telles Morton L. Wolfe Sam Price The meeting was called to order by the President, Leo S. Rosen, at 10:00 p,m. The minutes of the preVioue meeting were read and approved. Two suggestions were offered and accepted. a. They were as follows: That the names of those absent appear on the minutes of each meeting. b. That the Treasurer's report indicate exact figures instead of approximate figures. President Leos. Rosen then presented a letter for criticism which was to be sent to all members of the Corporation for the purpose of collecting outstanding pledges, and to obtain additional pledges. The letter reoei ved favorable comment. -26- �Meeting of September 14, 1944, cont'd. At the request of President Rosen, Morton L. Wolfe reported on the legal action that was taken to quiet the title to the premises owned and occupied by the Congregation Sons of Israel. He stated that the action had been completed, and that a decree had been signed by the Court quieting the title in the name of the Congregation of Sons of Israel, a Michigan Corporation, but that one or two small details remained to be completed, and that within a short time the title to this property should be absolutely perfect. A motion was ma.de by Samuel G, Klayf and seconded by Samuel Lipman that attorney Morton L. Wolfe be paid $250.00 plus expenses for professional services rendered in connection with clearing the title to the above described land, The motion was carried. On a motion ma.de by Jacob Kaufman,and seconded by Paul Wiener, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED, that the President and the Secretary of the lluskegon House of Jewish Worship, a Michigan Corporation, be authorized to enter into a contract with Mr. Edwin Valentine of Muskegon, Michigan, an architect, for the drawing of plans and for the supervising of construction of a building for and on behalf of the Corporation, on a 6 per ceftt basis, The President then instructed the Secretary to question each member present as to the type of building each one desired constructed on the proposed site, keeping in mind the following two classifications: (1) a Jewish Center, or (2) a building for in between purposes. The members expressed themselves as follows: -27- �Meeting of September 14, 1944, cont'd. Jewish Center In Between Purpose Leo Rosen J. Kauffman S. O. Klayf Samuel Lipman Joseph Strifling Morton L. Wolfe Dr. Telles Harold Silverman Harold Rosen Jack Lawson Maurice Golden Paul Wiener Sam Price Total - 10 Total - 3 The meeting adjourned at 11 : 35 p,m. Respec t fully submitted, ~Jf~ J ~ Lawson, S etary �~EETiliG OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF Tf.E MUSKEGO!, HOUSE OF JE ISH "'ORSHIP Held - at the ho:ne of Leo d. Rosen November 29, 1944 - 8:30 p. :n. The follo";ing :ne-nbers of the Board of Tr,J.Stees were present: Leo s. Rosen Joseph S. Strifling Jaclt Lawson J acob Kauffman Harry Fisher Sam Lipman Faul ·,71. ener. The follo· ~r.g Board ~embers were atoent : Samuel Klayf Harold Silverman !!. ?I .. Golden R. V. A-.igust The following non-Board Members were present : Theodore Neume r Abe Ashendorf Sam Price Harold Ro sen Morton L. '/iolfe . The ll'eeting was calle Rosen, at 8 : {5 p. m. and approved. to order by the President, Leo S. The minutes of the previous meeting ~ere read President Rosen turned t~e meeting over to Jacob KauffrrBn and Harold Rosen, who discus ed plans and presented for approval four sketches of new building. Afte_r careful considera- tion and study, Sketch No . 3 1,as decided upon, ·~1th a few 'llinor window changes. Harry Fisher made a motion, seconded by Paul 7iiener , that Jacot Kauffman be authorized to engage the services �~eetini of November 29, 1944, cor.t'd. of Us.xfield Gluckman, 89-07 34th Aver,ue, Jackson Heights, ~:ew York, architect and Industrial des•gner, to compl~te sketch approved nnd initialed by Board ~embers ~nd non-'embers present, with necessary detail for all exterior, at Ppproximate cost of $250,00. The motion was carried . Pre aid ent Leo s. Rosen c~11ed upon Pa·,l 7i• ener to !si ve a report on adcli tionlll property adjoining the present lot. Pa•.il '.'liener stated that he offered the owner of this ~:!'Op"rty ;J.1,000.00. This prore rty consists of a large one-family home on a lot ha,11ng a width of 66' and a devth of 132'. Jacob Kauffrran ff.ade a motion, seconded by Samuel Lipman, t:~t Paul ~iener be authorized to resume negotiat•ona for purchase of additional land in conformance of opinion by the Eo~rd. T~e motion carried. !Lorton L. /olfe announced that the title --:o the property now 0 occupied by the Congregation Sons o: Israel has been complPtely ouieted and that it was nor. in the nar.e of the Congregation Sons of Israel, a Michigan Non-Profit· Religious Corporation. The xeeting adjourned at 10:40 p.m. Respectfully s•1b ni tted, JaKLalson, Sec tary �MEETING OF THE BOA.~D OF TRUSTEES OF THE MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WOHSHIP Held - at Grossman's Department Store December 10, 1944 - 10:30 a.m. 1'he following members of the Board of •r rustees were present: Leo s. Rosen Jaoob Kauffman Maurice Golden Sam Lipman Jack .Lawson Harold Silverman Samuel Klayf The follo wing !Soard .Members 1vere absent: Joseph~. Strifling V. August Harry Fisher Paul wiener rt. 1·he following non-.tsoard Members were present : Sam Rosenbaum Abe Ashendorf Llax Rosenberg .t1arold Rosen The meeting was called to order by the President, Leos. Rosen, at 10:30 a.m. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. President rlosen submitted for examination and approval the proposed draft of a contract to engage the servio@s of ar ~hitect b, B, Valentine. Sam Klayf moved and seconded by Sam Lipman that whereas, the contract as heretofore authorized was now being submitted for examination, and whereas, it is the desire of the Board to �Meeting of December 10, 1944 (continued) limit the cost of the proposed new building and the equipment therein, to a ma~imum of $100,000.00. It is moved that the proposed contract u~ submitted for examination~ ammended, so that the cost of said building, and equipment as called for by said architect's plans and specifications, and the basis of paying said architect the amount due him 1 e~e" as the plans and specifications are completedJ- l:t shall be on a projected cost~ not more than fl00,000.00,ffurther that a copy of this resolution be attached to said contract. Motion was voted on and carried with no dissenting vote. As corrected for clarification. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m. Hespeotfully submitted , �MEETUlG OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MUSKEGON HOUSE OJ:!' JEWISH :vonSHIP Held - at Oooidental Hotel Bronz Hoom April 9, 1945 - 7:45 p.m. The following members of the Board of Trustees were present : Leo S. Rosen J. Kauffman M. Golden :,, Lipman J, Lawson li, Silverman P. Wiener 'l'he following Board Members were absent: J. S, Striefling R. v. August Harry Fisher The following non-Board Members were present: Fred Neuman L. Berman The meeting was called to order by the President, Leo S. Rosen, at 8:30 p.m. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and with a few corrections was approved, President rlosen disoussed the present financial conditions of the building fund. He stated that we had $40,000.00 in United States ~onds in our vault and i4500,00 in cash in the Hackley Union National ~ank, Paul Wiener moved seconded by J , Kauffman, that President Rosen make arrangements to put on a drive for an additional f50,000.00 to reach an ultimate goal of i100 ,ooo.oo. voted on and carried, Motion �Meeting of April 9, 1945 (continued) J. Kauffman suggested that literature be sent out to all members together with plans etc., and to invite members and their wives to attend a dinner at the Occidental Hotel to put on a drive to reach the goal of ~100,000.00. President Rosen appointed the following committees to act immediately: l. Allocations and Pledges Sam Lipman, Chairman nerman Grossman Abe Aahendorf Harold Silverman Joe Strifling Sam Price Louis Berman 2. Speaker and Program Maurice Golden, Chairman Joe Hecht .llernard Fisher Sol. Silverman Ted Neumer Dr. Martin Friedenberg Morton l'folfe 3, Food and Attendance Sam Rosenbaum, Chairman Bill Stern Harry Berman !.!. Friend Bob Cherin Eli Smith Tony Aron 4. Building Plana Kelly Kaufman, Chairman Harold Rosen Paul Wiener Dr. Ralph August Harry Fisher Jack Lawson Sam Klayf P. Wiener moved and supported by M. Golden that a bill be paid to Max Glucksman in lieu of $260.00 originally 1 �Meeting of April 9, 1946 (continued) authorized. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~t~ ~ Lawson o etary �Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the .IJUSKEGOll HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP Held -- at the home of Leo s. Rosen May 13th 1945 -llA, .IJ, Requested by President Leo Rosen and Chairman Of the Building Committe, J, Kauffman, '.!:he following members of the Board of Trustees were present; Sam Lipman Harry .i!'isher Leo Rosen Joseph Strifling M. W. Golden Paul Wiener Harold Silverman Sam Klayf :J.orton Wolfe Jack Lawson The following Board !aembers were absent: R. Paul 11 v. August iener saw "'II, F. A, Baokstnom and after con- versing vri th him for one and one half hour, ,,,r Wiener made the offer of ~15,000.00 ~6,000.00 in cash as good faith and the remainder of $10,000.00 when the deed is delivered. a,r • .llackstrom informed ...r. Wiener t hat this offer was more than fair but that he would talk it over "Ii th his wife. he got in touch with ~,r. Wiener the following day and told him that he would not sell at any price, and for him to drop the matter • ... motion was made by Paul 111.ener and seconded by Sam Sipman that the pledges recorded be signed by members �2 of this meeting and if they are present at the dinner to announoe it then, or be read by the president, and to present a prepared and complete financial statement listing the contributions and amounts paid against the pledges . 'l'he amounts pled~ed were; Paul Wiener Sam Lipman .ti . Linman J. Strifling li . Silverman J . Lawson Ila L. Rosen ..1 . "olden H. b'isher ;:,. Klayf Grossamn Inc ., M. Wolfe 9 % 6½ 6 2½ 1.5 3 1¼ 5 1 12 06 ,..4 , 00, .oo 2 ,300 , 00 2,500.00 1,500. 00 800 . 00 1,100. 00 550. 00 2 ,175. 00 800 , 00 5 , 200, 00 300 , 00 -------------~ 21,225. 00 A motion was made by Paul 1•iener and seconded by liarry .l!'isher that President !.eo Rosen authorize the Chairman of the Building Committe to procede to build and that the basement be excavated before June 20th 1945 and arrangements be made accordingly . ihe motion was carried unanimously, The meeting adjourned at 18; 30 P. M, Respectfully submitted, �..,eeting of tne Board of irustees of the ~uskegon House of Jewish l'/orshin July &, 1945 at 11 a ...... · i,eeting held July 8,1945 in Leo nosen ' s office 11 ; 45A, ll, ;') ,,; The following Board members were present ; Leo Rosen H, Silverman JJ . Golden J . Lawson J . Strifling .ti . l!'i sher The following Board me:nbers were absent ; P. S. S. H. K, Wiener Lipman Klayf August Kauff11an (present by proxy) (pr esent by proxy) (present by proxy) ;:,ecre tary Jack Laws on read the minu'( tea of the previous meeting. No objections were voiced thereto and President Leo nosen declared them approved as read . President Leo .,osen submitted a statement from J::. E. Valentine showing total charges for his services rendered to date amounting to ,1329 . 00 and that he has been paid -.,725, 00 on account leaving a balance of y604.00 due him . J . ~trifling moved taat the balance be approved and authorized Leo nosen to pay same . :i. liolden seconded the motion. upon being put to vote it Has approved oy a vote of 9 to 0, including the approval by rroxy by Paul "iener, ciam 1,ipman and ::.am 1:layf. President Leo nosen submitted a letter of aRreement for en~aging the services of Grunsfeld, Yerkes consulting archetects . & i'.:oenig as ihereupon J . Strifling moved that the Presedent be authorized to execute the letter as read, subject ' �2 to suoh further changes therin as he may find it necessary to incorporate after consultation with attorney .• lex Rogoski, and that an exact copy thereof be attached to these minutes • •~. uolden seconded the motion, thereupon being put to vote it was approved by a vote of 9 to O including the approval by proxy of Paul .liener, .:>a!il J..ipman and .:,am .o.layf. There being no further matters of business the meeting adj.irned at 1 P.,... ~espectfully submitted ~r-l'==Jack La·;1son, -,ecretary �...eeting of the ~oard of ~ru~tees of the ,..usl:egon House of Jewish .,orship ) -inutes of .:,pecial ,. eeting of toe ~oard of .;Jieectors of ruuskegon J.J.ouse of .Jewish •~orship, held on .i.uesday, Cctober 16th 1945 at 5;30 pm in the nuaset ~com of the Occidental r,otel • .!?res nt at said meeting; .,abbi Louis ;:,atlo:,, Leo ttosen, tterold rtosen, aarold .,ilverman, -~aurice 1;oa.den, J . .:,trifling, raul l'liener, Sam 17. Rlayf, nar,·y ac chi tects Ernest 17runsfeld, 1 .l! isher , rlarry Berman.and ,allace Yerkes, and 1dwin s. Valentine. ,.bsent were Sam .Lipman, ,,alph ;.ugust, Jack La:,son, Jacob Kaufman. ~•r . Leo .,oseli, Presi!dent and Chairman a:n>o:Lnted .. r. ..la;;•f to act as .:iecre,ory pro-tem. ~.r . nosen tr.en inforn.ed those present that the Architects had preparred the prelimi11ar;1 and are no·,, prepared to submit them to those l resent for their com.-r.ents and sugo-estionsdhereupon -~eesers . l.irunsfeld, Yerkes P.nd •alentine proceeded to show sketches of each floor and also rough drawings of the exterior . �2 ~here we.s considerable discussion had among the rr.embers as to recommends . ions and SU@:"estions about cnanire. ~owever, it was the c . ncet sus of opinion that in the main the interior -oreliminary plans were satisfactory and tr.at additional plans shou d be submitted for the exterior, ,hereupon the follo·:1ing motion was made by .ir. Paul ,iener and seconded by ..aur1ce "olden: "Be it moved tha t all interior preliminary plans, •,ith the corrective suggestions, as far as they oave gone, be approved and tho t ..es era . v-runsfeld, Yerles, a1,d Valentine be given a vote of confidence to pr~cede,• Upon a vote taken, the motion was carried • ..,s. tirunsfeld than gave a short talk on architectural desigues ar.d ouildings' to substantiate his idea of the perspectives ne submitted . ~e also sugpested that .r . ~osen and nis committe should go to 0hio&go and he would take tham to various types of buildin s showing exterior constructions that might be fitting for our building. :!e further stated that he expected to be back in two or three weeks ·•1ith revised plans which '.Vill be further discussed at that time . ihere being no further business to transact, the meeting was adjurued at 8:45 p.m . .,espectfully submitted ____/ia.n.~l~-----------Decretary Pro-tern. �MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ob' THE i!U'SKEGON HOUSE OF JE'VISH WORSHIP HELD AT LEO ROSEN'S HOME NOY...].IBEH 22nd 1945 ') '.the following members of the Board of Trustees were present; Leo ·'osen Sam Liuman ~am Klayf Jack Lawson ~aurice Golden The following members were absent; Paul Wiener J-iarry Fisher l!:elly Kauffman Dr . R, August The following non-Board members were present; 11arold .Kosen ..!ax Lebow Hy Braverman President Leo rlosen called the meeting to order and after a discusoion with respect to holding an election of officers. appointed the following men as a nominating committe to select a slate of officers. ~am Lipman Harold rlosen i'ed 1l eumer Fred Stein 1he election to be held on December •2nd in conjunction 17ith the Congregation Sons of Israel meeting at which time Congregation has agreed to allow us to held our election immediately following their meeting. President Leo "osen proposed holding a general meeting of the entire Jewish community membership, to be held on December 26th at the Occidental Hotel in the form of a Banquet and t,r.itb ~ 8 speakers • At that time •~ttempt will be tlade to raise the additional funds needed to build our new edifice Msurice Golden made a motion , seconded by Sam Klayf , that tickets to the banquet on December 26th be free. The motion was carried. President Rosen appointed Mr, ~olden chairman of the Promotion Committe for the banquet. �2 'J.'he meeting was adj,unned at 1G;30 pm Respectfully subnitted , ~ . ; ~ =Secretary �A general a:eeting of the meu:.bership of the r.!uskegon House of J ewish Worship held at Castlewood Gardens on December 2nd, 1945 at 11:30 President Leo S. Rosen called the meeting to order. A."/1 . The follo~ing members were present: Max Lebow Lyle Hirshfield J. Lawson Abe Shmookler Alex Krause Chas. Smith Joe Hecht L. Berman Joe Singer Sam Klayf Sam Lawson Leo S. Rosen Lyle Rogers Joe Strifling Sam Rosenbaum II. L. Segar H. Llendolsen B. Oppenheim Rube Berman S. Grossl'lan P. Wiener Ted Neur,,er !I.ax Rosenberg Harry H. Berman Bob Rosenberg Ed Krause M. Golden Kantor Fred Rodoff C. Locke Fred Stein Sol Silverman J . Yliener Sam Lipl:lan Abe Ashendorf Rube Levy Sam Price The minutes of the last general meeting of the membership held on December 26, 1943 were read and approved. The financial statement of this organization as of November 30. 1945 was read by the president, approved by the membership and recorded in the minutes as follows : �FINANCIAL STATEJlENT OF MUSKEXlON HOUSE OF J £1\'ISH V,ORSHIP November 30, 1945 Receipts: Subscriptions, Regular Deferred Subscriptions Deducted Total Balance Subscriptions Due Total Subscriptions Paid Subscriptions Special and Non-Members Paid Interest Received on Bonds $58,460. 00 seo.oo 57,900. 00 6,902 .00 $50,998.00 3,005.00 1,812. 50 Total Receipts $55,815 . 50 Disbursements: Payments for Lot. Taxes, ttc. Prel'minary Architect Fees for Building Pror,otional, Office and Misc. Expense Coliection Fees Charged by Bank Total Disbursements Balance on Hand 4.074.05 1,610.50 778.73 48.86 6,512.14 $49,303. 36 Balance on Hand Consists of: U. S. Bonds Cash in Bank Cash on Hand $40,000.00 6,953. 36 2,350.00 $49. 303. 36 The president called on Maurice Golden, promotional chairman for tbe banquet to be held at tbe Occidental Hotel on December 26, 1945, to make a few remarks. Mr. Golden elaborated on the importance of this coming event, i n that entire com~unity attendance was strongly urged as t his was to be a meeting of far reaching importance and results. President Rosen then announced the election of officers to be the next order of business. Sam Lipman as chairman of nominating committee submitted his committee' s report of nominees and recommended to the membership that all encumbent officers be re-elected for the year 1946. Discussion followed �resulting in a decision to permit the nomination from the floor of other candidates for all offices. Paul Wiener then moved that Leo S. Rosen be elected president for the ensuing year by acclamation. seconded by Sam Lipman, This motion was carried un- animously Nominations were then open for Vice-President. resulting in the nomination of "Kelly" Kaufman, H. Rosen and J. Strifling. The election resulted 1n K. Kaufman being chosen as Vice-President. Inasmuch as the time allotted for the meeting at Castlewood Gardens had been passed, the meeting, by motion, was adjourned for thirty minutes to be resumed at the home of Sam Price where it was again called to order by President Rosen. Nominations for Secretary were then opened. Names of Charles Locke and Fred Stien, together with the encumbent secretary Jack Lawson, were placed on the ballot. President Rosen stated that he "·ould prefer to have the encumbent secretary remain in ciffice for the ensuing year inasmuch as his familiarity with the records and work to date were of great aid and importance. This resulted in the withdrawal by Fred Stien of his nomination and also of Charles Locke who r.ioved that the present secretary be re-elected by acclamation. Motion seconded by Ted Neumer was carried. Nominations for Treasurer were then opened . Names of Sam Price, Fred Rodoff, Fred Stein and Sam Klayf were placed on the ballot . Vote resulted i n the election of Fred Rodoff as Treasurer. Nominations for seven trustees were next in order of business . Names placed on ballot were R. August, H. Fisher, M. Golden, S. Klayf, S. Lipman, H. Silverman, J . Strifling, Paul Wiener, Fred Stein, Charles Locke, F.d . Krause, Harold Rosen, Sam Rosenbaum and J. Wiener. ing trustees being elected: Wiener. Fred Stein. H. Rosen . • The balloting resulted in the follow- M. Golden, S. Klayf, S. Lip~an. J. Strifling, P. �Sam Lipman made a motion, supported by A. Ashendorf that five members be elected as advisory trustees to act on and vote with the board of trustees and that the president appoint from the list of officers or advisory t rustees or regular trustees two members to act as co-chairmen of building coi:unittee. carried. Motion Nominations for Advisory Trustees resulted in following nominations: Sam Price, Sol Silverman, Chas. Locke, L. Berman, II. Rosenberg, H. Silverman, s. Rosenbaum, R. Levy, H. H. Berman, A. Ashendorf, Ted Neumer and Fd. Krause . The following five were elected: H. Silverman, S. Price, Sol Silverman, Chas. Locke and A. Ashendorf. Meeting adjourned at 2: 30 P.M. Respectfully submitted �A General Membership banquet to raiee funds was hold at the Occidental. Hotel Ballroom, Dece:nber 26, 1945. A large and repreeentatlve cembership crowd was in ~ttendence. President Leos. Rosen presided. After dinner the retiring treasurer, Saouel Kl~f, submitted bi11 annual report and printod co ies were supplied to all those present. The $47,500.00 in bonds shown on the re·ort were put on exhibition. The reiort was acce ted and the secretary was inetructed to incorrorate a co,,y thereof in the minutes of the meeting. The re.ort was accepted by acclamation. Sam Rubiner and Isidore Sobeloff of Detroit, ~ichigan, were the speakers of the evening. Lantern slides of the new building showing elevations and floor plans were thrown on the wall and Harold Rosen, co-chairman of the Building CoJ:ll:littee, explained the utility and flexibility of the entire floor plan arrangements. A miniature model of the building, shoy;ing the type o! construction and landscaping, was Ul'.IVeiled by ~rs. Sadie Grossman. Pledges were cilled for from the floor following the unveiling. The initial •spark plug" pledge, a certified check for $1,000.00, was presented by Sam Rosenbaum. F.ach tl,000. 00 was autom•tically recorded on II thermometer which denoted the objective •., .u. of $100,000.00" of which about half the amount had been obtained by previous campaigns. The pledges &iven ~t this bl\llquet ..ere recorded individually by both secretary, Jack Lawson, and by Franci11 Fine, who subsequently made a cros11 check 1rl th each other for verification. The final pledge announced on behalf of P11ul ll'einer, in the amount of $5,000.00 brought the total above the ♦100,000.00 goal, and thereupon the meeting was declnred successfully adjourned. Respectfully subtlitted, �MINUTES OF MEETING OF MUSKEGON IDUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP HELD IN OCCIDENTAL IDTEL - OCTOBER 17. 1946 - IN BIONZE B)()M .liter dinner at 7:50 PM the meeting was called to order, and President Leo presided. Present: Leo s. Kally s. Rosen Rosen, President Kaut.man, Vice-President Fred Rodoff, Treasurer Jack Lawson, Secretai-y. TRUSl'EES Sam Kl.ayi' Sam Prioe Paul Wiener Joe Strifling Harold Silverman Harold Rosen Abe Ashendorf Charles Locl!& M. Golden Sam Lipmn Herbert Fisher Francis Fine Harry s. Bei,nan Lyle Ross of Stl'Olll & Stl'Olll Construction Co. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. , President Rosen sul:mitted a combined report showing total pledges and collections for the 1941, 1943, and 1945 campaigns, the amounts paid, and the balances owing, and a recap of all totals. This report showed total subscriptions of $109,898.00, and was by acclamation authorized to be incorporated in the minutes. Tb! Treasurer• s report by Fred Rodoff showed a banl< balance of 17,879.78 after the following expenditures made since the previous report, and which expenditures are as follows: ~ l°//7 9 5 9/5 9/5 9/5 9/5 5/14 4/3 3/27 3/27 2/7 2/5 1/30 1/31 1/8 1/8 1,,.t 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 Amunt $ 35.00 13.00 2.00 4.62 1,200.00 16.60 2,500.00 35.00 3.50 20.00 4.50 2.10 570.96 63.75 75.00 7.50 51.55 20.00 12.46 368.oo 7.50 15.00 14.40 3.60 l:i:i:u. City of Muskegon F. Husted YoUDg 1 s Letter Service American Grease Stick Co. Grunsfeld (Architect) Leos. Rosen Grunsfeld (Architect) F. Husted Muskegon Abstract Leos. Rosen G. Belrose Muskegon Letter Service Grunsfeld (Architect) H. Blessing, Photos H. s. BenDan Cash (tips, etc.) Muskegon Print Shop Bud Wamer Occidental Hotel Occidental Hotel James Kolkowski E. Manchester Muskegon Letter Service Hackley Bank " ! . ' e.: ·-- 51948 I, C �-2- Amount ~ $ l/8 l/8 l/8 53.00 Muskegon Treasurer 8.24 C. B. Dawes 85.00 Dana Printillg COlllJWlY Sam~ mved that the expenditures listed be approved, and the report accepted as subnitted. Motion was seconded by Harold Silveman and 11nan:lm•1sl;r carried. President Rosen then announced that C.P.A. approval had been obtained and subnitted both the formal application as filed, and the official approval as received. Jqle Ross of Strom & Strom presented and discussed various aspects of' costs as wrlred out in detail from the plans and specifications. Considerable discussion followed, and with one exception, the members present expressed the desire and detel'.ll1illation to assume responsibility to see it through to completion. Jbtion ws made by Paul Wiener, seconded by Sam Klayf, to authorize Leo Rosen and the buildillg conmi.ttee, 'Which he appoints, to draw up and let a contract with Strom & Strom Construction Compe.n;y- for constructing the Muskegon House of' Jewish Worship co::iplete, according to plans and specifications as drew by architects, on a guaranteed E:dmum basis of $183,775.00, which price is to include the contractor• s fee of' $15,000.00, and further that the excavating for the buildillg foundation is to be started not later than Wednesday, October 23, 1946 at 2:00 ™- This mtion was p.it to a vote in the following manner. Each Trustee, invited guest, etc., w.s called upon individ~, and votes from those present were recorded as follows: Leos. Rosen Ke~ Kauflnan Jack Lawson Fl'ed Rodoff' Sam Kls,yf Charles Locke Harold Silveman Harold Rosen Abe Ashendorf M. Golden Sam Lipnan Sam Price Paul Wiener Joe Strifling Har,:y s. Bannan Herbert Fisher Francis Fine . President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Trustee n n n " Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes u Yes n Yes " "n Yes Yee Guest ~ r Yes Yes n n Yes " n No ~ There being no further business to coma before the meeting, it was adjourned. (Sigood) Jack Lawson, ~~ �May 21, 1947 1 The meeting of the officers, board of trustees and 9uests of the uskegon House of Jewish Worship was called to order b1'President Leo osen at about 9:00 P. M. • Present were the following officers and board members: Leo Rosen, Fred Rodoff, Harold Silverman Fred stein, am Klayf, and Paul Wiener. Guests present were Marc~ locks Sadie rossman, Reva Levy,~Frances Steindler, llilton Steind1er Har~y Fisher axry s. Derman and r·rancis Fine. ' ' The meeting was opened with some general remarks as to the financial and physical progress of our new minutes of the two previous meetings of December 26, ~ meeting, and October 17, 1946, a board meeting, were 7 as was the treasurers report. by Chairman Rosen Jewish Home. The 1945, a community read and approved A reading was then made by the treasurer of pledge balances unpaid and such balances were listed as slow or fast for prospective payment for the purpose of planning when more funds trom old pledges would be available. As a result of this process, it was estimated that of 2~ 500 outstanding~ about 12,000ca:uld be counted on in a relatively 1 short time. It was then atated by the chairman that the building without furnishings would cost about 200,0001-that pledges to date were 116 ,000 and that allowing for uncollectable pledges, we would need about 90,000 more. Emphas, s was placed on the problem of securing payment on old pledges before asking for new subscriptions . It was suggested by Paul iener that the group present immediately pay up their balances to eliminate collection difficulties on the part of the officers. This suggestion was adopted and blank checks were secured and filled out by moat of those present to liquidate their balances. This resulted in the collection of slightly more than 7500.00 (some checks being peetdated) . A very spirited discussion then took place on the financing of the balance needed. It was eu 6 geated that the financing problem of Synagogue ues and the United Jewish Charities were an integral part of any Muskegon financing scheme and the suggestion was made that a Joint drive be made to meet all ob j ectives. Many present did not specifically indicate approval of disapproval of a Joint drive. Disapproval however, was indicated by President Leo Rosen and Paul Wiener and approval was indicated by Sam Klayf , Harry s. Derman and Francis Fine. No conclusionf was reached and it was determined that t.his question would be resolved in the near future. On this note the meeting was adjourned. �May 21, 1947 MINUTES OF OFFICERS, BOARD OF TRUsrEES AND GUESTS MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP l, The meeting of the officers, board of trustees, and guests of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship was called to order by President Leo s. Rosen at about 9:00 PM, Present were the following officers and board members: Messrs, Leo S, Rosen Harold Silverman Fred Stein Sa!II Klayf Marcie Locke Sadie Grossman Reva Levy Francis Fine Frances Steindler Milton Steindler Barry Fisher Harry s . Berman Fred Rodoff Paul Wiener Guests present were: 2, The meeting was opened with so.me general remarks by Chairman Rosen as to the financial and peysical progress of our new Jewish Home, The lllinutes of the two previous meetings of December 26, 1945, de! co:nmunity meeting, and October 17, 1946, a board meeting, were read and approved as was the Treasurer's report, 3, A reading was then made by the Treasurer of pledge oolances un:i:aid, and such balances were listed as slow or fast for prospective payment for the purpose of planning when more funds fro:n old pledges would be available, As a result of this process, it was estimated that of 24, 500 outstanding about 12,000 could be counted on in a relatively short time , 4, It was then stated by the Chairman that the building without furnishings would cost about $200,000, 00--- tbat pledges to date were $ll6,ooo. oo, and that allo'l{ing for uncollectible pledges, we would need about $90,000, 00 more, Emphasis was placed on the problem of securing payment on old pledges before asking for new subscriptions. It was suggested by Paul Wiener that the group present immediately pay up their oolances to eliminate collection difficulties on the part of the officers. This suggestion was adopted and blank checks were secured and filled out by most of those present to liquidate their oolances. This resulted in the collection of slightly more than $7,500, 00 (some checks being postdated) . 5, A very spirited discussion then took place on the financing of the balance needed. It was sugpested that the financing problem of Synagogue Dues and the United Jewish Charities \{ere an integral part of any Muskegon financing scheme and the suggestion was made that a joint drive be made to meet all obje~tives. Many present did not specifically indicate approval or disapproval of a joint drive. Disapproval, however, was . indicated by President Leo Rosen and Paul Wiener, and approval was indicated by Sa!II Klayf, Harry s . Berman and Francis Fine, No conclusion was reached and it was determined that this question would be resolved in the near t'uture, 6, On this note the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully subnitted, (Sgd) Francis N. Fine, Secretary, Pro tem / �!__.- ------------- MAHU f-' 4 C TUAC A S ,~{"--•· ..c.i.. (.IJ'-1 ' J O, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ju Jn i...<• n_J,) {.l MUSKEGON.MICHIGAN July 2, 1947 Mr. Francis Fine, Heights Auto Wreck1ng Co., Muskegon Hts., Michigan. Dear Francis: Herewith is a re-draft of your minutes of the meeting. If you f1nd it o. K., please sign and return the two redrafted copies to me. For purposes of comparison, I am returning to you the copy you typed up so obligingly for me, Thanks as always for your cooperation. s, LSR:d Encl. DOOIR·IEA§IE \TA "USS Sf IC)( LU8AtCA.NT Rosen ORIPLESS OIL �June 15, 1947 Heating of the Muskegon House of Jam.sh Worship was called to order by President Leo Rosen at about 10:45 AM. Present were the following officers, and board members : Messrs: Quests present were : Messrs: Leo Rosen, Fred Rodoff, Harold Silverman, J. Kaufi'lnan' Fred Stein, Charles Locke, Sam Lipnan, Abe Ashendorf. Rabbi Satlo~,, Herb. Fisher, Cy Rosenberg , Francis Fine. The minutes of the meeting of 5/Zl/47 were read and approved. President Rosen gave a report on the plzy'sical and financial progress of the building. The proposed contract with Strom & Strom uas discussed by the group with Cy Rosenberg leading the discussion. This contract had been previously signed by an authorized representative of Strom & Strom. Som salient features of the contract were a guaranteed maximum price of $174, 000. 00 (llhich included about $81, 000. in sub-contracts) , vith a provision to increase the total ceiling, should the sub-contracts be increased, by a like amount . ~ s ceiling does not include a contractor' s fee of $15, 000. 00 plus an incentive fee of 25% of a:rry savings made 'llhich result in costs other than contractor' s fees being below the contract limitation. A ootion to "accept the contract" was made by S, Lipna.n and supported by F. stein. It passed 1maDimonaly. It was then suggested by Leo Rosen that a performance bond be taken on Strom & Strom at a cost of approximately $2, 000. 00. A lllOtion was made by Fred Rodoff and supported by F. Stein that a performance bond oD Strom & Strom be taken on the best terms available. The lllOtion was unanimously passed. A Treasurer's report showed a current balance of $33, 889, 39 plus about i2, ooo. oo in Post-dated checks. Unpaid pledges totaled $18,lZl.. 66 less the aforesaid post-dated checks. About ~62, 000. 00, roughly, has been spent to date , of which about $48, 000. 00 vent to Strom & Strom and the balance for architect fees , the lots, etc. A spirited discussion as to future financing was then held. It was lllOV8d that "the board go on record as favoring s. joint drive and that a committee be appointed to meet 11itb representatives of the u .J .A. and the Congregation B'Nai Israel to di scuss plans for such s. joint drive" by Fred Stein and supported by J . Kaufflmn. The lllOtion was defeated 5 to 4 . For the motion: Stein, Kauffman, F. Fine , Her bert Fisher; ~gs.inst the lllOtion: Leo Rosen, A. Ashendorf , H. Silverimn, F. Rodoff and c. Locke. After this motion was defeated, Leo Rosen then appointed s. committee and instructed them to arrange),( meetings with the u . J .A. and Congregati on officer s for the purpose of future exploring the pros and cons of having a joint campaign, and to report ha.ck to this board of trustees. A general discussion as to the cornerstone cereioony was then held. - 1 - �- 2 - A c0lll11littee was then appointed to start soliciting pledges from that group commonly termed the 20% who give about 80% of total contrirutions. The following men were selected by Chairman Rosen as the comittee: Chairman: Members: Paul Wiener ,,r,,"' ,lf1,,.F Sam tipne.n, Harry Fisher, Bud Strining, Herman Grossman. Chairman Rosen asked for cooperation in using homes for meetin8s in future fund- raisin8 . The meeting was adjourned. Respectf'ully submitted, �J\icy 22. 1947 A special llr3eting of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship Board was held at A. Asbendorf' s home on J\icy 21, 1947. This llr3eti.ng was held in conjunction with a B'Nai Brith Stag pu-ty, and Francis Fine, the B'Nai Brith President, allowed this special Muskegon House of Jewish Worship Building meeting to be held. Officers and Board Members present were : Messrs. Fred Stein Sam K1ayf Leo Rosen, Pres. Sam Lipnan Harold Silverman M. Golden Fred Rodoff, Treas. Abe Asbendorf Jack Lawson, Sec'y Charles Locke Minutes of llr3etine' of June 15, 1947 were read, and with the correction of Sam KJ.ayf • s name being left out as a member of the special Finance Committee appointed by President Rosen at a previous meeting, the minutes were approved by motion made by Harold Silver-man, seconded by Fred Stein, and carried unanimously. President Rosen called various guests and 11r3mbers present who had not contributed to the 1947 campiign, and over $2, 000. in pledges were obtained. Meeting adjourned. �lluskegon House of Jewish Worship Board !leeting November 3, 1947 Jos. Strifling, host A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Muskegon House of \ Je1d.sh Worship was held in the apartment of Joe Stri.t'ling on November 3 1947. President Leo s . Rosen called the meeting to order at 8:35 P.lJ . ' Vice-president J , M, Kauf'ln!ln and treasurer Fred Rodoff, were present. Jack La~son, secretary, was absent. Trustees present included Abe Ashendorf, Samu(!. Klayf, Samuel Lipmen, Jos. Strifling, Herold Silveroan, Harold Rosen, and Fred Stein. Trustees absent Here Uaurice Golden, Paul Riener, Charles Locke. Francis Fine, as guests . Dr. Norman Fleishman, and Dr. iAorris Teles were present The chairman gave a brief report on the state of the building, the progress in construction, and t'le problems facing the board. T'ne roof of the building was almost complete, the windows wo'-lld be put into place in about two weeks, some $94,000 had been paid to Strom and Strom Construction Company to cover invoices through the month of September. To meet October bills of about $11,000 the treasury had on hand some $16oo. The imnediate needs, tbe chair:nan pointed out, were signed pledges of These conditions .,ere necessary in order to secure a bank loan of $65,000. $100,000 and $35,000 in cash. Fred Rodoff moved that the board take illl.'Dediate action to secure $100,000 in signed pledges and $35,000 in cash, It was oointe~ out that the collection of the $35 ,000 in cash would be contingent upon the securing of $100,000 in signed pledges; that some members who were ready and rilling to make cash contributions made t.'le stipulation that others at least sign pledges to cover future obligations . The motion passed, Since the incubent secretary, Jack Lawson, could not actively carry on his duties in the organization, it was agreed that it was necessary to have someone else to assume the responsibilities of the office. Whereupon Dr. :.!orris Teles was unanimously elected as recording secretary, �Those present signed pledges, stipulating the amowits of the contributions as well as the dates of proposed oayment. The chairman assigned various members to contact others in order to acquire additional signed pledges and cash remittances. T'ne chair reported that he and the treasurer, Fred Rod.off had been bonded for $10,000 each. The invoice from the Tuxbury Insurance Agency was $50.00, The board approved. The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 P.t!. Respectf,tl.ly submitted, �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN November 21, 1947. BOARD MEETING J.M. Kaufman, Host. eA-LL A special meeting of the Boerd of Trustees of the ~uskegon House of Jewish Worship was held st the home of J.M. Kaufl:tan on November 21, 1947. Before the meeting was called to order at 9: 15 P .l'.. a group photograph was tak,;m. One copy of this photograph was to be deposited in the cornerstone of the new building; another copy would be available in the library for observation. · The proceedings of the previous and the President called for further mitments. Final plans were made for bsllrcom of the Occidental Hotel for ber 25, 1947. meeting were discussed, pledges and cash coma general meeting in the Tuesday evening, Nove1:1- Sam Klayf moved that a committee consisting of Leos. Rosen, President; Fred Rodoff , Treasurer; end Dr. Morris Teles, Secretary, be empoT1ered to negotiate a loan of $65,000 with the Hackley Union National Bank in behslf of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship. The motion carried unanimously. The enclosed printed program describes the proceedings of the genersl meeting of November 25, 1947. , ~tted, II.orris Teles. �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP MU S KEG O N, MI CH IGA N H-1Muskegon House of Jewish Worship Special Board Meeting Gross:nans November JO, -947 A special meeting o~ the board of trustees of the •uskegon House of Jewish Worship was held at Grossi;ians on Novenber JO, 1947. President Leos. Rosen called the ~eeting to orier at 11:00 A.LI, The chair reported that he had received a letter of resignation from secretary Jack La· son. Harry A. Fisher moved that the resignation be accepted ·Nith regret. Tne motion carried, The chair asked for pemssion to a point a sucessor to !/.r. La·,•:son. «hereupon Dr. 1,1 . Teles was unani••ou~ly confir::ied as secret'l.ry. The treasurer gave a report of pledges obt•·ne~ 'Uld obligations 4Ssu:ned, When it aopeared to som that the present plans for financing the new building were inadequate, Paul Wiener set forth an 9.lternative plan, described on the accol!lpanying page . In effect the pl!lil pictured our n<" eds as $129, 000 in cash and loans, for example, tJ9,000 in cash (including monies on hand) and a mortgage of 90,000, 0 Samuel Kl.ayf moved, therefore, that Paul "iener be empowered: (a) to solicit cash f\lnds from the Jewish Communi ty. (b) (c ) to return signed pledges in order to secure sufficient cash. to obts.in a mortgage on the building, the sum of the cash funds r eceived plus the amount of the mortgage to be not less than $129, 000• �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP M US K E GON , M I CHIGAN -2- The motion carried, and ,Jr. "iener accepted the duties and responsibilities under conditions described in the following page. The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 P.'A. Resoectfully submitted, Morris Teles, Secrewry �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN December 2, 1947. y Dear Friends: -ll&)N On November 30, 1947, a board meeting of the House of Jewish Worship was held at Grossman&. At this meeting Paul Wiener was authorized to undertake an iJllportant service in behalf of the community. He has asked your Secretary to remind those present of the promise of endeavor made by him. and to stress the support and cooperation that the board implied by concurring in his plan. The present assets of the organization are (excluding recent collections) as follows approximatel y: $109,000. 00 Collected from old pl edgss 5, 500. 00 From B1 nai Israel 4 , 500. 00 From B1 nai Brith 2,000.00 From Sisterhood Total - $121 ,000. 00 ~ <&,mmiUcO ~~ ~:: Yr 'lllOO:R Prospective costs are as follows : For building Architects Lot Miscellaneous Furnishings - $195,000. 00 12, 000.00 4, 000 .00 4,000.00 35,000.00 Total - $250,000.00 Mr. Wiener, after propounding a plan for financing our project , and with the implied support of those present, signed the following agreement: The President of the House of Jewish Worship , Leo S. Roeen, the Treasurer, Fred Rodoff, and the Secretary, Morris Teles , agree to furnish Paul Wiener with letters from the contractor and the architect stating when their work will be completed in building and furnishing ths structure, together with a statement of costs, and a statement as to when the key to the building will be turned over to us. In return Paul Wiener agrees to endeavor to rai se* $20. 000 to $25,000 in cash befo~e January 15, 1948, and to attempt to secure a mortgage of $90, 000 as soon as possible. Morris Teles, Secretary. �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP M US K EGO N , MICHIGAN December 4, 1947 Board c£ Trustees, Muskegon House of Jewish Worship, Muskegon, Michigan. Gentlemen: I have received both bids and estimates covering the cost of all furniture, fixtures and equipment necessary for our new Center. These bids and estimates are enclosed herewith. I also enclose a recap of them designated "A" fi-om which it will appear that the total cost for all of these items should be less than }30, 000. 00. I trust you will find the infornation her ein entirely satisfactory, and will be pleased to supply any additional information that you may request. Respectf'ully submitted, LSR:LE Enc. I - �EXHIBrr "A 11 A- l - I I • ' Quotation from the American Seating Compe.ey for chairs for the main chapel and balcon,y thereof; pews for the small chapel; folding chairs for the main chapel and recreation room; tables and chairs for the two upper grade class rooms; table and chairs for the kindergarten room . • • • • • A- 2 - Quotation from Vahey Music Compin,y for Baldwin Electronic Organ A- 3 - Quotation from Stearnes Company for complete kitchen equipnent as identified in their specification quotation • • • • ... .......• .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Quotation from Hall Electric Compiny for a conplete installation of Public Address System • A-4 . . . . . . . . . . . • • .. - Architect ' s estimate for furnishing lounge furniture, including drapes but no rugs; furniture for main foyer ; furniture for women's rest room; furniture , excluding rugs, for Rabbi ' s study and Secretary' s room; folding tables and chairs for recreati on room; and curtain for balcorzy • • . ... A-6 - Estimate for movie projector A-7 - Estimate for rugs for l ounge, small chapel, rostrum of main chapel , aisles and balcoey aisles, Rabbi's study and Secretary' s room • • - LSR:LE Mat for front entrance • ...• • 3,350. 00 6, 10':). 00 519, 00 9 , 600. 00 550. 00 • .. A- 8 "I-< ·,. . . . . . . . . .3 .. A- 5 # ,,1-3fo 2 , 000. 00 • . '3 100. 00 Z9, "i; 'l,2115 G,5:t, a Leo S. Rosen, President l·IJSKEOOll IDUSE OF JEWISH l/ORSHIP .,,. • ";:I • �:!USKEGOX 1I0U.3... O..:~ J _., TISH :0RSHIP SPl!.CL.L 3C'.,RD ;·..:..,Tii'iG Farry a\ . ;risher, host . A special board meeting of the 'lUske,;on "ouse of Jewish !orshi n was held at tlJ.e upartment of Harry ., . "'isher on necember 4, 1917 . Leo , . losen , president , and !'orris ..,eles , secretary were present . J . " . Kaufman, vice- president , and Fred Rodof~ , treasurer , wer~ absent . The fol::. 1,inv trustees were present : Abe ~shendorf, l'.aurice t;olden , Sam ~layf , Ha~·old Rosen , Harold Silverman, J . s . Striflin,. , and ""aul 'tiener . The follo\1in-"' trustees were absent : Sam Iipman, Fred Stein , Charles Locke , Sa~ Price , and Sol Silverman . :F>-ancis ?ine , ~ar:·y '<'.:.shtr , and Jerome Fisher were also present . The meet in~ w...s culled t0 order .t B: 45 P. t1 • Tl:te minutes of i,·ovember 30th \1ere read and approve/' . Leo Rosen presented , in writ.inr, , estirnates of the costs of construction ana. furnish in• the ne\1 build.int"! as follows : Construction Arcli.itects • f~es Lot Furnis'1.inr-s :•iscellaneous Tot al e 201,000 . 12 , 000 . 4, 000 . 2R , 000 , 4 , 000 , "249 , 000 . :-r. Rosen stated that construction and fi..rnishinR of the buil<'ine could be completed by Au?. 11st 1 , 1948 , if finances permitted . Paul :.;. •:iener auve a reoort on the nro,.ress me.de in raising cash to pi-emote the fina.ncin1' plan disc.issea .. t the meet.in!" of November 30th . Mr, "/ieijer nresented to tlJ.e, c· air tl'c followinr: checks date<" as indicate<'l : Jwnes '·etz - "150 . 00 cur:-en'; Robert Cherin 250 . 00 current "250 . 00 Janu rv 15th 0 �Charles Locke Francis Fine .-. 100 . 00 current r;rossme.ns 1000 . 00 cu.::-rent sadie l}rossman 1000 . 00 current Herman ~rossr.iun 150 . 00 current :::;li S.'lli th 300 . 00 current '!)avid Gudelsky 400 . 00 current Oscar '>udelsky 250 . 00 current Puul !' . l:iener '.'1000 . 00 current :t' ~. & :"rs . Sam Klayf 200 . 00 current Harold Silver:no.n se.m Price Total receipts above are "'100 . 00 Jan , 15 , 65 . 00 June "'500 . 00 Jan, .-.500 .•·arch "'15~ . 0, pri l , "'150 . 00 ?:ay "'200. 00 ,Tune , . !llOO . .Tan, 1.)0 . 'eb , ~100 . :~rch , 100 . April , 100 . :·a:r 9015 . JO The Secre ,c,ry 1·e orte" thrt '!e.rold Rosen would have a check of l'.'1500 . 00 this month t appl• on hiJ i;.nd T)r,uplas 'qosen •s p'ed es , ne.mely 1200 . 00 for !!arold ·nd "'300 . 0o forT)ou~las . Leo Rosen pro1isec to ~ail a check of ~250 . 0 soon . Josiah '/iener, it wi.s r .. >ort1a by P&ul •:iener, 1oulii •ive "'500 , in January and ~500 . 00 in J~~e . Puul expr~ssed confidence that he would raise a total of ,,25 , 000 . 00 to "':<O , 000 . 00 in cash •.11 thin the next fe\l "lOnths; also t1-iat :.e ··ul" obtain a morto;i.. ·o 0f "'90 , 000 , 00 probably ·t 4i interest . T'le I"eetiru. was adjo 1 2rned · t 1, : 30 F.:·. ~ '"""\ :,nC:lct.'.' 11 ",, .,. b"litted , T~ r ~~, S1acre':ary �HELD AT 291 . ! • ':OUS':'("' AY'·•:rv.:. Januar,J 8 , 194A A 17eneral ceetini;, of the ::uskeRon ·rouse of Jewish ··.·orship was 'leld _at 29~ 'J ...ouston .•vunue on Janua:::-y 8 , 1948 , pursuant to a notice maLle0 to the entire membership on ~ecember ~o 194? set+ln: fort'1 _the purpo~e of said meet · n,. to (a) ame:1.d the ' 11y- 1a{1s as P:e~entec ~n these m~nutes , and (b) to ~e~form unv anf all other business that ~hall come before thv meetin . ~he notice · s upryended hereto and m de a part hereof in0icatin• p-o~ r not'ce. The follo11.:.'1,:,: of~'icers 11ere presen+ : Leos . ~osen, presid&nt ·•orris 'T'eh.s , secretar·, J . ·•. ''t.Ufmi;.n, vie .- president Fre~ ~odoff, treasurvr Trustees present include0 : Sum ·::uy.f Sam..,.i n Josi:.ph St..:.i.fl inP: Abe Aslier.dorf ::arold Silver.nun narnld ·iosen ... 1 to~et·.er th.:.rty (30) s-'l 11 r., "lrescnt E.s the ch~lr•~an culled the meeti:1. to order at 8 : 24 P . M. The treasurer's report 1,as read a.id .:.Dproved . The sec~·et.iry rend t'le 'len<..r Pl..<n s cor.t~.i.ned in the minutes 0f a bour· meet.i.n" of rovembcr 30 , l9t7 , and a letter to the board wr.i.t-l;en on ')ecember 2, l'.Jl7 . The chal:·m' n enlo..i.ned the purposes :i.n amend in"' t ·1e by- laws , and after some cli:-,cusslor , .•rticle II of tl--f '1y- I.£,."·s was i.mer,derl by a unanimous vote to rea0 as foll ws : Artlc:& r::: :>urpose The purpose of thi orr~nization shall b~ t~ buy, 6c~uire, s , 1 , "ivv, !J•rter , .cr-;:,;r:.t , exc!'lan ·e , convey <>_ncl imnrove nropertv, both real an1 personal , to cor>struct , build , furnish and ec,u.i.p, operate and 1.a.i.nt1:1.i.n a bu.i.l0inr wit 11 ndecuate f• cilit ies to ho•Jse Je,1ish comnun· 1 ,,ctivi ties in l'.Uske"on , :·ichiran , anr. i+ s a1jacent com.nunitivs ; to rive , convey, an0 grant any such property 1hich lt constructs or cc~uires to the Conrrecution -q •nai Israel of "Uske~on , •~ich.:. an a ?'ichi~an Cornor(l•icn , or · ts succes,io •, providec' t'at tlie dec1i~rt ion of the bu · 1 - · -;,, erectec' upon the lane' of this corporation hus been accomnlis~e" . ~he So re of Trust;es shall 11ave the �O')W6r to borrmi monev and is<Jue 1 ts o ·orni !l cry note ,.,r mort~a~e in<;erest as securit·• for i~s "ebts o:: 0th r la fu' en~.. •cme nts . \ti th There "le· n-. no u~th r b•1e.i• ess , t>. neet · r,~ i,.s adj0urned . �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN To: The ~:embers of the ~ilskegon House of Jewish Worship, a Michigan Corporation: NOO'ICE or ~TUIG You al'e hereby notified that a meeting of the general membership of the Muskegon House of Jewish Horship, a Michigan Corporation, will be held on the _ _,,8'-"t.,h__ day of J!ml!ary, 19!&..__ at --'8"- o'clock .LM, at ;?91 Houston Ave, at Muskegon, Michigan. . The purpose of said meeting shall be: ~ ~101,u/,H ... llAUTMAN cmd OOU> ROSEN ., .. l'lSllEI! !IUUYF i:i WIENER (1) To submit to the membership for approval the following amendl!ient to the By-Laws of the corporation! (a) To amend Article II of the By-Laws to read as follows: ARTICLE II PURPOSE The purpose of this organization shall be to buy, acquire, sell, give, barter, grant, exchange, convoy and improve property, both real and personal, to construct, build, furnish and equip, operate and maintain a building with adequate facilities to house Je11ish Cornmunnal activities in Muskegon, Michigan, and its adjacent col!l!Ullities; to give, convey, and grant any such property which it constructs or acquires to �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN LAWSON ;-er f!J>RODOFF the Congregation B1 nai Israel of Muskegon, Michigan, a Michigan Corporation, or its successor, provided that the dedication of the building erected upon the land of this corporation has been accomplished. The Board of TrusteEs shall have the power to borrow money and issue its promissory note or mortgage with interest as security for its ki...,.J' 5:,,,t;,,,, debts or other lawful engagements. (2) To perform any and all other business that shall before the meeting. Morris Teles SECRETARY Dated: December 23. 1947 �HOUSE OF Jmsa foORS!IP Special Membership Meeting held at the Occidental Hotel Wednesday, January 21, 1948 J,,.i.,P A special me.mbership meeting of the House of Jew1sb,\was held at the Occidental Hotel on Wednesday, January 21, 1948. More than seventy (70) members were present when President Leo S. Rosen called the meeting to order at 11115 P. M. Because of the lateness of the hour the reading of the minutes were dispensed with. Mr • .llosen reminded the community of the importance of unity among all the members. He reiterated his policy as president of the organization, namely, to seek advice from the membership and to keep everyone infonued regarding the plans and progress of construction. In answer to a petition that had been signed by many members expressing disapproval (among other things) of the plans to install an organ in the House of Jewish l\orship, the chair celled for a vote on the issue. Without a dissenting vote the board of trustees was sustained 1n its decision to have an organ. The chair presented a brief picture of the financial diff iculties confronting the organization, and pointed out that recent develo~ents might hinder further progress. Specifically he mentioned thet only $5,000 was on hand to meet a bill of $25,000 in January, and that obstacles were not inconsiderable. The meeting was adjourned at midnight. Respectfully subarl.tted, Morris Teles, Secretary �HOUSE OF JE\'IISH ViORSHIP Special Board Ueeting at Grossman• s Sunday Morning, April lS, 1948 Gr A svecial Board meeting of the House of Jewish lorship was held at ora:~ ~ri~i~gt1t~0 fiil§Le~P[l11~is1i~a: The meeting was called to The following officers were present: Leo S. tlosen, President Fred Rod.off, Treasurer Korrie Teles, Secretary Trustees present included the following: Abe Ashendorf Sam Lipman Sam Klayf Harold Rosen Also present were the following visi tore and members of the board of trustees of Congregation B1 nai Israel: Harry Fisher Rosenberg Hortense Berman Eli l>mith Milton Steindler Max llax Ashendorf Sadie Grossman Lyle Rogers s. Q. Rosenbert The chairman explained the nature of the financial emergency and asked for advice and financial assistance. The contractors of our building had billed us for $51,000 (above the $1541 000 already paid them to date) for the period ending Karch 31st, 1948. The contractor was unwilling to continue work without some immediate remittance •• air. llosen expressed anxiety lest the contractor cease work and recind the contract. Such a step lllight cost us an additional several thousand dollars, since the present contract is not very profitable to the contractor, and the reopening of negotiations might lead to a situation 1n our disfavor. The rescinding of a contract might cause a cancellation of our surety bond, and would surely not place our community in a pleasant light before our neighbors. Our present needs, the chair continued, are some $7,000 cash and a $65,000 mortgage. Negotiations for the latter were being delayed due to a cloud on our tiUe to the land. 1hile these negotiations proceeded (possibl,for a period of 90 days) our immediate needs were $30,000 in cash .c::i. loans. ()'(' A proposal to borrow $30,000 from the bank on personal signatures was ineffectual when sufficient and qualified endorsers proved unobtainable. (next page) �-2- Meeting Sunday Morning, April 18, 1948 However, some four to fiTe thousand dollars in cash was promised immediately, and a COllllllittee was appointed to contact other men at the Sisterhood meeting that same evening. f~ 1 '!'...,. Meanwhile ~ Rosenberg was instructed to dispose of the legal obstacles as soon as possible. The aeeting was adjourned at 12:00 P. 11 •• Respectfully submitted, Morris Teles, becretary �Muskegon Rouse of Jewish Worship Special Board Meeting at the Occidental Hotel Conference Room Wednesday, April 21, 1948 A special board meeting of the Muskegon Bouse of Jewish Worship was held in the Conference Room of the Occidental Hotel on Wednesday, April 21, 1948. The meeting was called to order by President Leos. Rosen at 9103 P. il. Also present were Fred Rodoff, treasurer, and ilorris Teles, secretary, J. il. Kaufman, vice president, was absent. Other trustees present included Sam Lip:nan, S8111 Klayf, Fred Stein, Abe Ashendorf, and S8111 Price. Also present were Reuben Berman, Hortense Berman, Lyle Rogers, Herman Grossman, E. K. SDli th, liil ton Steindler, !lax Rosenberg, and Jack Lipme.n. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, and the chair reviewed the financial circumstances of the organization. After explainiing our immediate cash needs, the chair solicited loans from those present. > Ur. Klayf moved the adoption of a resolution empowering the president and the secretary to issue notes on behalf of the lluskegon House of Jewish Worship to secure the loans of individuals to this organization (see next page for copy of resolution). The motion carried wan~••)s . vn•11, -•~sly The following loans, some made previously, were reported: Sam Klayf, Rogers and Lebow, Herman C..rossnan, Sam Lipman, and Sam Price- $1,000 each. Fred ~tein - $2,000 Francis Fine - $750.00 Ed Krause - tsoo.oo Sam Single - $500.00 The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 P. M. Respectfully submitted, Morris Teles, Secretary Note: Immediately after this meeting the congregation approved the mortgaging of 291 w. Houston Ave. if the funds were necessary. �UousE IIUSKEOON B8B OF JE11I&i WORSHIP Special Board Meeting Leo S. Rosen, Rost May 4, 1948 Hoost A special. board meeting of the ~skegon llolle of Jewish Worship ms held at the home of president, Leos • .lioaen on May 4, 1948. The president called the meeting to order at 8:55 P. M. The follo'lling officers and trustees were present: Fred Rodoff, Treasurer Abe Ashendorf Jack Lawson Fred l>tein Morris Teles, Secretary Samuel Klayf Samuel Lipman Joe Strifling The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The chair announced thst the Rackley Union ~ational Bank bad agreed issue us a mortgage of ~5,000 at 4% interest, payable st the rate of $1,000 or more plus interest monthly, or $6,000 or more plus interest semi-ennually. to Tbe board empowered the president and the secretary to negotiate a mortgage under these conditions. llr. Klayf made the following motion: •It appears to members of the board present at this meeting, upon representations made to them by the president, that the original contract with Strom end Strom Construction Coapany for completing the buildin& ms in the sum of approximately $189,000; it further appearing that from the terms of the contract there were therein certain escalator clauses and allowances for extras end changes; it further appearing that the actual cost of construction to the contractors will amount to approximately $235,000; end per representations made by our president that the entire matter csn be reasonably adusted to the basis of approximately// $207,000, that "There fore, the president be instrusted to settle with Strom end Strom at $207,000, "That before any substantial sums of money be paid on this basis, our president be instructed to work with end to turn over to our tpefteefl attorney all legal matters pertaining to the final payments to i11e Strom and Strom; so that lt such time es Strom end Strom receive ssid sum of $207,000, the Muskegon~ of Jewish Worship shall receive legal releases of ell claims, liens, or demands of every kind, nature, end description from Strom end Strom and sny subcontractors who performed work or labor or, delivered materials for the construction of ssid Muskegon~ " llo,se of Jewish lorship • ••cl~,..,,.!~ The motion carried an i«ali, After further informal discussion of future financisl and organizational plans, the meeting wee adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Morris Teles, Secretary �Muskegon House of Jewish Worship Special Board Meeting at l7l8 Beach St. Sam Lipman, Bost. lilay 30, 1948 A special board meeting of the Muskegon House of Jewish ~orship was held on May 30, 1948 at the hane of ~am Lipman at l7l8 Beach ~t •• Leos. hosen, President, Ir. Morris Teles, &ecretary. S811 Lipman, J. s. Strifling, Paul Wiener, ~amual Klayf and Harold Silverman, trustees, were present. The meeting was called to order at 2155 P.M. by the president. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The president presented a survey of financial assets and obligations, and suggested means of raising some $55,000 for furnishings and equip::uent for the building. Mrs. Strifling reported that the sisterhood had undertaken to furnish the kitchen, namely, with a refrigerator, stove, dishes, silverware, sinks, etc., the sum e expended to be around '5,000. ' The board welcomed this assistance and euthorized the sisterhood to proceed with the approval of the building architects. Paul Wiener recommended that the chair appoint a committee to organize a campaign to raise 1$5,000 for furnishing and equipping the building. The chair agreed to appoint such a committee which would meet as soon as possible and report back to the board at a meeting to be held on June 15th. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 P. M. Respectt'ully submitted, Morris Teles, Secretary �MINUTES OF THE RlARD 1'£ETING MI.JSKEOON IDUSE OF JEWISH \.ORSHIP MUSKEOON, MICH. July 19, 1948 A meeting of board members of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship was opened at 10:20 P .M. on Monday, July 19, by the Cbainnan, Mr. Leo Rosen. Tm following board mmbers and officers were present: Messrs. Leo s. Rosen, President J. M. Kaufman, Vice-President Fred Rodoff, Treasurer Board members: Messrs. Maurice Golden, Sam~. Sam Lipne.n, Joe Strifling, :Fa!ll Wiener, Harold Silvennan. Woon the subject of paynent of delinquent pledges to this building twxJ. -was brought forwrd during the board meeting of the congregation, said meeting was receased in order that this meeting be held to discuss this point. It was suggested by Mr. Paul Wiener that all old pledges be paid by including ssme in the current assessment mde by the budget committee at which time it was moved by Mr. Sam~ and seconded by Mr. Harold Silverman that: WH&REAS the Congregation B'Nai Israel has adopted a new budget sustem wereunder certain monies to be paid annually by the members of the Congregation are to be treated as applying on their former building fund pledges to the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship; row, THEREFORE, be it resolved that any and all further efforts on the pi.rt of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship, through its officers, to collect paywmts on the building pledges be deferred until such time as the Board of Trustees of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship~ see fit to countennand this procedure or adopt other action. lbtion was put to vote and unaniuv)llsly carried. It was i'urther recommended as the desire of the Board Members present that the current bills for the building project be :i;:aid with monies on halXl in the treasury of too Muskegon House of Jewish Worship; and at such time as there are no additional futxls for retiring accounts payable, bills be presented to the Congregation board in order to receive money for payment, which Mr. Paul Wiener, first Vice-President and acting Cbaiman for the meeting of the Congregation B1 nai Israel, immediately preceding this meeting1 had agreed to make available. Meeting adjourned at 11:15 P.M. Respectfully ~ Mildred s. B ~ , e t a c y Pro-tem �MINUTES OF .JOA. D OF TRvSTEES 1 ::EETII:G l~l.iSKEGO?...',l;S CF JE\ '!SH ', OR.;;;·rp HUS ..EGOi', 'lIC:'IGAI{ Dececber 18 , 1949 A meeting of the members of the Board of Trustees of the },uskegon House vf Jewish ' orship was called to order at 4 · 20 p ,, on Sunday, December 18 , 1949 , by the ?resident Leo s . Ro;en .. , • pursuart to a call of said ~eetin{ by the Secr~tary . ' The followinr Board members and officers were present : Leo S . Rosen, "'resident J . N. Kaufman, Vice- Presider,t Fred Rodoff , Treasurer Sam Klayf Sam Lipr.;an Fred Stein Abe Ashendorf Harold Silveri:.an Sol Silverman It was moved by Fred Rodoff and supported by Sam Lipman, and unanimously adopted that the reading of the previous minutes by the Secretary be waived , The President , Leo Rosen , submitted the financial repor t of the Muskegon House of Je1ish 1orship , submitt ed to the membersh::.p by mail on the 20th day of October, 1949 , ,;hich report, on motion of Fred Rodoff and support of Sun Lipman , was unanimously adopted for ap roval , and the Secretary was instructed to append said report to the minutes of this meeting . The President stated that negotiations had been completed for amendinr; the existing r::ortgage betuecn the 1:uskegon 1'£01 se of Jewish \ orship and the Hackley Union National Eank 1 of Nus::egor., l:ichi.gan, which mortgage was executed on the 28th e1ay of };ay , 1948 , to the extent that the monthly installments shall be reduced from 1 , 000. 00 , plus interest , to ~4,o.oo, plus interest, and that the total indebtedness shall be paid .in full ,·ithin ten years of 1:ay 28 , 1948. On motion of Francis Fine , sup!)orted by Harry Fisher , the following resoluti on was unanimously adopted : "Be it hereby resolved that the Board of Trustees , pursuant to the provisions of Article II of the E-y-Laws, as amended , shall a:nE:nd the existing mortgage with the Hackley Union National Bank of 1•:uskegon , Michigan , or enter into a new mortgage with the - - - - - -- �·:ackley Union l.ational ;J·nk, so that the terms of payment thereof s:1all _be ~450. 0C per_ :nonth, plus interest, instead of 1 , 000. 00 plus ir teres t ,. and tna t the total indebtedness shall be naid 1•.i. t,; .:.n ten years of !.ry 2~,1?48 t ~nd that ,}he President and ::.ecretary be '.lnd are hereby autnorized co sign cne ,.ecessary instrument~ to c"'fect the chanre in r.or cr,ace and note . 11 ~ l-:r . Leo Rosen, the ?resident, advised the ;~er.?cers that there ·,ad l;e n no record established of the dedication of '.he buildin< a •. o· rth and :.u:::,econ f..ver.ues . :ind .hat a resolution should be adopted to record the fact of dedication in the records of the l:usl·eron :iouse of Je\/ish \:ors':lip . 0 It 1·as moved by San Lipman, and supported by Sn:.. Klayf, that the fo::.lo1.·in1; reso ·· .ion be Ul;.ani. ousl.v adonted: . "RES◊L-.'ED, that the dedication of the :;us:rni:on Hou:..c of J cuish .:orship, held on the 27th day of ::over.1ber, 19lf8 , be a:-id is bcrcby con~ir1~ed, and the cor,.mittee in charge of the dedicatior! cere::ionies be conr::ended for t:1e splei:cid handling of the dedication, which has been ,·itr.essed b:' and with the unar.ir.ous ap roval of the Bo:ird of Trustees." The resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Leo Eosen the1: the mortgape to be signed ::uskeron i:oi.;sc of Jewish resolution, is in the sum stated that the principal anount of by the rresident and Eecretary of the orship , •,.hich terr:1s •.·ere authorized by of $42,750. 00. 1:r . Leo[ . r.osen ztated that l orrls Teles I-tad stlbmitted '·s resignakion as secretary and recorr" ended the appoint~ent of ., • I . ..osenberg as secretary, pv::-suant to the authority vested in 'che -oard ty ::cction 2 of .', rticle IV of the By- Lavz . It was .novcd by ~ o.r.i Lip:::o.n and supported by Sar:1 Klayf that the resigna- , tion of !!orris '.i'eles, as secretary, be and is hereb:· accepted, ana that s . I . ,wsenberg be anc -·, s her~~y appointed . secrc,tar~ u~til the nexi:, re.,ular election. _he motion was U!'lanir.iously aaopced . There be::.nr no .'.'urther bll~.:.ness, the 'eeting ·:as adjourned at 4:45 o'clock P . M. (see form of note or. re\·erse side) �~1+2 , 750. 00 1-:uskecon , llich.igan Deccr.ber 1949 FOR VAL'GE RECE::.\'ED' :ve promise to pay .o THE. EACKI.IY Ur!IOr tATIOJ:f.L BA.1K OF lllJSi,EGO: at its office, First Street and Wcste"'n J.\·enue , l:us' egon , Michigan , or order 1 the sum of Forty T1:o Thous and , Eeven J-:undred Fifty and no/ 100 h 42 , 750. 00) Dollars with interest at the rate of four (l.) ner ceni; per annum , paya1le in monthly installr.1ents as follo,.·s : Four ··undred Fifty and no/100 ($450 . 0C) Dollars or ~•ore on the 28th day of Dece: ber , 1Slf9 1 and Four Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars (C450 . 00) or more on the 28th day of each and every nonth thereafter until the principal and .interest are fully paid , except that the final pay:~cnt of principal and interest , if not sooner paid , shall be due and payable on or before }:ay 28 , 1958 , Interest shall be oomputed and paid nonthly on the saree date as principal payments arc due . 0 In case of default in the paynent of two monthly payments as above provided , the entire sum then unpaid shall become due and payable forti'n:1 th upon such default . J.his note is secured by a certain real estate mortgage dated J,:ay 28 , 1948 , and is executed and delivered by the r.:aker and accepted by the payee in lieu of a certain note dated l'.ay 28 , 1948 in the principal sum of Sixty Five Thousand and no/100 (C6;,ooo.6o) Dollars l'hich said :-,ote has been paid down to the principal amount of this note . • l•'.'U!:KEGON HOUSE. OF J?..' ISE \ ORSHIP a Lici1igan Corporation Ey~ - - - - -- - - - - -- -- Its :resident • I,.ddress : Fourth ftrect & .:est ::ur,-cegon , :!ichigan , It.s fceretary ebstcr Avem:e �MEETIRG OF l!?"!BERS OF HUS :EGO:ri HOL5E OF l Huskegon, :!ichigan JE; ISB 'OR<FIP December 18, 1949 A meetinp- of the mecbers of the · 1:,~·,efon Youse of Je,•ish 'orship uas called to order at 4 : ·o P . ''• unday, December 18, 19t..9, by the ?resident, LEO s. Rosen, pursuant to a call of raid ~eeting by the Fresident. A roll c.11 vas taken, and it as determined that there were twenty '"hree (23) n.embers r sent, and the President declared a q·lorum present for the transaction of business . e It was moved by Herman Grossman and suprorted ~Y Sol Silverman that the action of the Board of Trustees , as outli ed in the Board or Trustees meeting held prior to the members:-.ip meeting , be approved and confirmed , and that all acts ~erforrred ry the Board of Trustees arc>, by th.i.s resolution , approved , and col"f' rmed to Decertber 18 , 1949. The motion was unanimously adopted . It vas moved by Hern:an Grossman and supported bv Sol Silverman that the action of the Boara of rrustecs, pursuant to rt.i.cle IV of the P.y- I.aws of cortinuing all existing officers in office for the nex~ ensuing year, with the exception of the substitution of s. I . Rosenberg as secretary, pursuant to cection II of rticle IV of s, id By- Laws be and tl e sr me is l·ereby co firmed and that such action is hereby taken in lieu of an annual election for the calendar vear , 1949. The motion was passed unanimously . 10 There being no further business , the meeting was adjourned at 5 : 10 P. M. �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN October 10, 1949 l!J:C11rJ Pretlde.nt LOO S. ROSEN Vke•Prtsldont \ i M. KAUFMAN S-.tary JACK LAWSON T'toosu.rer FllEI> RODOFF -~ MAURICE GOLJ)EN SAM KLAYF ' / SAM LIPMAN WOLD ROSEN !!llil) STEIN JOSEPH STRIFIJNG l.luskegon House of Jewish Worship, Muskegon, l~iohigan Dear Members: PAUL WIENER ~'/f .,,;,,_7 ABE ASHENDORF CliARLES LOCKE SAM PRICE WOLD SILVERMAN / SOL SILVERMAN 1, ~lbrt <~111,m-1,'U~ Co-Chairmen J. Id. KAUFMAN cl>d !IAROLI) ROSEN Members BERBERT FISHER SAIi KLAYF PAUL WIENER Although our new Jewish Center has been in use for about a year, there remained numerous little things to be done by the various contractors. Now that these things have all been properly taken care of, final payment has been authorized and made to the contractors out of funds that were earmarked for this purpose. Therefore, it is now possible to submit to each member a final statement, prepared by your Treasurer, Ur. Fred Rodoff, and me, which details ell receipts end disbursements for this project. Should any member desire additional information in coMection with the enclosed statements, I request that such member, without hesitation, so inform your Treasurer, !Ar. Fred Rodoff, or me. I am happy to conclude this ;phase of our undertaking. I do wish to extend, on behalf of your Board of Officers, as well as personally, en expression of thanks to the many members who have given generously of their tim✓ e and money to help underwrite the ~ s of e. f LSRtLE Eno. 7°rt~ 1/ ~ully s~bm1ttedy'l' ~.LJ.:.~. ~ l!USKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP �l MUSKF.GON HOUSE OF JfflSH WORSHIP FINANCIAL REPORI' (Sheets l through 3 inclusive) October 20, 1949 OISBJ.!RSliffl:NTS 1. REAL ESTA'.);E Lot Landscaping Title Insurance 2. BUILDING COSTS A, Q£ntractors Strom & Strom (See footnote No, l) Misc. Building Extras (See footnote No. 2) B. c. 3. ~3,622.50 . 243,00 267,:iO $207,000.00 715,99 207,715,99 jy:chitects & Engineers E, E. Valentine 5,82.2.25 (See footnote No. 3) Grunsfeld, Yerkes, Lichtmann & Koenig 8,765,77 Miscellaneous 320,50 (See footnote No. 4) Samuel Lewis & Assoc . 72,33 (See footnote No. 5) Qther Building Cost§ Fuel Oil - Naphsol (See footnote No, 6) Surety Bond for Strom & Strom ~,133.00 14,980,85 l,220,47 1 1 ~07. ~l 2,52?,88 $225,224.72 FURNISHING & EQUIP!IENT COSTS Deposit on Organ (See footnote No . 7) Cost of Eternal Lights 335,00 100,0Q 435,00 435,00 4, OTHER COSTS FOR CARRYINQ 1 PROIIOTI0ll 1 filC. 535,17 Ta,ces Paid (See footnote No, 8) 114,00 Interest Paid 280,33 Mortgage Expense l,450,76 Insurance (See footnote No. 9) 1,061.28 Lefal & Professional Services See footnote No, 10) Campaign, Promotional, Office l,529,96 and Sundry Expense (See footnote No, 11) 50.ll Collection Fees 5,021.6•1 s,021,61 BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD $234, 814.33 �2 BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD 5. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL made on Morteage to Hackley Union National Bank (See footnote No. 12) $234,814,33 15,850.00 TOTAL DISBURSEl!ENTS $250,664.33 CASH IN BANK TOTAL ~250 ,666.07 *** ******** RECEIPI'S Total Building Pledges Paid by Members (See Schedule A) Miscellaneous Contributions (See Schedule B) $153,093.00 5,167.12 Contributions received for Furnishings (See Schedule C) 125.00 Contributions from Congregation B 1nai Israel (See Schedule D) 21,410.00 Contributions from Abraham Rosen Lodge, I.O.B.B. 4,460.95 Interest on Bonds Less discount on Bonds ~ 3,500.00 2 1090.00 Proceeds from mortgage - Reckley Union National Bank 1,410.00 $185,666.07 65,000.00 65.000.00 TOTAL $250,666.07 * ********** Footnote Number l This is amount stipulated for adjusted contract basis per amended agreement of June, 1948. �3 Footnote Number 2 lliscellaneous extras is comprised mainly of additional charges paid to the contractors following s Strom & Strom Panyard Hall Electric Co. Hiller Gurn Sheet lletal Sundry Extras ~52.28 157 .15 120.00 135,00 51 1 56 /}715,99 3 Included in this total paid Valentine is the amount of $1,329,00 for exploratory services preparing a prior set of building plans which were abandoned entir~ly. 4 This amount is for original building permit, and extra designs prepared by artist for interior of abandoned prior plans. 5 This amount is for payment to Samuel Lewis, end covers an extra trip from Chicago here by a mechanical engineer for final inspection of heating and ventilation system, 6 This amount is the cost of fuel oil consumed during the period building was under construction, 7 This amount represents a 10% deposit made et time the organ was ordered. 8 This amount is comprised mainly of reel estate taxes paid on the lot prior to the time the building was constructed. 9 This is amount paid for fire and liability insurance during the term of construction. 10 $600 of this amount was given back by the payee to the building fund es a contribution. 11 The costs of the 1941 , 1943 end 1945 campaigns , and the cost of the model are included as a part of this figure . 12 These mortgage payments of principal made by the Congregation B'nai Israel direct to the Hackley Union National Bank were as follows: Date January 27, 1949 June 4, 1949 July 25, 1949 August 1, 1949 August 23 , 1949 October 10, 1949 Amount $6,000. 00 6,000.00 450.00 2,500.00 450.00 450.00 ~15,850,00 �SCHEDULE nA" (Sheets l through 3 inclusive) BUILDING PT.W/5§ PAID BY lll!l~ Louis Aron • • • • • • • • • • • • Hr. & llrs. Tony Aron • • • Dr. & Urs. Ralph August •• • • • Mr. & Hrs. Uax Ashendorf. • • • • • •• • • Mr. & Mrs. Sam Ashendorf • • . . . I. Ashendorf • • • • • • • • Jake Ashendorf. , • • • • Hr. & llrs. Abe Ashendorf, • !Ir. & t.lrs, Stanley Baru , • • • llr. & tlrs. H. Baim • • • E. H. Baum • •••••• • •8 • Arthur Bell • , • • • • • !Jr. & tlrs. Louis J. Berman • • lir. & Mrs. Harry S. Berman • Mr. & l.frs. Louis II. Berman • • • 1lr. & lire. Ruben Berman •• • Hr. & Urs. Harry H. Berman , • !!rs. Rose Berman • • • • • Mrs. H. Besbloff. , ••• Mr. & l.lrs. H. Braverman • • llr. & Urs. Samuel Broutman. • Sonia Caplan ••• , • • • • Dr, & llrs , Seymour Cane •• , tJr. & l.1rs. Sigmund Cahn • , • llr. & tlrs, Robert Cherin , Dr. & l.lrs. S, G. Cohen • • •• The Darmstadter Family. • Dr. & Urs. Frank Diskin , , Beatrice Duss • . • . • • • !Ar, & !!rs. Andrew Epstein • . Mr. & llrs. Francis Fine • Hr. & tjrs. Harry A. Fisher , • • l,iarilyn & Sally Fisher (by Hr. & Dr. & l.lrs. Norman Fleishman , • l'.r. & !!rs, Tlilliam Fogel • • Alfred Frank • • • , . . • , Dr. & Brs. 11, L. Friedenberg , , tir. & Urs. l.laurice Friend , , !Jr. & Hrs. Warner Galombeck • • !Jr. & Mrs. Samuel Gluck • , Ur. & Ur s. Albert Golden , • Ur. & Mrs. Haurice Golden , , Hr, & llrs. Jake Goldberg,. l,lr. & l.lrs. Sidney Goldberg , Grossman Department Store , , , Mr. & Mrs. Herman Grossman, • Hr. & Hrs, Harold Grossman,, Ur, & Hrs. Louis Grossman , • , Mr. & llrs, Isaac Grossman , • llr. & l!rs. Samuel Grossman , -1- . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . .• • • • • • • • .• . • . . •• • • • • • • • . •• . • . , • • • • • • • llrs. Jerome Fisher) • , • , , • , • , , • , • , • , • • • • • • , , , • , , , • • • , • , • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , • • • • • 450.00 850,00 3,600.00 1,850.00 1,150.00 300,00 500.,00 2,750.00 600.00 200.00 120.00 100.00 25,00 3,350,00 1,000.00 1,500.00 350,00 500,00 5,00 250,00 300,00 5,00 150.00 50,00 1,500.00 ?00.00 345,00 200.00 10.00 1,400.00 500.00 6,825.00 200,00 25,00 50,00 400.00 ?00.00 750,00 25.00 250,00 ?0.00 1,200.00 150,00 25,00 6,900,00 1,275,00 ??5.00 450,00 9,600,00 50,00 �2. SCHEDULE 11 A" ldr. & tlrs . David Cudelsky. $2,150. 00 • • Mr. & Urs. Marvin Cudelsky 40 . 00 • • •• • Mr. & Hrs. Oscar C~:lelsky • . 250. 00 Homer Hayden Company • , • •• • • • ~ 150,00 • • Ur . & lirs . Josevh Hirsch • • 48,:)0 • • • • Hr . & !!rs . l,lo::--ris Kantor 700.00 • • • • • Morton Kantor • •• , , • 5.00 • Mr . & Mrs . J, Kelly Kaufman 10, 000,00 • • Mr . & hrs , Samuel Klayf 2, 300.00 • • • Mr . & !::rs. E. ll. Klein • • • 1, 300. 00 Mr. & lirs, Solot=on Kohn • • 800.00 !:Ir. & Hrs. M.i.lton Kositcheck • • • 45.00 • • Mr . & 1-irs. Alex Krause • • • 350.00 !:Ir . & r!rs . Ed. Krause • • 350.00 • Mr • & l!rs . Ha1 ry Lahr • • 50.00 Harriet, Uarshall & Lanny Lahr (by J.lr. & llrs . 50 ,00 Har ry Lahr) •• 200.00 Ben Komiss • • • • • • • • • • • 1,650.00 ldr . & llrs. Jack Lawson • • Mr . & Mrs. Sm. Lawson • , 50-00 • • • • • • • • • 1, 025.00 Mr . & Jirs. MP.;c Lebow • , • • 250.00 Mr . & ~u-s , R1uben L. Levy • • • • • • • • 200.00 Benjamin Lewis • • • • • • • • 4,650.00 Mr. & IIrs. Hyt'lan Lipman • • • 4,650.00 Mr. & llrs. Samuel Lipman • • • • • • 300.00 Mr. & l!rs. Jack Lipman • 400.00 llr. & Hrs . Charles Locke • , •• • • • • • 150.00 Herman l!endelson •• • • • • • • • 250.00 Mr. & !!rs. James !.!etz •• · •• • • 800,00 Dr. Phillip Uiller • • • • • • • 25. 00 . Eva Uiller • • • • • • . • • 350,00 l,1ax Newman , • • • • • •. • • • • • • • • • • 2,750. 00 tlr . & Mrs. Ted Neumer • • • • • • • • • • 1, 250. 00 Mr . & Mrs. Nathan Price ••• • • • 1,650. 00 Ur , & Mrs. S::unuel Price • • 100, 00 !:Ir . & Hrs. Leonard Pr ice • • • • • • • • • • • 600.00 • Hr . & lira. Fred L . Rodoff • • • • 55, 00 • • llr . & llra. Harold Chase • , • • 000. 00 1, Ur , & firs , Lyle Rogers , ••• • • • • • • • 300. 00 • • Ur , & Mrs , Leo Rose , , , , • • 4, 250,00 • • t.lr . & Urs , Leo S , Rosen , , 300,00 Karen & Kurt Rosen (by fir . II< Mrs , Leo S, Rosen) • • 4 ,650.00 • • • • Ur. & l!rs , Harold Rosen • 300. 00 • • • Hr , & Ura . Douglas Rosen •• • 00 100, • Fannie Rosen • • • • • • •• • 100.00 • • • Tillie Jacobs • • • • • • • , 2,400. 00 • • • Ur . & flrs . Max Rosenberg , • • , 300.00 • • Mi:: . & llrs. Robert Rosenberg • , • • • • 600.00 • • Mr . & ldr s . Seym~ur I . Rosenberg . • • 10,00 • • t!arilyn & Susan Rosenberg • • • 1,300. 00 • • Mr , & ~;rs. Samuel D. Rosenbaum , , , 25. 00 • • • • • • • Florence Rubinsky • • • • •. • • • . . . .. .. .... .... . . . �3. SCHEDULE 11 A" Louis Rubinsky • • • . . . • . • • • • Paul Schlossman • • • • • , L1r. & Mrs. tJax Schubb • • , Mr. & Hrs. Max Schumacher , , Ur. & Hrs. Abe Shmookler • • l.ir. & lirs. Samuel Siegel • • Mr, & Mrs . Harold A, Sil ver111an , • • • , • • • • • • • $ • • • • • • • • • • • , • • • , , , , Mr. & Mrs. Sol Silverman •• • • • • • . • • • Louis & Barbara Ann Silverman (by llr. & Hrs. Sol 200.00 Silverman) , 500,00 Mr. Ed. Simcoe • • • • • , • • • • 200.00 !,Ir. & !lrs, Joe Simon • • • • , • • • • • • 800,00 nr. & ilrs. s. J, Singer , • • • • • • 100.00 Ur. & Hrs, Joe Singer , , , •• , • • 2,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Smith • , , • • • • • 2,000.00 Mr. & Mrs . Eli Smith , , • , , • • 50,00 William Snyder , • , • • , , , , • • • 675.00 Ur. & J.trs, Fredrick Stein • , • • 1,625,00 ~!r. & Mrs. Milton Steindler • • • • 250,00 Llr. & Mrs. Carl Steindler , , • 1,000.00 Hr, & Hrs. William Stern • • , , 7,100,00 l.lr, & firs. Joe s. Strifling , •• , , • , • , • • Rey end Herman Strifling, and N. Fleishman (by 200.00 l!rs. Joe Strifling) • • • 10.00 Mr, & llrs. S. J, Tessler • , • 1,750,00 Mr. & 11rs, Josiah Wiener, •• , • • • • 14,000,00 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Wiener , , • 300.00 Mr, & t.\rs. llorton L, Wolfe , • • • • 25,00 I.Ir, & Mrs. Sam Zupan • • • , • • • • 25,00 1,500.00 575,00 250,00 3,000.00 400,00 3,150,00 1,500,00 $153,093,00 �SCHEDULE 11B11 (Sheet 1 / SfECil)b OONORS TO THE BUILDING FUND . . . . . . . . . Joan Aron, • • • • • • • • • • • $ 10.00 Charles Basey , 5,00 • • • • • • 25.00 E. Bautz • • • • Earl Benton , • • • • • lC,00 • • • • 25,00 Berg & Wassel Co, • • • • •• • 50,00 Nathan Bialistock • • • • • • • • • 25,00 Brodin Brothers, 100.00 J. Brown & Son • • • • • • • 10,00 Brunner Optical Company • • • • • • • 10. 00 Raleigh Chase • • • • • • 10.00 Abe Clayman. • • 100,00 Clonick Steel Company. • • 5.00 Commonwealth Printing • • • • • 25.00 Dana Printing Co, • • • • 500,00 Davidson Brothers • • • • • 50. 00 Delta Oil Products Co, • • • • • • 25,00 Lawrence Di8llond • • • • • • • • 10.00 Edison Brothers . • • • • 50.00 • • Erman-Howell • • • 10.00 Joe Evans, • • • • 25,00 • Famous Dress Co, • • • • 5-.00 • Farber Brothers. • 10. 00 Flint Sterilized Products • 350,00 Naomi G, Given • • • • • • 100. 00 • • J.C. Godhelp, • • • • • 100. 00 • • Herman Golanty • 25,00 Charles Gold & Co. • • 250. 00 • • Mable Gumm • • • • • • • • • • • • 20.00 Hooker Paint & Glass • • • • 5.00 • • Innis-Spiedens • • • • • • 10.00 • • Isler-Thompsteel Lith. Co. • 10. 00 • • • • Benjamin Katz • • • • • • 10.00 Samuel Klayf • • • • • • 250,00 • • • • • A, H. Kollenberg • • • • • • • • 10.00 • • • Jack Lawson. • • 50.00 • • • • • llcConnel-Ker Company • • 200.00 Northwestern Lea, Co, • 25,00 • • • !,!, A, Reich • • • • • • • • • 50.00 • Rockford Varnish Co, • • 10.00 • • • Mildred Rodoff • • • 25,00 • • • Samuel Rubiner • • • • • • • 100.00 • • • • • • o. J. Sawyer • • • • • • • • • 25.00 • • • • • Anne Schiewitz • • • • 100.00 • • • Mr. Schoener • • • • • 100.00 • • • • Urs. George Serck • • 100.00 • • • • • • • I. G, Shapiro , • • • • • 50.00 • • • • • • • • • • • • Samuel Smickler • • 100.00 • • Goldie Rosen Smith • • • • 250,00 • Spaulding Jewelry Co, 200.00 • • • • • • Sam Subar • • • • 5,00 , • • • Harriet Talbot 175,00 • • • • • • • • • George B. Tuxbury • • • • 25.00 • • • • • Vicki Frocks Co, • • • • • 1,342.12 • • • • • • • • • • • • Miscellaneous • • $5,167.12 . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . �SCHEDULES 11 C11 & 110• (Sheet 1) SCHEOOLE 11 C11 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FOR FURNISHINGS Leo S. Rosen and Harold Rosen • • Ur. & lirs. Fred L, Rodoff • •• Charles Locke •• • •• , , , • • • $ 60,00 40.00 25,00 $ 125.00 $ 5,560,00 6,000,00 6,000.00 450,00 2,500,00 450,00 450,00 SCHEDULE 11 D11 CONTRlBUTIOI/S FRO!! CO~REJ.ATION B,NAI ISRAEL ' Part of Proceeds from Houston Avenue House January '2:I, 1949, payment on mortgage • • II II ft June 4, 1949 • II ti July 25, 1949 • • " II n 11 August 1, 1949 II 11 August 23, 1949 ".. II October 10, 1949 • • " • • • • . . • ~ $21,410,00 �MINl1l'F.S OF OOARD OF TRUSTE.S I MEETING MUSKEGON IDUSE OF JE,IISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN June 10, 1950 • A meeting of the members of the Boa.rd of Trustees of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship was cal.led to order at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, J'Wl8 10, 1950, by the President, Leo s. Rosan, pursuant to his call of said meeting. The following Boa.rd members and officers were present: Leo s. Rosen, President J. M. Kaufman, Vice President Fred Rodoff, Treasurer Sam KJ.e.yf Sam Lipnan Fred Stein Harold Rosen Joe Strifling Paul Wiener Maurice Golden The President, Leo s. Rosen, stated that S. I. Rosenberg had submitted his resignation as Secretary and recomended the appoi.n tment of Rose Lawson, who acted as secretary pro tem, as Secretary, pn-suant to the authority vested in the Board by Section 2 of Article IV of the By-Laws. It was moved by Sam IO.e.yf and supported by Harold Rosen that the resignation of S. I. Rosenberg, as Secretary, be and is hereby accepted, and that Rose Lawson be and is hereby appointed Secretary until the next regular election. The motion WI.' 1manimQusly adopted. The President, Leo s. Rosen, sul:mitted the financial report to be used for filing with the Michigan Corporation & Securities CCllll:lisaion, which report on motion of Fred Rodoff and supported by Sam Lipnan was •manim<nisly adopted for approval. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 A.M. Respectfully subnitted, ~~ Rose Lawson, Secretary ,N ,W TreaSlll'8r (over) ��MINUTF.S OF OOARD OF TRUSTEES 1 MEETING MUSKEGON IDUSE OF .m:ISH WORSBIP MUSKEGON, MICBIGAN November 2, 1952 l A meeting. of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Muske n House of Jwish Worship was calle<l to order at 12 o'clock noon on Sunda go November 2, 1952, by the President, Leo s. Rosen, pursuant to a call ofY:ia_id meeting by the Secretary, The follOWillg Board members and officials were present: Leo S, Rosen, J, M, Kaufman, Rose Lawson, Fred Rodoff, President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Fred Stein Joe Strining Paul 'Wiener Maurice Golden Sam Klayi' Sam Lipmm Harold Rosen The minutes of the last meeting of tb3 Board of Trustees were read and uMniroously approve<l, I The President stated that negotiations had been completed for amendi.Dg the existing Mortgage between the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship and the Hackley Union National Bank of Muskegon, Michigan, which Mortgage ws originally execute<l on the 28th day of May, 1948, pursuant to a Promissory Note of even date, and that further amendment of the existing Mortgage and Promissory Note should be made to provide for the payment of the 1:e.l.ance of $Z7,000,00 indebtedness in insteJ1mnts of $250,00 per month for the first fJ) months, and instalJ.JDents of $300,00 per month for each installment thereafter, plus interest at 4% per annum, compite<l monthly, the first pi.yi:ient to begin November .28, 1952, On motion of Sam KJ.ayf and supported by Sam Lipmm, too following resolution was uMn1mously adopte<l: "Be it hereby resolve<l that the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the provisions of Article II of the By-Laws, as amende<l, shall amend the existing Mortgage with the Baakley Union National Bank of Muskegon, Michigan, or enter into a new Mortgage with the Hackley Union NatioDBl Bank, on which the unpaid 'l:alance is $27,000.00, so that the terms of payment thereof' shall be $250,00 per month, plus int ere st at 4% per annum, comi;.ute<l monthly, for the first fJ) months begj nn1 ng November 28, 1952, and the S\lll1 of $300,00 per month on the 28th day of each month tbereaf'ter until the said principal S1llD of $Z7, 000,00 plus interest shall have been Plid in Ml, and that the President and Secretary be and are hereby authorized to sign the necessary instruments to effect the change 1n Mortgage and Note. -1- �- 2There being no f\lrtter rusiness, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 o'clock P.M. Respectfully sulmdtted, �MEETING OF MEMBERS OF MUSKEGON lllUSE OF J»IISH WORSHIP MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN November 2, 1952 A meeting of the members of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship we.s called to order e.t 12:45 P.M. Sunday, November 2, 1952, by thl President, Leo s. Rosen, pursuant to a call of said meeting by the President. A roll call was taken, e.nd it was determined that there were eighteen (18) members present, and the President declared a quonxm present for the transaction of business. It was moved by Sam Kl~ and supported by Harold Rosen that the action of the Boe.rd of Tnstees, as outlined in the Board of Tnsteee meeting he1.d prior to the membership meeting, be approved and confirmed, and that e.11 acts performed by thl Board of Tnstees are, by this res:>lution, approved, e.nd confirmed to November 2, 1952. It was moved by Sam n~ e.nd supported by Sam LiJDUl that the action of the Board of Trustees, pursuant to Article IV of the By-Laws of continuing all existing officers in office for the next ensuing year, be and the same is hereby confirmed and that such action is hereby taken in lieu of an annual election f'or the calendar year 1952. The motion was passed unanimously. There being no further business, the meeting was adjoorned at 1:15 o'clock P.M. Respectfully sul:mitted, ~~e~< Rose Lawson, Secretary APPROVED; �BOARD OF TRUSTZES MEETING -- MUSKEOON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP APRIL 12, 1956 A meeting of the Officers and Trustees of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship was held on Thursday, April 12, 1956, in the vestry of the Temple. The following members wre present: OFFICERS • Leos. Rosen ••. . •••• • •President Fred Rod.off ••••••••••• Trea.surer Rose Lawson ••••• • ••••• Secretary TRUSTEES Samuel Harold Samuel Samuel Klayf Rosen Price Lipnan Fred Stein Louis GrosSIIIBll Louis Be:rnan A motion was made by Fred Stein and secocded by Samuel IJ.pnan, as follows: "To continue in office the members of the Board of Trustees and Officers currently serving, plus the addition of Louis Grossman and Louis Bennan to replace former trustees--Paul Wiener acd Maurice Golden--and further, to authorize the said Boe.rd of Trustees to select fran the membership any additional Trustees or Officers required to fill vaCSllcies which exist." This motion was carried. President Leos. Rosen submitted and discussed in detail the option obtained fran Agnes Potuznik covering the purchase of the property adJoining the Temple on the Webster Avenue side, and asked for approval of the action taken to date and for further instructions regarding future actions in connection With this option to purchase. Thereupon a motion was made by Fred Stein acd seconded by Louis GrosSDBn, as follows: "To approve the action to date taken by the Officers and Trustees of this Bee.rd 1n securing the Potuznik option and to further authorize the proper action on the part of the Secretary and President to execute all necessary documents to carry out the land contract for purchase of said property and the lee.see for one year to the present tenants as called for 1n said option; and also for organizing and carrying out the expansion fund campaign, and to continue same vith the view of securing subscriptions to cover the entire cost of acquiring the Potuznik property or as much thereof as can be obtained." This motion was carried. The Treasurer, Mr. Fred Rodoff, gave a report of $3,050.00 cash on hand as contributions that bave been made fran subscriptions received to date 1n connection with the expansion campaign tucd covered 1n the preceding resolution. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ~~~ �-----.. I MEETING OF MEMBERS OF MJSKEX:ON HOU9E OF .mJISH WORSHIP MJSKEX:ON, MICHIGAN May 27, 1956 • A meeting of the Officers and Trustees of tbe M.tskegon House of Jewish Worship was held on SUnday, May 27, 1956, in the Temple, pursuant to notice as per attached copy. 'llle folloWing members responded to roll call: OFFICfflS Leo S. Rosen •••• • •• President Fred Rodoff .••• • • •• Treasurer Rose Lawson ..•••••• Secretary 'lRUSTEES Fred Stein Sam Lipnan Sam Kl.ayf Joseph Strifling Louis Grossman Louis Berman 'lhere were also 19 congregation members present, in addition to the above. Mr. Leo Rosen presided and gave a short resume of the purpose of the meeting, namely: approval by the membership of the action taken by the Officers and Board regarding the pi.rchase of the property next door to the '11:lmple and also decisions in connection with future handling of same. A motion was ma.de by Douglas Ro~d seconded by Bernard Fisher as follows: "To suspend the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting." 'lllis motion was carried. Mr. Fred Rod.off, treasurer, gave a financial report (see enclosed) and this was discussed and approved. Mr. Sam IO.ayf gave a brief report on the plans made to clear the rear pe.rt of the property so as to acco11DDOdate about eight cars for parking space. It is hoped to have this accomplished before the High Holidays. A motion was ma.de by Louis Berman and seconded by Sam Lip:11811 as follovs: "To conti.nue in office the members of the Board of Trustees and officers currently serving, pl.us the addition of Louis Grossman and Louis Berman to replace former trustees, Paul Wiener and Mrurice Golden, and further, to authorize the said Board of Trustees to select from the membership any additional Trustees or Officers required to fill vacancies 'Which exist from time to time between elections." 'lhis motion was 11nan1mously carried. A motion was made by Sam Kl.ayf and seconded by Jake Ashendorf as follows: "To approve the action heretofore taken by the Board of Trustees of the Miskegon House of Jewish Worship, through �----- -its President and Secretary, 1n entering into the contract for the Potu.znik property for an expansion program, and for the carrying out of a campaign for the collection of funds and pledges for this expansion program; further to refer and delegate the entire matter to the Board of Trustees for such further action and handling as said Board considers advisable, including the arrangement to assign and transfer to the Congregation B'nai Israel all rights, title and interests of the M.u!kegon House of Je\1:1.sh Worship in and to the said land contract, and the funds and pledges for the expansion program obtained to date or to be subsequently obtained 1n connection \/:I.th this project." 'lhis motion ws unanimously carried. 'llle Board gave a rising vote of thanks to the group of members who were instrumental in bringing to a successful conclusion this important deal. As this concluded the business on the agenda, the meeting adjourned at 11:30 A.M. '1188 Respectfully submitted, APPROVED: �MUSKE( ON HClUIH•; OJt' JJ,;}r.WH \ 'ORSHIP r-mSKF:GOt!, 1·1ICHIGAN,, Mf.Y 17, 1956,, Dear Member: The Muskegon House of Jewish ,·:orship as you probably recall, is a separate corporation which holds le1;pl title to the property of the Tel!IJ)leo This corporati.on has baen on somew~t of an inactive statuso Howeverp in conneation with plans for ac q,liring the property on Uebster Avenue iJ!lmediately ad" joining the ~emple 9 it ia our desire to hold a meeting o.t' all memberso The date selecte:l for this 111eeting, May 27th, ::s the same til"le as the election of officers for the ~emple 9 and which we trust you will find convenient to attend, because it is important that we have a quorum p:resento I look forward to the pleasure of seeing you at this 111eeting and submitting to you a full report regarding the above-mentioned plans for acquiring the adjoining property" Respectfully submitted 9 L<3R/rl ' �' ..::.,..;. :i.. ..,_,,,(.Q }.,.,{j ,.,10 O ··---·• April 12 , 1956 , cash in b.Jllc ijontri bu. ti one rec• d .ent Rec ' d contribution, rry Fisher .fill D ,J 1...1 I.) cl,t> i.Y26, 1956 2!7. 58 5<>54 .16 275 . 00 250 . 00 i,xp ..ndi tures irs/ Alice Potu.zniok ?llxbtu·3 Agency 4500. oo I 40. 60 4540 . b0 Cash on Hnnd Cash i n !Jank 5- 2 - 56 525 .00 15}1. 14 _u_ J_v_o_v_u_v_o_o_o_o_o_ o_o_v_v_-1.1_v_,,!;. .a of _y~_o_"_v_o_v-_ _v_o_u_o_o a.y 26 , 1956 t Fledges rec ' d Cesa roo'd !al. tl.Ue 12, 6~0 . 0J 6 , ,7~ . 16 6,..,70 . ...4 cZG.·/! ;.,..ae:,.. ~"' .,,,c - ,.ac-7.:-u< 4 \ �SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS TIES PA)AMAS HANDKE"HIEfS UNDERWEAR • , A001t1•• IIIPLY TO MERCHANOTSIE MA.AT PlAt.\ CHICAOO 5 4 . 11,,1,, SWIMWEA~ COUARS mode by Phillips-Jones Corporation, 417 Fath A••···· •t 38th St .. H•wYo,l t6, N. Y.. MU,,.y Hol 9-3700 J l u ~ ~· ~l 1; fi,. ~ - - • 1 1 X 0 z • 0 r • • • ! • �, . '..rJSP' .:.rq 27 , 1956 .t:l.ed Dr. WP :uguat ..ouio , Dorn emon !ir• A.rt. reenberg ,., an ros on ouie Gro.. .ntm ec1ie Gr o ....emnn st t;J .>aviu udeleq car Gudelaq cul Jccoboon 1\:1 .J.ayf ~ Je.:l 500. 00 500. 00 100. 00 500. 00 500. 00 1000. 00 250. 00 10 ,. • 2500. 00 tt t t 500. 00 250. 00 t'i 20 • ip::ian l,i p.:ia.'!1 • • i4 ~o.vo s ..~ 500. 0 ~oo. a orol..i .oson oo oson •.obort o e:11>ers ...t.ri!llll o ouia .ubinei.;y :;oo.oo ~oe 1 on .Ji mitb 500 . 00 ,o .o Predrick t 1n .lilton ~ tei lilm: .o . .. tr1f?.in8 tl'8 . c:Jl 1 er 500, 00 500. 0 ~oo.o 12,1 ..0. 00 I t • .. •' ' I t " I I l.}() . 00 :,00. 00 50. 0 ..' t ·• .oo 2:,0. 00 500. 00 Ja: es otz ~ Pr1oe Fred o off KnX,,l :l ,O,oa ClW!. f;t t;4 l 1 ., ,.t . • '-" , 00 .oo oo. 0 ,I I • 166 • 125, 0 I t 12~. • :, .1 I I " :>, ~o. 4 �Van Heusen ~ mod, by .. SHIRTS S?ORT SHIRTS TIES PAJAMAS HAN0KERCHIEFS UN0ERWEAR SWIMWEAR COllARS Phillips-Jones Corporation, MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA CHICAGO $4, ILL ◄17 filth ........ ot 38th St., Now Yori 16, N. Y. MU,,,y Hill 9-3700 co �1492M-April 1946 . I TREASURY DEPARTMENT . WASHINGTON °'""'cc Of' C,OWM1$SION(A or IKTCRHAI. u REVENUE JAN 1S IT:P:T:l • Kl(}{ l,luake"on house of Jewish Horshlp c/o Leo S, rtosen, President 1146 :.oyt Street '1.uskevon ei ... nt.s • .U.oh1 ~•n G<lntlemen, ·--~ It 10 the op1n1on of this office, based upon the evidence presented, that you are exAmpt from Federal income tax ur,der the provisions of section 101(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts. as it is shown that you are organizPd and operated exclusively for religious purposes. Accordingly, you will not bE' ·equir~d to file returns of income u~:PsS yoll char.ge the, character of yot: ,.,rga:1,zat1on. the purpose for Nhich you were nrganized. or y _r r.:ethod ~ operation. Any such c 1,ar.ges should be r~pc-1·ted 1,mnediately to tl •o: lector of internal revenue for y•ur district 1r order ttat tt-P, ff?c" ,;,en your exempt status ~ay be determined. Fur . : r r.:·e l.lr.de:- substantially 1•,n• l ~ t r tY contained ll' ser:iion~ -~~ and 1~1), "f •he Cod-l "~nd o: ::-espond r:-t provisions of t 'te Sl'l h Secur. ty hct. the employr.:en, • axes 1 ~ro~ec. by such statute" a"e rot app' ·ral · 1,0 remunera,ion for rerdces n-rfonned 1n your c· plc:,, so long as :,,ou r:.eet t!:le concnrnns pr scr bed above fer • • n ~~ of an cxel!'pt status for inco'!le t~x pl.lrpoAcs Contr1blltions made to you are deductible by ,he donors in arriving at their taxable net income in the manner and to the extent provided by section 23(ol and \Q) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended, and corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts. R E~':lV!::r:> Wes: Please note and return to me for my files. Leo. JAN . 1 H . • �' 1492~-April 194~ - 2 uake.;on ttouse of Jewish i/orahip - Bequests, legacies, devises or transfers, to or for your use are deductible 1n arriving at the value of the net estate of a decedent for estate tax purposes 1n the manner and to the extent provided by sections 812(d) and 86l(a)(3) of the Code and/or corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts. Gifts of property to you are deductible in computing net gifts for gift tax purposes in the manner and to the extent provided in section 1004(a)(2)(B) and 1004(b)(2) and (3) of the Code and/or corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts. The collector of internal revenue for your district is being advised of this action. By direction of the Commissioner. J Resp~ully, ~ ' _..)/2 / I "' , //l ~1~T ( Deputy Commissioner. JI\N ., 1 \,,..... , t,Mf.R CA• ~ ~ !Cl< CO. �14uskegon House of Jevish Worship - Muskegon I Michigan Final Meeting - January 13 1 1969. A meeting of tne members of the Muskegon House of Jevish Worship vas held Monday, January 13, 1969 , at the home of Mr . Leo Rosen at 8 :00 p.m. The following members responded to roll call : Guest Mr. and Mrs . Leo Rosen Dr. Irving Singer Attorney Don Veldman Mr. Douglas Rosen Mr. Alan Oppenheimer Mr. and Mrs . Kurt Rosen Mr . Jack Lipman Mrs . Rose Lavson Dr. Morton Kantor Mr. Joseph Simon Mr . and Mrs . Harry Berman Mr. Abe Ashendorf Mr. Ted lleumer Mr. Isadore Ashendorf Rabbi Philip Rosenberg Mr. Leo Rosen presided and explained the purpose of this meeting--namely the dissolution of this organization and the burning of the mortgage . Mr. Alan Oppenheimer, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, presented the following slate of officers and trustees : Officers President - Leo Rosen Vice President - J . Kelly Kaufman Treasurer - Ted lleumer Secretary - Rose Lavson Trustees Jack Steindler Robert Libner Douglas Rosen Dr. Morton Kantor Jack Lipman Alan Oppenheimer Dr . Arthur Greenberg Motion made by Harry Berman and seconded by Abe Ashendorf to accept the slate . Motion carried . Leo Rosen next explained the details of the financial report from October, 1949 to January 13, 1969 (see attached Exhibit A) folloved by a brief question and ansver period. Motion made by Jack Lipman and seconded by Dr. Kantor to accept financial report . Motion carried . Attorney Don Veldman read and explained the motion he drafted for dissolution of this organization (attached Exhibit B) . He answered questions on same . Motion made by Abe Ashendorf and seconded by Jack Lipman to adopt and implement this resolution. Motion carried . A rising vote of thanks vas given to Mr. Leo Rosen for his faithful stevardship of the Muskegon House of Jevish Worship through all the years it existed and for finalizing its dissolution competently and satisfactorily to all concerned. The mortgage records vere revieved by all present, and symbolic copies vere then burned. 'l'he original copies vill be filed vith a.11 records of the Muskegon House of Jevish Worship in the Temple B'nai Israel files for posterity. As this concluded the business on the agenda of the final meeting of the Muskegon House of Jevish Worship, the meeting vas adJourned. A delightful refreshment hour by the hosts folloved . Res,ct-full~subnlitted, -™>se.t-1.x.. I.. ''P--ttJ-•i.K Lavson, Secretary Attached is Certificate of Dissolution issued by the State of Michigan, Department of Treasury: �Exhibit A • :USKEGOil HOUSE OF J'.::., ,Isl! 'IORSHIP Jnnuary 2, 1969 RECEIPTS Cash in bank October 20, 1949 $ 1.74 Pledges paid by members for Expansion Program (Ex. A) 49,247.06 Contributions fran CoDg. B'nai Israel since 10/20/49: Total contributions Congregation $72,030.99 Paid on mortgage per stmt. 10/20/49 21,410.00 50,620,99 Contributions, United Jewish Charities January, 1961 January, 1962 $2,500.00 2,500.00 5,000.00 Special Donations and Memorials 5,676.26 Garden Fund Donations 2,446.91 Insurance received for damages to Temple and Rabbinage - 6,490.23 Loan tran CoDgregation B'nai Israel aoo.oo $120,265,21 ' �Ex. ' A" MUSKEGOH HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP Abe Ashendorf Isadore Ashendorf Max Ashendorf Dr. Ralph August B. Becker Harry Berman Louis & Dora Berman Mrs. Sigmund Cohn Jerome Cherin Robert Cherin Harry Fisher Harrison Friend Dr. Arthur Greenberg Herman Grossman Louis Grossman Sadie Grossman Estate David Gudelsky Oscar Gudelsky Marvin Gudelsky Lewis Jaffee Ssul Jacobson Richard Kaufman J. M. KauflDan Dr. Morton Kantor Samuel Klayf Rose Lawson Robert Libner Hyman Lipnan Sam Lipnan $1,100.00 150.00 1,400.00 500.00 160.00 300.00 500.00 100.00 150.00 250.00 500.00 900.00 700.00 2,300.00 500.00 1,000.00 350.00 100.00 300.00 100.00 250.00 1,050.00 1,650.00 600.00 1,250.00 100.00 900. 00 300.00 4,225.00 Jack Lipman Benjamin Marcus James Metz Dr. Phillip Miller Alan Oppenheimer Sylvia Paul Sam Price Fred Rodott Douglas Rosen Harold & Marcia Rosen Leo Rosen Robert Rosenberg Maxwell Ross Louis Rubinsky Charles Rubinsky I. H. Singer Sam Singer Joe Sillon Goldie Smith Eli Smith Milton & Jack Steindler Milton Steindler Jack Steindler Bernard Stern Jos. strifling Maurice Stromberg Josiah Wiener Joe Wiener Mrs. Paul Wiener $600.00 200.00 50.00 150.00 150.00 300.00 500,00 250.00 1,S00.00 1,700.00 3,500.00 100.00 375.00 25.00 175.00 100.00 100.00 700.00 200.00 275 . 00 500.00 900.00 500.00 300.00 500.00 500.00 5,712.06 400.00 7,000.00 $49,247.06 'Max Rothschild - $200.00 pledge turned over to Congregation B'nai Israel with $70,00 payment. * �MUSKEGON HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP January 2, 1969 DISBURSEMENTS Potuznik Property Hume Property (2 lots ad,Joinill8 Temple acquired in 1956 Parking Lot Improvements: Keith, remove house Hradsky, sprinkling Lights DeVetts, Engrs. Alstrom, General Contractor Holly, Landscaping Miscellaneous & l96o) $435.00 620.00 152.65 250.00 14,296.26 3,229.75 316.38 $17,500.00 12,592.21i 19,300.0li Basement Improvements, sliding doors 5,028.28 Ground Improvements, Landscaping, 1951, 1952, 1953 3,096.51 House Expenditures: Taxes and repairs, Potuznik property Less rentals received $1,026.88 950.00 Legal and architect fees 1,139.95 Office and miscellaneous expense Mortgage paid on Temple: Hackley Union Bank Paid per statement 10/20/49 76.88 460.23 $65,000.00 21,410.00 !i3,590.oo Interest paid on ~lortgsges on Temple, Rabbinage, and bank loan less interest received - 8,302.50 Repairs, maintenance, and remodeling Temple: $2,130.00 Congregation 2,~72.10 Hiller Gurn 393.00 Haven Bush 1,205.00 Gas Furnace Water heater 373.50 l,458.9li Paint and redecorate Repairs 9li5.29 8,977.83 Cash in bank 1/2/69 $120,664.46 220.75 $120,285.21 �Exhibit .a RESOLlJl'ION ADOPTED BY THE MfflBERSHIP AND THE TRUSTEES OF MUS!Q:GON HOUSE OF JE~ISH WORSHIP a Michigan Corporation, January 13, 1969 WHEREAS, Muskegon hous of Je•,ish Worsh;.o vas organized on August 22, 1947 in order to accomplish certain ob,1ecti ves in the acquisition of real estate for erecting thereon a house of vorship tor the teaching and spreadini, of religious beliefs and principles 1n the Jevisb Faith and fr handUng of other business affairs that vere more rooerly ,andled eron house of Jevish Worship; and WltJ,REAS, certain performed by Congrei,a vherein the real~••·•••by said Conrre ation r.o~, it is purposes of ~uskegon and thee no lon r 1~ continue to be Corporation, and have been utilized functions, and een complet"d ration to exist. NOW , 'l"dERE,O 1. That the tot unprovements thereon as stated ir the r a true and correct an expenditures e parking ot roperty, and all evelopnen and ring the ti'l!es e and approved as xpenditures. 2. Tnat any f t P cnattels. re estate, bank accounts, and other property, r a.:. anu personal, be ngi ng to "uskegor. House of Jevis~ Worship, not n retofore conveyed to Congregation H'nai Israel be and hereby are transf rr~d to Coni,regation B'nai Israel and that further, the Pres1c.ent and Secretary of Muskei,on House of Jevish Worsnip are nereoy author.zed to execute ana deliver My and all documents necessarJ to accomplish said objective. �. " 3. That the following as officers and trustees of to pertorm the acts or said of said corporation, as set named persons are hereby elected Muskegon House of Jevish Worship otfices, including the dissolution forth in this Resolution: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee q. That the President and Secretary are hereby authorized to execute the Certificate of Dissolution required by the Department of Treasury for the State of Michigan for the dissolution of Muskegon House ot Jevish Worship, and that the President and Secretary be further authorized to execute, file and act upon any and all other documents as may be required by any other governmental agency necessary to the dissolution, and that the books and records of the corporation be deoosited for safekeeping vith the officers of Congregation B'nai Israel at its offices on Fourth Street, Muskegon, Michigan. 5. That the actions of the officers and trustees of the corporation, and of any members acting in such capacity, whether serving during a term duly electea or carrying on over the term or at the direction and control of any officers or Trustees are each and all hereby approved and ratified as in the best interest of the corporation. 6. That no furtner membersnip meeting or report thereto shall be necessary prior to or at the conclusion of the dissolution and that upon saia dissolution the officers and trustees shall be discharged from their office vith no further responsbility to said membership. �STJ •• OF MIC111GA!'I DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ,,:.61l CORPORA TIOH DIVISION r LAHSIHG. ~ICHIGAH DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE BELOW· FOR DEPARTMENT USE Oot• Received: HELO FOR TAX RELEASE . ! . ;:-.'! 1 7 19S9 This is to certify this document to be .i true copy of the ori&inal )n file in this office. frot1 FILED JAN 211969 To ~------------' Oia,olution Effoc\ivo: -I CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION 1 (SY l'OTE OR ~RITTE~·co:-SEST OP TKREE-FO~RTMS OF EACH CLASS OF' OUTSTAXDIXG S70CK ) ~nsJs:eqon Honse of Jewish Worship (Corporate- ~~T~) a ilichigan corporation, ,t.ose registered office is ... ... J1uske.g.on... He.ight.s..........MUske.gon................. , (City) .Z6.:l...::oy.t... S.t.ree!:. ......................................... , (.\',, . ) (Strc-d) .:4.9A.4 4. ......... , certifies pursuant !.11chig3.s, (County) to the r~· (Zlp Codt) c;uirece.,ts o! Section 73, Act 3Zl, Public Acts or 1931, os c::.e.,coo, that said COl1)0ration has b<'Cn dissolved by .......Y.o.te.............................................................. of the holders of •~ least thrce•fourths or e:ICh class of its outstond• (Vot~ or 'A'ri \ ten Connnt) ing stock in a c,anner provided by said ~ection. ~~:,t oll Its debts n.,d liabilities have been paid or provision for the pa.ycent thereof ~ade, 3.~d t~~: its assets have been distributed pro rata acong the shareholders or provision for such d!~tr~butio~ ~~c~. 2 ............................ The na:i:e and address of the custod,on ct tr.e cc:;>or~tlor.' s bool:s and records is ..... congre.gati.on...B.~.n.ai...Is.r.ae.l........................ J-1.e.\?.~t..e.r.... ~!.iQ ...f..Q~.rt.h..~.t.r~sl.t:............................ (N1~) (~o.) (Stre-et) ......J.luske.gon......................................................... , (City) On this ..... J.lth............................... day of...............lanuar. y ................................. , 196.. .9 .• befor~ ::e ~ix,a.--cd ....................Le.a... s.......B.osen..................................................................................................................................................................... (~:i.ec- of P:-C"~1<lcn\ XX~~~~•,o,:x)t-Sc) . pres!deotx::;t to ::,e personally kno•n. •ho. being by cr.e duly sll'Orn , dad say t h at he i s t ne vx~:ax,;lQl;c. or ~Luskegon. ..House. ...of... .Je1-.tish.. Wox:sr.i,:, ........................................................................................................... . (Co:-';>outc- !\:o1... c-) _ __ an(! thnt •[the tiC3.l at.:.. 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OIi eiip1rea...... ;;.::,:, w ~t\ 0 1'n4"'tM-r-.n,?' ~ 0,d "m,om.b.s••• u,•r..icHVU • , 01 2 SECTION 77•." hei,e.,.er ,t-,• Cflortet of ony corporotlon • all ••Plre or the <or,>0,otlon I• oth•rwhe di 1ol 4th di ot,on p,tovll• for th• , ofolteepin9 ef ,h. \..oo41 oroJ to<.or~,. which they moy do by~ . . ."~, 1 ol~ r ecton 11.. we t~'? • tn,,t co/11\pony of 1h1 1 • ••••· • • • •• w " on, ......,nk or •"•:I MA.IL ost SICHEO AMO ACKMOW\.EOCEO COPY TO f OII'< 18 ° I Mlchi;ot1 Oe;:io,V"IOl'l1 Co,9010UH ol T,.,a ... ,y 01vh,on P.O. Orowo, C Lcruil'l\h Mickl9cu" •3904 r t:l'lc r ~- s;,co (lhli.• ho ••I•'-:• le ~tete oi ),I .,c:\,9•1'\) ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Muskegon House of Jewish Worship Board of Trustees minutes, 1943-1947, 1969 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Muskegon House of Jewish Worship Board of Trustees Description An account of the resource Board of Trustees meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws of the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship, spanning from 1943 to 1947, with two sets of minutes and financial report from January 1969. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943/1969 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Synagogues Muskegon (Mich.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. Special Collections & University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (Project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_BI-Minutes_1943-1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f2fd6423db407fa83c497c1850b8bc2f.pdf 8276dda062f9a45929a264e5650e9f45 PDF Text Text PROGRAM TL 'Tl0JO I I and (,01.DC. l BOOK DEDIC'AT!O 1 s :".l)AY n E'-1 . G NO\'L\lBLR 6 . ]!)1() ():00 P.'-1. 1·0,mrnc ..1Tio,· 1L, .\1 1:--11.u:1, • olt �!7/4eaJCUJ-t1t!f on t/ieouteJtjiaJtlo/7t/iiajiJto,?1<am 6a Jle/1,Jloducu'on o/tlie COJPe Jt o/t/4e <§olden !?,look o/<'tf'o-n!/"e!/alion p,j,,n ai ,_/i)(ae/ �AGE SAID THAT JI[ FOUND REASON FOR IIONORING ALMOST EVERYONE KNEW. ACROSS ONE I '1 HAVE EVER COME WIIO!'l I FAILED TO RECOG, 17.E SUPERIORITY OVER MY ELF. I IIAVE SAID IIE IIA WERE IIE OLDER, DONE MORE GOOD THAN I; \VERE HE RICHER, I SAID HE IIA · BEEN CHARITABLE; WERL HE YOU 'GLR, I tORf" AID I HAVE SINNED MORE; WLRE IIE POORER, I SAID HE JIAS S FFERED HEAVIER TRIBULATION; WI ER, I HONORED 1111'1 FOR lll HE OT WISER, AID HIS WERE HF. WI DOM; WERE FAULT IS THE LIGHTER." / �I ~ I l tll/.1 / kJ linu 1urrl'; ll'-e. ttfe 0 !»~//It' «~u:/ 1)(/feL!~J/~ @-o-~re:_.qa.1'i.on liitai 3,sFaei ¥7'l11Jli'7.~n. ~llt'cl/t?__an ~nnhe ,{n,_,,,,z lib- a/I' 11u111'l,',iul l"1✓r-y,'Olt'l11de, IMHJ. 4,mr>'" and e~Lee,u p-r l4e ,,uzny el',n ,nnu!u/l'e Je,,..,l._ ieeJ rtwrfrM« /f!~1u--ff'~n7-1-eyalu,n a 11d Mt/r, ccn1 ,n 11 ,u'ly ~: \\tubat~e,~nuutI fu6it-Cira"%matt f a.'.Ualt-~ilein, ·~bu~CL- j,ltmo~kltv 3L~ =llo~,nb(,ttiS a.~lllJ L~matt ~~a.iro-{¢ ~~erc- \ia.v~ a-. :$i%ht-v 3~fo'g,lt f. ~r~iinp • ~:gmatt • tr~ ©ti~. jmi±:h- l(a%ia,lt, Wiene~ J30rA,~iunco~ ~o-bev-f. ~he1tin:. ~( -t tl\'Ultt~CUCe~.OttJ/t iu 1ult,nrt tile .J/u·~tt ii/ tfi.1fi//'t,.11,c-,e,-,.eat,l/H.f taAe .d.e.t'tjht; Ril htrn/ th,, .y,/,,/t '!/ a// IA'e 11~~enl laheJ d--e//jlft. ':l!Cr" ~. c:?'--'-o/--~·~:·:~~-<>t~ •l ~ ~ ~-Y,~- 1 l �z:!lro!/ raJn ,--/r~Jli11w11ial!?),-n 1ze1 1 a nd[/Nlir·alionojCIJolclen !/Jook S/411(/ff!J 01w11iny,. fO-IJ!f-'11,tfe-1! 6: f g1;g (/·00 !!J.,,,,(( ... .,~ . :J. · I A~ I - NA TlO AL ANTHEM Audience I VOCATIO Ral,hi Samuel Umen GREETl 1GS f-lerherl Fisher Pres. Young People's LNu1ue VOCAL SELECTIO PRE F. 1T ATJO l Ilene Giiclelsky OF TEST! IONIAL RE PON E TO TE Tl 10 'I L Paul M. \Viener Pres. Cong . B'nai Israel Harold Rosen ( Representing Group) PRE E"\JTATJ01 OF GOLDEN BOOK EXPRCS IO Elaine Baru Pres. Confirmation Class ·so I DEDIC/\ TJO . francis Fme Member Golcfon Book Com. OF GOLDE 1 BOOK ~ omuef Umen Rabbi Cong. B'nai fsrael A IER1CA BE EDICTIO Auclicnce ~ amuel ( 1,,1en Rabl,i Cong . B'nai lsra,,{ �congregation is a social unit and like society as a whole. is made up of different individuals striving toward certain definite goals. ln ib struggle for existence and for the realization of ils objectives. the con gregalion has its ups and downs, ils headache , prohlems. f ailurc~ and achievements. This struggle for existence is what makes history. The hi tory which is made by society from day lo day. and year lo ~ ear. is regularly rf'curded by il historian . Smaller units within the social make-up such as con- grertalion for example are not alway inclined to keep a record of their own special history. A a result of this negligence, po terity is deprived of a good deal of infor- mation, inspiration and guidance in problems which the past has successfully olve.-1 and which nevertheless crop up again for the fulure. Bearing these facts in mind. we of Congregation B' nai Israel have therefore created a hook. to serve as a record for the Congregation's hi tory as ii is made from day lo day by our trials and achievements. Tonight. we are happy lo dedicate this book which all agree is a thing of b«"auly. Beginning tonight this Golden Book remains a challenge lo all of us . \\'hether or not we hall meet the challenge in the form of great and worlhv dPeJs depends upon our altitude toward the acrifices, altruism, courage and vision demanded by our work and goals. Let us on this historic occasion, resolve lo meet the challenge of the "Book" in such a manner so that the fulure may call us blessed. �DI NER COMMITfEE FRANCIS AUGUST ARRA CEMENT COMMITTEE PROGRAM COM!\ lllTEE EUGENE FISHER * CHAIRMAN GOLDE * CHAIRMA HERBERT FISHER * CHAIRMAN BOOK CO 1MIITEE LEO S. ROSE * CHAIR 1A 1 IVITATIO SA D RESERVATIONS COMMITTEE IRENE STEINDLER * CHAIRMA'.'J TESTI IONIAL COl'll\llrIEE PAUL l. \VIENER * CJ IAJRl\lAN � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Testimonial_Dinner_&_Golden_Book_Dedication_1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949-11-06 Title A name given to the resource Testimonial Dinner and Golden Book Dedication Program Description An account of the resource Program outlining the dinner proceedings, the meaning of the Golden Book, and the different committees involved. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Synagogue dedication services Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/70c09f461294b4bc2780c60fd31ca1d9.pdf b8235e8104b71dd5c335aabf0f1bb0e2 PDF Text Text TENTH ANNUAL REPORT . UNITED JEWlSH CHARITIES OF GREATER MUSKEGON 1949-1950 HARRY A. FISHER Chairman �OUR COVER PICTURE THE A Clfa 'T PROVERB~ .1id. ''In t111Jes of need . .t , 11 m u,11 b f01md to fit the d td". :o it wa. in late 19-W \\ h n the l!nited Jewi\h Ch.inti ·s of Great ·r ; {u-,keg n wa ore need of .tn in aggre 1,e cl1Jirman who coulJ c.1rry the hurden of per ua<ling ,1 communit}' th.it there w.1 a con inu- ing j b to do - a C(lntinuing burd.n tu sh< u!Jer. To fill thi need, a man who had ,1lv·,1ys been of a · i-, anc to other I .1drr\ with both hi mean, ;111d hi-, tim • ro-.c to th challenge. In the face of a rec ~ i in in hu-,ine..,s conditi, n . he wa able to e-nd J rec 1rd numbtr of doll.1r to the l 11iud Jrn 1 h Ar,pt.:1/ thu:. continuing the his on• of .Hi . v,rnceme:nt for which {u,kc~on can h~ just Iv proud. \VE ALL'TE H,1rry Fi her. ,, ho a~ hairmJn, un ertnok and <ucce full · completed .1 tmr.endous eriou economic hindrance,. t.L k in the f.ice , f �A MESSAGE FROM THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN It is a source of pride to the Jewish Community of Greater Muskegon that, in spite of our ONil local institutional needs, a nearly record amount of money was sent for overseas relief during this past fiscal year. In this crucial period that the infant State of Israel is facing, Greater Muskegon has exhibited a consciousness of its duty to our brethren in Israel which will be remembered long after the struggle for the survival of Israel is over. Muskegon Jewry has an enviable per capita record of its generous giving, equal to, or better than any Community in the United States. Community acknowledges a debt of gratitude to Harry A. Fisher for his generosity and leadership during the critical fiscal year of 1949-50. Our PAUL M. VTIENER, Honorary Chairman �A ,mssAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN In concluding the United Jewish Charities Campaign for the year 1949-1950, I cannot but help offer thanks to the Je~ish Community of Greater Muskegon for its magnificent response to the greatest cause in the history of the Jewish people. From a personal standpoint I feel grateful for the opportunity of having been chairman of the Muskegon U. J.C. for 1949-1950, because through my work I have gained a more intimate knowledge of the tremendous good that the more than 90% of our local campaign funds sent overseas has done in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Israel. This has provided an enrichment of my life that nothing else I could have undertaken would have accomplished. Is the job done? Emphatically no 1 Today, we stand at the crossroads--for without our support during this stage in Israel's history, it cannot successfully become what can be the greatest example of democracy outside our own shores. It is up to each of us, my friends, to continue to shoulder the ·burden of our Israeli brethren ~nd to make additional sacrifices so that their future, and in a sense our future, shall be secure. I could not in good conscience transfer the reins of my office without publicly thanking my Fellow Officers, Board Members, and particularly the Muskegon Chapter of Hadassah for their untiring efforts which assured the success of our campaign. HARRY A. FISHER, Chairman �UNITED JE7ISH CHARITIES STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS & DISBURSE ~NTS FOR YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30 1 1950 Cash on Hand December 1, 1949 Less Bank Overdraft December 1, 1949 2,550.00 1,083.47 1,466.53 3,350.00 68,642.50 2.02 71,994.52 RECEIPTS 1948-1949 Pledges 1949-1950 Pledges isc. Income 73,461.05 Less Disbursements Allocations to Charity Dinners, Flowers & usic Printing, Stationery, & Office Expense Secretary Salary Traveling Expense Adding chine Legal Fees Cash on Hand & In Bank November JO, 1950 69,422.61 369.78 254.52 250.00 38.00 109.80 132.50 70,577.21 $ 2,883.84 �UNITED JEUISH CHARITIES ALLOCATIONS 1949-1950 To Israel United Jewish Appeal Haddasah Ueizmann Institute Hebrew University Haifa Technical $62,400.00 2,000.00 250.00 250.00 100.00 $ Other Jewish Int. Religion & Hebrew Union College Day Care Center American Jewish Congress Joint Defense Appeal National Jewish 17elfare Board American Fund for Israel Inst. Bnai Brith Nat 11 Youth Service Brandeic University Hillel Foundation Council of Jewish Fdtns. & . elfare Bellefair Special Relief 65,000.00 700.00 25.00 100.00 700.00 300.00 50.00 50.00 200.00 200.00 197.50 50.00 1,850.11 4,42.2.6! $69,422.61 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES 1249-1920 PLEIXiES 75.00 Paid 75.00 36.50 36.50 100.00 100.00 • • • • Mrs. Ida Ashendorf • • Isadore Ashendorf • • 400.00 400.00 573.00 573.00 25.00 25.00 Jacob Ashendorf • • • 200.00 200.00 • • • • 500.00 500.00 • • 1,000.00 1,000.00 • • • • • 36.50 36.50 •••• 36.50 36.50 Irwin August. • • • • Stanley Baru. • • • • The Baru Children • • 36.50 J6.50 200.00 100.00 36.50 36.50 Arthur Bell 100.00 100.00 5.00 s.oo Ruben & Harry H. Berman 400.00 400.00 Pledge Louis Aron. • • • • • Ellen Aron • • • • • • Tony Aron • • • • • • Abe Ashendorf Max Ashendorf Dr. R. v. August. Lois August Sandra August • • • • • :1m. Bercovitch • • • • Gene Berman 36.50 36.50 25.00 25.00 200.00 200.00 • • • • • 10.00 10.00 Earl Brace •• • • • • David Brace • • • • • Sam Buckland. • • • • 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 ••• • • • Louis J. Berman • • • Louis M. Berman • • • Marcus Bess 25.00 -0- Un2aid. 100.00 25.00 �David Buckland. ••• Sigmund Cahn •• • • • lleyer Caplon • • • • • Rob & Jerome Cherin Pledge 15.00 4.00 Paid -0- 25.00 500.00 4.00 25.00 500.00 Sarah Cherin • • • • • Ellis Chevlin. • • • • Jack Chevlin. • • • • 36.50 36.50 25.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 Dr. Sol Cohan • • • • Ben Cohen • • • • • • H & L Darmstadter • • Julius Donn. • • • • • Wm. Drucker • • • • • 200.00 200.00 •t. 25.00 -0- 50.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 Andrew Epstein • • • • 50.00 50.00 Barry Field 10.00 10.00 Francis Fine & Mrs. Scbmookler • • • • • 2 1 000.00 2,000.00 •• • • • The Fine Children J6.50 36.50 • • • 5,000.00 5,000.00 Jerome J. Fisher ••• 1,250.00 1,250.00 Bernard Fisher • • • • 1 1 250.00 1,250.00 Harry A. Fisher Eugene Fisher • • • • • • 500.00 500.00 Mrs. H. Fisher. • • • Herbert Fisher •• • • Marilyn Fisher •• • • 500.00 500.00 50.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Sally' Ann Fisher. • • Wm. Fisher • • • • • 100.00 100.00 Unpaid 15.00 25.00 �Um. Fogel. • • • • • Seymour Fogel. • • • Hyman Friedman. • • • M& H Friend • • • • Sue Friend • • • • • Phillip Granik . Pledge 50.00 Paid 50.00 13.00 13.00 25.00 25.00 250.00 250.00 36.50 36.50 • • 100.00 Grossman Family. • • Mrs. Louis Grossman. 1,500.00 1,500.00 36.50 36.50 Rosalind Grossman. • Mrs. Isaac Grossman. 209.50 209.50 1,000.00 1,000.00 • -0- David Gudelsky. • • • Mrs. David Gudelsky. Ileane Gudelsky. • • 500.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 Oscar Gudelsky • • • 100.00 100.00 Homer Hayden 1 s • • • 200.00 200.00 • • • • Mrs. Tillie Jacobs • 40.00 40.00 25.00 25.00 Saul Jacobsen • • • • 200.00 Morris Kantor • • • • 100.00 J.K. Kaufman & Assoc. 10,000.00 200.00 Meyer Jacobs 50.00 -0- 100.00 10,000.00 Lillian Kaufman. • • G. & R. Kaufman • • • 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,300.00 1,300.00 Sam Klayf. • • • • • Jean Klayf • • • • • Mrs. Sarah Klein • • 400.00 400.00 s.oo 5.00 250.00 250.00 Harold Kline 100.00 100.00 • • • • Un:Qaid 100.00 350.00 50.00 �Pledge 10.00 100.00 Paid 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Mrs. Max Lebow. • • • Allan Lebow • • • • Max Lenhoff • • • • Michael Leventhal • • .36.50 36.50 15.00 15.00 50.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 Morris Levine • • • • Reuben Levy •• • • • Hyman Lipman • • • • 50.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 Jack Lipman •• • • • 50.00 Ellen Lipman. • • • • J6.50 Sam Lipman • • • • • 3,000.00 50.00 Herbert Kline • • • • Edward Krause. • • • Harry Lahr • • • • • Sam Lauson • • • • • 100.00 3,000.00 10.00 10.00 .35 .oo 35.00 Herman Mendelson • • 25.00 25.00 James Metz • • • • • Dr. Sidney Michelman 150.00 150.00 10.00 10.00 • • • • • 1,000.00 1,000.00 & Ted Neumer 15.00 .36.50 Mrs. s. Lutsker Benjamin Marcus. • • Mr. Un12aid Mrs. Bertha Paul • • 25.00 25.00 Sam Price • • • • Betty Price. • • Jack Rappaport • Barney Roberts • • • 2,100.00 100.00 • • 50.00 50.00 • • 100.00 • • 10.00 10.00 Fred Rodoff. • • • • 150.00 150.00 --0- 2,000.00 100.00 �Pledge 36.50 18.00 Paid 36.50 18.00 500.00 500.00 36.50 .36.50 • • • • • • 50.00 50.00 Douglas Rosen. • • • Rhoda Rosen. • • • • Harold Rose • • • • 75.00 75.00 50.00 50.00 2,250.00 2,250.00 Leo Rosen • • • • • tts. Le Rosen • • • Karin Rosen. • • • • Kurt Rosen • • • • • 2,200.00 2,200.00 161.50 161.50 5.00 5.00 5.00 s.oo Max Rosenberg •• • • Robert Rosenberg. • • Seymour Rosenberg • • Louis Ru"'uinsky • • • 600.00 00.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 75.00 75.00 iildred Rodoff. • • • Daniel Roetter • • • Rogers & Lebow • • • The Rogers Children. Leo Rose Schubb • • • • • Sam Siegel • 100.00 50.00 • 250.00 250.00 • 36.50 36.50 • 100.00 100.00 • 50.00 50.00 • 100.00 100.00 • 36.50 36.50 • 25.00 25.00 • • • • • s. Sam Singer • • • 100.00 100.00 25.00 25.00 11ax • • • • Harold Silverman • s. H. Silverman • Sol Silverman. • • Ed Simcoe • • • • • J e Simon. • • • • Sarah Simon • • • • Jacob Singer • • • Sam Singer Un2aid 50.00 �Pledge The Singer Children • • 10 .oo Paid 10.00 Eli & Chas. Smith • • 2,000.00 36.50 Mrs. Eli Smith • • • 100.00 Jack Steindler • • • 500.00 Milton Steindler • • Mrs. Milton Steindler 125.00 & Children • • • • Herbert Steinman • • 5.00 2,000.00 Tim. Stern • • • • • • Mrs. Jos. Strifling. 36.50 100.00 500.00 125.00 5.00 500.00 -0- 182.50 182.50 • • • 2,100.00 2,100.00 Dr. Morris Teles • • 125.00 125.00 Rabbi & Mrs. Umen •• 161.50 1,050.00 161.50 1,050.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 •••• 10.00 10.00 Confirmation Class. 9.00 9.00 Melvin Van Durem • 5.00 s.oo Perry Bacon • • • • 5.oo Dr. Marie Keilin •• 15,00 Jos. Strifling Josiah & Mrs. Wiener Paul Tiiener • • • • Unpaid 500.00 B1nai Israel Sunday School $ "71,977.50 -0- 5.00 15.00 68,642.50 3,335.00 �December 4, 1950 Mr. Harry A. Fisher, Chairman United Jewish Charities Muskegon, Michigan. Dear Mr. Fisher: Pursuant to your request, I have books and records of the United Jewish Muskegon, Michigan, for the year ended 1950, and submit, herewith my report on audited the Charities of November 30, my findings. Included in this report are statement of receipts and disbursements, schedule of pledges for year 1949-1950, showing unpaid balances and other supporting schedules. The cash on hand was checked and the bank account reconciled with a statement from the depository. In my opinion, according to the accepted principles of accounting the attached statements and schedules truly reflect your operations for the year ended November 30, 1950. Thanking you for this opportunity to serve you I am, Respectfully yours, WALTER A. DIXON Certified Public Accountant �OFFICERS HARRY A. FISHER . Chairman HAROLD ROSEN . Vice-Chairman MRS. JOSEPH S. STRIPLING Vice-Chairman JOSIAH WIENER Treasttrer ROSE LAWSON Secrelary HONORARY CHAIRMAN Paul M. Wiener TRUSTEES Dr. Ralph V. August Harry S. Berman Francis N. Fine Herman Grossman J. Kelly Kaufman Samuel G. Klayf Samuel Lipman Ted Neumer Samuel Price Fred L. Rodoff Lyle H. Rogers Leo S. Rosen Joseph S. Strifling � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Tenth_Annual_Report_1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949 Title A name given to the resource Tenth Annual Report Description An account of the resource Annual report that includes a note by the chairman, and information on the money obtained by the temple, both the people who donated money and how the temple spent the money. A letter from a public accountant and a list of officers and trustees is at the end. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Annual reports Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b5387678ae7c7efc3a62525965b34fcc.pdf 26c2193add6f95a00735bc93be3d0ae1 PDF Text Text t,., - - 4. SEV L H U ITED JEWISH CHARITIE OF GREA R MU K 0 I 'JI ,_ I •JI 7 l- M. K UFMA { l111irm11n �THE FATE OF A COMMUNITY is, in a great measure determined by the efforts of individuals willing and cap• able of leadership in organizational work. It has been Muskegon Jewry's 200d fortune to find that leadership when the need has been the greatest. For many years the leadership of this community has enjoyed the backing and support of self-effacing J. M. Kaufman, and last year when the needs of the United Jewish Appeal reached unprecedented proportions, this goodnatured executive assumed the responsibiliry of surpassinst the goal set for us. In effort, sacrifice and devotion, our esteemed friend knew no limits and his inability to serve further in this capacity due ro physical limitations is a !IOurce of great disappointment to him and to us. Only those who have worked intimately with Kelly can appreciate the great burden of gratitude that this communirv will always nwt" him. -OR MORRIS TEI.ES, ~rretarv. �- - - - - - - - - ------ A MESSAGE FROM YOUR ACJJ:ING CHAIRMAN It is my pleasure on behalf of the officers and trustees of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, to present, herewith, the annual report of receipts, expenditures and allocations for the fiscal year. This affords me the opportunity to thank my officers and trustees, as well as so many of my friends who gave so generously of their time and effort through the many meetings in order tnat our goal may be accomplished. My sincere thanks to all of you. This report of the United Jewish Charities ends seven years of remarkable progress. The money that has been so graciously contributed by you has not been charity, but a human treatment of a people who are struggling to regain their just place as hµman beings-struggling against staggering odds, after the most ghastly and most devastating horror to which whole people have ever been subjected! Our community can be proud of the start that has been made. A start toward real solution by means of rehabilitation and resettlement. But a start alone is not enough! HELP US FINISH THE JOB -- WILL YOU? (continued on next page) �MESSAGE (continued) The cash balance on hand, as indicated by these exhibits, is being disbursed immediately. In past years your trustees have seen fit to advance as a loan, $4500.00 to the Mona View Cemetery Association. During the fiscal year concluded, $1200.00 was advanced, resulting in a total of $5700.00 loaned to the Association. I sincerely trust that you will again extend your nhole-hearted support and cooperation for the urgent needs that confront Muskegon's Jewry. Sincerely yours, HARRY S. BEm.CAN Acting Chairman * ** * -------------' �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEf/ENTS FOR YEAR ENDED NOV. 26, 1947 Amounts pledged 1946-47 (Schedule A-1) Cash in Bank Oct. 14, 1946 Collected on 1945-46 pledges Refund of Expenses $64,020.00 $2,377.20 295.00 2.22 2,674,42 TOTAL $66,694.42 Pledges outstanding (Schedule A-2} $2,600.00 Monies allocated (Schedule A-3) ~5 1 235 1 00 57,925.00 General Expenses: Dinners & Music Printing, Stationery Telegraph Traveling Expense & Postage 485.05 225.26 41.34 23.2~ 774.90 Cash in Bank November 26, 1947 5,709.52 Cash on Hand November 26, 1947 2,285.00 TOTAL $66,694.42 �Schedule A-3 UlfITED m,ISH CHARITIES AW)CATIOMS 1946-1947 United Jewish Appeal • . • • • Local Relief • . • • • • • Youth Aliyah • • • • • • • American Jewish Congress • • • • B'nai B 1rith Wider Scope • • • • Federated Council of Pal. Inst. • Hebrew Theological Seminary • • • Haifa Inst. ot Technology • • • Jewish Telegraphic Agency • • • s.o.S. J.D.C. • • • • • • Council or Jewish Fed. & l'el. Funds z.o.A. Expansion Funds $ 45,000.00 200 • 00 1, 000. 00 50. 00 350.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 250.00 100.00 • 500.00 American Jewish Conference • • • Dropsie r,c,11ege • • • • • • Jewish Welfare Board • • • • • Joint Defense Appeal • • • • • Weisman Institute • • • • • • Jewish Theological Seminary • • • llr. Morris Teles • • • • • • Transient Belief • • • • • • Special Relief • • • • • • • Aaerican Friend Hebrew Univ. • • Histadrut Iwith • • • • • • Hebrew Sheltering & Aid Society • Hebrew Union College • • • • • Histadrut or Palestine • • • • Jewish Institute of Religion • • Levi liellorial Hospital • • • • Medical School in Jerusalem • • • Rabbi Isaac El.chanan Theo. Seminary United Jewish Laymen I a Comm. • • Society tor Iellinite Jews • • • 50.00 100. 00 150.00 800.00 100.00 200.00 250.00 50.00 125.00 500.00 50,00 200.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 100-00 1,800.00 150.00 50. 00 50.00 • • B 'nai B'rith Hillel Building B'nai B1rith Essay Contest • Mona View Cemetery Loan • • Outst Schedule A-2 • • • • • • • 500.00 6oo.oo 1 200,00 •~5;j25.oo anding Pledges••••••••••···••••$ 2,60o.OO �UNITED JE.WISH CHARITI~ 1946-47 Aron, Louis • • • ft , Sylvia • • • , Tony. • • • " Ashendorr, Family • , Mrs. s. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • Adler, Harold • • • • August, Dr. Ralph • • Baru, Stanley • • • • Berman, Harry H. • • • , Harry s. • • • • • • • " ', Louis Ruben • • • • • , Mrs. Rose • • Bernstein, Horris • • Beukema, J. c. • • • • Bespelof'f, Mrs. M. • • Braverman, Herman • • Broutman, Nathan. • • Samuel • • • • ,, Mrs. ff Samuel Benderoff, S. M. • • • Cane, Dr. s. H. • • • Cahn, Sigmund • • • • Cherin, Robert • • • • Cohan, Sol JJI.D. • • • Cohen, Bennie • • • • Darmstader, L. • • • • Epstein, Andrew • • • Field, Harry • • • • Fine, Francis • • • • Fisher, Family • • • • , Herbert • • • • Mrs. Herbert • • • • , • • • , Sally & Marion , Mrs. Bernard • , Mrs. Eugene Fogel, ••• PLEDGES • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • w • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • t 500.00 100.00 500.00 500.00 50.00 50.00 1,000.00 200.00 .300.00 1,500.00 400.00 300.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 10.00 200.00 150.00 200.00 25.00 1,000.00 50.00 50.00 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • J00.00 • • • • • • • .300.00 • • • • • • • 25.00 • • • • • • • 200.00 • • • • • • • 250.00 • • • • • • • 25.00 • • • • • • • 300.00 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3,000.00 50.00 • • • • • • • 10.00 • • • • • • • 50.00 • • • • • • • 50.00 • • • • • • • 50.00 • • • • • • • 100.00 • • • • • • • �JEWISH CHJ.RITIES -UNITFD1946-47 PLEDGES Fleishman, Dr. N. • • • Frank, Alfred • • • • • Friedenberg, Dr. i. L. Friedman, Hyman. • • • Friend, Maurice. • • • Fox, Hyman • • • • • • Golden, Maurice • • • • Grossman Dep 1t. Store. II , Herman • • • Mrs. Sadie • " , Louis n • • • • n ' ' J. Sam • • • Hecht, • • • • • n , filrs. J. • • Hatton, Julian • • Hagen, F. W. • • • Jacobs, Meyer. • • • • • • • • • • $ 200.00 250.00 • • • • 220.00 • • • • 100.00 • • • • 500.00 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jacobson, Mr. & Urs. S. • • • • • • Kantor, Morris • • • • • • • • • • Kaufman, J.M. • • • • • • • • • • American Store E;quip. • • • • • • • KruPJ>, David • • • • • • • • • • • Kaufman, Lillian • • • • • • • • • Kelin, Dr. Marie • • • • • • • • . Klayf, Sam • • • • • • • • • • • • Kline, Harold • • • • • • • • • • • Klitzner, Rev. • • • • • • • • • • Komiss, Ben • • • • • • • • • • • • Krause, Alexander. • • • • • • • • ti , Sadie • • • • • • • • • • • Klein, Sara. • • • • • • • • • • • Lahr, Harry. • • • • • • • • • • • Lawson, Jack • • • • • • • • • • • Lebow, Max • • • • • • • • • • • • n , Sophia. • • • • • • • • • • Levin, Jess. • • • • • • • • • • • Levine, Horris • • • • • • • • • • n , Jerome • • • • • • • • • • 25.00 750.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 J,000.00 1,000.00 100.00 300.00 100.00 100.00 10.00 25.00 200.00 300.00 2,000.00 1,500.00 25.00 250.00 25.00 1,000.00 100.00 J0.00 25.00 500.00 100.00 200.00 25.00 850.00 300.00 25.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 J �UNITED JEWISH CHARITm 1947-47 PLEDGF.S Lenhoff, t.l!ax • • • • • • • • • • • Levy, Reuben • • • • • • • • • • • Locke, Charles • • • • • • • • • • Lipman, S. & H. • • • • • • • • • • Larson, Leo. • • • • • • • • • • • Mendelsohn, Herman • • • • • • • • Metz, James •••••••••• • Neumer, Ted • • • • • • • • • • • Oppenheim, B • • • • • • • • • • • • Parker, Albert • • • • • • • • • • Price, Family • • • • • • • • • • • Rapaport , J. C• • • • • • • • • • • Roden, Israel • • • • • • • • • • • Rodoff, Fred • • • • • • • • • • • Rogers, Mr. & Mrs. L. , • • • • • • Rosen, Harold • • • • • • • • • • • Rosen, Douglas • • • • • • • • • • " , Mrs. Douglas • • • • • • • • " .. . . .. ... , Marcia • • • • • • • • • • • • , 11 , . . . Leo Florence • • • • • • • • • • Rosenbaum, Sam • • • • • • • • • • Rosenberg, Max • • • .. • • • • • • Robert • • • • • • • • • 11 , " , Rose • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Roth, Hartin • • • • • • • • • • • Rubinsky, Chas • • • • • • • • • • • n , Florence • • • • • • • • • , Ra.a • • • • • • • • • • • Rabbi Satlow • • • • • • • • • • • n llrs. , Seymour Satlow • • • • • • • • • • • Shmookler, Abe • • • • • • • • • • " , Rebeccah • • • • • • • • Schubb , Max • • • • • • • • • • • Schumacher, Max • • • • • • • • • • " , Leah • • • • • • • • • $ 50.00 150.00 100.00 3,000.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 1,000.00 100.00 25.00 1,500.00 100.00 200.00 200.00 325.00 1,200.00 50.00 10.00 100.00 1,500.00 100.00 500.00 750.00 200.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 so.oo 25.00 250.00 25.00 1,000.00 100.00 100.00 200.00 50.00 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES 1946-47 PLEDGES Schumacher, Sam • • • • • • • • • • o , Lotta •••••••• • Silverman, Harold • • • • • • • • • n , Sol ••••• • • • • • Simcoe, Ed • • • • • • • • • • • • Smith, Chas • • • • • • • • • • • • 11 , Mrs. Chas • • • • • • • • • • n ' Ely 11 , • • • . . • • • • • • • Mrs. Ely • • • • • • • • • • Simon, Joe • • • • • • • • • • • • Singer, Joe • • • • • • • • • • • • Singer, Jacob • • • • • • • • • • • Stein, Frederick • • • • • • • • • Steindler, Milton • • • • • • • • • " , Frances • • • • • • • • 11 , Jack • • • • • • • • • Strifling, Joe • • • • • • • • • • •a , Syd • • • • • • • • • • Hamilton Apts • • • • • • • • • • • Siegel, Samuel • • • • • • • • • • Smith, Saul • • • • • • • • • • , Teles, Dr.. M. • • • • • • • • • • Wiener, Josiah • • • • • • • • • • 0 , Mrs. Josiah • • • • • • • • iener, Paul • • • • • • • • • • • West Mich. Steel • • • • • • • • • TOTAL PLEDGFS 25.00 • 10,)00 2,000eOO 500.00 100.00 250.00 10.00 250.00 25.00 100.00 300.00 30.00 500.00 500.00 50.00 75.00 4,000.00 250.00 1,000.00 200.00 25.00 100.00 600.00 150.00 10,000.00 500.00 • • •• • $64,020.00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Seventh_Annual_Report_1946 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946 Title A name given to the resource Seventh Annual Report Description An account of the resource Annual report that includes a note by the chairman, and information on the money obtained by the temple, both the people who donated money and how the temple spent the money. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Annual reports Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c0a8b22021fd5c0bbfe1a112a6c6fbb4.pdf e1eacc4b67b3e27a5065e99b26ff1df5 PDF Text Text TEMPLE B' NAI ISRAEL MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN PROGRAM CONFIRMATION SERVICE SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1969 2:30 P.M. CONDUCTED BY RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG, B.A. Th. D. AND CONFIRM ANDS Dr. Morton Kantor, President of the Congregation · Mrs. Herbert Steinman, Chairman of the Board of Education �----NAMES OF CONFIRMANDS Left to right: Seth Telles, Annette Libner, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg, Marc Rosen, David Stern �MEDITATION FOR PARENTS FOR SILENT CONTEMPLATION BEFORE SERVICE God, and Father, in this hour of family gladness, I turn to Thee in Gratitude, that Thou has brought my beloved son (daughter) to this day. I thank Thee for the blessing of parenthood, which, through the years, has so deeply enriched my life. In this moment of fulfillment I am also aware of my failings. At times I have faltered in my obligations as a parent. Yet in Thy goodness Thou hast enabled me to care for his (her) physical needs and to provide for his (her) spiritual nurture. Grant me the steadfastness to guide him (her) through the years ahead by precept and example. Enable me to develop within him (her), by what I do and say, love of Thee and devotion to compassion, learning and charity. Help me to show him (her) the way to seek Thee through the habit of prayer, Jewish observance and personal sacrifice. May the teachings of Thy prophets and sages inspire him { her} to a life of honour and faithfulness. May he (she) grow to love the good, overcome evil, be patient under trial, and seek peace and truth. As we are privileged to share the joy of this day with our chi Id, so may it be granted that we see him (her) at the wedding altar. May our home be consecrated to Thee, and may we and our children always serve Thee side by side. This day strengthen us. This day give us Thy blessings. Amen Choir: Baruch-Habah Procession of Confirmonds The Ark is Opened INVOCATION BY CONFIRMAND 0 Lord, we thank Thee for the blessings that have brought us to this sacred hour, al I that we have, al I that we are, comes from Thee. Words alone cannot express our gratitude. May our lives then show forth our thankfulness. Help us, 0 Lord, to be worthy of the privilege and cha I lenge of this day. Strengthen within us the faith that binds us to Thee and to Thy people Israe I. Move us to devote o urse Ives to the service of our fellow men. Teach us to find joy in doing Thy will and to commit our energies and talents to Thy Torah. In Thy grace our lives have been sweetened by the love of our dear ones, deepened by the wisdom of our teachers and ennobled by the heritage of our people. May we give as generously as we have received. Accept our prayers, 0 Lord. May the meditations of our hearts this day flower into deeds that merit Thy blessing. Amen �• I - . • a::; •;._. r- - • -::_:__ ... Barchu et Adonai Hamvorach Praise ye the Lord to Whom all praise is due Baruch Adonai Hamvorach Leolam Vaed Praised be the Lord to Whom all praise is due for ever and ever. FLORAL OFFER I NG Confirmand We come, 0 Lord, before Thee with our floral offering. On this festival our fathers came on pi lgramage to Thy Temple. With songs of joy they approached Thy sanctuary bearing Bikkurim, the first fruits of their harvest, the choice of their orchard and vineyards. We bring a spiritual harvest, our young lives, our hearts and minds, our wills and strength, to offer these before Thee. We would consecrate ourselves to the highest and holiest in life. We would be guided by ideals worthy of man's dedication. We would devote ourselves to Thy service and to the service of our fellow man. Mayouroffering find favor in Thy sight. May we merit Thy continued blessing on us and our dear ones. Amen RABBI'S INVOCATION Our God and God of our fathers, we come before Thee on this holy day with gratitude and hope. We are grateful for the heritage of our people and we hope that our children will foster and preserve it for the ages. We thank Thee for the many blessings with which Thou hast enriched our lives, for the harvest of field and orchard and for the fruits of our minds and hands, for the joys and challenges of home and family. We are grateful for the sacred opportunities to ennoble the life of man. Thou hast given us freedom to choose our way in life. We open our hearts to Thy presence this day. Let Thy spirit illumine our souls and Thy word guide us in the ways of righteousness. Thou hast made Thy wi 11 known to us through Thy Torah. Teach us to find joy in pursuing Thy commandments. Help us to receive our dear ones and our fellow men with love and understanding. Strengthen in us the faith that binds us to Thee and to Thy people, Israel. May our children accept our sacred heritage with devotion. May they enrich it with their own spirit. And may they b~ueath it to generations yet to come. Amen Ark is closed Choir: Mah Tovu �CONFIRMATION SERVICE Union Prayer Book • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Page 218 - 253 TORAH SERVICE Union Prayer Book .. . . . Page 144 - 145 RABBI Generation after generation, since first our people stood at Sinai and accepted the Torah, we have sought to Iive by its commandments to love God and man. We have upheld its teachings even when suffering was the price of our devotion. Thus we keep alive in the world a message that brings hope and healing, brotherhood and peace to al I mankind. 11 Not with you only do I make this covenant; but with him that stands with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day." With these words, spoken at Sinai, our forefathers received the Torah for themselves and for all the ages to come. You, our children, are the next generation in the chain of Jewish tradition. Take this Torah now and make it your own. Confirmand (Holding Torah) With gratitude and pride we, the members of this confirmation class, now receive the Torah. We accept its doctrines as our holy discipline and guide. As our fathers cherished and preserved the Torah throughout the generations, so it is our duty to study it and strive to live by its commandments, so it is our prayer that we may prove worthy of this sacred gift, and that we shall transmit it to those who come after us. Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad Hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is One. Choir: Reading from the Torah De utronomy 5-6 Hebrew and English Prophets - Book of Ruth, Chapter 1 �PRAYER BY ALL CONFIRMANDS With joy, our God, we members of this Confirmation Closs come before Thee in this gladsome season of the year. At this time, we remember the day of Sinai, when Israel entered into a Covenant with Thee to become a Kingdom of Priests and a holy nation. With Thy law in their hearts, Thy people has gone forth as Thy witness and amidst deadly foes and endeavoring flames has proclaimed Thy name in all the earth. Through the ages Israel has been faithful to Thee. He found strength in trowle, light in darkness and hope in adversity. In the same spirit, 0 Lord, we Thy children come before Thee and renew the vow of our Fathers. Imbue us with true knowledge and discernment and guide us in the paths of Thy wisdom, so that we may live by Thy laws and precepts. May Thy spirit which rested upon our Fathers and Mothers never depart from us. Grant that the truth revealed to Israel may become the possession of al I men, and that the time not be distant when all the children on earth shall recognize Thee as their God and father. Amen Union Prayer Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 149 - 150 Rabbi Addresses Confirmands Presentation of Certificates By Chairman, Board of Education, Mrs. Herbert Steinman Presentation of Junior Membership Certificates By President of Congregation, Dr. Morton Kantor Adoration Kaddish Shalom Aleichem Benediction �RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF Principal .. .. . . . . . . • . Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg Teachers Mrs. Florence Bishop, Miss Ellen Cahill r Mr. Alan Oppenheimer, Mr. Alan Parker, Miss Frances Price, Mrs. Phillip Rosenberg, Mrs. Irving Singer, Mrs. Kurt Strauss Executive Secretary . . • . . • . Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer Confirmation and Bar-Mitzvah Class . • . . . . Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg BOARD OF EDUCATION Chairman . .. . " . ~ ..... Mrs. Herbert Steinman Mrs. Arthur Greenberg, Mrs. Lewis Jaffe, Mrs. Arthur Jenkins, Dr. Phillip Miller, Mrs. Daniel Silberman, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg CHOIR Music Director and Organist .. .... Mr. Arnold Bourziel Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs. Arnold Bourziel, Mrs. Audrey Cahill, Miss Ellen Cahill, Miss Ileane Gudelsky, Miss Lori Miller, Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer, Mr. Daniel Silberman, Mrs. Irving Singer, Miss Regan Teles � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Program_Confirmation_Service_1969 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-05-25 Title A name given to the resource Confirmation Service Program Description An account of the resource Program outlininig events of the 1969 confirmation celebration, including names of the confirmands, a meditation for parents, the invocations, floral offerings, a confirmands prayer, the names of the religious school staff, members of the board of education, and the choir members. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Confirmation (Jewish rite) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c9d669bef02b9c98d2e4a75c5ab7da2d.pdf 4beef6d41fdb202df492581497cf11e0 PDF Text Text TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN PROGRAM CONFIRMATION SERVICE SATURDAY, MAY 19TH, 1968 3:00 P.M. CONDUCTED BY RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG B.A. Th. D. AND CONFIRMANDS MR. ALAN OPPENHEIMER - President of the Congregation MRS. HERBERT STEINMAN - President of the Board of Education �NAMES OF CONFIRMANDS First row seated left to right: David Wiener, Diane Levin, Shelley August, Paul Stern Standing left to right: Steven Rothschild, Andrea Bess, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg, Donald Roetter, Richard Kishner �MEDITATION FOR PARENTS FOR SILENT CONTEMPLATION BEFORE SERVICE God, and Father, in this hour of family gladness, I turn to Thee in Gratitude, that Thou hos brought my beloved son (daughter) to this day. I thank Thee for the blessing of parenthood, which, through the years, has so deeply enriched my life. In this moment of fulfillment I am also aware of my failings. At times I have faltered in my obligations as a parent. Yet in Thy goodness Thou hast enabled me to care for his (her) physical needs and to provide for his {her) spiritual nurture. Grant me the steadfastness to guide him (her) through the years ahead by precept and example.. Enable me to develop within him (her), by what I do and say, love of Thee and devotion to compassion, learning and charity. Help me to show him (her) the way to seek Thee through the habit of prayer, Jewish observance and personal sacrifice. May the teachings of Thy prophets and sages inspire him (her) to a life of honour and faithfulness. May he (she) grow to love the good, overcome evil, be patient under trial, and seek peace and truth. As we are privileged to share the joy of this day with our child, so ma,y it be granted that we see him (her) at the wedding altar. May our home be consecrated to Thee, and may we and our children always serve Thee side by side. This day strengthen us. This day give us Thy blessings. Amen Choir: Baruch-Habah Procession of Confirmands The Ark is Opened INVOCATION BY CONFIRMAND 0 Lord, we thank Thee for the blessings that have brought us to this sacred hour, all that we have, al I that we are, comes from Thee. Words alone cannot express our gratitude. May our lives then show forth our thankfulness. Help us, 0 Lord, to be worthy of the privilege and challenge of this day. Strengthen within us the faith that binds us to Thee and to Thy people Israel. Move us to devote ourselves to the service of our fellow men. Teach us to find joy in doing Thy will and to commit our energies and talents to Thy Torah. In Thy grace our lives have been sweetened by the love of our dear ones, deepened by the wisdom of our teachers and ennobled by the heritage of our people. Mr:rt we give as generously as we have received. Accept our prayers, 0 Lord. May the meditations of our heQrts this day flower into deeds that merit Thy blessing. Amen �Barchu et Adonai Hamvorach Praise ye the Lord to Whom al I praise is due Baruch Adonai Hamvorach Leolam Vaed Praised be the Lord to Whom all praise is due for ever and ever. FLORAL OFFERING Confirmand We come, O Lord, before Thee with our floral offering. On this festival our fathers came on pi lgramage to Thy Temple. With songs of joy they approached Thy sanctuary bearing Bikkurim, the first fruits of their harvest, the choice of their orchard and vineyards. We bring a spiritual harvest, our young lives, our hearts and minds, our wills and strength, to offer these before Thee. We would consecrate ourselves to the highest and holiest in life. We would be guided by ideals worthy of man's dedication. We would devote ourselves to Thy service and to the service of our fellow man. May our offering find favor in Thy sight. May we merit Thy continued blessing on us and our dear ones. Amen RABBI'S INVOCATION Our God and God of our fathers, we come before Thee on this holy day with gratitude and hope. We are grateful for the heritage of our people and we hope that our children will foster and preserve it for the ages. We thank Thee for the many blessings with which Thou hast enriched our lives, for the harvest of field and orchard and for the fruits of our minds and hands, for the joys and challenges of home and family. We are grateful for the sacred opportunities to ennoble the life of man. Thou hast given us freedom to choose our way in life. We open our hearts to Thy presence this day. Let Thy spirit illumine our souls and Thy word guide us in the ways of righteousness. Thou hast made Thy wi 11 known to us through Thy Torah. Teach us to find joy in pursuing Thy commandments. Help us to receive our dear ones and our fellow men with love and understanding. Strengthen in us the faith that binds us to Thee and to Thy people, Israel. May our children accept our sacred heritage with devotion. May they enrich it with their own spirit. And may they bequeath it to generations yet to come. Ark is closed Choir: Mah Tovu Amen �CONFIRMATION SERVICE Union Prayer Book . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Page 218 - 253 TORAH SERVICE ... Page 144 - 145 Union Prayer Book RABBI Generation after generation, since first our people stood at Sinai and accepted the Torah, we have sought to live by its commandments to love God and man. We have upheld its teachings even when suffering was the price of our devotion. Thus we keep alive in the world a message that brings hope and healing, brotherhood and peace to al I mankind. "Not with you only do I make this covenant; but with him that stands with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day. 11 With these words, spoken at Sinai, our forefathers received the Torah for themselves and for all the ages to come. You, our children, are the next generation in the chain of Jewish tradition. Take this Torah , now and make it your own. Confirmand ( Holding Torah) With gratitude and pride we, the members of this confirmation class, now receive the Torah. We accept its doctrines as our holy discipline and guide. As our fathers cherished and preserved the Torah throughout the generations, so it is our duty to study it and strive to live by its commandments, so it is our prayer that we may prove worthy of this sacred gift, and that we shall transmit it to those who come after us. Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad Hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is One. Choir: Reading from the Torah De utronomy 5-6 Hebrew and English Prophets - Book of Ruth, Chapter 1 Opening of Ark �PRAYER BY ALL CONFIRMANDS With joy, our God, we members of this Confirmation Class come before Thee in this gladsome season of the year. At this time, we remember the day of Sinai, when Israel entered into a Covenant with Thee to become a Kingdom of Priests and a holy nation. With Thy law in their hearts, Thy people has gone forth as Thy witness and amidst deadly foes and endeavoring flames has proclaimed Thy name in all the earth. Through the ages Israel has been faithful to Thee. He found strength in trol.ble, light in darkness and hope in adversity. In the same spirit, 0 Lord, we Thy children come before Thee and renew the vow of our Fathers. Imbue us with true know ledge and discernment and guide us in the paths of Thy wisdom, so that we may live by Thy laws and precepts. May Thy spirit which rested upon our Fathers and Mothers never depart from us. Grant that the truth revealed to Israel may become the possession of all men, and that the time not be distant when all the children on earth shall recognize Thee as their God and father. Amen Union Prayer Book . . . • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • • • • Page 149 - 150 Rabbi Addresses Confi rmands Presentation of Certificates By President, Board of Education, Mrs. Herbert Steinman Presentation of Junior Membership Certificates By President of Congregation, Mr. Alan Oppenheimer Adoration Kaddish Shalom Aleichem Benedict ion �RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF Principal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Robbi Phillip Rosenberg Teochers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mrs. Florence Bishop, Miss Elien Cohill, Mrs. Arthur Jenkins, Mr. Alon Oppenheimer, Mrs. Worner Golombeck, Miss Frances Price, Mrs. Phillip Rosenberg Executive Secretory • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mrs. Alon Oppenheimer Confirmation and Bar-Mitzvah Class • • • • Robbi Phillip Rosenberg Assisted by Mrs. Harry Berman BOARD OF EDUCATION Chairman • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mrs. Herbert Steinman Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs. Ralph August, Dr. Arthur Greenberg, Mrs. Lewis Jaffe, Mrs. Jack Lipman, Dr. Phillip Miller, Mrs . A Ian Openheimer, Sisterhood Representative CHOIR Music Director and Organist • • • • • • • • • • • Mr. Arnold Bourziel Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs. Arnold Bourziel, Mrs. Audrey Cohill, Miss Ellen Cahill,Miss Beth Cherin,Mrs. Warner Galombeck, Miss Ileane Gudelsky, Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer, Mr. Doniel Silberman, Miss Regan Teles � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Program_Confirmation_Service_1968 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-05-19 Title A name given to the resource Confirmation Service Program Description An account of the resource Program outlininig events of the 1968 confirmation celebration, including names of the confirmands, a meditation for parents, the invocations, floral offerings, a confirmands prayer, the names of the religious school staff, members of the board of education, and the choir members. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Confirmation (Jewish rite) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/68ba7e8bc1dc39c4a906dc8bbfc5adb4.pdf e71a019cd40a7362e3488ea537cfafa1 PDF Text Text T E MP L E B ' N A I I S R A E L MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN PROORAM CONFIRMATION SERVICE SAnJRDAY, MAY 21, 1966 10:00 A. M. CONDUCTED BY RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG B. A. Th. D. AND CONFI RMANDS MR. JOEL WIENER - PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION MR. EUGENE FISHER-PRESIDENT OF nm BOARD OF EDUCATION �1966 Confirmands First Row Seated Left to Right: Regina Bruelbeck, Richard Steinman, Janet Friend, Susan Fisher, Lee Oppenheimer, Barbara Rosen Standing Left to Right: Jerry Ashendorf, Larry Rcetter, Marguerite Bacon Carla Rapoport, Rabbi Dr. Phillip Rosenberg, Carol Steindler, Robert Galombeck, Richard Roetter, Edward Stern �MEDITATION FOR PARENTS FOR SILENT CONTEMPLATION BEFORE SERVICE God, and gladness, Father, in this hour of family I turn to Thee in Gratitude, that Thou has brought my beloved son (daughter)to this day. I thank Thee for the blessingof parenthood, which, through the years, has so deeply enriched my life. In this moment of fulfillment I am also aware of my failings. At times I faltered in my obligations as a parent. have Yet in Thy goodness Thou hast enabled me to care for his (her) physical needs and to for his (her) spiritual nurture. provide Grant me the steadfastness to guide him (her) through the years ahead by precept and example. En- able me to develop within him (her), by what �I do and say, love of Thee and devotion to com- passion, learning and charity. Help me to show him (her) the way to seek Thee through the habit of prayer, Jewish observance and personal sacrifice. May the teachings of Thy prophets and sages inspire him (her) to a life of honour and faithfulness. May he (she) grow overcome evil, to love the good, be patient under trial, and seek peace and truth. As we are privileged to share the joy of this day with our child, so may it be granted that we see him (her) at the wedding altar. May our home be consecrated to Thee, and may we and our children always serve lbee side by side. This day strengthen us. This day give us Thy blessings. Amen �Choir: Baruch-Habah Procession of Confirmands The Ark is Opened INVOCATION BY CONFIRMAND 0 Lord, that we thank Thee for the blessings have brought us to this sacred hour, all that we have, all that we are, comes from Thee. Words alone cannot express our gratitude. May our lives then show forth our thankfulness. Help us, lege and within to Thy 0 Lord, to be worthy of the privi- challenge us of this day. Strengthen the faith that binds us to Thee and people Israel. Move us to devote our- selves to the service of our fellow men. Teach to commit Torah. us to find joy in doing Thy will and our energies and talents to Thy �In Thy grace our lives have been sweetened by the love of our dear ones, deepened by the wisdom of our teachers and ennobled by the heritage of our people. as we Lord. have May received. the we May give as generously Accept meditations our prayers, O of our hearts this day flower into deeds that merit Thy blessing. Amen Barchu et Adonai Hamvorach Praise ye the Lord to Whom all praise is due Baruch Adonai Hamvorach Leolam Vaed Praised be the Lord to Whom all praise is due for ever and ever. �FLORAL OFFERING Confirmand We come, 0 Lord, before Thee with our floral offering. On this grimage festival our fathers came on pil- to Thy Temple. With songs of joy they approached Thy sactuary bearing Bikkurim, the first fruits of their harvest, the choice of their orchards and vineyards. We bring lives, our strength, would and by a spiritual hearts to offer consecrate holiest ideals and in worthy harvest, our young minds, our wills and these before ourselves life. of would devote ourselves to We to the would man's Thee. We highest be guided dedication. We service and Thy to the service of our fellow man. May sight. our offering find favor in Thy May we merit Thy continued blessing on us and our dear ones. Allen �, RABBI'S INVOCATION Our God before and of on this holy day with gratitude Thee are grateful for the heritage We hope. our God of our fathers, we come and people and we hope that our children will foster and preserve it for tbe ages. We thank with Thee which Thou for hast the many blessings enriched our lives, for the harvest of field and orchard, for the fruits and of our minds and hands, for the joys challenges grateful of home and family. We are for the sacred opportunities to en- noble the life of man. Thou hast way in life. given us freedom to choose our We ,o pen our hearts to Thy preThy spirit illumine our sence this day. Let souls word guide us in the ways of and Thy �righteousness. Thou hast made Thy will known to us through Thy Torah. Thy commandments. ones and Teach our us to find joy in pursuing Help us to receive our dear fellow men with love and under- standing. Strengthen to Thee children and in us to Thy the faith that binds us people, Israel. May our accept our sacred heritage with devo- tion. May they enrich it with their own spirit. And may they bequeath it to generations yet to come. Amen Ark is closed Choir: Mah Tovu �SABBATH SERVICE Union Prayer Book Page 118 - 128 Union Prayer Book Page 234 - 235 Union Prayer Book Page 138 - 140 TORAH SERVICE Page 144 - 145 Union Prayer Book RABBI Generation our people Torah, ments after stood we generation, at Sinai since and first accepted the have sought to live by its command- to love God and man. We have upheld its teachings even when suffering was the price of our devotion. Thus we keep alive in the world a message that brings hope and healing, erhood and peace to all mankind. broth- "Not with you only do I make this covenant; but with him that stands with us this day be:fore the Lord our �God, us and this Sinai, day." and children, chain with these words, spoken at our £orefathers received the Torah for themselves our also with him that is not here with of for all the ages to come. You,, are the next generation in the Jewish tradition. Take this Torah now and make it your own. Confirmand {Holding Torah) With gratitude and pride we, the members of this confirmation class, now receive the Torah. We accept line and its guide. doctrines as our holy discip- As our fathers cherished and preserved the Torah throughout the generations, so it is our duty to study it and strive to live by its commandments, so it is our prayer that we may prove worthy of this sacred gift, �and that we shall transmit it to those who come after us. Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad Hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is One. Choir:Reading from the Torah Deutronomy 5-6 Hebrew and English Prophets - Book of Ruth Chapter 1 Opening of Ark PRAYER BY ALL CONFIRMANDS With joy, our God, firmation Class some season of we members of this Con- come before Thee in this gladthe year. remember the day of Sinai, into a At this time, we when Israel entered Covenant with Thee to become a Kingdom �of Priests and a holy nation. With has Thy gone deadly Thy hearts, witness endeavoring name in Israel strength their as and Thy ages found in forth foes claimed the law all has in Thy people and amidst flames the has earth. pro- Through been faithful to Thee. He trouble, light in darkness and hope in adversity. In the come same before spirit, 0 Lord, we Thy children Thee and renew the vow of our Fath- ers. Imbue us with true knowledge and discernment and guide us in the paths of Thy wisdom, so that we may live by Thy laws and precepts. May Thy and Mothers the truth possession spirit which rested upon our Fathers never revealed of all depart to men, from Israel and us. Grant that may become the that the time not �be distant when all the children on earth shall recognize Thee as their God and father. Amen Union Prayer Book Page 149 - 150 Rabbi Addresses Confirmands Presentation of Certificates By President Board of Education Eugene Fisher Presentation of Junior Membership Certificates By President of Congregation Mr. Joel Wiener Adoration Kaddish Shalom Aleichem Benediction �RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF Principal: - Mrs. Jerome Cherin Teachers: Miss Ellen Cahill, Mrs. Harrison Friend, Miss Lorraine Friend, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer, Mr. James Price, Mr. Alan Parker, Mrs. Douglas Rosen, Mrs. Dan Rapoport, Mrs. Martin Schankler. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shumacher. Confirmation and Bar-Mitzvah Class - Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg assisted by Mrs Harry Berman BOARD OF EDUCATION Mr. Eugene Fisher, Mrs. Ralph August, Mrs. Jack Lipman, Mrs. Douglas Rosen, Mr. Herbert Steinman, Mr. Marvin Gudelsky, Mrs. Jerome Cherin, Mrs. Louis Aron CHOIR Mr. Arnold Bourziel, Music Director and Organist Members: Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer, Miss Lorraine Friend, Mrs. Harrison Friend, Miss Janet Friend, Miss Ilene Gudelsky, Mrs. Warner Galombeck, Mr. James Price, Mrs. James Price, Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs. Audrey Cahill, Miss Ellen Cahill, Mr. Daniel Silberman � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Program_Confirmation_Service_1966 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966-05-21 Title A name given to the resource Confirmation Service Program Description An account of the resource Program outlininig events of the 1968 confirmation celebration, including names of the confirmands, a meditation for parents, the invocations, floral offerings, a confirmands prayer, the names of the religious school staff, members of the board of education, and the choir members. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Confirmation (Jewish rite) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e312de96547e4ddb69710b02d69043ec.pdf 09af77e6f938291213e5ca1d9c59dfed PDF Text Text PROGRAM Q',,1/,,iY't /t(,n TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL SUNDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2 1 , 1948, e: • u P , M. �I ..?iZf' f,/ l'li.,lr,'/, n lite r,rr!f'1/ur rl fj 1/u:;jt n 17 J'a m tJ a n(t n ,rl,ulion r/ lit,, r·f I el' r/ lite <!J,Jr/r,11 ,31t rl•11f•u· in jt njta ntlio11 1 , I �r • �?:Jte Stor!f of Our (Jo/deJt Root \ fa mou, arti,t is no" cngaaccl in prcparing for our Congreiration . a li\rge il llradi \C hook . lo he kno" n <>s the 01· \IL.:SKECO If'\ \I I R \El COU)L 1 • BOOK OF CO'\:GREGATION 0-IICI IIC ,\ '- In this l)()ok . ";II bc rc(Ordcd the HI --1ORY of the Ir ( ,RI.C \ TIO ll'' " S, nagoguP \I J:R .\f: I. CO 1- ilw memlwrs of the huilcting rnmmiltec- : thc- rnnlrilrntors to illf' . huilding- : ihc- Yarzheit dates of our belo, eel; the \nniYe rs.1n dates of our membership: the Birthda)s of our children ; the name, of our Confirmant-, a nd Bc1r \litz\i1h, : th<' nanw, of the men and \\Omen '"ho ,enc-d the cormnunit) fnithfull, and l<l\all). and other irnporlant mailers of interest. The Book is dcsigned lo he t N E\'ER EXI> \ '1)1 ·c I !!STORY OF JE\\'ISH LIFE in l\luskeaon ,rnd ih , i< initie,. ll \!Ol,!U<.: i, interesting ho\\' the idE·a of the hook <ame about : ,'\Jt<'r our ne" '"na- bui Id; ng "as conslrud<'d. the Board of Directors dedded that I hey would d<'\'iale from th<' age old custom of marring the beauty of the Temple and the obj•·< h tl1crt>i11. h) eitl1er commemorating contributor;.; "ho Pil'-ed away. or honoring largt> donors still ali,·e. h, perpetuating their names and gifts ihrough plaquf's and inscriptions on the \\alls or any other part of the buildin(!. _\s a ' l 'B 'TITUTE. the Board thoughtfully recommended that all those who C'arned the .. ffection of th<' community through gifts and deeds. and deserved lo lie rC'memlwred . be inscribed instead. in a ;.;pecial book lo be named ns the DE ' BOOK. rl,rough this HOOi ' not on!) will the beauty of the Temple l," pr<',ened. hut E\ ERY O 'E "ill have a chance to BE ['\SCRIBED nnd <JOI rc·memberecl . IJe liis iii ft large or smnll. The recommendation of the Board ,,as un ,tnimously adopted, hence-a GOLDE. 1 BOOK. Beu,u,e of ihe nature of this bool and the spirit it S}mholizes. il might well \ f ,p called the Democrati c Book of Congregation f3' nai lsra<'l. for it truly represents I the> ideal Jc\\ i,h ,rn,-the demonatic liberal "n) . This is the way of the Je,, s of ~realC'r ~luskegon . Tl1e COi DE. HOOi\. i, 01wn lo memhen, as \\ell as (!uest~ . GIFT TO ·1Hf-:. rE\IPLE \ I) YOL.:R ;\,l:\1,1-.: .\ I\0JE \VIU . BE I'-\ CRIRED. �{!l1,r1/f 1ca/rn DEDICATION OF TEMPLE B ' NAJ ISRAEL SuNDAY EvENING. Nov EMBER I 21. 1948 - 8:00 P.M. • . ·t~tn · .,~~:J - ··. I ~ - I I • PRESE ITATJO OF THE COLORS NATJO AL ANTHE 1 INVOCATJO . Color Gunrd Audience Habhi Samuel Umen ~1' Pr,li11f/J rt 11rlf/e/corrne 1 LEOS . ROSEN PRESIDENT OF CONGREGATION, s'NAI ISRAEL SEU SH'ORlM PSALJ\ r OF DEDTCATIO r 'lY SOUL THJRSTETH FOR GOD ( // JP F n u1n RABBI SAtvIUEL UME EL YIV EH HAGALIL Clioir Rabbi Choir I Choir c:§upJ/~1/)-teahe ,, LOUTS WIRTH PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY ,-, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SHIVlSI lVIEMORIAL PRAYER EL MOLE RACHAMIJ\ T Choir Rabbi Cl1oir Jn Memory of Congregation M eml>ers and Our Sons \Vho Fell in Battle Fighting for Democracy PRAYER FOR U. S. GOVERNME TT HALLELUYAH BENEDICTION ADON OLAM Ral>hi C'lwi,· l~ofJl,i r11oir � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Predication_Program_1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-11-21 Title A name given to the resource Dedication of Temple B'nai Israel Program Description An account of the resource Program telling story of the Golden Book, where the history of the congregation will be detailed and the ceremony proceedings. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Synagogue dedication services Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1613aef8471d6e382f2914cfbf5e3d83.pdf fc53d89fd0328daf3ee1d1178d0c78de PDF Text Text Tl1e Musl~egon_ Jewi.-11 Con1n1unity s 1 * Drean1 Slzall Be Fulfilled "Happy ,m? drcy u·/10 J,,.c/1 in Tiry /,<,LISC; Tla•y arc f<,riv<'r praising Tl,cc." DECEMBER, 194=; * �A Vita/ ]eivis/1 Con11nunity Center . This Is The Drean1. of Every Group and Organization. There is no community in all western 1lichigan that is so clo ely knit as the Jewish Community of Greater 1lu kegon. From its people, leaders have emerged to interpret and stimulate the desires, hopes, dreams and a pirations of the community as a whole. A Jewish Center, a central meeting place for the joint and cooperative endeavors of all peoples of Muskegon is the dream of this community. A Center wherein the cultural, communal, ocial and spiritual life of the new ~luskegon . the Muskegon that ha grown so greatly in character and stature . . may be given full outlet and further encouragement. All of Greater ~Iuskegon will benefit by the erection of a Center that will encourage group interest and activate leadership in Jewish and Civic affair . pecifically ... the Center will have adequate facilitie for hou ing social, cultural and religious gatherings, both large and small. The e will include, among variou others, the Congregation, the Children's and the Adults' Religious School, the Sisterhood, the Brotherhood, the B'nai B'rith Lodge, the Hadassah, the United Jewi h Charities, and the Zioni h Organization. But beyond these, the Center will be available to various other civic group aml organizations. 1fie Center U'T;// Belong To You lfze Fu//;//mcnt Is Up To You! �This Jewish Center Will Provide Proper Space and Facilities For Your Spiritual, Cultural and Social Life And Will Be Situated To Best Serve and Represent The Entire Comn~unity. When this dream shall have been fulfilled, men, women and children will meet in prayer within the walls of its beautiful main chapel, with a normal first floor seating capacity for one hundred seventy persons. A flexible seat- 1 1 ing arrangement which includes a balcony will provide a maximum seating capacity of three hundred. As shown on the accompanying floor plans, the first floor also bas a social room or salon and a small chapel of proper atmosphere to serve the requirements of small groups on occasions of meetings for religious purposes. On the ground floor, part of the space is used for heating, ventilating and storage, leaving sufficient area for a complete modern kitchen which adjoins a large recreation room equipped with a stage and other necessary facilities for dinners, dances, or social affairs. In the other parts of the building, in addition to the Rabbi's study, there will be a library and three cheerful rooms having proper size and equipment to meet the Religious School requirements. and which are also planned to serve other useful purposes. The site selected for the Community Center is at the southwest corner of Fourth Street and ,Yebster Avenue Hackley Park. . . directly across from beautiful Here, ample parking facilities, too, are available. This location is truly the ideal choice ... with churches and such institutions as the Hackley Library, the Hackley Art Gallery, the Hackley School, lending } an air of culture to these surroundings. Easily reached by bus and but a l five minute walk from the downtown business district, the Muskegon Jewish Center will in reality be the Center of Muskegon's Jewish life. �FLOOR PLA 1rs T. KINOERGAP.TEN UPPER PART OF CH IP. C.H APE.I- CLASS RM. nn CLASS RM . SECOND COATS T Loe,e,y u. u. J FL00\2. PLAN J ~ ~~~~~~~rn~~ n FIRST 0 FLOO~ PLAN 10' SCALE KITC~EN??. NTP.Y I ~ECREATION e,01LER ROOM HALL Loe,e,y RAe,e,1'5 STUDY SEC. MEN T. CHAll1. 5T011,. T. WOMEN COATS GROUND !=LO012. PLAN �How I~ Thi::- Dreain To Be Realizu.l, and When? Thi will b determin d by your further contribution . plendid tart ha b en made ... and now ... to bring thi · dream to full realization ... you are a ked to make an additional contribution according to your mean. and capacity. The benefit· you will derive out of your contribution cannot be m asured in dollars and cents. It will be an inve tment r turned many time ov r . . . to you . . . to your children and their children. \\ hether your contribution be great or small . . . one day you will know that you have done your . hare ... that your children ·hall proudly read your name among tho ·e which will be inscrib d on a bronze tablet a having made the 'enter pos ·ible. The an wer is for you to upply. If you re pond now ... if you make a. generou a contribution a you can po.· ibly make, and make it at once ... then, upon completion of the archit ct' ba ment will be completed and th final plan· and ·p ification , the balance of the building will go on un- int rrupted until there will ari. e thi: magnificent edifice . . . :\Iu kegon' Jewish Cent r. And, itting within the wall of its beautiful chapel on Rosh Ha.honah, 5707 (1946), you will .ay, 'I helped build it, -and it i our." ay Do It // You Beli~i·c It an Par ft and Your Dream /,a// Be Pu//;//ed. �Officers ... Members o/ T/1e Board o/ Trustees . . . Committees OFFICERS President ...... . .............. . .. ... . . ........................... .. Leo S. Rosen Vice-President .......... . ...... . . . ... ... .. . . . . . . . ...... . ..... . ... J . M. Kaufman Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Lawson Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Rod off MEMBERS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES Harold Rosen Harold Silverman Sol Silverman Fred Stein Joseph Strifling Abe Ashendorf Maurice Golden Sam Klayf Chas. Locke Sam Price Paul Wiener ADVISORY TRUSTEES Harry Fisher Marian Fisher Herman Grossman Sadie Grossman Ely Smith Francis August Jean Berman Harry S. Berman Ruben Berman Hortense Berman COMMITTEES BUILDIN G C OMMITTEE - Co-CHAIRMEN J. M. Kaufman Harold Rosen BANQUET PROM OTION AND STEERING COMMITTEE Maurice Golden-Chairman Louis Berman Hy Braverman Francis Fine Dr. Martin Friedenberg Ed. Krause Dr. Phillip Miller Ted Neumar Sam Rosenbaum Rabbi Louis Satlow Fred Stein BANQUET MENU COMMITTEE BANQUET MUSIC COMMITTEE Sam Rosenbaum-Chairman Joe Aron-Chairman BANQUET FLORAL DECORATIONS BANQUET GUESTS COMMITTEE Lillian Kaufman-Chairman Jerome Fisher-Chairman � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Muskegan_Jewish_Community_Dream_1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-12 Title A name given to the resource The Muskegon Jewish Community's Dream Shall Be Fulfilled Description An account of the resource Pamphlet asking for contributions to go to the construction of the Temple B'nai Israel. Also includes building floor plans, officers and committees in charge of effort. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Synagogue fund raising Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f64221cc1580f0eb2adcae7054bdccf9.pdf 160077eaecb53aa946b7a9fb1b39507f PDF Text Text • • • �1.9.:rl J'a»l JJ'r✓ --- ~ - - - -- I �1.901 1.951 ,; • �l'Jo~ Hie synagoque, bcstdes beinq a.., rtt1'1j in~ GOmttu.Ht4l c.en±er ketplrtq a.qtow aU thaf is vita.l,p,-eciou.s an..d. sa.c,-ed it1..1 Israel, serves a.s a. dy,w.mic. symbol that tke Almi9h.fy is evu nea..- his cluldven., ever reaii~ to li!>ten. fc lkeir pra11ers, to e,: te~d kelp ctnd eonsola.tiott. to tke wea.r-r cuui .utd~, io solace and comfort tkv su.ffevi.11.1 ~htd. distressed a.n.a to ittspire wi.tk faith Qno.'. hope the doubtilU] and pirplefed. ~h£ absolute unit~ of- -fkb I Eternal, Hie o,ieness of 1he idtal fritrit~ of :Jorah., God, a.nd l5rael, £ias alwa'Js been the pr~~avy feac;hin9 of- this hal- lowed i. t1-std.1Ltion •.• , the syna9oquc." 3tafet:r.. Jl-a~ im �THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Dear Rabbi Umen: Hearty felicitations and wannest personal greetings on the happy occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Congregation B1 nai Israel. I trust tnat for long years to come the Congregation will continue to exemplify the highest teachings of the ancient culture of Israel. Rabbi Samuel Umen, Congregation B1 nai Israel, Fourth and Webster, Muskegon, Michigan. �• STATE OF MICHIGAN orncE OF TH E GOVERNOR LANSING G MENNEN WILLIAMS GOVERNOR . TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGREGA.TION !'NA.I ISRAEL: On the occasion of the 71ft1eth Anniveraary of Congregation B 1Na1 Israel, it is a pleasure and a privilege to send you personal good wishes and to greet you on behalf of the people of Michigan. In thene days when change and confuoion are rife throughout the world, it ia heartening to find a people whose devotion to the ancient faith of their fathers remains unaltered through the centuries. If eTery American pledged the same 1teadfa1t allegiance to the principleo of liberty and freedom upon which our great de~ocracy is founded, the future security and velfare of tho United States would be assured.a Du.ring the fifty years since Congregation ! 1Nai Iarael was established, it has not only aerved ita members well but has contrib11ted in no small measure to the community life of the City of Muskegon. It ia 'A7 earnest hope that 1n the years to come, a • in the paat, Congregation ~•Rai Israel will continue steadily to grow and proeper. GOVJ!lUOR �j ,r I /11!:,lee Jkf{II llut! -~;1,(,//, Ji<,,, J' /(, "nl{ !I //f'U. II /jl'fll', .<½ul //'' .,/,o// /,al!ru !hf' /1/lif'1ft ruid /uocluim l,lfd/1 //,pou!J/2"ul //,<-' l lan<I fut!,, all 1/ie in/,"/r/,,nl., l!teu</ 23: I 0- 1 I LE\'. 1, THE JLBILEL INSTITL nu., \\AS .\ .'IARVELOUS AFL vUARO AGAI ' ST 01.ADEl'il!'rC, POVLRTY. BY IT. HOUSES AND I.ANOS WERE KEPT FRO.'I ,\CCUM LATING IN TIIE IIANDS or TIIL fLW. PAUPERIS\I WAS PREY! NTEO, ANO A RACL OF I. ' DI PLNOENT H) SUCII A I RELIIOLOERS RARE AND \!ORALS INTO ECONO\IICS, CLINI.O TO QUESTIO-.. AS URID. STRIKING IT RIPRLSENT· INTRODUCTION TIIAT '!ANY IIAVE BEEN OF I • \\IIFTlll:.R TIIIS \\ '01'.0fRfUL IN "Tl TUTION \\AS L\ Ell !-.. ACTLAL FORC!.. 110\\EVER, 'i-.oTIIINC, IS !\JORE CLRTAI . TIIA.'. TII.\T THI:. JCBILEE \\'A CL ' TURII:. ONCL fOR A RLALIT\ I', TIIF KATIOKAL LIFE Of ISRAEL 0 • (L\\ALD) . . . '1T IS l.'IPOS IBLL TO THINK THAT, AS HM> 1, SO\lfTL\IES BEEN SUPPOSI.D. TIIE INSTITUTIO!', 01 TIIE II .J ' Bil.LE IS A 'ILRL 11 CONC L RNS Tlll· Ii TION Of· \\IIICH TIii.Ri ARI A!'-AI.OGII .S 11' OTHER "IATION ' ), IT .'JUST DATE .\CCORDI. ·c P.\PI R- LA\\; I ANO I'll()\[ TO Tlf[ AT LEAST AS FAR AS (FOR TIIE PERIODICAL lffDISTRIBU ANCIL :-ST Tl\lfS 1'-" ISRAEL 0 (DRIVFR) T \L'll D. TIil. L\\\ or Tiff' JL Bil EE WA. OBSFR\'J:O AS 10',(, ,\S TIIF L. ' TJRL TJ:RRITORY OF Tllf POLY LA ' D WAS I · 11 \BITID BY ISRAF• ITES. WHf A POR · TION OF THE TRIB[S \\ 1· T l,TO FXILF. THE I.AW I.AP ro. FR0:'>1-PF.NTATFUCI I CO\J \lf"ITS BY JO. EPIJ 11. HFRTZ (P. 532 1 VOL. ED. ) ( �sd' Yijliell; . r/n 1tr"tteJ'JaJ~ z:jJJlo~i 011,, Judat4n1,, \VEDNESOAY EVENI 1G, 7'\0\ J.::. 18.1:J{ ] " Judat.>lll LJ lat/4 'IJU{,J<k, d J<,nul/4u'/I 1ut-n ~ a //,a,, u tad7, , /,Jc. 21:i , H: 00 P ..M. ;<,11l£//,t1'/I 11t o1,· dtan a .'LORRI:, JO l, Pll, l l:i48- H>JO , alional . \nthcm ............................. ........................................... .i l.udience lnvocation ...... .. ........ .......... ............. .. ..... ...... ............... ......... RABBI, Samuel Umell CO"'-GREGATJON B NAI ISRAl:.L Greelings ................... .......................... .. ........................ l lerrnall Gross mall PRE!:>IO!i T , CONGRLGATION B NAI !!:>RALL \/arner Gafombeck Violin Solo ACC0'-1PA1'1LO B't llLBUff BAKU{ C01'GRLGATION B NAI 1:,RALL ORGANl!:>T Jacob 01. Kaufman Remarks FIFTILTII ANNI\.I R:,AR\ PROGRA'I C IIAIRMA Vocal Solo .... .. .... .. ...... .. .... ...... .. .................... .. ... .... .. .... . Evelyn Calomheck Chairman of tht• E,ening ......... .... .... ................. Rn&hi Sornuel Umen .fn;/1/fllr r It 1 J,1rlr1/un ' unJ LCT · FoR D1!>cu:,s10" t\:-io PARTI C IPA;-.;Ts :- \Vhat is Judaism? ................................... . . RCL&bi Sanford Sapersleill Tl..'IPLl. BETH JACOB , PONTIAC, MICH . \Vhat Are om e Of The Factors That St·n ed ln The Pr('servaliou of Judaism To Tl1i~ Da)? ...... ... ... . Rahl>i 1\/frecl Friedmcm CONC,RLG .\ Tl01' ',I I AARIY /.El>EK, L\N!>l '-G, \JICIIIG,\l'i l fas Judais1n TI) hing To Offn To The .le" In Our Oa~? .... ...... ......... .. .... .. ... .. . ....... ... . .... Ral>hi Cc>rs/wn \Viner CONGIILGATIO:-i AII\\A 1:,.R\l.L. GR.\ D RAPIDS, \Vhal ls The Relationship B<'lween Jud<1i,111 ,\nd Chri,tianil~ I ....... ...... . . ... ...... ..... f~c' l't>re11d Sonuwl I rn:,.T CO'\JGlffG.\TIO'-AI MICH. '. Oliver Cl I l JIC II . 'I L:,.1, rc.o, . MICH . \Vh«l Can Be- Done- To ~rinu \houl \ Clo, ('r l 1nd <' r,l,111din [.! Between Jew and Christian? ' Rf\lRl1'1l SAINT PAUi S I P l!,;COP,\I Di scussion IA'll'-i ll. '-'Kl NIR C lll 'nC II . 'Tl ' '-ihH;O:-s . "llC'll. .......... ......................................... , \udience �Yi/lie/Ii s#nn tq}e}tja,1cy ½ )111,(,·Ce FRIDAY EVEN! C, 'OVE,\IBER 30. 1931 - 8:00 ,).\]. 1 ... /2r,,,/,. ,,,,/,, //,,, !J~,,,/ //,,.,Yl,",:f 'I,",,,,,/,, ,//4j . frrJJlf: ,un/,,j, //,,, .!/;,n/ PSALl>IS 29: 2. SER\'lCE DEDICATED TO Tl IE PAST PRE 'll)Ei\'TS Of Tl IE CO 'GRECATlO 1 Ho"' Cood It l, To Thank The l_ord ................................................ C'1oi,· Reading ................................................................................................ RablJt Pray<'r for Light ................................................ Two Sisterhood Members Blessing of Lights ................................................................................ C/toir Reading ...................................................... President and \lice President Leho Dodi ···························································································· C'1oir Reading ................................................................................................ Rab/Ji SC'u C'ltoir horim ···························································································· SA\IULL KLAYF PAUL M. WILNLR SAMUEL LIP.MAN LLO S. ROSEN HAROLD ROSfN ~TILTON STEINDLER SAMUEL GLUCI, lmocalion ······················································· .. ··"········· ...................... . Prayer er.·ce Rabbi P. 50 ( Union Prayer Book) PrC'sentatio11 of Kiddush Cup ...................................... Komnw Gudelsky Dedication of Kiddu,h Cup ................................................................ Rabb, Greetings ....................................................................... Herman Crossmon PRLSIDENT CONGRI CATION fl N,\J ISRAFL '.\lessag<' ..................................................................... PllOI LSSOn OF TIILOLOGY. lfl'BRI \\' UNION DR. SA'ILEL s. co110N COLLJ•:GI.-J.f.R, 1.chu 01'R.annoh .................................................................................... Choir 0-less,1gC' ............................................................... . DR. SA.\f U [J, GOLDENSON IUHBI F,\JFRITUS, Tl.~f Plf. l:..\l\fANU LI.. NLW YORK CITY '\doralion ~ ··········································· ·················································· Rabbi ---- - - - �SABBATH MOR l C 'ERVICE-Dccember 1. 1951. 9:00 AM. PSALMS 11 : 19. SERVICE DEDlCATEO TO THE PAST PRESIDE :I'S OF SISTERHOOD MRS. ANNA RUBINSKY MRS. BIRDIE KOLBERT MRS. ~IRS. LIBBY ROSE MR BERNICE WEI HARRIETT GROS MAN MRS. E ' THER GROSSMAN BERG MISS FANNIE ROSEN ~IRS. "'IIRIA."I FISHER MRS. ROSl- BERMAN MRS. MILDRED RODOFF MR LILLIAN Nl~l... :<IRS. ROSE LAWSON ~IRS. ~!ART HA GUDLLSKY ~IRS. GENE BERMAN MRS. I· RANCIS AUGUST 'IRS. IJ ORTE SE BERMAN Message ........................... .. ............................................ Rahl,i I eon Fram . TEMPLE ISRAEL, DETROIT, ,11CIIICA ,\i f!leceftlt'o n A,wiuersury Sou11c>nirs To The Cfi;lclren Of Our ReUgious Scl100/ �L'. 'DAY EVE, ' l'.\'C , DECEl\lBER o :JO P .~l. 1 al the l\lASO 'IC TEJ\JPIJ: ". /J,1,,/;1 I,,,, '/"'/ an,/ /,ftl j,1,,,.,,,,1 PSAL-'l ,I (J , 133: (. :\1aliona l .\nthcm ............................ ... ... ................. .. ........ .. ......... J\udi Pnce lmo< a lion .................... .................................. ........... Rabbi Samuel Greetings l 1men .......... I Jenna., Gross mun PRESIDENT, CONGRLGATIO I'," fl 1' ,\1 I R.\rL ,\l e. sage ........... ... .. ... .... ............................................. AN R(•marks l\lcssage h) J\'ER AR) Jacob J\1. KauJma,t PROGRA'I C IIAJR ,\, IA • Toaslrnaslc-r and lntrodudion of ( ,uesls ..... . I brold Rosen .. ................. ................................. ... ........... Rahl>i ~ amiwl £1men RABBI 111--:R'-lAN S C IIAAL,\,JA -OIRFCTOR llEBRLW U or GREAT LAI l::S Rl· GJON 0 1 ION CON GRI G.\TIONS Expression of Crntitude .................. ...... .. ... .. ................... Marslwll Berman PT1yfl; GrPenhC'rfJ Tl 'IPLL s 'NAI ISllATL SUKOA) S C IIOOL ST U DENTS ,\m <'rica ····················•···•········ ····· ······················· ················· ···· ..... . , \wli en ce Bc11cdictio11 ............ .... ........................... ........ .. ......... ......................... . Rabbi �, (/,,d all Juell w oc,,,j,!/ //,nm,/,,, .., ti,, 6~''!/"''!l{(t,()1/ <11 Jm//,j,,/nr.JJ willt /lie ff"(( 11/J t/ .1fdl;J (JII(~ OU:JJrd o,, J{e _yfre tlwm Mur lllU!f //,,, rr·<v,un/u nJP . . . PRAYER BOOK PROCRA I COJ\ IMl17-EE Jacob H. Kaufman , Chairman Herman Gros man Leo S, Rosen Rabbi Samuel Ume11 ' amuel Klayf Co-Chairmen ,,., "ts 'j,,( TICKET CO.0L.\.I1TrEE JVlrs. Louis Aron, Chairman i\ lrs , Jacob 1\1, Kaufman , General Chairman of Banquet and Reception ~lrs. Leo . Rosen . Co-Chairman ~lrs. i\-lax Lebow, Chairman of rrangemenls 1'lrs. Millon - leiudler, Advisory Chairman Mrs , Jack ' teindler, dvisor) Co-Chairman * * 'j.;( IN 'TITUI E 0 . JUDAIS.01-\ Vednesday, 1 'O\,emher 2 >Ir~. Harl") H. Rerman. Chairman of Refres hmenh 1931 :'vlrs. 1larry S. Berman , Co-Chairman Mrs. Samuel Klayf. Chairman of Decorations '.\ lrs . Fred Rod off. Co-Chairman 'i,.f f;,,. 'w FRIDAY EVE'.\JI G. :\'OVE>IBER 30. 1931 l\lr , Louis Aron , Chc1irman of Refreshments '.\lrs. 1larold Rosen , Co-Chc1irman ),,,l x * ),.", '1:( SAT RDAY MORi\'I 'G. DECEi\113ER 1, 19"> 1 I'vlrs. Samuel Lawson , Chairman of Refreshments Mrs. Rob<·rl Rosenberg, Co-Chairman J\-lrs. Ernest Klein l\ lrs . Komma Gudelsky 1'1rs. Isaac Grossman A BANQUET, 'U DAY EVEN! 'C DECEMBER 2. 1931 lrs . Jerome Fisher. Chairman of Dinner rrangemenls '.\1rs , Joseph Strifling. Sealing ,\rran(!emenls '.\lrs . Harry Fisher, Chairman of Decorations '.\ Irs . Paul \ Viener. Co-Chairnian �t ,od of '.\: .ilions: l lappy ure "l' "ho d"ell under the flag of ,\nwrica! l lt're men arc free; here men are equal; here men are guaranteed inalienable rig'hls. he,e men, respecting difference, Blessed is thi learn lo live logdht'r as brothers. sacred heritage of our~! Out of o, erfio" i ng hearts, we give Thee thanks, 0 Lord! '\lake u~ mindful, \\t' pra) Th<'e. of the price paid for this herilago.>. Our forefathers Lra,ersed untharled waters; they endured the hung<'rs and perils ol the frontier; they shed their blood on man) balllefield in defen e of the nation's ideals. The flag we honor is tLe )mbol of tlH'ir heroi( pioneering, of their agP-old quest for a land of freedom. peace and brotherhood. Cod of our falhers, endow us with th<' heart of the pioneer and the patriot that we of this generation may do our parl lo preserve this sacr<'d heritage. \lay we guard il with that eternal , ig.lanre which is the prile of libC'rlv. :'-la) we cherish ii with a lo,e th,11 kindles inlo flame in tlH' hour of crisi . \Vt• kno," that pillai.£e and rarnaQe ha,t' be('n ,,rough! for the glor) of a flag thctl the earth has be<'n nnaged bv flame and fury for lo,·e of counlr). Do Thou inspir<' our palriolism "ilh Thine c11H ienl la" aud ( ovenanl I hat "<' may measure the greatness and the glory of our nal ion no! on I) b) the , aslncss of i h domain. nor I lit' surfeit of ii, gold. nor th<' 111iaht of ils 1orH1ucsls. but h, the lreeclorn of our p<'ople. the sat redn<'ss of our rights as men. the <'qual opporlunily and fair plav and 1-!0od will of our \\dY of life. :\meri(a. our ,\merirn! Thine, Almighl) God. he the gra(e to blt>s,it! Ours ht> the ,,ill to pr<'st'n1• ii for our o,,n blessing and th<' bl<'ssini:.( of the nations of the earth l l 1NIO'-. or ,\\l[RIC.\:\' Ill lllH \\ C0'-.(,111 {,,\TIO;S.'i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/94aa52a8be54dc477eb32e57b72dcd0f.pdf aff606d5722c14b7959945a20a47533a PDF Text Text �FIFTH Tl I R) Bl 11 11 I CO ( ,RI::(, 1 IO I Ol RTH TRI LT B I . y cfi.tirlce Jkall J/4a 1' / , u -n In I I R ~l \f-BIIR \Ill Iha/ ~Ii, M you L.CV IC 5 xxv-11 �L FIFTIETH AN ![VER ARY BULLETI SLPTE:-!13ER 1950 - CO GREGATIO FOURTH STREET A 1 B'NAI ISRAEL 1 D 371 I WEBSTER AVENUE !\I USKEGON , MICI IIGAN S1I cfiddee J/iall C!JleuJ' Le u n lo !foa . /Ital :!lijttellt �PAGE II The Bulletin of •'onitrega tlon B' nal Israel is published bl-monthly rrom AevLember to June. Templo Telephone 2-2702 Samuel Umen ________ Rabbi 1950-OFFICERS-l 950 Samuel Lipman _ . ____ ····- ... __ President Harold Rosen _ _ __ ____________ 1st Vice-Pres. Herman Grossman __ 2nd Vice-Pres. Reuben Berman ______ _ __ Treasurer Rose Lawson _________ __ . ___ Secretary The Rabbi, OfCicers and Board of Trustees of Temple B'nai Israel extend New Year greetings to the entire congregation. May God g1'ant that in the New Year we and all mankind may be free from war worry, sickness and mishap. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS 1950 - 5711 Rosh Hashonnah-Tuesday and Wednesday, September 12th and 13th. Monday Evening, September 116:00 P.M. Traditional Maariv Service (In small Chapel.) Formal Community Service _________ --- ____ -- 8 :00 P.M. Sermon Tuesday, September 12th-1st day of Rosh Hashonnah Traditional morning service (Scha charis) __ _ ______________________ 8 :30 A.M. Reading of the Scroll __ _ _ _ _ __ 10 :00 A.M. Formal Community Service _____________________ l l :00 A.M. Sermon End of Service __________________________ 12 :45 P.M. Tuesday Afternoon-September 12th Traditional Mincho Service __________________ 5 :15 P'.M. Traditional Maariv Service ____________ 6 :00 P.M. Wednesday, September 13th-2nd day of Rosh Hashonnah Traditional morning service (Scha charis) ___ _ _ ____ ____________ _ 8 :30 A.M. Reading of the Scroll ___________ _______________ 10 :00 A.M. Sermon Sounding of the Shofar (ram's horn) ___ _ _ _________________ l l :20 A.M. Traditional Musaf Service __ . _ . ______________l l :30 A.M. End of Service __________________ . ______________ 12 :45 P.M. Wednesday afternoon-September 13th Traditional Mincho Service _ _ __ _ 5 :15 P.M. _ 6 :00 P.M. Traditional Maariv Service * * * * * * YOM KIPPUR Yorn Kippur-Thursday, September 20th Wednesday Evening, September 19th, Traditional Kol Nidrei Service ____________ 6 :00 P.M. (In large Chapel) Formal Community Kol Nidrei Service __ 8 :00 P.M. Sermon Thursday Morning, September 20th Traditional morning service (Scha charis) ______________ __ . __ 8 :00 A.M. Reading of the Scroll _ ___ __ ______ _10 :00 A.M. Traditional Yizkor Service __ ______________ 10 :45 A.M. Formal Community Service ________________ ll :15 A.M. Sermon Recess __ ___ _·-- . _____________________________ _ 1:15 P.M. Traditional Musaf Service _________________ _ 1:30 P.M. Junior Service _______________________ _ 2:45 P.M. Traditional Afternoon (Mincho) Service ________ ___ _ _ 3:30 P'.M. COMMUNITY MEMORIAL SERVICE __ 4:45 P.M. N eilah ( Closing Service) _______________________ _ 5:15 P.M. End of Service __ ·---· _________ ___ ____________ _ 6:15 P.M. THE SERVICE SCHEDULE Congregant s are urged to acquaint themselves with llie Service Schedule given in this bulletin. Services begin and end as per schedule. SCHEDULE OF SERVICE FOR SUCCOTH September 26th and 27th, Tuesday and Wednesday first two days of Succoth. ' Monday, September 25th Traditional Evening Service __ ______________ _ 7 :30 P.M. COMMUNITY SERVICE __ __ ___ 8 :15 P.M. Tuesday, September 26th Traditional Morning Service ______ ________ _______ 8 :30 A.M. Traditional Evening Service _ _ _ _______________ _ 6 :30 P.M. Wednesday, September 27th Traditional Morning Service . ___ . _____ __ ____ 8 :30 A.M. HASHONNAH RABAH-OCTOBER 2nd Mo,1day, October Z'Ild Traditional Morning Service . _______ ___ __ __ 8 :30 A.M. SHMINI ATZERES (8th DAY SUCCOTH) October 10th Monday Evening, October 9th Traditional Service . __ __ _ ______________ 7 :30 P.M. COMMUNITY MEMORIAL SERVICE ________ 8 :15 P.M. Tuesday, October 15th Traditional Morning Service ____ __ ___ _ 8 :30 A.M. YIZKOR 9 :45 A.M. Tuesday_ October 10th CHILDREN'S SIMCHATH TORAH PARTY __ __ ____ _ _ __ __ ________ _ 4 :00 P.M. Traditional Simchath Torah Service 7 :30 P.M. SIMCHATH TORAH Wednesday, October 11th Traditional Mo1•ning Service _ _ _ ______ _ 8 :30 A.M. ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 1950 - 1951. (5711) OPENING SESSIONS Sunday School, Sunday, s ·eptember 10 Hebrew School, Monday, October 16 Adult Hebrew, Monday, October 23 Bible Study, Wednesday, November 1 10 :00 4 :00 1 :00 8 :15 a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. THE SERVICES FOR THE HIGH HOLYDAYS The services for the High Holydays may well be considered the climax of Jewish worship. In them the most important Jewish ideals are expressed: The Sovereignty of God over all creatures, the brotherhood of the human family, the revelation of the divine spirit to man, the providence of God, the concept of reward and punishment, the restoration of the Jewish people and the sanctuary in Zion where a center for enlightenment for mankind shall be created. In addition to these ideas, the idea of renouncing one's own sins, seeking forgiveness, and vowing to lead a clean life is emphasized on the Day of Atonement. On these days, it is the desire of the Jew to elevate himself above his daily routine and to draw near to God. For this reason, these days are dedicated entirely to worship and meditation. For this purpose, the service was elaborately built up Qin laudations and prayers, hymns and poems, meditations and petitions. ROSH HASHONNAH And in the Seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no scrville work; it is a day of sounding the shofar unto 1Xyou1. -Numbers XX , · The New Year is called in Hebrew Rosh Hashonnah. It is sometimes called "Day of Judgment" (Yom Radin). . Because on that day we represent ourselves as being judged by God for our past lives. ,, . It is also called "The Da.y of Sounding the Shofar , ot ram's horn. The Shofar is sounded on that day, to remind us to appE,ar be~ore th~ Lord. .We Our hfe dunng these days should be more seuous. must repair any wrong we have committed, and removl any cause of ill-feeling between others, and ourselves. . father cannot be pleased when his childr~n are at variance. We are all children of our Father rn Heaven. �PAGE REASONS FOR BLOWING THE SHOFAR The Jewish philosophel' Saadya Gaon gave the followmg reasons for the blowing of the Shofar: 1. T proclaim the sovereignity of God on the anniversary of the creation. 2. To stir the people to repentance. 3. To remind the people of the revelation on Mount Sinai. 4. To remind us of the messages of the Prophets. 5. To remind us of the destruction of the Temple. 6. To remind us of Isaac's sacrifice. 7. The sound of the Shofal' causes the human heart to tremble. 8. To remind us of the Day of Judgment. 9. To rem;nd us of the blasts of the Sbofal' of redemption. 10. To remind us of the resurrection. THE TEN DAYS OF PENITENCE The ten days that follow Rosh Hahsonah are known as the Ten Days of Penitence. During this period, the individual is supposed to repent his or hel' untoward deeds and to make amends - either actually or by resolving not to 1 cpeat such actions. SH ABBA T SHU BAH Shabbat Shubah derives its name from the Haftarah of that day, Hosea XIV, 2-10, which begins with the word Shubah - "Return," i.e. Repent. YOM KIPPUR And ye shall have qn the tenth day of this seventh ,1,onth a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict yonr souls; ye shall not do any work thereon.-Numuers XXIX,7. The Day of Atonement is called in Hebrew Yorn Kippur. It is the da, on which we solemnly ask pardon from .;od for sins which we have committed against Him. Pardon is granted to us for those sins only when God who knows our hearts, sees that our repentance is sincere. O'n Yorn Kippur we do not obtain pardon for sins committed against our fellow-being unless we have righted any wrong we have done to him. We fast on :he Day of Atonement. We fast in order to humble ourselves before God, to realize how dependent we are upon Him for food, and therefore for life, and to learn to restrain earthly desires. A CLEAR CONSCIENCE One of the most pleasant expel'iences a person can have is through the knowledge of a free and clear conscience. How wondel'ful it is for one to feel that he has done his duty toward his God and fellowman! With the New Year approaching, you \dll want to start with a clean recol'd. By paying your dues now, you will be straightening c,ut with your God and your fellow man. Perhaps by paying your dues, you will expe1·ience the joy that comes from a clear conscience. Send your check to the Temple office today. SUCCOTH The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of the Tabernacle for seven days unto the Lord. Ye shal! dwell in booths seven days, every Israelite-born shall dwell in booths. That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.-(Levit XXIII, 43). Succoth is kept to remind us of God's loving protecti0n of our fathers when He caused them to he sh<>ltered in booths or tabernacles in their journey through the deserts after they left Egypt. In our synagogue, a palm branch, a citron, some myrtle, and willow are m,ed during service. The palm-b 1·anch (Lulab) represents om· frame; the citron (ethrog) repres!i'nts the heart; the myrtle-leaf (hadas) represents the eye, and the willow leaf (nrbe nahal) represf•nts the lips, teaching thus that our frame, our heart, our eyes, and our lips are to be used in the service of God. III HOSHANAH RABBAH Hosha-nah Rabbath, the seventh day of Succoth, was the climax of the festival in Temple times, ;•·hen seven processions were made around the altar, and mar.y ver es of Hoshanah (0 Save) were sung to the waving of the palm branches. SHEMINI AZERET Shemini Azeret (Eighth day of Assembly) designated in the Bible as a day of holy assembly, is celebrated after the seventh day of Succoth as the concluding festival of the season. SIMHAT TORAH Simhat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) is the second day of Stemini Azeret. Then the reading of t~e PentaLeuch is completed and begun anew for the commg year. SIMCHA TH TORAH PARTY On Tuesday afternoon, October 3rd. 4 :llO p.m., there will be a Simchath Torah party for the children of our Religious School. The Rabbi will explain the nature of the celebration, the children will march in the Torah parade and then receive a special treat from Sisterhood. OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE OCTOBER 27, 8:15 P.M. As we are about to resume the Friday night services, we cannot help but think of Sisterhood and the hostesses that Sisterhood fnrnished throughout the past season. There is nothing that hits the spot better than a hot cup of tea or coffee after the Service. Sisterhood \vith its hostesses made this possible last year. We look forward to the continuance of this lovely gesture. ON CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL'S JUBILEE YEAR by RABBI SAMUEL UMEN BEN CHAMISHIM L'EITZOH. "At fifty for counsel." The first twent)' to thirty years of an individual is spent in growing, developing and maturing .. I:rol:? then on he begins to devo~e himself to some purs_mt m hfe .. At about fifty, one bcgms to take stock of his accomplishments and analyze his life. It is at this point that one becomes philosophic, about himself and the world i'n which he lives. If this is true of an individual, it is also true of an institution in a degree. In any ca~e, it surely is true of Congregation B'nai Israel, which dates back to tho year 1901 whr::n about ten Jewish families formed what is now known as Congregation B'nai Israel of Muskegon. Without a permanent home, like the Jews in the desert, the small Congregation carried on its community life and held its bervices wherever it was permitted. Slowly but surely the ranks grew in number, wisdom and experience. In 1947 it dedicated its own home-one of the most beautiful modern Temple buildings in the mid west. It is in this 'l'emple with its inviting facilities that the accumulated '•Counsel" of the Congregation i3 manifesting itself through its many faceted program which 1 eaches out to our c.ld and young. If Co'Tlgregation B'nai Israel was late in developing, it is now making up for lost time. This Congregation at Fifty stands ready to offer some counsel to those who are still in their embryonic stage, and wl,ose growth and development is hindered, due to a squabble over a scull cap, talis, an organ, more or less Heurew at services, veering more to the right, more to the left, or cleaving to the middle. Thanks to the democratic 1:,pirit of our leaders, their vision and courage, all elements and all shades of thought in our community are united under one roof. May it be Thy will 0 Lord to preserve the unity of our Congregation so that we may be privileged to serve as a living example of what can he achieved by fl community when it acts in the name of peace and the sanctity of Thy name. "May al! Thy children unite in one fellowship to do Thy will with a perfect heart." �PAGE IV CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN JUBILEE MESSAGE FROM TEMPLE A MESSAGE FROM OUR U. J. C. CHAIRMAN B'NAI IS"RAEL PRESIDENT As we go forward in our Temple and community work, it is only natural, that we should simultaneously take a glance backward. For the past is the best guide for the future. The past shows up our foibles, omissions, negligence, gropings ~Jnd every achievement as nothing else does. A glance at the past of our community, shows up one thing in our accomplishments so cleru: and so large that everything else disappears· in the background. This thing is Muskegon's charitable nature-Muskegon's generous gifts to the United Jewish Appeal. The record show~ th'lt in proportion to the size of other communities our own community ranks first and best in helping our brother man. Let us hope and pray that through the merit of our liberal giving and life saving, we shall receive God's blessings of exte:nded life to carry on the high ideals and deep aspirations which are ours as Jews and as Americans during this Jubilee Year and in the years to come. Harry A. Fisher If I were to mention the most outstanding accomplishment by our congregation in its half century of existence, I would without a second of hesitation say "harmony." While our congregatioln is rather small as compared with some of the great communities in our country, yet the views of our congregants in not the remote past have been as many and as varied as one fiJnds in a very large community. However, a way was found by our leadership to unite every shade of religious thought in our community under one roof. Thus. we have one Temple which is one of the most beautiful in the midwest. It is through this harmony that building the Tem'ple of the spirit within the framework of the stone building is rendered easier for our benefit and for the benefit of our people at large. May harmony and peace always reign in our hearts, homes, our community and throughout the world. Sam Lipman CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN A MESSAGE FROM TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL SISTERHOOD PRESIDENT The last half century of our people in Muskegon, may be compared to the life of the Hebrews in the desert. Our Jewish life was built on quicksand. There was nothing to hold us together, we had no home-we had no program of any consequence. We lived from day to day. For the wandering Jew of the desert it was finally Palestine. For us at the end of fifty yea:rs, it is a beautiful Temple, a well organized program for the young and old. May the Jubilee Year of our congregation mark the beginning of many fruitful achievements by our congregants for the benefit of Judaism and Democracy. Sophie Lebow A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUSKEGON HADASSAH CHAPTER Many worthwhile organizations and institutions could not exist if it were not for the moral and financial support which they d erive from the Synagogue. It was from tho Synagogue that Zionism drew its strength in a large measure for the past fifty years. Hadassah's success too, is due to the help it receives from the Synagogue. As president of The Muskegon Hadassah Chapter, it therefore, gives me great pleasure to cong1·atulate Congregation B'nai Isrnel on its Jubilee Year. 1. congratulate B'nai Israel not only because in its half ceintury of existence it served well as a religious institution in our community, but helped in the furtherance of such noble work that is related to Judaism and Jewish life. May this congregation ever grow in its stl·ength and influence. May those who work for it be blessed and may their work be unto a blessing. Reva Levy UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS 3 East Sixty-Fifth Street New York 2·1, N. Y. August 3, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi Umen: In the name of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations I extend my warmest felicitations and ~ffer the h2artfelt congratulations of your four hundred sister congregations throughout the country on this happy occasion of your Jubilee Year. Well may you of B'nai Israel Congregation review _the past years with a sense of deep inner pride. Yours 1s_a congregational heritage rich in tradition and sweet m memory. Countless are the souls who have been consol~d in grief a.n d strengthened in trial, who have opened their hearts in uplifting prayer within the portals of your sanctuary. May this moment of jubilee bring pause and retrospection. As you toll your multiple blessings and breathe your gratitude, as you look back ujpon your triumph and past, so maiy you utilize this occasicm to pledge yoursel~e~ to an even more consecrated spiritual future. In the B1bhcal book of Leviticus we find the injunction. directed to ?ur forefathers, commanding that "fire shall be k~pt b_urm~F upon the altar continually; it shall never be extmgu1shed ·t The rabbis tell us, in commenting upon this verse, th.a~ 1 was the wont of the entire household of Israel to s~t a~ide on a designated day the mundane routine of their hves and to gather wood so that the altar fires should never be dimmed. So must it be for the entire household of B'nai Israel Congregation. This is the day to be set aside, this is th moment for a]] of you to place your vows of persona consecration upon your hallowed altar. Then the fla~e of your faith will never flicker, but will ignite th~ so_u 5 of your children and your children's children, kiJ!d~n_g within them "an everlasting light", that light whic is the glorious heritage of our people, for such is thed meant ing and intent of your jubilee1 celebration. Go gran that such be your deed this day. W~th warmest greetings to all of you, I am Yours most cordially, (Maurice N. Eisendra th ) 1 �PA GE THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE . . . CINCINNATI JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION ... NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati 20, Ohio July 5. 1950 Mr. Samuel Lipman, President Congregation B''nai Israel. Fourth and Webster, Muskegon, .Mich. Dear Mr. Lipman: On behalf of the Board of Governors and the Faculty of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, we ext&i1d congratulations to you, and the officers :rnd members of Congregation B'nai Israel on the occasion of the celebration of its Jubilee year. We know of nothing which is mor·e important in our modern Jewish life than to build fortresses of faith which will be the strongest protection we can ever possibly have for ourselves and for our children. A temple devoted to the teachings of Judaism is a blessing to all of those who participate in it. We p1ay that God will bless and consecrate your cong1 egation and your rabbi in all your works. May you ever continue to be a tower of strength in the service of Judaism and America and all humanity. Sincerely yours, (NELSON GLUECK, PRESIDENT) LESTER A. JAFFE, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF GOVERNORS) THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE . . . CINCINNATI JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION .. NEW YORK Office of the Assistant to the President 40 W. Sixty-Eighth Street-New York 23, N. Y. June 19, 1950 Mr. Sam Lipman Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Mr. Lipman: I am delighted to learn that you are preparing to celebrate your Jubilee Year. Certainly such an important milestone in the history of your community deserves to be marked and celebrated. You have made great progress as a Congregation in the first half century of your existence, particularly in recent years. God bless you and your Rabbi. May you continue to go forward together from strength to strength, deriving rem:!'w ed joy and satisfaction from your endeavors in the vineyard of the Lord. Sincerely, (RABBI ABRAM M. GRANISON) MICHIGAN FEDERATION OF TEMLE SISTERHOODS 2224 Chicago Boulevard Detroit 6, Michigan July 5, 1950 Congregation B'nai lsrael l\1nskegon, Michigan Dear Friends: In the same spirit of broad humanity, love among all men and cosmopolitan philanthropy, with which you have Ptrmeated your community throughout the years, it is m~ very great pleasure, Congregation B'nai Israel. to l>rmg you the warm co!ngratulations of the Michigan Federation of Temple Sisterhoods on your joyous Golden Annivers:irv. It is ind E.ed, through a Temple such as yours, with fifty )'ears to its credit, that our Jews in Michigan are prepared for a career of spiritual creativeness. With warm personal greetings, I am Sincerely, (SYLVIA DANTOJ {MRS. SAMUEL B.) President V CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS Office of President 11 7 Gibbs Street Rochester 5, N.Y. Dennis, Mass. July 10, 1960 Rabbi Samuel Umen Congregation B'nai Is1·ael Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan flear Colleague: On behalf of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, I felicitate Congregation B'nai Israel of Muskegon on its Jubilee. This is both a happy and a very significant event. World events and developments in Jewish high life high-light the indispensibility of religious values. Science will not save mankind; religion alone cian. Normalization of the Jewish positidn in the world gives American Jewry both the right and the duty to strengthen their own spidtual institutions. We must not only survive. but have a good reason for survival. Historically, the best reason for survival has been our faith. Therefore, qn behalf of the oldest, largest, and most influential Rabbinical body in the world, I congratulate your rongregation which is devoted to strengthening and perpetuating our faith. May it go from strength to strength. Faithfully yours, (PHILIP S. BERNSTEIN) President TEMPLE ISRAEL 900 Park Avenue Detroit 26, Michigan July 19, 1950 Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi Urn en: May your Jubilee Year find our world realizing the Jubilee message of Moses, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Your devotion to the faith of Israel through these 50 yenrs, your recent building of a beautiful sanctuary of God are evidence of the contribution you are making to a world of peace and freedom. Sincerely yours, RABBI LEON FRAM RABBI HARRY ESSRIG Temple Emanuel Grand Rapids, Michigan August 7, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen Cong B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Mich. Dear Rabbi Umen: The increasing number of congregations in America who commemorate their Jubilee celebrations is eloquent proof of the deep roots that we have struck in the soil of our country. We are an integral part of the religious forces of this commoJ1wealth and have shown how it is possible to blend our historic spiritual heritage with the finest flowering of the American genius. Your Jubilee observance is therefore not only of great significance to your own congregation but of moment to the entire Jewish community. A:: your neighbors, who have watched your progress in recent years with much commendation as wel] as envy, \'l<e congratulate you for reaching this milestone in the long career of your congregation. B'nai Israel has distinguished itself in many respects and rendered many worthwhile services to the cause of Judaism. May you continue to labor in the vineyards of the Lord and to prosper in all your undertakings. Sincerely yours, (HARRY ESSRIG) �PAGE VI CONGREGATION SHAAREY-ZEDEK North Pennsylvania and Linden Grove Lansing, Michigan August 11, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi Umen: Please convey to the B'nai Israel congregation, a hearty :\1azel Tov on the occasion of their completing fifty vears of congregational activity. Although your congregation has grown in numbers and their physical environs have been beautifully expanded duri.ng this half century, let us also hope and pray that their spiritual resources have correspondingly deepened and their vision of life's higher purposes have enlarged. May this Golden Anniversary bring added luster to Jewish dignity and pride in Muskegon. May it be a foretaste of the wealth of knowledge of which they shall all partake. ,M ay the next half-century, see you and your congregation go from strength to strength contributing to those forces which will cause the light of peace. freedom and justice to cast a warm glow upon Israel and all mankind. May God bless the fruit of your labors. Sincerely yours, Rabbi Alfred L. Friedman TEMPLE BETH EL RABBI MORTON M. APPLEBAUM, M.H.L. Flint, Michigan August 18, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen, Congregation B'nai Israel, 4th and Webster, Muskegon, Michigan. Dear Sam: I am most grateful to you for this privilege and o_pportunity to extend my heartiest felicitati?ns and ~ontmu~d best wishes to you and your Congregation on this auspicious occasion. As Rabbi and members of CongTegation B'nai Israel reflect with pride upon a half-century of past achievement may all be moved to re-consecrate themselves to the l~ftiest teachings of our faith, and aspire, through continued toil energy and resourcefulness, to add to its glory and that for which it stands. Cordially yours, Morton M. Applebaum PAUL M. WIENER FOUNDRY CO. Muskegon, Michigan August Z·2, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen 340 West Forest Avenue Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi: September 1st was two years since you took over the leadership of our congregation, and I want t~ ~ake t_his opportunity to congratulate you on the magmf1cent Job you have done. . . . With you as our gmde, our commumty has expenenced a higher spiritual level of attainment than ever before in ii;,; history. I realize that your work is not easy and that many difficulties face you in carrying on your progressive program .. I also klnow that if anyone can succeed, you ·will. With our high holidays approaching, I wish you conCnued success and a very happy and prosperous New Year. Faithfully, PAUL M. WIENER CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan June 12, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen, 340 W. Forest, Muskegon, Mich. Dear Rabbi Umen: With the termination of the year 1949-1950 in the congregational life of our community, it behooves me to drop you a few notes, particularly with regard to my own personal association with you during Mr. Sam Lip.man's absence from the community. It is impossible to express tn words, the comfort and mental relief you have brought me in your tenure of office in our community. There always has been a tremendous need for a restatement of ideals and ideologies which give mankind tools for creating a better world, and i!n a world wherein man has an opportunity of being honored in a more decent way to the extent of developing his own potentialities. You have given this community, I believe, the proper appreciation of the inter-relatedness and the inter-indebtedness of Christianity to Judaism. You have a'so given us the lesson that the greatest gift in the world is the gift of love. At least 'I feel that your te:ichings add up to this summation. Moreover in your sermons you have taught those who wilshed to listen and learn, the other gre:it gifts of life--courage, belief underst&inding, not to omit the other precious gift of confidence. I pass over the fact that you irrtegrated the community into one harmonious whole, and in so doing you have made all factions feel that your respective needs were at all times being fulfilled. . W~en :1 Rabbi 1oes all this i'n a short span of time, he 1s sat1sfyrng _the highest traditions of his great profession, And what 1s more, he satisfies the question which worthy people should and do constantly ask themselves, "For what ye come on this eal'th, that is a virtue seldom tall ed." With kindest regards, I am Sincerely, HERMAN GROSSMAN, (2nd Vice President) TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL Jackson. Michigan August 20, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen: Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Sam: It is indeed a great joy for us to learn th.at Congre~tion B'nai Israel will commemorate ills Jubilee Year in 1951. Since time immemorial such an occasion has always been of importance within the religious history_ of our people and in the case of yom' worthy congregatiof it is, indeed, a fact for grateful reflection, a sourc,e 0 pride and an admh:able milestone of outsta\1~ing achieved men ts. Congregation B'nai Israel through its. ne~ an beautiful Temple has made a noteworthy contnbution to the growth and progress of Judaism within our St~te_. Its pulpit, through your magnificent and devoted ~,mstry has become the sounding board of faith, inspiration and courag·e not only for your constituants, but also for your colleagues and friends, and through us for so many congregations in our State and our Country. It is, therefore, indeed aln honor and a ple~sure foe{~! to send the felicitations of my congregat10n an d heartfelt greetings and wishes of my own, to you a~ your congregation. May you go forth from strengt\u~ strength, and may the future years for you and Y be congregation be of a blessing. May the next 50 years d permeated with peace, inspiration, prosperity for all a~f further progress for you and for the whole household Israel. Chazak, Chazak, veniss-chazek ! ! ! Faithfuly and fraternally. bb' DR. FRANK ROSENTHAL, Ra. h1 Temple Beth Israel, Jackson, Mic · �PAGE THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 20, 1950 Dear Rabbi Umen: Hearty felicitations and warmest personal greetings on the happy occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Congregation B'nai Israel. I trust that for long years to come the Congregation will continue to exemplify the highest teachings of the ancient culture of Israel. Very sincerely yours. (HARRY TRUMAN) Rabbi Samuel Umen, Congregation B~nai Israel, Fourth and Webster, Muskegon, Michigan. CITY OF MUSKEGON MICHIGAN July 3, 1950 CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL, Please accept my most heartfelt congratulations for your Fiftieth Anniversary. Rabbi Samuel Umen, the Office,s, the Trustees, and the whole Congregation are most deserving, for their continued faith and perseverance. They all have shoW\11 themselves not only to be trustworthy in the sight of God, but to be thoroughly loyal, contributing their full share toward the social, political, intellectual and artistic advance of all peoples within our community. In your desire to better serve God and your community you have produced large numbers of musicians, scholars, business people, and men and women in public life. You people have carried the religious ideals of the one true God throughout the years, and have continued to be the standard bearers even in the City of Muskegon for these fifty years. You number in the membershp of your Congregation many persons who do now greatly honor your people, our people and all the city; and there are still many more who will be known for their prominence in the building and history of Greater Muskegon. May I, therefore, present to the Congregation B'nai Israel not only my own personal th;Jlnks and congratulations, but that of a11 the people of Greater Muskegon. Yours truly, (H. J. DEVETTE. MAYOR) CITY OF MUSKEGON THE MUSKEGON CHRONICLE Muskegon, Michigan July 31, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth at Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi Umen: I am pleased to be among those to welcome the forthcoming Fiftieth Anniversary of Congregation B'nai Israel, with a brief word in your Jubilee Year Bulletin. I have been in Muskegon· more than thirty years and hence have seen at first hand much of the development ihat has come to your Congregation. It is in the blood of a newspaper editor to take a kind of personal pride in the constructive accomplishments of the community, and hence I feel a real kinship with you i·n the progress of your group. I know this progress will continue into the second fifty years, as indeed it must. As individuals and communities, we are remiss to the extent that we take our religious ins titutions largely for granted. Religious freedoms are at the heart of this whole present world struggle and the obvious answer, from our side, is churches that are even stronger, even more ably supported. As in the past, The Chronicle will always be happy to cooperate in your events in any way it can. You have my own most cordial congratulations for the big Golden Anniversary milestone which is just ahead in 1951. With best wishes, Very incerely, (C. D. McNAMEE) Editor VII STATE OF MICHIGAN Office of the Governor LANSING July 18, 1950 TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL: On the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Congregation B'nai Israel, it is a pleasure and a privilege to send you personal good wishes and to greet you on beha'.f of the people of Michigan. In these days when change and confusion tare rife throughout the world, it is heartening to find a people whose devotion to the ancient faith of their fathers remains unaltered tlu:ough the centuries. If every American pledged the same steadfast AlJegiance to the principles of liberty and freedom upon which our great democracy is founded, the future security and welfare of the United States would be assured. During the fifty years since Congregation B'nai Israel was established, it has not only served its members well but has contributed in :no small measure to the community life of the City of Muskegon. It is my earnest h0pe that in the years to come, as in the past, Congregation B'nai Is1·ael will continue steadily to grow and prosper. Sincerely, (G. Mennen Williams) GOVERNOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED ST ATES WASHINGTON 0. A. Seyferth President June 28, 1950 Rabbi Samuel Umen Congregulion B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi Umen: It gives me pleasure to respond to your letter of ,June 15. The Fiftieth Anniversary soon to be observed by Comgregation B'nai Israel marks a long period in the lives of the members of your Congregation, but a brief span only in the annals of the faith to which you subscribe. That faith has made its imprint upon the world throughout the centuries of man's progress. It has insisted on the highest suandards of human behavior, and even more important it has given inspiration to millions who express through it their belief in spiritual values. I have Jong felt that religious bodies could do much tow::rd bringing closer accord among the different groups thnt make up our society. Solidarity and tolerance are natio'1al essentials. The religious faiths can contrihute toward their advancement in America. ,I know that your celebration of your Congregation's attainment of the half century mark will be successful. Sincerely yours, (0. A. SEYFERTH) President THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGON MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Attention: Rabbi Samuel Umen Dear Friends: A half century of service to the Greater Muskegon community by Congregation B'nai 1srael is a matter deserving not only congratulations, but sincere appreciation on the part of ali citizens. True community values are inevitably found in people and institutions making positive contributions in the spiritual, cultural, and educational areas. In these respects, Congregation B'nai Israel has ably accomplished its full share, and more. May the next half century be one of continuing success and service. Yours truly, (C. W. BEMER) SUPPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS �PAGE VIII STATE OF MICHIGAN LABOR MEDITATION BOARD LANSING Noel P. Fox 208 Montgomery Building Muskegon, Michigan July 8, 1950 Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Attention: Rabbi Samuel Umen Dear Rabbi: The Congregation B'nai Israel, in Muskegon, should receive the whole-hearted congratulations of the entire community. The members of the CongTegation have lived and practiced fundamental principles, and by example have raised the standards in this community. These principles emphasize the sacred character of the mdividual; the sanctity of the home as the basic unit of the whole human family; that the human rights of every person come from God, and not from the State; and due respect for domestic, civil and religious authority. Muskegon is a better place in which to live because the Congregation B'nai Israel is here. My very best wishes to all of you, and may God Bless You, one and all. Very sincerely, (NOEL P. FOX) CONGREGATION HONORS PAST PRESIDENT Paul M. Wiener, past president of Congregation B'nai I i:rael, was presented a bronze plaque at the Treat of the Year Dinner held on Sunday evening, June 25th 1950 at the Temple. The test'imomial to Paul was for his many years of service in the congregation and United Jewish Charities which he organized in Muskegon ten years ago. THE TEMPLE LIBRARY The Temple libniry is slowly but surely expanding. Several excellent volumes have been added to our library shelves this summer and a goodly number of other volumes have recently been ordered. Much credit for the growth of our library is due to Fred Rodoff, who as chairman of this project is doing an excellent job. On birthdays, anniver~aries, or 0'11 the day of commemorating dear ones, let us 1emember the Temple Library. THE SIX MIST AKES OF MAN 1. The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others. Z. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. 3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it. 4. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying. 5. Refusing to set aside trivial preference. 6. Attempting to compel other persons to believe and live as we do. -Cicero ANNIVERSARIES FOR SEPTEMBER Mr. and Mrs. Milton Steindler September 2 Mr. and Mrs. Max Shumacher September 3 Mr. and .Mrs. Anton Aron September 7 WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR OCTOBER Mr. and Mr.s. Fred L. Rodoff October Mr. and Mrs. Max Ashendorf October Mr. and Mrs. Max Schubb October Mr .. and Mrs. Eli Smith October Mr. and Mrs. Seymour I. Rosenberg October 1 22 23 29 31 BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER Rochelle Louise Cherin September Alexander Samuel Krause September William Dean Rosenberg September Jack Stanley Roberts September Burt Hess Roberts September 12 13 15 20 24 CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER Marc Leslie Be1·man October :.: Roger Michael Krause October 4 Jeffrey Allen Rosen October 16 Susan Lee Ashc ndorf October 20 Sheila Mae Miller October 26 E~RLE PR[SS INC , MUSKLGON PAUL M. WIENER FOUNDRY CO. Mu sk egon, Michigan August 24, 1950 Congregation B'nai Israel Fourth and Webster Muskegon, Michigan Dear Rabbi, Officers, Trustees and Members: . I am extremely grateful for the beautiful testimomal presented to me by the congregation. .. Although I no longer serve B'nai Israel in any official capacity, I shall continue to do my utmost to help support and maintain the high level of spiritual achievement our community has attained. I feel deeply honored in the possession of this plaque, because of the generous spirit in which it wa~ presente~. May our congregation always preserve th~ u1yty and sohd::irity of purpose, of which this testimonial 1s a symbol. Faithfully, p AUL M. WIENER LEO ROSEN AND KELLY M. KAUFMAN HEAD TEMPLE JUBILEE YEAR PROGRAM This is a special year for Co11gregation B'nai_ I~rae!. In a few months it will hit its fiftieth year. A f1tti~g p~g:ram to mark this important occasion is now bemg/\; ranged by a special Jubilee Year Committee, of ~ ic _ Leo_ S. Rosel? is chairman and Kelly M. Kaufman is C:e hairman. With these two capable leaders at the bead can look forward to some memorable doings in our congregation during this year. B'NAI BRITH It is expecte d that the forthcoming year will keep hui: congregation very active Our B'nai Brith Lodge has · a would be Tempe 1 B1•otf er· undertaken to carrv on for hood B'nai Brith's' combined program should, there ore, have· much to give to, and a great deal to expect from our Temple membership. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Fiftieth_Anniversary_Bulletin_1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950-11 Title A name given to the resource Fiftieth Anniversary Bulletiin Description An account of the resource Bulletin that highlights officers, schedules of events, academic calendars, different important dates to remember, messages from various presidents as well as different people, and anniversaries and birthdays for members of the congregation. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Synagogue bulletins Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/11dde64bc0650c0dccc84f51cf4c53bc.pdf 4e4fbc5bce2bdc0bcfb2ecee91f71bc7 PDF Text Text FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES of GREATER MUSKEGON LEOS. RO EN -P,,..,J,.,11 ,M11,k.·~011 Hott,, of },..,,,ah if'"vrrh,r �Commencing with the fifth annual report, your chairman is inaugurating a plan whereby the front cover of each annual report will be dedicated to a member who has performed outstanding service in behalf of the community. For its first selection, Leo S. Ro en was awarded this honor, because of his untiring efforts and devotion to promote the well being of Jewry. �cA Message from Your Chairman I 1m submittin • th annu,11 r port cf your ye.ir ending August 31, 1915 . nited J wi h h,1ritie for the fisc.d The succes of the 19 I 1- i 5 camp a i g n wherein I 02 people contributed • 19, 3 ,0.00 is .1 testimonial to your generosity. It in<li ate, that the Jewish people of ,reater 1u,kegon have in their he.uts the de. ire to aid an I encourage others, .rnd .1t the Jme time support its own lo ,11 in,titutions and programs to an c, r inc.reasing e. tent. Y u will n tc in the report that your Trustee allo ,1te<l .. 760.00 to the Mu'>kegon 80.1r<l of Jewish EdU(,1tion, which sum represent.. one-third of the cost of sending 62 children to un<l.1y 'cho I during the fast ye.u. This is on of the sounde t im c tments our community can m,1k . The first di, idend wa · recei, ed when we ,, itnes'e I the confirm.1tion e. ·crcises l.1 "t June. During the past year the fona View Jewish Cemetery Asso iation purchased 151 I ts for 11.800.00 from the it) of foskegon Hei •ht . Perpetll.ll care is gu.ir.rntc d e,Kh lot. Four thousand dollars w.t-; paid upon the exe~uti n of the contract, and th b.1lance is payable ,vithin four ye.us. The U.J.C. lo.med the l,000.00 to the As,oci:ition with the understanding that additional funds will he m,1de a, ail.1blc to meet the term. of the contract and that ,ls lot are sol<l, the sums loaned will he rcp,1id to nite<l Jewish 'harities. hore tlut you will t,1ke time to ,tudy thi rep rt ::o that you may be fully prepared to ,oice your opinion ,lt the ne. ·t n~ceting, at \,hich time new offiler and tru tees \\ ill be electe<l for the en,uing year. inlc:rel}' }'Ours, PA L 1. ~ 1 IE ER. Clhun11,111 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES SUMMARY REPORT OF CASH AND PLEDGES 1944 - 1945 Schedule A Amount pledged l 9-+-~· 19-i5 .. ........... .............. .. .............. ................. C1shonhand ept. l, 19::ii.. .. . .......................... 1,619.16 ollected on 19·11·1914 pledges.. . ............... ... .......... 145.00 TOTAL -········-····· ---------------- 19,360.00 l ,76.:.iA6 -·-··········---· Pledges ouhtanJing, chedule A2 ... ......... ................ 130.00 Monies .11located and paid Ii-led on chedule A 1............ 18,839.·17 Gt: I' RAL EXP1:N515 Occidental dinners .............. . ................................................ Printing expense ................... . 159.90 1-!3.52 18,969. 7 303.42 Cash on hand and in b.rnk Aug. 31, 19'15 ......................... . 1851.5 7 TOTAL ............................................................. . 21,124-.-46 Schedule A2 PLEDGE PAID ON ACCOU T Pledged Louis Lger ....... . am Lawson .. _... . PLEDGED A D tankr Baru ........ ....... ... . Jake Goldberg ...................... . Paid Due 25.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 15 .00 15.00 , 50.00 S 20.00 1,0.00 OT PAID .. ················ 50.00 50.00 100.00 Balance due on pledges as listed ahove .................................... . 130.00 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES ALLOCATIONS 1944 - 1945 Schedule Al Am erican Fund for Palestinian Insts . .... .. ........ .. . .... ..... . .... 100.00 Jewish Telegraphic Agency ....... . 100.UO American Jewic;h Conference...... 50 .00 Jewish Theological Seminary of Ainerica ................................... . 200.00 American Jewish Congress. 2 5.00 Joint Defense Appeal .•............... 400 .00 Belfaire Orphan Hom e......... 25 .00 Levi Memorial Hospital ............ l 00 .00 B'nai J::frith- Wider Scope . 350 .00 local Civic Prntector Work ....... . 22l.3S MH. Aaron Cohen, sal.uy settlement .............. ················- . ...... 1,000.00 Counc il of ]<:wish Welfare and Federa tion Funds ....... ........ .... 120.00 Donations- Tr:ms ients . ... .. ... .. 3R.OO Ex.p;.1tients Home of Denvl'r...... 35 .00 G:ft · -Men in Service ......... 112.62 Hadassah Hospital ..... _....... 1,000.00 IIehrew Theol ogical College of Chicago ............................. ...... 100.00 }khrcw Univ:: rsity, Jerusalem .... 250 .00 l-f ias .. ....... .. . .......................••.. 100.00 Histadrut Ivrit ......... . 3 7 .50 Hist1drut of Palestine 100.00 Incurable Jews ......................... . 100.00 Jewish Welfare Board ................ . 14 5.00 Jewish Consumptive Rdief O· ciet}' ......................................... . 200.00 J ewish Braille Institute ·••······-··· 35 .00 Jewish Institute of Religion ....... . 250.00 Mona View Jewish Cemetery As. sociation .................................... 2,000.0 0 Michigan Hillel Bldg. Fund ....... . 50.00 Nat'I farm School 60.00 Nat'l Jewish Children' s Home.... 50.00 Nat'I Jewish Hospital of Denver 125.00 Ra 11bi ls:iac Elehanan Yeshivah .. 150.00 Society for Relief of Yemenite Jew, ...................................... . 35.00 SunJ:l}' School Fund ................... . 760 00 ons of Israel Matzo Fund ....... . 100.00 Technological School pf Haifa ... . 7 ~.00 The Protestant .......................... . 100 .00 United Jewish Appeal... ............... 10,000.00 Uoite<l Jewish Laym.rn 's Com• mittee ........................................ 75.00 U.S .O ., Battle Creek ................... . 50 .00 Va:id Leumi 35 .00 TOTAL .................... ...........$18,8 39..l~ �PAID-UP CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS = Pledged Pledged Louis Aron 150.00 Morris Friend ..................... . 200.00 Tony Aron ................... l 'i0.00 Dr. M . 1. Friedenberg . ...... 100.00 Abe A ·hendorf ............ ...... 500.00 amuel Ashendorf ... ........... '\00.00 M. J. Goldberg ( pring Lake) ................ 100.00 Jake Baum .. ...................... 50.00 Al. Golden .......................... 50.00 Harry H. Berman .............. I 00.00 Maunce W. Golden.............. 200.00 Phil. Granik .... l 00.00 Ruben Berm.in ............. . . l 00.00 . Berman ........ ... .... 350.00 Louis M. Berman... .... ....... 200.00 Mrs. Rose Berman .............. I 00.00 Morris Be peloff .. . ............... 2 5. 00 Herman Br,l\·erman ............ 50 .00 athan M . Broutman ....... . 75 .00 igmund Cahn ................... . 25.00 Robert Cherin ..................... . 300.00 Harry Dr. ol Cohan ................... . 75 .00 L. Darm tadter .................... 50.00 Andrew Ep. tein .................. 150.00 .un Esses . ......................... 5.00 Harry Field .......................... 50.00 Bernard Fisher .................... I 00.00 Harry A. Fisher .................. 500.00 Jerome Fisher ...................... 100.00 Al. Frank .. 300.00 .. .................. Hyman Friedman ... . .. .... 25.00 Grossman' Dept. tore ... . '>00.00 Harold Grossman .. ...... ..... 250.00 Herman Grossman ........ ..... 325.00 Mrs. adie Grossman .......... 400.00 amuel Gro man ................ 25.00 Da,·id Gudelsky 1 50.00 Koma Gudel ky 25 .00 0-,car Gudelsky 50.00 L V. Heller (Milwaukee) 10.00 Mrs. Tillie Jacobs ........... . 10.00 Morris Kantor .................... . 100.00 J. M. Kaufman .... ........ . 600.00 Dr. Marie Keilen ............... . 25.00 amuel Klayf ................... . 150.00 Mrs. Sara Klein ................. . 150.00 Harold Kline 25 .00 Re\. Klitzner 10.0() Ahe Kallenberg (Grand Rapids) ........... . 100.00 �PAID-UP CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS = t PleJged Pledged Ben Komis ........... .. ....... . Ale · Krause 25.00 Robert Rosenberg ...... . 250.00 Paul J. chlossman (non •member) ....... . . ............. . 25 .00 Jack Lawson ........ ........... 200.00 Jesse Levin ................... . 10.00 Reuben Levy ........ ............ . 50.00 Hyman Lipman ................. . 500.00 amucl Lipman ................... . 500 .00 Harry Lahr .. Charle Locke ............ . 25 .00 Herman Mendelson .......... . 25.00 J. W . Metz .................... . '50.00 Joe Miller (Hart) ..... . 15 .00 Joe Ted ,1m adel ......... . eumer ... Orlikoff . ...................... Pontiac Frocks, Inc. ........ . 25 .00 250 .00 l 50.00 15 .00 Ma.x 50.00 1,000.00 chubb .................. __ . 50.00 Abe hmookler . ............ . 600.00 Max humaker ................. . 100.00 iegel .................. . 200.00 ilverman ................. . 600 .00 h erman ..................... . 150.00 amuel H . A. ol. 1 Ed. 1mcoe ............ . 100.00 Jo 1mon ....... . 100.00 Jacob Joe am . Ely inger ....................... . I 5.00 inger (Hart) ........... . l 00 .00 J. 1nger ..................... . 50.00 mith .............. ......... ... 100.00 h rles mith ... ................. 1 00.00 tein ................ . 100.00 teindler ... .. ............ 250.00 2 0 .00 Fred W am Price .. .... ........... ....... 250.00 Milton I adore Rodtn ... .......... ... .. 50.00 William tern ...................... 200 .00 FreJ Rodoff .. ............ .. .... 25.00 Joe . trifling ........ ........ .... 750 .00 L<.:o Ro ·e ............................. . 50.00 1. Tele Harold Rosen ............... . 300.00 Walters Leo . Ro en . . . ............. .... 1'50.00 Josiah Wiener .. ... am D. Ro en ha um . . ... . . 125 .00 Paul M. Wiener .. fax Ro ·enberg ................ . 350.00 Morton L. athan Price .. 20.00 Breecher ~ olf e 200.00 500.00 2,000 .00 22 5.00 �ARMED SER VICES ~ - H01VOR ROLL *** lr\'ing Achtenherg G. B. DeJong Harrr Ashcndorf Frank Disken I. A hendorf Eugene Fisher J. AshenJorf Max Ashendorf orman Fleishman Ardo M. Friend Ahc Bernun H.urison (Buddy) Friend Jack Berman Max 0. Berman Marcus Bess Phil Best Stanford Broutman Lawrence Gluck Dave Goldberg Herman Grossman Louis H. Grossman Lewis eymour Crnc Alfred Caplan Jerome Cherin Ben Cohen . Grossman Hilliard Gude! ky Justin Gudel ky Leon Gudclsky Eugene Hirsch George Hirsch o~cir Daniels IIe:-iry Darmstadter Le,; lie Davis Irving Hirsch am Jacobs Morton J.1cobs �ARMED SERVICES IIOIVOR ROLL *** Herman Kessler Douglas Rosen Lawrence Klein ·cymour Rosenherg Ben Klitzner ChJS. Rubinsky Arthur Kopoloff Louis Rubinsky E. H. Krause DJviJ Krupp Marvin .ifler Morris Levine Sam chumacher RaeJellc Irving E. Volf Liebo\'itz Harry Jack Lipman Hy. Singer iherman inger Irving Singer Phillip Miller Jay L. 'inger James Mintz Maryin kolkin Dan M. Moore N. H. Skolkin Irving 'tcin R. M. Orlikoff Robert Stein Al Parker SyJ. Polly Lewis Jack Leonard Price , .1than Talbot * Jerome Stern - teindler Killed in Action �PAUL J. SCHLOSSMAN Afo,k,:xon '1 011wa11d,ng Ph,lanthropirt A generous giver to all causes without regard to race, creed or color. His daily acts are an inspiration to all who work for the cause of humanity. �1Jn fflcmoriam AM EL A HE D RF 1880 - 1945 M RRI 1 877 We mourn the pa ing of our b lov d fnt'nd · and nt'1ghbor ; th irs were truly Jewi h hearts. BE PALOFF - 1945 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Fifth_Annual_Report_1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Title A name given to the resource Fifth Annual Report Description An account of the resource Annual report that includes Includes a note by the chairman, and information on the money obtained by the temple, both the people who donated money and how the temple spent the money, an Armed Services Honor Roll and the names of recently deceased congregration members. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Annual reports Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4d7d2cd5477bb66f2150abcbf4980088.pdf 9fdf28ad33eec5a2d99f86835366d5e5 PDF Text Text EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES OF GREATER MUSKEGON 1947- 1948 HARRY S. BERMAN Chairman �The success of organized community charities and philanthropies to a great extent depends on the sympathy, generosity and ability of its leaders. The United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon faced its greatest challenge last year when it had to raise more funds than at any time before in its history and still not interfere with the fund-raising for our Temple. This challenge was accepted by the able and energetic Harry S. Berman. Through his able leadership and devotion to the cause, a new goal was attained. To you, Harry S. Berman, the community acknowledges a debt of gratitude and appreciation for an assignment well done. PAUL M. WIENER, Honorary Chairman �A MESSAGE FRCJ! THE CHAIRMAN OF THE U.J.C. It was indeed an honor and privilege to have been singled out by this community to head the U.J.C. drive in the past year. I say it was an honor because the community by electing me for the task, showed its trust, confidence and faith in my ability to fulfill my assignment. The reason I deem it a privilege is because not everyone is privileged to live in a country such as ours where there is not only opportunity for its citizens to live in peace but where man can extend a helping hand to his fellow man, deprived of similar privileges and opportunities. Muskegon Jewry deserves credit for its generous gifts to the U.J.C. in past years. Our giving made it possible for our brethren to fight heroically and emerge victoriously. {continued on next page) �MESSAGE (continued) The fight unfortunately is still on, and so our giving must not diminish this year. As a matter of fact, we must give more generously now than ever before. For while the doors of every land are practically closed to our warafflicted brethren still languishing in concentration camps, the State of Israeli has its friendly hand stretcred out to take them in, and give them a home in which they can live in freedom and enjoy a sense of dignity experienced by no other Jew anywhere on the globe. Our brethren in Europe and Palestine ask for cooperation. Let us answer them generously. HARRY S. BEmtAN Chairman * ** * * ** * �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES - CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEr.IBNTS 1948 FOR YEAR ENDED DEC. ,3 1 Amounts pledged 1947-48 (Schedule A-1) $76,776.50 Cash in Be.nlc & on Hand 11/26/1947 $7,994.52 Collected on 1946-47 pledges Refund from B 1nai B 1rith, Essay Contest Check issued 4/30/46 to Michigan Hillel Building Fund, not cashed and cancelled Remittance from Mona View Jewish Cemetery Association 1,850.00 600.00 50.00 2,000.00 12,494.52 Total Pledges Outstending 1947-48 . Shrinkage 1946·-47 Shrinkage 1947-48 Moneys Allocated (Schedule A-2) $89,271.02 $6,693.00 200.00 75.00 7?,790~05 84,758.05 General Expenses: Dinners, Music, Flowers $ Printing, Stationery & Postage Secretarial, Clerical & Auditing 720.69 191.70 358.,00 Cash in Bank Dec. 3, 1948 292.58 Checks on Hand Dec. 3, 1948 Total $ 2,950.00 1,270.39 3,242.58 !~271002 This financial report was audited and compiled by Robert Kennedy, Tax Consultant, 216 Montgomery Building, Muskegon, Michigan �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES AIJ.,OCATIONS 1947-48 SCHEDULE A-2 Special Relief • • • • • • • • • United Jewish P..ppeal • • • • • • Mona View Jewish Cemetery Ass'n. Hadassah • • • • • • • • • • • • Hadassah (Youth Aliyah) • • • • • Joint Defense Appeal • • • • • • Levi Memorial Hospital • • • • • Council of Jewish Fed. & Welfare Funds • • • • • • American Jewish Congress • • • • Haifa Institute of Technology •• Jewish Telegraphic Agency • • • • Jewish Welfare Boord • • • • • • Weitzman Institute • • • • • • • Histadruth Ivrith • • • • • • • • Hebrew Union & J. I. R• • • • • • Histadruth of Palestine • • • • • United Jewish Layman Committee • Society for Yeminite JeV1s • • • • Hias • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jewish Theological Seminary of America • • • • • • • Sisterhood B'nai Israel - S. o. S. .American Friends of Hebrew University • • • • Medical School Campaign of Hebrew University and Hadassah • • • • • • National Jewish Welfare Board • • $2,005.92 63,500.00 6,074.13 500.00 500.00 1,800.00 100.00 Total 177,790.05 100.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 50.00 50.00 500.00 150.00 10.00 50.00 200.00 200.00 250.00 500.00 700.00 150.00 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES SCHEDULE A-1 Adler, Harold • • • • • • • • • • • $ 100.00 Aron, Louis • • • • • • • • • • • • 200.00 Aron, Sylvia • • • • • • • • • • • • 100.00 Aron, Tony • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ashendorf, Isadore • • • • • • • • • Ashendorf, Jacob • • • • • • • • • • Ashendorf, Max • • • • • • • • • • • Ashendorf, Mrs. S. • • • • • • • • • August, Dr. and ~rs. R• • • • • • • Baru, Stanley • • • • • • • • • • • Beru, Rose • • • • • • • • • • • • • Baru, Elaine and David • • • • • • • Berman, Gene • • • • • • • • • • • • 500.00 215.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 Bernstein, Mr. and Mrs. M. • • • • • 2,000.00 300.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 300.00 2,500.00 400.00 300.00 50.00 Bess, Marcus • • • • • • • • • • • • 35.00 Billings, A• • • • • • • • • • • • • Bolthouse, Anthony • • • • • • • • • 10.00 10.00 300.00 100.00 1,500.00 101.00 25.00 600.00 50.00 Berman, Harry H. • • • • • • • • • • Berman, Harry S. • • • • • • • • • • Barmen, Louis !~. • • • • • • • • • • Berman, Reuben • • • • • • • • • • • Braverman·, Mr. and Ers. H• • • • • • Broutman, Nathan • • • • • • • • • • Benderof f, Mr. and llrs. S. M. • • • Cane , Dr • S • H. • • • • • • • • • • Cane, David M. • ••••••••• Cherin, ~obert and Jerome • • • • • Cherin, llrs. Robert • • • • • • • • Cherin, Mrs. Jerome • • • • • • • • · Cherin, Rochelle • • • • • • • • • • Cohan, Dr. S. • • • • • • • • • • • Cohan, Mrs. S • • • • • • • • • • • • Cohen, Benny • • • • • • • • • • • • Cohen, Robert N• • • • • • • • • • • Darmstader, L. and H• • • • • • • • Darmstadter, Elsa • • • • • • • • • Epstein, Andrew J • • • • • • • • • • 36.50 25.00 300.00 25.00 100.00 25.00 600.00 50.00 250.00 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES Fine, Francis • • • • • • • • • • $ 500.00 50.00 Fine, Blanche • • • • • • • • • • 36.50 Fine, Andy • • • • • • • • • • • • 5,000.00 Fisher, Harry, J. and B• • • • • • 100.00 Fisher, Nrs. B • • • • • • • • • • • 10.00 Fisher, James A• • • • • • • • • • 50.00 Fisher, Sally and Marilyn • • • • • 50.00 Fleishmsn, Dr Q .N • • • • • • • • • • 37.00 Fleishman, r:rs. N. • • • • • • • • 50.00 Fogel, Mr. and Idrs. M. • • • • • • 100.00 Fogel, f,ir. and Mrs. W. • • • • • • 73.00 Fogel, Mary • • • • • • • • • • • 500.00 Friedenoerg, Dr. M. L. • • • • • • 100,.00 Friedman, Hyman R• • • • • • • • • 300.00 Friend, Maurice • • • • • • • • • • 10.00 Galombeck, Warner • • • • • • • • • 10.00 Galombeck, Martha • • • • • • • • • 800.00 Golden, Maurice W. • • • • • • • • 100.00 Golden, Mrs. W. • •••••••• 10.00 Goldman, Bennie • • • • • • • • • • 1,000.00 Grossman, Herman • • • • • • • • • Grossman, Sa.die • • • • • • • • • • 1,000.00 250.00 Gudelsky, Os car • • • • • • • • • • 250.00 Gudelsky, David • • • • • • • • • • 300.00 Hecht, J • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 100.00 Hecht, f-lrs. J. • • • • • • • • • • 500.00 Hughes and Hatcher, Inc • • • • • • 30.00 Jacobs, Meyer • • • • • • • • • • • Jacobs, Holly • • • • • • • • • • • 5.00 Jacobson, Hr. and Mrs. S .. • • • • • 200.00 Kantor, Morris • • • • • • • • • • 300.00 Kaplan, Flaurice M. • • • • • ••• 10.00 6,000.00 Kaufman, J. K • • • • • • • • • • • Kaufman, Lillian • • • • • • • • • 336.00 100.00 Kaufman, Richard • • • • • • • • • 100.00 Kaufm2n, Gordon ••••••••• Kelin, Dr. Marie • • • • • • • • • 25.00 Klayf, Samuel G• • • • • • • • • • 300.00 100.00 Kline, Harold • • • • • • • • • • • Klitzner, Rabbi J • • • • • • • • • 30.00 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITI~ YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES Kositchek, Milton • • • • • • • • Kozan, Milton • • • • • • • • • • Komiss, Ben • • • • • • • • • • • Krause, Edward H• • • • • • • • • $ 25.00 25.00 20.00 250.00 • • • • • • • • • • • 35.00 Lebow, .Max • • • • • • • • • • • Lebow, Sophia • • • • • • • • • • Levine, Mr. and Mrs. M. • • • • • Levine, Jerome D• • • • • • • • • Levy, Reuben •••••••••• Lipman, Hyman • • • • • • • • • • Lipman, Jack •••••••••• Lipman, Edi th • • • • • • • • • • Lipman, Sam • • • • • • • • • • • Locke, Chas • • • • • • • • • • • • Larson, Leo • • • • • • • • • • • 500.00 25.00 50.00 10.00 75.00 3,000.00 Lahr , Harry l~endelsohn, Herman • • • • • • • • Uiller, Al. • ••• , ••••• Newmark, Mrs. Ben • • • • • • • • Neumer, Ted • • • • • • • • • • • Oppenheim, Ben • • • • • • • • • • Price Family • • • • • • • • • • • Price, Mrs. Sam • • • • • • • • • Rapaport, J.C • • • • • • • • • • Roberts, Barney • • • • • • • • • Roden, Israel . . . . . . . . . • Rodoff, Mr. and Urs. F • • • • • • Chase, Raleigh L• • • • • • • • • Rogers, Lyle • • • • • • • • • • Rogers, Sylvia • • • • • • • • • • Rose, Leo • • • • • • •. • • • • • Rosen, Mrs. Douglas • • • • • • • Rosen, Herold • • • • • • • • • • ~osen, Leo S• • • • • • • • • • • Rosen, Florence • • • • • • • • • Rosenbaum, Sam D• • • • • • • • • Rosenberg, Max ••••••••• Rosenberg, Robert • • • • • • • • Rosenberg, Rose • • • • • • • •• Rosenberg, Suzanne • • • • • • • • ?5.00 36.50 3,000.00 50.00 15.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 1,750.00 50.00 1,500.00 100.00 100.00 25.00 100.00 300.00 10.00 500.00 25.00 100.00 10.00 1,000.00 1,500.00 100.00 200.00 1,250.00 200.00 36.50 10.00 �UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES YEAR 1947-48 PLEOO~ Rosenberg, Seymour I. • ••••• $ 100.00 Rubinsky, Chas • • • • • • • • • • • 100.00 Rubinsky, Linda • • • • • • • • • • 25.00 Rubinsky, Florence • • • • • • • • 75.00 Schultz, Dr. Leonard • • • • • • • 25.00 Schultz, Marilyn • • • • • • • • • 50.00 S chubb, Max • • • • • • • • • • • • 100.00 Shmookler, Abe • • • • • • • • • • 2,000.00 Shmookler, Rebecca • • • • • • . • 100.00 Shumacher, Leah • • • • • • • • • • 50.00' Shumacher, liax • • • • • • • • • • 250.00 Shumacher, Mr. and Mrs. S • • • • • 25.00 Silverman, Harold • • • • • • • • • Silverman, Sol Simcoe, Ed •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • Simon, Joe • • • • • • • • • • • • Singer, Joe • • • • • • • • • • • • S inger , Sam J • • • • •· • • • • • • Singer, Rose • • • • • • • • • • • Smith, Chas. • • • • • • • • • • • Smith, Mrs. Chas • • • • • • • • • • Smith, Ely • • • • • • • • • • • • Smith, · Mrs. Ely • • • • • • • • • • Stein, "1r. and l1rs. F. • • • • • • Steindler, Milton • • • • • • • • • Steindler, Frances • • • • • • • • Steindle!", Mr. and Mrs. J . • • • • Stern: William • • • • • • • • • • Strifling, Joe S• • • • • • • • • • Strifling, Syd. • •••••••• Hamil ton Apts. • • • • • • • • • • Smith, Saul • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Teles, Dr. M. • ••••••••• Tesslar, S. J • • • • . • • • . • • Toy, Dr. Chas • • • • • • • • • • • Vandervoort, nrs. P. M• • • • • • • Weiner, Josiah • • • • • • • • • • Weiner, Mrs. J • • • • • • • • • • • Weiner, Paul • • • • • • • • • • • Whitman, T. M. • • • • • • • • • • Total 1,000.00 500.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 300.00 15.00 500.00 50.00 500.00 10.00 500.00 500.00 50.00 100.00 750.00 3,500.00 100.00 1,000.00 25.00 100.00 25.00 50.00 2.00 1,000.00 236.50 15,000.00 2 .oo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temple B'nai Israel Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.) Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Scrapbooks Synagogues Women--Societies and clubs Minutes (Records) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Preston, Marilyn Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1920s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-08_Eight_Annual_Report_1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B'nai Israel Temple Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Title A name given to the resource Eight Annual Report Description An account of the resource Annual report that includes a note by the chairman, and information on the money obtained by the temple, both the people who donated money and how the temple spent the money. Subject The topic of the resource Jews--United States Muskegon (Mich.) Annual reports Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project. Relation A related resource L'dor V'dor (project) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives