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Kiddy Kamp Promises Fun For Preschool Youngsters The spacious grounds of the Dr. Philip Slier Home will soon be turned into a child's world of fun, friendship, adventure, satisfaction and liuccess when the . first Kiddy Kamp session begins on Monday, June 20. Members of the Kiddy Kamp staff look forward to cretin;; the pre-schoolers wilh fond memories of the unique pleasures involved in working with this particular age group. "The look of complete absorption on a small child's face as he watches the activities of a colony of ants . . . the- "I did it myself"•expression' of satisfaction as a kiddy hamper grows his own plant, or feeds one of the animals . . . their delight with the animals, the flowers.
ter. ""' ' "'" Kiddy Hampers will be picked up at convenient neighborhood points by bus. The time schedule is an follows: i!:50 a.m.—Countryside Community Church 3:00 a.m.—Temple Israel 'J:'J3 a.m.—C2nd and Glenwood Hoad 9:13 a.m.—Beth El !):20 a.m.—Beth Israel 9:30 a.m.—Arrive at Camp site
The- 14th annual B'nai BVith "Americanism Citation"'of Henry Mnnokyy U>d-;e ie v,ill be aw.uded aw.udd to M:gr Nicnol.1, II Wf£i»'r at
the..noon luncheon on Tuesday. June 21, at • fh« Sheraton-Fon tenelle Hotel. The annual citation is made
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accepted for all s e s s i o n s. Further information is available from the camp office at the J.C.C. DATES & RATES 1st Session, June 20-July 1— 2 Weeks Fee $35.00. 2nd Session, July 5-July 15— 2 Weeks Fee $35.00. 3rd Session, July 18-July 29— 2 Weeks Fee $35.00. Full Cession, June 20-July 29 --G Weeks Tee $90.00. Center Day Camp is held at P e o n y Park, 83rd and Cass Streets. All meals, craft materials, snacks and transportation are included in the fee.
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service in community and civic affairs, for the general advancement of Americanism and citizenship responsibility. Father Wegner has been the director of Boys Town since 11HH, succeeding Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town. Jri addition to the administration of the Homo, his responsibility included the completion of an extensive b u i l d i n g program started by Father Flanagan in 19IG, to more than double the capacity of Boys Town, Father Wegner has counseled with youth authorities throughout the world in assisting them with their problems, and has been instrumental in establishing counterparts of Boys Town in many parts of the world. The luncheon honoring Father Wegner is open to the public. Tickets at $2.50 each may be obtained from the Jewish Community Center, or from Mr. Richard Hiller, chairman of the event.
NEW YORK: The Synagogue and congregational bodies of Council of America has joined Conservative, Orthodox and Rewith Protestant and Catholic form Judaism in the United organizations in calling on Congress to enact the Administra- States. Housing tion's 130C Civil Rights Bill. Hie religious s p o k e s m e n In «l joint statement delivered before the House Judiciary stressed their support of tho Committee, representatives of Bill's fair housing provision. the Synagogue Council of Amer- They branded housing discrimica, the National Council of ination "a pernicious form of Churches (Protestant) and the racial injustice." "We believe," National Cnlholic Welfare Con- they said,: "that once every ference declared that "our uni- builder, every lending institufied action manifests our pro- tion, every renter, and every found commitment to the erad- homo owner confronts a comication of every ve.sllijo of ra- mon standard in the sale and, cial discrimination from Ameri- rental dwellings, the great macan r-ociely.'' jority will strive to-conform" to The Syna?figW' Council of a law seeking to implement the America irs the national coordv ideal that all men art truly agency /or ll« rabbinic. .,,equal.",., ^ ^ . . j , . , , , ^ . , ,
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More than 40 boys and girls have bfifiii rnrnllpH for (he 31st season of the J.C.C. Day Camp program. Those enrolled for the first camp session will board the bus between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Monday morning. June 20, to head for the campsite t»t Peony Park. They will return to the same pick-up point by 4:30 p.m: Children are .>sked to bring their own bathing suits and towels. Swimming will be featured twice daily in the shaded beach area reserved exclusively for the J.C.C. Day camp.
the whole experience of liyinc outdoors. These are the things that make Kiddy Kamp special." said one member of the staff. Registrations for the second and third sessions of Kiddy Kamp are still being accepted by Hesse Blank or Chuck Arnold
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Kiiltly Kamp pel goat watches from lepec in authentic Indian village at Kiddy Kamp for arrival of first campers on Monday.
Mr. Robert M. Feinberg has been named a trustees of the United Israel Appeal, Inc., a new organization which will consolidate the functions of the two froups formerly n o w n as the United Israel Appeal a n d t h e Jewish Agency for Israel, Inc. The merger is the result of several y e a r s of planning to provide n streamlined struc t u r e for the distribu- * tion of campaign II. Fclnbcrg funds for Israel, as well as to broaden the base of community representation in'the'fund allocations. Mr. Feinberg will serve as one of 200 Trustees drawn from all parts of the country. The board will meet periodically to analyze and consider the major
Lydia 'Airport—El Al led all other airlines in piano occupancy rate in trans-atlantic flights in the month of March, according to the latest issue of "International Aviation," just received here. From the statistics appearing in the publication, it emerges that El Al's transatlantic planes flew at 00 per cent capacity, as compared with an average of 45 pet cent Xor other lines.
human needs in Israel and what services should be provided by American Jews. Mr. Feinberg is currently general chairman of the 1960 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign and is past chairman at the Omaha Jewish Federation Budget Committee. He has served on a number of national committees of the United Jewish Appeal. In 19G2, 1964 and 1905 Mr. Feinberg visited Israel as a member of the UJA Refugee Study Mission.
"The Center Speaks" Radio Station KOWH This Sunday, 12:15 P.M., Featuring Highlights of the Diabetic Camp Program Now in Progress at the Esther EC. Newman Camp
SfieraSon WiSS Build Luxury Hotel hi Ssrael
An agreement on the construction of a new luxury hotel in Jerusalem has been signed in New York between representatives of the Tourism Ministry and the Sheraton Hotels management. This was announced by Tourism Minister Moshe Kol at a meeting in Cit;' Hall between Mayor Teddy K o 11 e k, Cabinet Ministers and Knesset Members whose homes are in Jerusalem. Mr. Kol said the hotel would be built near the Yemin Moshe Quarter in eastern Jerusalem (next to the King David) and Berlin (JTA)—For the first would contain 150 rooms in the time since the Berlin wall was first stage of building. erected in 19G1, West Berlin The unique meeting was sponJews were permitted this week to cross into East Germany to sored by Mayor Kollek to disvisit the graves of relatives. cuss ways of furthering the ecoHeinz Galinski, chairman of the nomic development of JerusaWest Berlin Jewish community, lem and of realizing its status said the visitors were 05 to 75 as the capital of Israel. Present years old. They entered East at the meeting were Social Welfare Minister Yosef Burg, Posts Berlin by bus. The visitors were 40 residents Minister Eliahu S a s s o n, Reof the Jewish home for the aged ligious Affairs Minister Zerah in West Berlin. They visited the Warhaftig, Mr. Kol, 14 Knesset Weissensee Jewish cemetery. Members and Municipal CounUnder present rules, only Ger- cillors. mans with close relatives in the The meeting finally adopted East have been granted permits a proposal by Dr. Burg to set by the East German regime to up two committees that would enter East Berlin from the west- begin work immediately to draft ern sectors. An exception was economic and legislative plarw made for the 40 elderly Jews for its conversion into the capibecause nil of their relatives tal of the State in face as welt were dead, most of them vic- as in name. tims ,of ths Nazi holocaust. —from The Jerusalem Post