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Temple Beth ._El 10 ?O Orchard Ave. TEMP LE ::--:-T t-f-EL LIBRARY Providence, R. 1. Miriam Hospital Opens $5 Million Campaign - THE ONLY ANGLO-JEWISH WEEKLY IN R. I. AND SOUTHEAST MASS. business and Industrial firms In Funds To Finance the Providence area, the chairman VOL. XLV No. 47 FEBRUARY 2, 1962 16 PAGES noted. Mr. Rumpler, who was enlisted Building Program last year as campaign chairman U.S. Mission In Israel of the Miriam Hospital Building Organization of the fund raising Fund after he had completed five campaign to help finance the $5,- years as president of the hospital, To Wind Up ·Activities 000,000 building program at Miri reviewed plans for the new con am Hospital got under way with struction. After Eleven Years the announcement today by A large new building of ultra Alexander Rumpler. campaign modern design will be erected ad TEL AVIV - The U. S. Opera chairman, of the enlistment of ·joining the rear of the present tion Mission in Israel, which four business leaders of the com hospital and extending across started in this couptry in 1951, munity who will help head the what is now Sixth Street over as will wind up its activities on effort. far as Seventh Street and back to ward Highland Avenue. June 30, at the same time as those Max L. Grant, Providence busi in Greece and Lebanon. it was The structure will contain a new nessman and first president of the pavilion for private patients on authoriativeJy learned. Since its hospital; Benjamin N. Kane, an the top floor and a full floor of beginning $850,000 ,000 in economic other businessman of this city; and semi-private rooms, bringing the aid and technical assistance has Samuel Rapaporte. Jr .. president ~ ◄ ~ capacity of Miriam Hospital up to poure-d In. of S. Rapaporte and Company, This Included $264,000,000 in 270 patients. Audrey Goldis Graduates Hope jewelry manufacturers of Attle Plans for the new building in grants as well as several loans to boro, Mass. were named honor clude also a complete diagnostic finance · development programs in ary co-chairmen of the Building With Outs~anding Honors agriculture. Irrigation and road center, where large x-ray and Fund and Joseph W. Ress, presi laboratory departments will func by Brenda Slack Ranking high scholastically, building. American surplus \hlp dent-treasurer of E. A. Adams and ments to Israel - mainly of tion side by side, and a nearby Among many successful stu Audrey was named recipient of Son. Inc .. was announced as asso surgical department described as dents who graduated from Hope the Dennis Award for Girls, was fodder and food grain - were ciate campaign chairman. valued at about $375,000,000 "one of the best equipped to be High School on January 22, one winner of the Anthony Medal con The campaign for the Miriam installed in any hospital in the very attractive young graduate test and · received the American This enabled 660 Israelis to take Hospital Building Fund will be country". · was exceptionally outstanding. Legion Award for the graduating courses in the U.S. while 380 ex conducted this spring and support The freeing of space In the will be sought from households Audrey Goldis, who reaped a har class. perts. mostly Americans, came to existing Miriam ~OSP.ltal will per Israel as advisers and instructors. throughout the state and from ·:tst of honor i.w ... rds, ha:s ac An avid French enthusiast. mit major expansion In the pre complished striking successes Audrey was also awarded a special sent building of the heavily during her years at Hope. medal for excellence in French. burdened emergency department Miss Rose Presel, head of the mo Princeton Students Establish First and outpatient clinic, and a new dern language department was intensive care section for surgical University Receives quoted recently as saying that Kosher Table At University and medical patients requiring "Audrey was one of the most specialized attention around the PRINCETON, N. J . - With the was established. he said, Orthodox Rare Manuscript From brilliant students of French that clock will be Installed on the pre aid of Dr. Irving M . Levey, the Jewish students at Princeton had sent third floor. Hope High School has ever had. to buy kosher foods from local Jewish chaplain at Princeton Uni While Miriam Hospital is operat Hungarian Library She has covered four years of high retailers and prepare it in their versity, a group of ten Princeton ed under Jewish auspices, some 75 school French and the advanced students has established the first rooms. There is no kosher restau NEW YORK - A collection of college French. Her accent is al per cent of the patients served are rare manuscripts, some dating to kosher table in the university's rant in Princeton. not Jewish and approximately most a native one and she speaks history. the eleventh century, has been French very fluently and has Abraham Kaufman, a senior half of the professional staff received by the New York Univer extraordinary comprehension." The group has leased a six-room from New York City, is the presi members are of other faiths, Mr. sity Library of Hebraica and Ju house one block from the campus dent of Yevneh House, which is Rumpler said. daica from the Oriental Library of Aside from her many scholastic and has hired a cook who special administered by the students as a achievements Audrey was chair Plans for the new building and the Hungarian Academy of Sci izes in Jewish food. The result is subsidiary of the Princeton Hillel remodeling of the existing build ences, according to a report by the man of the French club and was Yevneh House, wliere the students chapter. Dr. Levey heads the Hillel a delgate the Junior Alliance ing at Miriam Hospital are being New York Times. to take all their meals, observing the chapter. designed by Sidney L. Katz. Included in the collection are Francaise. She has belonged to dietary laws of Orthodox Judaism. Yevneh is a Hebrew word sug the Art Service group and the Joseph Blumenbranz and Associ manuscripts pertaining to the Yevneh House has been oper gesting an ideal condition or place ates, architects. Dr. I. Herbert Bible, commentaries on Hebrew Hostess Corps. She had a major ating since September, Rabbi where love of Jewish learning and role in the class play, "Meet Me In Scheffer, executive director of literature, documents relating to Levey said, "with enormous suc tradition is of primary importance, Miriam Hospital is serving as St. Louis," and has found time to Talmudic scholarship and religi cess." Before the kosher kitchen Dr. Levey said. consultant. ous laws. works on liturgy, mathe be homeroom president for two matics, astronomy, medicine, semesters and class president for theology and philosophy and his three semesters and has served on torical articles. the Student Council. Although most of the manu Outside of a busy school sche scripts are in Hebrew several are dule Audrey has many diversified in Arabic and Italian. interests which include painting The manuscripts, which have and sketching; being a volunteer not previously been available to for the Red Cross and the Miri the Western world, were collected am Hospital and is a member of and microfilmed by Prof. Abra the B'nal B'rith Girls. Audrey has ham I. Katsch, curator of the taken piano lessons for nine years Judalca library, with support from and in 1959 gave a recital at Froe the Rockefeller Foundation and be! Hall. the American Council of Learned Audrey's unusual capabilities Societies. are coupled with extreme modesty The collection is the second half and she hesitates to speak of her of the David Kaufmann collection. many accomplishments but to her The first half was received by teachers and friends she has Pion for Miriam Hospital - Shown above is the proposed plan for exponding the Miriam N. Y. U. last July. quietly attained respect and admi ration from all around her. Hospital. From the Highland Avenue view at the rear, the great exponse topped by an Dr. Kaufmann, who died in 1899, outdoor terrace and air conditioning pond wi II house a floor of completely new surgical, was a professor at the. Jewish Although her Interests are many Theological Seminary of Hungary and varied, Audrey hopes to at laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy and administrative deportments many times larger than those and a world-famous authority on tend Pembroke College in the Fall presently available, and of the latest design. New dietary, power plant and laundry facili Jewish history, culture and religi and become a teacher of foreign ties are also included in the plans. The bed count will be increased to 270 accommoda ·ous philosophy. languages. tions for potients. ·1 In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Frederick ,·. and Harold of Providence, and if. "· I Paul of San Francisco; two sisters, Mrs. Tillie Racene of Miami, Fla; MARTY CURRAN Mrs. Etta Sharpstin of New York Orchestras ISADOR GENSER of Providence; a brother, David City; one brother, Julius Kenner Funeral services for Isador Gen Genser of Cranston; a sister, Mrs. of Providence, and 10 grand PL 1-9176 ser, 57, of 11 Tome Street. Crans Hyman Jacobson of Providence, children. ton, proprietor of Wilcox Novelty and five grandchildren. Co. in Providence who died Jan. • FRANK POLLOCK 21, were held the following day in MRS. HYMAN PERSKY Funeral services for Frank Pol FREE PARKING AT the Max Sugarman Memorial Funeral services for Mrs. Laura lock, of Miami Springs, Fla., a re Chapel. Burial was in Lincoln <Friedman) Persky of 905 Hope tired Providence real estate THE WINDSOR Park Cemetery.