100 Years Ago
(From the Oct. 31, 1924 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)
A second meeting of basketball players and enthusiasts will be held Monday, November 10, at 8:30 p.m. The final plans for the basketball season will be laid. … The doubles handball tournament will start Thanksgiving. The partners will be picked on a “good fellowship” basis; a beginner and an experienced player on each team. Suitable prizes will be given to the winners. All entries must sign up. There is no entrance fee.
75 Years Ago
(Editorial from the Oct. 28, 1949 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)
The cast of “The Drunkard” or “Der Shicker” is in readiness for its presentation at the Gay Nineties party which will be given by the Kansas City B’nai B’rith Women, Chapter 158, 7:45 p.m. Sunday, October 30th, at the K.I.B.S. Synagogue, 3400 Paseo. Tickets may be obtained at the door. Prominent among the cast members is Mr. Leonard Belove, who is directing the play. Advanced previews report that every member of the cast scores a personal “hit.” (Belove is a former Aleph Godol of Two’s AZA.)
50 Years Ago
(From the Nov. 1, 1974 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)
Before a near-capacity audience, Morris and Mary Schlozman became the 30th recipient of Beth Shalom Men’s Club Kovod Award recently at the first dinner event of the current season for the Men’s Club. Hy Vile, who made the presentation, described the honorees: “Their five children are all college graduates, four of them holding master’s degrees. Their Jewish education was acquired at Beth Shalom Synagogue…. Mary has been a dedicated employee of the synagogue for the past 18 years, and Morris has been secretary of the School Committee for the past 20 years. In addition, he has served for the last two years as chairman of the Breakfast Club.”
Vile added: “Together, Mary and Morris have been active in the synagogue for the past 38 years. They represent a wholesomeness and a spiritual and ethical beauty of life together that is truly beautiful. … Both are very active, proudly humble and beautiful examples of the best in traditional Jewish living.”
(Morris Schlozman was a member of Two’s AZA in the last 1920s).
25 Years Ago
(From the Oct. 29, 1999 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)
Two’s AZA has a record of 1-1 in the AZA flag football season. In Week Two, Two’s defeated the Hatikvah B team by the score of 34-12. Nordaunian’s A team beat Two’s 30-3 in the first week.
