90 Years Ago
(From the Aug. 30, 1935 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)
Lester Saferstein, age 17, has been awarded the two-year scholarship to Junior College, offered by the Aleph Zadik Aleph Chapter No. 2 of Kansas City. He is an honor graduate at Westport high school and plans to devote his college years to the study of medicine. The scholarship award is one of the major cultural activities which the local Alephs have planned for this year. A major social activity, which falls into the category of social service on the A.Z.A. program, is the Yom Kippur dance to be given Oct. 7. The Alephs direct the affair for the Jewish Community Center, which is the sponsor. The A.Z.A. Sweetheart contest is a feature of the dance. The presentation of the scholarship to young Saferstein was made by the A.Z.A.’s by Abraham Margolin, attorney (and a Two’s charter member).
With its 1935 scholarship award now a matter of history, the A.Z.A.’s are concentrating on the coming Yom Kippur dance, which will be held at the Pla-Mor, long the habitat of the Center’s annual affair. The A.Z.A.’s directed the dance last year, making it one of the most successful Yom Kippur dances ever given here. The A.Z.A. Sweetheart Contest drew the crowd like a magnet. Personality, charm and popularity rather than beauty alone are the standards by which the 10 competing young ladies are entered in the contest. The A.Z.A. Sweetheart is selected by ballot by the dance guests the night of the affair. The Sweetheart slate this year includes: Frances Baker, Marion Katz, Sara Mae Galler, Rosalin Salwin, Sarah Gordon, Helen Novorr, Lee Dorfman, Connie Levich, Helen Greenberg and Harriet Berkowitz. The A.Z.A. committee supervising preparations for the Oct. 7 dance are: Leon Sedler, chairman; Stanley Yukon, co-chairman; Al Schultz, Ray Baker, Melvin Gershon and Abbot Yukon.
