100 Years Ago

(From the Oct. 11, 1935 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)

The large throng of Yom Kippur night dancers at the Pla-Mor Monday, waiting  to see the 1935 A.Z.A. Sweetheart step through the big ref heart on the orchestra stand, experienced a sensation of optical illusion when two young ladies emerged. Their balloting for the Sweetheart had resulted in a tie, which gave Miss Lee Dorfman and Miss Helen Novorr joint possession of the 1935 Title. Not expecting such a contingency, the A.Z.A. chapter No. 2 , director of the Yom Kippur night dance for The Center, was the embarrassed possessor of only one Sweetheart in. The situation was relieved when Miss Betty Samazin, the A.Z.A. Sweetheart of 1934, supplied her gold-and-pearl emblem for the presentation.

The dance scored success for both The Center and the A.Z.A.’s. The crowd attending toppled past attendance records, netting The Center a neat income to be used in its many projects this year. The Sweetheart contest was a close race for honors. All ten of the young contestants had an enthusiastic following which caused the vote-counters, Milo Minkin, Hy Vile and Jack Brown, to be in deeply for mathematical exactitude.

Prior to the appearance of the Sweethearts on the  platform, Abe Supofsky sang the Sweetheart song into the microwave, Leon Sedler, the chairman of the A.Z.A. social committee, acted as master of ceremonies. His committees associates were Mel Gershon, Stanley Yukon, Abbot Yukon and Raymond Baker.

50 Years Ago

(From the Oct. 10, 1975 issue of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle)

Joyce Benjamin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Benjamin, was crowned AZA Sweetheart of 1975 at the Yom Kippur Dance held Saturday night at the Hotel President. She is a member of Gan Dafna BBG. The dance, sponsored again by AZA Chapter 2, saw more than 400 people in attendance, with two bands playing for dancing and listening.

Miss Sheila Katz, last year’s winner, crowned the new Sweetheart and the runners-up, who were Julie Osadchey, daughter of Mrs. Harriet Osadchey and Mr. Walter Osadchey, and Cheri Olsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Olsen.