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Show Simon Frank 6-29 p.23 Jewish ~peal first started, I was the first chairman of that and was very active. Behind the scenes alwaysJ f In those days.I We (>rotp"''-'"""'-~ 7 , we used to raise alot •·' of n>a~y. But that we had--tJ ! t '11 :; r o( /.~Wt -t privilege of caling us, you know what. The~was Jim White who was the active lay leader of the community. And +""•'IN'W'>\J'VI~~ Joe Arnovitz and we three as a tc · p~ ~ really, but then the other backbone ---CkJ,..'r<_ --Joe Rosenblatt,was always, he wasn't too~ in those days, 9ut he was the power1 because of no. 1 ability and wealth.,nd --then as I say,~ I gave up. ~ell, ~ Jim White died and ARnovits moved away and those who were left-- becaause of that I lost interest. And I have no aei~ivye- activity at all. Ibelong to the synagoue period. But L In what way in Kol Ami. S I mean as a member, I pay my dues, but th~s all. I would be called a very lousy member • f :[ ~ going back to when Iwas active like that I would refer to me as a real lousy member, a no good son of .• L You sang in the choir too, was that at that tim~. S That was in the depressiontime. That came in 32, 31, 30.31,32,33. Because we couldn't afford it,a paid choir. So the ~bbi's wife and I were two volunteers and the gal, Jessie Evan's...L;rt, Jh",., .. ~ married • the President of the !:6l!e Mormon church andhad a beautiful alto voice. And the tenor -..p-= hafl a beautiful~ •<-t --IcaP't remember lis name. Dennis seems to come to mind.But I know that isn't right.Also had a beautiful voice. And we did pretty well as a quartet. And as I say it wasbetter than sitting downstairs andllistneing to the ~abbi g9e give ( ~ f!rid.i'f 1 -.14 ....,.,.. kl-":J ·- . a sermonA So the ~abbi's wife andi would go outside and smoke a cigarett~. MIW I don't mean monkey around•- laybe we dids, I don't know. Just along the edges, you know. But anyway, that was I thought better than sitting an dkstening to the sermon, you know after 17 years getting up and-- And the dher was more fun anyway. I hope you found that out since you left the convent. L YEs, thereare other$ things. So it seems that you dropped away pretty much because of relatioships with the people. S Who had died or left. And a new group coming in; whose ~ ideas and attitudes 1:fi were not the same as mine. And I guess ~ was always used to running things. I guess. And so I gave up. L What year was that about when you draped out. S I'd say about 1960. We sold out--we soldour stores in 1960, H~------- M_____ And I became chairman of the board.And my responsbilties are very minor.,A,nd r, knew that And then we built a home in 'fOU ln.( ~ away for six months. And and z~~t· ~ the desert) that was 6 months•- you know, that sort of thing. And your afiliations. Anilyou just lose contact with people. |
