With Judge William Newcorn, chairman of the board of trustees, as master of ceremonies, the new Jewish Community Center here was formally dedicated this week. Mayor James T. McMurray of Planfield, Harry L. Glucksman, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Board, and S. Baldwin Fertig, assistant corporation counsel of New York, were among the speakers.
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