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62 November 2 • 2017 jn On Nov. 7, 2017, the "Mighty Mac," the Mackinac Bridge, will celebrate its 60th anniversary. Lawrence Rubin (1912- 2010), pictured here, is the man largely responsible for the financing, construction and maintenance of the entire proj- ect. A 1930 Detroit Central High School graduate, Rubin played defensive center on the football team the year it won the Metropolitan League title in the 1929 season. In 1950, he became "executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority," a position he held until his 1983 retirement. He also served as secretary/treasurer of the International Bridge Authority, which completed a bridge in 1962 that connected Sault Ste Marie, Mich., with Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. • looking back T he Nov. 6, 1942 issue of the JN once again fea- tured a front page story about the War Chest. For most of September, October and November in 1942, raising funds for the war effort occupied the Detroit Jewish com- munity. Inside the Nov. 6 issue, however, a variety of wartime stories that affected the Jewish homefront were fea- tured. First, an advertisement for the Sampson Supermarket on McNichols Avenue in Detroit was interesting. It told readers that patronizing the market would result in "One Stop" to "Save Tires, Time and Money." While the market that does not promote savings has yet to be invented, the key bit in this advertisement, besides making sure the audience knew that it featured "nutritional food" and free park- ing, was the store's admonishment to "Save Tires." One of the primary commodities rationed during the war was automobile tires. Many a car was driven around town with bald tires. Another advertisement also noted that the Detroit Institute of Technology offered a number of "War Training Courses" on such subjects as war- time purchasing procedures and produc- tion engineering. Then, there was the subheadline: "Bob Linx is Safe After Torpedoing." Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Linx had just learned that their son, Bob, had been rescued at sea after the Japanese had sunk his destroyer in September 1942, along with the aircraft carrier Wasp. This must have been a long few weeks for the Linx family waiting to hear that Bob was OK. Finally, the Telenews Theater was show- ing the Diary of a Polish Airman. Often overlooked in WWII history, after the fall of Poland, thousands of Polish Army, Navy and Air Force veterans, including many Jews, served in Allied forces. Indeed, they played crucial roles in the Battle of Britain, in Italy and on D-Day. • Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive Courtesy of Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Historic photos are curated by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist