setName:"Joseph and Betty Feller fonds" found 3 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of: Fax, brief resume from Joe Feller, February 4, 1994; Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article "Helps ensure community's future" by Ben Dworkin, September 28, 1987; Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article "Joe Feller to address Ottawans in Florida" January, 17, 1994; Flyer, Joe Feller Speaks; A Spe…

Collection: Joseph and Betty Feller fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 3 articles, 1 flyer, 1 fax

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of: Fax, brief resume from Joe Feller, February 4, 1994; Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article "Helps ensure community's future" by Ben Dworkin, September 28, 1987; Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article "Joe Feller to address Ottawans in Florida" January, 17, 1994; Flyer, Joe Feller Speaks; A Special Florida Presentation re: his recollections of Jewish retailers in Ottawa, February 20, 1994; Ottawa Citizen newpaper article "These sharp-dressed golfers were the Who's Who of retail" by Gord Holder, June 30, 2001 Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Joe Feller, a top clothier when clothes mattered" by Kelly Egan, July 21, 2012.

Date: 1987;1994;2001;2012

Fonds No.: I0126

Storage Location: Individuals Boxes

History / Biographical: Joseph Feller (b. 1917 - d. January 15, 2015) was born in Ottawa to William and Eva Feller. Joseph was one of 4 children and brother to Sarah Feller, Eddy Feller, and Henry Feller. Betty Goldman (b. 1916 - d. April 9, 2010) was born in Kiev, Russia and came to Ottawa as an infant with her widowed mother, Malca Goldman. In 1937 Joseph opened Feller's Men's Wear (also referred to as Esquire) and worked in the clothing retail and manufacturing business until his retirement on June 30, 1972 when he sold the business to Elks. His first store was a 9' 6" by 65 foot shop at 109 Rideau street; in 1948 the business moved to 139 Rideau Street "The door way to a Man's World"; in 1955 the store was expanded to occupy 139-141 Rideau Street, a 24,000 square foot store over three floors. In 1967 he opened a second store of 13,000 square feet in the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. Joseph Feller married Betty Goldman in 1939 and had three children; Connie (m. Nathaniel Salomon), Ian (m. Debby Zweig), and Donna-Lee (m. David Koffman). Joseph is past president of the Rideau Street Merchants Association, and was a president of the National Retail Merchants Association which had a membership of over 11000 stores in Canada, the United States and in 41 countries internationally. He received numerous awards for merit and advertising. Joseph and Betty played active roles in both Jewish and non-Jewish organizations in Ottawa. Their charitable works included the donation of a study room at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the formation of a highly successful chapter of "the American Friends of the Hebrew University" in Boca Raton Florida, their winter residence. They were worshipers at both Machzikei Hadas and Agudath Israel in Ottawa, as well as B'nai Torah in Boca Raton and the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue in Montreal. They were members of the Rideau View Golf Club and the Del-Aire Country Club in Delray, Florida. Locally Joseph was among the original members of the executive of the Hillel Lodge, and a leader in the founding of the Jewish Community Centre. He was a member of B'nai B'rith throughout his adult life; served as chairman of the Salvation Army Red Shield Campaign, was on the board of the Ottawa YMCA, and Ottawa Philharmonic Orchestra. Betty was involved in Hadassah, ORT, Women's B'nai B'rith, Sisterhood, National Council of Jewish Women and many other facets of Jewish life. An open-ended endowment fund was established in their name in 1987. The capital from the Joseph and Betty Feller Endowment Fund is invested in perpetuity and the income each year are distributed to charities in Ottawa that were dear to the couple.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Framed art piece

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Collection: Joseph and Betty Feller fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 framed art piece

Fonds No.: I0126; OJA 1-126-01

Scope and Content: Connie Gail’s sister believes the print is of a Burnt Torah Cover. The date and location at the bottom of the piece, Germany 1939, reflects that the art represents Germany around 1939. It is not representative of the year it waas painted.

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Collection: Joseph and Betty Feller fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 framed art piece

Scope and Content: Connie Gail’s sister believes the print is of a Burnt Torah Cover. The date and location at the bottom of the piece, Germany 1939, reflects that the art represents Germany around 1939. It is not representative of the year it waas painted.

Fonds No.: I0126

Item No.: OJA 1-126-01

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Julie Salomon

Custodial History: When Connie-Gail passed in 2023, her children gave the print to Jennifer Gillespie at the Island Park Community Association to donate to the Ottawa Jewish Archives, on their behalf.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Connie Gail Feller.

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Collection: Joseph and Betty Feller fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 21 newspaper clippings. 1 framed art piece

Fonds No.: I0126; OJA 1-236

Date: 1939 - 1961

Scope and Content: Collection consists of the following newpaper clippings: The Ottawa Citizen, "The next 'Miss Canada?' Connie-Gail Feller faces August 4 contest hopefully" July 20,1961; The Ottawa Journal, "Connie-Gail Feller all set for Miss Canada Pageant" August 3, 1961; The Ottawa Journal, "Family Reunion" Aug…

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Collection: Joseph and Betty Feller fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 21 newspaper clippings. 1 framed art piece

Scope and Content: Collection consists of the following newpaper clippings: The Ottawa Citizen, "The next 'Miss Canada?' Connie-Gail Feller faces August 4 contest hopefully" July 20,1961; The Ottawa Journal, "Connie-Gail Feller all set for Miss Canada Pageant" August 3, 1961; The Ottawa Journal, "Family Reunion" August 22, 1961; The Ottawa Journal "Welcome Miss Canada" August 22, 1961 (includes list of local jewish businesses sponsors); The Ottawa Journal, "Ottawa Cheers Connie on HIll, at Hall and Ex" August 23, 1961; "Miss Canada Reports" September, 8, 1961; The Ottawa Citizen, "No tears for Miss Canada" September, 11, 1961; The Ottawa Citizen, "Feller - Salomon engagement" November 17, 1962 The Ottawa Citizen, "Beauty plus guitar wins title" 1961; "Connie Gail Feller Crowned Miss Canada", 1962 The Ottawa Citizen, "Connie-Gail wows crowds with million-dollar smile" (no date); The Ottawa Journal, "Mexican National Day Party" (no date); The Ottawa Citizen, "Talent contest the big hurdle for Connie-Gail" (no date); The Ottawa Journal, "Miss Ottawa wins again" (no date); The Ottawa Journal, "Miss Canada home today" (no date); "Miss Canada Reports" (no date); "Atlantic City dry run" (no date); "Good start for Miss Ottawa" (no date); "Dream Ends for Connie Gail" (no date); "Connie-Gail Feller, Miss Canada of 1962" The Ottawa Citizen, "Connie-Gail Still Miss Canada" September 8, 1961; Life Magazine, "A quarrel that cost a queen her crown" October 6, 1961; 1 framed art piece made by Connie-Gail in Germany, 1939

Date: 1939 - 1961

Fonds No.: I0126

Item No.: OJA 1-236

Storage Location: vault

History / Biographical: Connie Gail Feller was the first child of Joseph and Betty Feller. Siblings include Ian and Donna Lee. See Joseph and Betty Feller fonds for information regarding the Feller family. Connie Gail Feller was crowned "Miss Canada 1962", however on September 23, 1961 she was dethroned after less than 6 weeks for "parental interference." She was actually dethroned because she refused to work on Yom Kippur. Feller, the first Ottawan to wear the crown, was replaced by runner-up Miss Victoria.

Custodial History: Donated to the OJHS by Sharon Edleson, clippings were found in Sharon's aunt's home (Aunt's name and the date they were donated are unknown). Painting donated by Julie and Marshall Salomon, 2023.

Notes: File is located in the Individual Collections area of the vault.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives