It Is More Blessed ...

With 19 acres of good Toledo land to sell, the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. found itself in a seller's market--and mighty embarrassed about it. One would-be purchaser was the City of Toledo, which wanted to enlarge an adjacent playground. Also in the bidding were the nuns of St. Ursula's Convent, who aimed to build a Roman Catholic school on the land. Finally, Rabbi Morton Goldberg's Congregation B'nai Israel wanted the plot for a new synagogue, school and library. After due reflection, Owens-Illinois suggested that the three would-be purchasers settle the problem around a table.

Last week Congregation B'nai Israel bought the whole piece. Rabbi Goldberg's congregation took a little over six acres for itself. The nuns received 11.7 acres, and the city close to an acre--following a division made a month before, after all three parties had set down their minimum space needs. Instead of prorating the cost, B'nai Israel's trustees voted unanimously to pay the whole amount, give the convent and the city their shares free. Said Mother Vincent de Paul of St. Ursula's: "A wonderful Christmas present."

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