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Page 2, May 3, 1973, PHOENIXPOET RECEIVES AWARD: Park Slope poet and novelist, E. M. Schorb placed second in a field of 1200 poets from 30 countries and has won a grant from the Keats Poetry Prize Competition for his poem %u201cThe Poor Boy.%u201d The competition was first begun last year by Mrs. G.M. Roderey of London Literary Editions, Ltd. and its purpose is to honor John Keats on the 150th anniversary of his death.Mary Ann Caezza (I) and Susan Karp of the Seventh St. Food Co-op tipthe scales in their favor by buying collectively from food wholesalers.Co-Op Interest RisesAlong With Food CostsKILCOYNE KESSELMANLOCAL ARTIST EXHIBITS: Designs by notedsculptor David Lee Brown, a resident of Carroll Gardens, will be on view at the Borgenicht Gallery, 1018 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., until May 25. A teacher at Brooklyn%u2019s Pratt Institute, Brown has recently exhibited at the Arts Club of Chicago, Finch College and at Guild Hall in Easthampton. His work is included in the collections of: the Berkshire Museum and the DeCordova Museum, both in Mass.; the Chase Manhattan and the United Mutual Saving Banks in New York; various colleges throughout the country; and in the homes of many private patrons.%u2022 %u2022SCIENTIST WILL VISIT CHINA: Dr. HerbertMorawetz, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, has been invited to spend three weeks in China this June as a guest of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Morawetz will go to China June 8 after delivering two papers as Overseas Lecturer at the Biannual Polymer Symposium of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in Brisbane and after lecturing in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. Dr. Morawetz was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and came to the United States in 1945 after having lived for several years in Canada.KESSELMAN APPOINTED: William Kesselman has been named to the post of Fiscal Director of the South Brooklyn Health Center. Mr. Kesselman will play a major role in the work of implementing the terms of a recent $1.5 million grant the Center has been awarded through the Office of Economic Opportunity. Prior to his appointment, Kesselman was Accounting Director of Roosevelt Hospital. He is a graduate of the University of Heidelberg, Germany.AWARDS AT ST. FRANCIS: Dr. Francis P. Kilcoyne, funner ciiairman of ine board oi trustees at St. r raneis College and past president of Brooklyn College will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree at the annual Charter Day Convocation at St. Francis May 4. The honorary degree will also be conferred by Don. Kevin Fogarty, present chairman of the St. Francis board.___ JBY JOHN BLACKMOREWhat can inflation-weary families do to beat the spiraling cost of food? More and more beleaguered consumers are organizing food cooperatives to help cut the weekly grocery bill. Depending on the time and effort people are willing to put into a coop, local groups are finding a savings of up to 40 per cent is there for the having.Food cooperatives are essentially buying clubs where, by sharing the work involved, the savings of buying food wholesale and in quantity are passed on to its members. Beyond this common function, food co-ops run the gamut in kind and method. Some are political, others altruistic, %u2014 but the majority of collectives consist of middle-class families who have organized for reasons of economy and convenience.The Seventh St. Food Cooperative is typical of the many co-ops that have proliferated in South Brooklyn in the past few years. Small (17 families) and local (most families live within a block of one another), the Seventh St. Co-op works persistently at chipping away its m em bers%u2019 grocery bills. They attribute the smoothness of their operation to the resources and organizational efficiency of their group, characteristics not shared by every cooperative venture. Indeed, the first law of running an effective co-op is that every member cooperate.The basic framework of most food co-ops is exemplified by the Seventh St. group. Each participating family buys a share in the co-op ($17 in their case). The shares constitute the working capital of the co-op, and are refundable when a member leaves. The object is to replenish the capital via weekly fees at approximately the same rate as it is diminished by food purchases. In return for the weekly fee of $3.25, each member of the co-op receives a week%u2019s worth of fruit and vegetables for a family of four. The co-op's produce buyer makes the weekly choices on the basis of price and variety, each member living by the buyer%u2019s decisions. %u201cWhen you open your bag, it%u2019s like Christmas,%u201d commented member Mary Ann Caezza of 8th St. %u201cWe never know what's going to be inside, but we%u2019re seldom displeased.%u201dEach co-op member is responsible for a portion of the week%u2019s work. Most co-ops share the responsibilities on a rotating schedule, but the members of the Seventh St. group have %u201c specialized,%u201d each member becoming an expert on some part of the process.Some members always pack, several distribute the weeklyportions, others are buyers, and still others watch the money and coordinate the activities of the coop. The minimum obligation of any member is that he do his assignment, pay the weekly fee, and pick up his share of the produce.Upon this basic structure are added any extra services the co-opContinued on Page 12Talk To OutlineLocal PlanningWhat is the nation%u2019s most exciting %u201ccity%u201d up to? Updated reports on development progress in Downtown Brooklyn will be the focus of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association%u2019s second annual meeting and luncheon Monday, May 7, 11:45 a.m. at the Towers Hotel, 25 Clark Street.City Economic Development Administrator D. Kenneth PattonGordon Braislinof Park Slope will be the principal speaker at the luncheon, and will pinpoint progress made in the Association%u2019s three main areas of activity: development, environment and tecurity.A lnnO-tinAO lo a ^ o r in tV*n Konl/iwrtand real estate fields, Gordon S%u00b0 Braislin, received the Association%u2019s annual Gold Medal Award for Most Distinguished Service to Brooklyn. A native of Brooklyn, Braislin is Chairman of the Board of the Dime Savings Bank of New York. DBDA Chairman Gordon C. Griswold will present the award.Before assuming his present position at the Dime Savings Bank, Mr. Braislin had an extensive career in the real estate field. The firm he founded%u2014 Gordon S. Braislin, Inc.%u2014 merged into the firm Braislin, Porter and Wheelock, Inc., in 1949.The field of health care has had much of Mr. Braislin%u2019s attention as a civic leader. He is president of the New York Eye and Ear Informary, now engaged in a major building program. He is a director of the Community Blood Council of Greater New York, Inc., and of the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital.He serves on the Boards of Directors of the Downtown B r o o k ly n D e v e lo p m e n t Association, the American Bible Society, and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. He is also a trustee of the Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund and a director of the Savings Banks Trust Company.The Gold Medal has been presented annually to an outstanding Brooklynite since 1930, when it was initiated by a predecessor organization of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association. Braislin is the 44th recipient.The Downtown Brooklyn Development Association is a private, nonprofit organization that was formed in 1972 through then A n C A li^ o f ir t n C In? n n w A K iA im v u * * u u w u %u00ab u v %u00bb i u t m u p i u %u00bb i i m i ubusinessmen%u2019s groups in the Borough%u2019s commercial and civic center. The Association coordinates private business efforts downtown and works with the city%u2019s Office of Downtown Brooklyn Development to implement all aspects of the 15-year Downtown Brooklyn Development Plan published by the city in 1969.