To a Detroiter went second prize! for a story adjudged among the' 17 best of the last year published in "Short Stories 1968 -- the 0. Henry Awards," just issued by Doubleday. Mrs. Robert (Esther N.) Broner has been awarded the second prize for her story, "The New Nobility," which appeared in Epoch (winter 1967 issue), a Cornell University publication. Mrs. Broner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Masserman of Coolidge Rd., Oak Park, and is married to the artist Robert Broner. They have two daughters and twin sons. Mr. and Mrs. Broner are both members of the faculty of Wayne State University. She is the author of a play, of a novella and short stories, her works have appeared in numerous magazines, and she is working on a novel. The editor of the volume con- taining the 1968 prize stories, William Abrahams, is senior editor of Atlantic Monthly Press. FOR PASSOVER Six delicious new Kosher For Passover chocolate selections. Each in a mag- nificent holiday gift box decorated with a different Passover design. And only 51.45 each. Passover Viennese Krunch (shown above) Passover Miniature Nuts After Seder Mints Passover Nut Clusters Passover Cordial Cherries Passover Truffles 11°1\IS 0), m4. .e)te Continental chocolates NEW YORK•LUGANO,SWITZERLANO IMPORTED GIFTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ... plus a large selection of Greeting Cards COME AND BROWSE! Greenfield & 101/2 Mile Lincoln Shopping Center 24190 Coolidge & 10 Mile Next to Dexter Davison Mkt. OPEN EVES. & SUNDAY In his introduction, Abrahams has this to say about Mrs. Broner's story: ''It is the atmosphere of Mrs. Broner's story, reducing and discarding one by one the pieties of public speech and life, and find- ing a brilliant image of civic ob- literation: 'One day, during the summer session, after a long drought, while the children suf- fered from prickly heat, Celia walked down a path where the sun was merciless. A veterans' mall, I in honor of students killed in World War II, had been torn up to make room for classroom buildings. The buildings shone white, pre-cast concrete, like more sidewalk. Along the path the university had planted geraniums'." (In fact, the ''Veterans Mall" at Wayne State University was desig- nated for that very purpose. Today, there are two buildings dominating the mall). Mrs. Broner's theme is like a commentary on world affairs. It has a Jewish theme—Jewish characters passing opinions on anti-Semitism, on human rela- tions on events that electrified the world in recent years. There is even a reference to Julius and . Ethel Rosenberg and to Judge Kaufman in that historic case, and there is the matter of Jew- ish allegiance to holiday ob- servances, to a son's response to the Passover appeal. Celia had lived near Ethel Rosen- berg's mother and in relation to the Rosenbergs' •end and the judge's action, Mrs. Broner's nar- rative contains this comment: "Judge Kaufman, inaccurate in fact, stared at Celia from the news- paper. She became an anti-Semite, looking at the mama boy face, the pudgy features, the oblique glance, in that era of disloyal Jews and one terribly loyal judge. The list was added to for her with David Greenglass, fingering his sister and brother-in-law, Harry Gould, the courier, and Morton Sobell." Indeed, in the theme there enter the former issues of the boycott of German-made goods and the present popularity of the Volks- wagen, the Negro issue and Martin , Luther King, others who play roles in our time. Mrs. Broner was entertained by her publishers, Harcourt, Brace and World, while on a visit to New York last week. Her latest work of fiction entitled "Journal/Noc- turnal and Seven Stories," will be published in early fall. The pub- lishers also have an option on a novel on which she is now working. A reading of the musical play, "Colonel Higginson," will be staged April 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the Com- munity Arts Auditorium of Wayne State University. The reading is sponsored by the Michigan Acad- emy of Arts and Sciences, Ameri- can Studies Association. The book and lyrics are by Mrs. Broner and the music by Morton Zieve. The reading is open to the public. HAVE A DELICIOUS Manischem PASSOVER MRS. ROBERT BRONER 7 Vemco ELECTRONIC GARAGE DOOR OPENER VEMCO Call Evenings Until 9 Produced under strict Rabbinical supervision. 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Franklin, "Nig- ger Horse;" Brock Brower, "Storm Still;" Jay Neugeboren, "Ebbets Field:" James Baker Hall, "A Kind of Savage;" David Stracton, "Little ; Brother Nun;" Eldon Branda, "The Dark Days of Christ- mas;" John Updike, "Your Lover Just Called;" Paul Tyner, "How You Play the Game;" Marilyn Harris, "Icarus Again; " Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have. You Been." Friday, April 5, 1968-7 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The New Nobility,' Esther Broner's Prize-Winning Story, in 0. Henry Short Stories Collection for '68 NEW! FOLD AWAY MATZOH BASKET Reg. $2.25 SUPER SPECIAL •. ' ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . ''' SPECIAL GROUP OF 33 1 /3 LP RECORDS 79, Reg. $3.98 & $4.98 PITZER'S 24900 COOLIDGE, Cor. 10 MILE BOOKS— ALL BEST SELLERS $1.00 off list price :EGBIRFETWCEBNOTOEKR 542-7520-1 IN THE DEXTER-DAVISON SHOPPING AREA • OPEN SUNDAY