THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 30 Friday, July 20, 1919 Danny Raskin's LISTENING POST THE STORY HAS been told of Steve • Petix Clothiers' amazing rise from one store on W. McNichols with six em- ployees, to four locales now and 42 employees . . . plus his own builidng built al- most 10 years ago on South- field north of 13 Mile Rd. It used to be a big thing for Steve to win a blue rib- bon at the annual custom tailors conventions . . . To- day, it would be news if he didn't win one! But the biggest accom- plishment that Steve has achieved is his uncanny ability to surround himself with the best personnel . . . people who have been with him a long time and have assisted greatly in his huge success. Phil Formaro, with Steve 23 years, used to be a designer of ladies clothes in Chicago . . . and today is among America's finest in cus- tom men's and women's garments . . the best on husband and wife suits . . . Tony Vettiaino started with Steve in 1.943 when he was 12-years-old . . . and today is president and general manager (Steve is board chairman-) . . . Son Jimmy was eight-years- old, doing" clean-up and odd jobs for dad . . . Today he is vice president . . . Then there's Lew Davis, 21 years; Geno Gigliotti, 12 years; Edna Rutz, head bookkeeper, about 29 years; Don Sanders, buyer, 12 years; Bob Cats, comptrol- ler, 15 years; Ed Davenport, who opened the shoe de- partment at Steve's South- field building. Also in the office for so many years is his daughter Norma Scullen . . . and her daughter', 15-year-old Stephanie . . . Of course, at his side from the beginning, the person most responsible for Steve's great success . . . his wonderful wife Palmi, to whom he has been married 43 years come Sept. 2. Steve and Palrni know how to enjoy life . . their devoted love is beautiful . . . with philosophies that are remarkably alike . . . They now spend six months in Florida, five months here . . . and one month in California with son Steven II, a U.S. district attorney, his wife Mary and Steven - The store Steve Petix started at on W. McNichols and San Juan after leaving Bernie Frant and Mansfield Clothes, is still there . . . and still a Steve Petix op- eration . . . for tuxedo rental . . . as are one on Grand - River and Eight Mile Rd. and another at Gratiot and Eight. His Southfield Rd. custom and ready-made emporium has been remodeled. Every Steve Petix em- ployee has something else besides loyalty and much talent . . . they're friendly . . . The highest compli- ment is not how good his merchandise is or how won- derful his help . . . These had to be so for Steve to get where he has . . . It's the warm feeling of friendship that surrounds everyone there. CONGRATS . . . on 50th anniversary . . to Pearl and Sid Broida. IN BALTIMORE, Md., there's a law firm called Sherbow and Sherbow . . . No relation, but Bud and Murt Sherbow certainly hope the day comes when their two sons, Mark and Jeff, join together in a law partnership by the same name . . . What a thrill that will be for Murt and Bud, now celebrating their 36th anniversary. Legal work prevented Jeff from getting downtown recently for his brother and eventual partner's move to new offices at First Na- tional Bank Building . . . Mark and Jerome Bock share larger quarters now with barrister Fred Rosen following the move from an- other floor by Mark and Jerry. Plenty of food and cham- pagne . . . coordinated by Sue Burrier, legislative assistant in Lansing . . . Murt made a couple of de- licious dishes . . . chopped liver mold and a shrimp mold . . . Pastries galore from Knudsen's . . . Bertha Nelson proudest grand- mother in the world . . . with piftures of little Laura and Caryn, 16-month-apart children of daughter Sharon and son-in-law Dr. Harry Lubetsky. Steven Weiss of Brooks Leather on 1'1 Mile in Oak Park still waiting for the 10 cents Mark owes him. Mark and Steve were two of four musketeer friends . . . Leon Botkin, now an attorney here and Stephen Granat, hospital adminis- trator in Los Angeles . . . Sherbow and Sherbow . . . doesn't that sound nice? . . . Murt and Bud sure think so. Booklet Details Spanish Jewry NEW YORK — The last- ing Sephardic heritage in Spain is the subject of a booklet, "Exploring the Jewish Heritage in Spain," offered free by the Spanish National Tourist Office in New York. The booklet is written by Samuel and Tamar Grand. For copies of the booklet, write the Spanish National Tourist Office, 665 Fifth Ave., New York, 10022. Qaddafi to Replace Syria Jets, Threatens Egypt's Oil Pipeline NEW YORK — Col. Muammar Qaddafi of Libya was quoted in Damascus last week as promising to replace any Syrian fighter planes that are lost in battle with Israel. Qaddafi was in Syria at the end of a tour of 10 Arab countries in which he tried to harden Arab opposition to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. Qaddafi's statement about replacing fighters was in reference to the June 27 battle over Lebanon in which six Syrian MiG 21 jets were shot down by Is- rael and a seventh dam- aged. Libya has approx- imately 400 fighter planes, most of them Soviet MiGs. Qaddafi had earlier promised to help finance a major share of Syria's military pur- chases from the Soviet Union. Damascus Radio said Qaddafi will tighten Arab economic reprisals against Egypt by obtaining a prom- ise from Arab oil-producing countries to not ship oil through Egypt's pipeline to the Mediterranean. Following his visit to Syria, Qaddafi had planned to visit Lebanon but the trip was canceled after the Shiite Moslem community called a strike and blocked streets in protest. 4 k . I 1 OF v DETROIT , : is SERVING 1\1 . ,,mmmi DETROIT . 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