56 Friday, April 11, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354.6060 BEST OF EVERYTHING . ••••••••••••111 • • • PASTRAMI • • • • • '3.99 • • • • IANER • CHISlif BI- • • Includes French Fries & Cole Slaw • • • • • '3.99 • • • • • • • • • • a • • • • • ANYHOUR! ANYDAY! CARRY-OUT OR DINE-IN Offer Good 4-11-86 Thru 4-18-86 VISA FRANKLIN SHOPPING PLAZA 29145 NORM/MITSUI IIWY. (Corner of 12 Mile Rood) . 356.2310 0•0•0 0 0 0 0 THE SONG "Come To The Circus" rang out ... and they came in droves ... The Shrine Circus was in town ... time for much fun and frivolity as saw- dust and greasepaint blended together with extraordinary ta- lents. It was Crescent Day again ... as almost 50 gallant men of Crescent Shrine Club banded together recently to bring some cheer into the lives of unfortu- nate and needy youngsters and grownups. The count was, 1407 •.. plus another 255 a week ear- lier. A tip of the honored fez to all members of Shrinedom who par- ticipated ... working every day in bringing that spark of happi- ness into so many Jives ... The list of these men would fill many pages in The Jewish News: and they'd be worth every inch it took. The Crescent crew giving up a day for the needy and unfortu- nate to work at Shrine Circus is notable . . . Fred Naftalie, president_andAL"Sonny" Golds- tein, chairman, headed the list. Frank Wasser, Jerry Gurwin, Nate Trager, Abe Saginaw, Merwin Solomon, Charlie Kar- ton, Bill Garelik, Robert Conn, Sol Kirzner, Lou Szlander, Charlie Robinson, Jack Shay, Al NOW OPEN 7. DAYS A WEEK! Sun. Thru Thurs. 5 to 10 Fri. &,Sat. 5 to 11 SERVING YOU FOR 7 YEARS IN THE SAME WALNUT LAKE RD. LOCATION West Bloomfield 2080 Walnut Lake Rd. at Inkster OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK — SUN. 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Bill Garelik is a busy Mason and Shriner ... He has been editor of the Masonic Perfec- tioneer for 30 consecutive years • . with his column, "On The Square" ... He is editor of the Crescent Shrine Club News ... . and yearly top gent of daily "Circus Ring" paper put out at the Shrine Circus. Bill does an excellent job put- ting together all the news he gathers ... And this isn't all ... He's also editor of the Chatter newsletter where Bill resides ... Charter House on W. Nine Mile Rd. Abe Saginaw just turned 93 • . and couldn't be happier than working with the youngsters on Crescent Day ... Jack Stein of Add'n Type tells of Jerry Gerber in Florida not letting folks forget the old days of Detroit ... His boat is named "Cream of Michigan" after the 12th St. and Pingree eatery ;.. Look for Sam Wasser's article in April edition of Science '86 (page 42) . He's Frank Wasser's son ... Setup at Rialto for breakfast on Crescent Day was for 25 ... almost 50 showed up ... Al Betz still called "The Judge" ... Past Potentate Bill Semanson selling balloons as usual . "What, no hot dogs this year?" bemoaned Charlie Robinson ... His wife Bernice would probably have said, "That's great! ... Sol Lakind's wife Ethel not wearing dark glasses to hide Eyes that have been bothering her ... Saul Horowitz always with his stories of yesteryears ... He, Morry Bobroff and Eddie Rosen- , berg make a great trio -when it comes to story telling ... Mer- win Solomon camera-clicking unofficially and officially. Circuses have attracted audi- ences ever since the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome .. when dietician Nero entertained the Lions Club with lion food .. But such gross examples of sadism soon disappeared from circuses ... and greater atten- tion was devoted 'to trained animal acts, acrobatics, clows, glittering costumes and exciting music ... By the time the 16th Century rolled aroend, there were small traveling circuses playing in all the major cities of Europe and Asia .. . No side street bazaar was complete withoUt its jugglers, tumblers, *dancers, and cap and bell jesters ... Trained dogs, trained pigs, talking birds, trapeze perfor- mers, magic acts, fire eaters and freaks were all assured a more or less. regular income when they banded together and traveled around the country. They'd enter a town with banners flying, drums beating, fifes blowing and everyone in full or abbreviated costume ... The clown, astraddle a mangy donkey, would ask the street corner loafers, "Pardon me, is this the right way to Sibley?" and the loafers would laugh ... Sibley was, of course, the nearby town used as a butt of all jokes by citizens of city the parade was entering ... The joke would spread through town, and the crowds would rush out to see the circus parade and, later, the cir- cus. There are many who would have you believe that early minstrel shows were the forerunners of comedy in this country ... But folks. are more inclined to believe that the cir- cus clowns, over the several hundred years, should be given credit for spreading jokes to the greatest number of people ... The circus attracted larger audiences than did the minstrel shows ... The circus offered a wider variety of entertainment and was, frequently, cleaner ... It appealed to every member of the family ... And the clowns told jokes in addition to per- forming silly pantomime acts • . P.T. Barnum,' Sells:Floto, John Ringling, Bailey, and other circus organizers began compet- ing to see who could offer the greatest number of attractions • . And, in time, the Big Top became too big ... It was dif- ficult or impossible for audi- ences to hear the clowns' jokes ...' But circus still represents the spirit of fun . . . Despite radio, television, vaudeville, movies, etc ... it is still the Greatest Show on Earth. Hear the one about beautiful young lady who had just landed a job with the circus .-.. "Now, what's the most important thing I should know about a circus?" she asked the manager ... "In your case, honey," he warned, "just remember this: Don't ever pull off all your clothes in front of the bearded lady." Lou Schwartz.has his own cir- cus tale to tell .. , "I think the. greatest disappointment I ever had in Amy life happened when I was a' small boy," says Lou. "I heard that' the circus had ar- rived in town. Slipping out of school, I took all the side streets toward a spot where a large tent had been put up. Very quietly, I sneaked around back of the tent and began crawling under the canvas. Safely inside, I dis- covered that I was standing be- side a minister conducting a re- vival meeting!" . THE PICKLED LOX may not taste so good as it once did ... The guests could very well bc members of the Knights of Columbus as well as of B'nai B'rith ... And service at the ,