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62 - Friday, November 28, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

HE FELT LIKE PARTY-
ING AS much as Khadafy
would at an Israeli wedding
... Friends were supposedly
having a shindig at Wabeek
Country Club ... and as he
has been throughout the
years, Murray Hozman
wanted to fulfill a commit-
ment ... if just for a short
while.
The flu bug had Murray
feeling pretty lousy ... and if
he didn't go, wife Millie
would have to spill the beans
... that 200 people were
waiting to wish him a happy
60th.
If the flu couldn't have
knocked him over with a
feather ... the party put on
by Millie did.
Shocked isn't the word for
how he felt Numb would
probably be better ... and
Murray was to see things he
never dreamed Millie would
do . . . But four-and-a-half
months of secret planning
with ingenious coordination
by Millie gave Murray an
evening he'll never forget.
While he was home and
Millie kept her fingers
crossed, over at Wabeek
Country Club were the 200
eating hors d'oeuvres, down-
ing cocktails and listening to
the strolling strains of Billy
Rose Trio ... A television set
continuously showed movies
of yesteryears ... and of the
days at Charlevoix when Rex
B'nai B'rith Chapter at
Jewish Community Center on
Woodward were having boy-
hood fun.
Back in 1948, penny and
nickle candy was the rage ...
and Millie had a sweet table
set up in the lobby with
handbags for people to take
what they wanted ... even
cheaper ... nothing ... One
of the guests, who can buy
100 candy stores today, said,
"If I didn't have any money,
which was often, and I felt
like a Clark bar or some-
thing, it didn't cost me any-
thing in those days either.
When I got caught, the owner
made me mop his floor for a
month."
Then the surprised Murray
Hozman showed up ... happy
that he did ... It was a once-
in-a-lifetime event that Millie
tailored well ... Centerpieces
were of football players, hoc-
key players, baseball players
. he is a sports fan ... and
Rex Lodge was most adept as
a leader in all sports at the
old JCC.
° from
They • came
everywhere ... Boulder,
Colo., Long Beach, Calif., Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., Dallas,
Tex., Miami, Fla., San Diego,
Calif., El Paso, Texas, New
York, Los Angeles, Calif., etc.
Although many of the fel-
lows never got there, a bit of
nostalgia was on hand in the
person of Jim Cornelius,
seven years assistant man-
ager at Wabeek Country
Club ... Jim took over
Yeaman's (former Ted Lip-

sitz) downtown in 1950 and
later changed it to Knife &
Fork.
You couldn't ask for better
music during dinner or for
dancing than by the Jerry
Ross-Simone Vitale Group
starring songstress Jeanne
Vitale, Simone's lovely frau.
And what would a party for
Murray "Moe" Hozman be
without a little bit of Chez Le
Roix, the show of yesteryears
put on by the boys, or some
big band music on tapes?
Joe Silberschein had for-
gotten his script ... and went
home to get it ... The fellows
joined in unison paying sin-
gular tributes to "Moe" with
a little shtick here and there
... Art Plotkin, Bernie Plot-
kin, Larry Mendelson, Bob
Burke, Jerry Licht, Sam
Finegood, Harold Finegood,
Sonny Ginsburg, Jack
Ginsburg, Sol Sachs, Harry
Levitan, Marty Band, Bernie
Devine, Lenny Silber, Joe
Silberschein, Herb Weingar-
den, Mary Canner, Art
August, who wrote the eve-
ning's poetic message to Mur-
ray while on plane from El
Paso, -Tex., and "Little Joe"
Stone, who had come in from
New York, where he's lived
30 years, to emcee.
The "Richton Street Boys"
in "I Remember Moishe"
Joe Stone and his parody for
Moe "On The Road To Man-
dolay" ... A little bit of the
Rex Minstrel Show ... Sonny
Ginsburg and Joe Silbersc-
hein singing "Why Oh Why
Did I Ever Leave Wyoming?"
... Even Moe himself, forget-
ting that he had the flu, at
the mike without a script
singing his noted "Shorty
Jones" blues number of yes-
teryears.
Ceremonies preceding the
show were like a bar mitzvah
. with Murray lighting
candles as Simone Vitale
called up family and friends.
Touching and humorous
moment was when all the
boys raised their glasses and
sang to a standing Murray
and Millie.
Murray "Moe" Hozman still
can't figure out how Millie
pulled off the big secret for so
long ... and she's the only
one in the world who could
have gotten him out that
night.
Oh, about the flu bug ...
He joined in the party and
had himself some fun too ...
then went back to work when
Murray Hozman got home ...
a sick but very very happy
and deserving fellow.
CHARLES ROWLAND,
fine pianist and gentleman, is
appearing Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays ... at Vivio's
Restaurant in Eastern Mar-
ket, downtown Detroit.
CHEF REMY BERDY is
back as executive chef at
Sheraton Oaks in Novi ...
after stints at Great Southern
Hotel in Columbus, Ohio
(Michigan 26, Ohio State 24)
and Jacques here.

Speaking of Jacques, it is
no longer under ownership of
Dr. Alan Dorfman ... Same
with Jovan next door ... Jim
Alleman remains as general
manager ... and Dorothy
Rosen as Catering manager
... but both niteries have re-
verted back to former owner,
Jim Thompson..

IT WAS SOMETHING
long awaited ... and the
1,800 or so people who came
to its two-night opening we-
ren't disappointed ... Rikki's
American Grill in the Ameri-
can Center Bldg. on
Franklin, opened with a
lavish flair highly enjoyed by
people who happily greeted a
class operation at this locale.
Only similarity between
Rikki's and the former occup-
ant, Merrick's, is entering the
same building ... The big red
canopy and large "Rikki's"
sign welcome folks to an
interior of glamorous propor-
tions.
There are three dance
floors ... 8'x24', 12'x12' and
10'x12' ... Neon sprouts all
around ... plus mirrors ga-
lore, tiled walls, brick facing
above mirrored panels, etched
glass partitions, large potted
greenery . . . and so much
more.
Rikki's uses the same for-
mat as the highly successful
Panache in Birmingham ...
also owned by Ken Walters,
Dick Sikorsky, Richard Tims
and corporate chef John
Emous ... except with re-
cords instead of live music
... Monday evenings are old-
ies night for folks to re-
minisce.
First evening before open-
ing of Rikki's was conglomer-
ation of people from all walks
of life ... munching on beef
Wellington, shrimps De-
Jonge, chicken saute, vegeta-
bles, fruits, 11 different types
of cheeses and excellent pas-
tries ... all prepared by Rik-
ki's chef Anthony Marko and
his crew ... supervised by
John Emous.
David Tims is Rikki's gen-
eral manager ... night man-
ager is David Lenzer and day
manager is Jeff Karr.
If their waitpersons are as
gracious, efficient and pleas-
ant as Andrea Bona and De-
borah. Gross ... should be
very feiv problems dining at
Rikki's ... lunch or dinner.
Popular d.j. funster Tom
Ryan as usual lifting his
glass in toast to whatever ...
Restaurateurs aplenty ...
Norm LePage and Randy
Burgess of Norm's Oyster
Bar, Nifty Norman's and
Norm's Eaton Street Station;
Jerry Zawideh and Layla
Zawideh of Kingsley Inn;
Gary Cochran of Beau Jacks.
Jovial Gus and sweet Jane
Kasapis of the Ram's Horn
Restaurants ... Paul and
Roxanne Andoni of the two
Andoni's dining spots on
Telegraph ... Bud Sherbow,
G.M. of Buddy's Pizza on
Northwestern; Wayne Gal-