LIFESTYLES Hal Blay and Jerold King owners of 9/n1-mita ewe% 33425 Grand River • Farmington Hills (Just a few feet west of Farmington Rd.) Invite you to a holiday season Open House PROFILE Ruby Goldstein: Romeo Farmer CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ Local Columnist Friday, December 15th, 10-8 Saturday, December 16th, 10-6 — Refreshments Served — 473-2550 • Gold Chanukah Chains • Stained Glass • High Fashion Ceramic Jewelry/Cloisonne • Gold/Silver/Gems NAME: Ruby Lorraine Goldstein AGE: "Somewhere over 50." OCCUPATION: Owner of and partner in Hy's Cider Mill in Romeo. RESIDENCE: Romeo. She lives on her farm. When only the best will do .. elt914 1 4 14W44Z4)*4 Tower 14 • Southfield • Weddings • Showers • Sweet 16s • CALLIGRAPHY • Bar/Bat Mitzvahs • HEBREW CALLIGRAPHY Seventeen Wonderful Years of Experience From the Traditional to the "Glitz" Debbie Goldfine Weisserman (313) 569.9792 25% OFF with this ad Susan Weingarden 851.0552 Personalized poems for all occasions There's no end to my creations birthday celebrations wedding congratulations holiday jubilations creative invitations roast exaggerations 122 FRIDAY,,QECFMER 15, 1989 candle lighting recitations Bar Mitzvahs & confirmations anniversary elaborations advertising communications toast preparations FAMILY: Widow. Her late husband was Hy Goldstein, founder of the cider mill. Six children: Jon David, vice president of a land development corporation in Chicago; Jimmy, active in the family business; Jan Renee, employed at Meijer Thrifty Acres; Joni Wycinski, works with Optifast in Rochester; Jay, graduating from Western Michigan University; Jeremy, attending WMU. She has two grandchildren. Her sister, Arlene Repitor, resides in Chicago, while her brother, Robert Repitor, resides in Troy. EDUCATION: She was graduated from Central High School. ORGANIZATIONS: Annual apple orchard convention in Grand Rapids. FAVORITE BOOK: I mostly read magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Better Homes and Gardens. HOBBIES: "Work. I go on the truck four days a week." LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: "Having my cider in more than 10 Meijer's stores." PHILOSOPHY: "I believe that if people have a certain goal, whether they are educated or not, they can make it happen. Your attitude is 75 percent responsible for the way things turn out for you." BACKGROUND: Ruby Repitor Goldstein grew up in Detroit on Lawrence and Wildemere. Her father, Jack, was a car sales manager at Dexter Chevrolet. When her father died, her mother, Betty, worked for the Detroit Board of Education. She attended the Shalom Aleichem Hebrew School in the Dexter area as a child. Goldstein recalls her hard- working grandmothers as role models. After she was graduated from high school, she worked at Michigan Scrap Iron and Steel on the switchboard for eight years. In 1955, her cousin fixed her up on a blind date with Hy Goldstein. Within six months, they married and moved to Romeo, where the Goldstein family had a farm. (Hy's parents purchased the farm on 37 Mile Road in the 1930s). Goldstein is very proud of the fact that she kept a Jewish home in Romeo. She only recalls one other Jewish family in town, who no longer lives there. "I carted my four sons a minimum of 30 miles each way to make them Jewish boys:' Her sons celebrated their bar mitzvahs in Pontiac and Flint. Goldstein enjoyed raising her family on a farm. "You always know where your kids are." She helped her husband with his work in the apple orchard and when he went to Eastern Market to sell the apples. When Hy decided to make cider, they looked for a used press. With the help of their son, Jim, the cider .business is now thriving. Goldstein is actively involved in the business, sometimes going on the deliveries. Last month she promoted Hy's Cider Mill at one Meijer's store by pouring cider for the customers. Goldstein is very enthusiastic and proud of her business. She constantly asks strangers if they have tried her cider and always wears her good luck charms — an apple core necklace and a cider jug with diamonds. Goldstein enjoys life in Romeo and did not feel any hardship in being the only Jewish family in town. "We as Jews might have to make more of an effort, but once you make the effort, then people are friendly. - The most important thing in life is how you treat other people?' TIDBITS CHOCOLATE JUBILEE The fourth annual Chocolate Jubilee Benefit for the Alzheimer's Association Detroit chapter was recently held at Somerset Inn. Marlene Borman, former Jubilee chairman now heading the