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That Was Not King Kong
At The Omni International

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DANNY RASKIN

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29269 Southfield Road north of 12 Mile
In The Southfield Commons

ou've been seeing too
many monster movies
if you were in
downtown Detroit and
thought that was King Kong
or whatever climbing up the
Omni International Hotel.
It was just good ol' Louie, a
90-foot inflatable crab, claw-
ing his way upwards to kick
off Omni's CrabFest for afi-
cionados of the seafood
delicacies now being featured
in its 333 East restaurant.
Much of the menu available
through July. 31 takes in
many popular crab recipes
from Boston's noted Omni-
Parker House, one of the city's
oldest and finest-regarded
restaurants.
The Omni International
Hotel here with its 254 guest
rooms, including 17 suites,
has received AAA Four-
Diamond awards for quality
and service in every one of its
short six-year existence .. .
Only 10 hotels in Michigan
have been given this award.
Hear tell that the real
"Louie The Crab" may soon
be visiting Omni to oversee
things at its CrabFest . . . If
so, the Omni folks better
make certain he stays out of
the kitchen . . . Sure wouldn't
want him jumping into a pot
for a swim . . . especially if it's
boiling-water ---- --------
CONGRATS . . . to Dr.
Stanley Levy . . . on his
birthday.
He was recent recipient of
the Dr. Max Beitman Award
for health professionals in the
metro Detroit Jewish com-
munity . . . bestowed by the
Jewish Home for Aged board
of directors.
The award was established
in 1983 and is presented
when the occasion arises that
a person gives meritorious
and outstanding service to
the Home . . . This is not a set
annual award . . . Honorees in
past years were Dr. Davis
Benson, Dr. Ronald Trunsky,
Dr. L. Hudson Rosenthal and
Dr. Bertrand Jacobs.
REUNION DEPT. . . .
30-year get-together by Oak
Park class of 1962 will be Nov.
28 . . . Call Barbara Mayers
Brand, 661-2918; Mike
Schlussel, 350-1143; or Linda
Golden Krieger, 399-5117.
WE WEREN'T watching
midgets play baseball; it just
seemed that way.
Thank goodness for the
wonderful company of Mark
and Lucille Plotkin at a re-

569-1400

cent Detroit Tigers-Texas
Rangers game . . . Bruce
Lyons, first vice president of
Manufacturers Bank, had
given Mark four bank tickets
that turned out to be up in
the stands in deep, deep left
field where we sat with
Martians.
Was at least a first . . . the
furthest we've ever sat to
watch the home team . . . The
seats were so far even
binoculars would have gotten
eye strain.
CONGRATS . . . to Hy and
Blanche Bialik . . . on their
44th anniversary.
COFFEE BEANERY in
Tel-12 Mall on Telegraph
likes its workers who attend
school to get good grades,
besides smiling pretty when
vv,..iting on customers . . .
Owner Ron Hoffman gives
$20 cash to anyone who gets

01' Louie made his
way up the side of
the building.

all A's on his report card .. .
First one was 21-year-old
Kristi Walker, a student last
year at Wayne State Univer-
sity . . . This year, Cathy
Johnson, 17-year-old Bishop
Borgess High student,
pocketed a twenty.
THE POT to divvy up bet-
ween its winner and Con-
gregation Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses is already over
$4,000 and drawing isn't un-
til Oct. 25 at the dinner-dance
. . . It's the big 50/50 raffle be-
ing held by the synagogue to
raise funds ... For tickets call
the congregation at 851-6880;
or Elaine Cohen, 559-8720.
Elaine is also co-chair-
person with Bea Mondry and
Elaine Segal of Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses'
first Children's Theater and
Lunch set for Aug. 30 .. .
Everyone is invited to see the
Michigan Opera Theatre pro-
duction of Little Red Riding
Hood . . . $6 tickets include a
Little Red Riding Hood picnic
lunch basket.
NEXT BOOK by former
Detroiter Louis Surowitz will
be called Hastings Street And
Beyond . . . Stories and ex-
periences of localites in the
'20s, '30s, '40s and -'50g ig en-
couraged from *W. 7 k(U1
Hastings, OaklEIT49 1.
Linwood, Dextee Mernois
and Oak Park.
Send them to: Louis
Surowitz, editor, Hastings
Street An Beyond, 33
Walden Pock, Nashua, N.H.

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03060 (603-889-0466) . . . A
portion of the sales will
benefit the Jewish Home for
Aged here.
Lou's_ first book, I
Remember Hastings Street, is
a personal observation
growing up in that area .. .
Before moving with wife
Ethel (Bleier) to California,
he owned Surwin's at Nor-
thland and Eastland centers
until 1977.
street
map of the sector, with
familiar names, showed how
close the Jewish community
was in those days; everything
within walking distance .. .
A lot of Lou's experiences
could be related to those of
many others, like the games
he used to play as a kid .. .
For a copy, send $11.95 plus
$2 for shipping and handling
to Lou at the above address.
lbday. Hastings and the en-
tire neighborhood are gone
. . . replaced by the Chrysler
Freeway . . . But the memory
lingers on, thanks to people
like Louis Surowitz who will
never forget.
IT'S HERE again . . . the
very popular Southfield Gold
Cup polo competition . . .
Date is July 18 with match
time 2 p.m. at Duns Scotus
(Nine Mile and Evergreen)
. . . Tickets are $5 in advance,
$6 at the door and $1 for
children 12 and under . . . For
more info, call Southfield
Community Relations
Department, 3544884 ... It's
sponsored by the city and
area businesses.
WHAT BETTER Father's
Day than a father and son
working together to entertain
other fathers and their sons
and daughters .. .
Norman "Bunker" Grant,
"the little man with the big
voice" on bass, and son Kevin
Gio, guitar and vocals, team-
ed with first cousin Angelo
Santo to play and sing a lot of
good music on Dad's day at
Carl's Chop House . . .
Angelo's father and Bunker's
mother are brother and sister
. . . The trio strolls at Carl's
every Friday and Saturday
evening playing and singing
requests and favorites with a
fine touch of musical
enjoyment.
Another Carl's waitstaff
stalwart, Debbie Siaczka, con-
tinues to please customers
with her quick efficiency and
personable ways.
There's a Sunday branch
too now at Carl's . . . Ist
time ever I think . . . from
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. .. .
$10.95 adults and $6.95