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Big Beaver Road, Troy} DANNY RASKIN L somebody who took over as as Vegas is noted for many master of ceremonies said that things . . . fabulous shows, I was a man and presented me wonderful food, gambling, with a fountain pen. It never did great sight-seeing, wed- write. dings, etc. "We moved to the Joy Road Bar mitzvahs are not one of and Dexter area, and I went to its notes, although some of the work with a paper route for a nation's biggest and most lav- few years. All money except 50 ish have been held in the City cents for my amusement went of Dreams. to my parents. With that 50 For a recent weekend, the cents, I had a wild time on Sun- lights of Las Vegas had to take day afternoons — 20 cents for a back seat to the bar mitzvah the Fox Theatre balcony, 20 at age 83 for Maurey Pastor, his cents street car and 10 cents for relatives and friends . . . So popcorn." much so that the celebration was a three-day festivity. Friday night services and cer- emonies at Temple Beth Shalom, with Maurey leading the kiddush on his birthday; Saturday morning bar mitzvah at the temple; reception that evening at Las Vegas Country Club; and Sunday morning brunch at LVCC. At the bar mitzvah service, Maurey read from the Torah portion, Terumah, the spirit of giving which coincides with his endeavor, raising funds to help feed indigent seniors. The ritual and celebration came 70 years later ... Maurey had a little reception only at age 13 when about 10 people came to his parents' little home on Farnsworth near Hastings, across from Levy's Coal Yard . . . He never did have a bar mitzvah service at the syna- gogue because, as he says, "My parents were too poor." Maurey recalls Boesky's Deli on the corner of Farnsworth and Hastings, and across the street was the Warfield The- atre, admission two for five cents or three cents for one .. . He remembers going to the schvitz every Saturday night Maurey Pastor: Celebrating 83. with his father, and to Boesky's At the bar mitzvah service, for sandwiches to bring to the Maurie's three sons, Herbert, men playing cards in the bath Denny and Sidney, presented house . . . They were 10 cents. him with a tallit, as he had done "We lived in a small house, with each of them when they with a parlor stove in the mid- were bar mitzvah . . . Maurey's dle of the dining room which teacher for four months was was also an all-purpose room. I Temple Beth Shalom Cantor was told it was hard times and Simon Bergman. my father could not afford any After the Torahs were carried expense to the shul. To make it and replaced, Maurey was in- feel like something, several troduced by Rabbi Earl Ki- neighbors and friends got to- deckel, and started his speech gether and brought over some by explaining why he wanted to things which were spread out have this bar mitzvah . . . "As on a long table and everyone the Bible mentions," said Mau- helped themselves. I had about rey, "man's life span is three four friends. Those were from score and 10. Plus the 13 of bar the families that attended. mitzvah age brings it to 83." "Sometimes during the af- Former Detroiters Fran and ternoon party, I played violin Joe Cohen, Ellie Callie, Sol for their entertainment and Goldberg and others were at the Temple Beth Shalom Friday night services . . . Former De- troiter members of Maurey's family, his nephews, Dr. Ronald Stewart and Dr. Daniel Stew- art, almost didn't show up .. . their luggage went elsewhere but finally arrived at the MGM Grand . . . Ex-localites Pauline and Sid Stoller made sure that Maurey got a bar mitzvah pen that did write; Jackie and Jer- ry Rogers, Luba and Bill Haft- ka, Esther Gewerter, Elaine and Gerson Lacoff, Bea and Leo Fogelman, and Mau- rey's sons Herb, Denny and Sid . . . Sister Faye Freedland still lives here and flew in for the event. Most of the guests stayed at the Sahara because it was close to the synagogue . . . I chose the new MGM Grand and should have known something when entering and giv- en a map at the door . .. that's how big it is . . . The new MGM Grand is so huge that people still get lost . . . even with the map . . . The cozy comfort that Las Vegas hotels of yester- years were known for are gone except for those that still remain . . . 5009 rooms, a large theme park, six or more restaurants and a casi- no the size of three foot- ball fields is BIG! .. . One of the phone oper- ators at MGM is former Detroiter Kathrine Katz. And to think that one time I asked Morey Yaeger, casino manager at the old MGM Grand that today is Bally Hotel, why they made it so large . . . Even with its 3,000 rooms, Bally is compact and properly coordinated. We ate one afternoon at the Stage Deli in Caesar's Palace with Leah Marks who is now living in Las Vegas . . . It is sup- posed to be a replica of the fa- mous one the late Max Asnas founded in New York . . . Here's where the commercialism of a name has really taken hold but is only that . . . Most of the peo- ple who go there have never been to the Stage in New York so don't know the difference . . . It's like night and day . . . For example, when you asked for