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THE JEWISH NEWS

Memories Of Atlantic Gardens
On Linwood From Pre-WWII

ack In Time ... with Harold When the war came, all three
"My brother, three sisters and
Finegood, former bellboy at Bales went to fight. Little Joe was I lived with our beautiful moth-
the old Statler-Hilton and killed in action. After the war, a er, Sarah. A couple approached
now owner of the Sarah-Lil Jewish War Veteran's post was my mother and wanted to adopt
named for him and is still in ex- my sister Evelyn. Sarah, of
Corp.
"I have many memories of the istence. I think Big Joe Bale lives course, said no. We were blessed
region around the pre-World War in California, and Teddy is in the to have a mother like her. Our
II Atlantic Gardens on Linwood Veteran's Administration
dad abandoned us and
that you mentioned in one of your Hospital in Battle Creek.
we were on welfare
columns.
"Willie Stone, Pete
from the time we were
`There was a Chinese laundry Yura and Rube Zissman
born. My mother paid
south of the Atlantic Gardens were also active during
$15 or $25 per month
and a cleaners close to Leo these years.
for rent.
"Band's Butcher Shop,
LaFleur's Barber Shop with a
"In the same build-
ping-pong table in his basement. owned by Fishel Band,
ing lived Billy Zupnit-
Leo was a personal friend of was one door north of the
sky (Zupner) with his
Normie Smith, a great player Atlantic Gardens. He had DANNY RASKIN
parents and sister. Bil-
LO CAL
with the Red Wings. He and his three sons, Jack, Herman
ly's dad and grandfa-
COL UMNIST
wife named their only son Gilbert and Marty. Herman
ther had a butcher
married Dorothy Green,
Stanley after the Stanley Cup.
shop across Linwood
"Across the street from La- whose family owned a restaurant from LaFleur's Barber Shop, in
Fleur's was Korn's glatt kosher on Dexter and Glynn Court, not that same apartment building.
restaurant and the Desert Gold far from Boesky Delicatessen on
"Sammy Lieberman, of Ra-
Dexter and Collingwood. Her- leigh House note, had his first
ice cream parlor.
"On Linwood and Tuxedo was man had three daughters and a restaurant next to the Avalon
the Tuxedo Cafe, a combination son. His daughter, Harriet Rot- Theater where, for 10 cents, you
restaurant and tavern. Then ter, is a famous attorney. Her could see two full-length films,
from Tuxedo to Calvert were husband, Norman Rotter, is a plus Movietone News, Buck
Central High, Durfee Interme- prominent brain surgeon. I still Jones, Tom Mix or Flash Gordon.
diate and Roosevelt Elementary. remember the day Herman and For a nickel, you got all the pop-
"Still going south from the At- Dorothy came back from their corn you could eat.
lantic Gardens was Central High honeymoon. Herman gave my
"To the east on the north side
Delicatessen, owned by Jim
Simon, where I washed
dishes for a nickel an hour
(I worked 10 hours on Sun-
days for 50 cents).
`The Pacific Gardens was
between Rochester and
Chicago Boulevard and the
M & 0 Restaurant was
owned by Buddy Meyerson
and a Mr. Orum.
"Who could ever forget
Lieberman & Citron, the
24-hour restaurant owned
by Murray Lieberman a
couple of blocks south of
Clairmont.
"Many guys living in the
Linwood area became great
at ping-pong. Seymour Bor-
risoff, Al Wasserman, Sid
Wasserman and Alex Taub
to name a few. Alex had
three brothers, all of whom Hebrew Free Loan Association on Linwood, pre-WWII.
excelled in basketball. They
lived on Richton between Lin- brother, Sam (Naudy), and me a of Cortland were Mr. and Mrs.
wood and Lawton, and had a half-dollar each — a day's wages Sam Adler with their four sons,
hoop in their garage. The in those days.
Carl, Max, Sol and youngest, my
youngest, Sammy, was an out-
"My brother and I palled pal Harold. Max lives in Florida
standing basketball player at around with the Bands then and with his wife, Florence. Sol's wid-
Central High and University of to this day with the youngest of ow, Frances, lives in California.
Detroit and became coach at the family, Marty. We called him Her brother, Lou Sarko, and his
Mumford High.
Mutty and still do.
wife, Bessie, live in Los Angeles.
"I believe the Bale family lived
"We played handball in the al- Frances has another brother,
on Richton also. Little Joe Bale ley behind the Atlantic Gardens. Harold Sarko, who lives in this
was a nine-letter man at Central There was no sidewall and only area.
(baseball, track and basketball) a backwall. Yet, I have to tell you,
On the east side of Cortland, –\
His younger brother, Teddy, was Mutty and Louie Zalkowitz were just this side of Wildemere, lived
also outstanding in basketball, the best year in and year out. the Hozmans, Mary, Charlotte,
but lived in the shadow of Joe Marty became an exceptional Rose and my lifetime friend Mur-
and his cousin Big Joe Bale. handball player.
ray.

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