lot of people wish they had.
Guests entered to see table numbers
on cards attached to balloons hanging
from the foyer ceiling ... a bevy of
passed and stationary hors d'oeuvres,
with people asking where Shirley was,
and a friend answering, "She's proba-
bly in the kitchen cooking."
At his table, a look-alike Marilyn
Monroe sang, "Happy Birthday" a la
John F. Kennedy, to "Big Eddie"
while the candles flickered on a large
three-tiered cake ... blown out by
Eddie, Shirley and their family.
At the mike, he recalled his 50th
birthday party at the Grecian Gardens
in Greektown, where a couple of
buses brought the attendees ... and
the cake was brought in by a belly
dancer ... Then came oodles of laugh-
ter-filled quips ... like acknowledging
one of his daughters, "Who has given
me three beautiful sons-in-law" ...
On a more serious note, Eddie
acknowledged his family, many
friends, and secretary of 43 years.
Brother Lester Rosenberg celebrat-
ed his 84th birthday the day after the
party ... and friends Morris "Moody"
and Mickey Beresh, their 56th
anniversary also the next day.
Couldn't have asked for a more
genial table ... with former spots
writer and WXYZ-TV and network
sportscaster Dave Diles and wife Kay;
Jerry and Marge Robbins; Ben and
Florence Feinstein, and Bernie and
Cathy Schrott.
Entertainment by sound-alikes of
Dean Martin, Liza Minelli and Frank
Sinatra were hired from Florida by
Shirley ... and put on a good show for
the attendees.
But none like the stand-up comedy
of the birthday boy himself ... Eddie
is always so much fun.
SHIRLEY ROSENBERG is a
wealth of information about South
Haven, where she spent over 20 years,
from age 5 to 25 .. and was around
] 8 when the big resort surge came to
make it the "Catskills of the
Midwest."
The many big national name bands
that came to South Haven in those
days never played at any of the resorts
because the groups were too large,
many times over 20 pieces, says
Shirley, whose parents, Minnie and
Morris Baron, owned Baron's ... The
big bands all came to the North Shore
Pavilion, she says.
She recalls her mother making
matza meal pancakes for Martha
Raye and composer David Rose,
who stayed at nearby Sleepy
Hollow, but ate all their meals at
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