DETROIT HAS A

BRAND NEW PLACE TO CELEBRATE.

AND IT'S BEEN HERE

FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

A $22 million transfor-

mation. A breathtaking new

lobby. Elegantly appointed

ballrooms and common

areas. And yet behind all the

newness, were still the

same. Still dedicated to a

level of service that will

always assure that your

A WINNING
PERSONALITY

Lea Aronson keeps her eye on the prize.

event will be a perfect suc-

cess. Wedding reception,

anniversary, bar mitzvah —

any celebration of any size

— have it at the "new" Hyatt

Regency Dearborn. In Detroit,

it's the place to celebrate.

Reserve your next event,
call I 313 593 1234 or1 800 233 1234
or visit us at meetings. hyatt. corn

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s there a wedding or bar
1 or bat mitzvah that
stands out in your memo-
ry? Or maybe it was a
meaningful funeral or joy-
c>us baby-naming. We
want to know about them
for our upcoming
2000/2001 JN
Sourcel3c)ok.

Write a few lines (25
words or less) about an
extra special Jewish life-
cycle event that you've
attended (or given).

Send to:

TN

5/26
2000

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JN Celebiatton Memories
27676 Franklialtd.
Southfield, MI 48034
or Fox: 248-354-6069

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Make sure you include the
year the event happened,
the name of the person
whose event it was as well
as your name, address and
phone number. And,
please include a photo if
you'd like.

D

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN
Special to the Jewish News

ear Lea,
Hope this finds
you well. Using your
recipes in this week's
column. If I forget to send them,
remind me ... at least that way I
get to hear from you.
Sincerely, Marianne (excerpt
of a letter from Romulus editor
Marianne Jordan, who became
friends with Lea Aronson after
she won a recipe contest spon-
sored by Jordan's newspaper)

Farmington Hills — Third prize
and a free subscription to
Cuisine Magazine in the "Perrier
Naturally Sparkling Entertainer"
recipe contest.
Fifty dollars worth of Monet
jewelry from Hudson's,
012e ofAronson's favorite
Mother's Day, 1988.
A free turkey from 7-Grand
prizes iva a painted
Shopping Center in Clawson,
portrait of hei-self
Thanksgiving, 1980.
A makeover from Salon
Kennice Bashar and Tamara
father, who died with other relatives
Institut de Beaute, 1998.
in the Nazi concentration camps.
Since the 1950s, Lea Aronson's
Aronson has lost a husband to
life has been one of deadlines and
old-age and a son to better opportu-
postmarks, labels and recipes, as the
nities out West, and now she sits
80-year-old Farmington Hills resi-
alone in a small apartment, finger-
dent has entered contest after con-
ing the yellowed paper of newspaper
test, winning prizes big and small.
clippings and old letters that
In a way, Aronson's obsession
announced her moments of fame.
with winning has been a not-so-
The contests keep her connected
subtle way to placate the emptiness
with the larger world.
she has felt since 1938, when she
Aronson and her late husband,
left her entire family for the last
Nick, moved to Detroit in 1954,
time and emigrated from a town in
around the time that she started
the Rhineland area of Germany to
submitting recipes, stories and
New York City. It was the last time
labels from aluminum cans to con-
she saw the smiling faces of her
tests around the country.
younger sister, her mother and her
To date, she has entered and won

